" August ~4, 927 rtsara. 5rl-3 _ ^ Dsv& unto' Hebron, and spake, sayog,* B*>r oloy we are thy bone and thy SesL ' -.! 0- n tmes past, when Saul was kng cresr us, t was thou that leddest out" and brpughtest n srael: and Jehovah sad to thee. Thou shalt be shepherd o my people srael,, and thou shalt he prnce over srael ',-3;. So all the elders o srael came to the kng to Hebron; and kng Davd made a^eovenant wth them m Hebron beoreje-, jovah: and they anonted Davd kng over srael. '.......-. Wtt W represented by Davd's assemblng the people o Judah at Hebron? H Hebron means "unon." The people jr Hebron represent the thoughts workng %rough the acultes that are located n e ront bran, where man conscously ales unon wth the love o God! September s, 908.. Sam. 5:-5 Then came all the trbes o srael to Davd unto Hebron, and spake, sayng, Behold we are thy bone and thy lesh. s n tmes past when Saul was kng over us, t was thou that leddest out and broughtest n srael: and Jehovah sad to thee. Thou shalt be shepherd o my people srael, and thou shalt be prnce over srael 3 So all the elders o srael came to the kng to Hebron: and kng Davd made a covenant wth them n Hebron beore Jehovah: and they anonted Davd kng over srael. 4 Davd was thrty years old when he began to regn, and he regned orty years. 3 n Hebron he regned over Jndah seven years and sx months: and n Jerusalem he regned thrty and three years over all srael and Judah. Where there s a conscous subjectve unty o head and bert vctory s assured. Man can overcome every enemy, and establsh a great kngdom, lke Davd, by untng and harmonzng the sprtual orces o hs beng. Att the trbes o srael acknowledged 'u.- <a_-. '- -' -» ' - - -.utcre the bona^and^ etj e4: pcattj and that through Jam they ganed mar vctores. How do we nterpret ths Wbrphtrc metaphyscally? : God s love and God s all; thereore '43$- real deas are drectly related to love tnd all real vctores over error are ganed through the exercse o lovng, poughts. Our recognton and our aar- Jjkaaoa o these acts make love (Davd) png n our'conscousness. The kngshp pove s symbolzed by the anontng o
K: 4 August 3, 98 Sam. 5:-5 Then came all the trbes o srael to Davd unto Hebron, and spake, sayng. Behold, we are thy bone and thy lesh., m * 2 n "tmes past, when Saul was kng over us, t was thou that leddest out and broughteat n srael: and Jehovah sad to thee, Thou shalt be shepherd o my people srael, and thou shalt be prnce over srael. 5 So all the elders o srael came to the kng to Hebron; and kng Davd made a covenant wth them n Hebron beore Jehovah: and they anonted Davd kng over srael. 4 Davd was thrty years old when he began to regn, and he regned orty years. 5 n Hebron he regned over Judah seven years and sx months; and n Jerusalem he regned thrty and three years over all srael and Judah. What step n ndvdual unoldment s typed by the gatherng o the "trbes o srael and Judah" at "Hebron"? The gatherng o the trbes o "srael" and "Judah" at "Hebron" represents the conscous recognton that Love (Davd) has become the Supreme Ruler n conscousness. "Love s the ulllng o the law." May 6, 95 Sam. 5:-5. Then came all the trbes o srael to Davd unto Hebron, and spake, sayng, Behold, we are thy bone and thy lesh. 2. n tmes past, when Saul was kng over us, t was thou that leddest out and broughtest n srael: and Jehovah sad to thee, Thou shalt be shepherd o my people srael, and thou shalt be prnce over srael. 3. So all the elders o srael came to the kng to Hebron; and kng Davd made a covenant wth them n Hebron beore Jehovah: and they anonted Davd kng over srael. 4. Davd was thrty years old when he began to regn, and he regned orty years. 5. n Hebron he regned over Judah seven years and sx months; and n Jerusalem he regned thrty and three years over all srael and Judah. Why dd all srael come to anont Davd kng over them? Davd, represents love, and love makes contact wth and rules all the realtes o le. These realtes are represented by srael. Davd was a man o ~war. How then does he represent love? '! " AS love untolds n our conscousness t passes through derent stages or degrees o expresson. When t s expressed n personal conscousness t resorts to warare and conlct n seekng to possess and hold ast the object o ts expresson. Davd the warror also loved peace, justce, and rghteousness. July 25, 920 8am. 5:-5 Then came all the trbes "o;lsraet to Davdurlo Hs bron, and spake, sayng, B.bold; we are thy bone and tky lesh. -.'S-' :. 2 n tmes past, when Saul was kng over us, t wasx thettj that leddest out and broughtest n srael: and Jehovah sad; to thee. Thou shalt be shepherd o my people srael, and'! thou shalt be prnce over srael. - sa 3 So all the elders o srael came to the kng to HebrooJ and kng Davd made a covenant wth them n Hebron ore Jehovah: and they anonted Davd kng over srael. 4 Davd was thrty years old when he began to re and he regned orty years. 5 n Hebron he regned over Judah seven years'and SBK months; and n Jerusalem he regned thrty and three yeajaj over all srael and Judah. ' -,: 33 What s one o the mportant oces o love n spb-> tual unoldment? x '-'A ndvdually, love draws and holds together all the* other acultes o beng; n a unversal sense, love s the power whch works ncessantly to brng nto manest taton n men and n natons the altrustc sprt o onej ness, whch proves that n realty the Father has "xsma%\ o one [blood] every naton." lll3 n our exercse o sel-control s the wll more powerul than love? No, love s more powerul than the wll. "When Saul was kng ovet us, t was thou that leddest out and broughtest n srael." Love s the supreme aculty. O what mportance s a covenant wth Jehovah? t keeps us conscous o Truth and ads us n conormng to the dvne law.
"SSE September 7, 944 Sam. 5:-0 'andnward*'?',,,-. T ^ " "\T Then came al the tebeslj srael^ Mllo.rneas^ '^rtresss,,; pl JDavd unto Hebron, and spake,payng, Be? and mples a buddng n^o 5ubstanpj hotc, we are thy bone and, thy lesh.. t co conscousness or a strengthenmgj ' 2. n tmes past, when Saul was kng aad btttyngo onesel n "thev COjQ over us; t was thou that leddest out and; broughtest n srael: and Jehovah sad tot scousness o substance, p- *: thee, Thou shalt be shepherd o my people srael, and thou shalt be prnce over* God o hosts, wth Davd? n what respect was Jehovah, the.srael. The God o hosts or sprtual 3. So all the elders o srael came to the kng to Hebron; and kng Davd made counterpart o each o the myrad a covenant wth them n Hebron beore thoughts o the nnd s held n conscousness by love n ts pure state. Jehovah: and they anonted Davd kng over srael. Davd kept God as the background o 4. Davd was thrty years old when he! al hs thoughts, and by so dong he began to regn, and he regned orty years. '.- 5. n Hebron he regned over Judah seven years and sx months; and n Jerusalem he regned thrty and three years overall srael and Judah. ;-,:. 6. And the kng and hs men went to 'Jerusalem aganst the Jebustes, the nhabtants o the land, who spake unto Davd, sayng, Except thou take away the:j blnd and the lame, thou shalt not come n jhther; thnkng, Davd cannot come n j Ether. ;;! s. 7. Nevertheless Davd took the strongbold o Zlon; the same s the cty o Davd.! 8. And Davd sad on that day, Who-" soever smteth the Jebustes, let hm get up to the watercourse, and smte the lame and the blnd, that are hated o Davd's soul. Whereore they say, There are the blnd and the lame; he cannot come nto the house. 9. And Davd dwelt n the stronghold, md called t the cty o Davd. And Davd Why was Davd anonted to be "shepherd" o srael and prnce over srael? One meanng o the name srael s ;"rulershp wth God." The name represents the thoughts that are wrought tn truth and rghteousness, n other words, the sprtual conscousness. To shepherd these thoughts s to guard and nurture them, keepng the lock sae and undsturbed. To be prnce pver such thoughts s to control them and make o them what we wll. Our j authorty over our thoughts s absolute, and we are responsble or both L atttudes. >; What n us s represented by the '"stronghold o Zon"?..:: t represents love's abode n the place o the subjectve conscousness 'where hgh, holy thoughts and deals.abde. But beore love can abde n ths exalted place t must wn the rght $» exercse t. Ths s done by overcomng the sense or carnal thoughts ;0ebustes) that are n possesson o the peace center n conscousness (Jeruaaerny.... _,._...;.-...,=-..- ncreased constantly n greatness and power. How can we most easly reman con-, scous always o God? By clamng love as the background o our thought at all tmes through the AM. We may arm, " am n love wth goodness," " am n love : wth justce and mercy," " am n love wth humlty and unselshness," and; so on through an endless lst o sprtual qualtes (the "hosts" o good).
,/ July 2, 896 V ' Sam. 5:-2. Then came all the trbes o srael to : Davd unto Hebron, and apake, sayng, Eehold, we are thy bone and thy lesh. 2. Also n tme past, when Saul was kng over us, thou wast he that leddest out and brought- est n srael, and the Lord sad to thee Thou shalt eed my people, srael, and thou shalt be a captan over srael. 3. So all the elders o srael came to the kng to Hebron; and kng Davd made a league wth them n Hebron beore the Lord: and they anonted Davd kng over srael. <s ;' 4. Davd was thrty years old when he began to regn, and he regned orty years. 5. n Hebron he regned over Judah seven years and sx months: and n Jerusalem he regned thrty and three years over all srael and Judah. ~yr- '.,, 6. And the kng and hs men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebustes, the nhabtants o the land: whch spake unto Davd, sayng, Except thou take away the blnd and the lame, thou shalt not come n hther: thnkng, Davd cannot come n hther. 7. Nevertheless, Davd took the strong hold o Zon: the same s the cty o Davd, 8. And Davd sad on that day, whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smteth the Jebustes, andthe lame and the blnd, that are hated o Davd's soul, he shall be che and captan. Whereore they sad, The blnd and the lame shall not cone nto the house. s 9. So Davd dwelt n the ort, and called t the cty o Davd. And Davd bult around about rom Mlloand nward. 0. and Davd went on, and grew great, and the Lord God o hosts was wth hm.. And Hram kng o Tyre sent messengers to Davd, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they bult Davd an house. 2. And Davd perceved that the Lord had establshed hm kng over srael, and that he had exalted hs kngdom or hs people srael's sake. (See next page or nterpretaton)
/ NTERPRETATON. All srael assemble at Hebron (place o the covemant), and there recognze thek n - shp o Love ("we are thy bone and thy l e s h " ), and ts superor tness or ull domnon; 2. And recallng that n the past twasl o v e that was the real motve power o all acton, and thereore oreordaned "to eed my people, srael," and "tobe captan over them." $ 3. The che thoughts ("elders")o the whole realm o srael come, and make a league wth Love, voluntarly pledgng ther allegance; and they "anont Davd (Love) kng over Judah and srael," the whole realm o Sprtual g thought. Ths s the establshment o Love as a conscousness. 4-5. Love on ts throne s never less than the ullness o mature manhood ("30 years old"- Jesus was 30 years old when he began to preach) and the duraton o ts regn s through the J ullness o tme ("40 years" 4x0). 6. The"Jebustes" were one o the natve. Canaante Trbes, whch Judah and Benjamn, ) n the allotment, dd not succeed n drvng out. These "Jebustes" represent certan seemngly unconquerable race beles, such as heredty, whch have ntrenched themselves n the very ctadel o the mnd ("Jerusalem"); J where they say to the new conscousness, You cannot domnate us except by ths test:"except ye take away the blnd and the lame," whch are always to be ound on m o r t a l mnd's premses:--"except ye see sgns and wonders ye wll not beleve." UNTY magazne!
7. But Love has omnpotent power to "take away" even the strongest race beles, to "take away the blnd and the lame;" and by ths means to carry the mpregnable stronghold o the "Jebustes." Thus the unsubdued enemes' country o race beles becomes "Zon the cty o Davd," through the demonstraton o healng. 8. Love cannot tolerate mperecton; t sees only perecton o beng: "the blnd and the lame" are nmcal to Love("hated o Davd's soul"). thereore Love "smtes" mortal man's alse clams wth the rrstable ' word o Truth--"sword o the Sprt"--whch s Love's only oensve weapon,--god shall smte Egypt and shall heal t"--s.9:22. 9-0. V/hen through the power o Love and Truth we "smte" and destroy some great clam o mortal mnd, we nd ths place o vctory s a new center o actvty, aordng opportunty or larger growth and uller dom- non, n the realzaton that, "the Lord o Hosts s wth us.". Love bulds her "house" o the "cedars" urnshed by noble thoughts ("Hram"), 'n whch she s delghtully envroned. "Wsdom * hath bulded her house"--?rov. 9:. 2. Havng attaned to the Love conscous- ~"" ness, we "perceve" that ths attanment s a Dvne establshment, and that the exaltaton o our Love Kngdom s or "srael's sake " n the "Kngdom o Heaven"--the conscousness o Love domnant--there s no arbtrary authorty; all thoughts choose to be subject to Love; or the deal Kng "derves hs just powers rom the consent o the governed." UNTY magazne
rl 20, X 3- *-+. Sam 5:6-0 habtants o '.the'. land!,' who sgace:'upl Davd, sayngs Except thou take.gwa^bs bead and the lame, thou shalt not 'edne Jn hther; thnkng, Davd cannot come n hther. = '.-; & 7- Nevertheless Davd took the strong- hold o Zon; the same s the dty o Davd. S^'.B. And Davd sad on that day, Whoso-,ever smteth the Jebustes, let hm get up pto the watercourse, and smte the lame and ;;the blnd, that are hated o Davd's soul. whereore they say, There are the blnd 'land the lame; he cannot come nto the hottse. {&>"9. And Davd dwelt n the stronghold,?*nd called t the cty o Davd. And Davd [Bult round about rom Mllo and nward.! 0. And Davd waxed greater and greater; or Jehovah, the God o hosts, ; twas wth hm.... p j By what are love and peace repr& merted n ths lesson? s p ; Davd represents love ndvdual peed n. human conscousness. JerusaO pern represents peace. '- : "Tbe name o Jerusalem was 'oru ^gmajly Jehus. Does Jehus also mean, eace? ' * g' The name Jebus means "trodden dowly" "trampled under oot." t sg j jres the hgher mpulses and nspra- 8ons trampled under oot and scorned «jby those who have not yet experenced" change o heart. k^ How s peace developed out o such ondtons? J As love (Davd) makes a way or sj&e hgher mpulses to express themjseves, peace s establshed n the heart, & s the change made wthout eort?!: lno; love makes a supreme eort peore the hgher mpulses become! pomnant. "Davd took the stronghold; H> Zon." Love does not make work; gannecessary, but t makes t easer and Jpleasanter.!. How can we enlghten blnd ath?\ By armng that dvne wsdom sn paow operatve n our mnd, le, and* ars, and proceedng to act as A & ere - ' '= M^lWhat does actng on our arma-. ^ons accomplsh or us? -j.t bulds up n us an ncreasng poonscousness o substance. "Davd! P&ult round about rom Mllo and n-* Aprl 20, 947 Sam. 5:7-25 *TTT* '.st Lhey bad yssxaz& Davd kng ave LsrgresV. al the^pystaselwer^upvaj.-a Davd; arte! Davd heard! b'.a aad-we "down, to the sttjnghol.. '":, '. "A;. r S; Now the Phhstroes had 7 come *» spread themselves n the valley o Repham* ^9. And Davd ncmred o Jehovah; sayng, Shall go up aganst the Phlstnes? 'wlt thou delver them nto my hand? 'And Jehovah sad unto Davd, Go up; Tor wll certanly delver the Phlstnes nto thy hand., 20. And Davd came' to Baal-perazm, Stud Davd smote them there; and he sad, Jehovah hath broken mne enemes beore me, lke the'breach o waters. Thereore he called the name o' that place, Baalperazm. 2-. And they let ther mages there; ; and Davd and hs men took them away. j. 22. And the Phlstnes came up yet lagan, and spread themselves n the valley p Repham.?l, 23. And whetdavd nqured o Jeho- ; vah, he sad, Thou shalt not go up: make; ;t crcut behnd them, and come upon them over aganst the mulberry-trees. 24. And t shall be, when thou nearest jthe sound o marchng h\ the tops o the ^mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestr l'thysel; or then s Jehovah gone out beore thee to smte the host o the Phlstnes. ; : " 23. And Davd dd so, as Jehovah com- j tmanded hm, and smote the Phlstnes!jom Geba untl thou come to Gezer._,;; What do the Phlstnes represent Snaur le? " 5 ;. They represent orces oregn to ^Sprt or nmcal to t; or example,, ^materalsm. The Phlstnes were al- ways opposed to the sraeltes, who ^represent the' relgous nstncts.!; % What s represented by the "valley] %othe Repham"? j. The Repham were gants, supposed! to have dwelt n the land n pre-: hstorc tmes along wth the mammoth- \ anmals. The valley o the Repham; represents the low state o mnd n-;. duced n us by our surrender to ears; that appear too great or us to over-; jjoome. By usng the AM to arm our ^mpow., are all our undertakngs pros<\ ^Bjr our algnng ourselves wth the " "jrne law through the love aculty. 5avd waxed greater and greater: t-jjehovah, the God. o hosts; was