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of the grosser being sacrificed and the subtler coming into prominence. This does not necessarily take place in all beings, but not even the tiniest animalcule can elevate itself to the higher stage of life unless and until voluntarily or involuntarily it throws of the impurities and gathers the subtler forces. Involuntarily this is done even by human beings. A low man living in a cultured family unconsciously gives up inuch of his gross nature and brings himself up to the polished physical level of those with whom he lives. Domesticated animals are the best illustration of this law of sacrifice. And in all such cases, with the giving up of lower nature, the individual souls become equipped with finer forces that they can use for reaching greater heights.
Now, the student of humanity observing the different mental conditions of different men and women finds them divided into three classes. The lowest are those who are gross, immoral, sluggish and ignorant; the middle class consisting of men and women living only for the gratification of the senses, that is, pleasures of the world, eating, drinking, fine dress, etc., and the higher class made up of people that devote time and energy for spiritual good, the majority belonging to the second class. A person belonging to the lowest class desiring to elevate himself must make certain Sacrifices, so also should one belonging to the second class. That which was formerly gross must now be ennobled. That which
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