Chapter IV - Creation
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"knowledge" never lost his first estate, but was the
"knowledge" never lost his first estate, but was the
result of it. Man, originating in God, never fell into
sin or death; he is forever happy, harmonious, and
immortal, inheriting this birthright alone from Spirit.
The so-called man that is sinning, sick, and dying, is
not man, but a dream of Life, and Intelligence in mat-
ter; "dust to dust," nothingness.
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"And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord
"And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord
and dwelt in the land of Nod, and Cain knew his wife,"
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etc. This second fabulous creation originated man first
etc. This second fabulous creation originated man first
in dust, woman in a rib, and the rest of humanity in an
egg. Up to that no mention was made of another
woman save Eve, the mother of Cain. Eve, in the
Hebrew, signifies beginning, and the question is natu-
rally suggested, whence came the wife of Cain? This,
however, is unimportant in the evolution of matter
whereby Intelligence and man are supposed to be de-
veloped, subject to propagation, growth, and death.
This false theory or Adamic error, was ruled out from
the presence of God, Truth, to dwell in the land of
Nod, the land of dreams and illusion. Error, named
Adam, was the foundation of this mythical creation,
and the belief still continues, namely, that man is mat-
ter, hence the image of God mortal. Spirit created all
things. Man created from matter is mythological;
with dust, a rib, and Cain's mother for his wife, alas!
who shall say that a monkey was not our great-great‑
grand-father?
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Far be it from us, with thought or expression, to
Far be it from us, with thought or expression, to
touch profanely the glorious record of the Bible, where
alone we may gain the understanding of man's immor-
tal basis; and meager were all earth's possessions, dis-
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inherited of the inspired page. But the understanding
inherited of the inspired page. But the understanding
of scripture is what we need, to restore the harmony of
being and gain its Principle, the Father's house, where
the prodigal returns, and the perfection of man appears.
Christ said, "Believe me that I am in the Father and
the Father in me, else believe me for my works' sake,"
i.e., understand that I am Intelligence, and not mat-
ter, and that Intelligence is God, (there is no evil In-
telligence) else believe this for the demonstration it
brings, healing the sick, and casting out error. We
cannot doubt the inspiration that opened to us the
spiritual sense of the Bible, when it lifted us from dis-
ease and death, giving us triumph over the body.
Standing at the threshold of scientific being, and there
beholding the falsity of earthly things, "the Spirit and
bride say, come, and whosoever will, let him drink
of the waters of Life, freely." Humbly, as fervently,
we join grateful issue with the Truth of being, that
separates Adam, error, forever from the presence of
God, and says to the body, no personal sense, no Life,
Intelligence or Substance in matter. In the atmosphere
or mind of Soul, man is seen the image and likeness of
goodness and perfection, and cannot lose this estate, he
being the only heir to the abundant affluence of Life,
Truth, and Love, that said, "Let us make man in our
own image." Mortal, and material man, is simply a
belief of Life in matter; we say a belief, because he is
not the reality of man, and never can reach Life that
is outside of matter, where alone is our real, be-
cause our harmonious being. Looking and thinking
from a material point only, we never shall gain the
science of being. In the dark ourselves, how can we