Chapter II - Imposition and Demonstration
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sible, they would grow beautifully less at every ad-
sible, they would grow beautifully less at every ad-
vanced stage of existence; for the departed would pass
away from our ignorance, and we away from the belief
of mediumship, until the beliefs of matter were gone,
and we united through science; and the will of God
"done on earth as it is done in heaven."
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The mind of Soul has no fellowship, or communion,
The mind of Soul has no fellowship, or communion,
with the so-called mind of the body; the changing, sin-
ful and erring thought is not immortal Spirit; matter
and brains are not mind, notwithstanding opinions and
beliefs to the contrary! But we welcome the increase
of knowledge even though it never has borne the fruits
of harmony and immortality, and never will approach
the demonstration that Jesus gave, because knowledge
must have its day, and we want that day over. The
so-called mind of body, is belief and error, but the mind
of Soul is understanding, even the science of being.
Paul learned that to be present with Truth, we must be
absent to the body; but Cain concluded very naturally
if man gave life he had the right to take it away, and
attempted to kill his brother, showing this belief of Life
in matter, or man, was error from the beginning. We
name a mistaken thought, mind, while it is error only,
without intelligence, but imitating it; without Princi-
ple, but claiming to be Truth. Mistakes are impossible
to understanding, and understanding is all the mind
there is; ignorance and evil, are not Intelligence. Soul
is the only Intelligence, and a creator not at the mercy
of its creation; we see, hear, feel, etc., not because of
eyes or ears, these faculties are symbols or expressions
of understanding, which is the mind of Soul; the
mind of body loses them if an organ be destroyed; but
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they cannot perish, or be marred in Spirit. The senses
they cannot perish, or be marred in Spirit. The senses
of Soul are not matter, but Spirit, that apprehend and
reflect Intelligence, and Life; hence, their immortality.
Inspiration is the utterance of Soul, giving forth its own
idea, or spiritual sense. It is safe to trust this commu-
nication; but it would no longer be so if matter, or per-
sonal sense interpreted it. The garment in which be-
lief, error, hides itself is, that Soul is in matter, holiness
in unholiness, and literally God in man.
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Midnight foretells the dawn; and beholding a solitary
Midnight foretells the dawn; and beholding a solitary
star the wise men of old were led by spiritual vision to
foretell the hour of Truth. But what shepherd-sage to‑
day, seeing the light is allowed to explain the darkness.
The world is asleep! lulled by stupefying beliefs; in the
cradle of infancy dreaming away the hours under its
spell. Entering upon an unknown eternity, personal
sense will be found as an outlaw escaping to a foreign
land, where he is doomed to an unlooked-for death. The
footsteps of belief have not advanced man a single league
toward immortality; and the unwillingness to learn man
and God of science, holds Christendom in chains. So
much hypocrisy swells the catalogue of society, the
honesty that demands demonstration is not desired, and
incurs the enmity of mankind. Science never plays the
hypocrite. To claim you understand a problem of Eu-
clid, and fail to demonstrate it, would exhibit folly or
dishonesty; but to solve the simple problem according
to its rule proves you perceive the Principle. Science
is the rule of harmonious and immortal man; Jesus the
example, and Christ the Principle. This rule of man is
embraced in Life, Love and Truth; and the spiritual
sense of the Scripture reveals the science of being.