The family history recounted in Mrs. Lewis` journal tells us that she was born Mildred Margaret Wentworth on September 16,1897, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She spent her childhood in the Boston area and Dover, New Hampshire. A family summer home in Duxbury, Massa- chusetts, was the meeting place of the Lewis and Wentworth families in 1907. From that first meeting came the marriage of Minott W. Lewis and Mildred M. Wentworth in 1916. After a honeymoon on Prince Edward Island, the newlyweds moved to the environs of Boston. It was there that they met Paramahansa Yogananda. Their home had a large kitchen. Mrs. Lewis recalls, `How many Hindu dinners came out of that kitchen!` After the evening meal, Master and Doctor and the guests would sit around the dinner table until the small hours of the morning, Master telling stories and dis- cussing the Hindu scriptures and spiritual subjects. The Lewis home was a frequent residence of the young Swami Yogananda during the early years of his mission in America. In addition to quoting from Mrs. Lewis` journal, Treasures Against Time contains 97 letters written to Doctor and Mildred Lewis from Paramahansa Yogananda. These letters demonstrate the intimate and warm rela- tionship which the Guru had with two of his earliest American disciples. Shortly after Paramahansa Yogananda first came to Boston, Massa- chusetts in 1920, as a delegate to the Congress of Religious Liberals, he met Doctor and Mildred Lewis. They quickly became his disciples, and practiced his teachings faithfully, throughout the course of their difficult but spiritually rewarding lives. In the late 1950`s, Doctor tape-re- corded a description (included in this book) of his initiation into Kriya Yoga (by Paramahansa Yogananda), and the ac- companying glimpse, which he was privi- leged to enjoy, of Cosmic Consciousness. As an early confirmation to the spiritual tenor of his life, Doctor received a letter in 1922 from Swami Sri Yukteswar, the Guru of Paramahansa Yogananda, congratu- lating him, that he `had advanced so much in spiritual consciousness` as to appreci- ate the real truth of the religion. Three of the lectures which Doctor Lewis gave to spiritual aspirants are also included in this book. These lectures pro- vide the reader an idea of the informal way in which Doctor spoke, and of the tre- mendous consciousness and spiritual force which flowed through him. Speaking to a group of disciples, Paramahansa Yogananda said, `I`m glad you attend Doctor`s lectures. He gives not only the words, but the Spirit behind the words.` Mildred Lewis, herself an advanced disciple, recounts their early experiences and life with the Guru. Her warm and charming stories, and the Guru`s hereto- fore unpublished letters to Doctor and Mildred Lewis, offer a rare and intimate account into the workings and personality of this world-renowned Master with two of his earliest American disciples. Illustrated with pictures from the family album, this book contains a treasure trove of spiritual gems which are sure to delight spiritual seekers for many years to come. Brenda Lewis Rosser, the daughter of Doctor and Mildred Lewis, was privileged to grow up in a yogic family, in which towering spirituality blazed forth. During her early years, she received training from Paramahansa Yogananda. Making no claims for herself, Brenda offers this book humbly, in the hope that others might take inspiration from the high example set by her householder parents.