Chapter XV - Genesis
Multiplication of pure ideas
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istence of both this mortal mentality, so-called, and its
istence of both this mortal mentality, so-called, and its
claim, for the claim usurps the deific prerogatives and is
an attempted infringement on infinity.
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Genesis i. 23. And the evening and the morning were
Genesis i. 23. And the evening and the morning were
the fifth day.
Spiritual spheres
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Advancing spiritual steps in the teeming universe of
Advancing spiritual steps in the teeming universe of
Mind lead on to spiritual spheres and exalted beings. To
material sense, this divine universe is dim and
distant, gray in the sombre hues of twilight;
but anon the veil is lifted, and the scene shifts into light.
In the record, time is not yet measured by solar revolutions,
and the motions and reflections of deific power cannot be
apprehended until divine Science becomes the interpreter.
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Genesis i. 24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth
Genesis i. 24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth
the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing,
and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Continuity of thoughts
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Spirit diversifies, classifies, and individualizes all
Spirit diversifies, classifies, and individualizes all
thoughts, which are as eternal as the Mind
conceiving them; but the intelligence, exist-
ence, and continuity of all individuality remain in God,
who is the divinely creative Principle thereof.
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Genesis i. 25. And God made the beast of the earth after
Genesis i. 25. And God made the beast of the earth after
his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that
creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that
it was good.
God's thoughts are spiritual realities
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God creates all forms of reality. His thoughts are
God creates all forms of reality. His thoughts are
spiritual realities. So-called mortal mind – being non‑
existent and consequently not within the range of im-
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mortal existence – could not by simulating deific power
mortal existence – could not by simulating deific power
invert the divine creation, and afterwards recreate per-
sons or things upon its own plane, since noth-
ing exists beyond the range of all-inclusive
infinity, in which and of which God is the
sole creator. Mind, joyous in strength, dwells in the
realm of Mind. Mind's infinite ideas run and dis-
port themselves. In humility they climb the heights of
holiness.
Qualities of thought
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Moral courage is "the lion of the tribe of Juda," the
Moral courage is "the lion of the tribe of Juda," the
king of the mental realm. Free and fearless it roams in
the forest. Undisturbed it lies in the open
field, or rests in "green pastures, . . . beside
the still waters." In the figurative transmission from the
divine thought to the human, diligence, promptness, and
perseverance are likened to "the cattle upon a thousand
hills." They carry the baggage of stern resolve, and
keep pace with highest purpose. Tenderness accompa-
nies all the might imparted by Spirit. The individ-
uality created by God is not carnivorous, as witness the
millennial estate pictured by Isaiah: –
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The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard shall lie down with the kid;
And the calf and the young lion, and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.
Creatures of God useful
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Understanding the control which Love held over all,
Understanding the control which Love held over all,
Daniel felt safe in the lions' den, and Paul proved the
viper to be harmless. All of God's creatures
moving in the harmony of Science, are harm-
less, useful, indestructible. A realization of this grand
verity was a source of strength to the ancient worthies.