Good, the word of Life, the word of Love, the word of Spirit. For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in Truth. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made: and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done: he commanded, and it stood fast. The Word of God, speak it. The Word of Truth, say it. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.. For I spake not from myself; but the Father which sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak. It is not only not necessary to speak any other word but it seems a detriment, a positive deflection to talk about what is not so. Peter says, For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil and do good: let him seek peace and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. Christ teaches us to practice the Truth. We are not to say there is no evil and then go and do that which our conscience tells us we ought not to do. When we say there is no evil, we mean that we are not to do anything bad, we are not to do anything to others that we would not like to to have others do to us. When we say there is no evil, we mean there is no satisfaction to be derived from thinking evil, we mean that it is the false way of thinking, that there is no pleasure in doing anything wrong, that there is no right in doing wrong, that there is no health in doing anything we know we ought not to do; and when we say these things silently to those that seem to be in distress, they freshen and brighten like a plant that is being watered after having been neglected for some time. We are, in fact, giving them living water so that they will never thirst again. We are feeding them with the bread of life that came down from Heaven, the hidden manna that is for everyone that seeks. In our treatments and teachings the more we fast from evil thoughts, and pray or think good thoughts, the nearer we approach that instantaneous demonstration that the Master exemplified. It is the gift of the Most High to all of Its children, and all we have to do, is to do the will and we shall know the Truth. That's all we are here for, to do his will not ours. We are to have no will but that of the Holy Spirit, the Mother comforter, whose will is always Life, Peace, Mercy. Acknowledge God in all thy ways. Keep your eye steady upon the mark of your high calling. Suppose some one else don't walk as you think they ought to, What is that to thee, follow thou me. Peter wanted to know what John was to be doing, but the Master says, don't watch one another, feed my sheep. We seem to have been watching one another, but the time now is to watch the Master. The others are all doing the best they can, and if we see anyone that is drooping by the wayside, it is our duty to help them just as the Samaritan did the one that was un fortunate, even if you have to give up something that you have wanted to do for a long time. Deny yourself and help others, that is the very life of Christ. He even gave up his very life in the prime of his work so that the work might go on. It was the very life of Christ to seemingly be put to death. Jesus had faith in his Father and he let nothing stand between him and his love of Truth. He that would lose his life shall find it, and he that would find his life shall lose it. Do not hesitate to abandon your most cherished schemes for the sake of others, in that way you will find a better way or the very door that you think is closed will suddenly be opened wider than ever. Trust God and do Good. Do what others ask you even to the sacrificing of your own ideas; to one that compels you to go a mile out of your way, go with him two, oblige him, be kind to him. Love your enemies, absolutely love them; do things to them that will make them love you. Send loving thoughts to the Scribes, Pharisees, and hypocrites, they need them. most of all. If you know anyone that has seemed to obstruct your way, do something kind for them, speak a good word to them, or for them or at them: do to or for them as you would for those that you love best. Send them loving thoughts. Turn the whole battery of your love loose upon them as you think of them, and you will be astonished how you will begin to love them, when before you seemed to dislike them, and very soon they will show the effect of your treatment. They will begin to thaw out and do little kind things for you, they can't help melting under your kind thoughts any more than ice can stand before the noon day sun. Our friend with the tumor comes and wants a treatment; wants another taste of the Truth: she is getting along famously and can stand big doses of the Science now, and we set her down to a feast. We say to her silently, Look here, nothing that you have tasted, eaten or drank has had any such effect upon you as to produce this thing you call a tumor. Hear and understand: not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. It is not the result of anything you have done that this thing seemed to come forth; but it is the result of something you haven't done. Not that you or your parents have sinned, but that you and your parents haven't manifested the works of God. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him. I say that you are one of the guests that the King has compelled to come to the feast, and that you are putting on the wedding garment; as is manifest by the brightness of your eyes, the acuteness of your hearing, the delicacy of your touch, the sweetness of your breath and the simplicity of your taste. Your taste is displayed by the choice of your clothing, choice of your associates, books, occupation; of, in fact, everything that appertains to your environments. You are just where you are because you have been looking for satisfaction in different channels, and have now come to the Truth and are being set free. You want to taste the joys the Ruler has in store for you, and as you do you will be free. You have stopped looking to your parents for the Truth. You have stopped looking to your friends, relatives and acquaintances for the Truth. You have stopped looking to the people you meet daily for an example of the way to live and worship God. You have stopped looking to the people in the whole world for an example of how you should walk and conduct yourself. You have stopped taking me for a pattern of how you should do in your daily life, and you are not discouraged at any of the circumstances that may seem to have fallen to your lot in your journey through life. You do not feel that you have drank of the gall and tasted of the bitterness of despair. You do not consider that because your parents have eaten of the tree of knowing good and evil that thereby a just God, a loving God, a merciful God, a charitable God is always going to make you manifest good and evil. You do not believe that because other people think they have tasted of the experience of good and evil that they can throw such a reflection upon your mind, and thereby make you manifest any kind of trouble. You do not think that I can reflect any false image or any thought that I might have once held, that I had tasted of the joys and sorrows of mortal mind, upon you in such a way as to show forth in this thing you called a tumor. You do not think that you, yourself, have tasted of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and that thereby you are to send forth good and evil thoughts; and your body is not being defiled by any evil thoughts, envious thoughts, or jealous thoughts. You hold only to the Good. You hold that the Good is All. You have found out what the Master meant when he said to his followers, I have meat to eat that you know not of. How sweet are thy words to my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth. You are Spirit and your senses are spiritual, not material. You are created in the image and after the likeness of God, therefore you can say I am Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent Life. |