Personality. He is not telling us of rules which God has laid down in one way and could, had He chosen, have laid down in another, but of universal Laws which are therefore inherent in the constitution of Man. Let us, then, examine some of his sayings in this light.

Truth

The thread on which the pearls of the Master's teaching are strung together is that Perfect Liberty is the natural result of knowing the Truth. "When you find what the Truth really is, you will find it to be that you are perfectly free" [John 8:32 --- Ed.] is the centre from which all His other statements radiate. But the final discovery cannot be made for you; you must each make it for yourself. Therefore, "he that hath ears to hear, let him hear" [Luke 14:35 --- Ed.].

This is nowhere brought out more clearly than in the parable of the Prodigal Son [Luke 15:11-32 --- Ed.]. The fact of sonship had never altered for either of the two brothers, but in different ways they each missed the point of their position as sons. The one limited himself by separating off a particular share of the Father's goods for himself, which, just because of being a limited share, was speedily exhausted, leaving him in misery and want.

The other brother equally limited himself by supposing that he had no power to draw from his Father's stores, but must wait till he in some way acquired a