doors and eat scraps from the table, and wild animals of all kinds are tame and friendly. "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. . . . They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea."
21. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God; and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us: hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him. Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world. There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
Love Demonstrated
(To be used in connection with Lesson Twelve)
1. "God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God."
2. I dwell consciously in the very presence of infinite
love.
3. God is love, and everyone that loves is born of God.
4. I am born of love.
5. "Love . . . is the fulfillment of the law."
6. I love everybody and everything.
7. Faith works by love.
8. I have faith in the supreme power of love.
9. God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
10. I am fearless, powerful, and wise in God's love.
11. "Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God."
12. I love the Lord my God with all my heart, and with all my mind, and with all my soul, and with all my strength.
13. "But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love."
Study Helps and Questions
These study helps and questions have been arranged for the convenience of students, whether they are working in class or in the privacy of their own homes. A careful comparison of the students' answers with the text will show how far they have progressed in their study.
Lesson I--The True Character Of Being
1. Is there anything scientific about Spirit? Give reasons for your answer.
2. Is it necessary for man's spiritual consciousness to be awake in the beginning of his study of spiritual science? In what attitude should one study?
3. What attitude precedes inspiration of spiritual consciousness? May a certain amount of intellectual study
help?
4. What is the starting point in spiritual attainment? What is the Almighty? How does man understand the Almighty?
5. What is one of the most important things that a student of spiritual science can learn? Why?
6. What is the way out of confusion? How does it differ from "blind belief"?
7. How does one get at the very heart of Being?
8. Where is the abode of the Father?
9. Explain God as immanent in the universe. How does this understanding differ from the old idea of God?
10. Does the Power that creates and sustains the universe include man? What is the key to the whole situation?
11. Define Spirit, and explain how it dwells in us.
12. What do we mean by studying "Mind back of nature"?
13. What is man's inheritance, and how can he perpetually draw upon it?
14. What is life in Being?
15. What is the real of the universe? What is practical Christianity?
16. Where should the student start his investigations? Why?
17. What is the point of contact between man and the perfect Mind?
18. What does the parable of the prodigal son typify?
19. Why should the student never be discouraged?
20. Can Truth be imparted? Why?
21. Sum up, in a concise manner, the vital points of this chapter.
Lesson II--Being's Perfect Idea
1. What is spiritual Truth? How does the one Mind create? What is the Logos?
2. What is the law of divine creation?
3. Do the supplications of man change the law of God? Explain.
4. What is the key to our understanding of Divine Mind? Can man come to understand himself or the universe in any other way?
5. Is it important to understand mind and its laws? Why?
6. What is man from the viewpoint of Being?
7. Explain the Trinity and man's place in it.
8. What is the demand of the present age regarding spiritual ideals?
9. What are the three essentials to perfect manhood? What determines the degree to which any one or all of these phases may be expressd?
10. What position does man occupy in relation to God? Is it imperative that man understand this relationship?
11. Is the same faculty required to discern the Christ today that was
