before other his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church" (Truth)" of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. For I have

received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, how that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread," (spiritual food) "and when he had given thanks, he brake" (explained) “it, and said, this is my body," (the soul's labor in the understanding of God whereby to resist all materiality) "which is for you: this do in remembrance of me. In like manner also the

cup, after supper, saying, this cup is the new covenant in my blood": (the soul's highest or perfect labor in the understanding of God whereby to overcome death and translate the body) "this do, as oft as ye drink it," (partake of it) "in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and

drink the cup," (demonstrate the true Understanding) "ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come." That is, destroy all materiality till the soul shall be with Jesus' soul, pure and undefiled before God.

"Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord" (shall crucify the Lord afresh or put him to an open shame). "But let a man prove himself," (demonstrate his understanding of God) "and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup" (spiritual food). "For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body" (if he perceive not the Understanding of God). "For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep." That is, many have a belief in, not a demonstrable understanding of God. "But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we' (those who labor in the spiritual understand

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ing) "are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world" (those working in the material understanding). Wherefore, my brethren, when ye" (those in the spiritual understanding) "come together to eat, wait one for another. If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment." This language plainly shows that Paul did not understand the assembling together to partake of the Lord's supper to be an occasion for material eating and drinking, but for spiritual instruction in the power of immortal Truth. He said, "And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come," meaning he would give them further instructions when he came unto them.

Thus the Lord's supper is the soul's participation in the spiritual understanding which is the explanation and demonstration of the Christ or Understanding of God, and by striving in this understanding the soul shall overcome all evil of the flesh in

this world, and dissolve the body and be cleansed from materiality in the world to come, and live forever with God and Christ, never to return to corruption, as it is written, "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power," etc.

Any deviation or deflection from the true gospel or soul's understanding of God is wrong or error, and a teaching that leads to that result is the teaching of satan, or the "beast" of which the scriptures say, "And he" (the beast or evil teaching) "causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand or upon their forehead." Those who have been taught the doctrines of the beast or satan, i. e., that evil is stronger than good, that man holds an evil power over his fellow-man and can harm him mentally, etc., have, by this teaching, been led away from the eternal Truth, and have taken power,

honor and glory from God and given them unto the beast or satan. These are they of whom the scriptures say that they have received the mark of the beast, and worship his image, that is, his doctrines which are the depths of satan.

Jesus gave to his disciples the words of prophecy which are contained in the New Testament, and which were to be fulfilled in that time, but they were not understood at the time they were given. Later, Jesus gave John the prophecy which John gave us in the Revelation, and which was to be fulfilled in this time, but the people to-day, like those of Jesus' time, do not discern the signs of the time, else they would understand the Revelation and realize that it was now being fulfilled. It is written, "And the rest of mankind, which were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and the idols of gold, and of sliver and of brass, and of stone, and of