Chapter XV - Genesis
Original reflected
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themselves a task impossible for them, that of distinguish-
themselves a task impossible for them, that of distinguish-
ing between the false and the true. Objects utterly un-
like the original do not reflect that original. Therefore
matter, not being the reflection of Spirit, has no real en-
tity. Understanding is a quality of God, a quality which
separates Christian Science from supposition and makes
Truth final.
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Genesis i. 8. And God called the firmament Heaven.
Genesis i. 8. And God called the firmament Heaven.
And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Exalted thought
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Through divine Science, Spirit, God, unites under-
Through divine Science, Spirit, God, unites under-
standing to eternal harmony. The calm and exalted
thought or spiritual apprehension is at peace.
Thus the dawn of ideas goes on, forming each
successive stage of progress.
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Genesis i. 9. And God said, Let the waters under the
Genesis i. 9. And God said, Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry
land appear: and it was so.
Unfolding of thoughts
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Spirit, God, gathers unformed thoughts into their
Spirit, God, gathers unformed thoughts into their
proper channels, and unfolds these thoughts,
even as He opens the petals of a holy purpose
in order that the purpose may appear.
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Genesis i. 10. And God called the dry land Earth; and
Genesis i. 10. And God called the dry land Earth; and
the gathering together of the waters called He Seas: and
God saw that it was good.
Spirit names and blesses
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Here the human concept and divine idea seem con-
Here the human concept and divine idea seem con-
fused by the translator, but they are not so in the scien-
tifically Christian meaning of the text. Upon
Adam devolved the pleasurable task of find-
ing names for all material things, but Adam has not yet