Chapter III - Spirit and Matter
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the body, or any portion of God in man would rob the
the body, or any portion of God in man would rob the
All-wise of some omnipotence and Wisdom. Theories
and beliefs either admit more than one God, or less than
a God; we must break the bars of personality and let
go the belief of God in matter, and get out of man into
God, to reach the science of Life and be rid of sickness,
sin, and death; so long as Life and Intelligence are sup-
posed to be in matter, man will be mortal. The belief
that is fatal to science, to man's harmony, and to God's
omnipotence supposes a portion of Jehovah is impris-
oned in a body of sensuality and death, to escape thence
when this body has gone to ruin in His keeping, mas-
tered Omnipotence, and destroyed itself, or when God
the Life of man has killed the body, to get out of it,
into the science and circumference of being.
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The smallest portion of holiness was never inside of
The smallest portion of holiness was never inside of
sin, or mixed in any manner with it. The good we see,
and say it is in man, is outside of him; mortal man, or
mind in matter, is morally and scientifically impossible,
even to God. The belief that good and evil, God and
devil, Spirit and matter mingle in the least, or take the
same individuality, is the error called mortal man.
There are degrees of comparison, however, in error,
the lesser one is the less material man, hence the more
transparent to Truth, outside this error the good in
connection with mortal man, is outside of him, instead
of inside. The idea of God outside the belief of Life
in matter is immortal man; we catch glimpses of him
when the clouds of error are less dense, and at times
melt into such thinness we perceive the image and like-
ness of God in some word or deed that reveals some-
what of the true being, even the immortal man, sinless
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and eternal. Not, however, that a mortal man em-
and eternal. Not, however, that a mortal man em-
braces one atom of goodness; all is sin and sense there,
but that the good outside of him at times shines through
him like the sunbeams that the vapory cloud cannot
hide. The less we admit matter intelligent, and cease
to call the body "I," the more we gather ourself in the
good, outside of evil, and the sooner will God be under-
stood, and man will be found the image and likeness
of God.
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Admitting Soul is in the body, and Life and Intelli-
Admitting Soul is in the body, and Life and Intelli-
gence matter, as well as God; the infinite gets into the
finite, and even then cannot control the body in which
He dwells; contending bodily conditions are beyond
the control of Intelligence; we employ matter reme-
dies to do what is not even expected of Omnipotence,
and mortal man limps with lameness, droops with dys-
pepsia, or consumes with pulmonary disease, etc., until
this so-called man yields up the ghost.
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We should hesitate to say God sins and suffers,
We should hesitate to say God sins and suffers,
although the logic of such reasoning would be this; if
God dwells in person or man we must confess to athe-
ism and submerge Intelligence in matter. How far is
the belief removed from infidelity, that unites Spirit
and matter, and employs the latter to heal the sick,
thus tacitly acknowledging matter superior to God.
This error cannot be understood, or it would not be
tolerated.
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There are evil beliefs, and these falsely called evil
There are evil beliefs, and these falsely called evil
"spirits." There is but one Spirit, viz., Life, Love, and
Truth; and this is sufficient for all things, and a
"very present help in time of trouble"; but when
knowledge takes the responsibility to say matter is