is life. Man, therefore, is blessed, in proportion as he attains the above conjunction; and he becomes cursed, in proportion as he does not attain it. But the sole reason why man does not attain the blessing of conjunction with God and His life, is, because he doth not form his life in agreement with that science or knowledge of God which is imparted to him from above, and which teaches him to shun all evil as sin against God. For man cannot be conjoined with God and His life by the mere science or knowledge of God only, but by the life of such science or knowledge; and the life of such science or knowledge consists in shunning all those evils of the heart and life which are contrary to God and His ever-blessed life of love and charity.
From this view, then, of the true nature of the blessing and the curse, it may be clearly seen in what case science may be said to be blessed, and in what case it may be called cursed. It is blessed and a blessing, when it is instrumental in conducting its possessor to conjunction with the great and glorious God, His Word, and His kingdom; and it becomes instrumental in effecting this happy purpose, when it leads man to forsake his sins, and to become a true convert to Jesus Christ, as the only true God of heaven and earth, the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending (Rev. Ii. 8, 11.) of all life, wisdom, peace, benediction, and salvation. But it is cursed, and a curse, when it is instrumental in separating its possessor from the above happy conjunction; and it becomes instrumental in effecting this terrible mischief,
