| Hear Them. I 26. and the King Commanded Jerahmeel the King's

December 11, 1 8 9 8 Jer. 36:20-32 20. And they went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king. 21. So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king. 22. Now the king was sitting in the winter- house in the ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him. i 23. And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that the king cut it |s with the penknife, a n d cast it into the fire I that was in the brazier, until all the roll I was consumed in the fire that was in the bra- | zier. I 24. A n d they were not afraid, nor rent their | garments, n e i t h e r the king, nor any of his | servants that heard ail these words. 25. Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he |h_ would not burn the roll; but he would not | hear them. ! I 26. And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah.the son of Azriel, and | Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch I the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but | ; J e h o v a h hid them. * } I J27. Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,. 28. Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah h a t h burned. "29. Aiid c"6rlcerhing Jehbiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, W h y hast thou written therein, saying, The King of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy the land, a and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 30. Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat and in the night to the frost. 31, And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Je- rusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they hearkened not,

32, Then took Jeremiah another roll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, whowrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words, December 11, 1 8 9 8 Jer. 36:20-32 (Interpretation of the above scrip.) In the last lesson we saw that the Law of the Lord, which, though unwritten, | exists in the nature of things, is per- % petually a terror to evil doers—that is, when "the law is found in the house of the Lord" when in the Spiritual consciousness the nature of this law is comprehended. For it is the law of mind that thought should express itself. Not only will true thoughts express then- selves in true conditions, but by the same righteous law error thoughts must tend to express themselves in corresponding bodily conditions. Every thought will "bring forth after its kind," according to this law. And so it trans- pires, that the making known of this unfailing law strikes terror to the evil doer, as he contemplates the judgment awaiting him. Not that by an arbitrary degree God pronounces judgment upon the evil doer; but rather that in the very nature of the law of existence, judgment exists in the Daw, as effect exists in cause; so that the judgment is the inevitable effect.

Therefore the evil doer will not welcome such a law; its terrors may lead him to deny its power and Its existence. He may consider himself without law; he does not want law, and vainly seeks to destroy it by his cutting denial. Yet law remains undestroyed. It is the prophet within, Intuitive Perception, that discerns the law, and declares its righteous judgment. This inner prophet warns every evil doer of coming retribution as the Inevitable working of the law. June In, 1947 August 1, 1948 Jer 36r 2, 3 Jer. 36r4-8 4. Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son 2. Take thee a roll of a book, and of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the write therein all the words that I have mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jeho- spoken unto thee against f ael, and against vah, which he had spoken unto him, upon Judah, and against all tne nations, from a roll of a book. the day I spake unto thee, from the days of 5. And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, Josiah, even unto this day. saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the 3. It may be that the house of Judah house of Jehovah: will hear all the evil which I purpose to 6. Therefore go thou, and read in the do unto them; that they may return every roll, which thou hast written from my man from his evil way; that I may forgive mouth, the words of Jehovah in the ears their iniquity and their sin. . . . of the people in Jehovah's house upon the In the lesson text -or today what fast-day; and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their does Jeremiah represent? cities. He represents the exalted conscious- 7. It may be they will present their sup- ness that connects man with Divine plication before Jehovah, and will return Mind. This consciousness in us intui- every one from his evil way; for great is the aneer and the wrath that Jehovah hath tively discerns the divine law and seeks pronounced against this people. to impress it on the will (the king). 8. And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet June 4, 1922 commanded him, reading in the book the Jer. 36t4-8 words of Jehovah in Jehovah's house. 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; What is the significance of the name 'and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words: Baruch in conjunction with the name of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a Jeremiah in this lesson? book. The name Baruch means "blessed" 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah: or "prospered," and the name Jere- 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou ' miah means "exaltation of Jehovah." hast written from my mouth, the-words of Jehovah in the Baruch represents the inner word of ears of the people in Jehovah's house upon the fast-day; and Spirit coming forth into expression in also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come . out of their.cities, ;< consciousness; Jeremiah represents v- 7 It may be they will present cheir supplication spiritual faith holding all religious before Jehovah, and will return every one from bis evil way-;, thoughts in line with divine law. for great is the anger and the wrath that Jehovah hath pro- How is intuitive perception repre- nounced against this people. •>.'.•••"'• sented in this lesson? ' 8 ••-'. And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to alT By "a roll of a book" that Baruch that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the;; book dm_ymjmVjgf Jehovah m Jehov^ah.'s house. L^S-J wrote at the dictation of Jeremiah. When intuitive perception of Truth • What does Jehokdnm, the hrmf, represent? '---"\'i{ is lost, what is left to us? The king always represents the v/iff; and'JehoUkini*" the name of the long hi this lesson, means the eapacity- No standard of right remains ex- to establish God in consciousness. 1, cept that which is furnished by the What does Jeremiah represent? || race consciousness or the personal will. .( : Jeremiah represents that exalted state of conscious^ i near which-connects as with Divine Mind. He a that'; i in ua which intuitively discerns the Divine Law; and; seeks* to impress it upon the writ (the king). What is the meaning of Jeremktirs bemg"shut wtr •.or in prison, so that he himself carmoigo tvHh hbt mesr?\ sage vnio the house of Jehovah' (the Eva-uvhg) ?•:"fyj It means that a separation in consciousness has been; :• jssill'up.between the wisdom, and the lifcv a n d the wdB|; , the will has taken possession of the life in the organism, and excluded the wisdom. ; 3 * .. ' What is the. meaning of Baruch? .;_ ;„-•; r .J i Baruch means pirn upw-wfi^ SM8fe !«**>, J*!» ^J^^Sm-^tfJ^'ir?^^

Jnaaght of ^ ^ ^ c ^ t ^ ^ n t l ^ r i t i ^ W l •ttpou^"^ns*%ri|.'~ August 1, 1948 Juna 4, 1922 Jer. 36:17-24 ,___.. Jer. 36r20-24 17. And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell 021^:mr:m^Ww^!0^ imf infS'; W reSugnK* us now, How didst thou write all these jM% Sack lakf aj» the' roll ia the chamber of Oshaaut tn*J words at his mouth ? !***« and they tokl all the words ia the ear* of the fcatf^r 18. Then Baruch answered them, He 2 1 So the king seat Jehudi to fetch the: roll: anoThtf renounced all these words unto me with took a out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, AaoV Eis mouth, and I wrote them with ink in Jefiudi read k ia the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the book. [the princes that stood beside the king, 19. Then said the princes unto Baruch, •22 Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let ;the ninth month: and there vat a fire in the brazier burning no man know where ye are. •before him. 20. And they went in to the king into 2 3 And it came to pass, when Jehudi bad read three the court; but they had laid up the roll in ,'or four leaves, that the kjngi cut it with the penknife, and the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and 'cast- it into the fire t h a t was ia the brazier, until all the roll they told all the words in the ears of the jjwas consumed in the fire that was in the brazier, - king. psMt And they were not, afraid, nor rent their garments, 21. So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the 'neither the Jang, nor any of bis servants that heard all these roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in Why is mi the a»ffl' alsvays guided by the inner the ears of the king, and in the ears of all >«**;.••2--.\..s ';>'' .-..-• :•;-;_: the princes that stood beside the king. ; Because of the many distractions of sense. 22. Now the king was sitting in the % Should Toe rest in the security and the comfort of winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning be- !uetue life, when there is a call to higher things? fore him. No. If we do, we become indifferent to the word 23. And it came to pass, when Jehudi of Spirit-when we should be attentive and receptive to had read three or four leaves, that the king iitarnonitioni. -., ,,;..'.../.• cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. 24. And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. How ^ is the personal will represented in this lesson? By King Jehoiakim, who burned the roll a few pages at a time. In the personal consciousness the will quenches intuitive perception as soon as it becomes evident. How do we keep the higher law oj life? By reforming our habits of thinking, and living in harmony with the refor- mation. What in this lesson represents the denial by us of our spiritual ideas? The burning of the roll by the king. 20. But the noblest powers of the mind (princes) very carefully preserve this law (''lay it up in the chamber of Elishama"), aid then rerort to the Will ("kind") the nature of the law found. Thus before we know or recognize the law, it is to us as something we have heard of but do not understand, I 21. Y e t the Will being supreme has power to I command Jehudi to fully reveal the la w . I f. 22, 23. But acting from the impulse of an evil i heart, the 'will seeks to destroy this law •-, violently from conscious thought. I 24. A l t h o u g h knowledge of law creates no remorse 1 or repentance, | 25. "Nevertheless Elnathan, De(a(l)iah a n d Gemariah" I (thoughts of Mercy, Freedom, and Holiness) inzer- | cede to save the Will from the danger of pre- I sumptuous sin. I 26. But the carnal Will, not content with mani- s festing its hatred of righteous law, seeks to destroy from the mind the Intuitional Perception of righteousness. -o* 27-29. These verses show the futility of ignoring or attempting to set aside the law of expression. The' l a w set aside or in intention destroyed still lives to bring into expression the thoughts of the heart in corresponding conditions. f»• 30. The law fully stated is this: Whoever will- fully and deliberately sins against the il- lumination of the Spirit, forfeits his dominion over body and environment and must ultimately die as the legitimate fruit of presumptuous sin.

M ! UNITY magazine, December 1898, January 30, 1 9 1 6 Jer. 36:21-28 ; 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it j out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the ' princes that stood beside the king. j 2 2 Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ! ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him. 2 3 And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that the king cut it with the periknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. 2 4 And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. 2 5 Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them. 2 6 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, ' and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them, 2 7 Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 28Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the -former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the , kino nf Ttiriah Kath hnmed ... What is the meaning of Jehoiakim? Jehoiakim, the king, represents a ruling state of mind that is not obedient to the Diyine Law. What does the burning of the book of the Law rep- j resent? The rejection of new and advanced ideas. •1 | Why are new ideas rejected? Because of the tendency of mortal thought to become fixed and crystallized. How may one keep his mind open to new revelations of Truth? By denying the right and power of mortal mind to hold old ideas, and affirming the receptivity of the Christ Mind. What is the meaning of the giving of "another roll"? The persistence of the Law writes again in consciousness the Words of Truth that were rejected. No one can escape die Law, although he may resist it temporarily. u .. .. og 1905 ' The lesson is that we shall read out of the "roll" Jer I " 3 6 : HI-32 of the Hi8 her Wisdom the new revelations of Truth si. So the king sent Jeb.ud"i to fetch the roll: and he took it) which are being constantly presented to us, and be out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read! open and receptive to Divine Evolution. It is a it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that . »u-__ ._ ,• • , - stood beside the king. dangerous thing to set up a religious kingdom and 22. Now the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month: gather about you a personal following. In a very and there was a fire in the brasier burning before him. • , . - , . * 23 And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four short time you find yourself m the clutches of the leaves, that the king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the << servants," who are the people and the thoughts of fire that was in the brasier, until all the roll was consumed in T, „, , • , . _, „ „ , the fire that was in the brasier. tne world- TheY bind 7™ to the " system," and ere 24. And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, yO U are aware you are part of a worldly institution neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. ' ' y «j lasmuuuu 25. Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made Called a Cfturcn.. intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he gu t Qur temporary denial of the Divine Law does would not hear them. .. , . .. , t6 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and not relieve US from its final establishment. It runs Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel. to d m thfi Divine plan and we cannot escape its take Baruch the scribe and Jerenuah the prophet: but Jehovah. * f ' . ,,,,, hid them ultimate outworking. You may evade its fulfillment ' 27. Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah after that ;n th; s hage Q£ existence, but "another roll" the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote . . r ' '' at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, is given by the prophet of the Lord, and his scribe, 28. Take thee again another roll and write in it all the ;nner memoryj has written upon it all that was former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the J nj „...,.., king of Judah hath burned. in the hrst roll, and "added besides unto them 20. And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, m a n y uk e WOrds." Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why J hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall TjjjTrrry- morayinfl I certainlfrom thency come mae nan and ddestro beasty? this land, and shal_ l caus_....,e to ceas. e *-«J-J-i magazine . i 20 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: a and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and 1 in the night to the frost. i 31. And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for * their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabi- * tants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I •1 have pronounced against them, but they hearkened not. V 32. Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth •;: of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of i Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words. Jehoiakim the king represents a ruling state of I mind that does not reverence or obey the higher law. I When we reach a point in our ongoing where there I is necessity of greater spirituality, our meditations I reveal to us that the way is through reforming our I methods of thought and life. This is the intuitive I perception of the progressive trend of all things, I which is the Book of the Law, or the "roll" which § the king burned. I The burning of the roll represents a denial of the I Spiritual thought working in consciousness. We know I that to go forward to more advanced demonstrations, j| we must give up the present ruling ideas. These, \ however, constitute our king and his kingdom, and I it looks from a temporal viewpoint as if we were I giving up our all when we relinquish these, and we I do not entertain the proposition for- a moment, but I promptly burn or deny it away. We have no com- S punctions in so doing and there are no regrets., I "They were not afraid, nor rent their garments." I This tendency of establishing one's self in a mental I kingdom with certain ruling ideas is strikingly illus- I trated in the crystalization of metaphysical teachers '•• in that particular form and sta: ament of the doctrine I in which it was first revealed io them. No matter ;how often the prophets and scribes of the Lord, jboth within and without, present them with the 1" roll" of the progressive Law, they are so saturated ] with the first revelation that they can see no forward jstep, nor the inevitable consequences of such ; ignorance, which are chains and Babylon—ultimate ; mental confusion. Juris 15, 1947 June 4, 1922 Jar 56:28-51 :.. 28. Take thee again another rolL and . he* ItoolC. Jeremiah•evddia lia^iaff gave-;-;:**:^ write in it all the former words that were ^Baruch the. *c«rk<.ti& *&RC£'N^ in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king jthi mouth of Jeremiah all the word*, of the book which J*%" of Judah hath burned. hoiakrm king of Judah had. burned in tile fore; and tijeBb" 29. And concerning Jehoiakim king of (were added besides unto.than mans like worck. v.. .,•,:„21^ Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: When the. call to observe the higher latv comes to ) Thou hast burned this roil, saying, Why one, and is disregarded, does it ever come again? hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and de- j,: Yes, as shown in this lesson: "Then took Jeremiah stroy this land, and shall cause to cease 'another roQ, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, . :.-'";' from thence man and beast? and there were added besides unto them many like ; 30. Therefore thus saith Jehovah con- ;word*i" ;.••?;>,. ••...,, ,-..-,'•:•;.•:»,,• J -,..:,-»+.:. \ _^. ,i* .,-,"• cerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the August 1, 1948 frost. Jer. 36:32 31. And I will punish him and his seed 32. Then took Jeremiah another roll, and his servants for their iniquity; and I and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of will bring upon them, and upon the in- Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth habitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Jeremiah all the words of the book of Judah, all the evil that I have pro- which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned nounced against them, but they hearkened in the fire; and there were added besides n°t-_ ... , , unto them manvjike words. Can our intuitive perception of the Can truth be entirely eliminated progressive trend of all things be de- from consciousness? stroyed? No. The law of life rests on truth, Our perception may seem to have and sooner or later spiritual ideas re- failed completely, but such is not the appear in consciousness. Jeremiah dic- case. It may become dormant, but it, tated anew to Baruch all the contents can be aroused and can function again of the roll that had been destroyed under proper stimulus. King Jehoi- and added to it further perceptions. akim burned the "roll" of the book, What follows efforts to defeat the but Jeremiah wrote another and a divine law in its operation? fuller book to take its place. Bondage to sense consciousness and How do we attain to greater spirit- the mental confusion that accompanies uality? it. In the Bible account this state is By reforming our methods of think- represented by chains and Babylon. ing and living. The will becomes powerless. Nebu- When a person stifles his spiritual chadnezzar bound Jehoiakim with fet- perceptions by living altogether in ters to carry him to Babylon. sense consciousness, is he disturbed by Should we "publish" our intuitive fear of consequences? perceptions or keep them to ourselves? No, for he does not foresee the con- We should "publish" our intuitive sequences. The materialist does not be- perceptions, and we do so by express- lieve in or perceive the reaction of the ing our highest perceptions of Truth divine law. He sees only material con- in actions as well as in words. When sequences. we do this we enlighten our will and keep our faculties in harmony under Can we become so "set" in our ways divine law. of thinking that it is impossible to change them? To change may seem impossible, but where the will to learn the truth is functioning there is no impossibility. We may, by resisting all new ideas, limit ourselves and hinder our further progress in enlightenment, but when- ever we tire of resisting we can change our mind and accept new aspects of Truth.