Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-12

upon the earth. for one is your Father,
which is in heaven"
When We Near Agreement
Why should we call no man father
apon the earth? Because the claim is
not sufficient to warrant our practice Of
true sonship. God is your Father. The
statement of Jesus concerning the gen
ealogy of man and the testimony of the
physical senses disagree, but Jesus spoke
of the spiritual man, and never regarded
the flesh as any part of man, or as
profitable. The physical senses declare
man birth to be material, and would
separate us into families many. But the
understanding of the Science of Being,
correcting the false testimony of the ma
terial senses, reveals the fact that therr
is but one Creator who is God Spirit.
Mind-thus defining the brotherhood of
man to be natural. If God is the only
Creator we are brothers because God
made us SO.
Our line of action then is to be our real
God-given selves, and cease from all
that is not God given. God has made
man in his own likeness. hence 1t is
normal for man to be Godlike and to
cease from all that is unlike God.
Our first lesson In the Science of Being
Is concerning the nature and essence of
God, that we may know how 10 deport
ourselves in order to be like him
We are brothers because we are chill
dren of a common parent To be true
child of God is to be a true brother to
Gods children. If the child of God is
the likeness of God we can do no better
than TO be that likeness. learn the char
acter, the nature, of our creator and al
low that understanding to shape our
conduct. There is no better reason why
we should conduct ourselves as brothers
than the mere fact that we are brothers.
AS we learn the nature of God we learn
his attitude toward his children, his man.
ner of dealing with his children. This
affords us an idea as to how we should
deal with his children, our brothers.
In proportion as we approach to the
standard of true manhood do we ap-
proach to the true brotherhood. Through
practice prompted by right education, we
reach an agreement. The various be-
liefs concerning the truth give place as
the truth itself appears.
Name any question you please. There
is concerning that question but. one true
answer. When we each arrive at this.
we become one in thought and the con-
flicting opinions cease. The idea of
truth originates in the divine mind and
is eternally supported by that mind.
Brother to All Mankind
GOO is the principle Oh tne DTOliler-
hood of man, hence the principle of its
re-establishment.
Progress would not be possible, If the
new born ideas and ideas yet unborn tc
human consciousness, did not exist as tn
eternal creatures of divine mind Th'
spiritual or mental progress of the worlf
is but the uncovering of that which hai
always existed. Each new idea borF
to our consciousness and incorporates
into our lives is but the bringing into
view of our real individuality that Ii
eternally existent in the one mind.
! We call this experience the birth oil
new ideas. but they are not new to the
divine mind: they are co-existent and CO.
eternal with that mind Furthermore
these ideas are not new to our real IN
dviduallty. but constitute that individ-
uality. The dissemination Of the latest
and highest thought of progress renders
the possibility of more close communica-
ton of mankind, and, in return, this
| close communication affords an oppor-
tunity for further dissemination of new
| ~ born thought Thus through education
| the world is approaching to universal
brotherhood, oneness of thought. If each
individual will be clothed and In his
right mind" and will be his own, true,
| God given self. he will be a true brother
to all the rest of mankind; for he would
be a true son of God. If one would be
brother to Gods children, he must be
true child of God.
| If each individual brings himself into
| harmony with his creator, the divine
mind, he will be in harmony with the
creation of that mind. even Gods chill