Prayer Is Answered by Dorothy Yost
Cod's Inexhaustible Substance by Genevieve Courtney Maurer
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V ol. 82 Kansas City, Mo., J une, 1935 No. 6
CONTENTS Prayer Is Answered, by Dorothy Y ost...... 2 The Father and I, by Alice Carey...... 11 God’s Inexhaustible Substance...... 16 by Genevieve Courtney Maurer A New Teaching, by Stella M. Templeman .... 23 God’s Idea (Part II), by Clarence E. Gray .... 29 Ruth, the Faithful, by Alice M. H opkins...... 38 Sunday Lessons...... 44 Meditation (Song) ...... 65 The Gift, by Clarence Edwin F ly n n ...... 66 Silent U n ity ...... 67 Health and Prosperity ...... 68 Prayers Answered...... 71 Help from Silent U n ity ...... 79 The Purpose of U nity ...... 83
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Prayer Is Answered © / ’ DOROTHY YOST
In the matter of prayer most of us have neither the confidence nor the patience to wait, to listen This listening is not just a staying in one place, a resting of the body. It is an inner listening, an alert attentiveness every minute of the day
suppose I had been working overlong on the sub I ject of prayer. I had just received a letter from a woman whose husband was desperately “mind- sick.” She wrote, “We have prayed ten thousand prayers and none of them has been answered.” Her cry of helplessness was but the echo of countless others. Too many people have looked at me out of haggard eyes and said, “I pray and pray the best I know how. I pray earnestly, with as much faith as I possess—and there is no answer.” Before this statement I have been made mute. I could not tell them to go and pray again. There was something wrong with their ap proach, some mistake somewhere along the line, and the repetition of such a mistake might do more harm than good. Not knowing where the error lay, I could not aid them to rectify it. To tell them that they needed more faith would have been as sensible as commanding a little green bud to become immediately a full-blown flower. Faith grows in the heart from the soil of ex perience, in the light of dawning realization. It takes time, and when a problem is present in a human life and the need for an answer a seeming immediate neces sity, slow, sure measures are not acceptable. Despera tion rings the fire alarm and rushes back and forth waiting for help to arrive. Yet I had read, over and over in the Bible, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that ask- eth receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” I have always looked upon this as a definite promise. Moreover it is an unconditional promise. The only re quirement is action—the asking, the seeking, the knocking. Others have attested the efficacy of prayer, such as the prophets and the disciples, but they have added such catchwords as “faith,” “righteous,” “fer vently,” “pure.” Who can be sure that he has enough faith or fervency or is sufficiently righteous to meet the requirements? But from the highest authority we know, Jesus Christ, has come a promise with but one condi tion and that one within the capacity of all to meet. He said, “For every one that asketh receiveth.” There is no loophole here, no ground for an excuse. If we believe in Him at all, we must believe in His words. And these, in particular, are detailed and clear. There cannot even be the slightest possibility of an error in translation. There are too many explanations preced ing and following the promise. Not just selected, faith ful, righteous souls would be heard by our Father, but eveiy one!
HAT THEN OF th e woman with the ten thousand Wunanswered prayers, and my own memory of hun dreds of others crying, “I too have prayed, but nothing has happened.” This was the problem upon which I had been long at work. If one took the words of Jesus as the truth, the fault could only lie within oneself. But what was it? I tried going back over my own experiences, using them as a scientist uses his notes and charts. I only became involved in uncertainties. How had I felt on occasions when I prayed a prayer that was miraculously answered? I could not recall the exact emotion. Very well, then, how had I felt or thought on the occasions when apparently I had not been answered? This, too, was lost in the mist of yesterdays. I could bring to 4 June mind the act and the result, but not the words or the emotions. I got out the analytical concordance to the Bible and looked up all references to prayer. I began a long and careful checking------And about this time I must have fallen asleep. One moment I was searching for a verse in Job, and the next------I was staring through a door into a room. It was a small room, intended for study and meditation. There were books, easy-chairs, a table, and in one corner a shrine wherein sat a god. I knew he was there but I could not see him, for the curtains of the shrine hid him from my view. Before him knelt a man—about forty, I should say —of the average type: rather successful in business, a good husband and father, a dependable neighbor, and a believer in God and prayer. e was praying when I looked in on him, doing it sincerely, ardently, the phrases slipping from his lipsH with a smoothness that comes only from long prac tice. He prayed and prayed; he told the god how great he knew him to be, all-wise, all-powerful; he ran over the list of his divine virtues and his mercies; he re minded him how he, the man, had appealed to him ever since he was a child at his mother’s knee. With this as a preliminary, he went on to explain the predicament he was in and asked for guidance and aid. He grew even more fervent here, and the words did not come so glibly but they rang truer. To put it plainly, he was in a crisis and he wanted help. Then he wound it all up neatly with a few well-chosen expressions of gratitude, and paused for breath, just before the amen. In the pause, the god spoke. The voice issued from the shrine clearly, quietly, and a bit wearily. “I hear you,” said the god to whom the man prayed, “I hear you and I try to answer you, but you won’t lis ten. Your continual chatter keeps me from getting a 5 word in edgeways—or a thought either, for that mat ter.” It was evidently the first time the god had ever said anything to the man, and the man stared at him, shocked, dumb. “You spoke,” he stammered. “Didn’t you expect me to?” asked the god. A searching silence lasted for a moment. Then, “No—I guess I—I never really did.” “Then why did you pray to me? Why spend all the hours all these years, muttering in front of me, as you have been doing?”
he man did not have a ready answer. He had Tprayed daily and diligently. Somewhere there must have been hope and expectation. “I suppose I thought that things would just happen the way I wanted them to,” said the man. “I prayed to you and hoped that they would—well, just happen. That’s all.” “And when they didn’t?” asked the god. “What did you think then?” “Why, I thought that, perhaps, you didn’t hear me.” “Do you think I am deaf?” This was asked rather sharply and startled the man. “No—oh, no----- ” “You’re saying that because you are afraid,” said the god. “I wish you wouldn’t be afraid of me. It confuses the issue right from the start. I’m not going to slay you with a thunderbolt or consume you by fire, so put that out of your mind. If you believe I am cap able of hearing and yet did not hear you, that means you thought I was quite some distance away doesn’t it?” “Y—yes.” “Then why not yell your prayers instead of whis pering them?” “Sometimes I—I just think them,” said the man. “Do you believe in thought transference?” “Not exactly. I suppose it can be done.” 6 June
“Yet you thought your prayers and expected me to hear them?" “But that’s different. You’re—well, you are a god,” said the man. t ( hat you are trying to say,” said the god in a kindly fashion, “is that you believe I am a being superior to you and have more power than you and can do things better than you. Isn’t that it?” “Yes,” said the man, and released a long breath of relief. “Then why don’t you let me do them?” “What’s that?” Again the man was bewildered. “Please pay attention,” said the god patiently. “I said, if you believe I could do things better than you, why don’t you let me do them?” “Why, I’ve tried------” “How?” “I—I pray------” “Yes, I’ve heard you. Then what do you do?” “Why, then I get up from my knees and—and go about my work.” “Exactly. See here,” said the god, “not long ago you decided to take Jones in as a partner, didn’t you?” “Yes—yes, I did.” “And you talked the matter over with him, didn’t
“Why, of course. But I don’t see------” “You will in a moment. How long did you two discuss the matter together?” “Oh, about five or six weeks.” “Five or six weeks. Met every day, too,” said the god. “Yes. It took a great deal of thought. We wanted to understand each other thoroughly.” “You were more considerate of Jones than you are of me.” “Why—what do you mean?” the man was appalled. It sounded like blasphemy. “Never mind that now,” said the god. “What did you two talk about ?”
U T > usiness, OF course. I showed him all through -D the plant. He went over the books. We dis cussed what had been done and what we expected to do. Then we spent some time on the future—well, policy, you might call it. In fact, we covered the field pretty thoroughly.” “For five or six weeks,” nodded the god. “You showed him the bad side as well as the good side?” “Of course,” said the man with proper dignity. “I wanted him to come into this with his eyes open. I had a good proposition. I wasn’t trying to cheat him. There was a chance for success, and a chance for failure, too. But we all have to take chances.” “Then you didn’t think that Jones’s entry into your business would definitely make it a success?” “Why, no,” said the man. “But I felt it would help a lot. We—the firm and I—needed a man of his caliber------” “What do you mean by that?” asked the god. “Well, he was honest and sincere, and a hard work er. He had new ideas, and people liked him. He made friends easily because he was interested in helping them—you understand?” “Don’t you think I do?” “Yes—oh, yes, of course.” The man suddenly re membered to whom he was talking. “But what I meant to say was that he was an all-round good fellow.” “And I suppose I’m not,” said the god quietly. “Well, we’ll let that pass. Answer me this: Did you do all the talking?” “Certainly not. I wanted to get Jones’s ideas. In fact, he did most of the talking, and I listened.”
^rnH A T’s what I particularly wanted to know,” said J- the god. He sat in silence for a moment. He seemed to be considering godlike things thoughtfully. Then, in a kindly way, he said, “Would it help any if 8 June you just called me Smith or Brown?” The man fairly goggled at him. “You—Smith or —Brown?” “Please try not to play echo to what I’m saying,” said the god. “I really am making an effort to aid you —again. I merely thought that if you could forget this almightiness of mine, I might have more of a chance to do something for you. “You see, you’ve come to me so often, and knelt down there—the rug is quite worn in fact—and you have called me names------” “Why—I never------” “Nice names,” said the god, “with exceptionally high-sounding titles. You have extolled my virtues and then asked a favor of me—or more than one. Some times you have even fortified your faith by declaring that I would give you health or happiness or prosperity. And I wanted to, there is no doubt about that. But you wouldn’t listen. “At first you only prayed a few minutes. After that you stretched the time out to an hour or more. Often you would remain absolutely motionless and just think your own thoughts.” “I—I was trying to free my mind of all personal in terests,” said the man sulkily. “I know. You were trying to ‘clear all wires.’ But you had a problem on your hands, didn’t you?” “Yes,” sighed the man. “And you came to me to tell me about it because you thought I could do something. Yet you never really listened to me, as you listened to Jones, because you never really expected me to answer you.” “Not in this way—no.” i hen I was back in my own study, with my head Tresting on the Bible and the woman’s letter in my hand. “We have prayed ten thousand prayers and none of them have been answered.” The words met my slowly opening eyes. I stared at them. On the printed page of the Book was the prom ise of Jesus, “For every one that asketh receiveth.” Suddenly I laughed out loud. It was all so clear and simple. I saw the error the woman of the letter had made, the one the man had made, and all the rest of June us who pray and claim we are not answered. I saw the truth of the words of Christ. . . . We do receive! We are answered. But we do not wait and listen. We rush in, petition God and rush out again, going our own way, acting on our own respon sibility, thinking our own thoughts—and expecting him to work a miracle in spite of us. In the matter of prayer most of us have neither the confidence nor the patience to wait. We do not show our Father as much courtesy as we do a business associate. Intent upon ourselves, we do all the talking to Him, and the moment we are through, up we get and away we go. We have never tried to listen. “I have,” said a friend of mine when I pointed this out to her. ‘‘After each prayer I go into the silence and I wait there for—oh, perhaps an hour. Still I am not answered.” This same woman was pleased and delighted when she received advice from a lawyer six weeks after she had placed her case in his hands. “He gives each one his prompt attention,” she told me. Six weeks for a lawyer—and an hour for God. During that hour, ac cording to her own admission, she finds herself think ing of a million things—thinking her own thoughts. She had waited, but she had not listened. his listening is not just a staying in one place, a Tresting of the body. It is an inner listening, an alert attentiveness every minute of the day. You may go about your work outwardly as busy as a bee in clover time and still be so “tuned in” that the slightest impulse from Him will find you ready and eager to obey. It sounds simple, doesn’t it? Well, it is if—and this is a most important point—if we are willing to give ourselves into His hands. “For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened:” Yes. Every one. The Father and I ByT ALICE CAREY The power of prayer is not the power of the human mind, but the power of God W e are eternally one with the life of the Father. God’s life is our life W e must trust that inner voice, the faith that is in us, and leave all doubts and fears behind us esus said, “Come ye ... apart.” And God said: “Be still, and know that I am God.” Listen to the servant of God: “My soul, wait thou in silence for J God only.” True prayer is communion between God and man. Communion signifies union—unity. To solve the prob lem of prayer, therefore, one must study it from a standpoint that permits of the union of man with God. Jesus said, “God is Spirit,” and again, “Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” “God is Spirit: and they that wor ship him must worship in spirit and truth.” There are those who have communed with God, so there must be in man a place or a state where he can come into very close touch with God. There is such a place. The Psalmist called it “the secret place of the most High,” Jesus called it the “inner chamber”: “But thou, when thou prayest . . . pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.” God is omnipresent. He is in us, enthroned in our very heart. He is “through” us, His very life flowing into ours, as He dwells in our midst. He is all about us, in the air that we breathe, in every living thing. But we come in direct touch with Him in that secret recess of our being which Jesus called the closet or in- 12 immmw June ner chamber. As we pray we thus become still and turn our attention within. We close the door by with drawing our senses from their contact with the outer world. Prayer is a step above human thinking, as hu man thinking is a step above physical activity. The power of prayer is not the power of the human mind, but the power of God. This higher power is invoked through our thought but it far transcends it. As we enter into this high state of consciousness we make con tact with the power of God Himself, which the power of prayer is. In the world of sensation we expect to have our senses played upon, but in this still and holy place our physical senses do not function. We discover that we have another set of senses, those which are spiritual, and by them we sense the presence of God, we become conscious of our union with the One and dis cover our divine sonship. “The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint- heirs with Christ.” We are eternally one with the life of the Father. God’s life is our life. Abiding in God’s life, we are alive forevermore in that life which has no ending. his state or place of realization of our divinity Tcan be given to us by no human being. No one can come into this “place” from the outside. Until there is a definite inner revealing of the reality of the indwell ing Christ through whom and by whom come life, health, peace, power, and all things—who is all things —we have not yet found the secret place of the Lord, we have not heard the still small voice giving assurance of our divine inheritance. To possess the secret of anything gives one power over it. This personal conscious knowledge of the Fa ther in us is the secret that is the key to the power that is ours as sons of God and joint heirs with Christ. “The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” This sonship, this power in and through Christ, is ours from the beginning, but until we have entered the holy of holies, the temple of God within us, and made con tact with the Most High, we have no realization of it. It is as if one sat in darkness in a room supplied elec trically with abundant light, without knowledge of its availability, or without ability or desire to contact it,, to push the button. The room remains dark when it might be filled with radiant light. hat is this power of sonship? W Listen: “I [God] am the vine, ye are the branches [a very part of God] . . . If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” Again: “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do.” Also: “All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Then what shall we ask of this Heavenly Father of ours as we commune with Him in His temple in the midst of us? Of what do we talk when we are with an earthly father? Do we continually ask him for this and that and the other thing? No; as children of an earthly father we trust him to give us those things which we need, which it is right that we should have. We do talk over with him our problems, our joys and sorrows, our aims, and our ambitions. Just so may we talk with our heavenly Father. And He is more ready to help us than we to receive His help. We are the only means God has of visible expression, of manifesting Himself. Do we remember this, that in our life we are- manifesting God to the world? And how are we mani festing Him; what are we radiating? As a stove that is cold cannot radiate heat, neither can we radiate God’s love to the world unless we have that love in our heart and life through contact with God. And that is my idea of prayer. It is not a petition, a beseeching, but a communion. We do not have to beg June to be taken care of. God is our Father and more than ready to take care of us, His children, if we acknowl edge Him as our Father and continually abide in Him. “Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” “And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” ife, strength, health, substance, all are a part of L our divine inheritance as sons of God and joint heirs with Christ—in “good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over.” If these blessings are not ours, then in some way we have fallen short in our sonship. Not, necessarily, that have we sinned, but we have fallen short, we have failed to trust God. We have forgotten our part in the pact that God made with us in the words, “All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” We have failed to pray, believing, know ing, although faith bids us leave all doubt behind and promises that He will work out all things for our high est good. Let me quote this verse, as given in the Wey mouth version: “Faith is a confident assurance of that for which we hope, a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.” We must trust that inner voice, the faith that is in us, and leave all doubts and fears behind us. We must say, as did Christ, “Father, I thank thee that thou heardest me. And I knew that thou hearest me always.” Doubt, fear, worry, these show a lack of faith. Physi cians have discovered that they mean much in the mat ter of health, as do also anger, hate, jealousy, and all the other kindred thoughts and emotions that assail us and set up all manner of disturbances in our physical being. Faith is a most essential part of prayer, of communion with the Father. “Underneath are the everlasting arms.” his communion with God, when shall it occur? TThere are and should be times of special turning to God, but with God always in the midst of us, a part of our very being, prayer may be said to become an atmos phere in which we live, move, and have our being, in which we turn instantly to God—who in eveiy situation that we meet with is “closer . . . than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.” We have heard of the man who had had a certain wonderful experience and The Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee. — JOB thereafter felt that he was constantly in the presence of God, in his joy, in his sorrow, in his work, in his play. Why not? God is not one of whom we need stand in awe and whom we should approach in fear and trembling. God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent; and God is al so our Father, ever close to us, loving, sympathetic, helpful. But we must acknowledge and fulfill our son- ship. God stands ready in that “secret place”—aye, yearning—to receive us, but He will not compel us to come to Him. We are free agents; it is for us to open the door and enter in. “Lord, what a change within us one short hour Spent in Thy presence will prevail to make! What heavy burdens from our bosoms take, What parched grounds refresh as with a shower! We kneel, and all around us seems to lower; We rise, and all, the distance and the near, Stands forth in sunny outline brave and clear; We kneel, how weak; we rise, how full of power! Why, therefore, should we do ourselves this wrong, Or others, that we are not always strong, That we are ever overborne with care, That we should ever weak or heartless be, Anxious or troubled, when with us is prayer, And joy and strength and courage are with Thee.” Inexhaustible Substance G od’s Inexhaustible Substance © /' GENEVIEVE COURTNEY MAURER The one God substance is eternally, evenly present in all The form of things changes, but the substance of God is changeless in its completion Substance, as we define it in Truth, means that spir itual material from which all visible things are c re a te d ince the beginning of thought man has visioned some source of inexhaustible wealth. Not realiz S ing that the desire is father to the fulfillment, he has persisted in dismissing the idea of its possibility as pure phantasy. Consequently, though the same desire to obtain access to an inexhaustible source of wealth still lives within him, man has by the summary dis missal of his innate longing postponed its fulfillment until his conscious mind reaches the point in enlighten ment where he will not only accept the idea of the in exhaustible substance as possible but actually live it as Truth. There can be only one substance that it is impossible to use up, and that is substance itself, the substance of God. God, being eternal good, is without beginning or end. Neither man nor man’s creations can in any way exhaust that central, eternal something that is ever moving in and through all forms, continuously fulfilling itself out of itself. All things are made out of this sub stance and are full of it. The spiritual substance of God cannot be confined within finite limits, because God and all of God’s attributes are invariably infinite. The form of things changes, but the substance of God is changeless in its completion. Therefore, regardless of past, present, or later forms, that which fills every form, visible or invisible, to overflowing is the eternal, changeless, infinite substance of God. There is no void in this substance. This is the one substance that is indestructible, in exhaustible, and infinite now and always. The Scrip tures tell us that without God nothing was made, hence God’s presence is in all creation. Likewise, the creations of God endure, for “whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever.” The mystics of old wisely explained the ever-present allness of God’s substance by saying that God has His center everywhere, His circumference nowhere. We have come to regard God as a great impersonal princi ple available to all, and we explain our thought in mod ern terms by saying that wherever there is any mani festation whatever either in the visible or invisible world, God or Spirit as primordial substance forms the center of that manifestation as well as every other point within it. Substance, as we define it in Truth, means that spiritual material from which all visible and in visible things are created. Substance is the divine reality, God, “standing under” everything, but it is even more than that since it is also the very essence and life of creation. Substance is that which solely by virtue of its being substance permits anything to be. o in our endeavors to understand God as substance Swe need to lay aside partial truth and demand the whole truth of our indwelling Christ, as in our thinking we go all the way back to this ever-present inexhausti ble substance of being that is the inherent material and life of everything from a piece of stone to a magnificent symphony, from a gorilla to the quantum theory. The whole truth is that God substance is the foundation, the inner and the outer structure of all that is at all, ever has been, or ever can be. God is good, so all that is at all is good. The creations of God are good, and whatso ever God has created endures forever. June To show how we should lead our thinking clear back to God's ever-present substance, let us consider the in cident of a woman who sprained her ankle while climb ing a mountain path. Her hostess, eager to help, pro duced a foot bath of hot water as a means of reducing the swelling. The guest, who was quite new in Unity- thought but nevertheless very much alive to its truth, used the simple remedy, but at the same time she kept affirming that God is the only substance there is, hence that her body is made of substance that can never be injured, hence that only the perfection of God can be manifest in her mind and body. The swelling quickly became nothing, no pain was felt, and in a very short time after the accident she went around with absolutely no indication of any sprain. Ihe hostess continued to exclaim about the efficacy Tof hot water for sprains until the guest was moved to say, “God’s substance always reveals its divine nature of perfection and health.” “I don’t know what you mean,” the hostess re marked. “But if you are talking about what healed you, I tell you again the hot water did it.” “If that is so, just what is there in the water that heals?” “The heat,” the hostess answered. “Then hot water should be good for everything,” the guest stated. “Oh, no, just for some things. You can’t use heat at all with appendicitis, for instance. I am inclined to believe that there are certain properties within the water that help,” she replied thoughtfully. “You mean, some invisible properties that are good?” “Oh, indeed, they are good. That is what I am try ing to tell you, I guess—that the good in the heat and the water does good!” “And that is exactly what I mean too,” laughed the guest. “In Unity we always go clear back to that good which is always good and not just good sometimes, de- pending upon the attendant circumstances and condi tions that restrict it. In fact, we go back to the uncon ditioned essence of good that exists forever within all persons, conditions, and things. Can you visualize any occasion or circumstance where no good can be found if you really look for it? “No, I can see that if you were looking for good as the foundation of all things, it could be uncovered.” iCXTes, and that is just what we do,” the guest con- -JL tintted. “This presence of good which is always to be found is what we call ‘God.’ God or good—the two are the same—is the very center and structure of all the things that are manifest, from energy to flesh, from atoms to solar systems. Everything consists of the same spiritual material of good. This reality of good that is within all visible and invisible things is the substance of God.” The son of the hostess, a young man of college age, had been listening with evident interest to the discus sion between the two women. “Click!” he cried. “That explains something that I have been reading in A. S. Eddington’s book ‘The Na ture of the Physical World.’ He says, ‘I have ... drawn up my chairs to my two tables,’ as an introduction to his explanation that there are invisible duplicates of every object about him and that the invisible dupli cates are really more efficient than the visible, because the invisible will survive even fire and earthquake. Though he doesn’t call it that, I can see now that he means that this invisible table is made of this spiritual reality that is ever-present and that our guest calls ‘God substance.’ “But he says more still that substantiates the idea that you brought about this God substance being the in visible reality as well as the visible manifestation. He shows that there are many things in physics, such as ethers and potentials, that have no duplicates at all in the visible physical world, that nevertheless are very June real to the scientist as a part of the underlying reality of everything that is.” “I am sure that we are inclined to rely too much upon our senses and to believe that only those things which our senses reveal to us have any substance,” his mother offered. “Say,” continued the son; “both of you think your body is something pretty substantial, don’t you? Well, listen to this: ‘The atom is as porous as the solar sys tem. If we eliminated all the unfilled space in a man’s body and collected his protons and electrons into one mass, the man would be reduced to a speck just visible with a magnifying glass.’ What puzzled me was what was in this porous space in us and in the solar systems, but now I see that it is this universal substance or God substance that you are talking about.” es, th e idea that God is everywhere evenly present Yapplies to all substance. “Every good gift and ev ery perfect gift is from above [human thought], com ing down from the Father of lights [the universal God substance], with whom can be no variation.” Since this God substance is not subject to variation, it is evenly present in all manifestations. It is just as much present in a table as in a rainbow. There is noth ing out of which anything can be manifested at all ex cept God substance. It fills every form, visible or in visible, to the full. We have the outer eye with which we see the table, our body, or the rainbow, but the outer eye does not see things perfectly. Indeed, the scientist brings out the idea most convincingly that the world of material or ob jectified substance is one of the greatest illusions that the human mind has accepted. However, we also have a duplicate organ of sight, an invisible, inner eye, the eye of Spirit, which actually sees and comprehends this ever-present universe of God substance. The God substance or spiritual material out of which all things are materialized is referred to in the Scrip tures as ‘the Father of lights/ Indeed, light is the form that this universal substance takes, and it is this light that we see with the inner eye. This substance is bril liant, snow-white, scintillating light, so glistening and beautiful in its radiance that it is like no earthly ex pression of light that we now know. This God substance or white light of Spirit is ev erywhere evenly present—in one’s hand, mind, affairs, purse, table, flowers, rocks, animals, the earth, the air, water, fire—there is no place where God substance is not. This is the spiritual reality in all things, and be ing from God, it is always good, whether in visible or invisible form. All is God substance. This substance or light of Spirit is in a state of con stant motion. Its dazzling whiteness interpenetrates everything. Hence the light or substance that was in you one moment may move over to the table at which you are seated and the next moment may become a part of your typewriter. Substance moves in every con ceivable direction, flowing continuously through all things and lighting them up with a scintillating bril liance. Forms and ideas change, but substance never. Even while the forms and ideas of things are changing, sub stance still remains present and actively in motion. Like all the attributes of God, substance is whole, complete, and perfect. The common substance of everything visible and in visible could never be depleted. What creation or de vice of man could exhaust its infinite supply, since all things created and uncreated are made out of this uni versal substance? Not any; for there is no thing of which God is not the ever-present center and structure. We have the authority of His Word. God’s substance, with which all things are continually filled to overflowing, is good in its essence, eternal, ever-present, free-flowing con stantly, and inexhaustible. 22______June he one God substance is eternally, evenly present in all. rYou can know this as true in every detail by turn ing to the indisputable authority within yourself, your indwelling Christ. If you would behold this one sub stance in all its radiance, become one with your in dwelling Christ. He will clear away the false beliefs from your intellect and deliver to you the Truth in all its glorious, wondrous beauty. Continue to treat your mind and meditate for a sustained consciousness of the inexhaustible substance of God until it becomes manifest in outward expres sion. We Give Glad Thanks to You By J. J. May For flower stems cleaving upward through the sod; A brilliant sunset line of crimson hue; The purple velvet of a summer night, We give glad thanks to You. For lilacs swaying stately in the breeze, Their lacy fronds uplifted to the blue, The breathless beauty of a moon-drenched night, We give glad thanks to You. For faith and hope and love, these three— Their meaning flaming in our heart anew; The height and depth of Your great mercy, Lord, We give glad thanks to You. A New Teaching © /• STELLA M. TEMPLEMAN Jesus' final instructions to His disciples were to heal the sick and cast out devils Jesus’ treatm ent of mental cases, since it was thor oughly successful, is worth studying and adopting now By casting out our own devils we learn to do the preventive work that forestalls irrational thought and behavior and keeps us sound in mind and body hat insanity and various forms of minor ob sessions as well could be relieved by a word of T command, leaving the afflicted one sane and ra tional, was a new teaching to man two thousand years ago. With the exception of those who take primitive Christianity at its face value the idea is still new to the race today. Yet Jesus’ final instructions to His disci ples were to heal the sick and cast out devils, which shows that He recognized in them the same power to heal, albeit in undeveloped form, as He possessed. They were to use His method, to have unwavering faith in their authority. His authority was the Christ con sciousness, and it was to be theirs also. A typical case of restoration to sanity is related by Mark in the 1st chapter of his Gospel. He says that in Capernaum “there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he commandeth even June the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” Just what the term “unclean spirit” meant in Jesus’ day we do not know; but it is evident that the condi tion amounted to an obsession in the grip of which the one afflicted was not himself. Today all forms of men tal aberration, from mild dementia to violent insanity, are classified as diseases of the mind or of the brain. Doubtless these derangements are the same as those once thought of as demon possession, though that term plainly included epilepsy also. Jesus’ treatment of mental cases, since it was thoroughly successful, is worth studying and adopting now. By a word of com mand to the subconsciousness of the possessed one Je sus straightened out the complex and set the man free to act sanely and think normally. Jesus healed in con nection with His teaching, and both were “with author ity.” rp o speak or act with authority (and teaching is J-both), one must know exactly what one is talking about and be sure of the ground of one’s acts. Jesus gained this certainty of conviction through His perfect expression of the Christ mind. For certainty of con viction it was, and not any external power over other men. Jesus had no legion of soldiers at His back to enforce His commands. Neither brown shirts nor black saluted Him, bringing the world in blind homage to His feet. His was a spiritual dictatorship combining absolute certainty of inner conviction with perfect outer meekness. “Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am,” He said to His disciples, and the words would have a high and haughty sound indeed, except that He spoke them just after He had washed the disciples’ feet. Jesus knew what He had to work with, and He knew also what he had to work upon. Through attain ing God consciousness He attained divine wisdom. By unifying His mind with Divine Mind He familiarized Himself with the universal mind, so that He knew what was in man. He was not experimenting when He com- 1 9 3 5 manded the unclean spirit to be still and come out of the man; He was doing His usual work. We likewise have healing work to do. Each of us has at times braced up a friend with an admonitory “Pull yourself together!” to prevent his going to pieces emotionally, but most of us have yet to realize the ac tive conviction of power to command the restoration to sanity of one who has lost control of his mind com pletely. Our best course is to gain confidence by be ginning with ourselves. By casting out our own devils we learn to do the preventive work that forestalls irra tional thought and behavior and keeps us sound in mind and body. he devils that possess us as they did the people of Tancient times are legion. All are adverse states of mind or conditions that have arisen as results of such adverse states. First of all, we are bedeviled by fear. Nothing more adverse than fear or more universal in scope possesses the race mind. We can command fear, if we will, by taking thought of our capacity for courage and by using the word of authority thus gained. Each of us can say to our fears, “Be still and begone from me. I am a child of God, and I am filled with the Spirit of power and might. This is sufficient from me at all times.” As we thus remind ourselves of our divine background, we become fearless, courageous, and equal to all occasions. A second devil to be cast out is disease, and here again we begin our attack most successfully by casting out all fear of disease. Taking the Christ consciousness as our authority, we may say, “I am absolutely fearless and unafraid. This condition is a negative thing, and I am a positive being, a child of the Creator of all good. Disease can have no power over me.” As we gain con fidence from affirmations of this kind, we establish our selves in a state of mind that is receptive to health rather than disease, and the healing power of Spirit (or if you prefer to think of it so, the healing forces of na ture) can work in us to better advantage. We can ac- June celerate the process by some such affirmation as, “I be lieve in the power of the Christ mind to keep me whole, and according to my faith it is now done unto me.” Hold ing this thought faithfully in mind and refusing to see any evidence of illness as belonging to us hastens re covery. n o th e r devil that we should oust at once is doubt. A The doubting man is not an altogether sane or ra tional man. He lacks that quality which steadies the mind and holds it true, namely faith in a power that makes for righteousness. A French writer describes one of his best-loved characters—a physician of deep sympathies and keen insight into human nature—as “practicing virtue without believing in it.” The in ference is that he himself observed a high standard of virtue, but that he did not expect others to equal him in that regard. The man whose faith in virtue equals his practice of it is a saner as well as a more lovable man than was the physician. It is more rational to be lieve in what we are doing than to believe one thing and do another. The poet who sang: “There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds,” had in mind not common, modern skepticism, but the habit of searching for Truth and of being satisfied with nothing less. The writer of Thessalonians recognized this habit and commended it when he admonished his fellow Christians to “prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” Another devil of which we may well rid ourselves is selfishness. The selfish person lacks perfect mental balance, for selfishness biases both mind and heart by making the part seem greater than the all. A good af firmation for overcoming this adverseness is the thought “I am a part of all I have m et” and a second, “My Father is greater than I ” he metaphysician sees in the account of the crea Ttion of Eve as a helpmate for Adam the truth that the soul principle is essential to the perfect expression of life. This soul principle is the subconsciousness, and through its action man must learn to express his innate perfection. Of “the mother of all living” man is bom again into the universal life. Jesus showed us how to command the subconsciousness so as to make it serve our utmost needs. We know that one man can com mand another and that the other can obey the com mand ; in fact the whole system of master and servant rests on the basis of “Go, and he goeth . . . Come, and he cometh . . . Do this, and he doeth it.” We have taken it for granted, however, that commanding and obeying were limited to conscious action. The subcon scious activities have been commonly thought of as beyond the reach of being ordered about, in a legitimate sense, and the new-old teaching that they are capable of as perfect a response to command as the conscious mind is one that men everywhere need to take to heart. If the thought strikes us as novel, we can match that novelty with a new application of it to the task before us. Now and again we need something new to stir our enthusiasm and give our mental and spiritual muscles exercise. saiah and the w riter of Hebrews alike urge us on I to conquer the new world of the subconscious mind: Isaiah with the hint that no farmer puts in all his time plowing, but that he proceeds to harrow the soil, sow the seeds, and finally harvest the grain. The writer of Hebrews, in the 6th chapter, urges his readers to leave the doctrine of the first principles of Christ and press on unto perfection. No one wants to con over the multi plication table indefinitely; every one wants to find what it is good for and make use of it in practical ways. Emerson follows Isaiah and the writer of Hebrews in the words: “And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cow ards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort and ad- June vancing on Chaos and the Dark.” Our helpmate, the subconscious mind, stands ready to obey our commands when we give them in full faith and confidence that they will be carried out. The subconscious mind is plastic under the almighty effort. Man himself, centering his thought in the Christ power, makes that effort when he speaks the word of authority to his inner self and releases himself into the more abundant life that is at hand, awaiting his appropriation. He can do this in as simple words as those Jesus used, with as little emphasis or shouting evident in them as there is in His. Man’s authority gives him complete conviction that he is dealing with one of the eternal realities over which he was given dominion in the beginning. As he advances step by step in his divinely appointed work, his conviction deep ens and becomes surer, equipping him with inner vi sion so that his faith becomes sight. He then knows Him whom he before only believed, and out of his new found knowledge he speaks with the authority of a per fectly balanced mind. PRAYER On the threshold of this busy day I pause and, pausing, pray That all my actions tempered be With kindness and with charity; That all my thoughts, however small, Be very just and big withal. With dawn’s cool glance upon my brow I humbly ask that I somehow May strive and, striving, gain Not things material and vain, But those of Spirit, worthy to attain. —Wilhelmina DeWitt God’s Idea A True Story <8yT CLARENCE E. GRAY Part II editation and absorption were evidently deeply at work in the boy’s mind. He did not M speak for several minutes. Then suddenly, “Well, I must get on down town. Thanks a lot for everything!” “Now, I wish you would stay with me here tonight, Louis,” said the doctor, “but if you have one more night’s lodging at the Helping Hand, I’ll let you go so you can get your clothes.” The youth’s overalls showed a recent washing, and he had mentioned taking a shower the last two nights at the charity hotel, so the doctor was not surprised when the young fellow told him he had a fairly decent suit in his bundle, checked at the Helping Hand. Having had some interest in this charitable institution he knew too that the boy would have a comfortable cot to sleep on for one more night. “But I insist that you come out here tomorrow. I will give you some work around the place.” “If you don’t mind, Dr. Drake, I’d like to take one more whack at looking for a job tomorrow. I think I’d like this town.” “Well, wherever you think you can do the most good.” As the boy turned to go, he added, “Wait a minute Louis, here is a key to the house, in case you get home before I do tomorrow evening.” The emphatic refusal that came as the response to his offer was just what he expected. He continued with what was on his mind. “Well, I will leave the back door and the kitchen door unlocked. If you get hungry there’s food in the icebox. Are you sure that fifty cents will carry you through tomorrow?” The boy laughed heartily as he started around the house. “I have gone a whole week on fifty cents. Right now I don’t feel like I would want to eat again for several days! Good night, Doc!” That night two men felt a renewed interest in life. One called it “a lucky break,” the other, “God’s hand.” But both were thinking. The sun was in the west again. It had been another stifling hot August day, but it had seemed such a beau tiful day. Dr. Drake alighted from the street car, purchased a “canned” meal at the corner store and started north toward home. A call attracted his at tention and, turning, he saw Louis rounding the comer. It wasn’t the same Louis quite, for he had on his suit this time. It was wrinkled of course, but of fair quality apparently, and the lad’s fine physique made up for what his clothes lacked. **TT7ell, partner, do you have supper ready,” VV laughed the doctor, “or did you bum it, and come to warn me that we’d have to eat out?” “No, I haven’t been to the house. I thought I’d wait here for you.” “How long have you been out here?” “About an hour. You see, I walked out from town and I allowed myself more time than I needed.” “What! You walked the four miles from down town on a hot day like this!” “Well, it didn’t seem hot. Anyway I decided this afternoon that I wouldn’t look for work any longer.” “I see,” mused Dr. Drake, “you decided it was just as easy to walk out and save a dime as to find work to earn the dime. Is that it?” “No. I thought over what you said last night, and I decided I could do the most good at home. I started —well, you see I came out this way, intending to hit the road out of town this afternoon. When I got 1935 this far I decided it wouldn’t be fair to leave you with out—well—thanking you for your kindness to me. So I waited in the shade of the store there.” “Well, now, I appreciate that, Louis. I would have been grieved if you had pulled out of town in that man ner. Besides, you can’t leave town without money.” “I’m not taking any money from you, Dr. Drake,” the young fellow replied emphatically. That’s one rea son why I thought at first I would leave today. I can’t take any charity from you. I’ll get home all right. You see, I have an idea that I may be able to use to work my way home. It isn’t my idea, but—well, I tried to help a crippled fellow at the mission last night and, as you said always happens, I got some good in return. He gave me this idea after I had given him the forty—well, after I had helped him.” (CT see,” said the doctor knowingly, as they ap- proached home. “You gave the crippled fellow your last forty cents, out of the fifty I gave you.” The boy was embarrassed. “So, in return, God gave you an idea as to how to double i t !” “No, the cripple did,” the boy replied, without think ing. But as the two faced each other on the porch, the elder man looked steadily at his companion and re peated with certainty, “God did!” They entered this time through the front door with heads up. That evening a wholesome companionship was re newed. The boy was no longer ashamed of himself. The doctor had made him feel that they were on an equal footing. They had divided the duties of the eve ning meal. They moved the table to the shade of the big elm in the back yard. One of the neighbors called over while they were eating, “Ice cream for dessert, Doc! Whistle when you’re ready, and I’ll bring it over. I had my bridge club this afternoon.” “Well, now, I never cared for bridge much, but I think I do now,” laughed the doctor in reply. “They don’t wait until you get sick to come to help you, do they!” Louis said later, as they topped their meal with the delicious peach ice cream. “They’re doing it in honor of my guest,” Dr. Drake insisted. “Maybe they don’t know your guest is a bum off the streets.” UTM dn’t you just tell me you were going to work -L ' your way home, and that when you got there you were going to take back your old job in the pop factory?” “Yes.” “Well then, you’re not a bum.” “Well, I’m not from now on. But I was last week.” “No, son,” the doctor replied, forgetting his de termination to avoid any superior attitude, “you were just thinking the wrong kind of thoughts. The real you wasn’t any different. If you will just change your attitude toward the world, you will find that the world has likewise changed. No doubt, when you left home and found roughing it a little rougher than you had an ticipated, you began to sour on the world, and every time you got a rebuff you hated the person who gave it to you.” “Yes, I guess I have hated more people on this trip than I ever did in all my life.” “All right. You will be asking for work from now on. But you can hold your head up. Many people will turn you down. Smile when you ask them, smile when they say no, and when you go on your way, think kindly thoughts of them—or else don’t think.” “I know what you mean, Doc. I felt like loving everybody today. When they turned me down one after another this morning, I kept feeling sorry for them in stead of myself. They probably have so many appli cants for work I expect they do lose patience.” “Fine! Now you’re on the right track! And say,” questioned the doctor, “what is this new idea for get ting work on the way home?” OD’s idea?” laughed the boy. VJT “Yes.” “Well, it’s this. Everybody needs his house painted now, but many have no money to do it with. Many houses just need washing. They’re covered with grime and soot, but underneath is a perfectly good coat of paint. By using a washing powder in water, and bor rowing a pail and a rag, I can clean a man’s house and make it look shiny and bright, just like new!” “And you’re sure it won’t hurt the paint?” “Oh, no,” Louis continued, enthusiastically, “it won’t hurt the paint—that is, the cripple said it won’t.” “You seem to have abilities as a salesman,” his friend encouraged. “You have sold me on the idea, too. What will you take to clean my house that way?” “Nothing, Dr. Drake, nothing! Do you want it done?” “Not for nothing.” The doctor was thinking rapid ly. “I want it done though, and I’ll pay you.” “No. Not after what you’ve done for me. I wouldn’t think of charging you!” “Let’s see, now. We’ve been pals so far. Why not go into this together? The experience will benefit you. The cleaning will benefit my property. It will take— how long—three days?—to do it.” “Oh, I think I could get it done in two days,” re plied the boy, with ever-rising enthusiasm. “Anyway,” continued Dr. Drake, “I would have to pay a regular man about seven dollars a day. We’ll keep track of the time, what it would have cost me to hire it done, then you take half and I’ll keep the other half. Fair enough?” “Ye-es, sure, but------” U A l l right, that’s settled! You stay here with me tonight so you can start in early tomorrow morn ing. Practice on my house. Learn the best way to do June the job, and then you can start home with confidence— and also a little cash.” A moment’s silence. The doctor felt the boy’s eyes were upon him, but he waited for the reaction. Then with a voice, trembling, almost broken, “Gee, you’re a good sport, Doc! I’m—I’m kind of glad I didn’t leave town this afternoon. I had a feeling—well, some thing told me I shouldn’t do it.” “All right, buddy, you just keep on listening to that little something. That’s God talking to you.” “Oh, do you think so?” “I know so!” The emphasis brought a moment’s silence. The moon peered over the schoolhouse again. The beams danced, this time in the boy’s eyes, still moist with emotion. The boy continued the subject, a youth’s search for proof. “I’ve heard of people talking to God—praying —but I never have heard of God talking to us.” “He does—and people should learn to listen, should practice listening.” Dr. Drake thought a moment, then continued, “How foolish it would be for a patient of mine to tell me all his troubles, and then dismiss me without listening to my directions?” “I have—listened!” Dr. Drake glanced surprisedly at the young man, and Louis met his eyes squarely, smiling. he following morning Louis went to work on the Thouse. When the doctor left for his office down town, the young enthusiast had already incorporated some “new ideas” in his activities. “Just happened to think,” he explained, “that this might do it better.” That evening Dr. Drake found two men on the ladders. “Find it so dirty you had to hire help?” he laughed, looking up to the roof of the front porch. One man on each ladder, they were perched high in the air above the porch roof. One was slopping the washing fluid on with a bulky rag, and the other following him from a little higher up with a rhythmic swing of another rag, interrupted only by an occasional rinsing in the pail which hung at his elbow. With one or two swipes the strip of siding seemed to change color. Above it was a bright yellow, with a clean white trim. Below, well------“I didn’t realize a house would accumulate so much dirt from one’s neighbors,” Dr. Drake commented laughingly. “And I didn’t realize that one’s neighbors would ever give a hang about helping to clean it off either,” countered A1 Whitaker, “till you moved here.” Later that evening, when Louis had gone to bed early, meekly admitting his exhaustion, A1 Whitaker came over to talk with Dr. Drake. They sat, feet propped high on the porch rail for nearly an hour. “Takes some of the weight off your heart,” A1 had said once whimsically. Tonight it seemed unnecessary, for he was in a good humor. CCT want to thank you, Doc, for the sound advice J- you gave me a couple of weeks ago when I blew up because I’d been put on half time down at the shops. You sounded kind of sarcastic—telling me to take what religion I had and go use it. But I did as you said. I took my three days off with good grace. Began using them to think up some way that I could help my boss more the three days I was there. I did get an idea, too, on how to rebuild that conveyor down there so it will carry twenty per cent more load. The boss said it was great—and to just keep on thinking.” They both laughed heartily at this jibe, but talkative A1 was not to be stopped for long. “And the kid this afternoon—I was afraid he’d fall, working up there at the peak of the house. Nice kid, too. He gave me some more ideas telling me about some machines where he had worked. I’ll have another improvement to sug gest to the boss when I go back Monday.” “That’s fine, Al,” said the doctor encouragingly. “I’m sure your superintendent will appreciate it.” 36 June “You know Doc, I believe the kid was right. He said he guessed the Lord helps those who help other people.” The darkness hid the smile that came to the doc tor’s face. wo years passed, and A1 Whitaker was sitting again Twith Dr. Drake on his front porch. They were still “close” neighbors, as A1 liked to express it, and he still confided to “Doc” all his problems and successes as maintenance superintendent at the shops. The doctor pulled a letter from his pocket. “Remem ber the young fellow who washed my house summer before last?” “Yes, indeed! Did you hear from him?” Mr. Whit aker inquired eagerly. “Yes, I knew I would, but not until—here, let me read you part of his letter: “Dear Dr. Drake: You may remember me as the ‘bum’ you salvaged and took home with you two years ago. I could not understand why you did it. I knew, though, that you would consider your efforts wasted unless I made good, so I waited until I could write you a most optimistic letter. “I should feel that I could never express enough grati tude to you for setting me on the right path, were it not for the assurance I have that God's voice was guiding you. I figured that if God could make that kind of a pal of you, He could be the same Pal to me. And it’s all so simple, isn’t i t ! “I came home—no trouble at all finding work on the way. I took back my job at the bottling works. I helped Dad catch up with the payments on the home—I guess they were the reason why he used to seem so grouchy. We’re a happy fam ily now. And I have my coveted job as sales manager for good old Mr. Fogarty.” Dr. Drake stopped reading. Moonlight was reflected from the roof of the big house across the street. The doctor rose. “That reminds me,” he said slowly, as he carefully folded the letter, “let’s go round to the garden. I must water the flowers.” A1 Whitaker could not wait until they reached the garden. “So the kid was a bum off the streets, was he? What ever gave you the idea to do that for him?” In a confiding tone, half reprimand, the doctor’s an swer was “God’s idea!” (THE END) OMNIPRESENT By Fannie Herron Wingate The wonder of it all: Green grasses growing, The perfume of the flowers, And soft winds blowing; The tint of apple blossom And its fruit; The orchestra of nature In salute; The golden glow of harvest, And the earth Arrayed in gorgeous raiment; Spring’s glad birth! And through it all a force We cannot see— The power of God, who works Eternally! June Great Demonstrators of the Bible Ruth, the Faithful I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him f e is A JOURNEY. At each bend in the road we are presented the opportunity to make a choice. This choice either leaves us on the well-beaten track where safety and the accustomed duties and pleasures of life would seem to lie, or it leads us forward along a new trail where there may be new opportunities, but where also may lie concealed unsuspected dangers. To travel unknown paths merely because of restlessness or idle fancy may be foolhardy. But the one who goes for ward because of some great love or ideal that is burn ing in his heart need never fear. He will be protected and provided for. This is the testimony of all God- guided souls. “New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth.” We all love daring, and the pages of history as well as the pages of our Bible are strewn with the stories of those who have dared to face the unknown because of a great love or a great ideal. One of the loveliest of these stories is found in the Bible, the story of Ruth, the Moabite woman who dared to leave home and kin dred and go away into a strange land because of her love for another woman. It is a simple story of loyalty and of what loyalty brought to a young woman. The very meaning of the name Ruth is “faithful.” Ruth's home was in the country of Moab whither Naomi had gone with her husband and two sons to escape the famine in their own land. In this strange country of Moab the two sons grew up and both married Moabite women. Here Naomi’s husband died, and afterwards her two sons also died, leaving Naomi with none of her own kindred: a widow in a strange land. Thus bereft and alone she resolved to return to her own country and pass her last days among her own people. The two girls, her sons’ wives, when they found that she was fully determined to go, started out with her and offered to accompany her to her own land and live with her there. But Naomi sought to dissuade them. She assured them that they had done all that was required of them, and were free now to return, each to her own father’s house, where she prayed that Jehovah would be kind to them as they had been kind to her and her sons, that He would give them each a good husband, and that they would be happy. Still they urged her to let them go with her, but knowing that they had nothing to gain, she was firm in her decision that they should remain among their own people and leave her to go on alone. RPAH, recognizing the reasonableness of what O Naomi said, left her and went to her father’s home. But Ruth really loved Naomi. She forgot herself and her own advantage, sympathizing with her mother-in- law in her loneliness. She forgot that she would be a stranger in a strange country and that among those strangers it might not be easy to find a good husband to protect and cherish her and give her children. She thought of nothing but her love of Naomi and her desire to comfort her in her loneliness. And out of a full heart she spoke those words which have come down to us through the years, as full of beauty and sweetness to day as when they were first spoken in the land of Moab: “Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.” And when Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to accompany her, she said no more. The great opportunity of one’s life seldom reveals itself clothed in the garb of glory. Most often it pre sents itself in the guise of some homely virtue or neces sity. Orpah was thinking of herself. She was looking for a new life for herself. Ruth forgot herself. She saw only the need of one she loved and set herself to meet that need. The story tells how she also found her own fulfillment. Did not Jesus say, “He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it?” o Naomi returned to her home town, Bethlehem, Staking Ruth with her. It was the time of reaping. Naomi, who had been well-to-do when she and her hus band and sons lived in Bethlehem, had returned with nothing. So Ruth said to her mother-in-law, “Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain.” For at that time and in that country it was the custom to allow the poor people of the town to follow after the reapers and gather up the wisps of grain that the reapers dropped, and some of the more kindly of the owners of the fields would even instruct their reapers not to gather too closely, that there might be something left for those in need. So Naomi allowed Ruth to go. “And her hap was,” the record reads, “to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz.” Boaz was a kinsman of Naomi, a just and kindly man. So when he came out into the field the next morning and saw Ruth, noticing that she was a stranger, he inquired of his overseer about her. After the man had told him her story and spoken of the kindness she had shown to Naomi, Boaz called Ruth to him. He gave her a special invitation to remain with the workers in his field; told her that he had given orders that no one was to trouble her and that when mealtime came she should share in the food that had been provided for his people. Here we have a strikingly beautiful instance of the guiding hand of God. To Ruth it doubtless seemed mere chance that had led her into the field of Boaz rather than into the field of another. But there is no such thing as chance. Nothing happens outside of God’s law, and the hand of God, though unseen and al most always unrecognized, is ever outstretched to re ward faithfulness and loyalty with good. “And, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.” ontrasts always help us to see the truth more C clearly. So over against this beautiful story of Ruth’s faithfulness and her reward I want to set an other story, a true story, one that belongs to our own day and age. So often humanity thinks it can take and not pay; but this cannot be done, for in life we are dealing with laws more inviolable than any ever writ ten upon the statute books of any nation, laws that have been woven into the very fabric of man’s being, the fabric of the universe. “I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it.” The young woman of my present-day story had some very lovely qualities. She was ambitious to advance in life; she wanted to help her brothers and sisters. But there was very little money to spare for training. So when a scholarship was offered to any girl who would agree after she had finished her training to de vote a certain number of years to a particular service, this young woman gladly accepted the opportunity thus offered her. She took the training and received her cer tificate. And then there came to her a great temptation, an offer to use the training she had acquired in a posi tion that would yield great immediate returns. She sidestepped her obligation and, without making any re muneration for the opportunities she had enjoyed, took the more attractive opening. For a while she rose in her profession until she secured the best position she had ever held. Then, to put the story in Bible terms, “her hap was” to have one of the individuals familiar with the wrong that she had done became the head of the organization by which she was employed. The ending was not as happy as the ending in Ruth’s case, and we are reminded of some words translated by the poet Longfellow: “Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all.” E LIKE BETTER to dwell on the beautiful story of WRuth, with its reward for loving faithfulness. Ruth was surprised that Boaz should notice her and show her so much kindness, and finally she asked him why she, an unknown girl and a foreigner, should find so much favor in his sight. So Boaz told her that he had heard the story of her kindness to Naomi, how she had left her own father and mother, and how out of the deep love in her heart for one in need she had come to live in a strange land and among a people she did not know. And before he sent her back to her work he clothed his approval of her action in the words of a beautiful bless ing: “Jehovah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.” Ruth gleaned in the field all that day. In the eve ning she beat out what she had gleaned and took the grain home to her mother-in-law. When she told Naomi where she had been and of the kindness of Boaz, Naomi thanked God that he had not forgotten them, and revealed to Ruth that Boaz was their own kinsman. Ruth continued to glean in the fields of Boaz until the end of the harvest. When the harvest was ended Naomi, who doubtless had been thinking much about the matter and wished to reward her daughter- in-law for her faithfulness, gave Ruth some good advice that enabled her to demonstrate the love of God in pro viding for her a home and a husband. aomi knew that by the laws of their country, when N a man died it became the duty of the male relative who was next of kin to redeem the inheritance and marry the widow. So Naomi bade Ruth, on the night of the great harvest feast, after Boaz had eaten and lain down to rest, to go to him and present her case and see if he would acknowledge the obligation. Ruth did as her mother-in-law advised. And when she had pre sented her case to Boaz, Boaz acknowledged the claim and even commended her for remembering her duty to her husband and coming to him instead of seeking one of the young men. But Boaz also recalled that there was another man who had a prior claim, and all things must be done justly and in order. So the following morning, in the presence of ten elders, the offer was made to the nearest of kin to secure the inheritance and marry Ruth. This man, however, being unable to take advantage of the opportunity, the right to redeem the land and marry the widow was re leased to Boaz by the observance of a strange custom that is not without interest and significance. The man who desired to resign his right drew off his shoe and passed it to the one to whom the right was to pass, a covenant of understanding between them, made in the presence of the witnesses. Thus Ruth, the Moabite girl who when it became necessary to choose her path in life, forgot herself in love for a sorrowing friend, found in this new land all the things she seemed to have left behind, a husband, a prosperous home, and children. Ruth became much honored in Israel, for of her line came David, so that Ruth was said to be the mother of kings. And of that same line Jesus was born. Thus did this girl, through her choice of loving service in place of self-gratification, become engrafted into the line of the Christ. Is it not ever of such that the Christ is born? Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! — PSALMS SUNDAY LESSONS These lessons point out the symbology of the Bible and interpret it according to the Unity teaching. Our in terpretation may puzzle, possibly startle, a new student, but we believe that a thorough study of the Unity Sun day lessons will amply repay any student. Study with an open mind, and Truth itself will convince you. Our Bible text is taken from the American Standard Version of the Bible, copyright, 1929, by the International Council of Religious Education, and is used by p erm issio n Lesson 9, J une 2, 1935. Unity Subject—Communion with God. International Subject—Our Day of Worship.—Psalms 100; John 4:20-24; Col. 3:15-17. In connection with this lesson the following texts may be studied: Gen. 2:2, 3; Exod. 20:8-11; Acts 20:7. 1. Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands. 2. Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing. 3. Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name. 5. For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness endureth for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations. 20. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem shall ye worship the Father. 22. Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. 23. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. 24. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth. 15. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God. 17. And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Golden Text—God is a Spirit: and they that wor ship him must worship in spirit and truth.—John 4:24. Silent Prayer—By daily meditation and prayer 1 establish in my mind the habit of God consciousness. Those who think of God as unknowable have not learned to recognize Him as indwelling, the Spirit ani mating and actuating their best thoughts and highest aspirations. The surest knowledge of God is to be had within the heart, each one of and for himself. The old notion that mystery commands the act of worship and that once a thing becomes familiar it loses its power to excite our reverence was not indorsed by Jesus. “We worship that which we know," He told the Samaritan woman. To know another person truly, one must be with him, observe his ways, his habits of think ing and acting, his reaction to life. We cannot know those to whom we give no thought, in whom we have no interest. To know the Spirit of truth that dwells within us we must dwell upon it in thought, believe in its reality, expect its daily promptings, worship it by continually holding it in mind. Life eternal consists in knowing God (Divine Mind) and Jesus Christ (its perfect idea in manifestation). To be conscious of Di- June vine Mind functioning in and through us is to know God. The best method by which to become conscious of the indwelling presence of God is praise and rejoicing. Exaltation of feeling comes through praise and joy actively expressed. “Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands. Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing. . . . Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise.” Jehovah, the self-existent One who is eternal, becomes known to man when man opens the gates of his thought and makes himself receptive to higher knowledge through praise and thanksgiving. Praise and thanks giving are objective exercises. As long as man wishes to gain knowledge of God for his own selfish satisfaction, he remains in ignorance of the Spirit of truth which God is. When he puts aside the lower, selfish state and strives to give himself instead, he enters into the gates of true knowledge, and glimpses spiritual Truth. In giving thanks to the Spirit of all good and in blessing it by our confidence and faith in it, we establish in ourselves the conviction that this ever-present, ever-living One is God, and that we are a part of this One, who is all in all. The eternal One is good, the Spirit of good, ever existent. Before we can know good we must learn to express active goodness. Loving-kindness and faithful ness are attributes of the All-Good that we can know intimately and can make known to others. Praise, thanksgiving, loving-kindness, and faithfulness ac quaint us with God, through the Christ, in whom we find eternal life. In its natural state the soul is attached to localities, forms, and conditions in the world. It believes in the importance of places of worship and in the observance of outward forms. The mind of Spirit puts all such formalities aside and proclaims the universality of spir- 1 9 3 5 itual force. “God is Spirit.” “Neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem shall ye worship the Father.” By falling into forms of worship, the soul fails to get the true understanding, but the Christ-minded know Spirit, They enter into the formless life and substance, and they are satisfied. The Jews represent spiritual understanding, inspi ration ; the Gentiles represent material understanding. Salvation comes only through spiritual inspiration. This is the inner interpretation of Jesus’ words “Salva tion is from the Jews.” Spiritual inspiration saves us from the darkness of ignorance, doubt, and despair and gives us sure knowledge of God, the good. Communion with God is an active, not a passive condition of mind. Those who esteem one day above the rest for purposes of worship can, by devoting that day wholeheartedly to conscious devotion to God and active thought concerning Him, build up in mind a consciousness of the indwelling God that will abide with them the remaining six days of the week. Those who esteem every day alike can, by observing regular peri ods of meditation and prayer, establish in themselves the same abiding consciousness. Divine Mind, as it becomes operative through the Christ idea in man, is a ceaselessly active principle, and its works are positive and constructive. Peace, of which we think as the result of harmonious condi tions, is seen to be a work in the creation of harmony. “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts” is a com mandment to do a positive act. “Be ye thankful” is another. To preserve a consciousness of peace and gratitude under all circumstances calls for exercise of the Christ Spirit in unstinted measure, as does like wise the admonition “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.” The natural man feels it presumptuous to claim all wisdom, but the seeker after Truth knows that this June claim is a matter of simple obedience to divine law. That the spoken word is as definite an act as a deed, under the law, is evident from the last verse of today’s lesson text. “Whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed” invests the two with the same status. That both deeds and words be done in the name of the Lord Jesus (the perfect manifestation of the Christ idea) is the re quirement of the divine law, through full obedience to which we learn to commune satisfyingly with the Fa ther. QUESTIONS 1. Jesus said, “We worship that which we know.” Explain this statement. 2. What part have praise and rejoicing in our learning to know God? 3. Interpret metaphysically the affirmation “God is Spirit.” 4. Does communion with God mean an active or a passive observance of the divine law? Lesson 10, J une 9, 1935. Unity Subject—The Holy Spirit: Its Work in Man. International Subject— The Holy Spirit (Pentecost Les son).—John 16:7-11; Rom. 8:10-17, 26, 27. In connection with this lesson the following texts may be studied: Joel 2:28, 29; Luke 11:9-13; John 3:5-8; 14:16, 17, 26; 15:26, 27; 16:12-15; Acts 2:1-21, 32, 33; Rom. 8:1-9; I Cor. 12:1-13; Eph. 1:13, 14; 3: 14-21; 4:1-6, 30. 7. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you. 8. And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9. Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10. Of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more; 11. Of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged. 49 10. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness. 11. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 12. So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh: 13. For if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15. For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16. The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: 17. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint- heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him. 26. And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our in firmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered; 27. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Golden Text—As many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.—Rom. 8:14. t Silent Prayer—Through the power of the Holy Spirit become active in me I overcome error and am able to hold steadfast to Truth. Divine Mind (the Father), the perfect idea of that Mind (the Son), and the activity of this idea in the universe and in man (the Holy Spirit) form the Trin ity, of which man by the law of his higher nature is a part. “As thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us . . . I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one.” In thought and in word Jesus thus made union with the Son, the Christ, 50 June or the divine idea of man as it exists in the one Mind; therefore He became deeply conscious of the Holy Spirit within Him. By the power of this Spirit of truth He overcame the world and did His mighty works. In order to overcome as Jesus overcame we must know consciously the presence and power of the Spirit. To do this we must first put aside the personal view point. It is not only expedient but necessary that we cease to think of Jesus the personality and center our thought on the Christ instead, if we would know the presence of the Comforter in our life. “If I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.” Ordinarily the going away of Jesus would have deprived His disciples of all comfort. This it did for a time; but in the sense in which He was training them, namely to know the Spirit of truth in themselves, His leaving them led to the con summation of that knowledge. “And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.” In every man is the ideal or Christ self and the false or mortal self. The spiritual image-and-likeness-of-God man is the real man, but the development through igno rance and sin of the seemingly mortal in man has given the appearance of a man other than the real. To be convicted in respect of sin—“of sin ... because they be lieve not on me”—is to have our faith in the Christ fall short of being the solid foundation needed for a vic torious life. To be convicted of righteousness is to recognize ourselves as one with the Father, inseparable from Him, pure, sinless, and perfect as He is perfect, and to lose sight of personality completely. “Ye be hold me no more.” Sinlessness is possible to man, and he must demon strate it. Ill-temper, vanity, greed, selfishness, or world liness in any form should be denied the instant it ap pears, and the love, unselfishness, purity uprightness, and integrity of the higher self affirmed and expressed until the Christ righteousness is fully established and 51 in control. Thus each one delivers his soul “from men of the world, whose portion is in this life,” and realizes the activity of the Holy Spirit in himself. The Spirit of truth or Holy Spirit also convicts of judgment. The “prince of this world” is personality and its will. No one who is under the dominance of the personal is willing to admit that his suffering is due to his own wrong thinking and wrongdoing. He lays the blame on some one else or, if he cannot do this, he calls it an “act of God” and refuses to accept the responsibility for his own actions. Before he can be delivered from sin and its effects, he must realize that sin is a falling short of the mark and that every falling short brings its own penalty. The one who sees the connection between sin and its results is thereby con victed of judgment, is ready to let go of error, and eager to lay hold of righteousness. He no longer blames the weather or the food that he eats for his sickness, nor does he consider death inevitable and part of the divine law. He is willing to face the truth about himself and abide by its verdict. Righteousness leads to life. By the power of the Holy Spirit within him, man is able to change his whole manner of living, and so enter into eternal life. “If ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.” The Holy Spirit also leads man into a consciousness of his divine sonship and inheritance. “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. .. . The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him”—in other words, if we go all the way with Him to the complete elimination of the per sonal self—“that we may be also glorified with h im ” He who is conscious of the Holy Spirit within him self and who depends upon its enabling power finds his strength reinforced in all his undertakings far beyond his natural expectations. In prayer he learns to know that when his desire is wholly toward God and the di rection of his thought inclined toward what is right, he gains what he seeks. “The Spirit himself maketh in tercession for us.” Every prayer in line with Truth (“according to the will of God”) is an intercession of the Holy Spirit within man, which as part of the Trinity makes instant connection with Divine Mind (the Fa ther) , and is heard. QUESTIONS 1. What is man’s relation to the Trinity? 2. How did Jesus overcome the world and do His mighty works? 3. Why is the Spirit of truth called the Comforter? 4. What conviction of sin does the Holy Spirit bring home to man? In what way is lack of faith in the Christ a sin? 5. How is sinlessness demonstrated? 6. What leads man into a consciousness of his di vine sonship and inheritance? Lesson 11, J une 16, 1935. Unity Subject—Active Direction of the Christ Sub stance. International Subject—Christian Stewardship. —Deut. 8:11-18; II Cor. 9:6-8. In connection with this lesson the following texts are recommended for study: Deut. 8:19, 20; Mai. 3:7- — 12; Matt. 25:14-30; I Cor. 16:2; II Cor. 8:1------9 :l-5, 9-15. 11. Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12. Lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13. And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; 14. Then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; 15. Who led thee through the great and terrible wilder ness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; 16. Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end: 17. And lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18. But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day. 6. But this 1 say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7. Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8. And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work. Golden Text—It is required in stewards, that a man he found faithful.—I Cor. 4:2. Silent Prayer—I devote myself to the perfect way of the Christ in thought, word, and deed. The word steward is in less common use today than the word manager, which means the same thing. A steward actively directs the affairs of an employer in accordance with the employer’s expressed wish and will, much as an agent representing a firm or company. The Christian steward directs the Christ substance, the riches of the inner as well as the outer life, and in so doing uses the Christ power, which is at his command as long as he is faithful to his trust. Stewardship implies responsibility and complete de votion to the interests of the employer. The steward June who wasted his master’s goods was called to account im mediately. We as stewards of Jehovah are accountable for our direction of the divine power, our management of divine substance. If we forget our responsibility to the Highest and begin to build up pride in our own ability to succeed in material ways, we waste the divine power given us for the purpose of directing and con trolling substance to higher ends, and we must account to God for turning it aside. The divine law, faithfully kept, makes man equal to whatever emergency may confront him. By obeying it implicitly he is able to demonstrate his deliverance from obstacles that would otherwise overwhelm him. The power of spiritual thoughts (the Children of Israel) consistently held is sufficient to bring man up out of bondage in Egypt (slavery to the dominion of the senses) and into the Promised Land (the redemption of the body by spiritual consciousness). Stewardship of life entails the active direction of life and health under the command of the Christ mind. We can direct our life into channels of health and strength only by serving faithfully the Christ ideal of perfection in mind and body, thinking of ourselves as managing divine substance in obedience to the behest of the indwelling Christ. The water of life comes forth “out of the rock of flint” (out of conditions seemingly impossible to change) when the higher law is invoked and used. Out of the rock of ages (the Christ) issues the living water of eternal life and well-being for man. All wealth comes from the one source and is a mani festation of the one substance. Therefore the posses sion of material substance is a trust to be discharged under divine law. “Thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth.” The separation of the sheep from the goats is a parable of stewardship, of the right direction of the Christ Spirit, on the one hand, and failure to use the Spirit, on the other. “Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.” The steward of Christ sows bountifully the good seed from the storehouse of his Master, whereas the unfaithful and unjust steward tries to hold all for himself. But seed cannot increase until it is sown, and neither can wealth really profit man until he shares it with those who are one with him in their capacity to appropriate substance. How much a person should give is determined by the measure of his desire (“as he hath purposed in his heart”). The “mite box” in use in some religious or ganizations suggests poverty and is a catchpenny thing, the fact that the widow gave “all that she had” being less easily remembered than the size of her donation. “Treasure box” would be a better term, and the collec tion would reflect the wisdom of choosing constructive words. Material riches are not man’s only wealth. He is endowed as well with spiritual goods in great abun dance, and these it is his responsibility to make use of in the management of his Master’s business. Chief among every man’s divine assets is thought power, which he is learning to share with his fellows. When it becomes a general custom for men everywhere to spring in thought to the support of one who is falling short of victory in health, wisdom, prosperity, or other essential of welfare and to make a strong affirmation that the Christ power is operative in and through him to that end, then spiritual stewardship will become an everyday reality and civilization will be truly Christian. Jesus Christ, “who went about doing good,” also went about thinking good into expression in all His contacts with others. Hence the power that His name carries to heal, to prosper, and to bless. Many who give money with a bad grace are willing to give freely of their time, their interest, or their love. Others dispense material wealth with a lavish hand but give no thought to those whom the money is intended to relieve. “The gift without the giver is bare” ; therefore the gift, if it is to bring a blessing, must first be blessed by the thought of the giver. “God is able to make all grace abound unto you,” so that, filled with the Christ Spirit, you give whatever you have, whether money, thought, faith, understanding, good will, or zeal, with equal willingness and zest. Only so can the Christ steward, the director of the Christ substance and power, “abound unto every good work.” QUESTIONS 1. What are the duties of the Christian steward? 2. In what measure are we responsible for the di recting and managing of divine substance? 3. Define wealth, name its source, and explain its connection with divine law. 4. In what does man’s chief wealth consist? How can he do most good with his asset of thought power? 5. Explain how the steward of Christ is able to “abound unto every good work.” Lesson 12, JOne 23, 1935. Unity Subject—Truth Universally Understood and Ac cepted. International Subject—Christian Missions.—Acts 1 :6- 8; 13:1-12. In connection with this lesson the following texts may be studied: Gen. 12:1-3; Isa. 45:22; 49:6; Jonah 3:1-10; Matt. 28:19, 20; Acts 16:6-10; 26:12-20. 6. They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? 7. And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within his own author ity. 8. But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jeru salem, and in all Judasa and Samaria, and unto the utter most part of the earth. 1. Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster- brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2. And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3. Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 4. So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5. And when they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as their attendant. 6. And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus; 7. Who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. The same called unto him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God. 8. But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by in terpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith. 9. But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him, 10. And said, 0 full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? 11. And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. 12. Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord. Golden Text—Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.—Mark 16:15. Silent Prayer—The Spirit of truth, which I recog nize and acknowledge continually within me, guides me in all my ways. Now, as when Jesus Christ first taught His disciples, the field of the world lies white to the harvest; to the one who sees it with the Christ ideal of perfection as the background of his thought, overripe. Now as then June the gospel of the kingdom implies missionary endeavor in the sending of those who have heard the glad tidings to those who have not heard. Missionaries have gone out from Christian countries to every country of the world in which the church was not already established. Yet not only are the peoples to whom the gospel has been brought not completely converted, but the coun tries of the missionaries show need of the gospel. The kingdom has not yet been restored to Israel for the reason that individuals have not universally established the kingdom within their own hearts. The kingdom of heaven is at hand, first within the heart, then in the outer life and affairs, finally in the environ ment, as a permeating influence lifting the hearts and hopes of other men to follow the example set them, until the whole world not only hears but accepts the gospel. Christianity began with Jesus Christ, who in pray ing for His disciples said, “For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. . . . that the world may believe that thou didst send me.” The goal of perfection is reached only by way of the unselfish aim, the universal consciousness. These Jesus Christ manifested in full measure. The work to which He devoted Himself was carried on by the apostles, by the seventy whom He sent out two by two, then by others as they came into an understanding of Truth. The process of Christianization will continue until the entire race is lifted up to the standard of per fection. If at times there seems to come a receding wave, a surging tide of the Christ Spirit follows it and obliterates all traces of the recession, more than filling the void that had made itself apparent. There is a tide in the life of every follower of the Christ which, if he will but yield himself to it at the flood, will carry him on to consciousness of Holy Spirit power. In this state he knows that he cannot influence others to become Christlike until he himself is imbued with the Christ ideal. He must do his first missionary work within himself. As he puts away error from his 1 9 3 5 own mind and life, he becomes a true follower of Jesus Christ, dedicating his inner powers and his outer pos sessions to the service of the redeeming, guiding Christ mind within him. Once this dedication is complete, he cannot but speak the things he has seen and heard, for like the apostles after Pentecost, what he is in his inner self speaks more clearly and distinctly than any words he may utter. In all ways he is enabled to help others to become established in the Christ Spirit of truth. The enactment of statutes and other repressive measures cannot make the world Christian, as the Eighteenth Amendment bears witness. The world will come under the dominion of the Christ Spirit only as that Spirit enters every heart and becomes a part of every consciousness. As men everywhere gain the Christ consciousness, national and international laws will embody the Christ standard of love and justice. The kingdom of Truth is a spiritual kingdom and must be understood and accepted by men as an inner convic tion before it can become manifest in their everyday routine affairs and relationships. On the occasion when His disciples asked if He in tended then to restore the kingdom to Israel, Jesus turned their attention away from the material world to the inner world of spiritual forces. He told them they would receive power and would bear witness of Him to all the world. The kingdom comes not through material rulership but through spiritual service. To set one’s own life in order in the light of Truth may seem an insignificant part in the work of Chris tianizing the world, but this first step is necessary be fore one can qualify to do more. If each one does his part the world will speedily come into the light and harmony of the Christ consciousness. Our old material belief concerning the world and our relation to it gives way to a new understanding of the Christ Spirit within us, an understanding that increases as we learn to obey the divine law more fully and gladly. Our understand ing affects our own life as well as the lives of others. As we see more clearly we shall cease to judge others through the outer senses of seeing and hearing. We shall judge instead with our spiritual perception, which recognizes the divine perfection in every one. Judg ment of this kind aids mightily in banishing all error, for it springs from the Christ Spirit, which will al ways uniformly “send forth judgment unto victory.” Imbued with true understanding, our spoken word will bring sin and sickness to naught. In this high con sciousness we shall find the inner forces of our being at peace. All discord, whether in our mind and body or in the people about us, will come to an end. Covet ousness and greed will no longer despoil us, and simple, childlike trust will again be possible to us. Each of us lives in the world made by his thoughts. We first make our world ignorantly, imperfectly, and later in the light of the Christ, remake it according to the pattern of Truth. In so doing we contribute our part to the redemption of the world of mankind. QUESTIONS 1. In what order does the kingdom of heaven be come manifest? 2. How do we influence others to follow the Christ? 3. How will laws, both national and international, be made to embody the Christ standard ? 4. Explain how we make our own world. Lesson 13, June 30, 1935. Unity Subject— The Law of Conscience. International Subject—Liberty under Law (Temper ance Lesson) .—Rom. 14:13-21; I Cor. 8:9-13. 13. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother’s way, or an occasion of falling. 14. I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15. For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou 1935 walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died. 16. Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 17. For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18. For he that herein serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men. 19. So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another. 20. Overthrow not for meat’s sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21. It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth. 9. But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak. 10. For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols ? 11. For through thy knowledge he that is weak perish- eth, the brother for whose sake Christ died. 12. And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wound ing their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ. 13. Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble. Golden Text—It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.—Rom. 14:21. Silent Prayer—I obey my conscience in the light of the law of love. The love that works no ill to one’s neighbor is the fulfilling of the entire law. Conscience, which is the faculty developed by man for estimating the moral quality of his thoughts and acts and enjoining upon himself what is good, is not a safe guide unless it is illumined by love. The unyielding conscience of the strait-laced Christian of a former time was responsible for much of the suffering inflicted upon men in the * June name of religion. Although conscience is an individual matter, in a broad sense it must take others into ac count, for “none of us liveth to himself.” No matter how exclusive he may be a man’s influence upon others is a tangible force that he must recognize and the re sponsibility for which he must accept. This is first of all a lesson for teachers and leaders, who are assumed to have overcome in themselves sense appetites and to be able by reason of their victory to set a good example to those whose will power is yet weak, and whose understanding is undeveloped. To leaders and teachers especially certain texts appeal with great force: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” “None of us liveth to himself.” “Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good,” Our Golden Text declares “It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.” To the aver age person also such passages bring the conviction of duty to a certain extent. During twenty years of prohibition in our country the government sought to protect the weak against themselves by means of legislative enactment. The at tempt failed because those who considered themselves morally able either to indulge their taste for liquor or to leave it alone insisted upon their right as individuals to exercise such a choice when and where they would. The rights of the individual, they claimed, were invaded by the prohibition law. Therefore the law was openly disregarded by a class of citizens who before that time had been law-abiding. Through the citizen’s unwilling ness to subordinate his right to the higher right of all the country was again flooded with liquor and the weak again exposed to temptation. The rights of the per sonal man also are exalted to the status of a religion, and the good of all is lost to sight in consequence. To walk in love is to exhibit the highest form of culture yet attained by the race or by an individual. So to walk is to live and act with the good of others in mind and with a willingness, even an eager desire, to see that good become manifest in reality. Public spirited citizens look not each “to his own things, but each . . . also to the things of others.” “Love ... seeketh not its own.” That is the way of love. Not fearing that they may lose their liberty through self-restraint, those who are strong in love and Truth gladly discipline themselves so that seemingly weaker ones in Truth may not be influenced by their example to stumble. The strong believers know that where the Spirit of Christ is, the Spirit of divine love, there is true liberty for all and especially for those who need it most, namely those who have been in bondage to the appetites and lusts of the flesh but now are seeking freedom to live according to the Christ purity and Truth. The illumined ones know, too, that the race, as truly as a nation, cannot go forward to better things half in bondage and half free. All must advance together. The thought that one can serve God in so common place a thing as eating and drinking may strike some as far-fetched, but it is true. Eating and drinking may be done to the glory of God when the emphasis is right ly placed, not on the pleasures of the table but on the proper nourishment, quickening, and building up of the body. “He that herein serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men.” No one is more clearly approved of men than the athlete, who puts himself through rigorous training, eating only the foods pre scribed for him regardless of his personal tastes, in order to excel in his chosen field. The word of his trainer is law to him until he has achieved his goal. Today every one understands the effect on the body of habitual indulgence in alcoholic stimulants and is able to judge for himself of their merits or demerits. “The time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God” (the body). Regardless of influence or absence of influence, no one is really ignorant of what intem perate habits bring upon man. What the one who is weak in this regard needs is to develop will power to match his understanding. Through both of these he is enabled to re-educate the desires of the natural man. Certainly no one who fails to live up to the best that he knows will gain any further illumination in the art of living until he puts to practical use the light that he already has. Those whose will is inadequately developed for full self-dominion need their stronger brothers to stand by, to speak the word of Truth for them. Civic spirit and public spirit are well-known community states of mind. When the spirit of brotherhood in Christ becomes as general as these and as universally expressed, all Mull become one in Christ. The weak will then be built up through love actively expressed toward them by those who have their good at heart. For “knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.” QUESTIONS 1. Explain why conscience untouched by love is not a safe guide. 2. In what measure are we responsible for others? 3. What does the phrase “walk in love” mean? 4. How do we serve God in eating and drinking? 5. Show how those who are weak in will and who are therefore intemperate can be built up to the Christ standard of strength in this respect. Pass It On When you have finished studying this copy of Unity, pass it on to a friend. You may have for gotten the exact way in which you became ac quainted with Unity, but whether you remem ber or not, it was probably a very commonplace way. Did you think at the time that Unity would mean much in your life? You do not know how much it may mean to a friend; he may need it even more than you. “The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.” Plant this seed of Truth by pass ing it on. 1935 1 t 65 MEDITATION M usic b y F r a n g k i s e r F f c F -|------C----- IS----- 1------:------!X— b f c f c ± ^ t r A J. v j ^ = * - # * TT t-3 -> 5 « * L et th e wc rd s of nay mouth and the med - i - ta - tion !S----- £ -----^ -1------VK — u = grrt> 3 v - b = $ = f# = . s * * = « i - tr * i ^ V 0 m y 1ieart b( ac - cipt - a - ble, be ac- — *» ^ — ------IV ------m ------1t # i z 4 = ------V j * ' i m ± 3 = $ = S = \ s s ^ - p -U—* K * - * ~ i ce at - a - ble In T h j sig h t, O Je - h o - vah. L et the ' M " u------i?«— m.— =1?--- T »«------ta-njta— M ^ - r ~ 4 4 ✓ t------ — rr^— * 5 words of nij mouth and the me d - i - ta - tion of m y fV — * ------^ - V 1 — h------— p — /T* — t f = p *»■ fc l -----£7 ; » - g - . V* V = r u St/ he art, Be ac - cejat - a - ble, 0 Je - h a - vah. ^ = T t = & = f * %- v * l * = B p ------1 M 1 St/ T h e G i f t B y Clarence Edwin Flynn God comes across the meadows W hen dawn is fair, to lay In my receptive fingers The jewel of a day. Radiant, and rich, and lovely. I hold and watch it shine, And estimate its value. And know that it is mine : Mine to invest, or squander, Or sell, or lose, or bring To trade upon the market For any fancied thing. To what shall I devote it. Now that God comes to lay Here in my eager fingers The treasure of a day? SILENT UNITY “Be still, and know that I am God” The radiance of the Christ presence re- news my understanding and exalts my vision♦ The Society of Silent Unity, founded more than thirty- five years ago, is the healing department of Unity School, ministering, without seeing them, to those who need help. Our purpose is to aid through prayer all persons who, having faith in the power of God, ask for help. Our temporal needs are met by the freewill offerings of those to whom we minister. “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over.” Our Silent Unity group numbers some ninety consecrated workers who are devoting their lives to God’s work for humanity. They are proving daily that physical, financial, mental, and spiritual difficulties can be overcome by right eous prayer. Even though everything else may have failed, we shall pray with you, for we have faith that “with God all things are possible.” We pray with you and also instruct you how to pray to the Father in secret in order that you may help yourself. Silent Unity is praying always, and your co-operation in prayer is of mutual benefit. Do not hesitate to write to us for help because your problem is personal. All correspond ence is confidential. Give your full name and address. Address your re quest to Society of Silent Unity UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY 917 Tracy, Kansas City, Mo. Cable address: Unity, Kansas City. June Health and Prosperity The question is often ashed why Chris tian metaphysicians affirm what they have no realization of at the time the affirmation is made. The answer is that every word has within it the ability to make manifest whatever man decrees. God creates by the power of the word. “God said, Let there be light: and there was light." Every created thing was preceded by “God said." Man, the apex of Gods creation, was created in His image and likeness; that is, exactly like Him in the power of his word to bring forth what he says. In order to create as God creates man must have undoubting faith in the creative electrons hidden in the atoms that pour forth in his words. In Hebrews it is writ ten, “By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God." In the 1st chapter of John, the Word or Logos is given as the source of all things, and this Word is said to have become flesh and been glorified as the only begotten from the Father. “As many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, e v e n to them that believe on his name." Jesus said that every man should be justified or condemned by his word. He demonstrated the power of the word of faith in His mastery of natural laws and in His many marvelous healings. Although we all get definite results in body and affairs from the words we utter, those results would he infinitely greater if we understood the power of words and had undoubting faith in their creative ability. As Jesus said, “Whosoever shall . . . not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall h av e it.” We all want to be like Jesus, and mil lions have made and are making Him the pattern for their life. Among His faithful followers of the past twenty centuries we should expect to find a world of glorified men and women. Why have we not brought forth more of the fruits of Spirit that He so generously promised? The an swer is that we have emphasized the nega tive qualities as portrayed by the human side of His character. We have sought to imitate Him in our acts instead of our thoughts and words. Now we are realizing that as a man “thinketh in his heart, so is he.” The outer acts are secondary; the primal world of causes is within, and it is to this inner realm that we must look for the transforming power of man as well as the world about him. “Be ye transformed hy the renewing of your mind." Hence, the quick and law ful way to attain health is to put your cre ative words to work and bring into swift action the Superman, Christ. There can be no logical doubt that an all- wise and all-powerful Creator would plan perfection for His creations and also endow them with the ability to bring His plan into manifestation. That is the status of our world and its people. We are God s ideal conception of His perfect man, and He has given us the power of thought and word through which to make the ideal manifest. Then let us he industrious in thinking and speaking our Healing and Prosperity Thoughts for this month. HEALING THOUGHT Christ mind quickens me, and I feel Spirit life restoring me to health and wholeness ------C S > ------PROSPERITY THOUGHT As Spirit substance becomes tangi ble and real to my mind, prosperity is made manifest in all my affairs Prayers A nswered The following testimonials come from persons who have been healed by the power of Spirit. These testimonials are expressions of the writers’ gratitude to God for His wonderful love. Many of the writers acknowledge also the helpful ministry of Silent Unity. Those ivho wish to gain inspiration from some one whom God has healed may write, in care of the Unity School editorial department, to givers of these testimonials. Each letter must give the initials and address of the person to whom it is to be forwarded; also the name and date of the periodical in which the testimonial appeared I W ill Come a n d H eal wrote TO you for prayers that my husband’s hear I ing might be restored. I am very happy to tell you that he has- entirely recovered his hearing. It seems almost a miracle, but we know it is God’s love for His children. Unity is all we need to make us realize that God is our help always.—Mrs. B. H. G., Miles City, Mont. wish to thank Silent Unity for its help in healing I the little boy that my son accidentally shot in the eye. He is well and perfect, and I am most grateful to God and to Unity for their prayers.—Mrs. M. Z., Nor wood, Mass. OME time ago I wired you for prayers for my grand S daughter, who was suffering from a severe burn and was also threatened with an appendicitis operation. I have tried to find words to express my praise, gratitude, and thanksgiving to the Father and to you, for my daugh ter writes that the doctor gave the child a final examina tion and expressed great surprise at the complete dis appearance of the burn. All symptoms of appendicitis are gone. While I had truly felt assured of this out come, I am relieved and send you all my deepest and most sincere blessing for your great work.—E. P., Bloomfield, N. J. INCE I LAST WROTE you I have noticed a marked Sdifference in my condition. I have been able to do my work with less fatigue, and the spells of faintness have entirely disappeared. In fact, I have felt as if I wanted to do things, instead of being tired all the time. I am glad that I know about Unity, for it means to me love and the power that comes from good.—L. P. B., New Bedford, Mass. INCE w riting YOU a few weeks ago I have made al Smost continuous improvement. My joints, once swollen with arthritis, are getting more normal, and my whole system is clearing up. I am happy to say that my outlook on life is much brighter. I am inclosing an offering to help you carry on your splendid work.—F. V. W., Redlands, Calif. WROTE TO you FOR prayers for my son, who was faced I with an operation for appendicitis. He is so much better that the doctors say an operation will not be necessary. I am most grateful to you and want to thank you for your help.—Mrs. B. H. C., Minneapolis, Minn. wrote to you for prayers that I might be healed. I I had had an attack of grippe followed by erysipelas. Though my eyes were swollen almost shut, I could see to read Unity magazine, and kept it and your affirma tions close by me all the time. I am filled with joy to write you of my healing, thanks to God and to the Unity workers. Every one was amazed at my quick recovery. May God's blessings be upon you always.— Mrs. F. D. S., Phoenixville, Pa. LEASE discontinue prayers for the healing of my Ptooth, as it is now in perfect condition. I am very, very thankful to you for your efforts and very grateful to have been shown the way to help myself by placing myself and the conditions surrounding my life in the hands of the ever-present Father. May God bless your wonderful work, which is known to mankind every where.—Mrs. H. B. R., Seattle, Wash. want to share my good news with you. The cyst I tumor for which I asked your prayers is entirely gone. I thank you for your earnest help in my behalf. —E. L., Los Angeles, Calif. Filled with Plenty want to tell you of the success some friends of I mine had through application of the Unity teach ings. They purchased a restaurant in connection with a hotel close to a railroad station. No one had been able to make a success of it, there were too many eat ing places in the neighborhood. My friends were ex perienced restaurant people and exceptionally neat and clean. After two months they were very much discouraged. When I heard about it, I told the sister of one of the proprietors, who worked in the restaurant, not to be discouraged, but to open up every morning cheerfully, thanking God for the good business and the wonderful location; to have plenty of good food on hand; to visualize people coming in and, when they did, to be cheerful and pleasant; to bless the patrons, the work, the location, and all connected with the busi ness. She did as I had suggested, and soon business began to pick up until they were hiring extra help and still being rushed early and late. This is surely an evidence of God’s prospering love.—M. E. S., Toledo, Ohio. h a n k s to your prayers in my behalf I recently re Tceived a promotion in the firm for which I work that seemed absolutely impossible. There wasn’t an opening, but one seemed to fall as from the sky. I am most happy and grateful to God, and I thank you for your help. May God bless you in the great work you are doing.—D. M., New York City. u s t A FEW HOURS after I had written to you for J prayers I was assigned to a temporaiy position. The next week I was given more permanent work which will undoubtedly last as long as I want it to. It is such comfort to know that I can come to you with my prob lems. There is no one that gives me such counsel and courage as you do, and I thank God for such a fine or ganization as Unity.—M. M., Dearborn, Mich. He Shall Have Abundance he prosperity bank drill has helped me more than TI can tell you. It has awakened me to a deeper con sciousness of God’s constant and abundant supply. I am very grateful to you for your help.—Mrs. H. L. W., Kansas City, Mo. am so thrilled with my wonderful success. I have I been very faithful to the bank drill. Right after the holidays my husband got a new position with more salary, and he is enthused over the prospects in this new business. I am very thankful for all our blessings and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your wonderful help.—Mrs. R. H. W., Palo Alto, Calif. am happy indeed to write you that since using the I prosperity bank drill our business has been steadily increasing, and we are much encouraged over the out look. I know that the blessed Spirit is abundantly able to direct and I am praying constantly for increased faith. I thank you and bless you for your help.—Mrs. H. W. C., Syracuse, N. Y. have experienced a lot of good from the use of I the bank drill. It brings me many blessings from unexpected sources, and I praise God from whom these blessings flow. I thank you all who have helped me gather the experiences of peace, plenty, and prosperity. God bless you.—C. C., New York City. T is impossible to count my blessings since I began Iusing the prosperity bank drill. I am exceedingly grateful to you for your prayers.—Mrs. A. W. W., Wapakoneta, Ohio. Suffer the Little Children ot long ago I wrote to request your prayers that N my little girl might be able to continue her study of music, since she had been given a scholarship in advance. My prayers have been answered, the college having extended the scholarship until she is in a posi tion to accept it. I am very thankful. May God bless each and every worker at Unity.—T. S., Rocky Mount, N. C. asked you for prayers for my little granddaughter. I She could not get along in her studies, particularly arithmetic. She simply could not master long division, and I did so want her to pass to the next grade. I am happy to tell you that she did pass, and I know that God answered our prayers. I am very grateful to you for your unfailing help.—Mrs. R. B. G., Tampa, Fla. Search the Scriptures cannot te ll you how joyful it made me when I I saw the splendid grade you gave me on my last paper. It contributed greatly to the pleasure of the holiday season, the good news coming as it did right in the midst of it. I must say that this tenth lesson has demanded of me the hardest thinking I have done yet. I think I understand it perfectly, though I may not have made myself clear on all points. In some ways it seems such a simple thing to achieve complete one ness with God. But again, looked at from the stand point of the habit and routine of daily life as it flows along, it seems an almost impossible dream. However, I know that “heaven is not reached at a single bound” and that these things have to grow into our conscious ness bit by bit. I have traveled a very long way since taking up this study, and I hope to see more and more of the old walls of bondage crumbling as I grow. There was and is much room for improvement in my life. It has been too full of outside demands on my time and attention, and I am trying to free myself from them little by little. One needs more time in the first stages of growth. I shall always be grateful to you for your patient and loving help.—C. E. R., Hemet, Calif. M y Help Cometh from Jehovah thank God that I see more clearly the way, as I shown through you, dear Unity, and your inspired writings. I feel that I could not go on without Unity, Unity Daily Word, and Good Business. I always find something in them that seems to have been written especially for me. May God bless and prosper you in your good work.—I. D., Los Angeles, Calif. have got more out of the Unity books and period I icals than anything else I have ever read. Unity has provided the long-sought key to Truth that I havfc groped for all my life. May God bless you for the wonderful work you are doing for mankind.—W. H. M., Pueblo, Colo. Come . . . Hearken unto Me y th e guidance of your prayers I have been surely B guided to many grand and glorious blessings. I thank you most sincerely for the wonderful help you have given me.—Mrs. W. H. K., Toledo, Ohio. early three months ago I asked you for guid N ance in getting a position. I have secured a position here, and since signing up I have received offers of two marvelous positions that I couldn’t accept as I was already under contract. I do not regret this, as the salary of my present job is larger than they would pay. You may discontinue prayers. Thank you for your assistance.—H. V., Miami Beach, Fla. I Am the Li&ht od blesses me more and more, and I am illumined G and inspired through the Unity teachings to serve Him.—S. E. W., Danville, III. WANT you TO KNOW what the Unity teachings are I doing for me. When I became mortally distressed because of lack of tenants for my apartment house, a friend suggested my writing you for prayers. After the letter was written I sought my Bible, and while I was reading and praying my doorbell rang, and there was a tenant. Before the afternoon was over a second apartment was rented. My thanks and praise to God for His marvelous answer to my prayer! And may He bless you for your wonderful ministry and spiritual help.—S. R., Asheville, N. C. Unto Us a Child hrough your wonderful help and prayers I had Ta very easy delivery at the birth of my baby boy seven weeks ago. I got along beautifully, and the doc tor said I was his best patient. Your maternity les sons were a great help also, and I thank you with all my heart for your assistance. I am inclosing a love offering with my blessing.—M. W. W., Sandersville, Ga. am indeed grateful and happy to send you the news I that my baby, a fine eight-pound boy, arrived so quickly and easily several weeks ago as to amaze the doctors and nurses in the hospital. Your sincere prayers have certainly helped me to enjoy the happiness of a second son. I left the hospital in the worst weather of the winter, but I trusted in God, and both the baby and I are fine. I am most grateful to you for your wonderful help. You are doing a splendid work, and I pray for your continued success in helping the world to know the Truth.—R. D., Jackson, Miss. Give Unto the Lord OU MAY discontinue prayers for us, as we have Ybeen most abundantly blessed and prospered in living the principles of Unity. We are faithful to our tithing, not only of our income but of our time. There is always something in God’s treasury as the needs require. God bless and prosper you all. We are truly grateful to God for His blessings.—Dr. and Mrs. O. B., Peoria, III. o you KNOW that tithing has solved all my prob D lems? Always, no matter how small it is, I de posit God’s tenth in my tithe box. And then I manage to have even more than I had before tithing, and my tithe box is never empty. God manifests Himself to me in so many ways that I can never again doubt His help in every need. I inclose a love offering with my blessing.—Mrs. D. C., Providence, R. I. Study to Be Quiet ou may discontinue prayers for my son. He Y passed his examinations successfully. God bless you. I deeply appreciate your help at all times.—Mrs. M. L., Long Beach, Calif. WROTE YOU about a month ago for prayers that my Ison might pass his college examinations. He is doing good work in everything now, and I am very grateful for your help.—Mrs. H. T. H., Dayton, Ohio. WISH to thank you for your prayers for my son I H------. He is getting along much better in his schoolwork, and has successfully passed his grade. He certainly loves his Wee Wisdom and wishes it came oftener.—M. P., Tacoma, Wash. Help From SILENT UNITY These are extracts from letters that Silent Unity has written to those who have asked our help in finding and obeying the divine law of life Do you teach and believe that Jesus died for our sins, and do we have to repent of our sins ? Or do you teach that there is no sin?—Extract from a letter answered by Silent Unity. Jesus may be truly called the Way-Shower, for He lived in order to show man the way to overcome sin. His was a life of example, and in dying for a short time and then resurrecting His body temple He proved to man that it is possible to overcome sin; even the last enemy—death. If Jesus had merely died in order to relieve man of the responsibility for sin, then man could live in sin and practice wrongdoing, and he could say that by dying for man’s sins Jesus had relieved him of any responsibility and that his actions do not there fore have any effect whatsoever in keeping him from attaining eternal life. In this event Jesus’ mission would have been in vain and His teachings of no spir itual value to us; but since He proved to man that sin can be completely overcome by living rather than by dying, His mission was full indeed. Each experience that comes to man is for a definite purpose. When man finds that he has sinned or “missed the mark of perfection,” he can give thanks daily that he has learned his lesson; and he can forgive himself, which makes him receptive to God’s forgiveness. Thus you can see that “repentance” does not mean entering into a negative state of consciousness, but that through a change of thought a person can begin at once to change conditions and bring about a complete change in outer expressions. This change of thought is abso- June lutely necessary before he can make his complete over coming and receive the blessings that he desires. In this way we do believe in “repentance of sin” and we thoroughly believe in “asking God for forgiveness.” There is a big difference between merely “denying” a condition and “knowing it to be false.” One who merely denies that there is any sin and keeps on living in sin and beholding others living in sin is deceiving himself. However, “knowing sin to be an unreality” is first wiping all sin and wrongdoing from mind and then from one’s life. We do not merely deny that there is any sin, and then indulge in what others would term “sin.” We wipe all desire for sin out of our mind and therefore out of our life, and follow as closely as possi ble in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, the perfect example. From the above you can readily see that we do not teach that there is no “sin.” We do teach that there is no reality in sin and that it is only a false appearance. However, those who are “missing the mark of perfec tion” are temporarily immersed in sin, and their only salvation is to lift their thoughts above it and thereby change their mode of living. The first step in overcom ing always is a change of mind. A change of living necessarily follows. One’s actions are merely the out- picturing of the thoughts that one holds in mind. If a person’s thoughts are pure and good, he cannot indulge in wrongdoing and riotous living. We are sure that when a person thoroughly studies our teachings he cannot get the idea that we do not believe that there is evil or sin in the world. We teach the overcoming of sin and evil, not the absence of it. However, if all persons would recognize only God, good, as the only power and let good be the sole ruling force, all evil would soon vanish from mind and there fore from the earth. In teaching that “ye must be born again” we are endeavoring to awaken each individual to the fact that within his own being resides the true Christ Spirit that is able to raise him above all human limitations and human laws. Raised in this way, he will not work against the natural law of his being but with it, and therefore he will establish himself permanently in the kingdom of health, peace, harmony, and prosperity. My uncle and I prayed, but he passed on. You teach that prayer is all-powerful, and I have great faith in prayer. How do you account for the failure of our prayers in this case?—Extract from a letter answered by Silent Unity. It is sometimes difficult to see how we or others could be responsible for some of the events that happen, but since God is all good, we know that no unhappiness or negativeness of any kind can originate with Him. The seeming failure lies in our not rising above the consciousness the race has built up about certain things. The idea of death is one of the most deep-rooted of race beliefs. It is accepted so unconsciously that a person doesn’t always realize how much he needs to work to free himself from it. When a loved one fails to catch the vision of life and wholeness, or when we fail to help him rise above his belief, we can find comfort in the truth that God’s infinite love has provided in the eternal plan that every one may finally overcome the last enemy. Your uncle yet lives in your memory of him, and in the care of the Father his future is glorious and certain. My Bible tells me that Jesus died on the cross, but you speak of Him as if He were still alive and in the world. Please explain this for me.—Extract from a letter answered by Silent Unity. We believe in Christ, tne Son of God made mani fest in Jesus of Nazareth, who overcame death, and who is now with us in His perfect body as the Way- Shower in the regeneration to all men. Jesus Christ knew Himself as the Son of God, demonstrated His Christhood, and was called the Christ of God. Every individual has a Christ self, which has the same mind of power and of perfection that Jesus had through the Christ mind in Him. Jesus promised that we should do the things that He did and greater things. Now all this takes nothing away from the glory of Jesus Christ as the Way-Shower and Savior who brought men into the light of Truth. He overcame limitation, negative thought, and temptation, and showed forth the perfect spiritual man. He is our loved elder brother. We are joint heirs with Him to the Father’s kingdom. He is far in advance of us and is still helping mankind in its ongoing toward the high calling of the Christ. We have a great work to do in word, thought, and deed to follow the great example that He spent His life in setting before us. The only begotten son of God is the Christ man or ideal man, and this the Christ Spirit will awaken to full glory in every individual. I believe I understand the law of health and prosperity, but there are persons who are well and prosperous but are not happy. Will you explain the law of happiness and con tentment —Extract from a letter answered by Silent Unity. We believe that the same law that brings about health and prosperity will also bring about peace, hap piness, and contentment. However, we never pray for a specific outcome in our personal affairs but place oui affairs lovingly in God’s care and trust Him to bless us in the way that means the greatest happiness for us and for all concerned. We know that God’s will for each one of His children is health, prosperity, peace, and happiness, but since His wisdom is so much gieatei than our wisdom and His ways are higher than our ways, we surrender all our desires and long ings into His hands. We know that there is a longing within every soul for God, and at times this desire seeks satisfaction through personal love and personal companionship. These personal attachments aie fine, but we must trust the guiding Spirit within us to direct us so that we may not bring into our life something that is not for our ultimate happiness. 1 9 3 5 8 3 T h e P u r p o s e o f u n i t y nity School of Christianity is an independent educa Utional institution, teaching the use of the Jesus Christ doctrine in everyday life. Its purpose is not to found a new church or sect, but to help and teach men and women of every church and also those who have no church affiliations to use and prove the eternal Truth taught by the Master. The Unity teachings explain the action of mind, the con necting link between God and man. They explain how the mind affects the body, producing discord or harmony, sick ness or health; how it brings man into understanding of divine law. We suggest that you accept what, in our literature, ap pears to you to be Truth, and that you withhold judgment on the remainder until you understand it better. If you seek the Holy Spirit as your guide into the fullness of Truth, you will know for yourself what is of God and what is of man. As we keep on searching for Truth, we no doubt shall change some of our ideas, until everything short of the per fect will of God is dropped from our life and from our doc trine. There would be no difference of opinion among Chris tians if human ideas did not prevail widely, for there is but one Truth, and some day we “shall see eye to eye.” A Unity center is an association of Unity students formed to provide and maintain a place of assembly, where the prin ciples of practical Christianity, as set forth by Jesus Christ and interpreted in the light of present-day experience by the Unity School of Christianity, shall be taught under the di rection of an authorized leader. Unity centers and study classes are places of religious re search for all people, regardless of creed; and places where helpful instruction in Christian living may be received. Through its Field Department the Unity School of Chris tianity offers an advisory service for the purpose of pro moting high standards of center conduct, and authorizes the establishing of Unity classes and centers. Information concerning Silent Unity (Unity School’s healing department) may be found elsewhere in this maga zine. 84 June Expression from Student of Home Study Course “I am sending in my eleventh lesson,” writes Mrs. H------. “I have studied this lesson, and have found much in it that I can apply. Sometimes there is a point that I have been neglecting, and the lesson clears it up. “After the annotations have been sent to me and I am working on the essay, I then find that I really get understanding, and I thank God for the privilege of taking this course. “I also thank and bless you for the loving-kindness that you have always shown me in helping me to un derstand and live the life of Truth. I am inclosing a love offering, and again I thank and bless you all.” This is typical of the many letters that come to the director of the Unity Correspondence School Depart-, ment. There is no doubt about the thoroughness, of this home study course or its value to any one who will earnestly study and apply its teachings. The student should enter upon this course with the idea of gaining more than intellectual knowledge of metaphysics. His purpose should be to know God better, to learn how to pattern his life after the teaching of Jesus Christ. If you feel the desire to advance spiritually, to come into the high consciousness where only good abounds, write for the pamphlet that gives full information about our study course, which you can take right in your own home. Unity Correspondence School Depart ment, 917 Tracy, Kansas City, Mo. Unity Periodical Gains a Friend “For one year I have received Weekly Unity as a gift from a kind frie n d writes Mrs. R------. “I had never heard of this paper before, and now I have learned to love it and do not want to be without it.” You can never tell what good may come of your being a “kind friend” to some one in this way. Join the Help-One-A-Month Club and send one subscription a month to some friend. Letters like the one above will be your reward for sharing Truth with others. A card directed to the Help-One-A-Month Club, 917 Tracy, Kansas City, Missouri, will enroll you as a member. There are no dues. The Father’s Business We want to share with you a letter that reveals the hunger of unfortunate men and women for a more abundant life, and shows the part that Unity is playing in meeting their needs: “For some time I have been employed as a ‘case worker’ under the Federal Emergency Relief Associa tion. My work includes the investigation of homeless men and women and their needs, and each day I am heartened by the fine spirit shown by these people in spite of the disquieting circumstances surrounding them. It has been my opportunity to spread encour agement among them. I realize that I am about my Father’s business, so I have managed in my calls to talk quietly to them about the Father of us all. I wish you might share with me the joy that comes into their faces as I tell them about Truth. “My wife and I are subscribers for Weekly Unity, Unity, and Good Business, and this makes it possible for us to leave copies in their homes. These copies are treasured, read and reread, and then passed on to others. Our slender stock of reserve literature is gone, and the people are begging for more. I am wondering if Silent-70 could send me old copies of Unity literature. I have two hundred cases on my books, and the need is great.” Silent-70 rejoices in the eagerness of these men and women for Truth teaching, and already a supply of Unity literature has been sent to the writer of this letter for distribution. Silent-70 sends Unity literature free of charge to groups and institutions where it is needed. This ministry is made possible by love offer ings from our loyal friends. Appearing This Month in Other Unity Periodicals A Chance to Show the Boss Hartley Williams had been transferred to the poor est, most unproductive district in the whole territory that Cranston Brothers served—mining-camp towns, little crossroad general stores in the mountains. His indignation knew no bounds. His predecessor had not been able to make his salary out of it, and how could any one else expect to do so? When Natalie suggested that this might be a good chance to show the boss what he could do, he sarcastically replied, “Don’t make me laugh. Even the chipmunks are starving in that terri tory.” But Hartley and Natalie did not starve. On the contrary—but you will want to read the story for yourself and learn how they solved their problem log ically, joyfully, and successfully. Read “For Services Rendered,” by Craig Davidson, in the June issue of Progress. The Beginning of Salvation The prodigal son awoke to the realization that the cause of his woe was his separation from his father, and this, says Zelia M. Walters, was the beginning of his salvation. Any one who is earnestly seeking to change his way of life, to reach a higher spiritual plane, will find much to think about in Mrs. Walters’s article “The Shadows Flee Awayappearing this month in an issue of Weekly Unity. The author enriches her mes sage with many quotations from the Bible, and it will be of interest and value to every person whether a stu dent of metaphysics or not. Blessings in Disguise When some adverse experience overtakes us we are very likely to rebel against it and to wonder why it fell to our lot. F. B. Whitney says that we should ex tract from every experience the good that it brings us for in every experience there is a hidden blessing. He has an article in the June issue of Unity Daily Word entitled “Make Every Experience a Blessing,” which tells you how to take command of adverse situations and make them yield rich blessings. True Wealth Is in the M ind We are very likely to think of abundance in the terms of money, houses, jewels, and the like. Richard Lynch says, “Money is not abundance; it is the result of abundance—the outer expression of an inner sup ply.” He says that every man is supplied according to the riches he has in mind. His article “Attracting Abundance,” appearing in the June issue of Good Busi ness, explains the working of the law of prospenty, and gives a definite plan by which to solve one's prob lem of supply. A Game of Many Laughs Where is the boy or girl who does not get a thrill out of playing a game, especially one that furnishes plenty of laughs? Such a game is featured in the June issue of Wee Wisdom. It is called “A Story Game,” and this gives the clue to its nature. But wait till you hear what the players are to read out, one after an other, when the storyteller comes to a pause in his narrative. This is where the fun comes in, and makes this game a delightful one to be played at a child’s birth day party or on some other occasion. 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If you are to pass on to our readers. planning to order one of She says: these copies, do so now, as “My o h m copy of Lessons Creed of the Dauntless will in Truth is so dear to me not be reprinted. A G if t o f G r a titu d e “In appreciation of the I m p o r t a n t blessing of sight I am in E v e n t closing a draft for $25 as my co-operation toward The Unity Annual Con publishing Unity Daily ference will meet this year, Word in Braille.” June 30 to July 6, at Unity This letter from Miss Farm. While this is of C------is typical of the fine special interest to center spirit shown in the many leaders, it is our earnest letters that are coming to desire that Unity people us in response to our an everywhere join us in nouncement that Unity prayer at this time. Dur Daily Word would be ing this Conference there printed in Braille. Copies will be prayer periods for of the magazine are sent individual consecration and free to the blind who are for the Unity ministry as a able to read Braille, grade whole. A special program 1 Yz- Love offerings from of Scripture readings, our friends, for which we prayers, and songs is being are very grateful, are help prepared, and copies will ing to defray the expense of be mailed to all Unity cen this publication. ters and study classes, so that those who do not find it convenient to attend the Conference may participate at a distance. Wherever you are during Conference U s e Y o u r week we want you to share Imagination in our devotions. “Come away, all of you, to a quiet Charles Fillmore says: place and rest.” “That man has latent possi bilities goes without argu To Lecture ment . . . What a man imag ines he can do, that he can in E n g la n d do.” This statement comes Ernest C. Wilson, editor from the chapter on “Imag in chief of Unity publica ination” in his book Chris tions, is planning to lecture tian Healing. If you have in London, England, during never developed your imag June. Watch for announce ination to the point of mak ments in Weekly Unity and ing it work for you, study the London Times. this chapter. Learn how to be what you are in her theme in the impres your imagination. Christian sions that she received in Healing has eleven other childhood when on numer chapters equally helpful, ous occasions she visited a and each is accompanied by planing mill. A big sign question helps. This book over the door of the ma is recommended for the ad chine room read, “Stand vanced student. clear of your machine.” The words “stand clear” fixed themselves in her mind, and she uses them to point a lesson in Truth. Much of human interest is to be found in the true incidents that she re cords in this article. 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