Chapter III: Introduction: RELIGION AS ENERGY vii

CHAPTER I

THE CENTRAL PEACE

I. PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING 1

II. THE SEARCH FOR A REFUGE 5

III. WHAT WE WANT MOST 10

CHAPTER II

THE GREAT ENERGIES THAT WORK

I. TRYING THE BETTER WAY 15

II. HE CAME TO HIMSELF 23

III. SOME NEW REASONS FOR “LOVING ENEMIES” 29

CHAPTER III

THE POWER THAT WORKETH IN US

I. WHERE THE BEYOND BREAKS THROUGH 35

II. CONQUERING BY AN INNER FORCE 41

III. LIVING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ETERNAL 46

CHAPTER IV

THE WAY OF VISION

I. DAYS OF GREATER VISIBILITY 50

II. THE PROPHET AND HIS TRAGEDIES 54

III. A LONG DISTANCE CALL 60

CHAPTER V

THE WAY OF PERSONALITY

I. ANOTHER KIND OF HERO 65

II. THE BETTER POSSESSION 69

III. THE GREATEST RIVALRIES OF LIFE 74

CHAPTER VI

AGENCIES OF CONSTRUCTION

I. THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD 79

II. THE NURSERY OF SPIRITUAL LIFE 83

III. THE DEMOCRACY WE AIM AT 86

IV. THE ESSENTIAL TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY 91

CHAPTER VII

THE NEAR AND THE FAR

I. THINGS PRESENT AND THINGS TO COME 98

II. TWO TYPES OF MINISTRY 102

III. WE HAVE SEEN HIS STAR 106

CHAPTER VIII

THE LIGHT-FRINGED MYSTERY

I. THE RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE OF DEATH 111

II. THE NEW BORN OUT OF THE OLD 127

CHAPTER IX

THE MYSTIC’S EXPERIENCE OF GOD 133

CHAPTER X

PSYCHOLOGY AND THE SPIRITUAL LIFE 160

SPIRITUAL ENERGIES IN DAILY LIFE