Chapter V - Prayer and Atonement
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cause I go to the Father." The scientific position of
cause I go to the Father." The scientific position of
Intelligence is Soul triumphing over sense.
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Absent from the body and present with the Lord is
Absent from the body and present with the Lord is
not ecstacy or trance, but a realization of the science of
Life, as laid down in this volume; it is obedience to
the law of God, governing the body by Spirit instead of
matter; therefore our Master said: "After this man-
ner pray ye –
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Our Father, which art in heaven,
Our Father, which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name;
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors,
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil,
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the
glory forever."
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The following is the spiritual signification of the
The following is the spiritual signification of the
Lord's Prayer:
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Harmonious and eternal Principle of man,
Harmonious and eternal Principle of man,
Nameless and adorable Intelligence,
Spiritualize man;
Control the discords of matter with the harmony of
Spirit.
Give us the understanding of God,
And Truth will destroy sickness, sin, and death, as
it destroys the belief of intelligent matter,
And lead man into Soul, and deliver him from per-
sonal sense,
For God is Truth, Life, and Love forever.
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Atonement is oneness with God; it is Life, Truth,
Atonement is oneness with God; it is Life, Truth,
and Love fulfilled, whereby sickness, sin, and death,
are destroyed. Jesus of Nazareth explained and dem-
onstrated his oneness with the Father, for which we
owe him endless love and homage, although at the time
of his labors he received less gratitude and honor than
other men. His mission was both individual and col-
lective; he did Life's work right in justice to himself,
and to show us how to do ours, but not to do it for us,
or to relieve us of a single responsibility in the case.
He taught us the way of Life, its Principle and proof,
demonstrating what He taught, that we might under-
stand its Principle; how it healed the sick, cast out
error, and triumphed over death. Jesus was more the
idea of God than a man can be whose origin is less
spiritual than his, therefore he demonstrated higher
than others the Principle of being, even his oneness with
God. He understood the science of those sayings of his,
"I am the Truth and Life," "I and the Father are
one." Any reference to himself was made to Christ,
the Principle of the man Jesus, for he called not Intel-
ligence man, but God. It was not to a person, but to
Truth, Life, and Love, he looked to destroy sickness,
sin, and death. The mission of Jesus was to demonstrate
the science of Life, he was its idea, even the chosen of
Principle to prove God, and what God does for man.
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Belief had established the false conclusion that God
Belief had established the false conclusion that God
was in matter; that Truth and Life were in man, and
man was mortal, sinning, sick, and dying. He wished
to show, this belief was the very opposite of Truth,
and that Spirit was not in matter, hence the death of
the cross and the re-appearance of Jesus according to