In the Old Testament we find the records of many strange, and to us, inexplicable ceremonies which, as Paul says, were a "figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices that could not make him that did the sacrifice perfect as pertaining to the conscience." However a search into the "deep things of God," reveals the deep import of many things which at first sight seem to have no particular significance, and the real meanings of which were unknown even to the participators. Why, then, were they indulged in? Because they were types and shadows of things to come. Now what was to come, and what the object of the coming?
This question brings us to the bottom of the inquiry.
What is the object of religion What are men striving after? Why follow certain paths with such unrelenting determination? Men well know that this bare earth-life in itself is not the goal of their aspirations. There seems to be a something which would lead them higher, a silent mystic monitor ceaselessly whispering amid the cares and bustle of the world, of the harmonies of Mind, and the possibilities of their attainment. Yea, the voice of the Christ, which, "Before Abraham was, I am!" has ever spoken to the world. Men see darkness for Light, sickness where health should be, sin where naught but Good should reign; in a word, they have eyes and see not, for seeing matter instead of Spirit, they see the objects of false consciousness instead of reality. To see things as they are, and to lift the thick mist which obscures the sunlight of Truth, is the panacea for all of earth's woes. Man clad in flesh is not in his heaven-born heritage. Such is the verdict of Truth for God made man after his likeness (Spirit).
