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510:1sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? How much more should we seek to apprehend the spirit3
Spiritual ideas
apprehended
ual ideas of God, than to dwell on the objects of sense!
To discern the rhythm of Spirit and to be holy, thought must be purely spiritual.
6Genesis i. 15. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
9Truth and Love enlighten the understanding, in whose light shall we see light;and this illumination is reflected spiritually by all who walk in the light and turn 12away from a false material sense.
Genesis i. 16. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the 15night: He made the stars also.
The sun is a metaphorical representation of Soul outside the body, giving existence and intelligence to the 18
Geology
a failure
universe.
Love alone can impart the limitless idea of infinite Mind. Geology has never explained the earth’s formations; it cannot explain them. 21There is no Scriptural allusion to solar light until time has been already divided into evening and morning; and the allusion to fluids (Genesis i. 2) indicates a supposed for24mation of matter by the resolving of fluids into solids, analogous to the suppositional resolving of thoughts into material things.
27Light is a symbol of Mind, of Life, Truth, and Love,
Spiritual
subdivision
and not a vitalizing property of matter.
Science reveals only one Mind, and this one shin30ing by its own light and governing the universe, including 511:1man, in perfect harmony. This Mind forms ideas, its own images, subdivides and radiates their borrowed light, 3intelligence, and so explains the Scripture phrase, whose seed is in itself. Thus God’s ideas multiply and replenish the earth. The divine Mind supports the sub6limity, magnitude, and infinitude of spiritual creation.
Genesis i. 17, 18. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth, and to rule over 9the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
In divine Science, which is the seal of Deity and has 12
Darkness
scattered
the impress of heaven, God is revealed as infinite light.
In the eternal Mind, no night is there.
15Genesis i. 19. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
The changing glow and full effulgence of God’s infi18nite ideas, images, mark the periods of progress.
Genesis i. 20. And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl 21that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
To mortal mind, the universe is liquid, solid, and aëri24form. Spiritually interpreted, rocks and mountains stand
Soaring
aspirations
for solid and grand ideas.
Animals and mortals metaphorically present the gradation of 27mortal thought, rising in the scale of intelligence, taking form in masculine, feminine, or neuter gender. The fowls, which fly above the earth in the open firmament 512:1of heaven, correspond to aspirations soaring beyond and above corporeality to the understanding of the incorporeal 3and divine Principle, Love.
Genesis i. 21. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth 6abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Spirit is symbolized by strength, presence, and power, 9and also by holy thoughts, winged with Love. These an
Seraphic
symbols
gels of His presence, which have the holiest charge, abound in the spiritual atmosphere of 12Mind, and consequently reproduce their own characteristics.
Their individual forms we know not, but we do know that their natures are allied to God’s nature; and 15spiritual blessings, thus typified, are the externalized, yet subjective, states of faith and spiritual understanding.
Genesis i. 22. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruit18ful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas; and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Spirit blesses the multiplication of its own pure and 21perfect ideas. From the infinite elements of the one
Multiplication
of pure ideas
Mind emanate all form, color, quality, and quantity, and these are mental, both primarily 24and secondarily.
Their spiritual nature is discerned only through the spiritual senses. Mortal mind inverts the true likeness, and confers animal names and natures upon its 27own misconceptions. Ignorant of the origin and operations of mortal mind, that is, ignorant of itself, this so-called mind puts forth its own qualities, and claims 30God as their author; albeit God is ignorant of the ex513:1istence of both this mortal mentality, so-called, and its claim, for the claim usurps the deific prerogatives and is 3an attempted infringement on infinity.
Genesis i. 23. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
6Advancing spiritual steps in the teeming universe of Mind lead on to spiritual spheres and exalted beings. To
Spiritual
spheres
material sense, this divine universe is dim and 9distant, gray in the sombre hues of twilight; but anon the veil is lifted, and the scene shifts into light.
In the record, time is not yet measured by solar revolutions, 12and the motions and reflections of deific power cannot be apprehended until divine Science becomes the interpreter.
Genesis i. 24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth 15the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Spirit diversifies, classifies, and individualizes all 18
Continuity
of thoughts
thoughts, which are as eternal as the Mind conceiving them; but the intelligence, existence, and continuity of all individuality remain in God, 21who is the divinely creative Principle thereof.
Genesis i. 25. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that 24creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
God creates all forms of reality. His thoughts are 27spiritual realities. So-called mortal mind being non-existent and consequently not within the range of im514:1mortal existence could not by simulating deific power invert the divine creation, and afterwards recreate per3
God’s
thoughts
are spiritual
realities
sons or things upon its own plane, since nothing exists beyond the range of all-inclusive infinity, in which and of which God is the 6sole creator.
Mind, joyous in strength, dwells in the realm of Mind. Mind’s infinite ideas run and disport themselves. In humility they climb the heights of 9holiness.
Moral courage is the lion of the tribe of Juda,the king of the mental realm. Free and fearless it roams in 12
Qualities
of thought
the forest.
Undisturbed it lies in the open field, or rests in green pastures, . . . beside the still waters. In the figurative transmission from the 15divine thought to the human, diligence, promptness, and perseverance are likened to the cattle upon a thousand hills. They carry the baggage of stern resolve, and 18keep pace with highest purpose. Tenderness accompanies all the might imparted by Spirit. The individuality created by God is not carnivorous, as witness the 21millennial estate pictured by Isaiah:
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, And the leopard shall lie down with the kid; 24And the calf and the young lion, and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them.
Understanding the control which Love held over all, 27Daniel felt safe in the lions’ den, and Paul proved the
Creatures of
God useful
viper to be harmless.
All of God’s creatures, moving in the harmony of Science, are harm30less, useful, indestructible. A realization of this grand verity was a source of strength to the ancient worthies. 515:1It supports Christian healing, and enables its possessor to emulate the example of Jesus. And God saw that 3it was good.
Patience is symbolized by the tireless worm, creeping over lofty summits, persevering in its intent. The ser6
The serpent
harmless
pent of God’s creating is neither subtle nor poisonous, but is a wise idea, charming in its adroitness, for Love’s ideas are subject to the Mind which 9forms them, the power which changeth the serpent into a staff.
Genesis i. 26. And God said, Let us make man in our 12image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping 15thing that creepeth upon the earth.
The eternal Elohim includes the forever universe. The name Elohim is in the plural, but this plurality of 18
Elohistic
plurality
Spirit does not imply more than one God, nor does it imply three persons in one.
It relates to the oneness, the tri-unity of Life, Truth, and Love. 21Let them have dominion. Man is the family name for all ideas, the sons and daughters of God. All that God imparts moves in accord with Him, reflecting good24ness and power.
Your mirrored reflection is your own image or likeness. If you lift a weight, your reflection does this also. 27
Reflected
likeness
If you speak, the lips of this likeness move in accord with yours. Now compare man before the mirror to his divine Principle, God. Call the mirror 30divine Science, and call man the reflection. Then note 516:1how true, according to Christian Science, is the reflection to its original. As the reflection of yourself appears in 3the mirror, so you, being spiritual, are the reflection of God. The substance, Life, intelligence, Truth, and Love, which constitute Deity, are reflected by His creation; 6and when we subordinate the false testimony of the corporeal senses to the facts of Science, we shall see this true likeness and reflection everywhere.
9God fashions all things, after His own likeness. Life is reflected in existence, Truth in truthfulness, God in
Love imparts
beauty
goodness, which impart their own peace and 12permanence.
Love, redolent with unselfishness, bathes all in beauty and light. The grass beneath our feet silently exclaims, The meek shall inherit the 15earth. The modest arbutus sends her sweet breath to heaven. The great rock gives shadow and shelter. The sunlight glints from the church-dome, glances into the 18prison-cell, glides into the sick-chamber, brightens the flower, beautifies the landscape, blesses the earth. Man, made in His likeness, possesses and reflects God’s domin21ion over all the earth. Man and woman as coexistent and eternal with God forever reflect, in glorified quality, the infinite Father-Mother God.
24Genesis i. 27. So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
27To emphasize this momentous thought, it is repeated that God made man in His own image, to reflect the
Ideal man
and woman
divine Spirit.
It follows that man is a generic 30term. Masculine, feminine, and neuter genders are human concepts. In one of the ancient lan517:1guages the word for man is used also as the synonym of mind. This definition has been weakened by anthropo3morphism, or a humanization of Deity. The word anthropomorphic, in such a phrase as an anthropomorphic God,is derived from two Greek words, signifying man 6and form, and may be defined as a mortally mental attempt to reduce Deity to corporeality. The life-giving quality of Mind is Spirit, not matter. 2The ideal man 9corresponds to creation, to intelligence, and to Truth. The ideal woman corresponds to Life and to Love. In divine Science, we have not as much authority for con12sidering God masculine, as we have for considering Him feminine, for Love imparts the clearest idea of Deity.
15The world believes in many persons; but if God is personal, there is but one person, because there is but one
Divine
personality
God.
His personality can only be reflected, 18not transmitted. God has countless ideas, and they all have one Principle and parentage. The only proper symbol of God as person is Mind’s infinite ideal. 21What is this ideal? Who shall behold it? This ideal is God’s own image, spiritual and infinite. Even eternity can never reveal the whole of God, since there is no limit 24to infinitude or to its reflections.
Genesis i. 28. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, 27and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
30Divine Love blesses its own ideas, and causes them to multiply, to manifest His power. Man is not made 518:1to till the soil. His birthright is dominion, not sub
Birthright
of man
jection.
He is lord of the belief in earth 3and heaven, himself subordinate alone to his Maker. This is the Science of being.
Genesis i. 29, 30. And God said, Behold, I have given 6you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every 9beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it 12was so.
God gives the lesser idea of Himself for a link to the greater, and in return, the higher always protects the 15
Assistance in
brotherhood
lower.
The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth 18his brother’s need and supplieth it, seeking his own in another’s good. Love giveth to the least spiritual idea might, immortality, and goodness, which shine through 21all as the blossom shines through the bud. All the varied expressions of God reflect health, holiness, immortality infinite Life, Truth, and Love.
24Genesis i. 31. And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
27The divine Principle, or Spirit, comprehends and expresses all, and all must therefore be as perfect as the divine Principle is perfect. Nothing is new to Spirit. 519:1Nothing can be novel to eternal Mind, the author of all things, who from all eternity knoweth His own ideas. 3
Perfection
of creation
Deity was satisfied with His work. How could He be otherwise, since the spiritual creation was the outgrowth, the emanation, of His infinite self-6containment and immortal wisdom?
Genesis ii. 1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
9Thus the ideas of God in universal being are complete and forever expressed, for Science reveals infinity and
Infinity
measureless
the fatherhood and motherhood of Love.
Hu12man capacity is slow to discern and to grasp God’s creation and the divine power and presence which go with it, demonstrating its spiritual origin. Mortals 15can never know the infinite, until they throw off the old man and reach the spiritual image and likeness. What can fathom infinity! How shall we declare Him, till, 18in the language of the apostle, we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the ful21ness of Christ?
Genesis ii. 2. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh 24day from all His work which He had made.
God rests in action. Imparting has not impoverished,
Resting in
holy work
can never impoverish, the divine Mind.
No 27exhaustion follows the action of this Mind, according to the apprehension of divine Science. The

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