Objects utterly unlike their original do not reflect that original. Hence matter cannot proceed from God, and therefore it has no real entity. Understanding is a quality of God, a quality which separates Science from supposition, — which makes Truth final, saying, “Truth is all, and there is no error.”
Genesis i. 8. And God called the firmament Heaven: and the evening and the morning were the second day.
Spirit unites understanding to eternal harmony and Science. The calm and exalted thought takes upon itself understanding, and is at peace; while the dawn of ideas goes on, forming the second stage of progress.
Genesis i. 9. And God said, “Let the waters under the heaven he gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.”
Spirit gathers unformed thoughts into their proper channels. He unfolds these thoughts, even as He opens the petals of a rose, to send their fragrance abroad.
Genesis i. 10. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Spirit causes the barren thought to bud and blossom, and thought in solution to be still, gathering all at last into one eternal bond of union and love. He duly feeds and clothes every object, as it rises in the scale of creation, so that it may express the Fatherhood and Motherhood of God. He names and blesses all. Without natures thus particularly defined, all things would be one thing, and His creation full of nameless children, —
