One Almighty Purpose of Life could be destroyed, and chaos would come again. (Of course, there never was any chaos. That was only the view of undevel

oped man.)

If what I have said is true to you, you will readily see that we are self-illuminating, and what rich illuminations would be ours if we would live up to our best; we would ever be conscious of the truth of our basic statement - that in the final analysis, All is Good. The mode of procedure to attain to this is given to us daily here in these meetings. Exercise the law of your being, the law of self-control. Marshal your thoughts as a general does his army and command perfect order. Given the earnest soul, the unwavering purpose, and victory is sure.

Earth is crammed with heaven,

And every common bush is aflame with the fire of God.

LET'S BE UP-TO-DATE.

Jesus Christ IS COME in the flesh. -1 John 4:2, 3.

There is no power but of God.-Rom. 13:1.

The Christ hath ALL power.-Matt. 28:18.

The devil, evil, sin, disease, and death, have NO power.

They are harmless.

The power once imputed to them, is now, by faith, all transferred over into the Christ.-Rev. 11:17; Heb. 12:2.

He is the power of God [1 Cor. 1:24], He is our Life [Col. 3:4], and He is our power over all the power of the enemy. Luke

10:19.

He is ALL. Col. 3:11,

In Him we live, and He in us.- Acts 17:28; John 17:23. The risen-living-indwelling Christ Jesus healeth all our diseases and redeemeth our life from destruction.-Ps. 103-3, 4; Rom. 8:2.

91:5-10.

Nothing shall by any means hurt us.-Luke 10-19; Ps.

If any man be in the Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away, all things are become new.-2 Col. 5:17. Behold, I make all things new.-Rev. 21:5.

It is our duty to leave the "first principles," and go on unto Perfection. Heb. 6:1; Heb. 5:12; Matt. 5:48. See whether your faith is up-to-date. 2 Cor. 13:5.

- JOHN DEEM

BIBLE LESSONS
GHARLES FILLMORE.

by

(7 ext from the American revised version.)

Lesson 3. January 19.

JESUS AND HIS FIRST DISCIPLES — John 1:35-51.

35. Again on the morrow John was standing and two of his disciples;

36. And he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!

37. And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

38, And Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? And they said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Master), where abidest thou?

39. He saith unto them, Come, and ye shall see. They came therefore and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day: it was about the tenth hour.

40. One of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

41, He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpeted, Christ).

42. He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the Son of John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter).

43. On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me.

44. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

45. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

46. And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

47. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him,

Behold, an Israelite, indeed, in whom is no guile!

48. Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

49. Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God: thou art King of Israel.

50, Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

51. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye

shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

GOLDEN TEXT- We have found him, of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth.- John 1:45.

The Christ-Mind is formed through faculties, represented in Scripture as disciples. These faculties exist as seed thoughts that have to be developed through discipline. John the Baptist perceives the innocence and tractability of the consciousness which is ready for this higher manifestation of the Man Idea. The trustful innocence and obedience of the lamb is a fitting symbol of the mind ready for the unfoldment of the Christ.

Where does the Christ, the Master Mind, dwell? "Where abidest thou?" This question is asked by the disciples who are not familiar with the free, universal estate of the mind. "Come and ye shall see?" Wherever we see the Christ there it abides. That "day" is the light of understanding with its tenth degree of possibility. Ten always represents unlimited capacity of increase.

Andrew is the strength of the inner man, and Simon Peter is the believing, or faith, capacity of the mind. When Strength finds Faith, and they are brothers consciously in the mind, a bond of Unity is established that carries one through the most adverse experiences.

Peter is the impetuous fiery enthusiasm of the soul, which finds a balance-wheel in Andrew, the sturdy strength and endurance of the integrity within.

Faith is the central faculty in the consciousness of a master. Jesus said that upon it he would build his church, ecclesia, an aggregation of spiritual ideas. He stated a law of mind action that we use every hour, "Whatsoever ye shall bind in the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever you shall loose in the earth shall be loosed in heaven."

"The kingdom