perception is that sense through which the soul realizes Spirit and spirit Thought, things which are harmonious, immortal, eternal and invisible. This inward spiritual perception is the eye of understanding which is as independent of materiality, as the realization of the demonstration of mathematics is, of beliefs or opinions. It reasons from the Perfect (God) to the imperfect (soul or man). I trust I have made clear to the reader's comprehension the fact that sickness is the effect of the material thought of the life of man, and that it is not known to God. If there were no spiritual, changeable life there would be no action in materiality, and, consequently, no sin, no sickness, no death. This we can prove by reasoning from cause to effect, thus, The life of man being conscious can be disturbed or confused; this confusion produces a fear in the life; the fear heats and inflames the blood; and the heated blood disturbs the pulsation.

Reasoning from effect to cause would be

thus. What disturbs the pulsation? The heating of the blood. What heats the blood? Fear. What causes the fear? A confusion. What was confused? The

life,

matter cannot be confused. God is the creator of the life (soul). God being an unchangeable Life, made man (soul) the opposite in quality, of himself - changeable life, or, God being Substance, made soul, the opposite, shadow. Had the life or soul remained in its good material thought which produced the material body, without an evil material thought, the body would never have been sick; but while it took on or conceived this evil material thought, it received in its own phenomenon the fruits of the material seed (thoughts) sown, which are sin, sickness and, finally, death (the absence of Life). All of these fruits, together with the thoughts that produced them, must be overcome or destroyed with the soul's spiritual perception of the Understanding of the Life that is God, and its creation.

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If the principle of mathematics were not known to us it would do us no good, and if we call ourselves children of God and do not know our Father what good is he to us? How can we claim to be God's children, and, at the same time admit that we cannot know him? If we know and understand God we should always ask according to his will, and, so asking, we should receive, but we do not always receive, therefore it is evident that some who claim to be his children do not know him. By laying aside this material understanding which is not of God, we can prepare to receive the spiritual understanding of Spirit, and with that understanding we can ask according to God's Will, and receive according to his promise. That is the prayer of faith, and the open reward will be, first, the destruction of sin, sickness and death, which are roots not planted by God and not known to him; and at last, the inheritance of life everlasting, according to the promise. This will be the second coming of Christ.

CHAPTER IV.

INCONSISTENCIES IN MAN'S PHILOSOPHY.

WHILE feeling secure in the position you have taken and satisfied with the doctrine which you hold, you do not desire a change; it is only when a feeling of insecurity or dissatisfaction possesses you that you seek for a more solid footing, consequently, before showing you what I understand God to be, I must first speak of that which he is supposed to be, and is not.

People in general, and religious or church. people and the clergy in particular, say and believe that they have a knowledge of God and Christ, and worship them in spirit and in truth. I do not wish to be understood as feeling or expressing any irreverence for the church or its members, that is far from my intention, but I wish to lay plainly before

you the facts in the case that you may fully realize the foundation upon which the people are now resting, and see what they are worshipping under the names of God and Christ.

Let us ask one or all of them, What is God? One may answer, "We learn through the scriptures, and believe, that God is love." And when we ask what love is, the answer would be that it is difficult to define; or, perhaps the definition would be given from the standpoint of man's opinion of the changeable love realized in himself, and which to-day is love and to-morrow, through some misunderstanding, may change to hatred, and after a time, by reconciliation, to love again, and so on, without any firmness or positiveness or any absolute knowledge of the right course. This is their idea of love; this is the image they worship; a changeable love, not to be depended upon; this is the changeable God they worship. Every one holds a different