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So it is written, "The Lord is in the midst of thee, thou shalt not see evil any more."

(Read Selected Readings, pages 10, 12, 14.)

The devil stands for the darkness or ignorance of the world thought in which men "have sought out many inventions." Bring light into darkness and we know that darkness disappears. Now you see why we ask you first of all to think deeply of that Presence that, as Paul describes it, "filleth all." Just in proportion to our realization of this, will appearances of evil go. Thinking helps us to realize Truth.

To think of God aright, we must admit Infinite Being --- and this obliges us to "give no place to the devil." That which is Omnipresence fills all space. "If I ascend into heaven, thou art there; if I fly to the uttermost parts of the earth, even there shall thy right hand guide me. If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there."

That which fills all space can not be limited to form, but contains all form within itself and is the Substance of all form. This is why we find God to be impersonal and not a personal Being. The Infinite is too great to be known as personal, but includes all persons and things within itself --- is the "all in all."

Air fills a room. Light, heat and sound are vibrations of air. Air includes these various manifestations of itself, but is more than any one of them: