which we consciously understand, we will be able to overcome the belief in injustice.

Perhaps it may be well to illustrate what I mean with examples of two classes of men. There are some people who are backward in pushing themselves forward in order to get that which they desire. They are apt to wait for assist them to attain their

someone to be kind enough to wants. There are others who get what they want at any cost. Very likely we will see that both these instances are evidence of misunderstanding of the Divine Law of Justice; and thus the persons are given the feeling that they would not get their rights otherwise.

The first is wrong because he does not realize that he must bring into expression his true self. He must know that God, the All-Good, is his Father; and that all that the Father has is his, by right of his inheritance. He must not wait for someone to help him. He must get his help and support directly from Spirit. He should receive his inspiration and guidance from Spirit, through perception and meditation, and carry out his spiritual perceptions and inspirations into all his affairs, holding, at the same time, consciousness of the Truth that the Divine Law of Justice is working in and through him continually. He should realize that all now is waiting for him to receive.

The second is wrong in so far as he does not recognize that his good is coming from God, the One Source, by the Divine Law of Justice. He is not working understandingly. When working from this basis of error he becomes grasping, selfish and unjust.

Summing up, then, the belief in injustice should be treated with the affirmation that "all things are working together for good to those who love God." And also, by affirming that the Divine Law of Justice is working perfectly in the individual towards all people; and in all people towards the individual. There will then be no thought of incompetency in doing what one desires to do, nor will there be any feeling that another is getting more than his share of the good things in this world. All will recognize

that there is plenty for everyone in the inexhaustible Source of All-Good.

It is quite impossible to render true Justice without a clear conception of true Judgment. Just what do we mean by "Judgment"? In answering this question for ourselves, we must not forget with what we are dealing. We are dealing with mind. Judgment, therefore, we may say is a faculty of the mind. Through this faculty we are able to perceive Truth, and in righteousness bring all the other faculties into harmony and order. "Judgment" is referred to to a great extent in the Scriptures. Here it is applied to the action of the Divine Mind, God, in its work of judging, especially to the experiences men have when they are using the Law of Justice.

Everything we do, every thought we entertain, every affirmation or denial we make, carries with it a judgment. In other words, I may say that "judgment" is the result obtained by our thoughts, words and actions. For instance, should we continually hold that God, the All-Good, is all there really is, our character, our affairs, and all that has to do with us, would express the Good. This expression itself would be the "judgment."

In the old theology we are taught to believe that there is to be a day of judgment; and this judgment-day everyone must face after passing through what is called death. This day is pictured to one as a day of trial in which God judges all, allowing some to enter heaven, while others are punished for sins committed upon earth. It is so good to be able to see that this cannot be true when one holds that God is love, and that he loves all of his children equally.

In Truth there is no especial day of judgment. Every day now is a judgment-day. Judgment is being administered for every thought, word and action. The day of judgment is the time in which we experience the results of our own creations. Often times we are not conscious of the judgment-day, but, even so, we are constantly arriving at the "judgment-day."

In so far as there is a day of judgment, there must

necessarily be a place where this judgment takes place. Where this "judgment-seat" is, is a question which is easily settled to one who is in the Truth. The judgment-seat of which we speak is right within every individual man. Because it is within man, and because every day brings one to the seat of judgment, we go through various experiences. which seemingly cannot be accounted for.

As we have seen, judgment is continually going on within ourselves. It is not a question as to whether we are willing for it to go on or not, but whether we will accept or resist it. Our desire as to its continuing or stopping has nothing to do with it. It goes on regardless of human opinions of it. Should we resist it rather than accept it, our unpleasant experiences will be increased. It is our aim to overcome all our enemies (error beliefs) and allow eternal life to be manifest in our bodies. If we persist in resisting judgment we will experience a separateness in consciousness which is commonly called death. On the other hand, if we accept the judgments and hold them as helpful suggestions, we will develop in spiritual unfoldment and realize the blessings that will come with the righteous judg

ment.

Some one may say that God pronounces judgment on both the good and the evil ones. Before going any further, consider just what is meant in such a statement. "Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth" is quite true. The experiences which we have when we are quickened by the Spirit, or the judgments which are taken into consciousness and established in Truth and righteousness, are what we may understand as "chastening." God chastens us by his judgments. That is, he corrects our mistakes, the errors, all that is not good in us, by giving us the Truth. By our acceptance of God's judgment, or chastening, we receive blessings and grow in strength, love and wisdom.

From what we have understood so far, we may easily see the falsity of the belief in a future day of judgment taking place in a locality known as hell, where continually is a fire in which the evil ones are tortured. In the Scriptures.

we read considerable about the "hell-fire." We must always take into consideration that the Bible is translated from a foreign language into English, and that there are words which do not have the same meaning in English that they have in the original Scriptures. "Hell" is one of these words. In the Scriptures we find three words translated "hell," but all have a similar meaning. We have the word "Gehenna," from the Greek Ge Hennan, which means "hell.” Also, we have another Greek word, Hades, which means "grave." Again, the Hebrew word, Sheol, means "pit." One can clearly see that the words must be studied as well as the general text in order to get a spiritual interpretation from the Scriptures.

The "hell-fire" mentioned in the Scriptures does not mean a place of eternal punishment, where those who are not good are cast, after death. (The English word "hell" comes from the Saxon word helan, and there is nothing in the meaning of that word which suggests eternal punishment, or torment.) "Hell-fire" simply means a place of purification. The "hell-fire" gets its origin from the fact that there is a valley near Jerusalem known as the Valley of Hinnon, or Ge Hennan, in which refuse, sewage, dead animals, and all waste matter was thrown. In this valley a fire was kept burning continually to consume this material. So the "hellfire" which we speak of is that in us which destroys and burns up all evil, all dross, and all that we wish to get rid of. God, Spirit, is this consuming or purifying fire. God does not consume men, but he destroys all that is not good in men. It is Spirit that takes out of our way that which we do not want. He will continue to destroy all evil thought, all uncleanliness in our lives until there is nothing more to destroy, and the Good alone remains. Then we will be renewed and purified.

The main purpose of the "hell-fire" is to purify our lives by destroying all error beliefs, so that we will perfectly express the Christ in every thought, word and deed.

Jesus taught men the Truth of Being. He taught them that they should become perfect even as God, their

Father, is perfect. We cannot become perfect while we are laboring under the error belief of misjudgment. This must and can be overcome by all men. Jesus taught us that we should not condemn anyone, that we should forgive everyone, that we should love our enemies and our neighbors. Perhaps, if we recall a few of Jesus' sayings, we will be helped in overcoming the great error of misjudgment:

"Judge not according to appearances, but judge righteous judgment."

"Neither do I condemn thee."

"I seek not mine own glory; there is one that seeketh and judgeth."

"I judge him not, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world."

So far we have seemingly put a great deal of stress upon judgment, and our attitude towards it. There is a reason why it is necessary, or important, to take the right attitude toward judgments. When one does take the true attitude toward them, he always gets the benefit of them, which he cannot do if he puts himself in an opposing attitude toward them. Should a friend comment upon some mistake we have made, or call our attention to the fact that there is an easier way of accomplishing the thing which we are striving to do, it would be unkind of us to presume, or misjudge, that our friend's motive was that of condemnation rather than of helpfulness. We very likely would take our friend's suggestion, thank him, and if we were wise in the judgment of the Principle, we would correct our mistake. So it is with our attitude toward God's judgments. We must not consider them as condemning, for we should realize that God is Love, and Love sees nothing but Good: Rather, we should put ourselves in the attitude of accepting God's judgments as blessings, helps and suggestions for a speedy realization of the Truth of Being, and of our oneness with God.

We know that God created all things and pronounced them good. This being the Truth, there is no need for our allowing ourselves to fear anything, or to fear the judg