discourse. His power to simplify and elucidate religious doctrines and principles was wonderful.

Our next Chart, No. 6, is that of a noted foreign missionary who has done a great work in the islands of the sea. Mars in his 3rd. Sign shows that he has encountered danger in his travels, perhaps bloodshed; it also often indicates suffering from heat. Saturn and the Sun in conjunction in his 11th. Sign indicate death to friends in a notable manner. Mercury and Venus form a conjunction between his 11th. and 12th. Signs, giving him great success in teaching and in appearing before public audiences. About the time of this chart, he made a tour of America soliciting aid for his work, and drew immense audiences. You will find three good planets in the 12th. Sign; these should give him victory over his enemies; they would also give him success in journeys upon foot, many of which he has taken. Uranus is found in the 1st. Sign; this planet frequently stands for foreigners, and he married a native. By this act he gained the confidence of the people, and opened up a field in which he met with almost unprecedented success.

Our last chart, No. 7, shows the pastor of a beautiful city church; we know very little of his life, but his planets occupy the three points usually occupied in a chart of a minister of the Gospel, viz., the 1st. for study, the 3rd. for writing, and the 11th. for public gatherings. It may be said that No. 5 had a weak 11th. Sign, but we must remember that a gifted singer was associated with him during the years of his greatest success, and he had a very strong 11th. Sign. No. 5 would draw women very strongly through his 1st. Sign, and he would draw students of all classes through the 1st.; he should have been remarkably successful among the latter, and we believe he was;

his revival in Edinburgh University is evidence on that point.

We have one suggestion here which should be especially helpful to ministers of the Gospel. A man with a chart such as No. 5 shows might not require to prepare his sermons. With a heavy conjunction between the 1st. and 2nd. Signs, he might be able to open his mouth and speak as the spirit moved him. Under these circumstances his address would emanate directly from his horoscope, whereas if he had prepared his discourse some time previously, and delivered it when the Moon had changed to another Sign, it would come awkwardly. Ministers frequently select a different sermon an hour or two before entering the pulpit; the sermon they had prepared for the occasion seemed out of place, because the Moon had changed. To obviate this difficulty, they should keep an Ephemeris before them just as they keep a calendar, and always prepare the sermon about two weeks in advance, while the Moon is in the same Sign in which it will be when the sermon is delivered. If an old sermon is to be used, select one that fits the time. Different planets may appear in that Sign and that will lead them to make a few changes in it. This rule also applies to lecturing, music, the stage, and everything that is to be presented to a public audience. If the work prepared corresponds with the Sign in which the Moon stands when you come before an audience, you will meet with much greater success than you would otherwise. It will come naturally, spontaneously, and from the heart; in other words it will come with power, and coming with power will leave a deep impression upon the audience. We want to get rid of that which is merely formal and mechanical. A singer may have a perfect voice, and yet create no impression. You have all heard this

sort of singing in a church congregation. Everything that is worth while must have heart and soul in it. In preparing this book all that falls under the 1st. Sign was written while the Moon was in the 1st. Sign, and the other Signs the same. We found that we could not succeed otherwise.

CHAPTER VII.

Education.

We feel that education in these days is being handled in a manner satisfactory to all; we should like however to see a text book upon moral and civil law or something of that sort to establish more effectually a rule of conduct for our young people. We wish also to call attention to the danger of over crowding in connection with education. A child who has a natural talent along some particular line, as most children have, should be allowed to cultivate that talent even at the expense of other branches of learning; and many subjects should be only taught to those who have a special talent for them. We notice that the men and the women who have risen to first rank in the world have been largely those of whom it might be said, that their schooling had been neglected. Frequently the home is broken up by death of parents, ill-health or poverty, and sometimes isolated surroundings have interfered with educational privileges, or it may be that they have been educated in a private school where the teacher recognized their special talents and used discretion in a choice of studies. For some reason they were allowed to drift along, and to concentrate their energies along a special line, until they had acquired distinction. A good

all-around development and a marked special development are scarcely to be expected. Rosa Bonheur, Robert Burns, Herbert Spencer, Stephenson, Edison, and a host of others might be mentioned to illustrate the power of early special development. This is one place where the poor man's son often has an advantage over the rich. He is not burdened with a full college course. "Jack of all trades and master of none", is too often verified in actual life.

The four departments governed by the 1st. Sign, religion, education, marriage, and dress, are strangely mingled and intermingled with each other. It has been the custom for many years for the Church to solemnize marriages. We see no reason why the State might not do so just as properly: the State takes charge of the marriage before and after it is solemnized; it issues the license, grants divorce, prosecutes those who marry illegally, oversees the care of the children, etc. This reminds us of a statement made by one of our leading clergymen to the effect that when the church united the parties in marriage. only the church could grant divorce. Religion and marriage appear to be naturally associated; religion and education also go hand in hand. When a young man becomes zealous in spiritual things, and wishes to enter the ministry, he is sent to spend years in completing his education. Sometimes we think he is educated at the expense of religion, and often loses. his fervor before he enters the active work of the ministry. When the Gospel is sent to the heathen, education is sent along with it, and often clothing as well; religion, education, and clothing thus traveling together. Marriage and education are even more frequently found hobnobbing together. Many courtships are started in connection with school and college life and many who are disappointed in mar

riage turn their attention to study. We would discourage flirtation in connection with school and college life, although it would be rather difficult in our present system of co-education, and our girls should be permitted to take a university course, just the same as the boys. Love-making and study coming under the same sign, one detracts from the other, and we would advise our young people to study first and court afterward.

According to the Apostle Paul, marriage detracts from religion: I Corinthians vii., 32, 33; and probably dress detracts from marriage. We recollect a young lady who made the following remark on the eve of her wedding: "I don't feel as if I were going to be married, I wonder what is wrong with me"; and yet she had been engaged for several years, and was marrying the only sweet-heart she ever had. We just think that her mind had been so fully pre-occupied gathering up all sorts of finery that she had in a manner forgotten the man.

Our first Chart, No. 8, is that of a professor who is noted, not only as an educator, but as a writer. The works by which he is best known are "Natural Law in the Spiritual World" and "Love the greatest thing in the world." Our Chart shows the position of the planets at the time the latter was published. Some men would have been getting married about this time (The Moon is leaving the 1st. Sign under good influences) but he had long before given his life up to religious and educational work, hence he gives us a treatise on love instead of being married. Probably had he been married at this time the world would never have seen this little book of which 185,000 copies were sold in six months.

"Natural Law in the Spiritual World" was published while the Moon was in the 3rd. and 4th. Signs.