Chapter IV - Creation
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origin in Spirit, and the offspring of God. Immortal
origin in Spirit, and the offspring of God. Immortal
man was sustained by Spirit, the mortal by matter and
the sweat of his brow.
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One held Life in Soul, the other in sense; one was
One held Life in Soul, the other in sense; one was
"good" and blessed, the other accursed. A misconcep-
tion of man pervades the whole statement of mortal, or
material man, from his origin in dust, until he returns
thither; his entire history is the origin and end of error,
and not man.
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"I have gotten a man from the Lord," was a false-
"I have gotten a man from the Lord," was a false-
hood, from the beginning; for this man was a foul
murderer, and Truth and Love never created hatred
and sin; supreme harmony never produced the Adam
and his progeny; that which is not God, or His idea,
is not only evil and mortal, but unreal, yea illusion.
A wrong version of the scriptures, has hidden their
Truth. The Prophet Isaiah is recorded to have said,
"God makes peace and he creates evil"; but turn to
Jeremiah, and you find this contradicted. Jesus, also,
takes the opposite grounds for the basis of his demon-
stration, showing that God casts out sin, sickness, and
death, instead of creating them.
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What would we say of the musician whose harmony
What would we say of the musician whose harmony
produced discord? Science sets right these knotty
points, and renders to God the things that are His.
We learn error by its results. Sickness, sin and death
are the fruits of error; Truth gives harmony and im-
mortality; thus Wisdom adjusted it, and "Thou shalt
die" was not spoken in vain of what purports to be
Life, Substance and Intelligence in matter, God in man,
and Soul in body. Adam, made of dust, was not the
image or likeness of God, Spirit; therefore partaking of
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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-