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514 existence — could not by simulating deific power invert the divine creation, and afterwards recreate

persons or things upon its own plane, since nothing exists beyond the range of all-inclusive infinity, in which and of which God is the sole creator. Mind, joyous in strength, dwells in the realm of Mind. Mind's infinite ideas run and disport themselves. In humility they climb the heights of holiness.

Moral courage is “the lion of the tribe of Juda,” the king of the mental realm. Free and fearless it roams in

the forest. Undisturbed it lies in the open field, or rests in “green pastures,. . . beside the still waters.” In the figurative transmission from the divine thought to the human, diligence, promptness, and perseverance are likened to “the cattle upon a thousand hills.” They carry the baggage of stern resolve, and keep pace with highest purpose. Tenderness accompanies all the might imparted by Spirit. The individuality created by God is not carnivorous, as witness the millennial estate pictured by Isaiah: —

Understanding the control which Love held over all, Daniel felt safe In the lions' den, and Paul proved the

viper to be harmless. All of God's creatures, moving in the harmony of Science, are harmless, useful, indestructible. A realization of this grand verity was a source of strength to the ancient worthies.