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258 and Eve. This represents the serpent in the act of commending to our first parents the knowledge of good

and evil, a knowledge gained from matter, or evil, instead of Spirit. The portrayal is still graphically accurate, for the common conception of manhood — a burlesque of God's man — is an outgrowth of human knowledge, a mere offshoot of material sense.

Uncover error, and it turns the lie on you. Until the fact concerning error — namely, its nothingness —

appears, the moral demand will not be met, and the ability to make nothing of error will be wanting. We should blush to call that real which is only a mistake. The foundation of evil is laid on a belief in something besides God. This belief tends to support two opposite powers, instead of urging the claims of Truth alone. The mistake of thinking that error can be real, when it is merely the absence of Truth, leads to belief in the superiority of error.

Do you say the time has not yet come in which to recognize Soul as substantial, and able to control the

body? Remember Jesus, who, over eighteen centuries ago, demonstrated the power of Spirit, and said, “The works that I do, ye shall do;” and who also said, “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth.” “Behold, now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation,” said Paul.

Divine logic and revelation coincide. If we find this to be otherwise, we may be sure that our logic is at

fault, or that we have misinterpreted revelation. Good itself never causes evil, or creates aught that can cause evil.