Further, the lower can know very little about the higher, for 'the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned'.

All of which means, I take it, that the higher must reach down to the lower and lift it up.

Advancement in any line of progress is made possible by some directing power either seen or unseen.

A man cannot simply grow better and better until in his own right he enters the kingdom of God'." "But, Uncle Zed, are we not taught that we must work out our own salvation ?" asked Dorian.

"That is also scriptural." "Yes; but wait; I shall come to that later.