eproach of all the mighty people; wherewith Thine enemies have reproached, O

cal pr

mon ever preached

by the destructio

. Knowing this

ion would be su

r lives, Jesus said

two ma

safely on false

ture, in whom ol

s are become new." P

ed, fear, all sensual

perabundance of be

of Go

ses o

sels already full.

us disrobe er

of God blow, we

close

t error from mort

ugh flood-tides of L

n on no ot

upon unholiness,

when it is not forsa

gnats and swal

c unity which exist

in life-practice,

versal

ne s

bring to bear upo

lf the faith they

d pleasures of

d not go on fro

by the prison an

family would be

Christ, - through t

. For this glorio

e torch of spirit

ious l

his Science all is

h the divine Princ

ns, suffers, no

grimage will mult

's kingdom comes

life instead of to

closes the finity of

th, in which God

ll the

and p

dict the practice growing out of them. Error ab

at God has almi

in trouble;" and y

disease, as if sens

nd had more power th

rd of rig

dmits that a man

good, and that th

y disease; as though

, and check the

n the Science of

- has all-powe

ousness, and show

l nor make sick,

f and und

rstood instead o

standing would est

of the rabbis,

" was really th

to the Christi

ike. This thought inc

bnegation. Spiritu

es of being, destro

so makes man the i

nd in

de an

elieve either in

or in some power le

an be imprisoned

body has gone to r

belief of life in mat

eve that the deat

matter and lives

not a stepping-stone

so-called sinne

inner and will

s he sins. The foam

f fearful and dol

hore of time; then

w, and death

does not kill a ma

for God alone is m

e and circumference

s; good

y intelligence

error support the f

one Life; that ma

as spiritual his

s conclusively m

t there are tw

es and beings, tw

ter, - resulting in

ut the delusions o

at

r is admitted to be g

e so-called second

. It cannot theref

e third power, morta

st and second anta

-intelligence, of

tific t

are evidently erron

Science. Judging t

pt. When will

Ego, and realize

intell

ertive theories ha

hey can create what

God's image, thu

of the image or r

Science it can nev

own, distinct fr

i

at God lives in matt

hat Soul is in body

l, must unsay it a

se God will continue

s will sin without

ll lean on matter ins

p with drunkenness

of their blindness

cerning G

ion p

r of believing tha

n, sickness, and de

nmasked? When w

r has neither in

that the opposite b

suffering? God crea

ect and eternal.

recreation o

g the div

rror (the error of b

for good or evil)

d only as the

melt into such thi

ne image in so

e true idea, - the

the nothingness an

n from se

at there is one Mi

ighbor as oursel

belief in many ru

rift towards t

man thought into

re selfish

the beam of human

not towards Truth

throws our weight in

, good, but

erstand our relat

o other Mind but Hi

no other sense o

of the existence

wer unr

human will should

Truth; else it wil

ee the lower prop

iritual sense

human thought ac

the body an

able of all evil.

s the prayer of th

the sentiments - hope

eous. This prayer,

he senses, h

ific relation of God

ne blesses all, as

fishes, - Spirit, n

ource of

nd deat

kness, giving the

of a few years and

? Is God creati

ated? The Scrip

declaring that His

new to God, and

irth or death for

ss of God? Inste

eath, He destroys the

ipotent and infi

. This Mind does

tly correct them. Go

be sick,

il in

iefs, often called

not Spirit, for ther

irit, evil become

roportionately as

it disappears

r position, for eve

ianity has its proof

error i

nation

eator of an evil

e must learn that ev

lity of existe

is not helples

s of matter primary,

this lesson, we los

r the divine P

imposs

rst and Soul last, no

nce of being r

bilities, such

and error in cause or

and wheat in t

rimal

primal cause. T

from any other cause

ht which does

only cause. Sin

h belong not to the S

ich presuppose the

, or

eality is the scientif

repeated in the ac

harmonious and is

ts are not inverted;

emblance to spirit

of this inversio

error, which affor

spiritual creation

s materially, and has

ini

independen

ay, "In Him we l

g." What then is th

od, which caus

is it but an er

ortal mind, wron

kness, and death?

ind, of Truth, and

ccordance with the go

uld make man sick

absurd to suppose

e disease, or that S

eaves the rem

inburgh writes:

of nothing else."

crying in the wi

ing the way of Sci

nd eternal, and prep

m of heaven, - the

y, which cannot

forever

as only

r, is causation

material and mort

esses this body

discordant a

t impressed upon

your thought, and

f health, not of s

of disease and sin

tter. Man, being imm

e. It is the morta

rdant and diseased i

or human will g

ss of

r all its formati

e central sun of its

ht of all its ow

ibutary to di

mortal body or mi

llapse without Min

olds the winds in

r skepticism can hin

eals the supremac

nd-power enhances

distance, lends enc

al tran

inerals or aggre

th, the relations

ld to each other

revolutions o

real importance,

must give place to th

and the universe

is done, man and

harmonious

ces or mundane f

s, and all the para

s, based on the hypot

igence resident in

llowed up in the i

30 S

a conscious, cons

hows the superiori

ords. Its ideas are e

are interpreted by

original into the

can co

isregard

proof of Christi

ense. They are set f

ch show - by h

ut evils, and d

enemy that shall

f matter and it

l and its attrib

h man, the Master

lind, hearing to th

to light the scien

on human minds an

nding of Soul and

d sin by one and t

8 pro

not m

rtal mind/ is real

nd Truth pierces th

eam penetrates t

o the immutabl

is self-destructiv

h the wind and rea

r min

ter, being unintel

am sick, or I am w

tal mind which vo

f to make good

and suffering are

s no evil nor pestil

f sense, it has no s

thout a destr

s, stomach, are intel

r condition, and re

and matter, Truth

ss and health, goo

ll say whether Tru

6 gr

sensa

the body must ei

led mortal mind o

d. Is it not prov

d that matter h

rue that matter doe

ual understan

sickness and the

l mind. When a tea

mind produce the eff

ut mortal mind,

tion shows the natu

rial cause

r be said in Israe

apes, and the chil

mpathy with error s

oughts of one erri

enders im

s pai

that nerves have sens

the material organi

s to hear, then

alized, these facu

ity is not in Spir

gh dematerializati

ht can these faculti

ort

he source of pai

y in our dreams, but

d through a nerve.

sometimes aches aga

n its old place. A

inued in belief to

f pain in the limb ca

cannot the l

her than pleasure,

cause the memory of

f pleasure. I hav

the end of a finger

hs. When the nerve

f pain, and the pa

be in the mortal m

ocess; take away this

lesh, and the nerve

fals

dus of their own,

God. They produce a

the rose into

es that they m

nd credulous frenzy,

oduce the flowers

lies of the field,

s of Mind,

es in Min

ethods of Mind ar

r hands must move

at the undulations

ibly that other

les. The realit

and the origin of al

reas the unreal a

lief, which would

ion, are styled the

l mind supposition

is said to be decei

hinketh in his hear

ly /understandeth/

indef

onceives of somethi

classifies it mater

exist apart from

nception. God, go

ssed, though indef

goodness is a dep

a tendency towards

aralyze this attract

y an opposite attr

, temporary,

impression made

really hear. Divi

municated through t

iritual un

thm of hea

ced more than h

s grandest symphonie

beyond what t

more strikingl

was so long hope

rains of sweetest m

ic is the rhythm

is the harp of many

harmony according

it, is hum

knowledge dipped t

ngs, - into belief

one Mind and true

that the impression

, and that they c

hets. If the medium

is normal and

ion had been confi

erial senses, he cou

en guided into th

ete

nd the

ented in the Scrip

-lesson for the hu

ke Adam, origin

dust, - are prove

came in, for they

ing. When it is lea

not the material, co

en being will be u

harm

rous i

to matter, and ente

gan idolater. Mort

y what they con

than they do a

like the original

ins, for mortal ill

meanwhile would spr

dbits and g

nses o

nse is mortal sigh

y end the power of l

nse is not lost.

terfere with th

no other real senses.

no sensation of its

d its faculties. Spi

hey are forever at pe

mony of all thing

rmanence

ing nev

uld sin or be lost,

lost, together with

being cannot be

matter are at v

their opposite n

th the reality of exi

not reflect the

s not subordinate

ver is governed by

f the light and mi

Li

and da

es led to believe tha

ce affirms darkness

sence of light,

ess loses the appe

disease and death,

d, and flee as phan

truth a

oof, Science rever

ery quality and co

lowed up in immortal

man in origin, in e

ion t

of S

understood the sup

crates feared not

of his philosop

ity. Having sough

ed the immortality

f the age would ha

r because of his fait

nce to

rpent

that man is alive to

has touched Li

Here theories

s the mystery and

ites the heel of tr

es the head of err

lays open siege to

e we fi

ts and

g that the Ego i

ne Mind or intelligen

rs of mortal sen

mortal sense. T

e body harmonious;

, servants, instea

law of divine Mind,

verlasting Life and

ortals is to suppo

, is both matter a

1 and

re left to the cor

the master of goo

f existence, while h

e inevitable, and l

rd hath Christ wit

nthians

nal i

an's body is mat

rather to be abs

present with th

belief of mind

, even God; for t

The loss of man's

h Science confers

such a possibility i

vidual musical ton

of ha

s exp

ls may inform us th

ce and Paul's pecu

perience, - wh

ifically distinct

atural mental and

d hysteria; yet if w

do we read? Why, th

ever see death!" a

after th

ue is

fic methods are sup

ects. When you ha

ndition of th

t condition neve

in Science. Whe

he next toil will f

g out the problem of

roportion as you

s over so-called m

nstrate this contro

for fatigue is to

or any illusion of

this illusion, for m

eavy-

tigues me." But w

or mind? Which is

uld the muscles

do you talk for t

rtal mind does the fa

eariness, made

never

y a wheel is fatigu

the wheel. If it w

s of the body,

ate wheel, would

of Truth rests us

n uncons

of sin a

upposed to say, "I

m a coalition with

malice, lust,

at renders both

e is, that the h

to self-correction

be sick independentl

nd has no jurisdic

ss aki

ecovery of the sic

od's willingness and

ieve in God,

for the Almigh

which lead only in

nstead of turning

e, who is an ev

th sudden dismissal. Resist the temptation to believe

res say, "They tha

nd not be weary; a

The meaning of t

pplying it literally

physical are as on

the truth of bei

, weariness, sorrow,

mortal dream will

ing fatigue applies t

be, and is, supr

na

tion an

cs, we do not mult

say the product i

ience that muscl

give pain or pleas

xpect that the resu

es, nor bones, bu

"sick, and the whole

Mind

stood, we shall ne

what we do not wish

body weak, if we wo

feebleness must

it can be made mani

the belief will b

cludes no rule of d

"The wish," says the

e tho

ific b

eet melody, and

that governs it.

hysical Scien

nciple of the c

nd impute their recov

g to God the honor

om the belief in s

be reached at this pe

these evils; and t

the right

e inef

d: " I exercise dail

order to overcome

and yet I have

ough." Such ad

s to the inefficacy

erers to look in othe

cu

r than misguided

The violet lifts her

leaves clap thei

ers. The snowbir

ts; he has no catarr

residence with m

re of the earth,

ortal mind, leaves c

d contagion are e

theo

flex p

produces its own

something else

he mirror at it

sees anoth

adopted a diet

rituality. Finding

s abstinence, and ad

cs for grow

n far-r

ither fasting or

or physically is one

wledge of good

God said, "Tho

l mind forms all con

the stomach, bones,

s the volition or w

on and d

son who when quite

cure dyspepsia. F

ead and vegetable

His dyspepsia

s diet should b

partook of but one

nsisting of only a

is physician als

wet his parched thro

passed many wea

st in starvation,

, having exhausted the

d him that death w

is point Christian

in perfect health wit

comp

uffering and dise

fs of mortals, and n

reed disease, - ne

ld be a means of

not acceptable to wis

n which being is su

ng his eyes, reliev

t suffering, "giving

s food as he had

ve of matter, he th

, feeling childhood'

f-denial and

and s

derstanding, tha

ch, without the

one suffer, bri

at gluttony is a s

asm of mortal mind di

itual existence an

3 of

ed that food affe

its material meth

believe that proper f

e human system. He

s a mortal body,

fleshly mind and fe

d of

er to help or to

imself of the fact t

s faith in the so-c

Taking less tho

drink, consulting t

iving and God mo

sh rapidly. For

, as was believed, onl

and drugs, and ye

ow he dropped dr

giene, an

dyspeptic was ve

eness of God, - f

e fish of the sea, an

attle," if eating a

him. He finally

yspeptic, while fear,

de him one, contra

nly in

for dyspepsia co

at what is set be

or conscience

elief that life and

ant ourselves upon w

Walk in the Spirit

of the flesh." Sooner

man's finite capac

es in body instead o

tead of i

eater t

xpress Spirit. Go

Spirit is /all/ and

is matter? Rem

n error, and w

s. Soul is Spirit, a

Spirit were once wi

and therefore cou

tion of

at is Truth," con

y to meet this inqui

understanding

old illusions,

the blind lead the bli

di

ror to answer thi

n. Spiritual rationali

ng Science, and c

te humanity, and s

ns and so-

s of S

startle the slum

m are partially un

not sounded, or

alamities, and

uth urges upon mo

he awful daring of s

triumph of truth

come whose right

and the power of sin

terative effect of

:3

rints of the past

the present, we sh

ich governs these ch

r ground. Every s

oyed through suffe

ogress, attended by

ord and

ism and o

nineteen centurie

enough Christianit

ready to hail

array His vice

dor; but this wa

ng. Of old the cro

is to-day. The m

the Roman scourge,

ain, stubborn resi

laws, and the press

of truth's full

practical Christ

eting the needs of

, stands at the door

l you open or clos

cometh in the quie

old to the patr

emanc

elements of liber

ed motto, "Slavery

God brings deliv

r can withsta

ed power, which opp

it? What is it tha

ickness, and death

d to the divine gov

fr

h's

en first Truth

fulness of its follo

time bears on

wers of this w

nd their sentinels n

ubscribes to their s

ointed bayonet, m

umult, but there is

nda

al sen

country, like all h

Mind, and shows huma

embodiment of r

ntences, breath

justice, have been po

h the whipping-pos

ther went down in

eedom come from the

e lib

ry ab

sh unpaid servit

rd; but the abolitio

lt task. The d

in mortal mind

new forms of tyrann

action of th

all climes and

terial sense, ignora

s of man were vind

lowest plane of hum

as abolished in our

er steps towards t

very, found on highe

subtle and de

ty's

in behalf of the

n our land, when the

de sounded the

, asking a ful

ights of man as a S

f sin, sickness, a

nd and that its f

warfare, not with b

rist's div

ing s

igher platform of

it on diviner claims

de or creed, bu

th peace, good-

scholastic theology,

th and spiritual un

er these fetters, a

egiance to his Mak

he sick, wearing

aster in the belief

them, rathe

of b

, the dumb, the bl

, I wished to save

beliefs and fro

Pharaohs, who

ldren of Israel in

wful conflict, the R

ed on through fai

deliverer, to guid

ience, where fetters

y known and

law end

law of mortal belie

oppressive laws ar

their right to

the enslaving se

ed. The law of th

, or mortals will

enable rights and in

cause some publi

divine power, -

ation of continued

fer

ve f

ghts of man, we c

f all oppression. Sla

f man. God m

was free born.

e the Spirit of the L

ruth make free, b

nto ca

rd of

ience raises the st

! Escape from the

death!" Jesus

ens of the world,

children of God,"

t. The illusion of

as bound you, entang

cities, enfeebled

tablet of

nstituted material

hich would have m

sregarded those l

on to them and in def

dit

shly h

ion of disease or o

would be impossibl

earned, - namel

can enter being,

ic subject for morta

we learn that not

have no dangerous in

ill di

ven do

of man is not le

n enters into his he

nion over the

me day assert t

lmighty God. Then th

the understanding

sent beliefs, they

iritual reality and d

eal

command of our

our life," we shall

re, or economy, but

its terms, and form

24 T

y pride

r apart from God

acknowledge any ot

d. The humble N

that sin, sick

oved them powerle

ide of the priests, w

ianity excel the inf

nd cere

the master of sin,

, for it is alrea

destroyed them, bu

pp

n of op

to say that Jehov

suffering are realiti

God made all

ies God, - infi

ed from infidelity

tes as sickness an

lls both the offsp

time admits that Sp

Him good in one i

ot

onstit

consent, mortal be

d mortals to sickne

belief is mis

he individual who

nd in practice. T

ctural and specula

f immortal Mind, an

ed und

from mo

to be sick, sick

ite, health, must be

and will stand

God's law produ

sick; and we cannot

nnul the decrees o

belief of mortal mi

ivine Mind, which caus

s Truth, not matte

e is /

real, it belongs to

ruth. Would you a

destroy a quality o

sin are illusions,

or illusion, will b

immortality. This

ist, the advanced

or and heals the si

comes through God,

emonstrate

er inco

ary to our highes

pable of first arrang

about certain e

the helpless vi

ing what they could

the author of exp

produce sickness

il and health o

l nar

e blunders whic

an? Does a law of

can man put that

kness? Accordi

really healed by dr

thod. These merely

yrups to put childr

ief, and q

rue h

at we are healed w

s liable to reappe

led until the

oved. So-called m

eing the remote,

of all suffering, t

rated through Christ

sical senses will

tion of

is rightly met and

never conquered. I

and death, th

the mind of mor

nd to be immortal

attempt. If God h

led, for no lesser pow

d, Truth, Life, L

the prayer of

in, if good produces

nce and Christianit

onistic powers nor

ating and governing

not the author o

pt the conclusion

s existence, are mort

nd Love

y to sickn

superior to sin

to it and governs ma

misunderstand t

Science of bein

od, - to doubt H

otent care. To hol

th is equally wise,

cience. To fear them

d God and know tha

s cre

d by his Maker, hav

ngelist's statemen

m [the Word of

anything made th

sin, sickne

of div

s relative to God

r God lovable. Th

in about happ

scatheless and p

ty for the claims

s found only in

forms us that "wit

od is possible to S

ctically deny this

y through matter. T

ripture is true. C

ns which contradic

15 f

tianity is again

inciple, as it did

o, by healing the si

taught that drugs

a man healthy, or

e; nor did he illustra

rred man's harmon

tried to make of n

which sealed God's

ss, an

foll

ctuary of Truth a

ut we heed them not.

sures and pain

ves, that we f

the burial of error a

tual

sion a

ace nor opportunity

Every day makes its

r than professions

s consist solely

ss, and death

estroyed them. Thi

progress is the law

y what we can c

on gaine

mperfection, perf

only by degrees.

fection. How l

e at the demons

g, no man knoweth

;" but the false c

s until the goal of

sly earne

t's m

w of His right ha

discern the face

erial, - how mu

gn mental, and

nd sickness by ove

them, and by unders

ts and destroys t

er's mission to al

earts which

acy o

been divided acc

is not more unque

tests I have mad

sick. The cou

is required to cur

esigned to rebuke an

efficient in sickn

lt of in

erfere with truth, even as ritualism and creed hamper spi

s of

s with wisdom, T

r Science - blesse

s of comfort fro

gry and giving

thir

y to healt

come more familiar

inst false beliefs

gainst the appr

rers. We should

on the basis

sting pearls befor

oot, thereby robbin

he

ing th

keep proper ward

vils which infest it

with this so-c

and sickness,

ever cease. The pr

t the weary searc

te to the right

4 tho

must be thought

st control evil th

they will control yo

ok with desire on f

precept. He laid

he human mind, uns

aims reach no fart

ief permits. Evil t

ses cannot go forth,

nd to another, fi

virtue and truth bu

ctor infected with

ated mentally by o

uirements of

rs' fu

chools and the re

d with as direct

to their learnin

eries of char

d with virtue. Sch

is not so much acad

l culture, which l

thoughts of the t

pils, will reach high

the debased and u

h gems of scholarl

characters it shoul

ans' pr

he sick employ in

of virtue. They s

es to health and

rink of death,

h which is Life and

uld be able to teach

flesh weak, the p

Christ Jesus, the tr

27 p

ymen'

ying the watchto

tandard of Truth. T

rs spiritually, th

rapple with a

concepts. Love of

opularity, should st

th should emanate

rangled there. A spec

ow shall it be use

f humanity,

essional reputation

f God's laws, whic

tives induce the i

ho reiterate Christ'

ample that the div

s well

's respo

the strongest edu

er thoughts form

ind, and uncon

after a model od

fluence, "accordi

n the mount." He

Science, from whic

ailability of good

ry

n's tra

uld obey their pare

ing the buddings o

teach their c

ossible period th

dren are more trac

ly to love the simpl

e them hap

e children becaus

heir receptivene

ng between two opin

h makes easy and ra

ut

who had occasionall

wounded her fing

On being questioned

e is no sensation

ing eyes, she pres

nger is not

and

n months or years

ide their drugs, o

r little daughter

re stubborn be

en choke the good s

d their offspring. S

snatches away the

spro

ing c

uld be taught the T

r first lessons, an

ning theories o

To prevent the ex

keep out of the mi

diseased thoughts

n the same principle

an Science ea

ed in

unwilling to kno

e fallacy of matter

mselves a littl

ling to a belief

f matter, and expect

are willing to admi

mpatient at your e

igate the Science of

aints, they hug fal

sive con

nt wa

ts are not rightly v

well to wait till

ready for the bl

nges in person

the materia

Scriptural comma

ye separate," is

own, more than fla

n. Losing her crucif

nothing left but

o can be a

ed oppor

from Truth in times

erstood Truth. Fr

dom there will

know you not.

ebuke us when we a

erience we have no

arvest we have not s

labors of others.

e seek this remed

e suffer sever

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hood, is the

central emblem of

onstration of Chris

by which sin and sic

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lay it upon those

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God. If divine

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manifest reveal our

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he acknowledged

rms material concep

on of the body.

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omes from erring mort

n, sickness, death

gle in fount or s

orth perfection, fo

sends forth its o

e man said, "

sons fro

natural, spiritual

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pics, giant hil

verdant vales,

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ly towards

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all is one grand c

, suppose Mind t

in body, and yo

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ctified. If at pre

st learn to loathe

ess, we must becom

that mankind must so

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be ove

ndo the errors of sen

st farthing, until

ection to Truth.

's wages involves un

experience how to

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or the demands of

ncurs the hostility

ce to God, is c

oom o

s are laid up "w

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carries off the

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unreal as his pleas

hate, revenge, and

ruth. Stripped of

cking spect

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transformation o

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re, and that comp

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error of the ages

8 pra

all devotion is t

divine Love, he

n. Our Master said,

mmand

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each the Horeb hei

ner-stone of all sp

aptism of Spirit, wa

lesh, signifies tha

approaching spir

demonst

tual

a camel to go th

sinful beliefs to

l harmony. Through r

ration, mortals put

false individual

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claims of matter is

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over t

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one way to heaven,

shows us this wa

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a patient God, le

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t spirituality an

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are commonly misc

ey parted my

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estores every part

righte

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orance from the wor

ience and demonst

ough ignorance

nd modern

which made harm

vered men from th

urnace, from the

ick in every a

death. It cro

esus with unsurpasse

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any the letter of

peat the ancient demo

at those wonders

day, arises not so

s from lack of

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o not inform us th

consumptive, or

onveyed, morta

rtal and unerrin

e substratum of mor

hy; for God is "

nd matter has neit

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ation o

sciousness of er

ed. Life has

h. Truth, Life,

everything unlike

re nothing

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n, and death are no

ies which Truth d

imperfection. I

fount of all being,

deformity; therefo

ut is illusion, t

reveals these

sus demonstrat

nor obeying er

ive all our conce

een the cradle an

ness would have no

uld rob him of t

the Spirit of life

ee from the law o

er less

rth, maturity, an

bles, - subject t

ust in his earlie

admit the hyp

lly to his prim

as never more no

t in death or spri

be an instant when

tation, - when there

infinit

ot ev

is neither youn

nor death. He is not

y mind. He doe

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evil to good, or fro

s headlong into d

s poetry pictures

and decadence, inste

andeur and immorta

and p

hinking that we are

ing that illusion,

e history of an Engl

dical magazine c

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this mental state

sness of time, she

American travellers

supposed her to

ed face, no wrinkle

tly on cheek and bro

nted with her histo

be unde

e of youth preserve

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he coaxed the e

uds. Years had not

ognizance of passi

ng old. The bodily

oung manifested the i

age while believin

ate governed

ies never occur. On

possible to be you

that illustration

not according to law,

but an i

eflec

r began nor will

ions can never be an

ing between evil

ckness and healt

aculties are n

rfect and immorta

eir Maker. Man is by

he imperfect and e

rigin. The stream

its

f life by solar y

ge. The radiant sun

being. Manhood is i

ning sun. As the

sense of beauty fa

dawn upon the enraptu

rishable

rable

s. Chronological

orever. Time-tables

iracies again

cept for the

iting all that is go

than threescore

vigor, freshness,

immortal Mind, is a

eding year unfold

holi

life

al. We should find t

eof. Life and good

pe our views of

, freshness, and

o age an

beliefs reproduc

ef of physical life

so disastrous as

d teeth

e regain two of the

A woman of eighty

of sight. Ano

new teeth, inci

one molar. On

ll set of upper and

decaying

nal

s truth, is etern

passes away, fadi

ief. Custom, educ

ient standards

from age or decay,

adiance of Soul. Im

ritual sense, dra

ose higher concep

ranscend all m

ine lov

ace are independe

ualities before the

eauty is a thin

in the eterna

of His goodness in

color. It is Love wh

glances in the w

bow of beauty, bl

s, and covers ear

s of the person a

being, shining res

ver age

eauty is to have

at from the belief

to the unchanging ca

piritual

s end

s sight of loveliness

rvels that a frien

ul. Men and

larger lessons o

lity, instead of l

l Mind feeds the

airness, supplying it

troying the woes o

s to a ne

l scu

turns from the mar

is conception. We

ous forms, moul

t. What is the mo

ection, joy, sorro

d the mortal mod

en you are haunted i

eous forms. Do yo

perfect model? Th

r gaze continually.

w those lower patte

to your experience

eformity of

ect

must first turn o

n walk that way. W

hought and look at

er carve them o

selfishness, goodne

ess, love - the king

disease, and death

nally d

Science, relinquish

ive up imperfect m

let us have one God

ucing His own mod

ed se

female" of God's

divine energy of Spi

and recognizin

as able to dest

re subject to the div

cience of being. A

is delusive an

the author of matte

eator of illusions.

mnipotence is the

nd infinity never bega

unlike God. Whenc

tt

ive d

Christ, "the same y

nization and time

say, "I dream

take is that! The

d His likeness nev

Adam d

th are phases of the

igence are materia

nearer the fact o

mortals when awake.

s accompaniment.

falls short of the

ne flights q

phical

tion of Soul. He

ensation, and ther

when we divide Soul

d suppose error to

atter and matter

o act like intel

the matrix of

the o

nce is a dream; mor

ith "It is I." Spir

but understa

errs, and is eve

but knows; which

ual man is the lik

, but like a ray of l

he outcome of G

xistence

ind are one, and

ortal is not man, f

eary or pained,

e dream he ente

eam vanishes, the m

of these dream-s

lies listless, undi

and the mind se

ere any more rea

xistence than in

be, since whatever a

dream. Take away

more sense as a

the spiritual, re

existence goes on

hts chase one anot

he ground. Science re

th, nor will Scienc

the sport of

self-d

real, hence it is

ards self-destruc

mortal mind appa

more painful b

ld a fever become

6 it

ion o

t at certain stag

f into new paths.

tals wake to the

t they are not

ed the portals of

nothingness of erro

s sin, is an error

can de

nd's disa

arn how mankind g

ith in hygiene, in

ld learn wheth

hrough a belief i

ath, sin and pa

r understanding t

ct, acts upon the

ads the human min

e divine Mind to

r of sin, disease, d

understanding imp

and nothing is lef

ish or to

ual ig

intentional wron

seen and corrected

ony. Inharmoniou

ing it matter,

ison themselves i

ar with Science, an

divided against i

cannot

of Mind and of

occasions the only

logy and theology o

man re

beliefs learn eve

begin to disappe

f its operations

of Truth which

rtal, material erro

al verity, man creat

recognized as the

ke

trikingly with the testimony of Spirit. Material sense

ony of

dishonest, and no m

t adultery, rob,

mooth-tongued

opensity, deceit

pose, I mean to m

day. What a nice

where the good purp

am enthroned in

touch, an acciden

moment annihilate

atal. Like burstin

, and shine with

consumi

mony

g opposite tes

whose senses are

flects the infinite u

y of holiness, the

le glory, - all

mmortality to

and impart all bl

ithout beginning and

e and give all, f

f all, because

stowed pr

reader, I am leadin

vine rights, your h

s you read, you

ide of erring, mor

ower) able to

hat you are conqueri

lsity of so-called ma

tive to overcome th

or d

ndeavor

ve in and practise

your course and d

ion to right en

ness, for matter i

lieve yourself

lief and action wit

4 the

any supposed neces

owing (as you ough

obedience to a so-ca

. The belief in si

of God, which is

, of harmony instead

of the

and final

, "Be ye therefor

e human footsteps lea

ividuals are consi

, can "run, and n

faint," who ga

position, or at

discouragement. God

attle between Spiri

n. To stop eating,

lly before the spirit

step, is not legi

nd seek Truth righ

erfect mortals grasp

owly; but to /begin

f demonstrating th

ing, is d

l ages, absolute

ed prior to the c

not the power to de

ut the human self

God demands us t

abandon so fast as p

e spiritual which

and a

nd are in sympathy with error, what is there to disturb

oss an

h your bark upon th

of truth, you wil

be evil spoken

e it up and bear

he crown. Pilgrim

nger, thou art