In considering this subject we shall have but little to say regarding the former, or orthodox belief of such a day, as it has been quite thoroughly proven to our consciousness that Truth spoken will take care of itself, without much personal effort from us to destroy the error. Truth appears as error disappears; not that error ever was, but it seemed. To the pure all things are pure; Truth knows no error for it is not. In order to be a judgment there must be a real power, as law and a seeming opposite. When judgment is rendered it carries the power of the law with its decision. Not that the judge is that power, (as may seem to material sense) but as Jesus said, "of myself I can do nothing, but the Father that worketh in me doeth all things." It may seem to mortal man that the same law both punishes and rewards, and this may be true of material laws. But the Infinite Law only manifests the power of Good. It is written He is "too pure to behold iniquity." A fount cannot send forth at the same place both sweet and bitter waters.
Material law and judgments are based on belief of two powers—good and evil. Hence, its rule is that of the Mosaic Law—an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. But this does not harmonize with the teachings of the Christ. His law is: "resist not evil but overcome evil with Good." The law of our country gives us protection as power of the same, and is truly speaking the judgment of itself; but it believes and comprehends more fully in this seeming life, the power of evil than the power of good. There is also established, to the mortal sense, a material law with power to render evil judgment. That is, evil punishes itself, but accuses good of displaying evil power as judgment. In the book of Samuel, we read: "Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked;" and the Psalmist says: "The wicked is snared in the works of his own hands." It can be readily seen that there are two seeming powers rendering judgments, one evil the other good; investigation will show that there is no connection between the two,—that Good can never render evil in any form, nor can evil ever impart Good.
Paul says "I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, bringing me into captivity, to the law of sin which is in my members." The apostle here declares that the law of matter as carnal, mortal mind brings us into captivity. It is the power that is warring against the Spirit,—or Divine Mind.
