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knowest that I am not wicked, Thine hands have made me and fashioned me." This healed him. It restored his good.
Paul said that we should have a reason for the hope that is in us. There is a reason why we ought to be well, intelligent, blessedly happy always. Using that reasoning we come into close touch with our health, wisdom, and prosperity.
John the Revelator saw the second stone of the Temple as sapphire. This is wisdom. It is peace and health. Moses saw the second state of mind as light, brought to us by the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God is the Word of Truth. We are building the temple of our own character. If we take the first lesson of Truth according to Spirit, we lay in Zion the foundation of jasper, which is the diamond, irresistible in beauty and brightness of purity. If we take the second lesson of spiritual Truth we lay the sapphire stone of our character. Our peace and wisdom are set free.
The second lesson of Truth gives the reasons why:
- 1. There is no evil.
- 2. There is no matter.
- 3. There is no absence of life, substance, or intelligence.
- 4. There is nothing to hate.
- 5. There is no sin, sickness, or death.
The reasonings of Job cover all the ground of why we may declare against those personal characteristics which make up our hardships in life -- "Thou knowest that I am not wicked. Thine hands have made me and fashioned me."
Because of this, you may take your habit of scolding at people in a manner far worse than their offenses, and proclaim that as a son or daughter of Spirit you do not chide or condemn anybody. On this plan of reasoning you may set yourself free from the poverty that troubles you, or the sickness that discourages you. On this plan of reasoning also take up the other traits you are willing to name. As a child of God you cannot
