Broadly
speaking, an individual accepts Truth's sentence of freedom or else mortal mind's verdict of bondage, and the nature of his acceptance determines the nature of his earthly experience.
In
the third chapter of the first epistle of John are the words, "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.
With
customary vividness the prophet Isaiah describes the continuous purging of mortal beliefs by the power of Spirit, until, as he records, "there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
It is of course a well-known fact that what we refer to as "the weather" is conditioned by changes of temperature, pressure, and so forth, which take place in the atmosphere that surrounds the earth.
It
is evident from the context that when Jesus said to his disciples, "The poor always ye have with you," he was referring to the so-called poverty-stricken class.
After
Daniel had come forth unharmed from the lions' den, King Darius, marveling at the deliverance, said of God, whom Daniel worshiped and obeyed, "He is the living God, and stedfast for ever".
Progress
is not determined by the passing of time, but by the gain of spiritual understanding, and the consequent passing away of ignorance and superstition.
A Beautiful
verse, the tenth, in the thirty-fifth chapter of Isaiah reads, "And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
One
of the most illuminating and instructive statements contained in the writings of the Apostle Paul is found in his first epistle to the Corinthians, where he says, "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:.
One
often hears the remark, "I just happened to be here," or, "I happened to come in just at the right time," indicating the belief that things happen or occur by chance.