Chapter IV - Creation
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immortality is Soul, and not sense; matter can neither
immortality is Soul, and not sense; matter can neither
give nor take away Life. The Scripture saith, "Man
liveth by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth
of God," and this is not material bread, but that which
comes from heaven, harmony, giving its idea, immor-
tality. We know the belief of Life in matter is sus-
tained by eating, drinking, etc., because it reverses the
order of creation, and predicates Life on matter instead
of Spirit.
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"And every herb bearing seed, and every tree in the
"And every herb bearing seed, and every tree in the
which is the fruit of a tree, was given man."
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The
The
idea of God (and this was man) was superior to earth,
because it was the supreme idea, that embraced the
entire universe in itself, and to which all others were
subordinate. In this science of being, the herb bore seed
and the tree fruit, not because of root, seed, or blossom,
but because their Principle sustained these ideas, not
as Substance, but idea, for Intelligence held dominion
over matter. Reproduction is the result not of seed or
soil, but the Principle of man and the universe, that
produces through Intelligence. "And to every beast
of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, etc., wherein
is Life, was given every green herb for meat." Unto
every belief of Life in matter, the green herb symbol-
izing the immature and imperfect was apportioned, for
this belief was error and must draw its nutriment from
the "tree of knowledge," whereof if a man eat he
should die.
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"And God saw every thing that He had made, and
"And God saw every thing that He had made, and
behold it was very good."
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Mark the distinction be-
Mark the distinction be-
tween the things produced by Spirit, and those sup-
posed to be material products. Adam was sinful and
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mortal; in other words, he was error, and this error the
mortal; in other words, he was error, and this error the
belief that Life and Intelligence are in matter. The
first product of this belief was Cain, a murderer, and
earth brought forth thorns and thistles according to
error, Adam; and man must live by bread, and earn it
by the sweat of his brow. The belief of Life in matter
entailed nothing but discord; therefore this belief was
error, and error illusion; science says man has neither
birth, growth, decay nor death; man is idea and not
Substance, and spiritual instead of material. God
"saw all that He had made," inasmuch as Intelligence
understands all; hence the harmony and immortality of
its ideas and of man as idea, and not Substance, and
governed by mind instead of matter; mind that compre-
hends and sustains man, not as matter, but idea. Soul
understands this science of being, but sense does not,
and the less sense and the more Soul is brought out
will man appear the glorious idea of immortality. Soul
alone comprehends immortality; personal sense says,
when the eye loses sight of him forever, man is dead.
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"Thus the heavens and earth were finished, and all
"Thus the heavens and earth were finished, and all
the hosts of them."
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Here the Scripture repeats again
Here the Scripture repeats again
the science of creation, namely, that all was complete
and finished, therefore that nothing has since been
made; that Intelligence embraced all from the forever,
and that all is perfect, infinite and eternal. This assur-
ance, even, is self-sustaining, but to understand it, is to
gain our harmony and immortality; no geological spec-
ulation can change or mar the fact that Intelligence, the
Soul of man, embraces the universe and man in idea,
and holds them thus, forever. As matter-substance, all
is lost, but as Principle and idea, all is eternal. Never