Chapter V - Prayer and Atonement
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of mathematics to work out a problem for man; nor
of mathematics to work out a problem for man; nor
should we ask the Principle of all good to do a work
already done, and which we have only to avail ourselves
of, that is, to understand, in order to receive its bless-
ings. The Principle of man must be reflected by man,
else he is not the image and likeness of the patient,
tender, and true, yea, the one altogether lovely; and to
go higher than this, and understand "God is Love," is
the work of eternity.
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"When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when
"When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when
thou hast shut the door pray to the father which is in
secret, and thy father which seeth in secret shall reward
thee openly."
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The closet signifies the sanctuary of Spirit, its door
The closet signifies the sanctuary of Spirit, its door
opening on Soul, and not sense, opening to Truth, God,
and closing on error. The father in secret is the Prin-
ciple of man, unseen to personal sense, the infinite In-
telligence that knows all things, and rewards according
to motives, regarding mind only and not speech. The
"prayer of the righteous" that "heals the sick," is
after the manner our Master taught, when he bade his
students enter into the Spirit of prayer, the door of
personal sense closed, lips mute, and man in audience
with his Maker, where, Spirit instead of matter, and
Soul instead of sense are understood the standpoint of
being, even the Principle thereof, that destroys sick-
ness, sin, and death. Thus the power of Life, Love
and Truth, will destroy sin, sickness, and death, and
enlarge the capacities of man, revealing his God-given
dominion over earth; but remember, also, that "none
but the pure in heart shall see God "; shall be able to
take this scientific position of prayer, in which personal
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sense is silenced, and Spirit the master of man. After
sense is silenced, and Spirit the master of man. After
a momentary cessation in the belief and dream of Life
in matter, whereby Life, that is God, unfolds itself,
comes the understanding and consciousness of dominion
over the body that casts out error and heals the sick,
and you speak as one having authority. We have
taught our students the footsteps to this prayer; let
them answer to-day, have they followed them. A great
relinquishment of material things must precede this ad-
vanced spiritual understanding; 'isms but retard it, and
mediumship more than most things. This prayer is
not faith; it is demonstration; it heals the sick and ad-
vances man in the scale of being; it recognizes the
falsity of personal sense and the Life that is Soul.
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Only as we rise above sensuality and sin, can we
Only as we rise above sensuality and sin, can we
reach its standpoint. Prayer addressed to a person,
prevents our letting go of personality for the impersonal
Spirit to whom all things are possible. We cannot
serve two masters, if we are sensibly with our body
and consequently our words, and regarding Omnipo-
tence a person, whose ear we would gain, we are not
Soul, Life, Love and Truth, and therefore not in the
harmony of being and oneness with the Father, "In
demonstration of the Spirit and power." Make it a
conscious reality for a single moment, that Life and In-
telligence are not in the body, and you are without sen-
sation in the body, and if sick, will find yourself well;
sorrow is turned into joy, when we become conscious
Soul, able to govern the body with Life, Truth, and
Love; hence those words of our Master, "I and the
Father are one," that wrought such blessed works, and
"greater works than I," (in the flesh) "ye can do, be-