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Pot-Pourri of Koreshan Science.
Random Notes From Various Lectures.
The messianic principle is the center of our belief. The Lord Christ was but one of millions of the manifestations of messianic power, which is always developed from humanity, and constitutes the beginning and the end of a dispensation.—Spiritualists claim eleven million adherents in the United States. These are enough to work an overturn, so far as numbers are concerned, but they only have power to break down—to disintegrate. They have no ability to build up. No organic power can occur but in unific centralization.—The Lord Jesus is the typical socialist and communist.—The song of chastity is the song of the 144,000.—Koreshanity comes to make all things new, and in order to do this, all old things must be swept away. This kingdom of righteousness is God's offspring, and we cannot hasten it—we must take God's time.—The sex energies or elements are the substances which form the new flesh.—Some of the animal (beast) spirit goes up, and some of it goes down. A man who has strong affection for his horse is constantly absorbing that spirit.—The Godhead is a trine or triune, but not a tri-personality.—The father principle, which is the impregnating power, is sacrificed to bring forth the son. This is the germ which, when planted, dies that it may bring forth the fruit. The parent germ dies that it may produce. Because of begetting it dies.—The Mother represents the Holy Spirit.—Jesus was not only the Son but the Father. "Show us the Father, and it sufficeth us." "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father."—At the beginning of the Christian dispensation we had the fruits of the spirit; now we expect the fruits of the Lord's body.—Genesis and Revelation are almost entirely written in symbolic language. Why? Because symbolism is the most perfect language.—At the age of seven years, every healthy child should be self-supporting; and every child will be healthy when we have attained equilibrium. School should be the beginning of the industrial system. Use will become recreation when we have reached our equilibrium, and with economy, one hour per day of use will maintain every adult person in the world.—The pyramids are built upon the decimal system. The pyramid squares the circle, gives the mean temperature of all parts of the earth, and the solid measurement and weight of the earth. The pyramid has five corners, and each three corners is a triangle. It is a perfect geometrical figure. The word pyramid means the division of ten.—Everything in the universe can be traced back to ten primary principles—ten catalogues of natural immortality, or ten commandments.—Truth is the perfected man.—The firstfruits of the spirit is the redemption of the body.—There is no such thing as a spiritual nature, but there is a spiritual character or life.—Many sermons are preached upon the blood of Christ, but none upon the flesh of the Christ.—The spirit of God in man came to Joseph through the priesthood.—As the foundation of modern atheism, we have modern astronomy.—John focalized the spirits of the past—the Elohi—within himself, and thus became the baptizer, the spirits passing over to Jesus.—As the dove was the sign of the Lord Jesus' mission, so reason is the sign of Cyrus' mission.—Two distinct lines of prophecy point to two distinct shepherds,—one from Judah, the other from Joseph.—The Messiahship of the present Messenger of the Covenant requires every word of the Scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation, to substantiate the claim, while all the other claimants reject a portion of the record.—Zerubbabel signifies to sow seed.—Rahab signifies a charioteer, or rider upon chariots.—City of Babylon signifies doctrine of fallacy.—Bride signifies doctrine, groom signifies the church; the bride descends to us who have the bridegroom.—The sign of the end of the Jewish dispensation and of the beginning of the Christian dispensation, of the passing out of the constellation Aries and the ushering in of Pisces, was the invasion by the Roman army, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the scattering of the Jews.—The Lord Jesus was the great Communist of the ages. He struck his first blow at the use of money; he gave to the world the principle of the common use of property; he laid the axe at the root of the tree.
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#### Unalterable Law.
E'en they with scarlet robe enswathed<br> Shall not be lost—ah, no!<br> But every crimson thread shall be<br> Purged whiter than the snow.
The poor shall know the snare of wealth;<br> The rich the sting of want;<br> He who derides and sneers today,<br> To-morrow feels the taunt.
And every phase of good or ill,<br> Of gladness, hope, despair,<br> Of every grief and bliss, each one<br> Must taste sometime, somewhere.
And so with talents, graces, faults,<br> With virtues great and small,<br> Endowment equally defined<br> God has bestowed on all,
That in the aeons' ceaseless march,<br> Each must all problems solve<br> Of life, from low to high, the same<br> Ideal to evolve.
Thus none need mourn and none can boast;<br> All share the self-same fate,<br> Today, to-morrow, here, or in<br> Some pre-existent state.
Who then can shun another's garb,<br> Or boast of any lot,<br> Since this is law unalterable,<br> One tittle or one jot?
Whate'er the aspect of today,<br> If censure or applause,<br> There's but one life, one law, one way,<br> One brotherhood, one God.
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#### As Funny as Any.
While Joe Jefferson was down at his Louisiana plantation last year, the wife of one of his neighbors died. Mr. Jefferson called to express his sympathy and regrets. While he was at the house, the clergyman arrived to make arrangements for the funeral. Neither the man nor his wife had been a church member. The husband was prostrated with grief, but he aroused himself when the clergyman entered.
"Is there any particular portion of the Scriptures you would like me to read at the funeral?" asked the clergyman.
The husband sat up, mopped his eyes, and thought for a moment.
"Well, you might try that bit about Samson and the foxes!" he exclaimed, finally. "I guess that's about as funny as any of 'em."
—Ex.
The Flaming Sword · Vol. 7, No. 10 · Apr 21, 1894 · PDF pp. 9-10