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stance and its Thought are of the same quality, and are inseparable; and according to its Idea or Thought this eternal Spirit or Substance created the spiritual universe. The spiritual universe is the life of the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms; therefore, the life of the material universe and man, is the image in outline, and likeness or opposite in quality, of the Thought or Idea of Spirit, and is as invisible to the material eye, as Spirit and its Idea is. As an artist makes a picture in the image in outline, and likeness or opposite in quality, of his thought, so Spirit made man (soul) in its own image in outline, and likeness or opposite in quality, according to its highest Idea.

An image and likeness is no part of that which it reflects; it is only a visible appearance which springs forth from it and is no part of it, but is something besides it, which has no existence except in the thing whence it springs, and is unlike it or opposite to

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it in quality. For instance, if you have a lighted candle in your room, there springs forth from it an appearance of light which illuminates the walls of the room. That which lights up the walls of the room is no part of the blaze of the candle, for if you put your finger in the candle blaze it will burn you, while you can put your whole body in that which springs forth from it and lights the walls, and not be harmed; therefore, one appears to your hand as substance, and the other, as shadow. The appearance of light which springs forth from the blaze of the candle, is no part of the blaze, but is an appearance of something. It has no existence except in the flame whence it sprang, just as that which you make is the reflection or image of your thought, in outline, and the likeness or opposite of it, in quality. Your thought, which you do not see, is the substance, and that which you make and do see, is no part of the thought, but is a product or visible

appearance, in image and likeness, of the thought and has no existence except in the thought whence it sprang.

Soul is the reflection of the highest Idea of Spirit (God), in outline, and is neither Spirit nor any part of the quality of Spirit, but is in the likeness or opposite quality of Spirit, i. e., spiritual. In other words Spirit is unchangeable Life, and made soul (man) in the image in outline, and likeness or opposite quality of itself, spiritual or changeable life. This soul or changeable life is no part of unchangeable Life, its Maker, but is a reflection of its Maker's Thought or Idea, and unlike or opposite to it in quality; God and his Thought being Substance, and the reflection of that Thought being shadow, one, immortal, unchangeable Good, and the other mortal, changeable good.

This soul, not the body, is what we call man, and is the reflection, in outline, of the highest Idea of God, and the opposite in

quality; therefore, the soul could not be a portion of the Immortal. Again, there is no sin in immortality, but the soul sins, consequently, the soul must be mortal or changeable. The material body is only the product of the thought of this reflection or soul, and, therefore, when we say man, we mean the soul. The soul has the same outline and organs as the body, but they are spiritual, not material. The body is only the product of the thought of the soul (changeable life) or the coarser fabric of it.

The reflection of a mortal idea would be without power; but the reflection of the immortal Idea would be as much greater than the reflection of a mortal idea, as the builder of a house is greater than the house he can build. If we call soul, that is able to build such beautiful material structures, only a reflection or shadow of the highest Idea of God, how much greater must be God and his Thought that created this soul and the whole spiritual universe, with which the

beauties of this material universe are not to

be compared. Jesus said,

"In

"In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.

God is Wisdom, and Wisdom is Thought, and it must create things according to itself; therefore, when God created the spiritual world he created it according to his Thought in outline. This Thought is consciousness, and is immortal and unchangeable, and all things that were made according to that Thought, i. e., the life of all materiality, were spiritual and subject to the eternal law of Spirit which was from the beginning; and matter has no power over them. As an artist has power over his work to make it according to his thought, so God (Spirit) had power over his handiwork to make it according to his Thought, and for the purpose which he designed it.

God and his Thought is the Substance which underlies all things; therefore, if God should withdraw, all things would disappear