40001 ANNOUNCEMENT. UNITY is a hand-book of Practical Christianity and Christian Healing It sets forth the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ direct from the fountain-head, "The Holy Spirit, who will lead you into all Truth" It is not the organ of any sect, but stands independent as an exponent of Practical Christianity, teaching the practical application in all the affairs of life of the doctrine of Jesus Christ; explaining the action of mind, and how it is the connecting link between God and man; how mind action affects the body, producing discord or harmony, sickness or health, and brings man into the understanding of Divine Law, harmony, health and peace, here and now. Subscribers who fail to receive UNITY by the 20th of the month, should so notify this office. If you have subscribed for any other magazine in connection with UNITY, and should miss any number of that magazine, do not write us about it, but write directly to its publisher. The DISCONTINUANCES.-All subscriptions are continued until requested stopped, when all arrears should be paid in full. label shows date of expiration. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. — In changing address the exact postoffice address where you have been receiving UNITY must always be given as well as the new address. REMITTANCES. Send all money by postoffice order, express order or registered letter; or bills will carry safely if carefully wrapped. Postage stamps received for only sums less than $1.00. In sending checks or Canadian bills, add 10 cents for collection. We cannot accept Canadian stamps or Canadian silver money of any denomination. Unity publications are on sale by or may be ordered at the following places among others: NEW YORK CITY: The Alliance Pub. Co., 569 Fifth Ave. WASHINGTON, D. C.: Woodward & Lothrop, 10th, 11th & F., NW. ST. PAUL, MINN.: W. L. Beekman, 55 East 5th Street. CHICAGO: Liberal Book Concern, 87 Washington St.; Purdy Pub. Co., McVicker's Theater Bldg.; A. C. McClurg & Co., 215 Wabash. ST. LOUIS: H. H. Schroeder, 2622 South 12th Street. DENVER: Colorado College Divine Science, 730 Clarkson St. PUEBLO: Mrs. Lydia M. Keeling, 108 West 10th Street. SAN FRANCISCO: Home of Truth, 1231 Pine St.; Metaphysical Library, 1519 Polk St; Harmony Pub. Co.. 3360 17th St.; Philosophical Pub. Co., 1429 Market St. LOS ANGELES: Home of Truth, 1327 Georgia St. SAN JOSE: Wm. Farwell, 375 North Third St. LONDON, ENGLAND: Power Book Co., Wimbledom, W.; Higher Thought Center, 10 Cheniston Gardens, W. THE NEW YORK ASTOR, LENOX AND Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall Practical Christianity. VOL. XX. KANSAS CITY, MO., JANUARY, 1904. No. 1. THE INNER LIGHT. BY HORATIO W. DRESSER. In nearly all departments of human endeavor art precedes science, and the illuminations of the inner light were manifest long before there was a theory of individual guidance. Wherever spiritual religion is found, there the inner light is recognized in life, if not in philosophy, for the basis of such religion is the shining of the Divine presence in the soci of man: The sages of ancient India were believers in the inner illumination to such an extent that their whole philosophy was founded upon its revelations. All prophets, seers, and writers of sacred scripture were believers in this inner sense; otherwise they would not have deemed it possible for God to communicate through them. Mingled with faith in God was therefore a noble self-reliance, that reliance which Emerson so strongly inculcated. But, fortunately, emphasis was placed not upon the human but upon the Godward side. Thus these ancient seers teach us a lesson of receptivity, a lesson of great consequence in an age when there is a tendency to tamper with Divine revelation. Socrates believed most truly in the inner light, although he emphasized its ethical rather than its spiritual side. All the Greek philosophers were in a profound sense believers in individual guidance, and the Greeks were more free than most people to develop their individual thought. In fact, it was the influence of Greek thought which brought about the liberalism of the Renaissance and laid the foundation for modern individual culture. Had the early Christians followed the teaching of Jesus in all its fullness there would have been no |