“We have but the one mind, God,” he replied. “There are not minds many. The real man reflects God. Human men reflect the communal mortal mind, which is the suppositional opposite of the divine mind that is God. I repeat, the so-called human mind knows not God. It never sees even His manifestations. It sees only its own interpretations of Him and His manifestations. And these it sees as mental concepts. For all things are mental. Could anything be plainer?”
“Well, they might be,” suggested Doctor Siler.
Hitt laughed. “Well then,” he said, “if you will not admit that all things are mental––including the entire universe––you certainly are forced to admit that your comprehension of things is mental.”
“Agreed,” returned the doctor.
“Then you will likewise have to admit that you are not concerned with things, but with your comprehension of things.”
“H’m, well––yes.”
“And so, after all, you deal only with mental things––and everything is mental to you.”
“But––whence the human mind? Did God create it?” continued Doctor Siler. “Did He, Mr. Moore?”
“The Bible states clearly that He created all things,” returned that gentleman a little stiffly.
“My friends,” resumed Hitt very earnestly, “we are on the eve of a tremendous enlightenment, I believe. And for that we owe much to the so-called ‘theory of suppositional opposites.’ We have settled to our satisfaction that, although mankind believe themselves to be dependent upon air, food, and water for existence, nevertheless they are really dependent upon something vastly finer, which is back of those things. That ‘something’ we call God, for it is good. Matthew Arnold said that the only thing that can be verified about God is that He is ‘the eternal power that makes for righteousness.’ Very well, we are almost willing to accept that alone––for that carries infinite implications. It makes God an eternal, spiritual power, omnipotent as an influence for good. It makes Him the infinite patron, so to speak, of right-thinking. And we know that thought is creative. So it makes Him the sole creative force.