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Unity explains this week's International BIBLE LESSON The Source of Man's Dominion. —Matt. 21:28-31; 22:1-14

28. But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work today in the vineyard.

29- And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went.

30. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go sit: and went not.

31. Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the king-dom of God before you.

1. And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying,

2. The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

3. And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.

4. Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Be-hold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and tnj fat lings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.

3. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;

6. And the rest laid hold on his serv-ants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

7. But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those mur-derers, and burned their city.

8. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bid-den were not worthy.

9. Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.

10. And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both baa and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.

11. But when the king came in to be-hold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment:

12. And he saith unto him, Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment ? And he was speech-less.

13. Then the king said to the servants, Bind him band and Toot, and cast him out

into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

14. For many are called, but few chosen.

Questions and Answers

How do we acknowledge the au-thority of God as supreme?

By word or act or both. Unless words and acts are harmonized, action is the most complete acknowledg-ment.

Where our words are not in har-mony with our acts, what state of consciousness is revealed in us?

We are shown to be in a state of weakened faith with our will func-tioning improperly. If we are to re-veal ourselves as sons of God, we need the courage of our convictions and the will to do what we say we intend to do.

What helps us to make our accept-ance of divine authority unqualified?

The realization on our part that only the good is true and that evil is not real, and that God is our Father, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient.

Is it important for us to use our un-derstanding of Truth even though we may feel that it is small and weak?

Yes. Our understanding of Truth and our ability to use Truth in every department of our life increase as we diligently and faithfully use the Truth that we know.

What is symbolized by the king and the marriage feast?

The king is God, who has pre-

pared irifinite abundance for all who will accept and partake of it. The marriage is the union of man with Spirit. The feast is the unrestricted appropriation of divine substance.

Who are those who do not accept the king's summons?

Those in personal consciousness. They not only make light of the good news, they continue to pursue their worldly interests, and definitely reject the summons (kill the king's messen-gers). The price they pay is loss of the spiritual abundance that God would give them.

What is required of us who obey the summons?

We must prepare ourselves to par-ticipate in this good by spiritual thinking and living. The "wedding garment" is the robe of righteousness, without which we shall not be per-mitted to eat at the divine table.

Why are "few chosen" from the many who are called?

This statement of Jesus does not mean that God and His laws are capricious, for His laws are always exact and impartial. Those are chosen who have made the necessary prepa-ration and are in readiness.

To Be Held in the Silence / seek in all things to express good

will. (Next Sunday's lesson, "The Recogni-

tion and Application of Truth," is from Matt. 23:13-24, 37-39)

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BIBLE LESSON The Unity Interpretation of the

International Sunday School Lesson

Honesty as a Principle.—Exod. 20: 15; Josh. 7:19-26; Matt. 22:15-22

15. Thou shalt not steal. 19. And Joshua said unto Achan, My

son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

20. And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Je-hovah, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

21. When I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, and two hun-dred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

22. So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

23. And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel; and they laid them down before Jehovah.

24. And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor.

25. And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

26. And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

15. Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in his talk.

16. And they send to him their dis-ciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teach-er, we know that thou art true, and teach-est the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.

17. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

18. But Jesus perceived their wicked-ness, and said, Why make ye trial of me, ye hypocrites ?

19. Show me the tribute money. And hey brought unto him a denarius.

20. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

21. They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

22. And when they heard it, they mar-velled, and left him. and went awav.

Questions and Answers

Is honesty a principle or a policy? It is both, but it is foremost a prin-

ciple, reaching down to the roots of character. To be honest is tn be true in our thinking and in all our deal-ings:

How is dishonesty overcome? By a change of heart and a reori-

entation of the life from self to serv-ic:-. The temptation to be dishonest c.sappears when a person enters into the Christ Spirit and transforms the desire to possess into the desire to give or to share.

Of what are we all stewards? Of Truth. We are in charge of the

riches of the inner kingdom, and to be just stewards we must spend these riches faithfully and use them aright.

What does Achan represent? Achan (trouble, troublesome, a

troubler) represents covetousness. The great troubler of the spiritual thoughts (Israelites) in us is the no-tion that certain sense beliefs and habits that appear to us to be good should be held to indefinitely.

What does Joshua represent? Joshua (Jehovah is salvation; Je-

hovah is deliverer) in this lesson rep-resents the I AM, which governs and controls the activity of thought in the inner realms.

What is symbolized by the things that Achan took and hid?

Old ideas of the comforts that have seemed to us to be necessary. These

must be denied away. Also, all the gold and silver (earthly wisdom and substance) and the earthly life md strength activities (sons, daughters, oxen, asses, sheep) must be dedicated to God and transmuted into their true spiritual essence.

Of what is Caesar a symbol in man's consciousness?

Caesar here is a symbol of the tyran-nical rule of the personal will un-modified by spiritual love and mercy and justice.

How do we "render . . . unto Ccesar the things that are Ccesar's" in our oivn consciousness?

W e give the right amount of care and attention to external interests when we learn to express our inner life—our thoughts, feelings, and con-victions—fully and freely in our con-tacts with others.

How can we distinguish between the thoughts and endencies in our-selves that belong to Caesar and those which belong to God?

Whatever is but a symbol of the true substance is of the external, and is Caesar's. The real substance of life, love, understanding, and Truth is of the inner life, and belongs to God.

To Be Held in the Silence I purpose in my heart to gain a

clear understanding of Truth and to express Truth in my life.

(Next Sunday's lesson, "The Word of Truth," is from Exod. 20:16; Prov. 12:17; Matt. 12:33-37; 26:69-75.)

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