Chapter I - Natural Science
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by Paul "the old man," will disappear or "be put off,"
by Paul "the old man," will disappear or "be put off,"
for "dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return;"
man never dies, it is only a belief of man.
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Apprehending God the only Life and Intelligence of
Apprehending God the only Life and Intelligence of
man, is the foundation of harmony, but to gain this un-
derstanding of Soul, the Principle that gave man domin-
ion over earth, 'tis necessary to understand one's-self
Spirit, and not matter. Jesus established his demon-
stration in healing the sick, etc., on this very basis,
thereby holding all being and prerogative Soul, and not
personal sense. Reason is right only when starting
from cause instead of effect, from Soul instead of sense;
conclusions based on the evidences of personal sense are
drawn from mortality.
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'Ology and 'ism tend to the conviction that God who
'Ology and 'ism tend to the conviction that God who
is universal cause, is effect also, insomuch as they all
make Intelligence moral and physical, or mind and mat-
ter. The time has come to separate the belief of per-
sonal sense on the one hand, from science on the other;
hitherto man has called on man to interpret God, and
on matter and its supposed laws, to heal the sick; but
as progress compels the change, we shall seek outside of
personal sense in the Principle of things, their true
interpretation and remedy. To seek Truth through
belief is to ask the changing and erring for the immuta-
ble and immortal; or to call belief Truth, is ignorance
of God. We learn from the Scripture "God is Love,"
and this certainly is Principle instead of a person;
hence God should be understood and demonstrated:
belief can neither explain Principle nor demonstrate
God. To understand, instead of believe, what most
concerns our happiness, is essential, and to know we
are right cannot be construed irreverence to Truth.
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Our Master ventured to say he was "Truth and Life,
Our Master ventured to say he was "Truth and Life,
and no man cometh unto the Father" (the Principle of
his being) "except through me," Truth. Principle is
the Father of man, and science alone reveals Principle,
hence it is the "Comforter" that leads into all Truth.
Jesus regarded himself Principle instead of person:
hear his words: "I am the way, the Truth, and Life.
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God is the Soul of man and the only Intelligence,
God is the Soul of man and the only Intelligence,
Life or Substance: and man is the reflex shadow of
God. Belief is error, and mortal man is a belief: un-
derstanding is Intelligence; belief is personal sense, the
so-called mind of matter; understanding is Soul, which
is Spirit, belief is knowledge and that which said "I
will make ye as gods," is mortal error, alias mortal
man. Wisdom said of knowledge, "In the day thou eat-
est thereof thou shalt surely die." Christianity is God
understood and demonstrated. There is no death in
Truth, and vice versa. Error is mortal; the very oppo-
site of Truth and its idea which is the perfect and im-
mortal man and universe. Doctrines and theories plac-
ing God in man, Soul in body, are founded on belief,
and are the offspring of personal sense. We entertain
no belief with regard to what we understand, and can-
not demonstrate what is not understood. When Soul
is accepted as the only Intelligence, we shall depend on
this ever-present Truth to control its own body; and to
understand this Principle of man, is indispensable to his
harmony; to know we are Soul and not body is starting
right.
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Matter is not substance, if God is substance; for
Matter is not substance, if God is substance; for
matter and Spirit are not one. Which shall be sub-
stance, the erring, mutable and mortal, or the change-