BY LEO VIRGO.

Lesson 12. March 22.

PAUL'S MESSAGE TO THE EPHESIANS.-Eph. 2:1-10. GOLDEN TEXT-By grace are ye saved through faith.-Eph. 2:8.

A treatment for the realization of Divine Substance: Centre your attention at the pit of your stomach, and give this message to the people or thoughts of that congregation:

"And you hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins." You are no longer inert and inactive through the belief in the reality of mortal shortcomings. You are now free from this bondage, and the Mind of Divine Intelligence stirs you into activity.

2. The routine of nature, as fixed by the ruling law of mortal mentality, made you subject to thoughts. of error; and the desires of sense work discord in you; 3. But the Infinite Mind dissolves with its great love all but the good.

4. That which seemed inert is now joined to the swift Truth, and all that seemed to be dead flesh is now alive in Christ Jesus - Truth demonstrated.

This rich inflow of Divine Substance shall continue to increase more and more as you realize the power of Truth demonstrated.

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This release from the bondage of error is not the result of your mortal effort, but comes from the faith of man in God.

7. You are not puffed up with the pride of personal achievement nor do you belch with thoughts of personal accomplishments.

9. We are the workmanship of Divine Mind as idealized in Christ Jesus, the Divine Idea of FeminineMasculine, and we must continually go forward in realizing this high ideal.

This Epistle to the Ephesians overflows with lofty thoughts and doctrines, and those who have read and studied it in the abstract will doubtless be slow to believe that it has any reference to the overcoming of a state of consciousness in the individual. In our philosophy all writings are about men, and the most practical lesson is that which lifts up the self.

The keynote of this Epistle is found to be the new life in Christ. In Christ, or its equivalent, occurs more than twenty times. This new life must be fixed in the consciousness. If it be studied in the old way, the mind may be for a short period lifted up as the possibilities of the Christian's life is revealed; but it is not permanent, the realization of this quickening life is not felt in the vital centres of the man. When it is put right home to the soul, and the functions of this type-man impregnated with these exalted thoughts, a practical, permanent result is obtained.

So we find it profitable to come down out of the air, where the "spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience" dwells, and get hold of the substance of ourselves as we are in Truth.

Lesson 13. March 29.

REVIEW.

GOLDEN TEXT-Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.-Matt. 28:20.

LESSON I. Paul and Silas at Philippi.-Acts 16:22-34. Central Truth: Intuition cannot be developed in

the man conciousness so long as the idea of selfish gain predominates.

I AM Affirmation: My intuition is illumined by the Spirit and dedicated to the Good.

LESSON II. Christian Living.-Phil. 4:1-13.

Central Truth: Understanding the law of mind. action, you will know how to harmonize all its faculties.

I AM Affirmation: I AM Spirit, therefore I am true, honorable, just, pure, lovely.

LESSON III. Paul at Thessalonica and Berea.- Acts

Central Truth:

17:1-12.

The higher must blend with the lower in order to lift it up. The Christ Principle is submerged in mental consciousness that it may resurrect it into eternal life.

I AM Affirmation: Christ in me the hope of glory.

LESSON IV. Paul's Counsel to the Thessalonians.— I. Thes. 5:14-28.

Central Truth: Discipline your thoughts with patience and perseverance.

I AM Affirmation: The belief in the reality of evil, with all its negative accompaniments, no longer has place in my mind.

LESSON V.

Paul at Athens.- Acts 17:22-34.

Central Truth:

God as Spirit.

The intellect cannot percieve

I AM Affirmation: It is the central, spiritual I AM consciousness in me that recognizes and understands the one true God.

LESSON VI. The Church at Corinth. Acts 18:1-II.

Central Truth: Love listens to Truth when intellectual righteousness refuses it audience.

I AM Affirmation: The patient love of God in my soul preserves my body.

LESSON VII. Christian Self-Control.-I. Cor. 8:1-13 Central Truth: An understanding of the truth of Being does away with the belief in the reality of

forms.

I AM Affirmation: I am free from the limitations of mortal thought. I think and act in my Christ will.

LESSON VIII.

Christian Love.-I. Cor. 13:1-13.

Central Truth:

Love is the greatest thing in the

world.

I AM Affirmation: The love of God fulfills its perfect law in me.

LESSON IX. Paul and Apollos. Acts 18:24, 19:6.

Central Truth: Before we can control the body organism we must affirm our ability.

I AM Affirmation: All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

LESSON X. Paul at Ephesus.-Acts 19:13-20.

Central Truth: All action and all growth is preceded by desire.

I AM Affirmation: My desire is to know the truth and live it.

LESSON XI. The Riot at Ephesus.-- Acts 19:29-40.

Central Truth: The image you hold in your mind is built into your body.

I AM Affirmation: Harmony and peace now reign in my substance centre.

LESSON XII. Paul's Message to the Ephesians.-- Eph

2:1-10.

Central Truth: The new life in Christ must be fixed in the consciousness.

I AM Affirmation: My faith in the supremacy and power of the Spirit is everlasting.

Lesson 1. April 5.

Second Quarter.

PAUL'S FAREWELL TO EPHESUS.-Acts 20-28:38.

GOLDEN TEXT Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35.

We do not in the beginning abide in the consciousness of the Truth perpetually. It seems to leave us at times. Yet we know. that God is omnipresent: then why this seeming departure of His Spirit at certain periods of our experience? The answer is that

we have a work to do for ourselves. The Spirit of Truth plants the seed and works with us for the space of three years, which is a fulfillment of action in mind, idea and expression, the Divine Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The Church at Ephesus is made up of all our thoughts about substance. Manifest substance is the outgrowth of an idea in the one Spirit-mind. The body is Substance formed out of Substance manifest. Expressed Substance is the universal ether of Science, the akasa of esoteric Buddhism. It is invisible to the eye of sense but may be felt in nerve energy. It penetrates matter and is not subject to gravity or any of the limitations of the molecule. In the brain we may call it thought-stuff, in the body it is vital energy.

This inner substance is moved and formed by ideas. When centered in the man consciousness, these make an ecclesia, or church, which really means an organized body of thoughts. This is our "flock," which we are to oversee and feed with Spiritual ideas. The " grievous wolves," which we are warned against, are the hungry thoughts of the world at large. These are undisciplined, though at the foundation they are hunting the good. When they find entry among our orderly thoughts they produce. inharmony. We should always make our minds positive when in close association with those who think and talk error. If we do not do this their error thoughts will enter into some of these subconscious centres and cause us trouble.

"Also of your own selves shall men arise." Not even all of our own ideas are converted to the Truth, but some of them rise up and pervert the doctrine. This tendency of one's own thoughts to combat the Truth and attempt to win to the error the right thoughts is one of the most exasperating conditions we have to meet. Sometimes it is like two or more people talking in our own thoughts, and the arguments on the mortal side are so convincing that we are led away by them.