eligious, but I am rather glad
if there is an explanation to these things that have always puzzled
me."

CHAPTER XV.

"A lie can not exist--it only appears. Truth is consciousness
consistent with itself in every relation; error is consciousness
inconsistent with itself in some relation."--_Judge H. P. Biddle._

"And what an end lies before us! To have a consciousness of our own
ideal being flashed through us from the thought of God! Surely, for
this may well give way all our paltry self-consciousness, our
self-admiration and self-worships! Surely, to know what He thinks
about us will pale out of our souls all our thoughts about
ourselves!"--_George MacDonald._

MARLOW, September ----.

"Dear John: I hope you are as anxiously awaiting this letter as I
awaited the second lecture. It was splendid, so comprehensive, and above
all, so practical. It throws light on many puzzling points, and I am
delighted so far with what seems so plain and true.

"Some of the members of the class seemed quite shocked at some of the
statements, but it is not strange that they should seem startling to one
who has never thought on the subject, for indeed, I should think it
would take a good while to get used to reasoning that is directly
opposite the world's first conclusions; still we are looking for results
that are quite contrary to what the world looks for, so we can afford to
collide with its opinions. When Mrs. Pearl came into the class room, all
turned to look at her and every ear was ready to listen.

"In yesterday's lesson we made a statement of God as the only Mind of
the universe, the Great Reality beside whom there is absolutely nothing
in existence; but as we look around at the scenes of suffering and
poverty and ignorance, we are mightily tempted to disbelieve such a
statement.

"'Talk of omnipotent Light in the midst of midnight darkness!' you
exclaim. Ah, but you are to remember we are talking of the real
creation; the invisible and unapparent instead of the visible and
apparent; the changeless and eternal instead of the evanescent and
decaying.

"If God is the only Reality, His creation is the only real creation. The
word real is applied to that which actually exists, which forever is,
not to that which seems or appears; therefore, in speaking of the real
we mean the changeless and invisible.

"If God is the only Mind, His are the only real thoughts, and though