Chapter IV - Creation
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see the darkness or the light even. The belief of sin
see the darkness or the light even. The belief of sin
and sickness, or of death, or Life in matter, hides man's
Life in harmony, that is Soul and not sense; but who
will "believe our report, to whom the arm of the Lord
hath not been revealed." The sun, that is light and
heat, gives little warmth or brightness until the clouds
pass from before it; thus the science of being is seen
only as sense is hushed, and Life is learned spiritually.
Every agony of mortal man wafts him onward over the
billows until error is finally destroyed, and "There is
no more sea." This is the new birth, the travail of error
before it is self-destroyed, and man is born of Spirit
and not matter. In the allegory in Genesis, error said,
"Believe me, I will make you as Gods." But Truth
replied, to this belief "I will greatly multiply thy sor-
row and conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth,
and thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule
over thee." The first intimation of sickness, sorrow,
and man's tyranny, came with the belief of Life and In-
telligence in matter. "My son, give me thy heart,"
restores concord to all the dependencies and relations
of being. Our Master's impotent foes, were the world
of sense; but he feared them not; that which killed
the body but was not able to destroy Soul, the Life and
Principle of man, had no terrors for him.
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Treating of the growth of eggs, Prof. Agassiz said,
Treating of the growth of eggs, Prof. Agassiz said,
"It is very possible that many general statements cur-
rent now, about birth and generation, will be changed
with the progress of information." Had the great nat-
uralist gained through his tireless researches the scien-
tific basis of being independent of growth and organi-
zation, the blessing of that ardent mind would have
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continued longer with us; history is greatly indebted
continued longer with us; history is greatly indebted
to his labors and genius, for facts relating to the belief
of Life in matter. His discoveries brought to light im-
portant points in what is termed embryotic life; the
butterfly, bee, etc., propagating their species without
the male element; and this corroborates science, prov-
ing plainly that the origin of the universe and man
depends not on material conditions. The spiritual un-
derstanding of Life, embraces neither sensuous forma-
tions nor conditions of matter. All that has a beginning
has an end; what we name life germinating in an egg,
and expanding thence to adult being, will finally go
out, which proves it never was Life, and nothing, in
fact, but a belief of Life, and this belief, mesmerism and
not man. Animals of lower organisms combine three
methods of reproduction; they multiply by eggs, buds,
and self-division, proving the conditions of Life become
less imperative in lower organisms, or where there is
less mind and belief on this subject. Prof. Agassiz says,
"Successive generations do not begin with the birth of
new individuals, but with the formation of the egg
whence these individuals proceed; and we must look
upon the egg as the starting point of the complicated
structure of man." His deep researches into material
structure culminate here in logical conclusion, and with
less hypothesis and more observation than generally at-
tend such theorems. His discovery aids the science of
Life; he has bearded error in its den, proved clearly the
origin of mortal man to be matter, and not Spirit; the
product of an egg, instead of God, and that a belief of
structural life is the sole progenitor of what is termed
mortal man; even as Truth is the origin of immortal