Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... LESSON II. "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH IS FREEDOM. IN the previous lesson the statement is made that ignorance of truth is bondage to error. All bondage is mortal error, or mortal belief in limitation, because of the false education, false believing, and false ideas regarding the nature and character of the God we worship. No matter how sincerely devout we may be in the worship of our God, if we have false ideas, or a wrong conception of God, we are worshiping a false God, and all our appeals are as vain as if made to a god of wood or stone; our condition is then one of bondage, because of the error. We are thus demonstrably ignorant of the true God. A false idea concerning God is the first or fundamental error of the race, because all other falsities grow out of it. If we believe God to be a cruel, vindictive despot, ready to slay or punish us on the slightest pretext, we cannot love Him, for such belief makes us fear Him instead. 'Perfect love casts out fear." If we believe that He allows an adversary to destroy His children and His works, and bring confusion and misery upon them, we accuse Him of weakness, or deny His omnipotence, and this also brings fear. We cannot have full confidence in His power for good if we believe in an opposing power. If we believe we are under the watchful eye of an accusing God, we cannot be at peace, because we are continually afraid of offending Him. Fear is the great destroyer of peace, and all are in bondage to fear who harbor false ideas of God. Peace of mind is one of the first essentials to perfect health of body, because the body is built perfectly or imperfectly, according to the truth or falsity harbored in the conscious mind; in other words, ...
