IT was John who said in his first epistle, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God;" and in Revelation, "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away." What a glorious outlook, —to know that every child of the infinite God is in His glorious sunshine, living, moving, and having his being in divine Mind, not in matter! No longer need the tears of perplexity and self-pity flow because of earth's fleeting shadows; for, instead, the gaze may penetrate beyond the seeming mists and claim the promised birthright, the inheritance of the sons of God.
On page 91 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy has written this awakening truth: "The Revelator tells us of 'a new heaven and a new earth.' Have you ever pictured this heaven and earth, inhabited by beings under the control of supreme wisdom?" No doubt the echo to this question comes to each one,—Have I? The mistake always lies in listening, even for a moment, to error. Opportunity is ever awaiting us, and divine progress is most important; in fact, nothing is more important. Then how necessary it is to turn away from pictures of sin, disease, and death, keeping thought always filled with the clear vision of man, upright and free, the image of his Maker.
Peace, satisfaction, and plenty come to all who are willing to put off the old for the new; discord, disease, and death melt away as a dream when the vision of reality dawns upon enlightened thought and is expressed in daily living. The so-called mist of false perception and deduction is disappearing from universal experience, and the sunlight of Truth is becoming brighter. Men are indeed awakening to see that man is God's perfect spiritual child now.
