The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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-Christ and God sees them, they are not real and are but as +<WRAP justify> 
-dreams that vanish in the morning when we awake.+Christ and God sees them, they are not real and are but as dreams that vanish in the morning when we awake.
  
-If men will only learn to think what God wants them to think +If men will only learn to think what God wants them to think and to do only His will, they need no more be troubled about existing conditions; for a truth they will then be in that glowing mist where the outer darkness cannot penetrate, because they will know it is all unreal.
-and to do only His will, they need no more be troubled about +
-existing conditions; for a truth they will then be in that glowing +
-mist where the outer darkness cannot penetrate, because +
-they will know it is all unreal.+
  
 +<WRAP centeralign>
 === A STRANGE KNOWING === === A STRANGE KNOWING ===
-THERE has come over me a strange knowing, and I rest very +</WRAP> 
-tranquilly in it. I no longer feel the need of striving after + 
-anything. I listen to the Law spoken within so lovingly and +THERE has come over me a strange knowing, and I rest very tranquilly in it. I no longer feel the need of striving after anything. I listen to the Law spoken within so lovingly and gently,—yea, even the Sermon on the Mount, and am amazed that I do not have any fear whatsoever of disobeying these laws.
-gently,—yea, even the Sermon on the Mount, and am amazed that +
-I do not have any fear whatsoever of disobeying these laws.+
  
 I no longer worry as I used to about obedience, but rest peacefully in the Lord, knowing that He within me does the work. I no longer worry as I used to about obedience, but rest peacefully in the Lord, knowing that He within me does the work.
  
-Finances no longer bother me either, although I have but a +Finances no longer bother me either, although I have but a dollar at this present writing—that gives me no concern whatever. My house, which I had long visualized as being done over, is painted inside and outside, awnings are at the windows, and so forth.
-dollar at this present writing—that gives me no concern whatever. My house, which I had long visualized as being done over, +
-is painted inside and outside, awnings are at the windows, and so +
-forth.+
  
-This morning, while painting a bedroom, husband said, “Well, +This morning, while painting a bedroom, husband said, “Well, one can’t sit down and have a thing done for him. You can think and wish, but it will never be done.”
-one can’t sit down and have a thing done for him. You can +
-think and wish, but it will never be done.”+
  
-I smiled to myself as I saw him painting down the wall. I +I smiled to myself as I saw him painting down the wall. I can remember the time not far distant when I too thought one had to work and with the sweat of one’s face earn money for our sufficient maintenance. Now I see things clearer and know that God does look after His children who truly love and trust Him.
-can remember the time not far distant when I too thought one +
-had to work and with the sweat of one’s face earn money for +
-our sufficient maintenance. Now I see things clearer and know +
-that God does look after His children who truly love and trust +
-Him.+
  
-Also I used to say I did not love money, never having prayed for +Also I used to say I did not love money, never having prayed for any material thing. I now think I certainly did more than love money—I worshipped it, for I feared it always. I cannot begin to tell you how everything concerning finances is cleared up, and my husband is much more generous with me.
-any material thing. I now think I certainly did more than love +
-money—I worshipped it, for I feared it always. I cannot begin +
-to tell you how everything concerning finances is cleared up, and +
-my husband is much more generous with me.+
  
 I can never thank you enough for the truths in the Papers. I can never thank you enough for the truths in the Papers.
 +</WRAP>
  
  
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