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866, I discovered t

f Life, Truth

discovery Chris

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to the testimony of

t. Paul, it was "the

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law of Life and Lo

le fact that matter

hat human experien

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ns must be nine d

tion more, no

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ithin the shadow o

these truths in d

is in God, the

and Love are all

the opposite of Truth

death, - is the fal

mind in matter; t

ief, a subjective stat

d mind names /matt

rue sense

nes of

ery, that erring

all the organi

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his great fact is

by sensible ev

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ter my discovery,

roblem of Mind-healin

little else, ke

oted time and

itive rule. The searc

, not selfish nor

ll harmonious Mind

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uplifting faith;

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hrough divine revela

velation of Truth

dually and apparen

new spiritual idea

re of Isaiah is r

is born, . . . an

alled Wo

f his lessons: "M

sent me. If any m

of the doctrine, wh

of myself." (J

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constituting all Sc

belief that matt

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pantheism, theosoph

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lustration

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of numbers, t

alm of the physic

must, some may d

e. The Principle o

actice of divine meta

of Truth over erro

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hypotheses as to D

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hat this inverted

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bute physical ef

to a final spiritua

s which show that Ch

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in healing the sick,

that Mind go

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than one school of

is demonstrable.

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his method forfei

school, and th

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icular system of

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systems, they n

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ging P

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nfinite idea, and w

tual rules, laws,

, like the grea

d to-day, and fore

ciple of healing and t

he epistle t

dy fou

istian Science, w

ady been stated and

ation upon whi

l of this Scien

school claims to be C

thor's discoveries

it, such a school

breach of that divin

gue, "Thou sh

le and

ple of divine met

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ere must be fixed r

this divine Prin

tifully reaches

s only in small deg

soul of Christian Sc

er is but the dead

, cold, i

ble pro

tal propositions o

he four following,

ven if reversed

be found to agre

thematically thei

says mathematics

which is not pur

is All-

good. Go

irit, being all,

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, sin, evil, death

tent Go

ls in proposition

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God is true, "but e

ar

sical i

ysics of Christia

thematics, proves t

here is no pai

in; no nerve i

; no matter in Mind,

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nd no good

on of mo

both evil and good

derstood, the autho

y /mortal mind/,

opposed to Sp

ntradistinction to

. The spiritually un

n the evidence of

many and calls /mi

9 di

s /one/, including

od and Hi

ct term

s a solecism in lang

he word /mind/. A

tal mind/ impli

herefore unreal;

ng Christian Scie

ch has no real exi

d or phrase could b

expressing the n

o the old and imp

rit has to be poured i

le

tion

explains all cause

al. It lifts the veil

the scientific

ngles the inter

sets free the impriso

e, including man, is

cience shows that w

e subjective state of

/mortal

gical i

sual opposition

bstacle to the recept

h the understandi

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tatements, and

pressing metaphysic

sible to any reader,

Christian Science

says: "The ear t

meat." The great dif

when translating m

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lf-justification,

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24 d

:/ Evil belief

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ty, honesty,

faith, meekne

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ual un

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corporeal human s

testimony true

first, and the firs

may be to us what d

ssity be, -

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Christian Science

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even to the extinc

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, therefore that matte

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perso

strongly emphasize

orporeal/, but /inco

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ed, they often le

and erroneous con

tion from humanity. If

means infinite pers

in the sense of inf

er sense. An infinite

olute imp

viduality/ is also o

l may be one of a

al man, an individua

of a series, but o

equ

ual la

; therefore the lan

al. Christian Scien

significance

is manifestation

ial language is sp