Chapter I - Natural Science
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and partakes of its own bounty. In the resurrection of
and partakes of its own bounty. In the resurrection of
understanding, Life, Soul, and substance will be recog-
nized one and outside of matter, and the Intelligence of
all that is immortal. The idea of Life is embraced in
Soul and not sense, in the immortal and not the mortal.
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The most scientific man of whom we have any record,
The most scientific man of whom we have any record,
Jesus of Nazareth, called the mortal body that we sup-
pose substance, "ghost"; and his body that others called
spirit, "flesh and bones"; showing that substance to his
understanding was the deathless Principle that em-
braces man and is forever inseparable from Soul. But
the Jews, strongly material, called the real idea of God,
even the body that was not matter, a spirit or ghost;
and the body they laid in a sepulchre, substance. By
this error they lost logic and Truth, therefore lost sight
of Jesus at the very moment when he presented more
than ever the real idea of God, and because of this be-
lief, the idea was taken from them. The higher he
wrought the problem of being through spiritual science,
the more odious he became to the materialistic world
that understood him not. Life, Intelligence and sub-
stance to them were matter, but to him they were God,
the Truth of man; therefore he reckoned himself not
matter but Spirit; not sense, but Soul. Said he, "Spirit
hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have," but this
he said three days after his burial, before relinquishing
the belief of substance-matter; after that, his disciples
even could not see him. Jesus said, "I and the Father
are one," and this separated him from theology and the
Rabbis: understanding himself Soul instead of body,
and that Soul was God, brought down upon him the
anathemas of a world. This statement of himself un-
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derstood in science, was, that Life, substance, and Intel-
derstood in science, was, that Life, substance, and Intel-
ligence, are not man, but God, not body, but Soul; re-
versing this, belief could not see the idea of Truth or
harmonious man; and the sinning, sick and mortal error
that crucified Jesus, occupied the place of God's idea.
Mortal and sinful man is not the product of God; sin
and death never proceeded from Life, Love and Truth.
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Matter being unintelligent, there is no material law
Matter being unintelligent, there is no material law
governing man and the universe, and Spirit is free by
divine right. Soul is the master of man and matter.
Truth is not learned through laws of matter; for there
are no such laws: matter is not a law-giver. Wisdom
demanded man "to hold dominion over earth," and all
things therein, making him obedient only to higher law.
The Truth of man saith he is superior to matter; but
the opposite error says, he is inferior to it. Truth says:
"I give you power over all things, that nothing shall by
any means harm you;" "power to handle serpents, to
take deadly drugs," etc. But while our missionaries
are carrying the Bible to Hindostan, and explaining it
according to a belief, hundreds are dying annually of
the bite of serpents. Creeds and ritualism never enable
us to follow Jesus' example, and give the demonstra-
tion he gave of God. Life cannot be separated from its
idea; therefore Soul and body, God and man, are insep
arable. All good proceeds from God in the order and
harmony of science; evil is its opposite, or knowledge,
that proceeds from personal sense, and usurps the place
of Wisdom.
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The thirty thousand different readings given the Old,
The thirty thousand different readings given the Old,
and the three hundred thousand the New Testament,
account for the discrepancies that sometimes appear in