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ENTERING THE KINGDOM

seeking the Kingdom resolves itself into a search for a Principle: a divine and permanent Principle on which a man can stand secure, freed from himself—from the personal element, and from the tyranny and slavery which that personal self exacts and demands. A man must first of all be willing to lose his self-seeking self before he can find his divine self. He must realize that selfishness is not worth clinging to, that it is a master altogether unworthy of his service, and that divine Goodness alone is worthy to be enthroned in his heart as the supreme master of his life. This means that he must have faith; for without this equipment there can be neither progress nor achievement. He must believe in the desirability of purity, in the supremacy of righteousness, in the sustaining power of integrity; he must ever hold before him the Ideal and Perfect Goodness, and strive for its achievement with ever-renewed effort and unflagging zeal. This faith must be nurtured and its development encouraged. It must be carefully trimmed and fed and