Chapter I - Natural Science
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first, and the first last; that which was first in matter
first, and the first last; that which was first in matter
will be last, alias, nothing in Spirit. Science puts not
new wine into old bottles; we cannot adhere to a
belief regarding a subject, and at the same time grasp
the Truth of it; we must yield the old, or the new is
spilled.
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Doctrines and opinions based on a personal God are
Doctrines and opinions based on a personal God are
nothing more or less than beliefs of intelligent matter,
that we must yield, or spill the inspiration and wine of
Truth that enables man to demonstrate Life higher,
and to reach practical Christianity that casts out devils
and heals the sick.
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We will now consider more minutely the Principle,
We will now consider more minutely the Principle,
or Soul of man, named God; learn what it is, and how
man is harmonious and immortal. The Scriptures in-
form us, "God is Love," "Truth and Life," and these
certainly imply He is Principle, not person. Again,
Principle explains person, but person cannot explain
Principle. God interprets man, but man cannot ex-
plain God, Spirit explains matter, but matter cannot
define Spirit, Soul explains body, but body cannot in-
terpret Soul. We must commence with God to explain
immortal man, remembering God is Spirit, and Spirit
the only substance, because it is Intelligence; holding
the earth in equipoise, marking out the pathway of the
stars, forming the minutia of identity, and comprehend-
ing the universe and man in the harmony of being.
Spirit believes nothing, because it understands all, and
is Life, not subject to death because it is exempt from
matter.
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It is mind alone that embraces sensation, therefore,
It is mind alone that embraces sensation, therefore,
the senses are Spirit and not matter, and belong to Soul
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instead of body; they are not personal but Spiritual;
instead of body; they are not personal but Spiritual;
Intelligence passes from mind to body, that is, from
Principle to its idea, but cannot pass from body to mind,
for matter is neither cognizant of evil or good, of pain
or pleasure. Soul is not in body, it is the unlimited In-
telligence, impossible to limit, and the immortality that
mingles not with mortality; as light and darkness are
opposites, so are Spirit and matter, without the least
affinity; light dwelling in darkness would destroy the
darkness; thus would the sinless and immortal destroy
the sinning and mortal; but darkness extinguishes not
light, and matter cannot destroy Spirit, body cannot
destroy Soul, but Soul can and does destroy matter.
Man is not matter, brains are not Intelligence, they are
not the organ of the infinite. Life and Intelligence are
not in matter, nor do they act by means of organization;
matter is a creation of belief, a chimera of personal
sense that reverses science, as we shall hereafter show.
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Idea is inseparable from its Principle; man is idea,
Idea is inseparable from its Principle; man is idea,
and Soul the Principle that produces it, therefore man
and his maker are inseparable. Opinions and beliefs
have no Principle, they are erring and mortal, neither
expressing God nor immortal man; but the offspring of
personal sense, embracing sin, sickness and death, yea,
the dream of Life in matter. Materia medica, physi-
ology, mesmerism, etc., are opinions and beliefs, predi-
cated on intelligent matter, which is error; and the
discord and doubt attending them are owing to the false
position they occupy. Ideas, like numbers and notes,
admit no opinions or beliefs regarding them, when once
their Principle is understood; beliefs are theories that
change, and are falsely stated, because they are not un-