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Genesis i. 29, 30. And God said: “Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth wherein there is Life, I have given every green herb for meat.” And it was so.

God gives the lesser idea of Himself to support the greater. In return, the higher always protects the lower. The rich in spirit help the poor, in one grand human brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father.

The Divine Spirit giveth to the lowest spiritual idea might and immortality. This idea simulates goodness, shining through it as the blossom shines through the dew. The higher forms of goodness reflect Mind in Truth and Love.

Genesis i. 31. And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Spirit comprehends all and expresses all; and all must be as perfect as its Principle is perfect. Nothing is new to Spirit. God rests from His labors. Giving has not wearied or impoverished Him. No exhaustion follows the action of Mind in Divine Science.

Genesis ii. 1 . Thus the heavens and earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Thus the ideas of God, in the universe and man, are complete, and forever expressed in Science. Human capacity may be slow to discern or grasp this idea, and the divine power and presence that go with it, in demon-