Evening star., 1921-01-09

| gence in matter, has been accepted,
and humanity has not exercised the
dominion Of Mind. the Christ-mind.
power over the carnal senses. truth
over error, good over evil, life over
death and love over fear.
The riddle Of the world is understood
| oEly by him who feels that God is good.
As only he can feel who makes his love
The ladder of his faith. and climbs
From sense to soul. and draws no line
Between mere human goodness and
divine.
And judging God by what in man is best.
With chilfs trust leans on fathers
breast"
Solomon, with childlike trust,
asked God for wisdom and UNDER
standing. The divine Mind is un-
derstanding, intelligence, wisdom.
the creator, the Principle of being,
in which are all conceptions of
beauty and utility.
In the beginning was the "Word."
the divine Mind, supreme intelli-
gence, or creative force, God, good,
who created the heavens and the
earth. He spoke all things into ex-
istence. He said, LET there be
light; and there was light" He
commanded, Let there be beasts,
birds, fish and fowl, and they ap-
peared. He said, "Let the earth
bring forth grass the herb yielding
seed, whose seed is in it.
SELF" and it was expressed-phen-
omena appeared. The seed is the
creative power of Mind. "The tree
and herb do not yield fruit because
of any propagating power of their
own" says Mrs. Eddy, in Science
and Health, page 5O7, "but because
they reflect the Mind which includes
ALL" Infinite Mind expresses and
controls all ideas composing the
universe. From the limitless, mex
haustible resources of Mind, Spirit,
or understanding, all phenomena of
earth and heaven proceed and are
manifest. Minds ideas see. feel,
hear, taste and smell. The Psalm
ist says, 20 taste and see that the
Lord Mind, Godl is good" Trust
in Mind, not in matter. Be led by
God, Mind, Spirit, the creative Prin-
ciple, Life, Truth, Love and lean not
to belief in a so-called mortal mind.
Solomon said to his son:
In all thy ways acknowledge
Him [God], and He shall direct
thy paths. So shall thy barns
be filled with plenty Hap
py is the man that fndeth wis
dom, and the man that getteth
understanding. She IS more
precious than rubies; ard all the
things thou canst desire are not
to be compared unto her. Length
of days is in her right hand. and
in her left hand riches and hon.
or. Her ways are ways of pleas
antness, and all her paths are
peace. She is tree of life to
them that lay hold upon her. and
happy is every one that retaineth
her . keep sound wisdom and
discretion. ). Then shalt thou
walk in thy way safely, and thy
foot shall not stumble.
"Thy foot shall not stumble"
What a promise! 1t is equivalent
to saying, All that thou dost under
take thou shalt accomplish. In the
understanding of the power of the
Christ-mind. governed by Life.
Truth apd Love, our ways are
pleasant, and our paths are peace:
There is length of days in the Life
thought, and longevity is increased
by the reflection of Truth and Love,
the eternal Principle of being. From
the real, the divine Principle, Life,
Love and Truth, the Christ-mind,
Solomon brought forth the treas
ures of wisdom and understanding.
The expression of harmonious in
telligence and its creations was
variously manifested in silver and
gold, wood and stone, brass and
iron. His barns were indeed filled
with plenty.
He proved that mo good thing
does God withhold from them that
walk uprightly-love Him-trust
Him. David, his Father, had pre-
pared much of the way for his son,
but it required peace and not con-
fict to build for God. During the
war of the material senses David
had conquered many enemies.
! doubts and fears, self-love, self-will
| and self-righteousness. He had not
recognized his pride of human
knowledge and limited human re-
sources till Gods wisdom and pow
er shone into his consciousness and
he perceived the inexhaustible