Chapter XV - Genesis
Climax of suffering
543:1
than God, having no truth to support it, falls back upon
than God, having no truth to support it, falls back upon
itself. This error, after reaching the climax of suffering,
yields to Truth and returns to dust; but it
is only mortal man and not the real man,
who dies. The image of Spirit cannot be effaced, since it
is the idea of Truth and changes not, but becomes more
beautifully apparent at error's demise.
Dwelling in dreamland
543:8
In divine Science, the material man is shut out from
In divine Science, the material man is shut out from
the presence of God. The five corporeal senses cannot
take cognizance of Spirit. They cannot come
into His presence, and must dwell in dream‑
land, until mortals arrive at the understanding that ma-
terial life, with all its sin, sickness, and death, is an illu-
sion, against which divine Science is engaged in a warfare
of extermination. The great verities of existence are
never excluded by falsity.
Man springs from Mind
543:17
All error proceeds from the evidence before the mate-
All error proceeds from the evidence before the mate-
rial senses. If man is material and originates in an
egg, who shall say that he is not primarily
dust? May not Darwin be right in think-
ing that apehood preceded mortal manhood? Minerals
and vegetables are found, according to divine Science,
to be the creations of erroneous thought, not of matter.
Did man, whom God created with a word, originate
in an egg? When Spirit made all, did it leave aught
for matter to create? Ideas of Truth alone are reflected
in the myriad manifestations of Life, and thus it is
seen that man springs solely from Mind. The belief
that matter supports life would make Life, or God,
mortal.
Material inception
543:31
The text, "In the day that the Lord God [Jehovah
The text, "In the day that the Lord God [Jehovah
God] made the earth and the heavens," introduces the