and He was true to its character; He did not mix it with matter or with material ways.

31. When Jesus said, "The words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life," He touched the inner Christ word which created all things, and we know that His words were vivified from that center with a life essence and moving power that will demonstrate the truth of His statement.

32. These words have rung through the souls of men and set them afire with God's Spirit, throughout the ages. This is because they are spiritual words. Within them are the seeds of a divine life and they grow in the minds of all who give them place, just as a beautiful flower or a great tree grows from the seed germ planted in the ground.

33. Jesus recognized that the consciousness of man was submerged in the things of sense; that it could not perceive Truth in the abstract, and that it must, under these conditions, be stirred into activity by some stimulating force dropped into it from without. Hence He sent forth His powerful words of Truth to the thirsty souls, and said to them, "Keep my saying."

34. To keep a saying is to revolve it in mind--to go over it in all its aspects, to believe it as a truth, to treasure it as a saving balm in time of need, and above all to obey the law that it sets forth.

35. People in all ages have known about the saving power of words and have used them to the best of their understanding. The Hebrews bound upon their foreheads and wrists parchments with words of Scripture written upon them. The Hindus,