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352 Science, even to the spiritual interpretation and discernment of his teachings and demonstrations, which

gave them a faint conception of the Life which is God. They no longer measured man by material sense. After gaining the true idea of their glorified Master, they became better healers, leaning no longer on a leader, but on the divine Principle of their work. The influx of light was sudden. It was sometimes an overwhelming power, as on the Day of Pentecost.

Judas conspired against Jesus. The world's ingratitude and hatred towards that just man effected his

betrayal. The traitor's price was thirty pieces of silver and the smiles of the Pharisees. He chose his time, when the people were in doubt concerning Jesus' teachings.

A period was approaching which would reveal the infinite distance between him and his Master. Judas Iscariot knew this. He knew that the great goodness of that Master placed a gulf between Jesus and his disciples, and this spiritual distance inflamed the traitor's envy. The greed for gold strengthened his ingratitude, and for a time quieted his remorse. He knew that the sensuous world loved a Judas better than a Jesus, and so plotted the betrayal of that good man, in order to raise himself in popular estimation. His dark plot fell to the ground, and the traitor fell with it.

During his night of gloom and glory in the garden, Jesus realized the utter error of a belief in any

possible material intelligence. The pangs of neglect and the staves of bigoted ignorance smote him sorely. His students slept. He said unto them: “Can you not watch with me one hour?” Could they