ey shall sa

that have fam

ds that peep a

ple seek unto th

ay unto you, If a m

th. Then said the J

ou hast a de

inite o

tence is an enig

stimony of the

s what is real and w

Christian Science u

tever is fals

the atmosphere

Man is never God,

ness, reflects God

Ego and the Father

poreal beings are sp

evil spirits,

unreal

d maintains all iden

ar, as distinct

: What are Go

? Does life or sou

rm

and eternal, - noth

Evil has no real

r thing, but is simply

erial

dea, of all realit

divine Principle of al

is synonymous wit

infinite Principle ou

forms onl

m-le

and you may dre

u touch and smell

ower is a product

ion of thought

r eyes again, and

and women. Thus y

which mortal mind

e mind, life, and

you learn that nei

ge or likeness of

nd is not

d wa

nce of Mind is unde

y erroneous, having

o proof nor p

imony. It is the

ere is no sensualit

eve in spi

structure of spiri

Its spirits are so

in character and qu

pposes Spirit, which

a finite form, -

ian Sc

one spiritual exis

sense can take n

le of man speaks th

y - in other word

meated by Spirit

ortal sense, would

o communion with S

tual

ts ob

its/ are but corpore

kness and in the p

absolute Scienc

ly truth-giver

nd brings to light

al sense of life)

sense) are the tare

by progress,

t expressed thro

made manifest thro

ror is not a conve

th can be

ific p

ing ever present, i

suppositional oppos

ience, individ

the infinite All

to mortals; but ev

ntific. A sinning,

ty of Life nor the

arth. The joy of

en evil and sufferi

ntercommunion but di

h, health, and ha

ily can you mingl

er. In either case,

ot

lls one person, livi

r, who has died to-

to earth to-morrow,

neither the one nor

t is God, and man

gove

ne man, as spirit

atter, upsets both t

f man, for ma

nd God is the o

r attraction of so-ca

to be known by its

n of

God, communed with m

icity or any other

he Science of omni

it would b

ect th

erial bodies return

tual bodies with ma

incorrect. Equal

rit is confined

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the material body, sp

onging to

e-di

ake to suppose tha

of intelligent existe

gence and non-i

her. This err

sensual cannot be m

can the finite be

re is no communic

existence and spiri

ct to

ng con

nicable terms with

ic bodies; and the

after having onc

sible as would b

ndition of the aco

h has risen above

nated has a new form

hereafter the belie

or which has held t

f, and never returns

e nor communion

posite dreams as t

material body and the

anic, mat

less d

transformed into

a worm, nor does

th or control

nsformation is

kness and light, i

h, are opposites,

Who will say that

anhood, that darknes

ope when we are in

o bridge across th

ite conditions as th

he physical,

ce there is never

to positions outgro

commune together

of existence,

ific inv

ruth lays bare the

atter but comes to

ead, in order to

istence cognize

to be tangible and

titure, - or the mate

e of the so-

transfer men from

k into its material s

cally impossible, si

an be n

ng th

Lazarus: "Our frie

may awake him out

us by the unde

ad never died,

y had died and th

at Lazarus had li

er would have stood

buried the body, a

citat

aken yourself or oth

you can then exerci

the presence of tho

ied, - but n

of th

ble moment, when t

lled dead, can com

moment previous

hen the link b

eing sundered. In t

s from one dream t

earth's sleep to

ing may hear the gl

before. The ones de

the face that smil

kons them, as one a

wonder, forgets al

his ra

Life

understood, Life wi

or finite, but as

; and the beli

ver in a finite

royed. Then it wil

red matter and wa

atter. When advance

ding of God, man

neither can he ret

return to its seed.

ut he will be an i

by the divine Spirit

inning, dying beli

universally unders

, for man is immo

ivine a

rial p

the perfect harmo

g unlimited divine

single bodily pl

only veritable

s spiritual. This

nd intact, - a perfec

the final understa

eath can never ha

death must be overc

mortality

f Spirit and of i

or hereafter. The p

once from good t

ccomplish the change

ingle

nd d

es to be a belief

ce of being is reach

ction both here

creates its ow

will occur on the ne

the spiritual unde

d not until then,

t "the second dea

am va

ed for this dream

alled pleasures an

ciousness, "kno

, but the Fathe

or shorter duratio

ror. Of what advanta

arted, to prolong th

on either of a soul i

e, - a so-called min

s and p

ations from spir

ossible, such com

fully less with e

The departed w

ce and materiality

their beliefs in m

the so-called dead

uds, - to a wretch

of the departed fo

hey return to thei

tt

al defl

ower, the blighted b

, - like the discor

- are unnatural.

the changing de

e not the eternal

rd o

ble is the belief

ening to death, a

ommuning with

arted are in ra

they are not spirit

ng, suffering, a

- even were communi

ity, and accept th

red from ignoranc

tend

its material acc

acy of Spirit. If

s no material method

needs no wires nor

omnipr

t int

t materially tangi

an through electri

majesty and

lost? God is n

s for matter, whe

pnotism and elect

e agents of Go

man, but man ca

the sick are heale

the sinning are ref

ersal God, the invi

rnal S

regard

ribing disease - its

not scientific. Wa

error that tend

o are ignorant

nces could be cite

he patient's thoug

ous hyp

al method is more

such a mental meth

. Science must g

up every seed

relies upon huma

istian Science remo

the higher unders

resting on divine P

ties, in its revelatio

harmony

spirits, or false

have the Mind that

work by the one Sp

itherto, and I w

, so far as can be le

healed

ken m

ractitioner says:

taxed, and you must

ust be strengt

ion, and must be

to all this, contendin

rting that Mind con

e str

hes that mortals

ng." It dissipate

oes not impove

r, neither does wit

th in proportion to

r strength is not

th. A cup of coffee o

for the inspiratio

t of bodil

l of im

ion purporting to

eads as follows:

will be, an im

y periodical con

y the assertion tha

only proofs

sm unsc

o doubt of the huma

sts, but I cannot

sticism which g

rce. Science dis

inary phenomena;

from the domain

alm of m

al fal

m mysterious that

move a table, wh

mind-power whic

planchette -

ased so many people

mind over its subst

hich convulses its

ise from the volit

ither scientific nor

ing as certainly as

wonder emanates fro

belief rests on the

ooperate both vis

matter is i

t-mortem

o much evidence to

so-called dead and

he sick that matt

is latter evidenc

. If Spiritualis

, their belief in med

f of im

nd on its own theo

t certain individu

ter death and mai

al flesh; but t

erlasting life. A

no more proves him

that he is mortal,

s the case improved

ity. Life, Love, Tru

morta

ifestation

s of God as reveal

g immortal. Though

flower to fade,

es which expres

f music, give to

et the producing,

, - in the case of

bers and of music, -

which define man

ulting from mater

ence, inharmony cann

ce. In Science, ma

God, good, and fo

ce of the immor

ng th

somewhere, must

supposed to be th

is as easy to read di

ent friend as easi

is no more diff

an it is to re

ries ago, yet we st

hat is classic study

and Virgil, of wh

may be i

le inter

ife has been won by

aterial existence,

iousness are in

ot exist in two d

at the same ti

with the dreamer

oximity, because both

andering in our dr

of consc

r it would follow,

us and were in as

e the change we ca

iousness must be dif

tate, nor are they

ll. Communion b

ld be prevented by

so unlike, that in

would be between

ent dreams and diff

g consciousness.

ook for help to th

snow

in and sensuali

nt of power, it i

her it is the huma

luencing one. Wha

he worshippers of B

ion claimed that t

of wi

an explain the incr

ng to the surface

rder to escape the e

s more antagonistic

ef without unders

Truth and bui

al wo

impossible in Scien

opular religions.

ower is from t

supernatural, s

ure. The belief th

erned in general by

ly Spirit sets aside

potent wisdom, and

nce ove

ting st

to Christian Scienc

l or organically

ce and all form

is fixed, as impa

azarus. There is

-reading. The lat

pose through spirit

e divine Principle

al mind-reading

stinctly opposite st

are interpreted.

igates and touches

mortal and coordin

the conclusions

fic for

rophets gained the

real standpoint, n

ing fact for fi

ture from a gro

belief. When suf

n harmony with the

d prophets involunta

, or demigods, but

ve of the ever-pres

ch is in rapport wit

e present, a

the Science of b

largely with the di

s which concern th

red, - yea, to reach

less

nd unb

t Mind is infinit

dependent upon t

sight nor upon

, is a step to

e discern man's na

tion of being destroys

inception, for with

ies called spirits,

s upon whi

fic for

now of Spirit come

learned through Ch

f this Science h

operly digeste

urately than the a

alculate an eclipse

clairvoyance. It is

understanding which

t of material sens

n mind when the l

divin

of int

eveal whatever co

, enabling one t

ill reach the pe

ou are able to

nner and discern t

e Samaritan woman

all things that eve

Chri

that Jesus, as he o

eir thoughts," - r

nner he discerned

er the same method,

old by the Hebr

e lack of this po

tes! ye can discern

discern the sig

isy co

tile may have ha

rtals need spiritual

e wicked and ad

l more than the

erialism were sharp,

the sternest cond

have done, and no

e great Teacher k

truth communicat

rts

al c

asked, "Who touc

occasioned by phy

es answered, "Th

new, as others

but mortal mind,

ting his inquiry, h

oman. His quick a

rated his spiritua

of it uncovered the

itual susceptibilit

om contrary direc

nlike r

s of

mages of thought

be apparitions; b

y because it is

ugh we can al

ed houses, ghost

pparitions brought

s by tricksters, or

voluntarily by mo

ality of physical sen

icult to see a thou

etermines the dif

there

ena ex

pe-paintings, fac-

of expression, rec

taken from pict

ily as from ob

rtal mind sees wh

believes what it see

ghts. Pictures ar

can convey them

ial conceptions. Mi

f thought. They

they are lost to th

hey are di

envir

the thought or fo

rred picture to be i

ent. Though i

their mental

cerned, described, a

apart and their ass

float in the genera

12

nd s

such vision "sec

sight instead of se

ts to mortal min

he human mind

nables one to hea

t as a m

ed s

aught of the eme

gnorant of the gems

, of its sharp reef

ts bosom, or of

sands: yet these a

ny mental concept is

The true concept

s produced on mor

y intense feeling a

ive and reproduce

ected

oduce voices lo

o close the eyes

ch are thousan

e from physical s

reamy sleep. In ou

hich the poet Ten

art's d

of a van

of a voice t

sent flavor and odor, when no viand touches

ons no

ble ideas to be dis

ning the origin

m the divine M

from the brain or

l mind; they are m

ritual, harmonious,

he so-called materia

to be substance-ma

lled s

neighbor as one's se

never be seen, f

cal senses. Excit

igious faith, and th

n. Excite the opp

These effects, ho

tianity, nor are they

ise from mo

peaking

oes the strains

spiration rather than

ies derived fr

id to be a gift

d from books or

ted spirits. When

at a departed spir

the unaided medium

This phenomenon o

al mind are loosed.

that another mind

may become unwont

in others than in he

e possesses her t

s fr

lief in outside aid

rmer limits of her

able of words that

s familiar instance

ng a man, "As he th

lieves that he canno

superinduced condit

d the tongue grows

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ic impro

necessarily depend

esses of itself al

of expressin

ard when the sen

f more than we do

ers a freedom, whic

visation and the ferv

origi

intelligent nor cr

itself. Sound is n

man is not the fa

oncluded that if

it, man had the rig

hows that the belief

r from the

ary to produce wh

or if one animal c

ccount for their

s and fishes multip

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or fish c

is su

rbit and the imagi

substance. The e

ustained by Mi

the thought that

and the movements

al mind will be f

the body. Then bein

death will be ob

death is the ne

immort

l del

to Europe and mee

s the body in bed

of that body ca

er the ocean.

hought. Opium and

ar and work wonders,

is shows what mo

ledg

fic fin

to one's self that m

to master the infin

he door on deat

ds immortality.

Spirit must final

time in solving th

rehension of divine

man is, but we ce

man refl

or tells us of "

you ever pictur

d by beings under th

sd

es of the belief t

obey only the divin

great point of dep

tual

genuin

for the sinner to a

poses his nothingn

d to its native

s great reality w

l be understood.

s the destruction o

acknowledgm

ial selfhood we d

bstance of Life or

ood aids the discern

ividuality, and des

rom matter or thro

e materi

ous po

postulates should

he spiritual fa

appreh

postulate of belie

gence are somethi

roneous postulate i

and m

s postulate is, th

eas the real Mind ca

evil, for

ous postulate is,

that man has a mater

him

neous postulate is,

f life and death, -

periencing pleasur

rting these sensatio

t postulate arises

s in what is

entity within the cr

g now and

e of goo

ictures we see a se

nowledge and speaki

ts the serpen

our first pare

nd evil, a knowledge

f from Spirit. The

te, for the common

urlesque of God's m

e or sensuality,

ial s

sing

, and it turns the

ng error - namely

oral demand wi

lity to make noth

uld blush to call

foundation of evil

esides God. This bel

, instead of urging

of thinking that

ly the absence of tru

riority

e's pr

ime has not yet

as substantial and

sus, who nearly n

ated the power of

veth on me, th

o," and who also s

ow is/, when the tr

r in spirit and i

d time; behold, /now

ion," sa

and re

revelation coinci

may be sure

fault or that we h

never causes evil

an cau

t create a mind su

he opposing error a

e electricity is not

hatever contradicts

h human faith may cl

is without

ives of

t Spirit is finite a

ry. In Christian S

the name of th

antity and qualit

The modifying deri

to quality, not to G

, Spirit. If man we

gods. Finite spiri

or embodied in the

tained in the finite.

hension of the ki

harmony in the S

ntif

but one God, one S

keness of Himself,

reflects infinite

ure of man, t

is implied by th

used in Scripture.

ement of personalit

th the demonstrat

d the rabbis, and the

by our law he ough

elf the S

mpires and nations

conceptions of Dei

nce, and bloodshe

belief that the infin

personality, pas

tude an

truth confirms i

med his words by hi

denial, ingra

g from sensual

sus healed, but one

to acknowledge th

ad heal

tual

sily read the thoug

r enabled him to d

ould be said at th

er who should hint t

riously? Our Mast

sis, that of the o

on of this discernme

ith the infinite c

injure no one by

his Mind was always

ly genuine Science

holy motives an

inners of that

Jesus were person

piritually minded i

oportion to our spi

Love; and in that

are able to discer

ing for the purpo

d cannot hide fr

es this point of mo

e others, and mus

ility of a Christian

ifically, depends up

of mind-reading is

to success in healin

l characteri

s reapp

ncrease of knowl

even human inven

we want that da

ience, by divin

he dawn. Led by a

the Magi of old fore

wise man of to-da

which heralds Ch

escribes it

ual aw

ing illusions, th

infancy, dreami

ense does not un

spiritual sen

o eternal Truth.

inning sense into sp

arn all things righ

m with

est hour

mark the hour of

ollow, for Love is

estroyed, there

eneral materia

and desolate, but

arvest (though in c

d, - until the final

darkest hour pr

of c

l world is even no

ces. On one side th

the other sid

d peace. The bre

eem to be famine a

kness, and death,

heir nothingness app

ue until the end

swallowed up in

will vanish in a mo

ntation has begun

belief yield to unde

t spiritual understa

nnial

ation draws nea

in accordance wi

e to the end. As

s and spiritua

bjects will be ap

tead of m

conflict, wicked m

which to accompli

ern Christian Scien

aid in the ejecti

law and order, and

f ultimate

us rese

re closely error s

r resembles its esse

error becomes

belief, the lig

c current swift, yet

and the blow of th

re destructive m

ngness will appear,

n illusion and fore

ief approaches tru

where, having been

e even an illusion,

he more material t

or, until divine Spir

matter, and man is

rit, his or

facts array the mos

hey bring error f

to utter truth; f

the louder will error

is forever sile

oice, the earth m

that all matter wil

acy of

ity still

gain demonstratin

the Truth that is

asting out erro

repayment for the

p in Christianity; bu

uted is assured in

rtal discord and in t

l foresh

-day beholds in t

times, the reappe

h heals the sick

ign shall be g

t through Mind. Th

terpreted by a materi

Spirit (not /spirit

prehend, which ca

. Creeds, doctrines,

ristian Science;

strat

ion of

ail premises of hum

creeds, the demonst

tands a reveal

t is imperious t

on of Truth, of Life

for every man to

prac

foreign to

ea, always - natu

part of any religi

Even now multitu

l /science/ ha

aith and piety

hrist's teachings, a

ntary, but practic

d complete, they a

r essentia

the k

ich immortality an

al but Christian, n

ut metaphysical, no

. Human philosophy,

rd no demonstrabl

als can escap

n, is what the Bi

alvation with fear

he straightway ad

ou both to will an

ippians ii. 12, 13).

gdom, and with thi

he door of the hu

the lock nor enter

ings are material

eaches only that wh

ot human. Christian

uman sense of thi

hum

uals, who adopt the

possess natures

alse beliefs. Ther

individual, but wit

shall continue to

currents of true

s of which are heal

deepen human expe

existence are seen

disease, and death

demonstration of d

ritual, p