Chapter I - Natural Science
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some of the Soul-inspired patriarchs gave good proofs
some of the Soul-inspired patriarchs gave good proofs
of understanding God. Jacob wrestled with a man,
that is, strove against the belief of Life and Intelligence
in matter," until day-break;" until the light of sci-
ence shone upon his understanding, enabling him to
restore the shrank sinew; this was the spiritual sense;
the literal – the hour of dawn. The shrank sinew he
restored, understanding simply that he possessed con-
trol over matter, and that man is immortal, the image
and likeness of God, that cannot lose one jot of its
completeness. When Jacob became the demonstrator,
even in a limited capacity of this Truth, he was named
Israel, the chosen of Wisdom, and thereafter those
building on this foundation, were of the house of
Israel.
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Why Jesus of Nazareth stood higher in the scale of
Why Jesus of Nazareth stood higher in the scale of
being, and rose proportionately beyond other men in
demonstrating God, we impute to his spiritual origin.
He was the offspring of Soul, and not sense; yea, the
Son of God. The science of being was revealed to the
virgin mother, who, in part proved the great Truth,
that God is the only origin of man. The conception of
Jesus illustrated this Truth, and finished the example
of creation. Jesus was the idea of this Principle, but
born of woman, that is, having in part a personal origin,
he blended the idea of Life, that is God, with the belief
of Life in matter, and became the connecting link be-
tween science and personal sense; "and took upon
himself flesh," became apparent as the half-way posi-
tion of positive science; thus to mediate between God
and man; in other words, to present the idea of God
that revealed Life outside of matter, in contradistinc-
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tion to the belief of Life in matter, and demonstrated
tion to the belief of Life in matter, and demonstrated
the Truth that man is idea and not substance, that God
is all and in all, and the Principle of man that controls
matter. Jesus walked the wave, stilled the tempest,
and yet, this idea of God was not comprehended by
those who deemed God a person, and Life in matter,
and man substance and Intelligence.
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Paul said: – "And if Christ (Truth) be not risen,
Paul said: – "And if Christ (Truth) be not risen,
then is my preaching vain;" that is, if it be not under-
stood that God is the only Life, then are the explana-
tions of Jesus vain. Again, the Scriptures saith, "I am
the resurrection and Life, he that believeth in me shall
not see death;" in other words, he that understands
Soul is God, the only Life and Intelligence of man,
that the body has not a separate being, but hath Life
abiding only in Spirit, shall never die. This idea of
Truth was literally scourged by the Rabbis, over eigh-
teen centuries ago; "despised and rejected of men,"
while yet it bore their infirmities, healed their sick-
nesses, raised the dead, and sat down at the right hand
of the Father, was embraced in the Principle of man,
that wrought out the harmony of the universe. As of
old, the Pharisees thrust this idea from their synagogues,
and the learned Jews sought to kill Jesus; so to-day,
church and state unconscious of the re-appearing of
this idea of Truth, would silence what cometh, as of old,
doing good to its enemies, casting out error, healing the
sick and bringing freedom and salvation to man. Prophe-
sying its rejection, Christ said, "when I come again,
shall I find faith on earth?"
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To control our bodies, Paul said, was our only rea-
To control our bodies, Paul said, was our only rea-
sonable service, but who can presume to reach the