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PRAYER AND ATONEMENT.
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cause I go to the Father.” The scientific position of Intelligence is Soul triumphing over sense.

Absent from the body and present with, the Lord is not ecstacy or trance, but a realization of the science of Life, as laid down in this volume; it is obedience to the law of God, governing the body by Spirit instead of matter; therefore our Master said: “After this manner pray ye —

Our Father, which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name;
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors,
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil,
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the
glory forever.”

The following is the spiritual signification of the Lord's Prayer:

Harmonious and eternal Principle of man,
Nameless and adorable Intelligence,
Spiritualize man;
Control the discords of matter with the harmony of Spirit.
Give us the understanding of God,
And Truth will destroy sickness, sin, and death, as
it destroys the belief of intelligent matter,
And lead man into Soul, and deliver him from personal sense,
For God is Truth, Life, and Love forever.