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"Now there arose a new King over Egypt who
knew not Joseph." Material sense and its ruling
laws at first make fair promises to our thoughts
that turn to dwell in it, but later on must prove a
failure. It promises a consciousness of good, it
gives lack of all things. Spiritual Law is the
same, yesterday, today and forever. Not so man's
law. Scarcely are we settled in and governed by
one ruling opinion, e 'er another and a very opposite one rises up, and claims that we must serve it or die. We think of this when we hear of a new
means of health, a new law to govern us, a new
King ire Egypt. Under the succession of new
"kings" in personal sense, new burdens have
been laid upon us, one after another new laws, new
fears, have arisen in the external until we serve
numberless health laws and are under the greatest of slavery. We cannot sleep comfortably, we
cannot eat in peace, we cannot walk, ride or sit
still in safety. Yet we must sleep and eat to live.
Who can live without eating? And yet, just as
often eating kills us! This is certainly the Tree
of the knowledge of good and evil; we are partaking of it daily and the outer made a cause enslaves
us more and more.
And they, these kings, made their lives " bitter
with hard bondage." Stinging remedies, bitter
medicines, operations, cruel laws saying, "Disobey
me and suffer." Yet, obeying, we suffer! Slaves
