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576 of the Golden Shore of Love and the Peaceful Sea of Harmony.

This heavenly city, lighted by the Sun of Righteousness, — this New Jerusalem, this infinite All, which to

us seems hidden in the mist of remoteness, — reached St. John's vision while yet he tabernacled with mortals.

In Revelation xxi. 22, further describing this holy city, the beloved Disciple writes: —

There was no temple, — that is, no material structure in which to worship God, for He must be worshipped

in spirit and in love. The word temple also means body. The Revelator was familiar with Jesus' use of this word, as when Jesus spoke of his material body as the temple to be temporarily rebuilt (John ii. 21). What further indication need we of the real man's incorporeality than this, that John saw heaven and earth with “no temple [body] therein”? This kingdom of God “is within you,” — is within reach of man's consciousness here, and the spiritual idea reveals it. In divine Science, man possesses this recognition of harmony consciously in proportion to his understanding of God.

The term Lord, as used in our version of the Old Testament, is often synonymous with Jehovah, and

expresses the Jewish concept, not yet elevated to deific apprehension through spiritual transfiguration. Yet the word gradually approaches a higher meaning. This human sense of Deity yields to the divine