Chapter III - Marriage
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man. We cannot circumscribe happiness within the
man. We cannot circumscribe happiness within the
limits of personal sense. The senses confer no real
enjoyment.
Ascendency of good
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The good in human affections must have ascendency
The good in human affections must have ascendency
over the evil and the spiritual over the animal, or happi-
ness will never be won. The attainment of
this celestial condition would improve our
progeny, diminish crime, and give higher aims to ambi-
tion. Every valley of sin must be exalted, and every
mountain of selfishness be brought low, that the highway
of our God may be prepared in Science. The offspring
of heavenly-minded parents inherit more intellect, better
balanced minds, and sounder constitutions.
Propensities inherited
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If some fortuitous circumstance places promising chil-
If some fortuitous circumstance places promising chil-
dren in the arms of gross parents, often these beautiful
children early droop and die, like tropical
flowers born amid Alpine snows. If perchance
they live to become parents in their turn, they may re-
produce in their own helpless little ones the grosser traits
of their ancestors. What hope of happiness, what noble
ambition, can inspire the child who inherits propensities
that must either be overcome or reduce him to a loath-
some wreck?
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Is not the propagation of the human species a greater
Is not the propagation of the human species a greater
responsibility, a more solemn charge, than the culture of
your garden or the raising of stock to increase your flocks
and herds? Nothing unworthy of perpetuity should be
transmitted to children.
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The formation of mortals must greatly improve to
The formation of mortals must greatly improve to
advance mankind. The scientific morale of marriage is
spiritual unity. If the propagation of a higher human
species is requisite to reach this goal, then its material con-
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ditions can only be permitted for the purpose of gener-
ditions can only be permitted for the purpose of gener-
ating. The foetus must be kept mentally pure and the
period of gestation have the sanctity of virginity.
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The entire education of children should be such as to
The entire education of children should be such as to
form habits of obedience to the moral and spiritual law,
with which the child can meet and master the belief in so‑
called physical laws, a belief which breeds disease.
Inheritance heeded
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If parents create in their babes a desire for incessant
If parents create in their babes a desire for incessant
amusement, to be always fed, rocked, tossed, or talked
to, those parents should not, in after years,
complain of their children's fretfulness or fri-
volity, which the parents themselves have occasioned.
Taking less "thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or
what ye shall drink"; less thought "for your body what
ye shall put on," will do much more for the health of the
rising generation than you dream. Children should be
allowed to remain children in knowledge, and should
become men and women only through growth in the
understanding of man's higher nature.
The Mind creative
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We must not attribute more and more intelligence
We must not attribute more and more intelligence
to matter, but less and less, if we would be wise and
healthy. The divine Mind, which forms the
bud and blossom, will care for the human
body, even as it clothes the lily; but let no mortal inter-
fere with God's government by thrusting in the laws of
erring, human concepts.
Superior law of Soul
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The higher nature of man is not governed by the lower;
The higher nature of man is not governed by the lower;
if it were, the order of wisdom would be reversed.
Our false views of life hide eternal harmony,
and produce the ills of which we complain.
Because mortals believe in material laws and reject the
Science of Mind, this does not make materiality first and