Subject — Is The Universe, Including Man, Evolved By Atomic Force?

1.     Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

4.     For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.

5.     He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

6.     By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

7.     He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

8.     Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

9.     For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

5.     Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

6.     Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever.

1.     Genesis 1 : 1, 3, 26-28 (to :), 31 (to 1st .)

1     In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

3     And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

26     And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27     So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28     And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it:

31     And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

2.     Exodus 3 : 1 (to 1st ,), 7, 8 (to ;), 14 (to :)

1     Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law,

7     And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

8     And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey;

14     And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM:

3.     Exodus 12 : 41, 51

41     And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

51     And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

4.     Exodus 14 : 5, 6, 15 (to 1st ,), 15 (speak), 19-22, 30, 31

5     And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

6     And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

15     And the LORD said unto Moses, …speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

19     And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

20     And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

21     And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

22     And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

30     Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

31     And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.

5.     Psalm 114 : 1, 3, 5-7

1     When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

3     The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

5     What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

6     Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

7     Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

6.     Matthew 14 : 22 (to 1st ,), 23 (to :), 24-33

22     And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship,

23     And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray:

24     But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

25     And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

26     And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

27     But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

28     And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.

29     And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

30     But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

31     And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

32     And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

33     Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

7.     Revelation 21 : 6, 7

6     And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

7     He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

1.     228 : 25-27

There is no power apart from God. Omnipotence has all-power, and to acknowledge any other power is to dishonor God.

2.     295 : 5-8

God creates and governs the universe, including man. The universe is filled with spiritual ideas, which He evolves, and they are obedient to the Mind that makes them.

3.     597 : 27-29

WIND. That which indicates the might of omnipotence and the movements of God's spiritual government, encompassing all things.

4.     547 : 25-30

The true theory of the universe, including man, is not in material history but in spiritual development. Inspired thought relinquishes a material, sensual, and mortal theory of the universe, and adopts the spiritual and immortal.

5.     240 : 1-11

Nature voices natural, spiritual law and divine Love, but human belief misinterprets nature. Arctic regions, sunny tropics, giant hills, winged winds, mighty billows, verdant vales, festive flowers, and glorious heavens, — all point to Mind, the spiritual intelligence they reflect. The floral apostles are hieroglyphs of Deity. Suns and planets teach grand lessons. The stars make night beautiful, and the leaflet turns naturally towards the light.

In the order of Science, in which the Principle is above what it reflects, all is one grand concord.

6.     123 : 30-12

Christian Science differs from material science, but not on that account is it less scientific. On the contrary, Christian Science is pre-eminently scientific, being based on Truth, the Principle of all science.

Physical science (so-called) is human knowledge, — a law of mortal mind, a blind belief, a Samson shorn of his strength. When this human belief lacks organizations to support it, its foundations are gone. Having neither moral might, spiritual basis, nor holy Principle of its own, this belief mistakes effect for cause and seeks to find life and intelligence in matter, thus limiting Life and holding fast to discord and death. In a word, human belief is a blind conclusion from material reasoning.

7.     124 : 14-31

The universe, like man, is to be interpreted by Science from its divine Principle, God, and then it can be understood; but when explained on the basis of physical sense and represented as subject to growth, maturity, and decay, the universe, like man, is, and must continue to be, an enigma.

Adhesion, cohesion, and attraction are properties of Mind. They belong to divine Principle, and support the equipoise of that thought-force, which launched the earth in its orbit and said to the proud wave, "Thus far and no farther."

Spirit is the life, substance, and continuity of all things. We tread on forces. Withdraw them, and creation must collapse. Human knowledge calls them forces of matter; but divine Science declares that they belong wholly to divine Mind, are inherent in this Mind, and so restores them to their rightful home and classification.

8.     293 : 13-31

The material so-called gases and forces are counterfeits of the spiritual forces of divine Mind, whose potency is Truth, whose attraction is Love, whose adhesion and cohesion are Life, perpetuating the eternal facts of being. Electricity is the sharp surplus of materiality which counterfeits the true essence of spirituality or truth, — the great difference being that electricity is not intelligent, while spiritual truth is Mind.

There is no vapid fury of mortal mind — expressed in earthquake, wind, wave, lightning, fire, bestial ferocity— and this so-called mind is self-destroyed. The manifestations of evil, which counterfeit divine justice, are called in the Scriptures, "The anger of the Lord." In reality, they show the self-destruction of error or matter and point to matter's opposite, the strength and permanency of Spirit. Christian Science brings to light Truth and its supremacy, universal harmony, the entireness of God, good, and the nothingness of evil.

9.     134 : 14-17, 21-10

Man-made doctrines are waning. They have not waxed strong in times of trouble. Devoid of the Christ-power, how can they illustrate the doctrines of Christ or the miracles of grace?

The true Logos is demonstrably Christian Science, the natural law of harmony which overcomes discord, — not because this Science is supernatural or preternatural, nor because it is an infraction of divine law, but because it is the immutable law of God, good. Jesus said: "I knew that Thou hearest me always;" and he raised Lazarus from the dead, stilled the tempest, healed the sick, walked on the water. There is divine authority for believing in the superiority of spiritual power over material resistance.

A miracle fulfils God's law, but does not violate that law. This fact at present seems more mysterious than the miracle itself. The Psalmist sang: "What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye little hills, like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob." The miracle introduces no disorder, but unfolds the primal order, establishing the Science of God's unchangeable law. Spiritual evolution alone is worthy of the exercise of divine power.

10.     135 : 17-20

There is to-day danger of repeating the offence of the Jews by limiting the Holy One of Israel and asking: "Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?" What cannot God do?

11.     503 : 10-15

In the universe of Truth, matter is unknown. No supposition of error enters there. Divine Science, the Word of God, saith to the darkness upon the face of error, "God is All-in-all," and the light of ever-present Love illumines the universe.