May
The Light of Reason
Published Monthly
Vol. V. May 1st, 1904 No. 5
Devoted to:
The Expounding of the Laws of Being and the Higher Life
Published monthly by:
The Savoy Publishing Company
Savoy Steps, Strand, London
| Editorial |
Editor |
| The true philosophical act is the annihilation of self; this is the real beginning of all philosophy; all requisites for being a disciple of philosophy point hither. |
Novalis |
| Is There Any Injustice in the Universe? |
James Allen |
| Men labor all their lifelong under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. |
Emerson |
| Whatever Is, Is Best (Poem) |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
| Let us build altars to the Beautiful Necessity, which rudely or softly educates man to the perception that there are no contingencies. |
Emerson |
| The Hill Difficulty |
W. H. Gill |
| "Why Will Ye Die?" (Poem) |
Florence M. Solomon |
| Hereditary Propensity |
J. S. Akehurst |
| Letters of a Truth-Seeker: IV. The Development of Thought-Control |
Harry J. Stone |
| An "After Life" (Poem) |
R. Dimsdale Stocker |
| The fountain of content must spring up in the mind. |
Ben Jonson |
| The Influence of Nature |
J. S. F. Miller |
| Manhood's Dignity (Poem) |
Joseph Thackeray |
| Happiness |
W. H. Evans |
| The fields are damaged by hurricanes and weeds; mankind is damaged by passion, by hatred, by vanity, and by lust. |
Buddha |
| Whatever may be men’s speculative doctrines, it is quite certain that every intelligent person guides his life and risks his fortune upon the belief that the order of Nature is constant... |
Huxley |
| The Blind Man (a Parable) |
Selected |
| Thoughts at Even-Tide (Poem) |
Edyth S. Beves |
| To ruminate upon evils, to make critical notes upon injuries, and be too acute in their apprehensions, is to add unto our own tortures, to feather the arrows of our enemies, and to resolve to sleep no more... |
Sir Thomas Browne |
| Individual Peace |
Selected |
| Life's Melodies |
Rose L. Amos |
| Be but yourselves, be pure, be true |
Whittier |
| Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth. |
Buddha |
| Harmony |
Selected |
| There is a life which taketh not its hue |
Lewis Morris |
| Let us live happily, then, not hating those who hate us! among men who hate us let us dwell free from hatred. |
Buddha |
| Love Conquers |
Selected |
| Condition and Conduct |
Carlyle |
| If in the least particular one could derange the order of Nature, who would accept the gift of life? |
Emerson |
| Our Talk With Correspondents |
Editor |
| The "Light of Reason" Gatherings |
Editor |
| Reviews of Books |
Editor |
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