Chapter IV - Creation
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stars also."
stars also."
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The sun is figurative of Soul, of the
The sun is figurative of Soul, of the
Principle of man, and the universe; of the Life and
Intelligence outside of matter, that governs the entire
creation. Stars represent scintillations of Truth, that
appear in the twilight of understanding, or darkness
of belief. Matter never represented God; geology can-
not explain the earth, nor one of its formations, for
these formations are dependent alone on Spirit, that
gave them forth the eternal heavens, earth and man.
Intelligence formed and peopled the universe. The
scripture gives no record of solar light, until after time
had been divided into day and night, and vegetation
was formed; showing you light was the symbol of the
Life-giving creator, and not a source of Life to the
vegetable kingdom.
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"All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
"All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose body nature is, and God the Soul."
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Spirit is inseparable from its idea, but never in it;
Spirit is inseparable from its idea, but never in it;
one cannot exist without the other. Principle would
be nonentity without its idea, and idea could not be
without its entity, or Principle. Soul exists not with-
out man and the universe, for it is never separated
from the complex and reflex shadow of itself; but God,
the Soul of all, is not in man or matter.
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"And God said, let the waters bring forth the moving
"And God said, let the waters bring forth the moving
creatures that hath life";
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the ideas of God that repre-
the ideas of God that repre-
sent Life outside of matter; "and God blessed them,
saying, be fruitful, multiply," etc. Here the difference
is shown between Wisdom's approval of those things
created by Spirit and the command for them to multi-
ply, and the curse upon Adam's race that sprang from
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dust, matter. So far, Life, Truth, and Love, had "made
dust, matter. So far, Life, Truth, and Love, had "made
all that was made "and pronounced it "good "; but we
have no record of their creating sin, sickness, or death;
all was good that was created by God. The same
Truth that made man harmonious, will destroy, at
length, the belief of Life in matter, or mortal man, and
reveal man the forever idea of God; but this Truth is
met with the malignancy of error in return for Love,
shedding its blessings unsparingly on all. Malice pur-
sues the reformer through every avenue of society, and
the evil that persecutes, and the pride that refuses aid,
binds the hands and feet of philanthropy, and then calls
for stronger proofs of active limbs.
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"And God made the beasts of the earth after his kind,
"And God made the beasts of the earth after his kind,
and cattle after their kind, and saw that it was good."
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The beast and reptile made by Love and Wisdom were
The beast and reptile made by Love and Wisdom were
neither carnivorous nor poisonous; Love never created
hatred, nor Truth error. In the science of being, man
preys not on his fellow-man, and his neighbor is as
himself. One beast shall not devour another, and the
lion shall lie down with the lamb, and the little child
shall lead them. The Wisdom that handled serpents
unharmed, and that made a staff as a serpent, held do-
minion over reptiles and over all the earth; this domin-
ion was illustrated by Moses and the prophets, and
afterwards by Jesus and his disciples, the very best ex-
amples to elucidate the Truth of being. Understand-
ing this science, Daniel was safe amid the hungry lions,
well knowing the Intelligence that formed the lion was
superior to him; therefore he took refuge from the
belief of Life in matter ready to perish, in Life that was
God, where safety and refuge lay, and thus demon-