progressed to higher realms, it is not so wonderful as those
older characters who have waded the marshes of life, as it were,
and who have trod the dirty steps without losing faith.

This is to encourage those who sometimes think when they look
back on their lives that all is dark. Their strength is being
tried in the darkness. Therefore their courage and faith is so
much more.

We who are giving you these messages have passed beyond the stage
you are in, and do not have to be tried on every hand. We look
upon you who are struggling through the pitfalls created by your
false systems with pity, knowing how great your trials are. Do
not think that because we have gone on to higher planes of life
that we are out of sympathy with you. The more we bask in the
sunshine of Love the more tender we become to those in the
shadow. And if you would only realize how strong you are, with
the Father's love and His real consideration for you, you would
try so much harder to better your condition by meeting His Love
with Love.

We of Mars have learnt to keep the right pictures before the
minds of our youth that they may not be so sorely tried, but on
your planet you have not even the beginning of a system whereby
there could be kept continually before the minds of your children
the real goal to be striven for. I make exception of the few
homes on your planet where the parents are in spiritual growth,
but these homes are not ideal--just a beginning of Idealism. But
they are better far than the masses in their home conditions on
your planet.