What does it mean to know God?

Know thy God!

God in the Spirit—God in the human heart—the Almighty Ruler of the Universe—He who controls the heavens and earth stills the raging of the tempest and pours balm into the lowliest heart—

Know Him—

But in a far different manner than you have ever learnt Him before.

He is not the great unknown, incomprehensible, fearful being, striking terror and despair into the hearts of those who seek after Him.

He is not a God of condemnation and censure—of punishment and revenge.

He is a being to be loved and trusted in—to be looked to in your trials—to be made acquainted with your joys—to be thanked continually for blessings—not to be entreated as a stern judge to share his rod.

Punishments never come from His fatherly hand—they are the results of your own misdeeds.

Everything that is for your advantage, comfort, pleasure, enjoyment in this world for your elevation, advancement and progression towards the next world is from Him.

He rules your destiny, but only for good.

He could not do otherwise.

His Nature is All Goodness.

How could evil, therefore, spring from it?

He is the Light and Joy of All Things.

If His beams are obscured by sin and sorrow, these are not of Him.

He would have all happy, joyous and contented, and if you are not so, God must not be blamed for it.

Nothing comes from Him, but what is calculated to give help and happiness.

He is the Centre from whom All Goodness flows.

Angels in the highest spheres, and the smallest insects all derive from him—the great Source—their elements of enjoyment.

You can see for yourself the true nature of God—can judge of Him from His works, and can love Him without fear—or torment.

Elevated by your contemplations of Him, you try earnestly to come nearer His standard—you throw aside what debases and degrades you to the level of the brute, and essay a more pure and holy life—one more conformable to the teachings of your inmost sense of right.

The Spirit of God in your own soul is aroused from its slumbering apathy and goes forth to mingle with God's Spirit in All Creation.

You can rejoice with the timid flower, the humblest worm—all are partakers of the same spirit in degree, more—or less, in accordance with the requirements of the individual entity.

When you learn to look upon God in and through His works, you cease to fear Him.

You see for yourself the Love and Wisdom that has designed and perfected all things, and you feel when you commit a sin that you are wronging the pure God Spirit within you, and that you must, from the nature of your being, suffer for your crime.