intuition and speak of as the New Order. The approach of this New
Order is everywhere making itself vaguely felt; it is, as the
French say, in the air, and the very vagueness and mystery
attending it is causing a feeling of unrest as to what form it
may assume. But to the student of Spiritual Law this should not
be the case. He knows that the Form is always the expression of
the Spirit, and therefore, since he is in touch with the forward
movement of the Spirit, he knows that he himself will always be
harmoniously included in any form of development which the Great
Forward Movement may take. This is the practical and personal
benefit arising from the realization of the Principle which is
symbolized under the two-fold metaphor of the Shepherd and the
Stone. and in all those new developments which are perhaps even
now within measurable distance, we can rest on the knowledge that
we are under the care of a kind Shepherd, and under the formation
of a wise Master Builder.

But the principle of the Shepherd and the Stone is not something
hitherto unheard of which is only to conne into existence in the
future. If there were no manifestations of this principle in the
past, we might question whether there were any such principle at
all; but a careful study of the subject will show us that it has
been at work all through the ages, sometimes in modes more
immediately bearing the aspect of the Shepherd, and sometimes in
modes more immediately bearing the aspect of the Stone, though
the one always implies the other, for they are the same thing
seen from different points of view. The subject is one of immense
interest, but covering such a wide range of study that all I can
do here is to point out that such a field of investigation exists
and is worth exploration; and the exploration brings its reward