,miscellaneous ,writings #ahhc-ahif by ,mary ,baker ,eddy ,discoverer and ,founder of ,christian ,science and ,author of ,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures ,published by the ,trustees under the ,will of ,mary ,baker ,g4 ,eddy ,boston1 ,u4 ,s4 ,a4 ,copyright1 #ahif ,by ,mary ,baker ,g4 ,eddy ,copyright renewed1 #aibd ,,contents ,dedication4 ,epigrams4 ,preface4 ,chapter ,i4 ,introductory4 ,prospectus4 ,a ,timely ,issue4 ,love ,your ,enemies4 ,christian ,theism4 ,the ,new ,birth4 ,chapter ,,ii4 ,one ,cause ,and ,effect4 ,chapter ,,iii4 ,questions ,and ,answers4 ,chapter ,,iv4 ,addresses4 ,christian ,science ,in ,tremont ,temple4 ,science ,and ,the ,senses4 ,extract ,from ,my ,first ,address ,in ,the ,mother ,church1 ,may #bf1 #ahie ,address ,before ,the ,alumni ,of ,the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college1 #ahie ,address ,before ,the ,christian ,scientist ,association ,of ,the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college1 ,in #ahic ,communion ,address1 ,january1 #ahif ,message ,to ,the ,annual ,meeting ,of ,the ,mother ,church1 ,boston1 #ahif ,chapter ,v4 ,letters4 ,to ,the ,mother ,church4 ,to ----1 ,on ,prayer4 ,to ,the ,national ,christian ,scientist ,association4 ,to ,the ,college ,association4 ,to ,the ,national ,christian ,scientist ,association4 ,to ,the ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,boston4 ,to ,donors ,of ,boat1 ,from ,toronto1 ,canada4 ,address1--,laying ,the ,corner-,stone4 ,to ,the ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,boston ,the ,first ,members ,of ,the ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,boston1 ,massachusetts ,extract ,from ,a ,letter ,to ,the ,mother ,church ,to ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,in ,oconto ,to ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,in ,scranton ,to ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,in ,denver ,to ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,in ,lawrence ,to ,correspondents ,to ,students ,to ,a ,student ,to ,a ,student ,extract ,from ,a ,christmas ,letter ,chapter ,,vi4 ,sermons4 ,a ,christmas ,sermon ,editor's ,extracts ,from ,sermon ,extract ,from ,a ,sermon ,delivered ,in ,boston1 ,january #ah1 #ahhe ,sunday ,services on ,july ,fourth ,easter ,services ,bible ,lessons ,chapter ,,vii4 ,pond ,and ,purpose4 ,chapter ,,viii4 ,precept ,upon ,precept 8,thy ,will ,be ,done0 8,put ,up ,thy ,sword0 ,scientific ,theism ,mental ,practice ,taking ,offense ,hints ,to ,the ,clergy ,perfidy ,and ,slander ,contagion ,improve ,your ,time ,thanksgiving ,dinner ,christian ,science ,injustice ,reformers ,mrs4 ,eddy ,sick 8,i've ,got ,cold0 8,prayer ,and ,healing0 ,veritas ,odium ,parit ,falsehood ,love ,address ,on ,the ,fourth ,of ,july ,at ,pleasant ,view1 ,concord1 ,n4 ,h41 ,before #b1ejj ,members ,of ,the ,mother ,church1 #ahig ,well ,doinge ,is ,the ,fruite ,of ,doinge ,well ,little ,gods ,advantage ,of ,mind-,healing ,a ,card ,spirit ,and ,law ,truth-,healing ,heart ,to ,heart ,things ,to ,be ,thought ,of ,unchristian ,rumor ,vainglory ,compounds ,close ,of ,the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college ,malicious ,reports ,loyal ,christian ,scientists ,the ,march ,primary ,class ,obtrusive ,mental ,healing ,wedlock ,judge ,not ,new ,commandment ,a ,cruce ,salus ,comparison to ,english ,barmaids ,a ,christian ,science ,statute ,advice ,to ,students ,notice ,angels ,deification ,of ,personality ,a ,card ,overflowing ,thoughts ,a ,great ,man ,and ,his ,saying ,words ,of ,commendation ,church ,and ,school ,class1 ,pulpit1 ,students' ,students ,my ,students ,and ,thy ,students ,unseen ,sin ,a ,word ,to ,the ,wise ,christmas ,card ,message ,to ,the ,mother ,church ,chapter ,,ix4 ,the ,fruit ,of ,spirit ,an ,allegory ,voices ,of ,spring 8,where ,art ,thou80 ,divine ,science ,fidelity ,true ,philosophy ,and ,communion ,origin ,of ,evil ,truth ,versus ,error ,fallibility ,of ,human ,concepts ,the ,way ,science ,and ,philosophy 8,take ,heed60 ,the ,cry ,of ,christmas-,tide ,blind ,leaders 8,christ ,and ,christmas0 ,sunrise ,at ,pleasant ,view ,chapter ,x4 ,inklings ,historic ,chapter ,,xi4 ,poems ,come ,thou ,meeting ,of ,my ,departed ,mother ,and ,husband ,love ,woman's ,rights ,the ,mother's ,evening ,prayer ,june ,wish ,and ,item ,the ,oak ,on ,the ,mountain's ,summit ,isle ,of ,wight ,hope ,rondelet ,to ,mr4 ,james ,t4 ,white ,autumn ,christ ,my ,refuge 8,feed ,my ,sheep0 ,communion ,hymn ,laus ,deo6 ,a ,verse ,chapter ,,xii4 ,testimonials ,footnotes ,,dedication4 ,to ,loyal ,christian ,scientists ,in ,this ,and ,every ,land ,i ,lovingly ,dedicate ,these ,practical ,teachings ,indispensable ,to ,the ,culture ,and ,achievements ,which ,constitute ,the ,success ,of ,a ,student ,and ,demonstrate ,the ,ethics ,of ,christian ,science ,mary ,baker ,eddy ,,epigrams4 ,pray thee1 take care1 that tak'st my book in hand1 ,to read it well2 that is1 to understand4 ,,ben ,,jonson3 ,epigram #a ,when ,i would know thee 444 my thought looks ,upon thy well made choice of friends and books2 ,then do ,i love thee1 and behold thy ends ,in making thy friends books1 and thy books friends4 ,,ben ,,jonson3 ,epigram #hf ,if worlds were formed by matter1 ,and mankind from the dust2 ,till time shall end more timely1 ,there's nothing here to trust4 ,thenceforth to evolution's ,geology1 we say1-- ,nothing have we gained therefrom1 ,and nothing have to pray3 ,my world has sprung from ,spirit1 ,in everlasting day2 ,whereof1 ,i've more to glory1 ,wherefor1 have much to pay4 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy ,,preface4 ,page ix4 ,transcriber's ,note3 ,the original book includes line numbers throughout the text1 for easy reference to the text by page number and line number4 ,this transcription retains those page and line numbers2 the numbers in square brackets at the right ends of lines are the original book's line numbers4 ,the paragraphs are not adjusted as is customary for text in e-books1 nor are words split by hyphens rejoined1 so that the lines shown below have the same words as the lines in the original book4 ,a certain apothegm of a ,talmudical philosopher #a suits my sense of doing good4 ,it reads thus3 8,the noblest charity is to prevent a man from accepting charity2 and the best alms are to show and to enable a man to dispense with alms40 #e ,in the early history of ,christian ,science1 among my thousands of students few were wealthy4 ,now1 ,christian ,scientists are not indigent2 and their comfortable fortunes are acquired by healing mankind morally1 physically1 spiritually4 ,the easel of time presents pictures--once #aj fragmentary and faint--now rejuvenated by the touch of ,god's right hand4 ,where joy1 sorrow1 hope1 disap- pointment1 sigh1 and smile commingled1 now hope sits dove-like4 ,to preserve a long course of years still and uniform1 #ae amid the uniform darkness of storm and cloud and tempest1 requires strength from above1--deep draughts from the fount of divine ,love4 ,truly may it be said3 ,there is an old age of the heart1 and a youth that never grows old2 a ,love that is a boy1 and a ,psyche who is #bj ever a girl4 ,the fleeting freshness of youth1 however1 is not the evergreen of ,soul2 the coloring glory of ,page x4 perpetual bloom2 the spiritual glow and grandeur of #a a consecrated life wherein dwelleth peace1 sacred and sincere in trial or in triumph4 ,the opportunity has at length offered itself for me to comply with an oft-repeated request2 namely1 to collect #e my miscellaneous writings published in ,the ,christian ,science ,journal1 since ,april1 #ahhc1 and republish them in book form1--accessible as reference1 and reliable as old landmarks4 ,owing to the manifold demands on my time in the early pioneer days1 most of these articles #aj were originally written in haste1 without due preparation4 ,to those heretofore in print1 a few articles are herein appended4 ,to some articles are affixed data1 where these are most requisite1 to serve as mile-stones measuring the distance1--or the difference between then and now1-- #ae in the opinions of men and the progress of our ,cause4 ,my signature has been slightly changed from my ,christian name1 ,mary ,morse ,baker4 ,timidity in early years caused me1 as an author1 to assume various noms de plume4 ,after my first marriage1 to ,colonel ,glover #bj of ,charleston1 ,south ,carolina1 ,i dropped the name of ,morse to retain my maiden name1--thinking that other- wise the name would be too long4 ,in #ahid1 ,i received from the ,daughters of the ,american ,revolution a certificate of membership made out to ,mary #be ,baker ,eddy1 and thereafter adopted that form of signature1 except in connection with my published works4 ,page xi4 ,the first edition of ,science and ,health having been #a copyrighted at the date of its issue1 #ahge1 in my name of ,glover1 caused me to retain the initial 8,g0 on my subsequent books4 ,these pages1 although a reproduction of what has #e been written1 are still in advance of their time2 and are richly rewarded by what they have hitherto achieved for the race4 ,while no offering can liquidate one's debt of gratitude to ,god1 the fervent heart and willing hand are not unknown to nor unrewarded by ,him4 #aj ,may this volume be to the reader a graphic guide- book1 pointing the path1 dating the unseen1 and enabling him to walk the untrodden in the hitherto unexplored fields of ,science4 ,at each recurring holiday the ,christian ,scientist will find herein a 8canny0 crumb2 and thus #ae may time's pastimes become footsteps to joys eternal4 ,realism will at length be found to surpass imagination1 and to suit and savor all literature4 ,the shuttlecock of religious intolerance will fall to the ground1 if there be no battledores to fling it back and forth4 ,it is reason for #bj rejoicing that the vox populi is inclined to grant us peace1 together with pardon for the preliminary battles that purchased it4 ,with tender tread1 thought sometimes walks in memory1 through the dim corridors of years1 on to old battle- #be grounds1 there sadly to survey the fields of the slain and the enemy's losses4 ,in compiling this work1 ,i have tried ,page xii4 to remove the pioneer signs and ensigns of war1 and to #a retain at this date the privileged armaments of peace4 ,with armor on1 ,i continue the march1 command and countermand2 meantime interluding with loving thought this afterpiece of battle4 ,supported1 cheered1 ,i take my #e pen and pruning-hook1 to 8learn war no more10 and with strong wing to lift my readers above the smoke of conflict into light and liberty4 ,mary ,baker ,eddy ,,concord1 ,n4,h4 ,january1 #ahig ,,chapter ,i4 ,,introductory4 ,prospectus4 ,page #a4 ,the ancient ,greek looked longingly for the ,olym- #a piad4 ,the ,chaldee watched the appearing of a star2 to him1 no higher destiny dawned on the dome of being than that foreshadowed by signs in the heav- #e ens4 ,the meek ,nazarene1 the scoffed of all scoffers1 said1 8,ye can discern the face of the sky2 but can ye not discern the signs of the times80--for he forefelt and foresaw the ordeal of a perfect ,christianity1 hated by sinners4 #aj ,to kindle all minds with a gleam of gratitude1 the new idea that comes welling up from infinite ,truth needs to be understood4 ,the seer of this age should be a sage4 ,humility is the stepping-stone to a higher recognition #ae of ,deity4 ,the mounting sense gathers fresh forms and strange fire from the ashes of dissolving self1 and drops the world4 ,meekness heightens immortal attributes only by removing the dust that dims them4 ,goodness reveals another scene and another self seemingly rolled #bj up in shades1 but brought to light by the evolutions of ,page #b4 advancing thought1 whereby we discern the power of #a ,truth and ,love to heal the sick4 ,pride is ignorance2 those assume most who have the least wisdom or experience2 and they steal from their neighbor1 because they have so little of their own4 #e ,the signs of these times portend a long and strong determination of mankind to cleave to the world1 the flesh1 and evil1 causing great obscuration of ,spirit4 ,when we remember that ,god is just1 and admit the total depravity of mortals1 alias mortal mind1--and that #aj this ,adam legacy must first be seen1 and then must be subdued and recompensed by justice1 the eternal attri- bute of ,truth1--the outlook demands labor1 and the laborers seem few4 ,to-day we behold but the first faint view of a more spiritual ,christianity1 that embraces #ae a deeper and broader philosophy and a more rational and divine healing4 ,the time approaches when divine ,life1 ,truth1 and ,love will be found alone the remedy for sin1 sickness1 and death2 when ,god1 man's saving ,principle1 and ,christ1 the spiritual idea of ,god1 will be revealed4 #bj ,man's probation after death is the necessity of his immortality2 for good dies not and evil is self-destruc- tive1 therefore evil must be mortal and self-destroyed4 ,if man should not progress after death1 but should re- main in error1 he would be inevitably self-annihilated4 #be ,those upon whom 8the second death hath no power0 are those who progress here and hereafter out of evil1 their mortal element1 and into good that is immortal2 thus laying off the material beliefs that war against ,spirit1 and putting on the spiritual elements in divine #cj ,science4 ,while we entertain decided views as to the best method ,page #c4 for elevating the race physically1 morally1 and spiritually1 #a and shall express these views as duty demands1 we shall claim no especial gift from our divine origin1 no supernatural power4 ,if we regard good as more natural than evil1 and spiritual understanding--the true knowl- #e edge of ,god--as imparting the only power to heal the sick and the sinner1 we shall demonstrate in our lives the power of ,truth and ,love4 ,the lessons we learn in divine ,science are applica- ble to all the needs of man4 ,jesus taught them for this #aj very purpose2 and his demonstration hath taught us that 8through his stripes0--his life-experience--and divine ,science1 brought to the understanding through ,christ1 the ,spirit-revelator1 is man healed and saved4 ,no opinions of mortals nor human hypotheses enter this #ae line of thought or action4 ,drugs1 inert matter1 never are needed to aid spiritual power4 ,hygiene1 manipulation1 and mesmerism are not ,mind's medicine4 ,the ,principle of all cure is ,god1 unerring and immortal ,mind4 ,we have learned that the erring or mortal thought holds #bj in itself all sin1 sickness1 and death1 and imparts these states to the body2 while the supreme and perfect ,mind1 as seen in the truth of being1 antidotes and destroys these material elements of sin and death4 ,because ,god is supreme and omnipotent1 materia #be medica1 hygiene1 and animal magnetism are impotent2 and their only supposed efficacy is in apparently delud- ing reason1 denying revelation1 and dethroning ,deity4 ,the tendency of mental healing is to uplift mankind2 but this method perverted1 is 8,satan let loose40 ,hence the #cj deep demand for the ,science of psychology to meet sin1 and uncover it2 thus to annihilate hallucination4 ,page #d4 ,thought imbued with purity1 ,truth1 and ,love1 in- #a structed in the ,science of metaphysical healing1 is the most potent and desirable remedial agent on the earth4 ,at this period there is a marked tendency of mortal mind to plant mental healing on the basis of hypnotism1 #e calling this method 8mental science40 ,all ,science is ,christian ,science2 the ,science of the ,mind that is ,god1 and of the universe as ,his idea1 and their relation to each other4 ,its only power to heal is its power to do good1 not evil4 ,a ,timely ,issue4 ,at this date1 #ahhc1 a newspaper edited and published by the ,christian ,scientists has become a necessity4 ,many questions important to be disposed of come to the ,col- lege and to the practising students1 yet but little time #ae has been devoted to their answer4 ,further enlight- enment is necessary for the age1 and a periodical de- voted to this work seems alone adequate to meet the requirement4 ,much interest is awakened and expressed on the subject of metaphysical healing1 but in many #bj minds it is confounded with isms1 and even infidelity1 so that its religious specialty and the vastness of its worth are not understood4 ,it is often said1 8,you must have a very strong will- power to heal10 or1 8,it must require a great deal of faith #be to make your demonstrations40 ,when it is answered that there is no will-power required1 and that something more than faith is necessary1 we meet with an expression of incredulity4 ,it is not alone the mission of ,christian ,science to heal the sick1 but to destroy sin in mortal #cj ,page #e4 thought4 ,this work well done will elevate and purify #a the race4 ,it cannot fail to do this if we devote our best energies to the work4 ,science reveals man as spiritual1 harmonious1 and eter- nal4 ,this should be understood4 ,our ,college should #e be crowded with students who are willing to consecrate themselves to this ,christian work4 ,mothers should be able to produce perfect health and perfect morals in their children--and ministers1 to heal the sick--by study- ing this scientific method of practising ,christianity4 #aj ,many say1 8,i should like to study1 but have not suffi- cient faith that ,i have the power to heal40 ,the healing power is ,truth and ,love1 and these do not fail in the greatest emergencies4 ,materia medica says1 8,i can do no more4 ,i have #ae done all that can be done4 ,there is nothing to build upon4 ,there is no longer any reason for hope40 ,then metaphysics comes in1 armed with the power of ,spirit1 not matter1 takes up the case hopefully and builds on the stone that the builders have rejected1 and is suc- #bj cessful4 ,metaphysical therapeutics can seem a miracle and a mystery to those only who do not understand the grand reality that ,mind controls the body4 ,they acknowledge an erring or mortal mind1 but believe it to be brain mat- #be ter4 ,that man is the idea of infinite ,mind1 always perfect in ,god1 in ,truth1 ,life1 and ,love1 is something not easily accepted1 weighed down as is mortal thought with mate- rial beliefs4 ,that which never existed1 can seem solid substance to this thought4 ,it is much easier for people #cj to believe that the body affects the mind1 than that the mind affects the body4 ,page #f4 ,we hear from the pulpits that sickness is sent as a #a discipline to bring man nearer to ,god1--even though sickness often leaves mortals but little time free from complaints and fretfulness1 and ,jesus cast out disease as evil4 #e ,the most of our ,christian ,science practitioners have plenty to do1 and many more are needed for the ad- vancement of the age4 ,at present the majority of the acute cases are given to the ,m4 ,d4's1 and only those cases that are pronounced incurable are passed over to #aj the ,scientist4 ,the healing of such cases should cer- tainly prove to all minds the power of metaphysics over physics2 and it surely does1 to many thinkers1 as the rapid growth of the work shows4 ,at no distant day1 ,christian healing will rank far in advance of allopathy #ae and homopathy2 for ,truth must ultimately succeed where error fails4 ,mind governs all4 ,that we exist in ,god1 perfect1 there is no doubt1 for the conceptions of ,life1 ,truth1 and ,love must be perfect2 and with that basic truth we con- #bj quer sickness1 sin1 and death4 ,frequently it requires time to overcome the patient's faith in drugs and mate- rial hygiene2 but when once convinced of the uselessness of such material methods1 the gain is rapid4 ,it is a noticeable fact1 that in families where laws #be of health are strictly enforced1 great caution is observed in regard to diet1 and the conversation chiefly confined to the ailments of the body1 there is the most sickness4 ,take a large family of children where the mother has all that she can attend to in keeping them clothed and fed1 and health is generally the rule2 whereas1 in small families of one or two children1 sickness is by no means ,page #g4 the exception4 ,these children must not be allowed to #a eat certain food1 nor to breathe the cold air1 because there is danger in it2 when they perspire1 they must be loaded down with coverings until their bodies become dry1--and the mother of one child is often busier than #e the mother of eight4 ,great charity and humility is necessary in this work of healing4 ,the loving patience of ,jesus1 we must strive to emulate4 8,thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself0 has daily to be exemplified2 and1 although #aj skepticism and incredulity prevail in places where one would least expect it1 it harms not2 for if serving ,christ1 ,truth1 of what can mortal opinion avail8 ,cast not your pearls before swine2 but if you cannot bring peace to all1 you can to many1 if faithful laborers in ,his #ae vineyard4 ,looking over the newspapers of the day1 one naturally reflects that it is dangerous to live1 so loaded with disease seems the very air4 ,these descriptions carry fears to many minds1 to be depicted in some future time upon #bj the body4 ,a periodical of our own will counteract to some extent this public nuisance2 for through our paper1 at the price at which we shall issue it1 we shall be able to reach many homes with healing1 purifying thought4 ,a great work already has been done1 and a greater work #be yet remains to be done4 ,oftentimes we are denied the results of our labors because people do not understand the nature and power of metaphysics1 and they think that health and strength would have returned natu- rally without any assistance4 ,this is not so much from #cj a lack of justice1 as it is that the mens populi is not suffi- ciently enlightened on this great subject4 ,more thought ,page #h4 is given to material illusions than to spiritual facts4 ,if #a we can aid in abating suffering and diminishing sin1 we shall have accomplished much2 but if we can bring to the general thought this great fact that drugs do not1 cannot1 produce health and harmony1 since 8in ,him #e ,mind we live1 and move1 and have our being10 we shall have done more40 ,love ,your ,enemies4 ,who is thine enemy that thou shouldst love him8 ,is it a creature or a thing outside thine own creation8 #aj ,can you see an enemy1 except you first formulate this enemy and then look upon the object of your own conception8 ,what is it that harms you8 ,can height1 or depth1 or any other creature separate you from the ,love that is omnipresent good1--that blesses infinitely #ae one and all8 ,simply count your enemy to be that which defiles1 defaces1 and dethrones the ,christ-image that you should reflect4 ,whatever purifies1 sanctifies1 and consecrates human life1 is not an enemy1 however much we suffer in #bj the process4 ,shakespeare writes3 8,sweet are the uses of adversity40 ,jesus said3 8,blessed are ye1 when men shall revile you1 and persecute you1 and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely1 for my sake2 444 for so persecuted they the prophets which were before #be you40 ,the ,hebrew law with its 8,thou shalt not10 its de- mand and sentence1 can only be fulfilled through the gospel's benediction4 ,then1 8,blessed are ye10 inso- ,page #i4 much as the consciousness of good1 grace1 and peace1 #a comes through affliction rightly understood1 as sanctified by the purification it brings to the flesh1--to pride1 self- ignorance1 self-will1 self-love1 self-justification4 ,sweet1 indeed1 are these uses of ,his rod6 ,well is it that the #e ,shepherd of ,israel passes all ,his flock under ,his rod into ,his fold2 thereby numbering them1 and giving them refuge at last from the elements of earth4 8,love thine enemies0 is identical with 8,thou hast no enemies40 ,wherein is this conclusion relative to #aj those who have hated thee without a cause8 ,simply1 in that those unfortunate individuals are virtually thy best friends4 ,primarily and ultimately1 they are doing thee good far beyond the present sense which thou canst entertain of good4 #ae ,whom we call friends seem to sweeten life's cup and to fill it with the nectar of the gods4 ,we lift this cup to our lips2 but it slips from our grasp1 to fall in frag- ments before our eyes4 ,perchance1 having tasted its tempting wine1 we become intoxicated2 become lethar- #bj gic1 dreamy objects of self-satisfaction2 else1 the con- tents of this cup of selfish human enjoyment having lost its flavor1 we voluntarily set it aside as tasteless and unworthy of human aims4 ,and wherefore our failure longer to relish this fleet- #be ing sense1 with its delicious forms of friendship1 wherewith mortals become educated to gratification in personal pleasure and trained in treacherous peace8 ,because it is the great and only danger in the path that winds upward4 ,a false sense of what consti- #cj tutes happiness is more disastrous to human progress than all that an enemy or enmity can obtrude upon ,page #aj4 the mind or engraft upon its purposes and achievements #a wherewith to obstruct life's joys and enhance its sor- rows4 ,we have no enemies4 ,whatever envy1 hatred1 revenge --the most remorseless motives that govern mortal mind #e --whatever these try to do1 shall 8work together for good to them that love ,god40 ,why8 ,because ,he has called ,his own1 armed them1 equipped them1 and furnished them defenses impregnable4 ,their #aj ,god will not let them be lost2 and if they fall they shall rise again1 stronger than before the stumble4 ,the good cannot lose their ,god1 their help in times of trouble4 ,if they mistake the divine command1 they will recover it1 countermand their order1 retrace their steps1 and #ae reinstate ,his orders1 more assured to press on safely4 ,the best lesson of their lives is gained by crossing swords with temptation1 with fear and the besetments of evil2 insomuch as they thereby have tried their strength and proven it2 insomuch as they have found #bj their strength made perfect in weakness1 and their fear is self-immolated4 ,this destruction is a moral chemicalization1 wherein old things pass away and all things become new4 ,the worldly or material tendencies of human affections and #be pursuits are thus annihilated2 and this is the advent of spiritualization4 ,heaven comes down to earth1 and mortals learn at last the lesson1 8,i have no enemies40 ,even in belief you have but one 7that1 not in reality71 and this one enemy is yourself--your erroneous belief #cj that you have enemies2 that evil is real2 that aught but good exists in ,science4 ,soon or late1 your enemy will ,page #aa4 wake from his delusion to suffer for his evil intent2 to #a find that1 though thwarted1 its punishment is tenfold4 ,love is the fulfilling of the law3 it is grace1 mercy1 and justice4 ,i used to think it sufficiently just to abide by our ,state statutes2 that if a man should aim a ball at #e my heart1 and ,i by firing first could kill him and save my own life1 that this was right4 ,i thought1 also1 that if ,i taught indigent students gratuitously1 afterwards assisting them pecuniarily1 and did not cease teachi ing the wayward ones at close of the class term1 but #aj followed them with precept upon precept2 that if my instructions had healed them and shown them the sure way of salvation1--,i had done my whole duty to students4 ,love metes not out human justice1 but divine mercy4 ,if one's life were attacked1 and one could save it only #ae in accordance with common law1 by taking another's1 would one sooner give up his own8 ,we must love our enemies in all the manifestations wherein and whereby we love our friends2 must even try not to expose their faults1 but to do them good whenever opportunity #bj occurs4 ,to mete out human justice to those who per- secure and despitefully use one1 is not leaving all retribu- tion to ,god and returning blessing for cursing4 ,if special opportunity for doing good to one's enemies occur not1 one can include them in his general effort to benefit the #be race4 ,because ,i can do much general good to such as hate me1 ,i do it with earnest1 special care--since they permit me no other way1 though with tears have ,i striven for it4 ,when smitten on one cheek1 ,i have turned the other3 ,i have but two to present4 #cj ,i would enjoy taking by the hand all who love me not1 and saying to them1 8,i love you1 and would not know- ,page #ab4 ingly harm you40 ,because ,i thus feel1 ,i say to others3 #a ,hate no one2 for hatred is a plague-spot that spreads its virus and kills at last4 ,if indulged1 it masters us2 brings suffering upon suffering to its possessor1 through- out time and beyond the grave4 ,if you have been badly #e wronged1 forgive and forget3 ,god will recompense this wrong1 and punish1 more severely than you could1 him who has striven to injure you4 ,never return evil for evil2 and1 above all1 do not fancy that you have been wronged when you have not been4 #aj ,the present is ours2 the future1 big with events4 ,every man and woman should be to-day a law to him- self1 herself1--a law of loyalty to ,jesus' ,sermon on the ,mount4 ,the means for sinning unseen and unpunished have so increased that1 unless one be watchful and stead- #ae fast in ,love1 one's temptations to sin are increased a hundredfold4 ,mortal mind at this period mutely works in the interest of both good and evil in a manner least understood2 hence the need of watching1 and the danger of yielding to temptation from causes that at former #bj periods in human history were not existent4 ,the action and effects of this so-called human mind in its silent argu- ments1 are yet to be uncovered and summarily dealt with by divine justice4 ,in ,christian ,science1 the law of ,love rejoices the heart2 #be and ,love is ,life and ,truth4 ,whatever manifests aught else in its effects upon mankind1 demonstrably is not ,love4 ,we should measure our love for ,god by our love for man2 and our sense of ,science will be measured by our obedience to ,god1--fulfilling the law of ,love1 doing good to all2 #cj imparting1 so far as we reflect them1 ,truth1 ,life1 and ,love to all within the radius of our atmosphere of thought4 ,page #ac4 ,the only justice of which ,i feel at present capable1 #a is mercy and charity toward every one1--just so far as one and all permit me to exercise these sentiments toward them1--taking special care to mind my own business4 ,the falsehood1 ingratitude1 misjudgment1 and sharp #e return of evil for good--yea1 the real wrongs 7if wrong can be real7 which ,i have long endured at the hands of others--have most happily wrought out for me the law of loving mine enemies4 ,this law ,i now urge upon the solemn consideration of all ,christian ,scientists4 ,jesus #aj said1 8,if ye love them which love you1 what thank have ye8 for sinners also love those that love them40 ,christian ,theism4 ,scholastic theology elaborates the proposition that evil is a factor of good1 and that to believe in the reality #ae of evil is essential to a rounded sense of the existence of good4 ,this frail hypothesis is founded upon the basis of mate- rial and mortal evidence--only upon what the shifting mortal senses confirm and frail human reason accepts4 #bj ,the ,science of ,soul reverses this proposition1 overturns the testimony of the five erring senses1 and reveals in clearer divinity the existence of good only2 that is1 of ,god and ,his idea4 ,this postulate of divine ,science only needs to be con- #be ceded1 to afford opportunity for proof of its correctness and the clearer discernment of good4 ,seek the ,anglo-,saxon term for ,god1 and you will find it to be good2 then define good as ,god1 and you will find that good is omnipotence1 has all power2 it fills #cj ,page #ad4 all space1 being omnipresent2 hence1 there is neither place #a nor power left for evil4 ,divest your thought1 then1 of the mortal and material view which contradicts the ever- presence and all-power of good2 take in only the immor- tal facts which include these1 and where will you see or #e feel evil1 or find its existence necessary either to the origin or ultimate of good8 ,it is urged that1 from his original state of perfec- tion1 man has fallen into the imperfection that requires evil through which to develop good4 ,were we to #aj admit this vague proposition1 the ,science of man could never be learned2 for in order to learn ,science1 we begin with the correct statement1 with harmony and its ,principle2 and if man has lost his ,principle and its harmony1 from evidences before him he is inca- #ae pable of knowing the facts of existence and its con- comitants3 therefore to him evil is as real and eternal as good1 ,god6 ,this awful deception is evil's umpire and empire1 that good1 ,god1 understood1 forcibly destroys4 #bj ,what appears to mortals from their standpoint to be the necessity for evil1 is proven by the law of opposites to be without necessity4 ,good is the primitive ,princi- ple of man2 and evil1 good's opposite1 has no ,principle1 and is not1 and cannot be1 the derivative of good4 #be ,thus evil is neither a primitive nor a derivative1 but is suppositional2 in other words1 a lie that is incapable of proof--therefore1 wholly problematical4 ,the ,science of ,truth annihilates error1 deprives evil of all power1 and thereby destroys all error1 sin1 sickness1 #cj disease1 and death4 ,but the sinner is not sheltered from suffering from sin3 he makes a great reality of evil1 iden- ,page #ae4 tifies himself with it1 fancies he finds pleasure in it1 and #a will reap what he sows2 hence the sinner must endure the effects of his delusion until he awakes from it4 ,the ,new ,birth4 ,st4 ,paul speaks of the new birth as 8waiting for the #e adoption1 to wit1 the redemption of our body40 ,the great ,nazarene ,prophet said1 8,blessed are the pure in heart3 for they shall see ,god40 ,nothing aside from the spiritualization--yea1 the highest ,christianization--of thought and desire1 can give the true perception of ,god #aj and divine ,science1 that results in health1 happiness1 and holiness4 ,the new birth is not the work of a moment4 ,it begins with moments1 and goes on with years2 moments of sur- render to ,god1 of childlike trust and joyful adoption #ae of good2 moments of self-abnegation1 self-consecration1 heaven-born hope1 and spiritual love4 ,time may commence1 but it cannot complete1 the new birth3 eternity does this2 for progress is the law of infinity4 ,only through the sore travail of mortal mind #bj shall soul as sense be satisfied1 and man awake in ,his likeness4 ,what a faith-lighted thought is this6 that mortals can lay off the 8old man10 until man is found to be the image of the infinite good that we name ,god1 and the fulness of the stature of man in ,christ appears4 #be ,in mortal and material man1 goodness seems in em- bryo4 ,by suffering for sin1 and the gradual fading out of the mortal and material sense of man1 thought is de- veloped into an infant ,christianity2 and1 feeding at first on the milk of the ,word1 it drinks in the sweet revealings #cj ,page #af4 of a new and more spiritual ,life and ,love4 ,these nourish #a the hungry hope1 satisfy more the cravings for immor- tality1 and so comfort1 cheer1 and bless one1 that he saith3 ,in mine infancy1 this is enough of heaven to come down to earth4 #e ,but1 as one grows into the manhood or womanhood of ,christianity1 one finds so much lacking1 and so very much requisite to become wholly ,christlike1 that one saith3 ,the ,principle of ,christianity is infinite3 it is indeed ,god2 and this infinite ,principle hath infinite #aj claims on man1 and these claims are divine1 not human2 and man's ability to meet them is from ,god2 for1 being ,his likeness and image1 man must reflect the full dominion of ,spirit--even its supremacy over sin1 sick- ness1 and death4 #ae ,here1 then1 is the awakening from the dream of life in matter1 to the great fact that ,god is the only ,life2 that1 therefore1 we must entertain a higher sense of both ,god and man4 ,we must learn that ,god is infinitely more than a person1 or finite form1 can contain2 that #bj ,god is a divine ,whole1 and ,all1 an all-pervading in- telligence and ,love1 a divine1 infinite ,principle2 and that ,christianity is a divine ,science4 ,this newly awakened consciousness is wholly spiritual2 it emanates from ,soul instead of body1 and is the new birth begun #be in ,christian ,science4 ,now1 dear reader1 pause for a moment with me1 earn- estly to contemplate this new-born spiritual altitude2 for this statement demands demonstration4 ,here you stand face to face with the laws of infinite #cj ,spirit1 and behold for the first time the irresistible con- flict between the flesh and ,spirit4 ,you stand before the ,page #ag4 awful detonations of ,sinai4 ,you hear and record the #a thunderings of the spiritual law of ,life1 as opposed to the material law of death2 the spiritual law of ,love1 as opposed to the material sense of love2 the law of om- nipotent harmony and good1 as opposed to any supposi- #e titious law of sin1 sickness1 or death4 ,and1 before the flames have died away on this mount of revelation1 like the patriarch of old1 you take off your shoes--lay aside your material appendages1 human opinions and doc- trines1 give up your more material religion with its rites #aj and ceremonies1 put off your materia medica and hygiene as worse than useless--to sit at the feet of ,jesus4 ,then1 you meekly bow before the ,christ1 the spiritual idea that our great ,master gave of the power of ,god to heal and to save4 ,then it is that you behold for the first #ae time the divine ,principle that redeems man from under the curse of materialism1--sin1 disease1 and death4 ,this spiritual birth opens to the enraptured understand- ing a much higher and holier conception of the supremacy of ,spirit1 and of man as ,his likeness1 whereby man reflects #bj the divine power to heal the sick4 ,a material or human birth is the appearing of a mor- tal1 not the immortal man4 ,this birth is more or less prolonged and painful1 according to the timely or un- timely circumstances1 the normal or abnormal material #be conditions attending it4 ,with the spiritual birth1 man's primitive1 sinless1 spiritual existence dawns on human thought1--through the travail of mortal mind1 hope deferred1 the perishing pleasure and accumulating pains of sense1--by which #cj one loses himself as matter1 and gains a truer sense of ,spirit and spiritual man4 ,page #ah4 ,the purification or baptismals that come from ,spirit1 #a develop1 step by step1 the original likeness of perfect man1 and efface the mark of the beast4 8,whom the ,lord loveth ,he chasteneth1 and scourgeth every son whom ,he receiveth20 therefore rejoice in tribulation1 and wel- #e come these spiritual signs of the new birth under the law and gospel of ,christ1 ,truth4 ,the prominent laws which forward birth in the divine order of ,science1 are these3 8,thou shalt have no other gods before me20 8,love thy neighbor as thyself10 #aj ,these commands of infinite wisdom1 translated into the new tongue1 their spiritual meaning1 signify3 ,thou shalt love ,spirit only1 not its opposite1 in every ,god- quality1 even in substance2 thou shalt recognize thy- self as ,god's spiritual child only1 and the true man #ae and true woman1 the all-harmonious 8male and female10 as of spiritual origin1 ,god's reflection1--thus as chil- dren of one common ,parent1--wherein and whereby ,father1 ,mother1 and child are the divine ,principle and divine idea1 even the divine 8,us0--one in good1 and #bj good in ,one4 ,with this recognition man could never separate him- self from good1 ,god2 and he would necessarily entertain habitual love for his fellow-man4 ,only by admitting evil as a reality1 and entering into a state of evil #be thoughts1 can we in belief separate one man's interests from those of the whole human family1 or thus attempt to separate ,life from ,god4 ,this is the mistake that causes much that must be repented of and overcome4 ,not to know what is blessing you1 but to believe that #cj aught that ,god sends is unjust1--or that those whom ,he commissions bring to you at ,his demand that which ,page #ai4 is unjust1--is wrong and cruel4 ,envy1 evil thinking1 #a evil speaking1 covetousness1 lust1 hatred1 malice1 are always wrong1 and will break the rule of ,christian ,science and prevent its demonstration2 but the rod of ,god1 and the obedience demanded of ,his servants in #e carrying out what ,he teaches them1--these are never unmerciful1 never unwise4 ,the task of healing the sick is far lighter than that of so teaching the divine ,principle and rules of ,chris- tian ,science as to lift the affections and motives of men #aj to adopt them and bring them out in human lives4 ,he who has named the name of ,christ1 who has virtually accepted the divine claims of ,truth and ,love in divine ,science1 is daily departing from evil2 and all the wicked endeavors of suppositional demons can never change the #ae current of that life from steadfastly flowing on to ,god1 its divine source4 ,but1 taking the livery of heaven wherewith to cover iniquity1 is the most fearful sin that mortals can commit4 ,i should have more faith in an honest drugging-doctor1 #bj one who abides by his statements and works upon as high a basis as he understands1 healing me1 than ,i could or would have in a smooth-tongued hypocrite or mental malpractitioner4 ,between the centripetal and centrifugal mental forces #be of material and spiritual gravitations1 we go into or we go out of materialism or sin1 and choose our course and its results4 ,which1 then1 shall be our choice1--the sin- ful1 material1 and perishable1 or the spiritual1 joy-giving1 and eternal8 #cj ,the spiritual sense of ,life and its grand pursuits is of itself a bliss1 health-giving and joy-inspiring4 ,this ,page #bj4 sense of ,life illumes our pathway with the radiance of #a divine ,love2 heals man spontaneously1 morally and physically1--exhaling the aroma of ,jesus' own words1 8,come unto me1 all ye that labor and are heavy laden1 and ,i will give you rest40 #e ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,one ,,cause ,,and ,,effect4 ,page #ba4 ,christian ,science begins with the ,first ,com- #a mandment of the ,hebrew ,decalogue1 8,thou shalt have no other gods before me40 ,it goes on in perfect unity with ,christ's ,sermon on the ,mount1 and in that age culminates in the ,revelation of ,st4 ,john1 #e who1 while on earth and in the flesh1 like ourselves1 beheld 8a new heaven and a new earth10--the spiritual universe1 whereof ,christian ,science now bears testimony4 ,our ,master said1 8,the works that ,i do shall ye do also20 and1 8,the kingdom of ,god is within you40 ,this #aj makes practical all his words and works4 ,as the ages advance in spirituality1 ,christian ,science will be seen to depart from the trend of other ,christian denomina- tions in no wise except by increase of spirituality4 ,my first plank in the platform of ,christian ,science #ae is as follows3 8,there is no life1 truth1 intelligence1 nor substance in matter4 ,all is infinite ,mind and its infinite manifestation1 for ,god is ,all-in-all4 ,spirit is immortal ,truth2 matter is mortal error4 ,spirit is the real and eternal2 matter is the unreal and temporal4 ,spirit is #bj ,god1 and man is ,his image and likeness4 ,therefore man is not material2 he is spiritual407#a7 ,page #bb4 ,i am strictly a theist--believe in one ,god1 one ,christ #a or ,messiah4 ,science is neither a law of matter nor of man4 ,it is the unerring manifesto of ,mind1 the law of ,god1 its divine ,principle4 ,who dare say that matter or #e mortals can evolve ,science8 ,whence1 then1 is it1 if not from the divine source1 and what1 but the contempor- ary of ,christianity1 so far in advance of human knowl- edge that mortals must work for the discovery of even a portion of it8 ,christian ,science translates ,mind1 ,god1 #aj to mortals4 ,it is the infinite calculus defining the line1 plane1 space1 and fourth dimension of ,spirit4 ,it abso- lutely refutes the amalgamation1 transmigration1 absorp- tion1 or annihilation of individuality4 ,it shows the impossibility of transmitting human ills1 or evil1 from one #ae individual to another2 that all true thoughts revolve in ,god's orbits3 they come from ,god and return to ,him1--and untruths belong not to ,his creation1 there- fore these are null and void4 ,it hath no peer1 no comp- petitor1 for it dwelleth in ,him besides whom 8there is #bj none other40 ,that ,christian ,science is ,christian1 those who have demonstrated it1 according to the rules of its divine ,principle1--together with the sick1 the lame1 the deaf1 and the blind1 healed by it1--have proven to a waiting world4 #be ,he who has not tested it1 is incompetent to condemn it2 and he who is a willing sinner1 cannot demonstrate it4 ,a falling apple suggested to ,newton more than the simple fact cognized by the senses1 to which it seemed to fall by reason of its own ponderosity2 but the primal #cj cause1 or ,mind-force1 invisible to material sense1 lay concealed in the treasure-troves of ,science4 ,true1 ,page #bc4 ,newton named it gravitation1 having learned so much2 #a but ,science1 demanding more1 pushes the question3 ,whence or what is the power back of gravitation1--the intelligence that manifests power8 ,is pantheism true8 ,does mind 8sleep in the mineral1 or dream in the #e animal1 and wake in man08 ,christianity answers this question4 ,the prophets1 ,jesus1 and the apostles1 demon- strated a divine intelligence that subordinates so-called material laws2 and disease1 death1 winds1 and waves1 obey this intelligence4 ,was it ,mind or matter that spake #aj in creation1 8and it was done08 ,the answer is self- evident1 and the command remains1 8,thou shalt have no other gods before me40 ,it is plain that the ,me spoken of in the ,first ,com- mandment1 must be ,mind2 for matter is not the ,chris- #ae tian's ,god1 and is not intelligent4 ,matter cannot even talk2 and the serpent1 ,satan1 the first talker in its behalf1 lied4 ,reason and revelation declare that ,god is both noumenon and phenomena1--the first and only cause4 ,the universe1 including man1 is not a result of atomic #bj action1 material force or energy2 it is not organized dust4 ,god1 ,spirit1 ,mind1 are terms synonymous for the one ,god1 whose reflection is creation1 and man is ,his image and likeness4 ,few there are who comprehend what ,chris- tian ,science means by the word reflection4 ,god is seen #be only in that which reflects good1 ,life1 ,truth1 ,love-- yea1 which manifests all ,his attributes and power1 even as the human likeness thrown upon the mirror repeats precisely the looks and actions of the object in front of it4 ,all must be ,mind and ,mind's ideas2 since1 according to #cj natural science1 ,god1 ,spirit1 could not change its species and evolve matter4 ,page #bd4 ,these facts enjoin the ,first ,commandment2 and #a knowledge of them makes man spiritually minded4 ,st4 ,paul writes3 8,for to be carnally minded is death2 but to be spiritually minded is life and peace40 ,this knowl- edge came to me in an hour of great need2 and ,i give it #e to you as death-bed testimony to the daystar that dawned on the night of material sense4 ,this knowledge is practical1 for it wrought my immediate recovery from an injury caused by an accident1 and pronounced fatal by the physicians4 ,on the third day thereafter1 ,i called #aj for my ,bible1 and opened it at ,matthew ix4 #b4 ,as ,i read1 the healing ,truth dawned upon my sense2 and the result was that ,i rose1 dressed myself1 and ever after was in better health than ,i had before enjoyed4 ,that short experience included a glimpse of the great fact #ae that ,i have since tried to make plain to others1 namely1 ,life in and of ,spirit2 this ,life being the sole reality of existence4 ,i learned that mortal thought evolves a sub- jective state which it names matter1 thereby shutting out the true sense of ,spirit4 ,per contra1 ,mind and man #bj are immortal2 and knowledge gained from mortal sense is illusion1 error1 the opposite of ,truth2 therefore it cannot be true4 ,a knowledge of both good and evil 7when good is ,god1 and ,god is ,all7 is impossible4 ,speak- ing of the origin of evil1 the ,master said3 8,when he #be speaketh a lie1 he speaketh of his own3 for he is a liar1 and the father of it40 ,god warned man not to believe the talking serpent1 or rather the allegory describing it4 ,the ,nazarene ,prophet declared that his followers should handle serpents2 that is1 put down all subtle falsi- #cj ties or illusions1 and thus destroy any supposed effect arising from false claims exercising their supposed power ,page #be4 on the mind and body of man against his holiness and #a health4 ,that there is but one ,god or ,life1 one cause and one effect1 is the multum in parvo of ,christian ,science2 and to my understanding it is the heart of ,christianity1 #e the religion that ,jesus taught and demonstrated4 ,in divine ,science it is found that matter is a phase of error1 and that neither one really exists1 since ,god is ,truth1 and ,all-in-all4 ,christ's ,sermon on the ,mount1 in its direct application to human needs1 confirms this #aj conclusion4 ,science1 understood1 translates matter into ,mind1 rejects all other theories of causation1 restores the spir- itual and original meaning of the ,scriptures1 and ex- plains the teachings and life of our ,lord4 ,it is religion's #ae 8new tongue10 with 8signs following10 spoken of by ,st4 ,mark4 ,it gives ,god's infinite meaning to mankind1 healing the sick1 casting out evil1 and raising the spirit- ually dead4 ,christianity is ,christlike only as it re- iterates the word1 repeats the works1 and manifests the #bj spirit of ,christ4 ,jesus' only medicine was omnipotent and omniscient ,mind4 ,as omni is from the ,latin word meaning all1 this medicine is all-power2 and omniscience means as well1 all-science4 ,the sick are more deplorably situated #be than the sinful1 if the sick cannot trust ,god for help and the sinful can4 ,if ,god created drugs good1 they cannot be harmful2 if ,he could create them otherwise1 then they are bad and unfit for man2 and if ,he created drugs for healing the sick1 why did not ,jesus employ them and #cj recommend them for that purpose8 ,no human hypotheses1 whether in philosophy1 medi- ,page #bf4 cine1 or religion1 can survive the wreck of time2 but #a whatever is of ,god1 hath life abiding in it1 and ulti- mately will be known as self-evident truth1 as demonstra- ble as mathematics4 ,each successive period of progress is a period more humane and spiritual4 ,the only logical #e conclusion is that all is ,mind and its manifestation1 from the rolling of worlds1 in the most subtle ether1 to a potato- patch4 ,the agriculturist ponders the history of a seed1 and believes that his crops come from the seedling and the #aj loam2 even while the ,scripture declares ,he made 8every plant of the field before it was in the earth40 ,the ,scien- tist asks1 ,whence came the first seed1 and what made the soil8 ,was it molecules1 or material atoms8 ,whence came the infinitesimals1--from infinite ,mind1 or from #ae matter8 ,if from matter1 how did matter originate8 ,was it self-existent8 ,matter is not intelligent1 and thus able to evolve or create itself3 it is the very opposite of ,spirit1 intelligent1 self-creative1 and infinite ,mind4 ,the belief of mind in matter is pantheism4 ,natural history shows #bj that neither a genus nor a species produces its opposite4 ,god is ,all1 in all4 ,what can be more than ,all8 ,noth- ing3 and this is just what ,i call matter1 nothing4 ,spirit1 ,god1 has no antecedent2 and ,god's consequent is the spiritual cosmos4 ,the phrase1 8express image10 in the #be common version of ,hebrews i4 #c1 is1 in the ,greek ,tes- tament1 character4 ,the ,scriptures name ,god as good1 and the ,saxon term for ,god is also good4 ,from this premise comes the logical conclusion that ,god is naturally and divinely #cj infinite good4 ,how1 then1 can this conclusion change1 or be changed1 to mean that good is evil1 or the creator ,page #bg4 of evil8 ,what can there be besides infinity8 ,nothing6 #a ,therefore the ,science of good calls evil nothing4 ,in divine ,science the terms ,god and good1 as ,spirit1 are synonymous4 ,that ,god1 good1 creates evil1 or aught that can result in evil1--or that ,spirit creates its oppo- #e site1 named matter1--are conclusions that destroy their premise and prove themselves invalid4 ,here is where ,christian ,science sticks to its text1 and other systems of religion abandon their own logic4 ,here also is found the pith of the basal statement1 the cardinal point in #aj ,christian ,science1 that matter and evil 7including all inharmony1 sin1 disease1 death7 are unreal4 ,mortals accept natural science1 wherein no species ever pro- duces its opposite4 ,then why not accept divine ,sci- ence on this ground8 since the ,scriptures maintain #ae this fact by parable and proof1 asking1 8,do men gather grapes of thorns1 or figs of thistles80 8,doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter80 ,according to reason and revelation1 evil and matter #bj are negation3 for evil signifies the absence of good1 ,god1 though ,god is ever present2 and matter claims some- thing besides ,god1 when ,god is really ,all4 ,creation1 evolution1 or manifestation1--being in and of ,spirit1 ,mind1 and all that really is1--must be spiritual and #be mental4 ,this is ,science1 and is susceptible of proof4 ,but1 say you1 is a stone spiritual8 ,to erring material sense1 ,no6 but to unerring spiritual sense1 it is a small manifestation of ,mind1 a type of spirit- ual substance1 8the substance of things hoped for40 #cj ,mortals can know a stone as substance1 only by first ad- mitting that it is substantial4 ,take away the mortal sense ,page #bh4 of substance1 and the stone itself would disappear1 only #a to reappear in the spiritual sense thereof4 ,matter can neither see1 hear1 feel1 taste1 nor smell2 having no sen- sation of its own4 ,perception by the five personal senses is mental1 and dependent on the beliefs that mortals #e entertain4 ,destroy the belief that you can walk1 and volition ceases2 for muscles cannot move without mind4 ,matter takes no cognizance of matter4 ,in dreams1 things are only what mortal mind makes them2 and the phe- nomena of mortal life are as dreams2 and this so-called #aj life is a dream soon told4 ,in proportion as mortals turn from this mortal and material dream1 to the true sense of reality1 everlasting ,life will be found to be the only ,life4 ,that death does not destroy the beliefs of the flesh1 our ,master proved to his doubting disciple1 ,thomas4 ,also1 #ae he demonstrated that divine ,science alone can overbear materiality and mortality2 and this great truth was shown is by his ascension after death1 whereby he arose above the illusion of matter4 ,the ,first ,commandment1 8,thou shalt have no other #bj gods before me10 suggests the inquiry1 ,what meaneth this ,me1--,spirit1 or matter8 ,it certainly does not signify a graven idol1 and must mean ,spirit4 ,then the commandment means1 ,thou shalt recognize no intelligence nor life in matter2 and find neither pleasure #be nor pain therein4 ,the ,master's practical knowledge of this grand verity1 together with his divine ,love1 healed the sick and raised the dead4 ,he literally annulled the claims of physique and of physical law1 by the superiority of the higher law2 hence his decla- #cj ration1 8,these signs shall follow them that believe2444 if they drink any deadly thing1 it shall not hurt them2 ,page #bi4 they shall lay hands on the sick1 and they shall recover40 #a ,do you believe his words8 ,i do1 and that his prom- ise is perpetual4 ,had it been applicable only to his immediate disciples1 the pronoun would be you1 not them4 #e ,the purpose of his life-work touches universal human- ity4 ,at another time he prayed1 not for the twelve only1 but 8for them also which shall believe on me through their word40 ,the ,christ-healing was practised even before the ,christ- #aj ian era2 8the ,word was with ,god1 and the ,word was ,god40 ,there is1 however1 no analogy between ,christian ,science and spiritualism1 or between it and any specu- lative theory4 ,in #ahfg1 ,i taught the first student in ,christian ,science4 #ae ,since that date ,i have known of but fourteen deaths in the ranks of my about five thousand students4 ,the census since #ahge 7the date of the first publication of my work1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scrip- tures07 shows that longevity has increased4 ,daily letters #bj inform me that a perusal of my volume is healing the writers of chronic and acute diseases that had defied medi- cal skill4 ,surely the people of the ,occident know that esoteric magic and ,oriental barbarisms will neither flavor ,chris- #be tianity nor advance health and length of days4 ,miracles are no infraction of ,god's laws2 on the contrary1 they fulfil ,his laws2 for they are the signs fol- lowing ,christianity1 whereby matter is proven power- less and subordinate to ,mind4 ,christians1 like students #cj in mathematics1 should be working up to those higher rules of ,life which ,jesus taught and proved4 ,do we ,page #cj4 really understand the divine ,principle of ,christianity #a before we prove it1 in at least some feeble demonstra- tion thereof1 according to ,jesus' example in healing the sick8 ,should we adopt the 8simple addition0 in ,chris- tian ,science and doubt its higher rules1 or despair of #e ultimately reaching them1 even though failing at first to demonstrate all the possibilities of ,christianity8 ,st4 ,john spiritually discerned and revealed the sum total of transcendentalism4 ,he saw the real earth and heaven4 ,they were spiritual1 not material2 and they #aj were without pain1 sin1 or death4 ,death was not the door to this heaven4 ,the gates thereof he declared were inlaid with pearl1--likening them to the priceless under- standing of man's real existence1 to be recognized here and now4 #ae ,the great ,way-shower illustrated ,life unconfined1 un- contaminated1 untrammelled1 by matter4 ,he proved the superiority of ,mind over the flesh1 opened the door to the captive1 and enabled man to demonstrate the law of ,life1 which ,st4 ,paul declares 8hath made me free from #bj the law of sin and death40 ,the stale saying that ,christian ,science 8is neither ,christian nor science60 is to-day the fossil of wisdom- less wit1 weakness1 and superstition4 8,the fool hath said in his heart1 ,there is no ,god40 #be ,take courage1 dear reader1 for any seeming mysti- cism surrounding realism is explained in the ,scripture1 8,there went up a mist from the earth matter20 and the mist of materialism will vanish as we approach spirit- uality1 the realm of reality2 cleanse our lives in ,christ's #cj righteousness2 bathe in the baptism of ,spirit1 and awake in ,his likeness4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,,questions ,,and ,,answers4 ,page #ca4 ,what do you consider to be mental malpractice8 #a ,mental malpractice is a bland denial of ,truth1 and is the antipode of ,christian ,science4 ,to mentally argue in a manner that can disastrously affect the happiness of a fellow-being--harm him #e morally1 physically1 or spiritually--breaks the ,golden ,rule and subverts the scientific laws of being4 ,this1 therefore1 is not the use but the abuse of mental treat- ment1 and is mental malpractice4 ,it is needless to say that such a subversion of right is not scientific4 ,its #aj claim to power is in proportion to the faith in evil1 and consequently to the lack of faith in good4 ,such false faith finds no place in1 and receives no aid from1 the ,principle or the rules of ,christian ,science2 for it denies the grand verity of this ,science1 namely1 that ,god1 good1 #ae has all power4 ,this leaves the individual no alternative but to re- linquish his faith in evil1 or to argue against his own convictions of good and so destroy his power to be or to do good1 because he has no faith in the omnipotence #bj of ,god1 good4 ,he parts with his understanding of good1 in order to retain his faith in evil and so succeed with his ,page #cb4 wrong argument1--if indeed he desires success in this #a broad road to destruction4 ,how shall we demean ourselves towards the students of disloyal students8 ,and what about that clergyman's remarks on 8,christ and ,christmas08 #e ,from this question1 ,i infer that some of my students seem not to know in what manner they should act towards the students of false teachers1 or such as have strayed from the rules and divine ,principle of ,christian ,science4 ,the query is abnormal1 when 8precept upon precept2 #aj line upon line0 are to be found in the ,scriptures1 and in my books1 on this very subject4 ,in ,mark1 ninth chapter1 commencing at the thirty- third verse1 you will find my views on this subject2 love alone is admissible towards friend and foe4 ,my sym- #ae pathies extend to the above-named class of students more than to many others4 ,if ,i had the time to talk with all students of ,christian ,science1 and correspond with them1 ,i would gladly do my best towards helping those un- fortunate seekers after ,truth whose teacher is straying #bj from the straight and narrow path4 ,but ,i have not mo- ments enough in which to give to my own flock all the time and attention that they need1--and charity must begin at home4 ,distinct denominational and social organizations and #be societies are at present necessary for the individual1 and for our ,cause4 ,but all people can and should be just1 merciful2 they should never envy1 elbow1 slander1 hate1 or try to injure1 but always should try to bless their fellow-mortals4 #cj ,to the query in regard to some clergyman's com- ,page #cc4 ments on my illustrated poem1 ,i will say3 ,it is the righteous #a prayer that avails with ,god4 ,whatever is wrong will receive its own reward4 ,the high priests of old caused the crucifixion of even the great ,master2 and thereby they lost1 and he won1 heaven4 ,i love all ministers and #e ministries of ,christ1 ,truth4 ,all clergymen may not understand the illustrations in 8,christ and ,christmas20 or that these refer not to personality1 but present the type and shadow of ,truth's appearing in the womanhood as well as in the manhood #aj of ,god1 our divine ,father and ,mother4 ,must ,i have faith in ,christian ,science in order to be healed by it8 ,this is a question that is being asked every day4 ,it has not proved impossible to heal those who1 when they #ae began treatment1 had no faith whatever in the ,science1 --other than to place themselves under my care1 and follow the directions given4 ,patients naturally gain con- fidence in ,christian ,science as they recognize the help they derive therefrom4 #bj ,what are the advantages of your system of healing1 over the ordinary methods of healing disease8 ,healing by ,christian ,science has the following advantages3-- ,first3 ,it does away with all material medicines1 and #be recognizes the fact that1 as mortal mind is the cause of all 8the ills that flesh is heir to10 the antidote for sickness1 as well as for sin1 may and must be found in mortal mind's opposite1--the divine ,mind4 ,second3 ,it is more effectual than drugs2 curing where #cj ,page #cd4 these fail1 and leaving none of the harmful 8after effects0 #a of these in the system2 thus proving that metaphysics is above physics4 ,third3 ,one who has been healed by ,christian ,sci- ence is not only healed of the disease1 but is improved #e morally4 ,the body is governed by mind2 and mortal mind must be improved1 before the body is renewed and harmonious1--since the physique is simply thought made manifest4 ,is spiritualism or mesmerism included in ,christian #aj ,science8 ,they are wholly apart from it4 ,christian ,science is based on divine ,principle2 whereas spiritualism1 so far as ,i understand it1 is a mere speculative opinion and human belief4 ,if the departed were to communicate #ae with us1 we should see them as they were before death1 and have them with us2 after death1 they can no more come to those they have left1 than we1 in our present state of existence1 can go to the departed or the adult can re- turn to his boyhood4 ,we may pass on to their state #bj of existence1 but they cannot return to ours4 ,man is im-mortal1 and there is not a moment when he ceases to exist4 ,all that are called 8communications from spirits10 lie within the realm of mortal thought on this present plane of existence1 and are the antipodes of ,christian ,science2 #be the immortal and mortal are as direct opposites as light and darkness4 ,who is the ,founder of mental healing8 ,the author of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 who discovered the ,science of healing em- #cj ,page #ce4 bodied in her works4 ,years of practical proof1 through #a homopathy1 revealed to her the fact that ,mind1 in- stead of matter1 is the ,principle of pathology2 and subsequently her recovery1 through the supremacy of ,mind over matter1 from a severe casualty pronounced #e by the physicians incurable1 sealed that proof with the signet of ,christian ,science4 ,in #ahhc1 a million of peo- ple acknowledge and attest the blessings of this mental system of treating disease4 ,perhaps the following words of her husband1 the late ,dr4 ,asa ,g4 ,eddy1 #aj afford the most concise1 yet complete1 summary of the matter3-- 8,mrs1 ,eddy's works are the outgrowths of her life4 ,i never knew so unselfish an individual40 ,will the book ,science and ,health1 that you offer for sale #ae at three dollars1 teach its readers to heal the sick1--or is one obliged to become a student under your personal in- struction8 ,and if one is obliged to study under you1 of what benefit is your book8 ,why do we read the ,bible1 and then go to church to #bj hear it expounded8 ,only because both are important4 ,why do we read moral science1 and then study it at college8 ,you are benefited by reading ,science and ,health1 but it is greatly to your advantage to be taught its ,science #be by the author of that work1 who explains it in detail4 ,what is immortal ,mind8 ,in reply1 we refer you to 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures107#b7 ,vol4 ,i4 page #ad3 8,that which ,page #cf4 is erring1 sinful1 sick1 and dying1 termed material or #a mortal man1 is neither ,god's man nor ,mind2 but to be understood1 we shall classify evil and error as mortal mind1 in contradistinction to good and ,truth1 or the ,mind which is immortal40 #e ,do animals and beasts have a mind8 ,beasts1 as well as men1 express ,mind as their origin2 but they manifest less of ,mind4 ,the first and only cause is the eternal ,mind1 which is ,god1 and there is but one ,god4 ,the ferocious mind seen in the beast is #aj mortal mind1 which is harmful and proceeds not from ,god2 for ,his beast is the lion that lieth down with the lamb4 ,appetites1 passions1 anger1 revenge1 subtlety1 are the animal qualities of sinning mortals2 and the beasts that have these propensities express the lower #ae qualities of the so-called animal man2 in other words1 the nature and quality of mortal mind1--not immortal ,mind4 ,what is the distinction between mortal mind and immortal ,mind8 #bj ,mortal mind includes all evil1 disease1 and death2 also1 all beliefs relative to the so-called material laws1 and all material objects1 and the law of sin and death4 ,the ,scripture says1 8,the carnal mind in other words1 mortal mind is enmity against ,god2 for it is not sub- #be ject to the law of ,god1 neither indeed can be40 ,mortal mind is an illusion2 as much in our waking moments as in the dreams of sleep4 ,the belief that intelligence1 ,truth1 and ,love1 are in matter and separate from ,god1 is an error2 for there is no intelligent evil1 and no power #cj ,page #cg4 besides ,god1 good4 ,god would not be omnipotent if #a there were in reality another mind creating or governing man or the universe4 ,immortal ,mind is ,god2 and this ,mind is made manifest in all thoughts and desires that draw man- #e kind toward purity1 health1 holiness1 and the spiritual facts of being4 ,jesus recognized this relation so clearly that he said1 8,i and my ,father are one40 ,in proportion as we oppose the belief in material sense1 in sickness1 sin1 and death1 #aj and recognize ourselves under the control of ,god1 spiritual and immortal ,mind1 shall we go on to leave the animal for the spiritual1 and learn the meaning of those words of ,jesus1 8,go ye into all the world 444 heal the sick40 #ae ,can your ,science cure intemperance8 ,christian ,science lays the axe at the root of the tree4 ,its antidote for all ills is ,god1 the perfect ,mind1 which corrects mortal thought1 whence cometh all evil4 ,god can and does destroy the thought that leads to moral #bj or physical death4 ,intemperance1 impurity1 sin of every sort1 is destroyed by ,truth4 ,the appetite for alcohol yields to ,science as directly and surely as do sickness and sin4 ,does ,mrs4 ,eddy take patients8 #be ,she now does not4 ,her time is wholly devoted to in- struction1 leaving to her students the work of healing2 which1 at this hour1 is in reality the least difficult of the labor that ,christian ,science demands4 ,page #ch4 ,why do you charge for teaching ,christian ,science1 when #a all the good we can do must be done freely8 ,when teaching imparts the ability to gain and main- tain health1 to heal and elevate man in every line of life1--as this teaching certainly does1--is it un- #e reasonable to expect in return something to support one's self and a ,cause8 ,if so1 our whole system of education1 secular and religious1 is at fault1 and the instructors and philanthropists in our land should ex- pect no compensation4 8,if we have sown unto you #aj spiritual things1 is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things80 ,how happened you to establish a college to instruct in metaphysics1 when other institutions find little interest in such a dry and abstract subject8 #ae ,metaphysics1 as taught by me at the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college1 is far from dry and abstract4 ,it is a ,science that has the animus of ,truth4 ,its practical application to benefit the race1 heal the sick1 enlighten and reform the sinner1 makes divine metaphysics need- #bj ful1 indispensable4 ,teaching metaphysics at other col- leges means1 mainly1 elaborating a man-made theory1 or some speculative view too vapory and hypothetical for questions of practical import4 ,is it necessary to study your ,science in order to be healed #be by it and keep well8 ,it is not necessary to make each patient a student in order to cure his present disease1 if this is what you mean4 ,were it so1 the ,science would be of less ,page #ci4 practical value4 ,many who apply for help are not #a prepared to take a course of instruction in ,christian ,science4 ,to avoid being subject to disease1 would require the understanding of how you are healed4 ,in #ahhe1 this #e knowledge can be obtained in its genuineness at the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college4 ,there are abroad at this early date some grossly incorrect and false teachers of what they term ,christian ,science2 of such beware4 ,they have risen up in a day to make this claim2 #aj whereas the ,founder of genuine ,christian ,science has been all her years in giving it birth4 ,can you take care of yourself8 ,god giveth to every one this puissance2 and ,i have faith in ,his promise1 8,lo1 ,i am with you alway0-- #ae all the way4 ,unlike the ,m4 ,d4's1 ,christian ,scientists are not afraid to take their own medicine1 for this medicine is divine ,mind2 and from this saving1 ex- haustless source they intend to fill the human mind with enough of the leaven of ,truth to leaven the whole lump4 #bj ,there may be exceptional cases1 where one ,christian ,scientist who has more to meet than others needs support at times2 then1 it is right to bear 8one another's burdens1 and so fulfil the law of ,christ40 ,in what way is a ,christian ,scientist an instrument by #be which ,god reaches others to heal them1 and what most obstructs the way8 ,a ,christian1 or a ,christian ,scientist1 assumes no more when claiming to work with ,god in healing the sick1 than in converting the sinner4 ,divine help is as neces- ,page #dj4 sary in the one case as in the other4 ,the scientific ,prin- #a ciple of healing demands such cooperation2 but this unison and its power would be arrested if one were to mix material methods with the spiritual1--were to min- gle hygienic rules1 drugs1 and prayers in the same pro- #e cess1--and thus serve 8other gods40 ,truth is as effectual in destroying sickness as in the destruction of sin4 ,it is often asked1 8,if ,christian ,science is the same method of healing that ,jesus and the apostles used1 #aj why do not its students perform as instantaneous cures as did those in the first century of the ,christian era80 ,in some instances the students of ,christian ,science equal the ancient prophets as healers4 ,all true healing is governed by1 and demonstrated on1 the same ,princi- #ae ple as theirs2 namely1 the action of the divine ,spirit1 through the power of ,truth to destroy error1 discord of whatever sort4 ,the reason that the same results fol- low not in every ease1 is that the student does not in every case possess sufficiently the ,christ-spirit and its #bj power to cast out the disease4 ,the ,founder of ,chris- tian ,science teaches her students that they must possess the spirit of ,truth and ,love1 must gain the power over sin in themselves1 or they cannot be instantaneous healers4 #be ,in this ,christian warfare the student or practitioner has to master those elements of evil too common to other minds4 ,if it is hate that is holding the purpose to kill his patient by mental means1 it requires more divine understanding to conquer this sin than to nullify either #cj the disease itself or the ignorance by which one unin- tentionally harms himself or another4 ,an element of ,page #da4 brute-force that only the cruel and evil can send forth1 is #a given vent in the diabolical practice of one who1 having learned the power of liberated thought to do good1 per- verts it1 and uses it to accomplish an evil purpose4 ,this mental malpractice would disgrace ,mind-healing1 were it #e not that ,god overrules it1 and causes 8the wrath of man0 to praise ,him4 ,it deprives those who practise it of the power to heal1 and destroys their own possibility of progressing4 ,the honest student of ,christian ,science is purged #aj through ,christ1 ,truth1 and thus is ready for victory in the ennobling strife4 ,the good fight must be fought by those who keep the faith and finish their course4 ,mental purgation must go on3 it promotes spiritual growth1 scales the mountain of human endeavor1 and gains the #ae summit in ,science that otherwise could not be reached1 --where the struggle with sin is forever done4 ,can all classes of disease be healed by your method8 ,we answer1 ,yes4 ,mind is the architect that builds its own idea1 and produces all harmony that appears4 #bj ,there is no other healer in the case4 ,if mortal mind1 through the action of fear1 manifests inflammation and a belief of chronic or acute disease1 by removing the cause in that so-called mind the effect or disease will disappear and health will be restored2 for health1 alias harmony1 #be is the normal manifestation of man in ,science4 ,the divine ,principle which governs the universe1 including man1 if demonstrated1 is sufficient for all emergencies4 ,but the practitioner may not always prove equal to bringing out the result of the ,principle that he knows to #cj be true4 ,page #db4 ,after the change called death takes place1 do we meet #a those gone before8--or does life continue in thought only as in a dream8 ,man is not annihilated1 nor does he lose his identity1 by passing through the belief called death4 ,after the #e momentary belief of dying passes from mortal mind1 this mind is still in a conscious state of existence2 and the in- dividual has but passed through a moment of extreme mortal fear1 to awaken with thoughts1 and being1 as material as before4 ,science and ,health clearly states #aj that spiritualization of thought is not attained by the death of the body1 but by a conscious union with ,god4 ,when we shall have passed the ordeal called death1 or destroyed this last enemy1 and shall have come upon the same plane of conscious existence with those gone before1 then we #ae shall be able to communicate with and to recognize them4 ,if1 before the change whereby we meet the dear de- parted1 our life-work proves to have been well done1 we shall not have to repeat it2 but our joys and means of ad- vancing will be proportionately increased4 #bj ,the difference between a belief of material existence and the spiritual fact of ,life is1 that the former is a dream and unreal1 while the latter is real and eternal4 ,only as we understand ,god1 and learn that good1 not evil1 lives and is immortal1 that immortality exists only in #be spiritual perfection1 shall we drop our false sense of ,life in sin or sense material1 and recognize a better state of existence4 ,can ,i be treated without being present during treatment8 ,mind is not confined to limits2 and nothing but our #cj own false admissions prevent us from demonstrating this ,page #dc4 great fact4 ,christian ,science1 recognizing the capabili- #a ties of ,mind to act of itself1 and independent of matter1 enables one to heal cases without even having seen the individual1--or simply after having been made ac- quainted with the mental condition of the patient4 #e ,do all who at present claim to be teaching ,christian ,science1 teach it correctly8 ,by no means3 ,christian ,science is not sufficiently un- derstood for that4 ,the student of this ,science who under- stands it best1 is the one least likely to pour into other #aj minds a trifling sense of it as being adequate to make safe and successful practitioners4 ,the simple sense one gains of this ,science through careful1 unbiased1 contemplative reading of my books1 is far more advantageous to the sick and to the learner than is or can be the spurious #ae teaching of those who are spiritually unqualified4 ,the sad fact at this early writing is1 that the letter is gained sooner than the spirit of ,christian ,science3 time is re- quired thoroughly to qualify students for the great ordeal of this century4 #bj ,if one student tries to undermine another1 such sinister rivalry does a vast amount of injury to the ,cause4 ,to fill one's pocket at the expense of his conscience1 or to build on the downfall of others1 incapacitates one to practise or teach ,christian ,science4 ,the occasional tem- #be porary success of such an one is owing1 in part1 to the im- possibility for those unacquainted with the mighty ,truth of ,christian ,science to recognize1 as such1 the barefaced errors that are taught--and the damaging effects these leave on the practice of the learner1 on the ,cause1 and #cj on the health of the community4 ,page #dd4 ,honest students speak the truth 8according to the #a pattern showed to thee in the mount10 and live it3 these are not working for emoluments1 and may profitably teach people1 who are ready to investigate this subject1 the rudiments of ,christian ,science4 #e ,can ,christian ,science cure acute cases where there is necessity for immediate relief1 as in membranous croup8 ,the remedial power of ,christian ,science is positive1 and its application direct4 ,it cannot fail to heal in every case of disease1 when conducted by one who un- #aj derstands this ,science sufficiently to demonstrate its highest possibilities4 ,if ,i have the toothache1 and nothing stops it until ,i have the tooth extracted1 and then the pain ceases1 has the mind1 or extracting1 or both1 caused the pain to #ae cease8 ,what you thought was pain in the bone or nerve1 could only have been a belief of pain in matter2 for matter has no sensation4 ,it was a state of mortal thought made manifest in the flesh4 ,you call this body matter1 when #bj awake1 or when asleep in a dream4 ,that matter can re- report pain1 or that mind is in matter1 reporting sensa- tions1 is but a dream at all times4 ,you believed that if the tooth were extracted1 the pain would cease3 this de- mand of mortal thought once met1 your belief assumed #be a new form1 and said1 ,there is no more pain4 ,when your belief in pain ceases1 the pain stops2 for matter has no intelligence of its own4 ,by applying this men- tal remedy or antidote directly to your belief1 you scien- ,page #de4 tifically prove the fact that ,mind is supreme4 ,this is not #a done by will-power1 for that is not ,science but mesmerism4 ,the full understanding that ,god is ,mind1 and that mat- ter is but a belief1 enables you to control pain4 ,chris- tian ,science1 by means of its ,principle of metaphysical #e healing1 is able to do more than to heal a toothache2 although its power to allay fear1 prevent inflammation1 and destroy the necessity for ether--thereby avoiding the fatal results that frequently follow the use of that drug--render this ,science invaluable in the practice #aj of dentistry4 ,can an atheist or a profane man be cured by metaphysics1 or ,christian ,science8 ,the moral status of the man demands the remedy of ,truth more in this than in most cases2 therefore1 under #ae the deific law that supply invariably meets demand1 this ,science is effectual in treating moral ailments4 ,sin is not the master of divine ,science1 but vice versa2 and when ,science in a single instance decides the conflict1 the patient is better both morally and physically4 #bj ,if ,god made all that was made1 and it was good1 where did evil originate8 ,it never originated or existed as an entity4 ,it is but a false belief2 even the belief that ,god is not what the ,scriptures imply ,him to be1 ,all-in-all1 but that there #be is an opposite intelligence or mind termed evil4 ,this error of belief is idolatry1 having 8other gods before me40 ,in ,john i4 #c we read1 8,all things were made by ,him2 and without ,him was not anything made that was made40 ,page #df4 ,the admission of the reality of evil perpetuates the belief #a or faith in evil4 ,the ,scriptures declare1 8,to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey1 his servants ye are40 ,the leading self-evident proposition of ,christian ,science is3 good being real1 evil1 good's opposite1 is unreal4 ,this #e truism needs only to be tested scientifically to be found true1 and adapted to destroy the appearance of evil to an extent beyond the power of any doctrine previously entertained4 ,do you teach that you are equal with ,god8 #aj ,a reader of my writings would not present this ques- tion4 ,there are no such indications in the premises or conclusions of ,christian ,science1 and such a misconcep- tion of ,truth is not scientific4 ,man is not equal with his ,maker2 that which is formed is not cause1 but effect1 #ae and has no power underived from its creator4 ,it is pos- sible1 and it is man's duty1 so to throw the weight of his thoughts and acts on the side of ,truth1 that he be ever found in the scale with his creator2 not weighing equally with ,him1 but comprehending at every point1 in #bj divine ,science1 the full significance of what the apostle meant by the declaration1 8,the ,spirit itself beareth wit- ness with our spirit1 that we are the children of ,god3 and if children1 then heirs2 heirs of ,god1 and joint-heirs with ,christ40 ,in ,science1 man represents his divine ,prin- #be ciple1--the ,life and ,love that are ,god1--even as the idea of sound1 in tones1 represents harmony2 but thought has not yet wholly attained unto the ,science of being1 wherein man is perfect even as the ,father1 his divine ,principle1 is perfect4 #cj ,page #dg4 ,how can ,i believe that there is no such thing as matter1 #a when ,i weigh over two hundred pounds and carry about this weight daily8 ,by learning that matter is but manifest mortal mind4 ,you entertain an adipose belief of yourself as substance2 #e whereas1 substance means more than matter3 it is the glory and permanence of ,spirit3 it is that which is hoped for but unseen1 that which the material senses cannot take in4 ,have you never been so preoccupied in thought when moving your body1 that you did this with- #aj out consciousness of its weight8 ,if never in your waking hours1 you have been in your night-dreams2 and these tend to elucidate your day-dream1 or the mythical nature of matter1 and the possibilities of mind when let loose from its own beliefs4 ,in sleep1 a sense of the body ac- #ae companies thought with less impediment than when awake1 which is the truer sense of being4 ,in ,science1 body is the servant of ,mind1 not its master3 ,mind is supreme4 ,science reverses the evidence of material sense with the spiritual sense that ,god1 ,spirit1 is the only #bj substance2 and that man1 ,his image and likeness1 is spiritual1 not material4 ,this great ,truth does not de- stroy but substantiates man's identity1--together with his immortality and preexistence1 or his spiritual co- existence with his ,maker4 ,that which has a beginning #be must have an ending4 ,what should one conclude as to ,professor ,carpenter's exhibitions of mesmerism8 ,that largely depends upon what one accepts as either useful or true4 ,i have no knowledge of mesmerism1 #cj ,page #dh4 practically or theoretically1 save as ,i measure its demon- #a strations as a false belief1 and avoid all that works ill4 ,if mesmerism has the power attributed to it by the gentle- man referred to1 it should neither be taught nor practised1 but should be conscientiously condemned4 ,one thing #e is quite apparent2 namely1 that its so-called power is despotic1 and ,mr4 ,carpenter deserves praise for his public exposure of it4 ,if such be its power1 ,i am opposed to it1 as to every form of error1--whether of ignorance or fanaticism1 prompted by money-making or malice4 ,it #aj is enough for me to know that animal magnetism is neither of ,god nor ,science4 ,it is alleged that at one of his recent lectures in ,bos- ton ,mr4 ,carpenter made a man drunk on water1 and then informed his audience that he could produce the #ae effect of alcohol1 or of any drug1 on the human system1 through the action of mind alone4 ,this honest declara- tion as to the animus of animal magnetism and the pos- sible purpose to which it can be devoted1 has1 we trust1 been made in season to open the eyes of the people to the #bj hidden nature of some tragic events and sudden deaths at this period4 ,was ever a person made insane by studying meta- physics8 ,such an occurrence would be impossible1 for the #be proper study of ,mind-healing would cure the insane4 ,that persons have gone away from the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college 8made insane by ,mrs4 ,eddy's teachings10 like a hundred other stories1 is a baseless fabrication offered solely to injure her or her school4 #cj ,the enemy is trying to make capital out of the follow- ,page #di4 ing case4 ,a young lady entered the ,college class who1 #a ,i quickly saw1 had a tendency to monomania1 and re- quested her to withdraw before its close4 ,we are cred- ibly informed that1 before entering the ,college1 this young lady had manifested some mental unsoundness1 #e and have no doubt she could have been restored by ,christian ,science treatment4 ,her friends employed a homopathist1 who had the skill and honor to state1 as his opinion given to her friends1 that 8,mrs4 ,eddy's teach- ings had not produced insanity40 ,this is the only case #aj that could be distorted into the claim of insanity ever having occurred in a class of ,mrs4 ,eddy's2 while ac- knowledged and notable cases of insanity have been cured in her class4 ,if all that is mortal is a dream or error1 is not #ae our capacity for formulating a dream1 real2 is it not ,god-made2 and if ,god-made1 can it be wrong1 sinful1 or an error8 ,the spirit of ,truth leads into all truth1 and enables man to discern between the real and the unreal4 ,enter- #bj taining the common belief in the opposite of goodness1 and that evil is as real as good1 opposes the leadings of the divine ,spirit that are helping man ,godward3 it pre- vents a recognition of the nothingness of the dream1 or belief1 that ,mind is in matter1 intelligence in non-intel- #be ligence1 sin1 and death4 ,this belief presupposes not only a power opposed to ,god1 and that ,god is not ,all- in-all1 as the ,scriptures imply ,him to be1 but that the capacity to err proceeds from ,god4 ,that ,god is ,truth1 the ,scriptures aver2 that ,truth #cj never created error1 or such a capacity1 is self-evident2 ,page #ej4 that ,god made all that was made1 is again ,scriptural2 #a therefore your answer is1 that error is an illusion of mortals2 that ,god is not its author1 and it cannot be real4 ,does 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 #e explain the entire method of metaphysical healing1 or is there a secret back of what is contained in that book1 as some say8 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 is a complete textbook of ,christian ,science2 and its #aj metaphysical method of healing is as lucid in presenta- tion as can be possible1 under the necessity to express the metaphysical in physical terms4 ,there is absolutely no additional secret outside of its teachings1 or that gives one the power to heal2 but it is essential that the student #ae gain the spiritual understanding of the contents of this book1 in order to heal4 ,do you believe in change of heart8 ,we do believe1 and understand--which is more-- that there must be a change from human affections1 de- #bj sires1 and aims1 to the divine standard1 8,be ye therefore perfect20 also1 that there must be a change from the be- lief that the heart is matter and sustains life1 to the understanding that ,god is our ,life1 that we exist in ,mind1 live thereby1 and have being4 ,this change of #be heart would deliver man from heart-disease1 and ad- vance ,christianity a hundredfold4 ,the human affections need to be changed from self to benevolence and love for ,god and man2 changed to having but one ,god and loving ,him supremely1 and helping our brother man4 #cj ,page #ea4 ,this change of heart is essential to ,christianity1 and #a will have its effect physically as well as spiritually1 healing disease4 ,burnt offerings and drugs1 ,god does not require4 ,is a belief of nervousness1 accompanied by great mental #e depression1 mesmerism8 ,all mesmerism is of one of three kinds2 namely1 the ignorant1 the fraudulent1 or the malicious workings of error or mortal mind4 ,we have not the particulars of the case to which you may refer1 and for this reason can- #aj not answer your question professionally4 ,how can ,i govern a child metaphysically8 ,doesn't the use of the rod teach him life in matter8 ,the use of the rod is virtually a declaration to the child's mind that sensation belongs to matter4 ,motives #ae govern acts1 and ,mind governs man4 ,if you make clear to the child's thought the right motives for action1 and cause him to love them1 they will lead him aright3 if you educate him to love ,god1 good1 and obey the ,golden ,rule1 he will love and obey you without your having to #bj resort to corporeal punishment4 8,when from the lips of ,truth one mighty breath ,shall1 like a whirlwind1 scatter in its breeze ,the whole dark pile of human mockeries2 ,then shall the reign of ,mind commence on earth1 #be ,and starting fresh1 as from a second birth1 ,man in the sunshine of the world's new spring1 ,shall walk transparent like some holy thing40 ,are both prayer and drugs necessary to heal8 ,the apostle ,james said1 8,ye ask1 and receive not1 #cj because ye ask amiss1 that ye may consume it upon your ,page #eb4 lusts40 ,this text may refer to such as seek the material #a to aid the spiritual1 and take drugs to support ,god's power to heal them4 ,it is difficult to say how much one can do for himself1 whose faith is divided be- tween catnip and ,christ2 but not so difficult to know #e that if he were to serve one master1 he could do vastly more4 ,whosoever understands the power of ,spirit1 has no doubt of ,god's power1--even the might of ,truth1-- to heal1 through divine ,science1 beyond all human means and methods4 #aj ,what do you think of marriage8 ,that it is often convenient1 sometimes pleasant1 and occasionally a love affair4 ,marriage is susceptible of many definitions4 ,it sometimes presents the most wretched condition of human existence4 ,to be normal1 #ae it must be a union of the affections that tends to lift mortals higher4 ,if this life is a dream not dispelled1 but only changed1 by death1--if one gets tired of it1 why not commit suicide8 #bj ,man's existence is a problem to be wrought in divine ,science4 ,what progress would a student of science make1 if1 when tired of mathematics or failing to dem- onstrate one rule readily1 he should attempt to work out a rule farther on and more difficult--and this1 #be because the first rule was not easily demonstrated8 ,in that case he would be obliged to turn back and work out the previous example1 before solving the advanced problem4 ,mortals have the sum of being to work out1 and up1 to its spiritual standpoint4 ,they must work #cj ,page #ec4 out of this dream or false claim of sensation and life #a in matter1 and up to the spiritual realities of existence1 before this false claim can be wholly dispelled4 ,com- mitting suicide to dodge the question is not working it out4 ,the error of supposed life and intelligence in #e matter1 is dissolved only as we master error with ,truth4 ,not through sin or suicide1 but by overcoming tempta- tion and sin1 shall we escape the weariness and wicked- ness of mortal existence1 and gain heaven1 the harmony of being4 #aj ,do you sometimes find it advisable to use medicine to assist in producing a cure1 when it is difficult to start the patient's recovery8 ,you only weaken your power to heal through ,mind1 by any compromise with matter2 which is virtually ac- #ae knowledging that under difficulties the former is not equal to the latter4 ,he that resorts to physics1 seeks what is below instead of above the standard of metaphysics2 showing his ignorance of the meaning of the term and of ,christian ,science4 #bj ,if ,christian ,science is the same as ,jesus taught1 why is it not more simple1 so that all can readily understand it8 ,the teachings of ,jesus were simple2 and yet he found it difficult to make the rulers understand1 because of their great lack of spirituality4 ,christian ,science is #be simple1 and readily understood by the children2 only the thought educated away from it finds it abstract or difficult to perceive4 ,its seeming abstraction is the mystery of godliness2 and godliness is simple to the godly2 but to the unspiritual1 the ungodly1 it is dark #cj ,page #ed4 and difficult4 ,the carnal mind cannot discern spiritual #a things4 ,has ,mrs4 ,eddy lost her power to heal8 ,has the sun forgotten to shine1 and the planets to revolve around it8 ,who is it that discovered1 dem- #e onstrated1 and teaches ,christian ,science8 ,that one1 whoever it be1 does understand something of what can- not be lost4 ,thousands in the field of metaphysical healing1 whose lives are worthy testimonials1 are her students1 and they bear witness to this fact4 ,instead #aj of losing her power to heal1 she is demonstrating the power of ,christian ,science over all obstacles that envy and malice would fling in her path4 ,the reading of her book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 is curing hundreds at this very time2 and the sick1 un- #ae asked1 are testifying thereto4 ,must ,i study your ,science in order to keep well all my life8 ,i was healed of a chronic trouble after one month's treatment by one of your students4 ,when once you are healed by ,science1 there is no rea- #bj son why you should be liable to a return of the disease that you were healed of4 ,but not to be subject again to any disease whatsoever1 would require an understanding of the ,science by which you were healed4 ,because none of your students have been able to perform #be as great miracles in healing as ,jesus and his disciples did1 does it not suggest the possibility that they do not heal on the same basis8 ,you would not ask the pupil in simple equations to solve a problem involving logarithms2 and then1 because #cj ,page #ee4 he failed to get the right answer1 condemn the pupil #a and the science of numbers4 ,the simplest problem in ,christian ,science is healing the sick1 and the least understanding and demonstration thereof prove all its possibilities4 ,the ability to demonstrate to the extent #e that ,jesus did1 will come when the student possesses as much of the divine ,spirit as he shared1 and utilizes its power to overcome sin4 ,opposite to good1 is the universal claim of evil that seeks the proportions of good4 ,there may be those #aj who1 having learned the power of the unspoken thought1 use it to harm rather than to heal1 and who are using that power against ,christian ,scientists4 ,this giant sin is the sin against the ,holy ,ghost spoken of in ,matt4 xii4 #ca1 #cb4 #ae ,is ,christian ,science based on the facts of both ,spirit and matter8 ,christian ,science is based on the facts of ,spirit and its forms and representations1 but these facts are the direct antipodes of the so-called facts of matter2 and #bj the eternal verities of ,spirit assert themselves over their opposite1 or matter1 in the final destruction of all that is unlike ,spirit4 ,man knows that he can have one ,god only1 when he regards ,god as the only ,mind1 ,life1 and substance4 #be ,if ,god is ,spirit1 as the ,scriptures declare1 and ,all-in- all1 matter is mythology1 and its laws are mortal beliefs4 ,if ,mind is in matter and beneath a skull bone1 it is in something unlike ,him2 hence it is either a godless and #cj material ,mind1 or it is ,god in matter1--which are theo- ,page #ef4 ries of agnosticism and pantheism1 the very antipodes #a of ,christian ,science ,what is organic life8 ,life is inorganic1 infinite ,spirit2 if ,life1 or ,spirit1 were organic1 disorganization would destroy ,spirit and #e annihilate man4 ,if ,mind is not substance1 form1 and tangibility1 ,god is substanceless2 for the substance of ,spirit is divine ,mind4 ,life is ,god1 the only creator1 and ,life is im- mortal ,mind1 not matter4 #aj ,every indication of matter's constituting life is mortal1 the direct opposite of immortal ,life1 and infringes the rights of ,spirit4 ,then1 to conclude that ,spirit consti- tutes or ever has constituted laws to that effect1 is a mor- tal error1 a human conception opposed to the divine #ae government4 ,mind and matter mingling in perpetual warfare is a kingdom divided against itself1 that shall be brought to desolation4 ,the final destruction of this false belief in matter will appear at the full revelation of ,spirit1--one ,god1 and the brotherhood of man4 #bj ,organic life is an error of statement that ,truth destroys4 ,the ,science of ,life needs only to be understood2 its dem- onstration proves the correctness of my statements1 and brings blessings infinite4 ,why did ,god command1 8,be fruitful1 and multiply1 #be and replenish the earth10 if all minds 7men7 have existed from the beginning1 and have had successive stages of existence to the present time8 ,your question implies that ,spirit1 which first spirit- ually created the universe1 including man1 created man #cj ,page #eg4 over again materially2 and1 by the aid of mankind1 all #a was later made which ,he had made4 ,if the first record is true1 what evidence have you--apart from the evi- dence of that which you admit cannot discern spiritual things--of any other creation8 ,the creative 8,us0 #e made all1 and ,mind was the creator4 ,man originated not from dust1 materially1 but from ,spirit1 spiritually4 ,this work had been done2 the true creation was finished1 and its spiritual ,science is alluded to in the first chapter of ,genesis4 #aj ,jesus said of error1 8,that thou doest1 do quickly40 ,by the law of opposites1 after the truth of man had been demonstrated1 the postulate of error must appear4 ,that this addendum was untrue1 is seen when ,truth1 ,god1 denounced it1 and said3 8,i will greatly multiply thy #ae sorrow40 8,in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die40 ,the opposite error said1 8,i am true10 and declared1 8,god doth know 444 that your eyes shall be opened1 and ye shall be as gods10 creators4 ,this was false2 and the ,lord ,god never said it4 ,this history of a falsity #bj must be told in the name of ,truth1 or it would have no seeming4 ,the ,science of creation is the universe with man created spiritually4 ,the false sense and error of creation is the sense of man and the universe created materially4 ,why does the record make man a creation of the sixth #be and last day1 if he was coexistent with ,god8 ,in its genesis1 the ,science of creation is stated in mathe- matical order1 beginning with the lowest form and ascend- ing the scale of being up to man4 ,but all that really is1 always was and forever is2 for it existed in and of the ,mind #cj that is ,god1 wherein man is foremost4 ,page #eh4 ,if one has died of consumption1 and he has no remem- #a brance of that disease or dream1 does that disease have any more power over him8 ,waking from a dream1 one learns its unreality2 then it has no power over one4 ,waking from the dream of #e death1 proves to him who thought he died that it was a dream1 and that he did not die2 then he learns that con- sumption did not kill him4 ,when the belief in the power of disease is destroyed1 disease cannot return4 ,how does ,mrs4 ,eddy know that she has read and studied #aj correctly1 if one must deny the evidences of the senses8 ,she had to use her eyes to read4 ,jesus said1 8,having eyes1 see ye not80 ,i read the in- spired page through a higher than mortal sense4 ,as matter1 the eye cannot see2 and as mortal mind1 it is a #ae belief that sees4 ,i may read the ,scriptures through a belief of eyesight2 but ,i must spiritually understand them to interpret their ,science4 ,does the theology of ,christian ,science aid its heal- ing8 #bj ,without its theology there is no mental science1 no order that proceeds from ,god4 ,all ,science is divine1 not human1 in origin and demonstration4 ,if ,god does not govern the action of man1 it is inharmonious3 if ,he does govern it1 the action is ,science4 ,take away the #be theology of mental healing and you take away its science1 leaving it a human 8mind-cure10 nothing more nor less1 --even one human mind governing another2 by which1 if you agree that ,god is ,mind1 you admit that there is ,page #ei4 more than one government and ,god4 ,having no true #a sense of the healing theology of ,mind1 you can neither understand nor demonstrate its ,science1 and will prac- tise your belief of it in the name of ,truth4 ,this is the mortal 8mind-cure0 that produces the effect of mes- #e merism4 ,it is using the power of human will1 instead of the divine power understood1 as in ,christian ,science2 and without this ,science there had better be no 8mind- cure10--in which the last state of patients is worse than the first4 #aj ,is it wrong to pray for the recovery of the sick8 ,not if we pray ,scripturally1 with the understanding that ,god has given all things to those who love ,him2 but pleading with infinite ,love to love us1 or to restore health and harmony1 and then to admit that it has been #ae lost under ,his government1 is the prayer of doubt and mortal belief that is unavailing in divine ,science4 ,is not all argument mind over mind8 ,the ,scriptures refer to ,god as saying1 8,come now1 and let us reason together40 ,there is but one right ,mind1 and #bj that one should and does govern man4 ,any copartnership with that ,mind is impossible2 and the only benefit in speaking often one to another1 arises from the success that one individual has with another in leading his thoughts away from the human mind or body1 and guiding them #be with ,truth4 ,that individual is the best healer who as- serts himself the least1 and thus becomes a transparency for the divine ,mind1 who is the only physician2 the divine ,mind is the scientific healer4 ,page #fj4 ,how can you believe there is no sin1 and that ,god does #a not recognize any1 when ,he sent ,his ,son to save from sin1 and the ,bible is addressed to sinners8 ,how can you believe there is no sickness1 when ,jesus came healing the sick8 #e ,to regard sin1 disease1 and death with less deference1 and only as the woeful unrealities of being1 is the only way to destroy them2 ,christian ,science is proving this by healing cases of disease and sin after all other means have failed4 ,the ,nazarene ,prophet could make the unreality #aj of both apparent in a moment4 ,does it not limit the power of ,mind to deny the possi- bility of communion with departed friends--dead only in belief8 ,does it limit the power of ,mind to say that addition #ae is not subtraction in mathematics8 ,the ,science of ,mind reveals the impossibility of two individual sleepers1 in different phases of thought1 communicating1 even if touch- ing each other corporeally2 or for one who sleeps to communicate with another who is awake4 ,mind's possi- #bj bilities are not lessened by being confined and conformed to the ,science of being4 ,if mortal mind and body are myths1 what is the con- nection between them and real identity1 and why are there as many identities as mortal bodies8 #be ,evil in the beginning claimed the power1 wisdom1 and utility of good2 and every creation or idea of ,spirit has its counterfeit in some matter belief4 ,every material be- lief hints the existence of spiritual reality2 and if mortals are instructed in spiritual things1 it will be seen that ma- #cj ,page #fa4 terial belief1 in all its manifestations1 reversed1 will be #a found the type and representative of verities priceless1 eternal1 and just at hand4 ,the education of the future will be instruction1 in spir- itual ,science1 against the material symbolic counterfeit #e sciences4 ,all the knowledge and vain strivings of mortal mind1 that lead to death1--even when aping the wisdom and magnitude of immortal ,mind1--will be swallowed up by the reality and omnipotence of ,truth over error1 and of ,life over death4 #aj 8,dear ,mrs4 ,eddy3--,in the ,october ,journal ,i read the following3 8,but the real man1 who was created in the image of ,god1 does not commit sin40 ,what then does sin8 ,what commits theft8 ,or who does murder8 ,for instance1 the man is held responsible for the crime2 for ,i went once #ae to a place where a man was said to be 8hanged for mur- der0--and certainly ,i saw him1 or his effigy1 dangling at the end of a rope4 ,this 8man0 was held responsible for the #8sin4' 0 ,what sins8 #bj ,according to the ,word1 man is the image and likeness of ,god4 ,does ,god's essential likeness sin1 or dangle at the end of a rope8 ,if not1 what does8 ,a culprit1 a sinner1 --anything but a man6 ,then1 what is a sinner8 ,a mortal2 but man is immortal4 #be ,again3 mortals are the embodiments 7or bodies1 if you please7 of error1 not of ,truth2 of sickness1 sin1 and death4 ,naming these ,his embodiment1 can neither make them so nor overthrow the logic that man is ,god's like- ness4 ,mortals seem very material2 man in the likeness #cj ,page #fb4 of ,spirit is spiritual4 ,holding the right idea of man in my #a mind1 ,i can improve my own1 and other people's individ- uality1 health1 and morals2 whereas1 the opposite image of man1 a sinner1 kept constantly in mind1 can no more improve health or morals1 than holding in thought the #e form of a boa-constrictor can aid an artist in painting a landscape4 ,man is seen only in the true likeness of his ,maker4 ,believing a lie veils the truth from our vision2 even as in mathematics1 in summing up positive and negative #aj quantities1 the negative quantity offsets an equal positive quantity1 making the aggregate positive1 or true quantity1 by that much1 less available4 ,why do ,christian ,scientists hold that their theology is essential to heal the sick1 when the mind-cure claims to heal #ae without it8 ,the theology of ,christian ,science is ,truth2 opposed to which is the error of sickness1 sin1 and death1 that ,truth destroys4 ,a 8mind-cure0 is a matter-cure4 ,an adherent to this #bj method honestly acknowledges this fact in her work entitled 8,mind-cure on a ,material ,basis40 ,in that work the author grapples with ,christian ,science1 attempts to solve its divine ,principle by the rule of human mind1 fails1 and ends in a parody on this ,science which is amus- #be ing to astute readers1--especially when she tells them that she is practising this ,science4 ,the theology of ,christian ,science is based on the action of the divine ,mind over the human mind and body2 whereas1 8mind-cure0 rests on the notion that the human #cj mind can cure its own disease1 or that which it causes1 ,page #fc4 and the sickness of matter1--which is infidel in the one #a case1 and anomalous in the other4 ,it was said of old by ,truth-traducers1 that ,jesus healed through ,beelzebub2 but the claim that one erring mind cures another one was at first gotten up to hinder his benign influence and to hide #e his divine power4 ,our ,master understood that ,life1 ,truth1 ,love are the triune ,principle of all pure theology2 also1 that this divine trinity is one infinite remedy for the opposite triad1 sick- ness1 sin1 and death4 #aj ,if there is no sin1 why did ,jesus come to save sinners8 ,if there is no reality in sickness1 why does a ,chris- tian ,scientist go to the bedside and address himself to the healing of disease1 on the basis of its unreality8 ,jesus came to seek and to save such as believe in the #ae reality of the unreal2 to save them from this false belief2 that they might lay hold of eternal ,life1 the great reality that concerns man1 and understand the final fact1--that ,god is omnipotent and omnipresent2 yea1 8that the ,lord ,he is ,god2 there is none else beside ,him10 as the ,scrip- #bj tures declare4 ,if ,christ was ,god1 why did ,jesus cry out1 8,my ,god1 why hast ,thou forsaken me80 ,even as the struggling heart1 reaching toward a higher goal1 appeals to its hope and faith1 ,why failest thou #be me8 ,jesus as the son of man was human3 ,christ as the ,son of ,god was divine4 ,this divinity was reaching humanity through the crucifixion of the human1--that momentous demonstration of ,god1 in which ,spirit proved its supremacy over matter4 ,jesus assumed for mortals the #cj ,page #fd4 weakness of flesh1 that ,spirit might be found 8,all-in-all40 #a ,hence1 the human cry which voiced that struggle2 thence1 the way he made for mortals' escape4 ,our ,master bore the cross to show his power over death2 then relinquished his earth-task of teaching and dem- #e onstrating the nothingness of sickness1 sin1 and death1 and rose to his native estate1 man's indestructible eternal life in ,god4 ,what can prospective students of the ,college take for preliminary studies8 ,do you regard the study of litera- #aj ture and languages as objectionable8 ,persons contemplating a course at the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college1 can prepare for it through no books except the ,bible1 and 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,man-made theories are nar- #ae row1 else extravagant1 and are always materialistic4 ,the ethics which guide thought spiritually must bene- fit every one2 for the only philosophy and religion that afford instruction are those which deal with facts and resist speculative opinions and fables4 #bj ,works on science are profitable2 for science is not human4 ,it is spiritual1 and not material4 ,literature and languages1 to a limited extent1 are aids to a student of the ,bible and of ,christian ,science4 ,is it possible to know why we are put into this condition #be of mortality8 ,it is quite as possible to know wherefore man is thus conditioned1 as to be certain that he is in a state of mortality4 ,the only evidence of the existence of a mor- tal man1 or of a material state and universe1 is gathered #cj ,page #fe4 from the five personal senses4 ,this delusive evidence1 #a ,science has dethroned by repeated proofs of its falsity4 ,we have no more proof of human discord1--sin1 sickness1 disease1 or death1--than we have that the earth's surface is flat1 and her motions imaginary4 ,if #e man's ipse dixit as to the stellar system is correct1 this is because ,science is true1 and the evidence of the senses is false4 ,then why not submit to the affirmations of ,science concerning the greater subject of human weal and woe8 ,every question between ,truth and error1 #aj ,science must and will decide4 ,left to the decision of ,science1 your query concerns a negative which the posi- tive ,truth destroys2 for ,god's universe and man are immortal4 ,we must not consider the false side of exist- ence in order to gain the true solution of ,life and its #ae great realities4 ,have you changed your instructions as to the right way of treating disease8 ,i have not2 and this important fact must be1 and al- ready is1 apprehended by those who understand my in- #bj structions on this question4 ,christian ,science demands both law and gospel1 in order to demonstrate healing1 and ,i have taught them both in its demonstration1 and with signs following4 ,they are a unit in restoring the equipoise of mind and body1 and balancing man's ac- #be count with his ,maker4 ,the sequence proves that strict adherence to one is inadequate to compensate for the absence of the other1 since both constitute the divine law of healing4 ,the ,jewish religion demands that 8whoso sheddeth #cj man's blood1 by man shall his blood be shed40 ,but this ,page #ff4 law is not infallible in wisdom2 and obedience thereto #a may be found faulty1 since false testimony or mistaken evidence may cause the innocent to suffer for the guilty4 ,hence the gospel that fulfils the law in righteousness1 the genius whereof is displayed in the surprising wisdom #e of these words of the ,new ,testament3 8,whatsoever a man soweth1 that shall he also reap40 ,no possible injustice lurks in this mandate1 and no human mis- judgment can pervert it2 for the offender alone suffers1 and always according to divine decree4 ,this sacred1 #aj solid precept is verified in all directions in ,mind- healing1 and is supported in the ,scripture by parallel proof4 ,the law and gospel of ,truth and ,love teach1 through divine ,science1 that sin is identical with suffering1 and #ae that suffering is the lighter affliction4 ,to reach the sum- mit of ,science1 whence to discern ,god's perfect ways and means1 the material sense must be controlled by the higher spiritual sense1 and ,truth be enthroned1 while 8we look not at the things which are seen1 but at #bj the things which are not seen40 ,cynical critics misjudge my meaning as to the sci- entific treatment of the sick4 ,disease that is superin- duced by sin is not healed like the more physical ailment4 ,the beginner in sin-healing must know this1 or #be he never can reach the ,science of ,mind-healing1 and so 8overcome evil with good40 ,error in premise is met with error in practice2 yea1 it is 8the blind leading the blind40 ,ignorance of the cause of disease can neither remove that cause nor its effect4 #cj ,i endeavor to accommodate my instructions to the present capability of the learner1 and to support the ,page #fg4 liberated thought until its altitude reaches beyond the #a mere alphabet of ,mind-healing4 ,above physical wants1 lie the higher claims of the law and gospel of healing4 ,first is the law1 which saith3-- 8,thou shalt not commit adultery20 in other words1 #e thou shalt not adulterate ,life1 ,truth1 or ,love1--men- tally1 morally1 or physically4 8,thou shalt not steal20 that is1 thou shalt not rob man of money1 which is but trash1 compared with his rights of mind and character4 8,thou shalt not kill20 that is1 thou shalt not strike at the #aj eternal sense of ,life with a malicious aim1 but shalt know that by doing thus thine own sense of ,life shall be forfeited4 8,thou shalt not bear false witness20 that is1 thou shalt not utter a lie1 either mentally or audibly1 nor cause it to be thought4 ,obedience to these command- #ae ments is indispensable to health1 happiness1 and length of days4 ,the gospel of healing demonstrates the law of ,love4 ,justice uncovers sin of every sort2 and mercy demands that if you see the danger menacing others1 you shall1 #bj ,deo volente1 inform them thereof4 ,only thus is the right practice of ,mind-healing achieved1 and the wrong prac- tice discerned1 disarmed1 and destroyed4 ,do you believe in translation8 ,if your question refers to language1 whereby one ex- #be presses the sense of words in one language by equiva- lent words in another1 ,i do4 ,if you refer to the removal of a person to heaven1 without his subjection to death1 ,i modify my affirmative answer4 ,i believe in this removal being possible after all the footsteps requisite #cj have been taken up to the very throne1 up to the ,page #fh4 spiritual sense and fact of divine substance1 intelligence1 #a ,life1 and ,love4 ,this translation is not the work of mo- ments2 it requires both time and eternity4 ,it means more than mere disappearance to the human sense2 it must include also man's changed appearance and diviner form #e visible to those beholding him here4 ,the ,rev4 ---- said in a sermon3 ,a true ,christian would protest against metaphysical healing being called ,christian ,science4 ,he also maintained that pain and disease are not illusions but realities2 and that it is not #aj ,christian to believe they are illusions4 ,is this so8 ,it is unchristian to believe that pain and sickness are anything but illusions4 ,my proof of this is1 that the penalty for believing in their reality is the very pain and disease4 ,jesus cast out a devil1 and the dumb spake2 #ae hence it is right to know that the works of ,satan are the illusion and error which ,truth casts out4 ,does the gentleman above mentioned know the meaning of divine metaphysics1 or of metaphysical theology8 #bj ,according to ,webster1 metaphysics is defined thus3 8,the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessary to thought and knowledge2 science of the mind40 ,worcester defines it as 8the philosophy of mind1 as distinguished from that of matter2 a science of which #be the object is to explain the principles and causes of all things existing10 ,brande calls metaphysics 8the science which regards the ultimate grounds of being1 as distinguished from its phenomenal modifications40 8,a speculative science1 which soars beyond the bounds of #cj experience10 is a further definition4 ,page #fi4 ,divine metaphysics is that which treats of the exist- #a ence of ,god1 ,his essence1 relations1 and attributes4 ,a sneer at metaphysics is a scoff at ,deity2 at ,his goodness1 mercy1 and might4 ,christian ,science is the unfolding of true metaphysics2 #e that is1 of ,mind1 or ,god1 and ,his attributes4 ,science rests on ,principle and demonstration4 ,the ,principle of ,chris- tian ,science is divine4 ,its rule is1 that man shall utilize the divine power4 ,in ,genesis i4 #bf1 we read3 8,let us make man in #aj our image1 after our likeness3 and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea1 and over the fowl of the air40 ,i was once called to visit a sick man to whom the regular physicians had given three doses of ,croton #ae oil1 and then had left him to die4 ,upon my arrival ,i found him barely alive1 and in terrible agony4 ,in one hour he was well1 and the next day he attended to his business4 ,i removed the stoppage1 healed him of en- teritis1 and neutralized the bad effects of the poison- #bj ous oil4 ,his physicians had failed even to move his bowels1--though the wonder was1 with the means used in their effort to accomplish this result1 that they had not quite killed him4 ,according to their diagnosis1 the exciting cause of the inflammation and #be stoppage was--eating smoked herring4 ,the man is living yet2 and ,i will send his address to any one who may wish to apply to him for information about his case4 ,now comes the question3 ,had that sick man dominion #cj over the fish in his stomach8 ,his want of control over 8the fish of the sea0 must ,page #gj4 have been an illusion1 or else the ,scriptures misstate #a man's power4 ,that the ,bible is true ,i believe1 not only1 but ,i demonstrated its truth when ,i exercised my power over the fish1 cast out the sick man's illu- sion1 and healed him4 ,thus it was shown that the #e healing action of ,mind upon the body has its only ex- planation in divine metaphysics4 ,as a man 8thinketh in his heart1 so is he40 ,when the mortal thought1 or be- lief1 was removed1 the man was well4 ,what did ,jesus mean when he said to the dying thief1 #aj 8,to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise08 ,paradisaical rest from physical agony would come to the criminal1 if the dream of dying should startle him from the dream of suffering4 ,the paradise of ,spirit would come to ,jesus1 in a spiritual sense of ,life and #ae power4 ,christ ,jesus lived and reappeared4 ,he was too good to die2 for goodness is immortal4 ,the thief was not equal to the demands of the hour2 but sin was de- stroying itself1 and had already begun to die1--as the poor thief's prayer for help indicated4 ,the dy- #bj ing malefactor and our ,lord were inevitably sepa- rated through ,mind4 ,the thief's body1 as matter1 must dissolve into its native nothingness2 whereas the body of the holy ,spirit of ,jesus was eternal4 ,that day the thief would be with ,jesus only in a finite #be and material sense of relief2 while our ,lord would soon be rising to the supremacy of ,spirit1 working out1 even in the silent tomb1 those wonderful demon- strations of divine power1 in which none could equal his glory4 #cj ,page #ga4 ,is it right for me to treat others1 when ,i am not entirely #a well myself8 ,the late ,john ,b4 ,gough is said to have suffered from an appetite for alcoholic drink until his death2 yet he saved many a drunkard from this fatal appetite4 ,paul #e had a thorn in the flesh3 one writer thinks that he was troubled with rheumatism1 and another that he had sore eyes2 but this is certain1 that he healed others who were sick4 ,it is unquestionably right to do right2 and heal- ing the sick is a very right thing to do4 #aj ,does ,christian ,science set aside the law of transmission1 prenatal desires1 and good or bad influences on the unborn child8 ,science never averts law1 but supports it4 ,all actual causation must interpret omnipotence1 the all-knowing #ae ,mind4 ,law brings out ,truth1 not error2 unfolds divine ,principle1--but neither human hypothesis nor matter4 ,errors are based on a mortal or material formation2 they are suppositional modes1 not the factors of divine presence and power4 #bj ,whatever is humanly conceived is a departure from divine law2 hence its mythical origin and certain end4 ,according to the ,scriptures1--,st4 ,paul declares astutely1 8,for of ,him1 and through ,him1 and to ,him1 are all things10--man is incapable of originating2 nothing can #be be formed apart from ,god1 good1 the all-knowing ,mind4 ,what seems to be of human origin is the counterfeit of the divine1--even human concepts1 mortal shadows flitting across the dial of time4 ,whatever is real is right and eternal2 hence the im- #cj mutable and just law of ,science1 that ,god is good only1 ,page #gb4 and can transmit to man and the universe nothing evil1 #a or unlike ,himself4 ,for the innocent babe to be born a lifelong sufferer because of his parents' mistakes or sins1 were sore injustice4 ,science sets aside man as a creator1 and unfolds the eternal harmonies of the only living and #e true origin1 ,god4 ,according to the beliefs of the flesh1 both good and bad traits of the parents are transmitted to their help- less offspring1 and ,god is supposed to impart to man this fatal power4 ,it is cause for rejoicing that this belief #aj is as false as it is remorseless4 ,the immutable ,word saith1 through the prophet ,ezekiel1 8,what mean ye1 that ye use this proverb concerning the land of ,israel1 saying1 ,the fathers have eaten sour grapes1 and the children's teeth are set on edge8 ,as ,i live1 saith the ,lord ,god1 #ae ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in ,israel40 ,are material things real when they are harmonious1 and do they disappear only to the natural sense8 ,does this ,scripture1 8,your heavenly ,father knoweth that ye have #bj need of all these things0 imply that ,spirit takes note of matter8 ,the ,science of ,mind1 as well as the material unii verse1 shows that nothing which is material is in perpetual harmony4 ,matter is manifest mortal mind1 #ce and it exists only to material sense4 ,real sensation is not material2 it is1 and must be1 mental3 and ,mind is not mortal1 it is immortal4 ,being is ,god1 infinite ,spirit2 therefore it cannot cognize aught material1 or outside of infinity4 #cj ,the ,scriptural passage quoted affords no evidence of ,page #gc4 the reality of matter1 or that ,god is conscious of it4 #a ,the so-called material body is said to suffer1 but this supposition is proven erroneous when ,mind casts out the suffering4 ,the ,scripture saith1 8,whom the ,lord loveth ,he chasteneth20 and again1 8,he doth not #e afflict willingly40 ,interpreted materially1 these pas- sages conflict2 they mingle the testimony of immor- tal ,science with mortal sense2 but once discern their spiritual meaning1 and it separates the false sense from the true1 and establishes the reality of what is spiritual1 #aj and the unreality of materiality4 ,law is never material3 it is always mental and moral1 and a commandment to the wise4 ,the foolish disobey moral law1 and are punished4 ,human wisdom therefore can get no farther than to say1 ,he knoweth that we have #ae need of experience4 ,belief fulfils the conditions of a be- lief1 and these conditions destroy the belief4 ,hence the verdict of experience3 ,we have need of these things2 we have need to know that the so-called pleasures and pains of matter--yea1 that all subjective states of false sensa- #bj tion--are unreal4 8,and ,jesus said unto them1 ,verily ,i say unto you1 ,that ye which have followed me1 in the regeneration when the ,son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory1 ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones1 judging the #be twelve tribes of ,israel40 7,matt4 xix4 #bh47 ,what is meant by regeneration8 ,it is the appearing of divine law to human under- standing2 the spiritualization that comes from spiritual sense in contradistinction to the testimony of the so- #cj called material senses4 ,the phenomena of ,spirit in ,page #gd4 ,christian ,science1 and the divine correspondence of #a noumenon and phenomenon understood1 are here signi- fied4 ,this new-born sense subdues not only the false sense of generation1 but the human will1 and the un- natural enmity of mortal man toward ,god4 ,it quickly #e imparts a new apprehension of the true basis of being1 and the spiritual foundation for the affections which en- throne the ,son of man in the glory of his ,father2 and judges1 through the stern mandate of ,science1 all human systems of etiology and teleology4 #aj ,if ,god does not recognize matter1 how did ,jesus1 who was 8the way1 the truth1 and the life10 cognize it8 ,christ ,jesus' sense of matter was the opposite of that which mortals entertain3 his nativity was a spiritual and immortal sense of the ideal world4 ,his earthly mission #ae was to translate substance into its original meaning1 ,mind4 ,he walked upon the waves2 he turned the water into wine2 he healed the sick and the sinner2 he raised the dead1 and rolled away the stone from the door of his own tomb4 ,his demonstration of ,spirit virtually van- #bj quished matter and its supposed laws4 ,walking the wave1 he proved the fallacy of the theory that matter is substance2 healing through ,mind1 he removed any sup- position that matter is intelligent1 or can recognize or express pain and pleasure4 ,his triumph over the grave #be was an everlasting victory for ,life2 it demonstrated the lifelessness of matter1 and the power and permanence of ,spirit4 ,he met and conquered the resistance of the world4 ,if you will admit1 with me1 that matter is neither #cj substance1 intelligence1 nor ,life1 you may have all that ,page #ge4 is left of it2 and you will have touched the hem of the #a garment of ,jesus' idea of matter1 ,christ was 8the way20 since ,life and ,truth were the way that gave us1 through a human person1 a spiritual revelation of man's possible earthly development4 #e ,why do you insist that there is but one ,soul1 and that ,soul is not in the body8 ,first3 ,i urge this fundamental fact and grand verity of ,christian ,science1 because it includes a rule that must be understood1 or it is impossible to demonstrate the ,sci- #aj ence4 ,soul is a synonym of ,spirit1 and ,god is ,spirit4 ,there is but one ,god1 and the infinite is not within the finite2 hence ,soul is one1 and is ,god2 and ,god is not in matter or the mortal body4 ,second3 ,because ,soul is a term for ,deity1 and this #ae term should seldom be employed except where the word ,god can be used and make complete sense4 ,the word ,soul may sometimes be used metaphorically2 but if this term is warped to signify human quality1 a substitution of sense for soul clears the meaning1 and assists one to #bj understand ,christian ,science4 ,mary's exclamation1 8,my soul doth magnify the ,lord10 is rendered in ,sci- ence1 8,my spiritual sense doth magnify the ,lord20 for the name of ,deity used in that place does not bring out the meaning of the passage4 ,it was evidently an #be illuminated sense through which she discovered the spiritual origin of man4 8,the soul that sinneth1 it shall die10 means1 that mortal man 7alias material sense7 that sinneth1 shall die2 and the commonly accepted view is that soul is deathless4 ,soul is the divine ,mind1--for #cj ,soul cannot be formed or brought forth by human ,page #gf4 thought1--and must proceed from ,god2 hence it must #a be sinless1 and destitute of self-created or derived capacity to sin4 ,third3 ,jesus said1 8,if a man keep my saying1 he shall never see death40 ,this statement of our ,master #e is true1 and remains to be demonstrated2 for it is the ultimatum of ,christian ,science2 but this immortal saying can never be tested or proven true upon a false premise1 such as the mortal belief that soul is in body1 and life and intelligence are in matter4 ,that doctrine is not #aj theism1 but pantheism4 ,according to human belief the bodies of mortals are mortal1 but they contain immortal souls6 hence these bodies must die for these souls to escape and be immortal4 ,the theory that death must occur1 to set a human soul free from its environments1 #ae is rendered void by ,jesus' divine declaration1 who spake as never man spake1--and no man can rationally reject his authority on this subject and accept it on other topics less important4 ,now1 exchange the term soul for sense whenever this #bj word means the so-called soul in the body1 and you will find the right meaning indicated4 ,the misnamed human soul is material sense1 which sinneth and shall die2 for it is an error or false sense of mentality in matter1 and matter has no sense4 ,you will admit that ,soul is the #be ,life of man4 ,now if ,soul sinned1 it would die2 for 8the wages of sin is death40 ,the ,scripture saith1 8,when ,christ1 who is our life1 shall appear1 then shall ye also appear with him in glory40 ,the ,science of ,soul1 ,spirit1 involves this appearing1 and is essential to the fulfilment #cj of this glorious prophecy of the master ,metaphysician1 who overcame the last enemy1 death4 ,page #gg4 ,did the salvation of the eunuch depend merely on his #a believing that ,jesus ,christ was the ,son of ,god8 ,it did2 but this believing was more than faith in the fact that ,jesus was the ,messiah4 ,here the verb believe took its original meaning1 namely1 to be firm1--yea1 to #e understand those great truths asserted of the ,messiah3 it meant to discern and consent to that infinite demand made upon the eunuch in those few words of the apostle4 ,philip's requirement was1 that he should not only ac- knowledge the incarnation1--,god made manifest through #aj man1--but even the eternal unity of man and ,god1 as the divine ,principle and spiritual idea2 which is the in- dissoluble bond of union1 the power and presence1 in divine ,science1 of ,life1 ,truth1 and ,love1 to support their ideal man4 ,this is the ,father's great ,love that ,he #ae hath bestowed upon us1 and it holds man in endless ,life and one eternal round of harmonious being4 ,it guides him by ,truth that knows no error1 and with supersensual1 impartial1 and unquenchable ,love4 ,to believe is to be firm4 ,in adopting all this vast idea of #bj ,christ ,jesus1 the eunuch was to know in whom he be- lieved4 ,to believe thus was to enter the spiritual sanctuary of ,truth1 and there learn1 in divine ,science1 somewhat of the ,all-,father-,mother ,god4 ,it was to understand ,god and man3 it was sternly to rebuke the mortal #be belief that man has fallen away from his first estate2 that man1 made in ,god's own likeness1 and reflecting ,truth1 could fall into mortal error2 or1 that man is the father of man4 ,it was to enter unshod the ,holy of ,holies1 where the miracle of grace appears1 and where the miracles of #cj ,jesus had their birth1--healing the sick1 casting out evils1 and resurrecting the human sense to the belief ,page #gh4 that ,life1 ,god1 is not buried in matter4 ,this is the spirit- #a ual dawn of the ,messiah1 and the overture of the angels4 ,this is when ,god is made manifest in the flesh1 and thus it destroys all sense of sin1 sickness1 and death1--when the brightness of ,his glory encompasseth #e all being4 ,can ,christian ,science ,mind-healing be taught to those who are absent8 ,the ,science of ,mind-healing can no more be taught thus1 than can science in any other direction4 ,i know #aj not how to teach either ,euclid or the ,science of ,mind silently2 and never dreamed that either of these partook of the nature of occultism1 magic1 alchemy1 or necro- mancy4 ,these 8ways that are vain0 are the inventions of animal magnetism1 which would deceive1 if possible1 #ae the very elect4 ,we will charitably hope1 however1 that some people employ the et cetera of ignorance and self- conceit unconsciously1 in their witless ventilation of false statements and claims4 ,misguiding the public mind and taking its money in exchange for this abuse1 has become #bj too common3 we will hope it is the froth of error passing off2 and that ,christian ,science will some time appear all the clearer for the purification of the public thought con- cerning it4 ,has man fallen from a state of perfection8 #be ,if ,god is the ,principle of man 7and ,he is71 man is the idea of ,god2 and this idea cannot fail to express the ex- act nature of its ,principle1--any more than goodness1 to present the quality of good4 ,human hypotheses are always human vagaries1 formulated views antagonistic #cj ,page #gi4 to the divine order and the nature of ,deity4 ,all these #a mortal beliefs will be purged and dissolved in the cru- cible of ,truth1 and the places once knowing them will know them no more forever1 having been swept clean by the winds of history4 ,the grand verities of ,science #e will sift the chaff from the wheat1 until it is clear to hu- man comprehension that man was1 and is1 ,god's perfect likeness1 that reflects all whereby we can know ,god4 ,in ,him we live1 move1 and have being4 ,man's origin and existence being in ,him1 man is the ultimatum of per- #aj fection1 and by no means the medium of imperfection4 ,immortal man is the eternal idea of ,truth1 that cannot lapse into a mortal belief or error concerning himself and his origin3 he cannot get out of the focal distance of infinity4 ,if ,god is upright and eternal1 man as ,his like- #ae ness is erect in goodness and perpetual in ,life1 ,truth1 and ,love4 ,if the great cause is perfect1 its effect is per- fect also2 and cause and effect in ,science are immutable and immortal4 ,a mortal who is sinning1 sick1 and dying1 is not immortal man2 and never was1 and never can be1 #bj ,god's image and likeness1 the true ideal of immortal man's divine ,principle4 ,the spiritual man is that per- fect and unfallen likeness1 coexistent and coeternal with ,god4 8,as in ,adam all die1 even so in ,christ shall all be made alive40 #be ,what course should ,christian ,scientists take in regard to aiding persons brought before the courts for violation of medical statutes8 ,beware of joining any medical league which in any way obligates you to assist--because they chance to be #cj under arrest--vendors of patent pills1 mesmerists1 ,page #hj4 occultists1 sellers of impure literature1 and authors of #a spurious works on mental healing4 ,by rendering error such a service1 you lose much more than can be gained by mere unity on the single issue of opposition to unjust medical laws4 #e ,a league which obligates its members to give money and influence in support and defense of medical char- latans in general1 and possibly to aid individual rights in a wrong direction--which ,christian ,science eschews --should be avoided4 ,anybody and everybody1 who #aj will fight the medical faculty1 can join this league4 ,it is better to be friendly with cultured and conscientious medical men1 who leave ,christian ,science to rise or fall on its own merit or demerit1 than to affiliate with a wrong class of people4 #ae ,unconstitutional and unjust coercive legislation and laws1 infringing individual rights1 must be 8of few days1 and full of trouble40 ,the vox populi1 through the provi- dence of ,god1 promotes and impels all true reform2 and1 at the best time1 will redress wrongs and rectify injus- #bj tice4 ,tyranny can thrive but feebly under our ,govern- ment4 ,god reigns1 and will 8turn and overturn0 until right is found supreme4 ,in a certain sense1 we should commiserate the lot of regular doctors1 who1 in successive generations for cen- #be turies1 have planted and sown and reaped in the fields of what they deem pathology1 hygiene1 and therapeutics1 but are now elbowed by a new school of practitioners1 outdoing the healing of the old4 ,the old will not patronize the new school1 at least not until it shall come to understand #cj the medical system of the new4 ,christian ,science ,mind-healing rests demonstrably on ,page #ha4 the broad and sure foundation of ,science2 and this is #a not the basis of materia medica1 as some of the most skil- ful and scholarly physicians openly admit4 ,to prevent all unpleasant and unchristian action--as we drift1 by right of ,god's dear love1 into more spiritual #e lines of life--let each society of practitioners1 the matter- physicians and the metaphysicians1 agree to disagree1 and then patiently wait on ,god to decide1 as surely ,he will1 which is the true system of medicine4 ,do we not see in the commonly accepted teachings of the #aj day1 the ,christ-idea mingled with the teachings of ,john the ,baptist8 or1 rather1 ,are not the last eighteen centuries but the footsteps of ,truth being baptized of ,john1 and com- ing up straightway out of the ceremonial 7or ritualistic7 waters to receive the benediction of an honored ,father1 and #ae afterwards to go up into the wilderness1 in order to over- come mortal sense1 before it shall go forth into all the cities and towns of ,judea1 or see many of the people from beyond ,jordan8 ,now1 if all this be a fair or correct view of this question1 why does not ,john hear this voice1 or see the #bj dove1--or has not ,truth yet reached the shore8 ,every individual character1 like the individual ,john the ,baptist1 at some date must cry in the desert of earthly joy2 and his voice be heard divinely and humanly4 ,in the desolation of human understanding1 #be divine ,love hears and answers the human call for help2 and the voice of ,truth utters the divine verities of being which deliver mortals out of the depths of ignorance and vice4 ,this is the ,father's benediction4 ,it gives lessons to human life1 guides the understanding1 peoples #cj ,page #hb4 the mind with spiritual ideas1 reconstructs the ,judean #a religion1 and reveals ,god and man as the ,principle and idea of all good4 ,understanding this fact in ,christian ,science1 brings the peace symbolized by a dove2 and this peace floweth #e as a river into a shoreless eternity4 ,he who knew the foretelling ,truth1 beheld the forthcoming ,truth1 as it came up out of the baptism of ,spirit1 to enlighten and redeem mortals4 ,such ,christians as ,john cognize the symbols of ,god1 reach the sure foundations of time1 stand #aj upon the shore of eternity1 and grasp and gather--in all glory--what eye hath not seen4 ,is there infinite progression with man after the destruc- tion of mortal mind8 ,man is the offspring and idea of the ,supreme ,being1 #ae whose law is perfect and infinite4 ,in obedience to this law1 man is forever unfolding the endless beatitudes of ,being2 for he is the image and likeness of infinite ,life1 ,truth1 and ,love4 ,infinite progression is concrete being1 which finite #bj mortals see and comprehend only as abstract glory4 ,as mortal mind1 or the material sense of life1 is put off1 the spiritual sense and ,science of being is brought to light4 ,mortal mind is a myth2 the one ,mind is immortal4 #be ,a mythical or mortal sense of existence is consumed as a moth1 in the treacherous glare of its own flame-- the errors which devour it4 ,immortal ,mind is ,god1 immortal good2 in whom the ,scripture saith 8we live1 and move1 and have our being40 ,this ,mind1 then1 is not #cj subject to growth1 change1 or diminution1 but is the divine ,page #hc4 intelligence1 or ,principle1 of all real being2 holding #a man forever in the rhythmic round of unfolding bliss1 as a living witness to and perpetual idea of inexhaustible good4 ,in your book1 ,science and ,health17#c7 page #aha1 you #e say3 8,every sin is the author of itself1 and every invalid the cause of his own sufferings40 ,on page #ahb you say3 8,sickness is a growth of illusion1 spring- ing from a seed of thought1--either your own thought or another's40 ,will you please explain this seeming #aj contradiction8 ,no person can accept another's belief1 except it be with the consent of his own belief4 ,if the error which knocks at the door of your own thought originated in another's mind1 you are a free moral agent to reject or #ae to accept this error2 hence1 you are the arbiter of your own fate1 and sin is the author of sin4 ,in the words of our ,master1 you are 8a liar1 and the father of it the lie40 ,why did ,jesus call himself 8the ,son of man08 #bj ,in the life of our ,lord1 meekness was as conspicuous as might4 ,in ,john xvii4 he declared his sonship with ,god3 8,these words spake ,jesus1 and lifted up his eyes to heaven1 and said1 ,father1 the hour is come2 glorify ,thy ,son1 that ,thy ,son also may glorify ,thee40 #be ,the hour had come for the avowal of this great truth1 and for the proof of his eternal ,life and sonship4 ,jesus' ,page #hd4 wisdom ofttimes was shown by his forbearing to speak1 #a as well as by speaking1 the whole truth4 ,haply he waited for a preparation of the human heart to receive start- ling announcements4 ,this wisdom1 which character- ized his sayings1 did not prophesy his death1 and thereby #e hasten or permit it4 ,the disciples and prophets thrust disputed points on minds unprepared for them4 ,this cost them their lives1 and the world's temporary esteem2 but the prophecies were fulfilled1 and their motives were rewarded by #aj growth and more spiritual understanding1 which dawns by degrees on mortals4 ,the spiritual ,christ was infal- lible2 ,jesus1 as material manhood1 was not ,christ4 ,the 8man of sorrows0 knew that the man of joys1 his spiritual self1 or ,christ1 was the ,son of ,god2 and that the mor- #ae tal mind1 not the immortal ,mind1 suffered4 ,the human manifestation of the ,son of ,god was called the ,son of man1 or ,mary's son4 ,please explain ,paul's meaning in the text1 8,for to me to live is ,christ1 and to die is gain40 #bj ,the ,science of ,life1 overshadowing ,paul's sense of life in matter1 so far extinguished the latter as forever to quench his love for it4 ,the discipline of the flesh is designed to turn one1 like a weary traveller1 to the home of ,love4 ,to lose error thus1 is to live in ,christ1 ,truth4 #be ,a true sense of the falsity of material joys and sorrows1 pleasures and pains1 takes them away1 and teaches ,life's lessons aright4 ,the transition from our lower sense of ,life to a new and higher sense thereof1 even though it be through the door named death1 yields a clearer and #cj nearer sense of ,life to those who have utilized the present1 ,page #he4 and are ripe for the harvest-home4 ,to the battle- #a worn and weary ,christian hero1 ,life eternal brings blessings4 ,is a ,christian ,scientist ever sick1 and has he who is sick been regenerated8 #e ,the ,christian ,scientist learns spiritually all that he knows of ,life1 and demonstrates what he understands4 ,god is recognized as the divine ,principle of his being1 and of every thought and act leading to good4 ,his pur- pose must be right1 though his power is temporarily lim- #aj ited4 ,perfection1 the goal of existence1 is not won in a moment2 and regeneration leading thereto is gradual1 for it culminates in the fulfilment of this divine rule in ,science3 8,be ye therefore perfect1 even as your ,father which is in heaven is perfect40 #ae ,the last degree of regeneration rises into the rest of perpetual1 spiritual1 individual existence4 ,the first feeble fluttering of mortals ,christward are infantile and more or less imperfect4 ,the new-born ,christian ,scientist must mature1 and work out his own salvation4 #bj ,spirit and flesh antagonize4 ,temptation1 that mist of mortal mind which seems to be matter and the environ- ment of mortals1 suggests pleasure and pain in matter2 and1 so long as this temptation lasts1 the warfare is not ended and the mortal is not regenerated4 ,the pleas- #be ures--more than the pains--of sense1 retard regenera- tion2 for pain compels human consciousness to escape from sense into the immortality and harmony of ,soul4 ,disease in error1 more than ease in it1 tends to destroy error3 the sick often are thereby led to ,christ1 ,truth1 #cj and to learn their way out of both sickness and sin4 ,page #hf4 ,the material and physical are imperfect4 ,the in- #a dividual and spiritual are perfect2 these have no fleshly nature4 ,this final degree of regeneration is saving1 and the ,christian will1 must1 attain it2 but it doth not yet appear4 ,until this be attained1 the ,christian ,scientist #e must continue to strive with sickness1 sin1 and death-- though in lessening degrees--and manifest growth at every experience4 ,is it correct to say of material objects1 that they are noth- ing and exist only in imagination8 #aj ,nothing and something are words which need correct definition4 ,they either mean formations of indefinite and vague human opinions1 or scientific classifications of the unreal and the real4 ,my sense of the beauty of the universe is1 that beauty typifies holiness1 and is some- #ae thing to be desired4 ,earth is more spiritually beautiful to my gaze now than when it was more earthly to the eyes of ,eve4 ,the pleasant sensations of human belief1 of form and color1 must be spiritualized1 until we gain the glorified sense of substance as in the new heaven and #bj earth1 the harmony of body and ,mind4 ,even the human conception of beauty1 grandeur1 and utility is something that defies a sneer4 ,it is more than imagination4 ,it is next to divine beauty and the gran- deur of ,spirit4 ,it lives with our earth-life1 and is #be the subjective state of high thoughts4 ,the atmos- phere of mortal mind constitutes our mortal envi- ronment4 ,what mortals hear1 see1 feel1 taste1 smell1 constitutes their present earth and heaven3 but we must grow out of even this pleasing thraldom1 and find wings #cj to reach the glory of supersensible ,life2 then we shall ,page #hg4 soar above1 as the bird in the clear ether of the blue tem- #a poral sky4 ,to take all earth's beauty into one gulp of vacuity and label beauty nothing1 is ignorantly to caricature ,god's creation1 which is unjust to human sense and #e to the divine realism4 ,in our immature sense of spirit- ual things1 let us say of the beauties of the sensuous universe3 8,i love your promise2 and shall know1 some time1 the spiritual reality and substance of form1 light1 and color1 of what ,i now through you discern dimly2 and #aj knowing this1 ,i shall be satisfied4 ,matter is a frail con- ception of mortal mind2 and mortal mind is a poorer representative of the beauty1 grandeur1 and glory of the immortal ,mind40 ,please inform us through your ,journal2 if you sent #ae ,mrs4 ---- to ----4 ,she said that you sent her there to look after the students2 and also1 that no one there was working in ,science1--which is certainly a mistake4 ,i never commission any one to teach students of mine4 ,after class teaching1 he does best in the investigation of #bj ,christian ,science who is most reliant on himself and ,god4 ,my students are taught the divine ,principle and rules of the ,science of ,mind-healing4 ,what they need thereafter is to study thoroughly the ,scriptures and 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,to #be watch and pray1 to be honest1 earnest1 loving1 and truth- ful1 is indispensable to the demonstration of the truth they have been taught4 ,if they are haunted by obsequious helpers1 who1 un- called for1 imagine they can help anybody and steady #cj ,god's altar--this interference prolongs the struggle ,page #hh4 and tends to blight the fruits of my students4 ,a faith- #a ful student may even sometimes feel the need of physical help1 and occasionally receive it from others2 but the less this is required1 the better it is for that student4 #e ,please give us1 through your ,journal1 the name of the author of that genuine critique in the ,september number1 8,what ,quibus ,thinks40 ,i am pleased to inform this inquirer1 that the author of the article in question is a ,boston gentleman whose #aj thought is appreciated by many liberals4 ,patience1 ob- servation1 intellectual culture1 reading1 writing1 exten- sive travel1 and twenty years in the pulpit1 have equipped him as a critic who knows whereof he speaks4 ,his allu- sion to ,christian ,science in the following paragraph1 #ae glows in the shadow of darkling criticism like a mid- night sun4 ,its manly honesty follows like a benediction after prayer1 and closes the task of talking to deaf ears and dull debaters4 8,we have always insisted that this ,science is natural1 #bj spiritually natural2 that ,jesus was the highest type of real nature2 that ,christian healing is supernatural1 or extra-natural1 only to those who do not enter into its sublimity or understand its modes--as imported ice was miraculous to the equatorial ,african1 who had never #be seen water freeze40 ,is it right for a ,scientist to treat with a doctor8 ,this depends upon what kind of a doctor it is4 ,mind- healing1 and healing with drugs1 are opposite modes of medicine4 ,as a rule1 drop one of these doctors when you #cj ,page #hi4 employ the other4 ,the ,scripture saith1 8,no man can #a serve two masters20 and1 8,every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation40 ,if ,scientists are called upon to care for a member of the family1 or a friend in sickness1 who is employing a #e regular physician1 would it be right to treat this patient at all2 and ought the patient to follow the doctor's directions8 ,when patients are under material medical treatment1 it is advisable in most cases that ,scientists do not treat #aj them1 or interfere with materia medica4 ,if the patient is in peril1 and you save him or alleviate his sufferings1 although the medical attendant and friends have no faith in your method1 it is humane1 and not unchristian1 to do him all the good you can2 but your good will gen- #ae erally 8be evil spoken of40 ,the hazard of casting 8pearls before swine0 caused our ,master to refuse help to some who sought his aid2 and he left this precaution for others4 ,if mortal man is unreal1 how can he be saved1 and why #bj does he need to be saved8 ,i ask for information1 not for controversy1 for ,i am a seeker after ,truth4 ,you will find the proper answer to this question in my published works4 ,man is immortal4 ,mortal man is a false concept that is not spared or prolonged by being #be saved from itself1 from whatever is false4 ,this salva- tion means3 saved from error1 or error overcome4 ,im- mortal man1 in ,god's likeness1 is safe in divine ,science4 ,mortal man is saved on this divine ,principle1 if he will only avail himself of the efficacy of ,truth1 and recog- #cj ,page #ij4 nize his ,saviour4 ,he must know that ,god is omnipo- #a tent2 hence1 that sin is impotent4 ,he must know that the power of sin is the pleasure in sin4 ,take away this pleasure1 and you remove all reality from its power4 ,jesus demonstrated sin and death to be powerless4 ,this #e practical ,truth saves from sin1 and will save all who understand it4 ,is it wrong for a wife to have a husband treated for sin1 when she knows he is sinning1 or for drinking and smoking8 #aj ,it is always right to act rightly2 but sometimes1 under circumstances exceptional1 it is inexpedient to attack evil4 ,this rule is forever golden3 8,as ye would that men should do to you1 do ye even so to them40 ,do you desire to be freed from sin8 ,then help others to be free2 #ae but in your measures1 obey the ,scriptures1 8,be ye wise as serpents40 ,break the yoke of bondage in every wise way4 ,first1 be sure that your means for doing good are equal to your motives2 then judge them by their fruits4 #bj ,if not ordained1 shall the pastor of the ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist1 administer the communion1--and shall members of a church not organized receive the communion8 ,our great ,master administered to his disciples the #be ,passover1 or last supper1 without this prerogative being conferred by a visible organization and ordained priest- hood4 ,his spiritually prepared breakfast1 after his resurrection1 and after his disciples had left their nets to follow him1 is the spiritual communion which ,chris- #cj ,page #ia4 tian ,scientists celebrate in commemoration of the ,christ4 #a ,this ordinance is significant as a type of the true worship1 and it should be observed at present in our churches4 ,it is not indispensable to organize materially ,christ's church4 ,it is not absolutely necessary to ordain pas- #e tors and to dedicate churches2 but if this be done1 let it be in concession to the period1 and not as a per- petual or indispensable ceremonial of the church4 ,if our church is organized1 it is to meet the demand1 8,suffer it to be so now40 ,the real ,christian compact #aj is love for one another4 ,this bond is wholly spiritual and inviolate4 ,it is imperative1 at all times and under every cir- cumstance1 to perpetuate no ceremonials except as types of these mental conditions1--remembrance and #ae love2 a real affection for ,jesus' character and example4 ,be it remembered1 that all types employed in the ser- vice of ,christian ,science should represent the most spir- itual forms of thought and worship that can be made visible4 #bj ,should not the teacher of ,christian ,science have our textbook1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 in his schoolroom and teach from it8 ,i never dreamed1 until informed thereof1 that a loyal student did not take his textbook with him into the class- #be room1 ask questions from it1 answer them according to it1 and1 as occasion required1 read from the book as au- thority for what he taught4 ,i supposed that students had followed my example1 and that of other teachers1 sufficiently to do this1 and also to require their pupils to #cj study the lessons before recitations4 ,page #ib4 ,to omit these important points is anomalous1 con- #a sidering the necessity for understanding ,science1 and the present liability of deviating from ,christian ,science4 ,centuries will intervene before the statement of the inex- haustible topics of that book become sufficiently under- #e stood to be absolutely demonstrated4 ,the teacher of ,christian ,science needs continually to study this textbook4 ,his work is to replenish thought1 and to spiritualize human life1 from this open fount of ,truth and ,love4 ,he who sees most clearly and enlightens other minds #aj most readily1 keeps his own lamp trimmed and burning4 ,he will take the textbook of ,christian ,science into his class1 repeat the questions in the chapter on ,recapitula- tion1 and his students will answer them from the same source4 ,throughout his entire explanations1 the teacher #ae should strictly adhere to the questions and answers con- tained in that chapter of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,it is important to point out the lesson to the class1 and to require the students thor- oughly to study it before the recitations2 for this spirit- #bj ualizes their thoughts4 ,when closing his class1 the teacher should require each member to own a copy of the above-named book and to continue the study of this textbook4 ,the opinions of men cannot be substituted for ,god's #be revelation4 ,it must not be forgotten that in times past1 arrogant ignorance and pride1 in attempting to steady the ark of ,truth1 have dimmed the power and glory of the ,scriptures1 to which this ,christian ,science textbook is the ,key4 #cj ,that teacher does most for his students who most divests himself of pride and self1 spiritualizes his own ,page #ic4 thought1 and by reason thereof is able to empty his stu- #a dents' minds1 that they may be filled with ,truth4 ,beloved students1 so teach that posterity shall call you blessed1 and the heart of history shall be made glad6 #e ,can fear or sin bring back old beliefs of disease that have been healed by ,christian ,science8 ,the ,scriptures plainly declare the allness and oneness of ,god to be the premises of ,truth1 and that ,god is good3 in ,him dwelleth no evil4 ,christian ,science au- #aj thorizes the logical conclusion drawn from the ,scriptures1 that there is in reality none besides the eternal1 infinite ,god1 good4 ,evil is temporal3 it is the illusion of time and mortality4 ,this being true1 sin has no power2 and fear1 its coeval1 #ae is without divine authority4 ,science sanctions only what is supported by the unerring ,principle of being4 ,sin can do nothing3 all cause and effect are in ,god4 ,fear is a belief of sensation in matter3 this belief is neither main- tained by ,science nor supported by facts1 and exists only #bj as fable4 ,your answer is1 that neither fear nor sin can bring on disease or bring back disease1 since there is in reality no disease4 ,bear in mind1 however1 that human consciousness does not test sin and the fact of its nothingness1 by believing #be that sin is pardoned without repentance and reforma- tion4 ,sin punishes itself1 because it cannot go unpun- ished either here or hereafter4 ,nothing is more fatal than to indulge a sinning sense or consciousness for even one moment4 ,knowing this1 obey ,christ's ,sermon on the #cj ,mount1 even if you suffer for it in the first instance1-- ,page #id4 are misjudged and maligned2 in the second1 you will #a reign with him4 ,i never knew a person who knowingly indulged evil1 to be grateful2 to understand me1 or himself4 ,he must first see himself and the hallucination of sin2 then he #e must repent1 and love good in order to understand ,god4 ,the sinner and the sin are the twain that are one flesh1-- but which ,god hath not joined together4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,addresses4 ,page #ie4 ,christian ,science ,in ,tremont ,temple4 ,from the platform of the ,monday lectureship in #b ,tremont ,temple1 on ,monday1 ,march #af1 #ahhe1 as will be seen by what follows4 ,reverend ,mary ,baker ,g4 ,eddy was presented to ,mr4 ,cook's audience1 and allowed #e ten minutes in which to reply to his public letter con- demning her doctrines2 which reply was taken in full by a shorthand reporter who was present1 and is transcribed below4 ,mrs4 ,eddy responding1 said3-- #aj ,as the time so kindly allotted me is insufficient for even a synopsis of ,christian ,science1 ,i shall confine my- self to questions and answers4 ,am ,i a spiritualist8 ,i am not1 and never was4 ,i understand the impossi- #ae bility of intercommunion between the so-called dead and living4 ,there have always attended my life phenomena of an uncommon order1 which spiritualists have mis- called mediumship2 but ,i clearly understand that no human agencies were employed1--that the divine ,mind #bj reveals itself to humanity through spiritual law4 ,and to such as are 8waiting for the adoption1 to wit1 the redemption of our body10 ,christian ,science reveals the in- ,page #if4 finitude of divinity and the way of man's salvation from #a sickness and death1 as wrought out by ,jesus1 who robbed the grave of victory and death of its sting4 ,i understand that ,god is an ever-present help in all times of trouble1-- have found ,him so2 and would have no other gods1 no #e remedies in drugs1 no material medicine4 ,do ,i believe in a personal ,god8 ,i believe in ,god as the ,supreme ,being4 ,i know not what the person of omnipotence and omnipresence is1 or what the infinite includes2 therefore1 ,i worship that #aj of which ,i can conceive1 first1 as a loving ,father and ,mother2 then1 as thought ascends the scale of being to diviner consciousness1 ,god becomes to me1 as to the apostle who declared it1 8,god is ,love10--divine ,prin- ciple1--which ,i worship2 and 8after the manner of my #ae fathers1 so worship ,i ,god40 ,do ,i believe in the atonement of ,christ8 ,i do2 and this atonement becomes more to me since it includes man's redemption from sickness as well as from sin4 ,i reverence and adore ,christ as never before4 #bj ,it brings to my sense1 and to the sense of all who enter- tain this understanding of the ,science of ,god1 a whole salvation4 ,how is the healing done in ,christian ,science8 ,this answer includes too much to give you any con- #be clusive idea in a brief explanation4 ,i can name some means by which it is not done4 ,it is not one mind acting upon another mind2 it is not the transference of human images of thought to other minds2 it is not supported by the evidence before #cj the personal senses1--,science contradicts this evidence2 it is not of the flesh1 but of the ,spirit4 ,it is ,christ come ,page #ig4 to destroy the power of the flesh2 it is ,truth over error2 #a that understood1 gives man ability to rise above the evi- dence of the senses1 take hold of the eternal energies of ,truth1 and destroy mortal discord with immortal har- mony1--the grand verities of being4 ,it is not one mortal #e thought transmitted to another's thought from the human mind that holds within itself all evil4 ,our ,master said of one of his students1 8,he is a devil10 and repudiated the idea of casting out devils through ,beelzebub4 ,erring human mind is by no means a de- #aj sirable or efficacious healer4 ,such suppositional healing ,i deprecate4 ,it is in no way allied to divine power4 ,all human control is animal magnetism1 more despicable than all other methods of treating disease4 ,christian ,science is not a remedy of faith alone1 but #ae combines faith with understanding1 through which we may touch the hem of ,his garment2 and know that om- nipotence has all power4 8,i am the ,lord1 and there is none else1 there is no ,god beside me40 ,is there a personal man8 #bj ,the ,scriptures inform us that man was made in the image and likeness of ,god4 ,i commend the ,icelandic translation3 8,he created man in the image and likeness of ,mind1 in the image and likeness of ,mind created ,he him40 ,to my sense1 we have not seen all of man2 #be he is more than personal sense can cognize1 who is the image and likeness of the infinite4 ,i have not seen a perfect man in mind or body1--and such must be the personality of him who is the true likeness3 the lost image is not this personality1 and corporeal man is this #cj lost image2 hence1 it doth not appear what is the real personality of man4 ,the only cause for making this ,page #ih4 question of personality a point1 or of any importance1 is #a that man's perfect model should be held in mind1 whereby to improve his present condition2 that his contemplation regarding himself should turn away from inharmony1 sick- ness1 and sin1 to that which is the image of his ,maker4 #e ,science ,and ,the ,senses4 ,substance of my ,address at the ,national ,convention in ,chicago1 ,june #ac1 #ahhh ,the ,national ,christian ,scientist ,association has brought us together to minister and to be ministered #aj unto2 mutually to aid one another in finding ways and means for helping the whole human family2 to quicken and extend the interest already felt in a higher mode of medicine2 to watch with eager joy the individual growth of ,christian ,scientists1 and the progress of our common #ae ,cause in ,chicago1--the miracle of the ,occident4 ,we come to strengthen and perpetuate our organizations and institutions2 and to find strength in union1--strength to build up1 through ,god's right hand1 that pure and undefiled religion whose ,science demonstrates ,god and #bj the perfectibility of man4 ,this purpose is immense1 and it must begin with individual growth1 a 8consum- mation devoutly to be wished40 ,the lives of all re- formers attest the authenticity of their mission1 and call the world to acknowledge its divine ,principle4 ,truly #be is it written3-- 8,thou must be true thyself1 if thou the truth would'st teach2 ,thy heart must overflow1 if thou another's heart would'st reach40 ,page #ii4 ,science is absolute and final4 ,it is revolutionary in #a its very nature2 for it upsets all that is not upright4 ,it annuls false evidence1 and saith to the five material senses1 8,having eyes ye see not1 and ears ye hear not2 neither can you understand40 ,to weave one thread of #e ,science through the looms of time1 is a miracle in itself4 ,the risk is stupendous4 ,it cost ,galileo1 what8 ,this awful price3 the temporary loss of his self-respect4 ,his fear overcame his loyalty2 the courage of his convictions fell before it4 ,fear is the weapon in the hands of #aj tyrants4 ,men and women of the nineteenth century1 are you called to voice a higher order of ,science8 ,then obey this call4 ,go1 if you must1 to the dungeon or the scaf- fold1 but take not back the words of ,truth4 ,how many #ae are there ready to suffer for a righteous cause1 to stand a long siege1 take the front rank1 face the foe1 and be in the battle every day8 ,in no other one thing seemed ,jesus of ,nazareth more divine than in his faith in the immortality of his words4 #bj ,he said1 8,heaven and earth shall pass away1 but my words shall not pass away20 and they have not4 ,the winds of time sweep clean the centuries1 but they can never bear into oblivion his words4 ,they still live1 and to-morrow speak louder than to-day4 ,they are to-day #be as the voice of one crying in the wilderness1 8,make straight ,god's paths2 make way for health1 holiness1 universal harmony1 and come up hither40 ,the gran- deur of the word1 the power of ,truth1 is again casting out evils and healing the sick2 and it is whispered1 8,this #cj is ,science40 ,jesus taught by the wayside1 in humble homes4 ,he ,page #ajj4 spake of ,truth and ,love to artless listeners and dull #a disciples4 ,his immortal words were articulated in a decaying language1 and then left to the providence of ,god4 ,christian ,science was to interpret them2 and woman1 8last at the cross10 was to awaken the dull senses1 #e intoxicated with pleasure or pain1 to the infinite meaning of those words4 ,past1 present1 future1 will show the word and might of ,truth--healing the sick and reclaiming the sinner-- so long as there remains a claim of error for ,truth to #aj deny or to destroy4 ,love's labors are not lost4 ,the five personal senses1 that grasp neither the meaning nor the magnitude of self-abnegation1 may lose sight thereof2 but ,science voices unselfish love1 unfolds infinite good1 leads on irresistible forces1 and will finally show the fruits #ae of ,love4 ,human reason is inaccurate2 and the scope of the senses is inadequate to grasp the word of ,truth1 and teach the eternal4 ,science speaks when the senses are silent1 and then the evermore of ,truth is triumphant4 ,the spiritual mon- #bj itor understood is coincidence of the divine with the human1 the acme of ,christian ,science4 ,pure humanity1 friendship1 home1 the interchange of love1 bring to earth a foretaste of heaven4 ,they unite terrestrial and celes- tial joys1 and crown them with blessings infinite4 #be ,the ,christian ,scientist loves man more because he loves ,god most4 ,he understands this ,principle1--,love4 ,who is sufficient for these things8 ,who remembers that patience1 forgiveness1 abiding faith1 and affection1 are the symptoms by which our ,father indicates the dif- #cj ferent stages of man's recovery from sin and his en- trance into ,science8 ,who knows how the feeble lips ,page #aja4 are made eloquent1 how hearts are inspired1 how heal- #a ing becomes spontaneous1 and how the divine ,mind is understood and demonstrated8 ,he alone knows these wonders who is departing from the thraldom of the senses and accepting spiritual truth1--that which blesses #e its adoption by the refinement of joy and the dismissal of sorrow4 ,christian ,science and the senses are at war4 ,it is a revolutionary struggle4 ,we already have had two in this nation2 and they began and ended in a contest for #aj the true idea1 for human liberty and rights4 ,now cometh a third struggle2 for the freedom of health1 holiness1 and the attainment of heaven4 ,the scientific sense of being which establishes har- mony1 enters into no compromise with finiteness and #ae feebleness4 ,it undermines the foundations of mortality1 of physical law1 breaks their chains1 and sets the captive free1 opening the doors for them that are bound4 ,he who turns to the body for evidence1 bases his con- clusions on mortality1 on imperfection2 but ,science saith to man1 8,god hath all-power40 #bj ,the ,science of omnipotence demonstrates but one power1 and this power is good1 not evil2 not matter1 but ,mind4 ,this virtually destroys matter and evil1 in- cluding sin and disease4 #be ,if ,god is ,all1 and ,god is good1 it follows that all must be good2 and no other power1 law1 or intelligence can exist4 ,on this proof rest premise and conclusion in ,science1 and the facts that disprove the evidence of the senses4 #cj ,god is individual ,mind4 ,this one ,mind and ,his individuality comprise the elements of all forms and ,page #ajb4 individualities1 and prophesy the nature and stature of #a ,christ1 the ideal man4 ,a corporeal ,god1 as often defined by lexicographers and scholastic theologians1 is only an infinite finite being1 an unlimited man1--a theory to me inconceivable4 ,if #e the unlimited and immortal ,mind could originate in a limited body1 ,mind would be chained to finity1 and the infinite forever finite4 ,in this limited and lower sense ,god is not personal4 ,his infinity precludes the possibility of corporeal person- #aj ality4 ,his being is individual1 but not physical4 ,god is like ,himself and like nothing else4 ,he is uni- versal and primitive4 ,his character admits of no degrees of comparison4 ,god is not part1 but the whole4 ,in ,his individuality ,i recognize the loving1 divine ,father-,mother #ae ,god4 ,infinite personality must be incorporeal4 ,god's ways are not ours4 ,his pity is expressed in modes above the human4 ,his chastisements are the manifestations of ,love4 ,the sympathy of ,his eternal ,mind is fully expressed in divine ,science1 which blots #bj out all our iniquities and heals all our diseases4 ,human pity often brings pain4 ,science supports harmony1 denies suffering1 and de- stroys it with the divinity of ,truth4 ,whatever seems mate- rial1 seems thus only to the material senses1 and is but the #be subjective state of mortal and material thought4 ,science has inaugurated the irrepressible conflict be- tween sense and ,soul4 ,mortal thought wars with this sense as one that beateth the air1 but ,science outmasters it1 and ends the warfare4 ,this proves daily that 8one #cj on ,god's side is a majority40 ,science defines omnipresence as universality1 that which ,page #ajc4 precludes the presence of evil4 ,this verity annuls the tes- #a timony of the senses1 which say that sin is an evil power1 and substance is perishable4 ,intelligent ,spirit1 ,soul1 is substance1 far more impregnable and solid than matter2 for one is temporal1 while the other is eternal1 the ultimate #e and predicate of being4 ,mortality1 materiality1 and destructive forces1 such as sin1 disease1 and death1 mortals virtually name substance2 but these are the substance of things not hoped for4 ,for lack of knowing what substance is1 the senses say vaguely3 #aj 8,the substance of life is sorrow and mortality2 for who knoweth the substance of good80 ,in ,science1 form and individuality are never lost1 thoughts are outlined1 indi- vidualized ideas1 which dwell forever in the divine ,mind as tangible1 true substance1 because eternally conscious4 #ae ,unlike mortal mind1 which must be ever in bondage1 the eternal ,mind is free1 unlimited1 and knows not the temporal4 ,neither does the temporal know the eternal4 ,mortal man1 as mind or matter1 is neither the pattern nor ,maker #bj of immortal man4 ,any inference of the divine derived from the human1 either as mind or body1 hides the actual power1 presence1 and individuality of ,god4 ,jesus' personality in the flesh1 so far as material sense could discern it1 was like that of other men2 but ,science #be exchanges this human concept of ,jesus for the divine ideal1 his spiritual individuality that reflected the ,im- manuel1 or 8,god with us40 ,this ,god was not outlined4 ,he was too mighty for that4 ,he was eternal ,life1 infinite ,truth and ,love4 ,the individuality is embraced in ,mind1 #cj therefore is forever with the ,father4 ,hence the ,scrip- ture1 8,i am a ,god at hand1 saith the ,lord40 ,even while ,page #ajd4 his personality was on earth and in anguish1 his individual #a being1 the ,christ1 was at rest in the eternal harmony4 ,his unseen individuality1 so superior to that which was seen1 was not subject to the temptations of the flesh1 to laws material1 to death1 or the grave4 ,formed and gov- #e erned by ,god1 this individuality was safe in the substance of ,soul1 the substance of ,spirit1--yea1 the substance of ,god1 the one inclusive good4 ,in ,science all being is individual2 for individuality is endless in the calculus of forms and numbers4 ,herein #aj sin is miraculous and supernatural2 for it is not in the nature of ,god1 and good is forever good4 ,accord- ing to ,christian ,science1 perfection is normal1--not miraculous4 ,clothed1 and in its right ,mind1 man's individuality is sinless1 deathless1 harmonious1 eternal4 #ae ,his materiality1 clad in a false mentality1 wages feeble fight with his individuality1--his physical senses with his spiritual senses4 ,the latter move in ,god's grooves of ,science3 the former revolve in their own orbits1 and must stand the friction of false selfhood until self- #bj destroyed4 ,in obedience to the divine nature1 man's individuality reflects the divine law and order of being4 ,how shall we reach our true selves8 ,through ,love4 ,the ,prin- ciple of ,christian ,science is ,love1 and its idea represents #be ,love4 ,this divine ,principle and idea are demonstrated1 in healing1 to be ,god and the real man4 ,who wants to be mortal1 or would not gain the true ideal of ,life and recover his own individuality8 ,i will love1 if another hates4 ,i will gain a balance on the side of #cj good1 my true being4 ,this alone gives me the forces of ,god wherewith to overcome all error4 ,on this rests the ,page #aje4 implicit faith engendered by ,christian ,science1 which #a appeals intelligently to the facts of man's spirituality1 in- dividuality1 to disdain the fears and destroy the discords of this material personality4 ,on our ,master's individual demonstrations over sin1 #e sickness1 and death1 rested the anathema of priesthood and the senses2 yet this demonstration is the foundation of ,christian ,science4 ,his physical sufferings1 which came from the testimony of the senses1 were over when he resumed his individual spiritual being1 after showing #aj us the way to escape from the material body4 ,science would have no conflict with ,life or common sense1 if this sense were consistently sensible4 ,man's real life or existence is in harmony with ,life and its glorious phenomena4 ,it upholds being1 and destroys the too #ae common sense of its opposites--death1 disease1 and sin4 ,christian ,science is an everlasting victor1 and vanquish- ment is unknown to the omnipresent ,truth4 ,i must ever follow this line of light and battle4 ,christian ,science is my only ideal2 and the individual #bj and his ideal can never be severed4 ,if either is misunder- stood or maligned1 it eclipses the other with the shadow cast by this error4 ,truth destroys error4 ,nothing appears to the physi- cal senses but their own subjective state of thought4 ,the #be senses join issue with error1 and pity what has no right either to be pitied or to exist1 and what does not exist in ,science4 ,destroy the thought of sin1 sickness1 death1 and you destroy their existence4 8,whatsoever a man soweth1 that shall he also reap40 #cj ,because ,god is ,mind1 and this ,mind is good1 all is good and all is ,mind4 ,god is the sum total of the ,page #ajf4 universe4 ,then what and where are sin1 sickness1 and #a death8 ,christian ,science and ,christian ,scientists will1 must1 have a history2 and if ,i could write the history in poor parody on ,tennyson's grand verse1 it would read #e thus3-- ,traitors to right of them1 ,m4 ,d4's to left of them1 ,priestcraft in front of them1 ,volleyed and thundered6 #aj ,into the jaws of hate1 ,out through the door of ,love1 ,on to the blest above1 ,marched the one hundred4 ,extract ,from ,my ,first ,address ,in ,the ,mother ,church1 ,may #bf1 #ahie ,friends and ,brethren3--,your ,sunday ,lesson1 com- posed of ,scripture and its correlative in 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 has fed you4 ,in addi- #bj tion1 ,i can only bring crumbs fallen from this table of ,truth1 and gather up the fragments4 ,it has long been a question of earnest import1 ,how shall mankind worship the most adorable1 but most unadored1--and where shall begin that praise that shall never end8 ,beneath1 above1 beyond1 methinks ,i hear #be the soft1 sweet sigh of angels answering1 8,so live1 that your lives attest your sincerity and resound ,his praise40 ,music is the harmony of being2 but the music of ,soul affords the only strains that thrill the chords of feeling and awaken the heart's harpstrings4 ,moved by mind1 #cj your many-throated organ1 in imitative tones of many ,page #ajg4 instruments1 praises ,him2 but even the sweetness and #a beauty in and of this temple that praise ,him1 are earth's accents1 and must not be mistaken for the oracles of ,god4 ,art must not prevail over ,science4 ,christianity is not superfluous4 ,its redemptive power is seen in sore trials1 #e self-denials1 and crucifixions of the flesh4 ,but these come to the rescue of mortals1 to admonish them1 and plant the feet steadfastly in ,christ4 ,as we rise above the seem- ing mists of sense1 we behold more clearly that all the heart's homage belongs to ,god4 #aj ,more love is the great need of mankind4 ,a pure af- fection1 concentric1 forgetting self1 forgiving wrongs and forestalling them1 should swell the lyre of human love4 ,three cardinal points must be gained before poor humanity is regenerated and ,christian ,science is dem- #ae onstrated3 7#a7 ,a proper sense of sin2 7#b7 repentance2 7#c7 the understanding of good4 ,evil is a negation3 it never started with time1 and it cannot keep pace with eternity4 ,mortals' false senses pass through three states and stages of human consciousness before yielding error4 #bj ,the deluded sense must first be shown its falsity through a knowledge of evil as evil1 so-called4 ,without a sense of one's oft-repeated violations of divine law1 the in- dividual may become morally blind1 and this deplorable mental state is moral idiocy4 ,the lack of seeing one's #be deformed mentality1 and of repentance therefor1 deep1 never to be repented of1 is retarding1 and in certain mor- bid instances stopping1 the growth of ,christian ,scientists4 ,without a knowledge of his sins1 and repentance so severe that it destroys them1 no person is or can be a ,christian #cj ,scientist4 ,mankind thinks either too much or too little of sin4 ,page #ajh4 ,the sensitive1 sorrowing saint thinks too much of it3 the #a sordid sinner1 or the so-called ,christian asleep1 thinks too little of sin4 ,to allow sin of any sort is anomalous in ,christian ,scientists1 claiming1 as they do1 that good is infinite1 ,all4 #e ,our ,master1 in his definition of ,satan as a liar from the beginning1 attested the absolute powerlessness--yea1 nothingness--of evil3 since a lie1 being without founda- tion in fact1 is merely a falsity2 spiritually1 literally1 it is nothing4 #aj ,not to know that a false claim is false1 is to be in danger of believing it2 hence the utility of knowing evil aright1 then reducing its claim to its proper denominator1-- nobody and nothing4 ,sin should be conceived of only as a delusion4 ,this true conception would remove mortals' #ae ignorance and its consequences1 and advance the second stage of human consciousness1 repentance4 ,the first state1 namely1 the knowledge of one's self1 the proper knowledge of evil and its subtle workings wherein evil seems as real as good1 is indispensable2 since that which #bj is truly conceived of1 we can handle2 but the misconcep- tion of what we need to know of evil1--or the concep- tion of it at all as something real1--costs much4 ,sin needs only to be known for what it is not2 then we are its master1 not servant4 ,remember1 and act on1 ,jesus' #be definition of sin as a lie4 ,this cognomen makes it less dangerous2 for most of us would not be seen believing in1 or adhering to1 that which we know to be untrue4 ,what would be thought of a ,christian ,scientist who be- lieved in the use of drugs1 while declaring that they have #cj no intrinsic quality and that there is no matter8 ,what should be thought of an individual believing in that ,page #aji4 which is untrue1 and at the same time declaring the unity #a of ,truth1 and its allness8 ,beware of those who mis- represent facts2 or tacitly assent where they should dis- sent2 or who take me as authority for what ,i disapprove1 or mayhap never have thought of1 and try to reverse1 in- #e vert1 or controvert1 ,truth2 for this is a sure pretext of moral defilement4 ,examine yourselves1 and see what1 and how much1 sin claims of you2 and how much of this claim you admit as valid1 or comply with4 ,the knowledge of evil that #aj brings on repentance is the most hopeful stage of mortal mentality4 ,even a mild mistake must be seen as a mis- take1 in order to be corrected2 how much more1 then1 should one's sins be seen and repented of1 before they can be reduced to their native nothingness6 #ae ,ignorance is only blest by reason of its nothingness2 for seeing the need of somethingness in its stead1 blesses mortals4 ,ignorance was the first condition of sin in the allegory of ,adam and ,eve in the garden of ,eden4 ,their mental state is not desirable1 neither is a knowledge of #bj sin and its consequences1 repentance1 per se2 but1 ad- mitting the existence of both1 mortals must hasten through the second to the third stage1--the knowledge of good2 for without this the valuable sequence of knowledge would be lacking1--even the power to escape from the #be false claims of sin4 ,to understand good1 one must discern the nothingness of evil1 and consecrate one's life anew4 ,beloved brethren1 ,christ1 ,truth1 saith unto you1 8,be not afraid60--fear not sin1 lest thereby it master you2 but only fear to sin4 ,watch and pray for self-knowledge2 #cj since then1 and thus1 cometh repentance1--and your superiority to a delusion is won4 ,page #aaj4 ,repentance is better than sacrifice4 ,the costly balm #a of ,araby1 poured on our ,master's feet1 had not the value of a single tear4 ,beloved children1 the world has need of you1--and more as children than as men and women3 it needs your #e innocence1 unselfishness1 faithful affection1 uncontami- nated lives4 ,you need also to watch1 and pray that you preserve these virtues unstained1 and lose them not through contact with the world4 ,what grander ambition is there than to maintain in yourselves what ,jesus loved1 and to #aj know that your example1 more than words1 makes morals for mankind6 ,address ,before ,the ,alumni ,of ,the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college1 #ahie ,my ,beloved ,students3--,weeks have passed into #ae months1 and months into years1 since last we met2 but time and space1 when encompassed by divine presence1 do not separate us4 ,our hearts have kept time together1 and our hands have wrought steadfastly at the same object-lesson1 while leagues have lain between us4 #bj ,we may well unite in thanksgiving for the continued progress and unprecedented prosperity of our ,cause4 ,it is already obvious that the world's acceptance and the momentum of ,christian ,science1 increase rapidly as years glide on4 #be ,as ,christian ,scientists1 you have dared the perilous de- fense of ,truth1 and have succeeded4 ,you have learned how fleeting is that which men call great2 and how per- manent that which ,god calls good4 ,page #aaa4 ,you have proven that the greatest piety is scarcely #a sufficient to demonstrate what you have adopted and taught2 that your work1 well done1 would dignify angels4 ,faithfully1 as meekly1 you have toiled all night2 and at break of day caught much4 ,at times1 your net has #e been so full that it broke3 human pride1 creeping into its meshes1 extended it beyond safe expansion2 then1 losing hold of divine ,love1 you lost your fishes1 and pos- sibly blamed others more than yourself4 ,but those whom ,god makes 8fishers of men0 will not pull for the shore2 #aj like ,peter1 they launch into the depths1 cast their nets on the right side1 compensate loss1 and gain a higher sense of the true idea4 ,nothing is lost that ,god gives3 had ,he filled the net1 it would not have broken4 ,leaving the seed of ,truth to its own vitality1 it propa- #ae gates3 the tares cannot hinder it4 ,our ,master said1 8,heaven and earth shall pass away1 but my words shall not pass away20 and ,jesus' faith in ,truth must not ex- ceed that of ,christian ,scientists who prove its power to be immortal4 #bj ,the ,christianity that is merely of sects1 the pulpit1 and fashionable society1 is brief2 but the ,word of ,god abideth4 ,plato was a pagan2 but no greater difference existed be- tween his doctrines and those of ,jesus1 than to-day exists between the ,catholic and ,protestant sects4 ,i love the #be orthodox church2 and1 in time1 that church will love ,christian ,science4 ,let me specially call the attention of this ,association to the following false beliefs inclining mortal mind more deviously3-- ,the belief in anti-,christ3 that somebody in the flesh #cj is the son of ,god1 or is another ,christ1 or is a spiritually adopted child1 or is an incarnated babe1 is the evil one-- ,page #aab4 in other words1 the one evil--disporting itself with the #a subtleties of sin6 ,even honest thinkers1 not knowing whence they come1 may deem these delusions verities1 before they know it1 or really look the illusions in the face4 ,the ages are bur- #e dened with material modes4 ,hypnotism1 microbes1 ,x-rays1 and ex-common sense1 occupy time and thought2 and error1 given new opportunities1 will improve them4 ,the most just man can neither defend the innocent nor detect the guilty1 unless he knows how to be just2 and this knowl- #aj edge demands our time and attention4 ,the mental stages of crime1 which seem to belong to the latter days1 are strictly classified in metaphysics as some of the many features and forms of what is properly denominated1 in extreme cases1 moral idiocy4 ,i visited #ae in his cell the assassin of ,president ,garfield1 and found him in the mental state called moral idiocy4 ,he had no sense of his crime2 but regarded his act as one of simple justice1 and himself as the victim4 ,my few words touched him2 he sank back in his chair1 limp and pale2 his flip- #bj pancy had fled4 ,the jailer thanked me1 and said1 8,other visitors have brought to him bouquets1 but you have brought what will do him good40 ,this mental disease at first shows itself in extreme sensitiveness2 then1 in a loss of self-knowledge and of #be self-condemnation1--a shocking inability to see one's own faults1 but an exaggerating sense of other people's4 ,unless this mental condition be overcome1 it ends in a total loss of moral1 intellectual1 and spiritual discernment1 and is characterized in this ,scripture3 8,the fool hath #cj said in his heart1 ,there is no ,god40 ,this state of mind is the exemplification of total depravity1 and the result ,page #aac4 of sensuous mind in matter4 ,mind that is ,god is not in #a matter2 and ,god's presence gives spiritual light1 wherein is no darkness4 ,if1 as is indisputably true1 8,god is ,spirit10 and ,spirit is our ,father and ,mother1 and that which it includes is #e all that is real and eternal1 when evil seems to predomi- nate and divine light to be obscured1 free moral agency is lost2 and the ,revelator's vision1 that 8no man might buy or sell1 save he that had the mark1 or the name of the beast1 or the number of his name10 is imminent4 #aj ,whoever is mentally manipulating human mind1 and is not gaining a higher sense of ,truth by it1 is losing in the scale of moral and spiritual being1 and may be car- ried to the depths of perdition by his own consent4 ,he who refuses to be influenced by any but the divine ,mind1 #ae commits his way to ,god1 and rises superior to sugges- tions from an evil source4 ,christian ,science shows that there is a way of escape from the latter-day ultimatum of evil1 through scientific truth2 so that all are without excuse4 #bj ,already ,i clearly recognize that mental malpractice1 if persisted in1 will end in insanity1 dementia1 or moral idiocy4 ,thank ,god6 this evil can be resisted by true ,christianity4 ,divine ,love is our hope1 strength1 and shield4 ,we have nothing to fear when ,love is at the #be helm of thought1 but everything to enjoy on earth and in heaven4 ,the systematized centres of ,christian ,science are life- giving fountains of truth4 ,our churches1 ,the ,christian ,science ,journal1 and the ,christian ,science ,quarterly1 #cj are prolific sources of spiritual power whose intellectual1 moral1 and spiritual animus is felt throughout the land4 ,page #aad4 ,our ,publishing ,society1 and our ,sunday ,lessons1 are #a of inestimable value to all seekers after ,truth4 ,the ,com- mittee on ,sunday ,school ,lessons cannot give too much time and attention to their task1 and should spare no research in the preparation of the ,quarterly as an educa- #e tional branch4 ,the teachers of ,christian ,science need to watch inces- santly the trend of their own thoughts2 watch that these be not secretly robbed1 and themselves misguided1 and so made to misteach others4 ,teachers must conform #aj strictly to the rules of divine ,science announced in the ,bible and their textbook1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,they must themselves practise1 and teach others to practise1 the ,hebrew ,decalogue1 the ,ser- mon on the ,mount1 and the understanding and enuncia- #ae tion of these according to ,christ4 ,they must always have on armor1 and resist the foe within and without4 ,they cannot arm too thoroughly against original sin1 appearing in its myriad forms3 pass- sion1 appetites1 hatred1 revenge1 and all the et cetera of #bj evil4 ,christian ,scientists cannot watch too sedulously1 or bar their doors too closely1 or pray to ,god too fer- vently1 for deliverance from the claims of evil4 ,thus doing1 ,scientists will silence evil suggestions1 uncover their methods1 and stop their hidden influence upon the #be lives of mortals4 ,rest assured that ,god in ,his wisdom will test all mankind on all questions2 and then1 if found faithful1 ,he will deliver us from temptation and show us the powerlessness of evil1--even its utter nothingness4 ,the teacher in ,christian ,science who does not spe- #cj cially instruct his pupils how to guard against evil and its silent modes1 and to be able1 through ,christ1 the liv- ,page #aae4 ing ,truth1 to protect themselves therefrom1 is commit- #a ting an offense against ,god and humanity4 ,with ,science and ,health for their textbook1 ,i am astounded at the apathy of some students on the subject of sin and mental malpractice1 and their culpable ignorance of the work- #e ing of these--and even the teacher's own deficiency in this department4 ,i can account for this state of mind in the teacher only as the result of sin2 otherwise1 his own guilt as a mental malpractitioner1 and fear of being found out4 #aj ,the helpless ignorance of the community on this sub- ject is pitiable1 and plain to be seen4 ,may ,god enable my students to take up the cross as ,i have done1 and meet the pressing need of a proper preparation of heart to prac- tise1 teach1 and live ,christian ,science6 ,your means of #ae protection and defense from sin are1 constant watchful- ness and prayer that you enter not into temptation and are delivered from every claim of evil1 till you intelligently know and demonstrate1 in ,science1 that evil has neither prestige1 power1 nor existence1 since ,god1 good1 is ,all- #bj in-all4 ,the increasing necessity for relying on ,god to de- fend us against the subtler forms of evil1 turns us more unreservedly to ,him for help1 and thus becomes a means of grace4 ,if one lives rightly1 every effort to hurt one #be will only help that one2 for ,god will give the ability to overcome whatever tends to impede progress4 ,know this3 that you cannot overcome the baneful effects of sin on yourself1 if you in any way indulge in sin2 for1 sooner or later1 you will fall the victim of your own as #cj well as of others' sins4 ,using mental power in the right direction only1 doing to others as you would have them ,page #aaf4 do to you1 will overcome evil with good1 and destroy #a your own sensitiveness to the power of evil4 ,the ,god of all grace be with you1 and save you from 8spiritual wickedness in high places40 ,,pleasant ,,view1 ,,concord1 ,n4 ,h41 #e ,june #c1 #ahie ,address ,before ,the ,christian ,scientist ,association ,of ,the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college1 ,in #ahic ,,subject3 ,obedience #aj ,my ,beloved ,students3--,this question1 ever nearest to my heart1 is to-day uppermost3 ,are we filling the measures of life's music aright1 emphasizing its grand strains1 swelling the harmony of being with tones whence come glad echoes8 ,as crescendo and diminuendo accent #ae music1 so the varied strains of human chords express life's loss or gain1--loss of the pleasures and pains and pride of life3 gain of its sweet concord1 the courage of honest convictions1 and final obedience to spiritual law4 ,the ultimate of scientific research and attainment in #bj divine ,science is not an argument3 it is not merely say- ing1 but doing1 the ,word--demonstrating ,truth--even as the fruits of watchfulness1 prayer1 struggles1 tears1 and triumph4 ,obeying the divine ,principle which you profess to un- #be derstand and love1 demonstrates ,truth4 ,never absent from your post1 never off guard1 never ill-humored1 never unready to work for ,god1--is obedience2 being 8faith- ful over a few things40 ,if in one instance obedience be lacking1 you lose the scientific rule and its reward3 namely1 #cj ,page #aag4 to be made 8ruler over many things40 ,a progressive #a life is the reality of ,life that unfolds its immortal ,prin- ciple4 ,the student of ,christian ,science must first separate the tares from the wheat2 discern between the thought1 #e motive1 and act superinduced by the wrong motive or the true--the ,god-given intent and volition--arrest the former1 and obey the latter4 ,this will place him on the safe side of practice4 ,we always know where to look for the real ,scientist1 and always find him there4 ,i agree #aj with ,rev4 ,dr4 ,talmage1 that 8there are wit1 humor1 and enduring vivacity among ,god's people40 ,obedience is the offspring of ,love2 and ,love is the ,principle of unity1 the basis of all right thinking and acting2 it fulfils the law4 ,we see eye to eye and know as we #ae are known1 reciprocate kindness and work wisely1 in proportion as we love4 ,it is difficult for me to carry out a divine commission while participating in the movements1 or modus operandi1 of other folks4 ,to point out every step to a student and #bj then watch that each step be taken1 consumes time1-- and experiments ofttimes are costly4 ,according to my calendar1 ,god's time and mortals' differ4 ,the neo- phyte is inclined to be too fast or too slow3 he works somewhat in the dark2 and1 sometimes out of season1 #be he would replenish his lamp at the midnight hour and borrow oil of the more provident watcher4 ,god is the fountain of light1 and ,he illumines one's way when one is obedient4 ,the disobedient make their moves before ,god makes ,his1 or make them too late to follow ,him4 #cj ,be sure that ,god directs your way2 then1 hasten to follow under every circumstance4 ,page #aah4 ,human will must be subjugated4 ,we cannot obey #a both ,god1 good1 and evil1--in other words1 the ma- terial senses1 false suggestions1 self-will1 selfish motives1 and human policy4 ,we shall have no faith in evil when faith finds a resting-place and scientific under- #e standing guides man4 ,honesty in every condition1 under every circumstance1 is the indispensable rule of obedience4 ,to obey the principle of mathematics ninety- nine times in one hundred and then allow one numeral to make incorrect your entire problem1 is neither ,science #aj nor obedience4 ,however keenly the human affections yearn to for- give a mistake1 and pass a friend over it smoothly1 one's sympathy can neither atone for error1 advance individual growth1 nor change this immutable decree of ,love3 8,keep #ae ,my commandments40 ,the guerdon of meritorious faith or trustworthiness rests on being willing to work alone with ,god and for ,him1--willing to suffer patiently for error until all error is destroyed and ,his rod and ,his staff comfort you4 #bj ,self-ignorance1 self-will1 self-righteousness1 lust1 covet- ousness1 envy1 revenge1 are foes to grace1 peace1 and progress2 they must be met manfully and overcome1 or they will uproot all happiness4 ,be of good cheer2 the warfare with one's self is grand2 it gives one plenty #be of employment1 and the divine ,principle worketh with you1--and obedience crowns persistent effort with everlasting victory4 ,every attempt of evil to harm good is futile1 and ends in the fiery punishment of the evil-doer4 #cj ,jesus said1 8,not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man2 but that which cometh out of the mouth1 ,page #aai4 this defileth a man40 ,if malicious suggestions whisper #a evil through the mind's tympanum1 this were no apology for acting evilly4 ,we are responsible for our thoughts and acts2 and instead of aiding other people's devices by obeying them1--and then whining over misfortune1-- #e rise and overthrow both4 ,if a criminal coax the unwary man to commit a crime1 our laws punish the dupe as ac- cessory to the fact4 ,each individual is responsible for himself4 ,evil is impotent to turn the righteous man from his #aj uprightness4 ,the nature of the individual1 more stub- born than the circumstance1 will always be found argu- ing for itself1--its habits1 tastes1 and indulgences4 ,this material nature strives to tip the beam against the spir- itual nature2 for the flesh strives against ,spirit1--against #ae whatever or whoever opposes evil1--and weighs mightily in the scale against man's high destiny4 ,this conclusion is not an argument either for pessimism or for optimism1 but is a plea for free moral agency1--full exemption from all necessity to obey a power that should be and is #bj found powerless in ,christian ,science4 ,insubordination to the law of ,love even in the least1 or strict obedience thereto1 tests and discriminates be- tween the real and the unreal ,scientist4 ,justice1 a prominent statute in the divine law1 demands of all #be trespassers upon the sparse individual rights which one justly reserves to one's self1--,would you consent that others should tear up your landmarks1 manipulate your students1 nullify or reverse your rules1 countermand your orders1 steal your possessions1 and escape the #cj penalty therefor8 ,no6 8,therefore all things what- soever ye would that men should do to you1 do ye even ,page #abj4 so to them40 ,the professors of ,christian ,science must #a take off their shoes at our altars2 they must unclasp the material sense of things at the very threshold of ,christian ,science3 they must obey implicitly each and every injunction of the divine ,principle of life's long #e problem1 or repeat their work in tears4 ,in the words of ,st4 ,paul1 8,know ye not1 that to whom ye yield your- selves servants to obey1 his servants ye are to whom ye obey2 whether of sin unto death1 or of obedience unto righteousness80 #aj ,beloved students1 loyal laborers are ye that have wrought valiantly1 and achieved great guerdons in the vineyard of our ,lord2 but a mighty victory is yet to be won1 a great freedom for the race2 and ,christian success is under arms1--with armor on1 not laid down4 ,let us #ae rejoice1 however1 that the clarion call of peace will at length be heard above the din of battle1 and come more sweetly to our ear than sound of vintage bells to villagers on the ,rhine4 ,i recommend that this ,association hereafter meet tri- #bj ennially2 many of its members reside a long distance from ,massachusetts1 and they are members of ,the ,mother ,church who would love to be with you on ,sunday1 and once in three years is perhaps as often as they can afford to be away from their own fields of labor4 #be ,communion ,address1 ,january1 #ahif ,friends and ,brethren3--,the ,biblical record of the great ,nazarene1 whose character we to-day commemorate1 is scanty2 but what is given1 puts to flight every doubt as to the immortality of his words and works4 ,though #cj ,page #aba4 written in a decaying language1 his words can never pass #a away3 they are inscribed upon the hearts of men3 they are engraved upon eternity's tablets4 ,undoubtedly our ,master partook of the ,jews' feast of the ,passover1 and drank from their festal wine-cup4 #e ,this1 however1 is not the cup to which ,i call your at- tention1--even the cup of martyrdom3 wherein ,spirit and matter1 good and evil1 seem to grapple1 and the human struggles against the divine1 up to a point of discovery2 namely1 the impotence of evil1 and the om- #aj nipotence of good1 as divinely attested4 ,anciently1 the blood of martyrs was believed to be the seed of the ,church4 ,stalled theocracy would make this fatal doctrine just and sovereign1 even a divine decree1 a law of ,love6 ,that the innocent shall suffer for the guilty1 is inhuman4 ,the #ae prophet declared1 8,thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from ,israel40 ,this is plain3 that what- ever belittles1 befogs1 or belies the nature and essence of ,deity1 is not divine4 ,who1 then1 shall father or favor this sentence passed upon innocence8 thereby giving the #bj signet of ,god to the arrest1 trial1 and crucifixion of ,his beloved ,son1 the righteous ,nazarene1--christened by ,john the ,baptist1 8the ,lamb of ,god40 ,oh6 shameless insult to divine royalty1 that drew from the great ,master this answer to the questions of the #be rabbinical rabble3 8,if ,i tell you1 ye will not believe2 and if ,i also ask you1 ye will not answer me1 nor let me go40 ,infinitely greater than human pity1 is divine ,love1-- that cannot be unmerciful4 ,human tribunals1 if just1 borrow their sense of justice from the divine ,principle #cj thereof1 which punishes the guilty1 not the innocent4 ,the ,teacher of both law and gospel construed the substitution ,page #abb4 of a good man to suffer for evil-doers--a crime6 ,when #a foretelling his own crucifixion1 he said1 8,woe unto the world because of offenses6 for it must needs be that offenses come2 but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh60 #e ,would ,jesus thus have spoken of what was indis- pensable for the salvation of a world of sinners1 or of the individual instrument in this holy 787 alliance for accom- plishing such a monstrous work8 or have said of him whom ,god foreordained and predestined to fulfil a divine #aj decree1 8,it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck1 and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea08 ,the divine order is the acme of mercy3 it is neither questionable nor assailable3 it is not evil producing good1 #ae nor good ultimating in evil4 ,such an inference were impious4 ,holy ,writ denounces him that declares1 8,let us do evil1 that good may come6 whose damnation is just40 ,good is not educed from its opposite3 and ,love divine #bj spurned1 lessens not the hater's hatred nor the criminal's crime2 nor reconciles justice to injustice2 nor substitutes the suffering of the ,godlike for the suffering due to sin4 ,neither spiritual bankruptcy nor a religious chancery can win high heaven1 or the 8,well done1 good and faithful #be servant1444 enter thou into the joy of thy ,lord40 ,divine ,love knows no hate2 for hate1 or the hater1 is nothing3 ,god never made it1 and ,he made all that was made4 ,the hater's pleasures are unreal2 his sufferings1 self-imposed2 his existence is a parody1 and he ends-- #cj with suicide4 ,the murder of the just ,nazarite was incited by the ,page #abc4 same spirit that in our time massacres our missionaries1 #a butchers the helpless ,armenians1 slaughters innocents4 ,evil was1 and is1 the illusion of breaking the ,first ,com- mandment1 8,thou shalt have no other gods before me30 it is either idolizing something and somebody1 or hating #e them3 it is the spirit of idolatry1 envy1 jealousy1 covet- ousness1 superstition1 lust1 hypocrisy1 witchcraft4 ,that man can break the forever-law of infinite ,love1 was1 and is1 the serpent's biggest lie6 and ultimates in a religion of pagan priests bloated with crime2 a religion #aj that demands human victims to be sacrificed to human passions and human gods1 or tortured to appease the anger of a so-called god or a miscalled man or woman6 ,the ,assyrian ,merodach1 or the god of sin1 was the 8lucky god20 and the ,babylonian ,yawa1 or ,jehovah1 was the #ae ,jewish tribal deity4 ,the ,christian's ,god is neither1 and is too pure to behold iniquity4 ,divine ,science has rolled away the stone from the sepul- chre of our ,lord2 and there has risen to the awakened thought the majestic atonement of divine ,love4 ,the #bj at-one-ment with ,christ has appeared--not through vicarious suffering1 whereby the just obtain a pardon for the unjust1--but through the eternal law of justice2 wherein sinners suffer for their own sins1 repent1 forsake sin1 love ,god1 and keep ,his commandments1 thence to #be receive the reward of righteousness3 salvation from sin1 not through the death of a man1 but through a divine ,life1 which is our ,redeemer4 ,holy ,writ declares that ,god is ,love1 is ,spirit2 hence it follows that those who worship ,him1 must worship #cj ,him spiritually1--far apart from physical sensation such as attends eating and drinking corporeally4 ,it is ,page #abd4 plain that aught unspiritual1 intervening between ,god #a and man1 would tend to disturb the divine order1 and countermand the ,scripture that those who worship the ,father must worship ,him in spirit4 ,it is also plain1 that we should not seek and cannot find ,god in mat- #e ter1 or through material methods2 neither do we love and obey ,him by means of matter1 or the flesh1--which warreth against ,spirit1 and will not be reconciled thereto4 ,we turn1 with sickened sense1 from a pagan ,jew's #aj or ,moslem's misconception of ,deity1 for peace2 and find rest in the spiritual ideal1 or ,christ4 ,for 8who is so great a ,god as our ,god60 unchangeable1 all-wise1 all- just1 all-merciful2 the ever-loving1 ever-living ,life1 ,truth1 ,love3 comforting such as mourn1 opening the prison #ae doors to the captive1 marking the unwinged bird1 pitying with more than a father's pity2 healing the sick1 cleansing the leper1 raising the dead1 saving sinners4 ,as we think thereon1 man's true sense is filled with peace1 and power2 and we say1 ,it is well that ,christian ,science has taken #bj expressive silence wherein to muse ,his praise1 to kiss the feet of ,jesus1 adore the white ,christ1 and stretch out our arms to ,god4 ,the last act of the tragedy on ,calvary rent the veil of matter1 and unveiled ,love's great legacy to mortals3 #be ,love forgiving its enemies4 ,this grand act crowned and still crowns ,christianity3 it manumits mortals2 it translates love2 it gives to suffering1 inspiration2 to patience1 experience2 to experience1 hope2 to hope1 faith2 to faith1 understanding2 and to understanding1 ,love tri- #cj umphant6 ,in proportion to a man's spiritual progress1 he will ,page #abe4 indeed drink of our ,master's cup1 and be baptized with #a his baptism6 be purified as by fire1--the fires of suffering2 then hath he part in ,love's atonement1 for 8whom the ,lord loveth ,he chasteneth40 ,then shall he also reign with him3 he shall rise to know that there is no sin1 #e that there is no suffering2 since all that is real is right4 ,this knowledge enables him to overcome the world1 the flesh1 and all evil1 to have dominion over his own sinful sense and self4 ,then shall he drink anew ,christ's cup1 in the kingdom of ,god--the reign of righteousness-- #aj within him2 he shall sit down at the ,father's right hand3 sit down2 not stand waiting and weary2 but rest on the bosom of ,god2 rest1 in the understanding of divine ,love that passeth all understanding2 rest1 in that which 8to know aright is ,life eternal10 and whom1 not having seen1 #ae we love4 ,then shall he press on to ,life's long lesson1 the eternal lore of ,love2 and learn forever the infinite meanings of these short sentences3 8,god is ,love20 and1 ,all that is real is divine1 for ,god is ,all-in-all4 #bj ,message ,to ,the ,annual ,meeting ,of ,the ,mother ,church1 ,boston1 #ahif ,beloved ,brethren1 ,children1 and ,grandchildren3-- ,apart from the common walks of mankind1 revolving oft the hitherto untouched problems of being1 and #be oftener1 perhaps1 the controversies which baffle it1 ,mother1 thought-tired1 turns to-day to you2 turns to her dear church1 to tell the towers thereof the remarkable achievements that have been ours within the past few years3 the rapid transit from halls to churches1 from un- #cj ,page #abf4 settled questions to permanence1 from danger to escape1 #a from fragmentary discourses to one eternal sermon2 yea1 from darkness to daylight1 in physics and metaphysics4 ,truly1 ,i half wish for society again2 for once1 at least1 to hear the soft music of our ,sabbath chimes saluting the #e ear in tones that leap for joy1 with love for ,god and man4 ,who hath not learned that when alone he has his own thoughts to guard1 and when struggling with man- kind his temper1 and in society his tongue8 ,we also #aj have gained higher heights2 have learned that trials lift us to that dignity of ,soul which sustains us1 and finally conquers them2 and that the ordeal refines while it chastens4 ,perhaps our church is not yet quite sensible of what #ae we owe to the strength1 meekness1 honesty1 and obedi- ence of the ,christian ,science ,board of ,directors2 to the able editors of ,the ,christian ,science ,journal1 and to our efficient ,publishing ,society4 ,no reproof is so potent as the silent lesson of a good #bj example4 ,works1 more than words1 should characterize ,christian ,scientists4 ,most people condemn evil-doing1 evil-speaking2 yet nothing circulates so rapidly3 even gold is less current4 ,christian ,scientists have a strong race to run1 and foes in ambush2 but bear in mind that1 in the #be long race1 honesty always defeats dishonesty4 ,god hath indeed smiled on my church1--this daughter of ,zion3 she sitteth in high places2 and to de- ride her is to incur the penalty of which the ,hebrew bard spake after this manner3 8,he that sitteth in the #cj heavens shall laugh3 the ,lord shall have them in derision40 ,page #abg4 ,hitherto1 ,i have observed that in proportion as this #a church has smiled on ,his 8little ones10 ,he has blessed her4 ,throughout my entire connection with ,the ,mother ,church1 ,i have seen1 that in the ratio of her love for others1 hath ,his love been bestowed upon her2 watering #e her waste places1 and enlarging her borders4 ,one thing ,i have greatly desired1 and again earnestly request1 namely1 that ,christian ,scientists1 here and elsewhere1 pray daily for themselves2 not verbally1 nor on bended knee1 but mentally1 meekly1 and importu- #aj nately4 ,when a hungry heart petitions the divine ,father- ,mother ,god for bread1 it is not given a stone1--but more grace1 obedience1 and love4 ,if this heart1 humble and trustful1 faithfully asks divine ,love to feed it with the bread of heaven1 health1 holiness1 it will be conformed to #ae a fitness to receive the answer to its desire2 then will flow into it the 8river of ,his pleasure10 the tributary of divine ,love1 and great growth in ,christian ,science will follow1-- even that joy which finds one's own in another's good4 ,to love1 and to be loved1 one must do good to others4 #bj ,the inevitable condition whereby to become blessed1 is to bless others3 but here1 you must so know yourself1 under ,god's direction1 that you will do ,his will even though your pearls be downtrodden4 ,ofttimes the rod is ,his means of grace2 then it must be ours1--we cannot avoid #be wielding it if we reflect ,him4 ,wise sayings and garrulous talk may fall to the ground1 rather than on the ear or heart of the hearer2 but a tender sentiment felt1 or a kind word spoken1 at the right moment1 is never wasted4 ,mortal mind presents phases of charac- #cj ter which need close attention and examination4 ,the human heart1 like a feather bed1 needs often to be stirred1 ,page #abh4 sometimes roughly1 and given a variety of turns1 else it #a grows hard and uncomfortable whereon to repose4 ,the lessons of this so-called life in matter are too vast and varied to learn or to teach briefly2 and especially within the limits of a letter4 ,therefore ,i close here1 #e with the apostle's injunction3 8,finally1 brethren1 what- soever things are true1 whatsoever things are honest1 whatsoever things are just1 whatsoever things are pure1 whatsoever things are lovely1 whatsoever things are of good report2 if there be any virtue1 and if there be any #aj praise1 think on these things4 ,those things1 which ye have both learned1 and received1 and heard1 and seen in me1 do3 and the ,god of peace shall be with you40 ,with love1 ,mother1 ,,mary ,,baker ,g4 ,,eddy ,,chapter ,v4 ,,letters4 ,page #abi4 ,to ,the ,mother ,church4 ,my ,beloved ,brethren3--,if a member of the church is inclined to be uncharitable1 or to condemn his brother without cause1 let him put his finger to his lips1 and forgive others as he would be forgiven4 ,one's first #e lesson is to learn one's self2 having done this1 one will naturally1 through grace from ,god1 forgive his brother and love his enemies4 ,to avenge an imaginary or an actual wrong1 is suicidal4 ,the law of our ,god and the rule of our church is to tell thy brother his fault and thereby help #aj him4 ,if this rule fails in effect1 then take the next ,scrip- tural step3 drop this member's name from the church1 and thereafter 8let the dead bury their dead10--let silence prevail over his remains4 ,if a man is jealous1 envious1 or revengeful1 he will seek #ae occasion to balloon an atom of another man's indis- cretion1 inflate it1 and send it into the atmosphere of mortal mind--for other green eyes to gaze on3 he will always find somebody in his way1 and try to push him aside2 will see somebody's faults to magnify under the lens that #bj he never turns on himself4 ,what have been your ,leader's precepts and example6 ,were they to save the sinner1 and to spare his exposure ,page #acj4 so long as a hope remained of thereby benefiting him8 #a ,has her life exemplified long-suffering1 meekness1 charity1 purity8 ,she readily leaves the answer to those who know her4 #e ,do we yet understand how much better it is to be wronged1 than to commit wrong8 ,what do we find in the ,bible1 and in the ,christian ,science textbook1 on this subject8 ,does not the latter instruct you that looking continually for a fault in somebody else1 talking about it1 #aj thinking it over1 and how to meet it1--8rolling sin as a sweet morsel under your tongue10--has the same power to make you a sinner that acting thus regarding disease has to make a man sick8 ,note the ,scripture on this subject3 8,vengeance is mine2 ,i will repay1 saith the #ae ,lord40 ,the ,christian ,science ,board of ,directors has borne the burden in the heat of the day1 and it ought not to be expected that they could have accomplished1 without one single mistake1 such ,herculean tasks as they have #bj accomplished4 ,he who judges others should know well whereof he speaks4 ,where the motive to do right exists1 and the majority of one's acts are right1 we should avoid referring to past mistakes4 ,the greatest sin that one can commit against himself is to wrong one of ,god's 8little #be ones40 ,know ye not that he who exercises the largest charity1 and waits on ,god1 renews his strength1 and is exalted8 ,love is not puffed up2 and the meek and loving1 ,god anoints and appoints to lead the line of mankind's tri- #cj umphal march out of the wilderness1 out of darkness into light4 ,page #aca4 ,whoever challenges the errors of others and cherishes #a his own1 can neither help himself nor others2 he will be called a moral nuisance1 a fungus1 a microbe1 a mouse gnawing at the vitals of humanity4 ,the darkness in one's self must first be cast out1 in order rightly to discern #e darkness or to reflect light4 ,if the man of more than average avoirdupois kneels on a stool in church1 let the leaner sort console this brother's necessity by doing likewise4 ,christian ,scientists preserve unity1 and so shadow forth the substance of our sublime #aj faith1 and the evidence of its being built upon the rock of divine oneness1--one faith1 one ,god1 one baptism4 ,if our ,board of ,directors is prepared to itemize a report of the first financial year since the erection of the edifice of ,the ,first ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist1 let it do so2 other- #ae wise1 ,i recommend that you waive the church ,by-law relating to finances this year of your firstfruits4 ,this ,board did not act under that ,by-law2 it was not in ex- istence all of the year4 ,it is but just to consider the great struggles with perplexities and difficulties which the #bj ,directors encountered in ,anno ,domini #ahid1 and which they have overcome4 ,may ,god give unto us all that loving sense of gratitude which delights in the opportunity to cancel accounts4 ,i1 for one1 would be pleased to have the ,christian ,science ,board of ,directors itemize a bill of this #be church's gifts to ,mother2 and then to have them let her state the value thereof1 if1 indeed1 it could be estimated4 ,after this financial year1 when you call on the members of the ,christian ,science ,board of ,directors to itemize or audit their accounts1 these will be found already itemized1 #cj and last year's records immortalized1 with perils past and victories won4 ,page #acb4 ,a motion was made1 and a vote passed1 at your last #a meeting1 on a subject the substance whereof you had al- ready accepted as a ,by-law4 ,but1 ,i shall take this as a favorable omen1 a fair token that heavy lids are opening1 even wider than before1 to the light of ,love--and ,by-laws4 #e ,affectionately yours1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy ,to ----1 ,on ,prayer4 ,,massachusetts ,,metaphysical ,,college1 #ega ,,columbus ,,avenue1 #aj ,,boston1 ,march #ba1 #ahhe ,dear ,sir3--,in your communication to ,zion's ,herald1 ,march #ah1 under the heading1 8,prayer and ,healing2 sup- plemental10 you state that you would 8like to hear from ,dr4 ,cullis2 and1 by the way1 from ,mrs4 ,eddy1 also40 #ae ,because of the great demand upon my time1 consisting in part of dictating answers through my secretary1 or an- swering personally manifold letters and inquiries from all quarters1--having charge of a church1 editing a maga- zine1 teaching ,christian ,science1 receiving calls1 etc41--,i #bj find it inconvenient to accept your invitation to answer you through the medium of a newspaper2 but1 for infor- mation as to what ,i believe and teach1 would refer you to the ,holy ,scriptures1 to my various publications1 and to my ,christian students4 #be ,it was with a thrill of pleasure that ,i read in your arti- cle these words3 8,if we have in any way misrepresented either ,dr4 ,cullis or ,mrs4 ,eddy1 we are sorry40 ,even the desire to be just is a vital spark of ,christianity4 ,and those words inspire me with the hope that you wish to be just4 #cj ,page #acc4 ,if this is so1 you will not delay corrections of the statement #a you make at the close of your article1 when referring to me1 8the pantheistic and prayerless ,mrs4 ,eddy1 of ,boston40 ,it would be difficult to build a sentence of so few words conveying ideas more opposite to the fact4 #e ,in refutation of your statement that ,i am a pantheist1 ,i request you to read my sermons and publications4 ,as to being 8prayerless10 ,i call your attention and deep consideration to the following ,scripture1 that voices my impressions of prayer3-- #aj 8,when thou prayest1 thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are3 for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets1 that they may be seen of men4444 ,but thou1 when thou prayest1 enter into thy closet1 and when thou hast shut thy door1 pray to thy ,father #ae which is in secret2 and thy ,father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly40 ,i hope ,i am not wrong in literally following the dictum of ,jesus2 and1 were it not because of my desire to set you right on this question1 ,i should feel a delicacy in mak- #bj ing the following statement3-- ,three times a day1 ,i retire to seek the divine blessing on the sick and sorrowing1 with my face toward the ,jeru- salem of ,love and ,truth1 in silent prayer to the ,father which 8seeth in secret10 and with childlike confidence that #be ,he will reward 8openly40 ,in the midst of depressing care and labor ,i turn constantly to divine ,love for guidance1 and find rest4 ,it affords me great joy to be able to attest to the truth of ,jesus' words4 ,love makes all burdens light1 it giveth a peace that passeth understanding1 and with #cj 8signs following40 ,as to the peace1 it is unutterable2 as to 8signs10 behold the sick who are healed1 the sorrowful ,page #acd4 who are made hopeful1 and the sinful and ignorant who #a have become 8wise unto salvation06 ,and now1 dear sir1 as you have expressed contrition for an act which you have immediately repeated1 you are placed in this dilemma3 ,to reiterate such words of #e apology as characterize justice and ,christianity4 ,very truly1 ,,mary ,,baker ,g4 ,,eddy ,to ,the ,national ,christian ,scientist ,association4 ,beloved ,students3--,meet together and meet en masse1 #aj in #ahhh1 at the annual session of the ,national ,christian ,scientist ,association4 ,be 8of one mind10 8in one place10 and ,god will pour you out a blessing such as you never before received4 ,he who dwelleth in eternal light is bigger than the shadow1 and will guard and guide ,his #ae own4 ,let no consideration bend or outweigh your purpose to be in ,chicago on ,june #ac4 ,firm in your allegiance to the reign of universal harmony1 go to its rescue4 ,in ,god's hour1 the powers of earth and hell are proven powerless4 #bj ,the reeling ranks of materia medica1 with poisons1 nos- trums1 and knives1 are impotent when at war with the omnipotent6 ,like ,elisha1 look up1 and behold3 8,they that be with us1 are more than they that be with them40 ,error is only fermenting1 and its heat hissing at the #be 8still1 small voice0 of ,truth2 but it can neither silence nor disarm ,god's voice4 ,spiritual wickedness is stand- ing in high places2 but1 blind to its own fate1 it will tumble into the bottomless4 ,page #ace4 ,christians1 and all true ,scientists1 marching under what- #a soever ensign1 come into the ranks6 ,again ,i repeat1 per- son is not in the question of ,christian ,science4 ,principle1 instead of person1 is next to our hearts1 on our lips1 and in our lives4 ,our watchwords are ,truth and ,love2 and #e if we abide in these1 they will abound in us1 and we shall be one in heart1--one in motive1 purpose1 pursuit4 ,abid- ing in ,love1 not one of you can be separated from me2 and the sweet sense of journeying on together1 doing unto others as ye would they should do unto you1 conquers all #aj opposition1 surmounts all obstacles1 and secures success4 ,if you falter1 or fail to fulfil this ,golden ,rule1 though you should build to the heavens1 you would build on sand4 ,is it a cross to give one week's time and expense to the jubilee of ,spirit8 ,then take this cross1 and the crown #ae with it4 ,sending forth currents of ,truth1 ,god's methods and means of healing1 and so spreading the gospel of ,love1 is in itself an eternity of joy that outweighs an hour4 ,add one more noble offering to the unity of good1 and so cement the bonds of ,love4 #bj ,with love1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy ,to ,the ,college ,association4 ,letter read at the meeting of the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college ,association1 ,june #c1 #ahia4 #be ,,to ,,the ,,members ,,of ,,the ,,christian ,,scientists' ,,association ,,of ,,the ,,massachusetts ,,metaphysical ,,college ,my ,beloved ,students3--,you may be looking to see me in my accustomed place with you1 but this you must no ,page #acf4 longer expect4 ,when ,i retired from the field of labor1 #a it was a departure1 socially1 publicly1 and finally1 from the routine of such material modes as society and our societies demand4 ,rumors are rumors1--nothing more4 ,i am still with you on the field of battle1 taking forward #e marches1 broader and higher views1 and with the hope that you will follow4 ,the eternal and infinite1 already brought to your earnest consideration1 so grow upon my vision that ,i cannot feel justified in turning aside for one hour from #aj contemplation of them and of the faith unfeigned4 ,when the verities of being seem to you as to me1--as they must some time1--you will understand the neces- sity for my seclusion1 and its fulfilment of divine order4 8,wherefore come out from among them1 and be ye sepa- #ae rate1 saith the ,lord40 ,all our thoughts should be given to the absolute demonstration of ,christian ,science4 ,you can well afford to give me up1 since you have in my last re- vised edition of ,science and ,health your teacher and #bj guide4 ,i recommend that the ,june session of this honorable body shall close your meetings for the summer2 also1 that hereafter you hold three sessions annually1 convening once in four months2 oftener is not requisite1 and the #be members coming from a distance will be accommodated by this arrangement4 ,yours affectionately1 ,,mary ,b4 ,g4 ,,eddy ,page #acg4 ,to ,the ,national ,christian ,scientist ,association4 ,my ,dear ,students and ,friends3--,accept my thanks for your card of invitation1 your badge1 and order of exer- cise1 all of which are complete4 ,when ,i gave you a meagre reception in ,boston at the #e close of the first convention of the ,national ,christian ,scientist ,association1 it was simply to give you the privi- lege1 poor as it was1 of speaking a few words aside to your teacher4 ,i remember my regret1 when1 having asked in general assembly if you had any questions to propose1 ,i #aj received no reply4 ,since then you have doubtless realized that such opportunity might have been improved2 but that time has passed4 ,i greatly rejoice over the growth of my students within the last few years4 ,it was kind of you to part so gently #ae with the protecting wings of the mother-bird1 and to spread your own so bravely4 ,now1 dear ones1 if you take my advice again1 you will do--what8 ,even this3 ,disorganize the ,national ,christian ,scientist ,association6 and each one return to his place of #bj labor1 to work out individually and alone1 for himself and for others1 the sublime ends of human life4 ,to accomplish this1 you must give much time to self- examination and correction2 you must control appetite1 passion1 pride1 envy1 evil-speaking1 resentment1 and each #be one of the innumerable errors that worketh or maketh a lie4 ,then you can give to the world the benefit of all this1 and heal and teach with increased confidence4 ,my students can now organize their students into associa- tions1 form churches1 and hold these organizations of their #cj ,page #ach4 own1--until1 in turn1 their students will sustain them- #a selves and work for others4 ,the time it takes yearly to prepare for this national convention is worse than wasted1 if it causes thought to wander in the wilderness or ways of the world4 ,the de- #e tail of conforming to society1 in any way1 costs you what it would to give time and attention to hygiene in your ministry and healing4 ,for students to work together is not always to co- operate1 but sometimes to coelbow6 ,each student should #aj seek alone the guidance of our common ,father--even the divine ,principle which he claims to demonstrate1-- and especially should he prove his faith by works1 ethi- cally1 physically1 and spiritually4 ,remember that the first and last lesson of ,christian ,science is love1 perfect #ae love1 and love made perfect through the cross4 ,i once thought that in unity was human strength2 but have grown to know that human strength is weakness1-- that unity is divine might1 giving to human power1 peace4 ,my counsel is applicable to the state of general growth #bj in the members of the ,national ,christian ,scientist ,asso- ciation1 but it is not so adapted to the members of students' organizations4 ,and wherefore8 ,because the growth of these at first is more gradual2 but whenever they are equal to the march triumphant1 ,god will give #be to all ,his soldiers of the cross the proper command1 and under the banner of ,his love1 and with the 8still1 small voice0 for the music of our march1 we all shall take step and march on in spiritual organization4 ,your loving teacher1 #cj ,,mary ,,baker ,g4 ,,eddy ,,concord1 ,n4 ,h41 ,may #bc1 #ahij ,page #aci4 ,n4 ,b4 ,i recommend this honorable body to adjourn1 #a if it does not disorganize1 to three years from this date2 or1 if it does disorganize1 to meet again in three years4 ,then bring your tithes into the storehouse1 and ,god will pour you out a blessing such as you even yet have not #e received4 ,m4 ,b4 ,g4 ,e4 ,to ,the ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,boston4 7,for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal1 but mighty #aj through ,god to the pulling down of strong holds27 casting down imaginations1 and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of ,god1 and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of ,christ4--#b ,,cor4 ,x4 #d1 #e4 ,in ,april1 #ahhc1 ,i started the ,journal of ,christian #ae ,science1 with a portion of the above ,scripture for its motto4 ,on ,december #aj1 #ahhi1 ,i gave a lot of land--in ,boston1 situated near the beautiful ,back ,bay ,park1 now valued at #bj1jjj and rising in value--for the purpose #bj of having erected thereon a church edifice to be called ,the ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist4 ,i had this desirable site transferred in a circuitous1 novel way1 at the wisdom whereof a few persons have since scrupled2 but to my spiritual perception1 like all #be true wisdom1 this transaction will in future be regarded as greatly wise1 and it will be found that this act was in advance of the erring mind's apprehension4 ,as with all former efforts in the interest of ,christian ,science1 ,i took care that the provisions for the land and #cj ,page #adj4 building were such as error could not control4 ,i knew #a that to ,god's gift1 foundation and superstructure1 no one could hold a wholly material title4 ,the land1 and the church standing on it1 must be conveyed through a type representing the true nature of the gift2 a type morally #e and spiritually inalienable1 but materially questionable --even after the manner that all spiritual good comes to ,christian ,scientists1 to the end of taxing their faith in ,god1 and their adherence to the superiority of the claims of ,spirit over matter or merely legal titles4 #aj ,no one could buy1 sell1 or mortgage my gift as ,i had it conveyed4 ,thus the case rested1 and ,i supposed the trustee-deed was legal2 but this was ,god's business1 not mine4 ,our church was prospered by the right hand of ,his righteousness1 and contributions to the ,building ,fund #ae generously poured into the treasury4 ,unity prevailed1-- till mortal man sought to know who owned ,god's temple1 and adopted and urged only the material side of this question4 ,the lot of land which ,i donated ,i redeemed from under #bj mortgage4 ,the foundation on which our church was to be built had to be rescued from the grasp of legal power1 and now it must be put back into the arms of ,love1 if we would not be found fighting against ,god4 ,the diviner claim and means for upbuilding the ,church #be of ,christ were prospered4 ,our title to ,god's acres will be safe and sound--when we can 8read our title clear0 to heavenly mansions4 ,built on the rock1 our church will stand the storms of ages3 though the material super- structure should crumble into dust1 the fittest would sur- #cj vive1--the spiritual idea would live1 a perpetual type of the divine ,principle it reflects4 ,page #ada4 ,the ,first ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist1 our prayer in #a stone1 will be the prophecy fulfilled1 the monument up- reared1 of ,christian ,science4 ,it will speak to you of the ,mother1 and of your hearts' offering to her through whom was revealed to you ,god's all-power1 all-presence1 and #e all-science4 ,this building begun1 will go up1 and no one can suffer from it1 for no one can resist the power that is behind it2 and against this church temple 8the gates of hell0 cannot prevail4 ,all loyal ,christian ,scientists hail with joy this pro- #aj posed type of universal ,love2 not so1 however1 with error1 which hates the bonds and methods of ,truth1 and shudders at the freedom1 might1 and majesty of ,spirit1 --even the annihilating law of ,love4 ,i vindicate both the law of ,god and the laws of our #ae land4 ,i believe1--yea1 ,i understand1--that with the spirit of ,christ actuating all the parties concerned about the legal quibble1 it can easily be corrected to the satis- faction of all4 ,let this be speedily done4 ,do not1 ,i im- plore you1 stain the early history of ,christian ,science by #bj the impulses of human will and pride2 but let the divine will and the nobility of human meekness rule this busi- ness transaction1 in obedience to the law of ,love and the laws of our land4 ,as the ambassador of ,christ's teachings1 ,i admonish #be you3 ,delay not longer to commence building our church in ,boston2 or else return every dollar that you yourselves declare you have had no legal authority for obtaining1 to the several contributors1--and let them1 not you1 say what shall be done with their money4 #cj ,of our first church in ,boston1 ,o recording angel6 write3 ,god is in the midst of her3 how beautiful are her ,page #adb4 feet6 how beautiful are her garments6 how hath ,he en- #a larged her borders6 how hath ,he made her wildernesses to bud and blossom as the rose6 ,with love1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy ,to ,donors ,of ,boat1 ,from ,toronto1 ,canada4 ,written on receipt of a beautiful boat presented by ,christian ,scientists in ,toronto1 for the little pond at ,pleasant ,view4 ,the boat displays1 among other beautiful decorations1 a number of masonic symbols4 #aj ,beloved ,students and ,friends3--,accept my thanks for the beautiful boat and presentation poem4 ,each day since they arrived ,i have said1 ,let me write to the donors1 --and what8 ,my first impression was to indite a poem2 my second1 #ae a psalm2 my third1 a letter4 ,why the letter alone8 ,be- cause your dear hearts expressed in their lovely gift such varying types of true affection1 shaded as autumn leaves with bright hues of the spiritual1 that my ,muse lost her lightsome lyre1 and imagery of thought gave place to #bj chords of feeling too deep for words4 ,a boat song seemed more ,olympian than the psalm in spiritual strains of the ,hebrew bard4 ,so ,i send my answer in a commonplace letter4 ,poor return1 is it not8 #be ,the symbols of freemasonry depicted on the boat wakened memory1 touched tender fibres of thought1 and ,i longed to say to the masonic brothers3 ,if as a woman ,i may not unite with you in freemasonry1 nor you with me in ,christian ,science1 yet as friends we can feel the #cj ,page #adc4 touch of heart to heart and hand to hand1 on the broad #a basis and sure foundation of true friendship's 8level0 and the 8square0 of moral sentiments4 ,my dear students may have explained to the kind par- ticipants in beautifying this boat our spiritual points1 #e above the plane of matter4 ,if so1 ,i may hope that a closer link hath bound us4 ,across lakes1 into a kingdom1 ,i reach out my hand to clasp yours1 with this silent bene- diction3 ,may the kingdom of heaven come in each of your hearts6 #aj ,with love1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy ,address1--,laying ,the ,corner-,stone4 ,beloved ,students3--,on the #bast day of ,may1 ,a4,d4 #ahid1 with quiet1 imposing ceremony1 is laid the corner- #ae stone of 8,the ,first ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist10 in ,boston4 ,it gives me great pleasure to say that you1 principally the ,normal class graduates of my ,college1 well known physicians1 teachers1 editors1 and pastors of churches1 #bj by contributions of one thousand dollars each1 husband and wife reckoned as one1 have1 within about three months1 donated the munificent sum of forty-two thou- sand dollars toward building ,the ,mother ,church4 ,a quiet call from me for this extra contribution1 in aid of #be our ,church ,building ,fund1 found you all 8with one accord in one place40 ,each donation came promptly2 sometimes at much self-sacrifice1 but always accompanied with a touching letter breathing the donor's privileged joy4 ,page #add4 ,the granite for this church was taken from the quar- #a ries in ,new ,hampshire1 my native ,state4 ,the money for building 8,mother's ,room10 situated in the second story of the tower on the northeast corner of this build- ing1 and the name thereof1 came from the dear children #e of ,christian ,scientists2 a little band called ,busy ,bees1 organized by ,miss ,maurine ,r4 ,campbell4 ,on this memorable day there are laid away a copy of this address1 the subscription list on which appear your several names in your own handwriting1 your textbook1 #aj 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 and other works written by the same author1 your teacher1 the ,discoverer and ,founder of ,christian ,science27#d7 without pomp or pride1 laid away as a sacred secret in the heart of a rock1 there to typify the prophecy1 8,and a man #ae shall be as an hiding place from the wind1 and a covert from the tempest2 444 as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land30 henceforth to whisper our ,master's promise1 8,upon this rock ,i will build my church2 and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it40 #bj ,to-day1 be this hope in each of our hearts1--precious in ,god's sight as shall be the assembling of ,his people in this temple1 sweet as the rest that remaineth for the righteous1 and fresh as a summer morn1--that1 from earth's pillows of stone1 our visible lives are rising to #be ,god4 ,as in the history of a seed1 so may our earthly sowing bear fruit that exudes the inspiration of the wine poured into the cup of ,christ4 ,to-day ,i pray that divine ,love1 the life-giving ,prin- ciple of ,christianity1 shall speedily wake the long night #cj of materialism1 and the universal dawn shall break upon the spire of this temple4 ,the ,church1 more than any ,page #ade4 other institution1 at present is the cement of society1 and #a it should be the bulwark of civil and religious liberty4 ,but the time cometh when the religious element1 or ,church of ,christ1 shall exist alone in the affections1 and need no organization to express it4 ,till then1 this form of godli- #e ness seems as requisite to manifest its spirit1 as individ- uality to express ,soul and substance4 ,does a single bosom burn for fame and power8 ,then when that person shall possess these1 let him ask him- self1 and answer to his name in this corner-stone of our #aj temple3 ,am ,i greater for them8 ,and if he thinks that he is1 then is he less than man to whom ,god gave 8do- minion over all the earth10 less than the meek who 8in- herit the earth40 ,even vanity forbids man to be vain2 and pride is a hooded hawk which flies in darkness4 ,over #ae a wounded sense of its own error1 let not mortal thought resuscitate too soon4 ,in our rock-bound friendship1 delicate as dear1 our names may melt into one1 and common dust1 and their modest sign be nothingness4 ,be this as it may1 the visible #bj unity of spirit remains1 to quicken even dust into sweet memorial such as ,isaiah prophesied3 8,the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb1 and the leopard shall lie down with the kid2 and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together2 and a little child shall lead them40 #be ,when the hearts of ,christian ,scientists are woven to- gether as are their names in the web of history1 earth will float majestically heaven's heraldry1 and echo the song of angels3 8,glory to ,god in the highest1 and on earth peace1 good will toward men40 #cj ,to ,the ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist1 in ,boston1 and to the dear children that my heart folds within it1 let me ,page #adf4 say1 ',tis sweet to remember thee1 and ,god's ,zion1 with #a healing on her wings4 ,may her walls be vocal with sal- vation2 and her gates with praise6 ,to ,the ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,boston ,my ,beloved ,students3--,i cannot conscientiously lend my counsel to direct your action on receiving or dismiss- ing candidates4 ,to do this1 ,i should need to be with you4 ,i cannot accept hearsay1 and would need to know the circumstances and facts regarding both sides of the #aj subject1 to form a proper judgment4 ,this is not my present province2 hence ,i have hitherto declined to be consulted on these subjects1 and still maintain this position4 ,these are matters of grave import2 and you cannot #ae be indifferent to this1 but will give them immediate at- tention1 and be governed therein by the spirit and the letter of this ,scripture3 8,whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you1 do ye even so to them40 ,i cannot be the conscience for this church2 but if ,i #bj were1 ,i would gather every reformed mortal that desired to come1 into its fold1 and counsel and help him to walk in the footsteps of ,his flock4 ,i feel sure that as ,chris- tian ,scientists you will act1 relative to this matter1 up to your highest understanding of justice and mercy4 #be ,affectionately yours1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy ,feb4 #ab1 #ahie ,page #adg4 ,the ,first ,members ,of ,the ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,boston1 ,massachusetts ,my ,beloved ,students3--,another year has rolled on1 #c another annual meeting has convened1 another space of time has been given us1 and has another duty been done #e and another victory won for time and eternity8 ,do you meet in unity1 preferring one another1 and demonstrating the divine ,principle of ,christian ,science8 ,have you improved past hours1 and ladened them with records worthy to be borne heavenward8 ,have you learned #aj that sin is inadmissible1 and indicates a small mind8 ,do you manifest love for those that hate you and de- spitefully use you8 ,the man of integrity is one who makes it his constant rule to follow the road of duty1 according as ,truth and #ae the voice of his conscience point it out to him4 ,he is not guided merely by affections which may some time give the color of virtue to a loose and unstable character4 ,the upright man is guided by a fixed ,principle1 which destines him to do nothing but what is honorable1 and to #bj abhor whatever is base or unworthy2 hence we find him ever the same1--at all times the trusty friend1 the affec- tionate relative1 the conscientious man of business1 the pious worker1 the public-spirited citizen4 ,he assumes no borrowed appearance4 ,he seeks no #be mask to cover him1 for he acts no studied part2 but he is indeed what he appears to be1--full of truth1 candor1 and humanity4 ,in all his pursuits1 he knows no path but the fair1 open1 and direct one1 and would much rather fail of success than attain it by reproachable means4 ,he #cj ,page #adh4 never shows us a smiling countenance while he meditates #a evil against us in his heart4 ,we shall never find one part of his character at variance with another4 ,lovingly yours1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy #e ,sept4 #cj1 #ahie ,extract ,from ,a ,letter ,the ,rules and ,by-laws in the ,manual of ,the ,first ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,boston1 originated not in solemn conclave as in ancient ,sanhedrim4 ,they were #aj not arbitrary opinions nor dictatorial demands1 such as one person might impose on another4 ,they were im- pelled by a power not one's own1 were written at differ- ent dates1 and as the occasion required4 ,they sprang from necessity1 the logic of events1--from the immedi- #ae ate demand for them as a help that must be supplied to maintain the dignity and defense of our ,cause2 hence their simple1 scientific basis1 and detail so requisite to demonstrate genuine ,christian ,science1 and which will do for the race what absolute doctrines destined for future #bj generations might not accomplish4 ,to ,the ,mother ,church ,beloved ,brethren3--,until recently1 ,i was not aware that the contribution box was presented at your ,friday evening meetings4 ,i specially desire that you collect no moneyed contributions from the people present on these occasions4 ,let the invitation to this sweet converse be in the words of the prophet ,isaiah3 8,ho1 every one that thirsteth1 ,page #adi4 come ye to the waters1 and he that hath no money2 come #a ye1 buy1 and eat2 yea1 come1 buy wine and milk without money and without price40 ,invite all cordially and freely to this banquet of ,chris- tian ,science1 this feast and flow of ,soul4 ,ask them to #e bring what they possess of love and light to help leaven your loaf and replenish your scanty store4 ,then1 after presenting the various offerings1 and one after another has opened his lips to discourse and distribute what ,god has given him of experience1 hope1 faith1 and under- #aj standing1 gather up the fragments1 and count the baskets full of accessions to your love1 and see that nothing has been lost4 ,with love1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy #ae ,to ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,in ,oconto ,my ,beloved ,brethren3--,lips nor pen can ever ex- press the joy you give me in parting so promptly with your beloved pastor1 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,norcross1 to send him to #bj aid me4 ,it is a refreshing demonstration of ,christianity1 brotherly love1 and all the rich graces of the ,spirit4 ,may this sacrifice bring to your beloved church a vision of the new church1 that cometh down from heaven1 whose altar is a loving heart1 whose communion is fellowship with #be saints and angels4 ,this example of yours is a light that cannot be hid4 ,guided by the pillar and the cloud1 this little church that built the first temple for ,christian ,science worship shall abide steadfastly in the faith of ,jesus' words3 8,fear #cj ,page #aej4 not1 little flock2 for it is your ,father's good pleasure to #a give you the kingdom40 ,may ,he soon give you a pastor2 already you have the great ,shepherd of ,israel watch- ing over you4 ,give my forever-love to your dear church4 ,yours in bonds of ,christ1 ,,mary ,,baker ,g4 ,,eddy #e ,,boston1 ,,mass41 #ahhi ,to ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,in ,scranton ,beloved ,brethren3--,space is no separator of hearts4 #aj ,spiritually1 ,i am with all who are with ,truth1 and whose hearts today are repeating their joy that ,god dwelleth in the congregation of the faithful1 and loveth the gates of ,zion4 ,the outlook is cheering4 ,we have already seen the #ae salvation of many people by means of ,christian ,science4 ,chapels and churches are dotting the entire land4 ,con- venient houses and halls can now be obtained wherein1 as whereout1 ,christian ,scientists may worship the ,father 8in spirit and in truth10 as taught by our great ,master4 #bj 8,if ,god be for us1 who can be against us80 ,if ,he be with us1 the wayside is a sanctuary1 and the desert a resting-place peopled with living witnesses of the fact that 8,god is ,love40 ,god is universal2 confined to no spot1 defined by no #be dogma1 appropriated by no sect4 ,not more to one than to all1 is ,god demonstrable as divine ,life1 ,truth1 and ,love2 and ,his people are they that reflect ,him--that reflect ,love4 ,again1 this infinite ,principle1 with its uni- versal manifestation1 is all that really is or can be2 #cj hence ,god is our ,shepherd4 ,he guards1 guides1 feeds1 ,page #aea4 and folds the sheep of ,his pasture2 and their ears are #a attuned to ,his call4 ,in the words of the loving disciple1 8,my sheep hear my voice1444 and they follow me2 444neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand40 #e ,god is a consuming fire4 ,he separates the dross from the gold1 purifies the human character1 through the furnace of affliction4 ,those who bear fruit ,he purgeth1 that they may bear more fruit4 ,through the sacred law1 ,he speaketh to the unfruitful in tones of ,sinai3 and1 in #aj the gospel1 ,he saith of the barren fig-tree1 8,cut it down2 why cumbereth it the ground80 ,god is our ,father and our ,mother1 our ,minister and the great ,physician3 ,he is man's only real relative on earth and in heaven4 ,david sang1 8,whom have ,i in #ae heaven but thee8 and there is none upon earth that ,i desire beside thee40 ,brother1 sister1 beloved in the ,lord1 knowest thou thyself1 and art thou acquainted with ,god8 ,if not1 ,i pray thee as a ,christian ,scientist1 delay not to make ,him #bj thy first acquaintance4 ,glorious things are spoken of you in ,his ,word4 ,ye are a chosen people1 whose ,god is--what8 ,even ,all4 ,may mercy and truth go before you3 may the lamp of your life continually be full of oil1 and you be wedded to the spiritual idea1 ,christ2 then will you heal1 and teach1 and preach1 on the ascending scale of everlasting ,life and ,love4 ,affectionately yours in ,christ1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy #cj ,page #aeb4 ,to ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,in ,denver ,beloved ,pastor and ,brethren3--8,as in water face answereth to face10 and in love continents clasp hands1 so the oneness of ,god includes also ,his presence with those #e whose hearts unite in the purposes of goodness4 ,of this we may be sure3 that thoughts winged with peace and love breathe a silent benediction over all the earth1 co- operate with the divine power1 and brood unconsciously o'er the work of ,his hand4 #aj ,i1 as a corporeal person1 am not in your midst3 ,i1 as a dictator1 arbiter1 or ruler1 am not present2 but ,i1 as a mother whose heart pulsates with every throb of theirs for the welfare of her children1 am present1 and rejoice with them that rejoice4 #ae ,may meekness1 mercy1 and love dwell forever in the hearts of those who worship in this tabernacle3 then will they receive the heritage that ,god has prepared for ,his people1--made ready for the pure in affection1 the meek in spirit1 the worshipper in truth1 the follower of #bj good4 ,thus founded upon the rock of ,christ1 when storm and tempest beat against this sure foundation1 you1 safely sheltered in the strong tower of hope1 faith1 and ,love1 are ,god's nestlings2 and ,he will hide you in ,his #be feathers till the storm has passed4 ,into ,his haven of ,soul there enters no element of earth to cast out angels1 to silence the right intuition which guides you safely home4 ,exercise more faith in ,god and ,his spiritual means #cj ,page #aec4 and methods1 than in man and his material ways and #a means1 of establishing the ,cause of ,christian ,science4 ,if right yourself1 ,god will confirm ,his inheritance4 8,be not weary in well doing40 ,truth is restful1 and ,love is triumphant4 #e ,when ,god went forth before ,his people1 they were fed with manna3 they marched through the wilderness3 they passed through the ,red ,sea1 untouched by the bil- lows4 ,at ,his command1 the rock became a fountain2 and the land of promise1 green isles of refreshment4 ,in #aj the words of the ,psalmist1 when 8the ,lord gave the word3 great was the company of those that published it40 ,god is good to ,israel1--washed in the waters of ,meribah1 cleansed of the flesh1--good to ,his ,israel encompassed not with pride1 hatred1 self-will1 and self- #ae justification2 wherein violence covereth men as a gar- ment1 and as captives are they enchained4 ,christian ,scientists bring forth the fruits of ,spirit1 not flesh2 and ,god giveth this 8new name0 to no man who honors ,him not by positive proof of trustworthiness4 #bj ,may you be able to say1 8,i have not cleansed my heart in vain40 ,sir ,edwin ,arnold1 to whom ,i presented a copy of my first edition of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 writes3-- #be ,peace on earth and ,good-will6 ,souls that are gentle and still ,hear the first music of this ,far-off1 infinite1 ,bliss6 ,so may the ,god of peace be and abide with this church4 #cj ,affectionately yours1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy ,page #aed4 ,to ,first ,church ,of ,christ1 ,scientist1 ,in ,lawrence ,beloved ,brethren3--,the spreading branches of ,the ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist1 are fast reaching out their broad shelter to the entire world4 ,your faith has not #e been without works1--and ,god's love for ,his flock is manifest in ,his care4 ,he will dig about this little church1 prune its encumbering branches1 water it with the dews of heaven1 enrich its roots1 and enlarge its borders with divine ,love4 ,god only waits for man's worthiness to #aj enhance the means and measure of ,his grace4 ,you have already proof of the prosperity of ,his ,zion4 ,you sit beneath your own vine and fig-tree as the growth of spirituality--even that vine whereof our ,father is husbandman4 #ae ,it is the purpose of divine ,love to resurrect the under- standing1 and the kingdom of ,god1 the reign of har- mony already within us4 ,through the word that is spoken unto you1 are you made free4 ,abide in ,his word1 and it shall abide in you2 and the healing ,christ will #bj again be made manifest in the flesh--understood and glorified4 ,honor thy ,father and ,mother1 ,god4 ,continue in ,his love4 ,bring forth fruit--8signs following0--that your prayers be not hindered4 ,pray without ceasing4 #be ,watch diligently2 never desert the post of spiritual ob- servation and self-examination4 ,strive for self-abnega- tion1 justice1 meekness1 mercy1 purity1 love4 ,let your light reflect ,light4 ,have no ambition1 affection1 nor aim apart from holiness4 ,forget not for a moment1 that #cj ,page #aee4 ,god is ,all-in-all--therefore1 that in reality there is but #a one cause and effect4 ,the pride of circumstance or power is the prince of this world that has nothing in ,christ4 ,all power and happiness are spiritual1 and proceed from goodness4 #e ,sacrifice self to bless one another1 even as ,god has blessed you4 ,forget self in laboring for mankind2 then will you woo the weary wanderer to your door1 win the pilgrim and stranger to your church1 and find access to the heart of humanity4 ,while pressing meekly on1 be #aj faithful1 be valiant in the ,christian's warfare1 and peace will crown your joy4 ,lovingly yours1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy ,to ,correspondents ,beloved ,students3--,because ,mother has not the time even to read all of her interesting correspondence1 and less wherein to answer it 7however much she desires thus to do71 she hereby requests3 ,first1 that you1 her students' students1 who write such excellent letters to #bj her1 will hereafter1 as a general rule1 send them to the editors of ,the ,christian ,science ,journal for publication1 and thereby give to us all the pleasure of hearing from you4 ,if my own students cannot spare time to write to ,god1 --when they address me ,i shall be apt to forward their #be letters to ,him as our common ,parent1 and by way of ,the ,christian ,science ,journal2 thus fulfilling their moral obligation to furnish some reading-matter for our denomi- national organ4 ,methinks1 were they to contemplate the universal charge wherewith divine ,love has entrusted us1 #cj ,page #aef4 in behalf of a suffering race1 they would contribute oftener #a to the pages of this swift vehicle of scientific thought2 for it reaches a vast number of earnest readers1 and seek- ers after ,truth4 ,with love1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy ,to ,students ,beloved ,christian ,scientists3--,please send in your contributions as usual to our ,journal4 ,all is well at head- quarters1 and when the mist shall melt away you will see clearly the signs of ,truth and the heaven of ,love within #aj your hearts4 ,let the reign of peace and harmony be supreme and forever yours4 ,i proposed to merge the adjourned meeting in the one held at ,chicago1 because ,i saw no advantage1 but great disadvantage1 in one student's opinions or modus oper- #ae andi becoming the basis for others3 read 8,retrospection0 on this subject4 ,science is absolute1 and best under- stood through the study of my works and the daily ,chris- tian demonstration thereof4 ,it is their materiality that clogs the progress of students1 and 8this kind goeth not #bj forth but by prayer and fasting40 ,it is materialism through which the animal magnetizer preys1 and in turn becomes a prey4 ,spirituality is the basis of all true thought and volition4 ,assembling themselves together1 and listening to each other amicably1 or contentiously1 is no aid to #be students in acquiring solid ,christian ,science4 ,experi- ence and1 above all1 obedience1 are the aids and tests of growth and understanding in this direction4 ,with love1 ,,mary ,b4 ,g4 ,,eddy #cj ,page #aeg4 ,to ,a ,student ,my ,dear ,student3--,it is a great thing to be found worthy to suffer for ,christ1 ,truth4 ,paul said1 8,if we suffer1 we shall also reign with him40 ,reign then1 my beloved in the ,lord4 ,he that marketh the sparrow's fall #e will direct thy way4 ,i have written1 or caused my secretary to write1 to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,stewart1 of ,toronto1 ,canada 7you will find their card in ,the ,c4 ,s4 ,journal17 that you or your lawyer will ask them all questions important for your case1 and re- #aj quested that they furnish all information possible4 ,they will be glad to help you4 ,every true ,christian ,scientist will feel 8as bound with you10 but as free in ,truth and ,love1 safe under the shadow of ,his wing4 ,yes1 my student1 my ,father is your ,father2 and ,he #ae helps us most when help is most needed1 for ,he is the ever-present help4 ,i am glad that you are in good cheer4 ,i enclose you the name of ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,kimball1 ,c4 ,s4 ,d41 of ,chicago1-- #ejbj ,woodlawn ,ave41--for items relative to ,mrs4 ,steb- #bj bin's case4 8,commit thy way unto the ,lord2 trust also in ,him2 and ,he shall bring it to pass4 ,and ,he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light1 and thy judgment as the noonday40 ,this ,i know1 for ,god is for us4 #be ,write me when you need me4 ,error has no power but to destroy itself4 ,it cannot harm you2 it cannot stop the eternal currents of ,truth4 ,ever with love1 ,,mary ,b4 ,g4 ,,eddy ,page #aeh4 ,to ,a ,student ,my ,beloved ,student3--,in reply to your letter ,i will say3 ,god's ways are not as our ways2 but higher far than the heavens above the earth is ,his wisdom above ours4 ,when ,i requested you to be ordained1 ,i little #e thought of the changes about to be made4 ,when ,i insisted on your speaking without notes1 ,i little knew that so soon another change in your pulpit would be demanded4 ,but now1 after ,his messenger has obeyed the message of divine ,love1 comes the interpretation thereof4 ,but you #aj see we both had first to obey1 and to do this through faith1 not sight4 ,the meaning of it all1 as now shown1 is this3 when you were bidden to be ordained1 it was in reward for your faithful service1 thus to honor it4 ,the second command1 #ae to drop the use of notes1 was to rebuke a lack of faith in divine help1 and to test your humility and obedience in bearing this cross4 ,all ,god's servants are minute men and women4 ,as of old1 ,i stand with sandals on and staff in hand1 wait- #bj ing for the watchword and the revelation of what1 how1 whither4 ,let us be faithful and obedient1 and ,god will do the rest4 ,in the ,april number of ,the ,christian ,science ,journal you will find the forthcoming completion 7as ,i now think7 #be of the divine directions sent out to the churches4 ,it is satisfactory to note1 however1 that the order therein given corresponds to the example of our ,master4 ,jesus was not ordained as our churches ordain ministers4 ,we have no record that he used notes when preaching4 ,he ,page #aei4 spake in their synagogues1 reading the ,scriptures and #a expounding them2 and ,god has given to this age 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 to elucidate ,his ,word4 ,you may read this letter to your church1 and then #e send it to ,rev4 ,mr4 ,norcross1 and he will understand4 ,may the ,god of all grace give you peace4 ,with love1 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy ,extract ,from ,a ,christmas ,letter ,beloved ,students3--,my heart has many rooms3 one of these is sacred to the memory of my students4 ,into this upper chamber1 where all things are pure and of good report1--into this sanctuary of love1--,i often retreat1 sit silently1 and ponder4 ,in this chamber is #ae memory's wardrobe1 where ,i deposit certain recollec- tions and rare grand collections once in each year4 ,this is my ,christmas storehouse4 ,its goods commemorate1 --not so much the ,bethlehem babe1 as the man of ,god1 the risen ,christ1 and the adult ,jesus4 ,here ,i deposit #bj the gifts that my dear students offer at the shrine of ,christian ,science1 and to their lone ,leader4 ,here ,i talk once a year1--and this is a bit of what ,i said in #ahij3 8,o glorious ,truth6 ,o ,mother ,love6 how has the sense of ,thy children grown to behold ,thee6 and how have #be many weary wings sprung upward6 and how has our ,model1 ,christ1 been unveiled to us1 and to the age60 ,i look at the rich devices in embroidery1 silver1 gold1 and jewels1--all gifts of ,christian ,scientists from all parts of our nation1 and some from abroad1--then al- #cj ,page #afj4 most marvel at the power and permanence of affection #a under the rgime of ,christian ,science6 ,never did grati- tude and love unite more honestly in uttering the word thanks1 than ours at this season4 ,but a mother's love behind words has no language2 it may give no material #e token1 but lives steadily on1 through time and circum- stance1 as part and paramount portion of her being4 ,thus may our lives flow on in the same sweet rhythm of head and heart1 till they meet and mingle in bliss super- nal4 ,there is a special joy in knowing that one is gaining #aj constantly in the knowledge of ,truth and divine ,love4 ,your progress1 the past year1 has been marked4 ,it satis- fies my present hope4 ,of this we rest assured1 that every trial of our faith in ,god makes us stronger and firmer in understanding and obedience4 #ae ,lovingly yours1 ,,mary ,,baker ,g4 ,,eddy ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,sermons4 ,page #afa4 ,a ,christmas ,sermon ,delivered in ,chickering ,hall1 ,boston1 ,mass41 on the ,sunday ,before ,christmas1 #ahhh ,,subject3 ,the ,corporeal and ,incorporeal ,saviour ,,text3 ,for unto us a child is born1 unto us a son is given3 and the #e government shall be upon his shoulder3 and his name shall be called ,wonderful1 ,counsellor1 ,the mighty ,god1 ,the everlasting ,father1 ,the ,prince of ,peace4--,,isaiah ix4 #f4 ,to the senses1 ,jesus was the son of man3 in ,science1 man is the son of ,god4 ,the material senses could #aj not cognize the ,christ1 or ,son of ,god3 it was ,jesus' approximation to this state of being that made him the ,christ-,jesus1 the ,godlike1 the anointed4 ,the prophet whose words we have chosen for our text1 prophesied the appearing of this dual nature1 as #ae both human and divinely endowed1 the personal and the impersonal ,jesus4 ,the only record of our ,master as a public benefactor1 or personal ,saviour1 opens when he was thirty years of age2 owing in part1 perhaps1 to the ,jewish law that none #bj should teach or preach in public under that age4 ,also1 it is natural to conclude that at this juncture he was specially endowed with the ,holy ,spirit2 for he was given the new name1 ,messiah1 or ,jesus ,christ1--the ,god- ,page #afb4 anointed2 even as1 at times of special enlightenment1 #a ,jacob was called ,israel2 and ,saul1 ,paul4 ,the third event of this eventful period1--a period of such wonderful spiritual import to mankind6--was the advent of a higher ,christianity4 #e ,from this dazzling1 ,god-crowned summit1 the ,naza- rene stepped suddenly before the people and their schools of philosophy2 ,gnostic1 ,epicurean1 and ,stoic4 ,he must stem these rising angry elements1 and walk serenely over their fretted1 foaming billows4 #aj ,here the cross became the emblem of ,jesus' history2 while the central point of his ,messianic mission was peace1 good will1 love1 teaching1 and healing4 ,clad with divine might1 he was ready to stem the tide of ,judaism1 and prove his power1 derived from ,spirit1 to #ae be supreme2 lay himself as a lamb upon the altar of materialism1 and therefrom rise to his nativity in ,spirit4 ,the corporeal ,jesus bore our infirmities1 and through his stripes we are healed4 ,he was the ,way-shower1 and suffered in the flesh1 showing mortals how to escape from #bj the sins of the flesh4 ,there was no incorporeal ,jesus of ,nazareth4 ,the spiritual man1 or ,christ1 was after the similitude of the ,father1 without corporeality or finite mind4 ,materiality1 worldliness1 human pride1 or self-will1 by #be demoralizing his motives and ,christlikeness1 would have dethroned his power as the ,christ4 ,to carry out his holy purpose1 he must be oblivious of human self4 ,of the lineage of ,david1 like him he went forth1 simple #cj as the shepherd boy1 to disarm the ,goliath4 ,panoplied in the strength of an exalted hope1 faith1 and understand- ,page #afc4 ing1 he sought to conquer the three-in-one of error3 the #a world1 the flesh1 and the devil4 ,three years he went about doing good4 ,he had for thirty years been preparing to heal and teach divinely2 but his three-years mission was a marvel of glory3 its #e chaplet1 a grave to mortal sense dishonored--from which sprang a sublime and everlasting victory6 ,he who dated time1 the ,christian era1 and spanned eternity1 was the meekest man on earth4 ,he healed and taught by the wayside1 in humble homes3 to arrant #aj hypocrite and to dull disciples he explained the ,word of ,god1 which has since ripened into interpretation through ,science4 ,his words were articulated in the language of a de- clining race1 and committed to the providence of ,god4 #ae ,in no one thing seemed he less human and more divine than in his unfaltering faith in the immortality of ,truth4 ,referring to this1 he said1 8,heaven and earth shall pass away1 but my words shall not pass away60 and they have not3 they still live2 and are the basis of divine #bj liberty1 the medium of ,mind1 the hope of the race4 ,only three years a personal ,saviour6 yet the founda- tions he laid are as eternal as ,truth1 the chief corner-stone4 ,after his brief brave struggle1 and the crucifixion of #be the corporeal man1 the incorporeal ,saviour--the ,christ or spiritual idea which leadeth into all ,truth--must needs come in ,christian ,science1 demonstrating the spir- itual healing of body and mind4 ,this idea or divine essence was1 and is1 forever about #cj the ,father's business2 heralding the ,principle of health1 holiness1 and immortality4 ,page #afd4 ,its divine ,principle interprets the incorporeal idea1 or #a ,son of ,god2 hence the incorporeal and corporeal are distinguished thus3 the former is the spiritual idea that represents divine good1 and the latter is the human presentation of goodness in man4 ,the ,science of ,chris- #e tianity1 that has appeared in the ripeness of time1 re- veals the incorporeal ,christ2 and this will continue to be seen more clearly until it be acknowledged1 under- stood1--and the ,saviour1 which is ,truth1 be compre- hended4 #aj ,to the vision of the ,wisemen1 this spiritual idea of the ,principle of man or the universe1 appeared as a star4 ,at first1 the babe ,jesus seemed small to mortals2 but from the mount of revelation1 the prophet beheld it from the beginning as the ,redeemer1 who would present a wonder- #ae ful manifestation of ,truth and ,love4 ,in our text ,isaiah foretold1 8,his name shall be called ,wonderful1 ,counsellor1 ,the mighty ,god1 ,the everlasting ,father1 ,the ,prince of ,peace40 ,as the ,wisemen grew in the understanding of ,christ1 #bj the spiritual idea1 it grew in favor with them4 ,thus it will continue1 as it shall become understood1 until man be found in the actual likeness of his ,maker4 ,their highest human concept of the man ,jesus1 that portrayed him as the only ,son of ,god1 the only begotten of the #be ,father1 full of grace and ,truth1 will become so magnified to human sense1 by means of the lens of ,science1 as to reveal man collectively1 as individually1 to be the son of ,god4 ,the limited view of ,god's ideas arose from the testimony #cj of the senses4 ,science affords the evidence that ,god is the ,father of man1 of all that is real and eternal4 ,this spir- ,page #afe4 itual idea that the personal ,jesus demonstrated1 casting #a out evils and healing1 more than eighteen centuries ago1 disappeared by degrees2 both because of the ascension of ,jesus1 in which it was seen that he had grown beyond the human sense of him1 and because of the corruption of #e the ,church4 ,the last appearing of ,truth will be a wholly spiritual idea of ,god and of man1 without the fetters of the flesh1 or corporeality4 ,this infinite idea of infinity will be1 is1 as eternal as its divine ,principle4 ,the daystar of this appear- #aj ing is the light of ,christian ,science--the ,science which rends the veil of the flesh from top to bottom4 ,the light of this revelation leaves nothing that is material2 neither darkness1 doubt1 disease1 nor death4 ,the material cor- poreality disappears2 and individual spirituality1 perfect #ae and eternal1 appears--never to disappear4 ,the truth uttered and lived by ,jesus1 who passed on and left to mortals the rich legacy of what he said and did1 makes his followers the heirs to his example2 but they can neither appreciate nor appropriate his treasures #bj of ,truth and ,love1 until lifted to these by their own growth and experiences4 ,his goodness and grace pur- chased the means of mortals' redemption from sin2 but1 they never paid the price of sin4 ,this cost1 none but the sinner can pay2 and accordingly as this account is settled #be with divine ,love1 is the sinner ready to avail himself of the rich blessings flowing from the teaching1 example1 and suffering of our ,master4 ,the secret stores of wisdom must be discovered1 their treasures reproduced and given to the world1 before man #cj can truthfully conclude that he has been found in the order1 mode1 and virgin origin of man according to divine ,page #aff4 ,science1 which alone demonstrates the divine ,principle #a and spiritual idea of being4 ,the monument whose finger points upward1 commemorates the earthly life of a martyr2 but this is not all of the philanthropist1 hero1 and ,christian4 ,the ,truth he #e has taught and spoken lives1 and moves in our midst a divine afflatus4 ,thus it is that the ideal ,christ--or impersonal infancy1 manhood1 and womanhood of ,truth and ,love--is still with us4 ,and what of this child8--8,for unto us a child is #aj born1 unto us a son is given3 and the government shall be upon his shoulder40 ,this child1 or spiritual idea1 has evolved a more ready ear for the overture of angels and the scientific under- standing of ,truth and ,love4 ,when ,christ1 the incor- #ae poreal idea of ,god1 was nameless1 and a ,mary knew not how to declare its spiritual origin1 the idea of man was not understood4 ,the ,judan religion even required the ,virgin-mother to go to the temple and be purified1 for having given birth to the corporeal child ,jesus1 whose #bj origin was more spiritual than the senses could inter- pret4 ,like the leaven that a certain woman hid in three measures of meal1 the ,science of ,god and the spiritual idea1 named in this century ,christian ,science1 is leaven- ing the lump of human thought1 until the whole shall #be be leavened and all materialism disappear4 ,this action of the divine energy1 even if not acknowledged1 has come to be seen as diffusing richest blessings4 ,this spiritual idea1 or ,christ1 entered into the minuti of the life of the personal ,jesus4 ,it made him an honest man1 #cj a good carpenter1 and a good man1 before it could make him the glorified4 ,page #afg4 ,the material questions at this age on the reappearing #a of the infantile thought of ,god's man1 are after the man- ner of a mother in the flesh1 though their answers per- tain to the spiritual idea1 as in ,christian ,science3-- ,is he deformed8 #e ,he is wholly symmetrical2 the one altogether lovely4 ,is the babe a son1 or daughter8 ,both son and daughter3 even the compound idea of all that resembles ,god4 ,how much does he weigh8 #aj ,his substance outweighs the material world4 ,how old is he8 ,of his days there is no beginning and no ending4 ,what is his name8 ,christ ,science4 #ae ,who are his parents1 brothers1 and sisters8 ,his ,father and ,mother are divine ,life1 ,truth1 and ,love2 and they who do the will of his ,father are his is brethren4 ,is he heir to an estate8 #bj 8,the government shall be upon his shoulder60 ,he has dominion over the whole earth2 and in admiration of his origin1 he exclaims1 8,i thank ,thee1 ,o ,father1 ,lord of heaven and earth1 that ,thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent1 and hast revealed them unto #be babes60 ,is he wonderful8 ,his works thus prove him4 ,he giveth power1 peace1 and holiness2 he exalteth the lowly2 he giveth liberty ,page #afh4 to the captive1 health to the sick1 salvation from sin to #a the sinner--and overcometh the world6 ,go1 and tell what things ye shall see and hear3 how the blind1 spiritually and physically1 receive sight2 how the lame1 those halting between two opinions or hob- #e bling on crutches1 walk2 how the physical and moral lepers are cleansed2 how the deaf--those who1 having ears1 hear not1 and are afflicted with 8tympanum on the brain0--hear2 how the dead1 those buried in dogmas and physical ailments1 are raised2 that to the poor-- #aj the lowly in ,christ1 not the man-made rabbi--the gospel is preached4 ,note this3 only such as are pure in spirit1 emptied of vainglory and vain knowledge1 re- ceive ,truth4 ,here ends the colloquy2 and a voice from heaven seems #ae to say1 8,come and see40 ,the nineteenth-century prophets repeat1 8,unto us a son is given40 ,the shepherds shout1 8,we behold the appearing of the star60--and the pure in heart clap their hands4 #bj ,editor's ,extracts ,from ,sermon ,,text3 ,ye do err1 not knowing the ,scriptures1 nor the power of ,god4--,,matt4 xxii4 #bi4 ,the ,christian ,science ,journal reported as follows3-- ,the announcement that the ,rev4 ,mary ,b4 ,g4 ,eddy #be would speak before the ,scientist denomination on the afternoon of ,october #bf1 drew a large audience4 ,haw- thorne ,hall was densely packed1 and many had to go away unable to obtain seats4 ,the distinguished speaker began by saying3-- #cj ,page #afi4 ,within ,bible pages she had found all the divine ,science #a she preaches2 noticing1 all along the way of her researches therein1 that whenever her thoughts had wandered into the bypaths of ancient philosophies or pagan literatures1 her spiritual insight had been darkened thereby1 till #e she was ,god-driven back to the inspired pages4 ,early training1 through the misinterpretation of the ,word1 had been the underlying cause of the long years of in- validism she endured before ,truth dawned upon her understanding1 through right interpretation4 ,with the #aj understanding of ,scripture-meanings1 had come physical rejuvenation4 ,the uplifting of spirit was the upbuild- ing of the body4 ,she affirmed that the ,scriptures cannot properly be interpreted in a literal way4 ,the truths they teach must #ae be spiritually discerned1 before their message can be borne fully to our minds and hearts4 ,that there is a dual meaning to every ,biblical passage1 the most eminent divines of the world have concluded2 and to get at the highest1 or metaphysical1 it is necessary rightly to read #bj what the inspired writers left for our spiritual instruction4 ,the literal rendering of the ,scriptures makes them noth- ing valuable1 but often is the foundation of unbelief and hopelessness4 ,the metaphysical rendering is health and peace and hope for all4 ,the literal or material reading is #be the reading of the carnal mind1 which is enmity toward ,god1 ,spirit4 ,taking several ,bible passages1 ,mrs4 ,eddy showed how beautiful and inspiring are the thoughts when rightly understood4 8,let the dead bury their dead2 follow #cj thou me10 was one of the passages explained metaphysi- cally4 ,in their fullest meaning1 those words are salvation ,page #agj4 from the belief of death1 the last enemy to be overthrown2 #a for by following ,christ truly1 resurrection and life im- mortal are brought to us4 ,if we follow him1 to us there can be no dead4 ,those who know not this1 may still believe in death and weep over the graves of their beloved2 #e but with him is ,life eternal1 which never changes to death4 ,the eating of bread and drinking of wine at the ,lord's supper1 merely symbolize the spiritual refresh- ment of ,god's children having rightly read ,his ,word1 whose entrance into their understanding is healthful life4 #aj ,this is the reality behind the symbol4 ,so1 also1 she spoke of the hades1 or hell of ,scripture1 saying1 that we make our own heavens and our own hells1 by right and wise1 or wrong and foolish1 conceptions of ,god and our fellow-men4 ,jesus interpreted all spirit- #ae ually3 8,i have bread to eat that ye know not of10 he said4 ,the bread he ate1 which was refreshment of divine strength1 we also may all partake of4 ,the material record of the ,bible1 she said1 is no more important to our well-being than the history of ,europe #bj and ,america2 but the spiritual application bears upon our eternal life4 ,the method of ,jesus was purely meta- physical2 and no other method is ,christian ,science4 ,in the passage recording ,jesus' proceedings with the blind man 7,mark viii47 he is said to have spat upon the dust4 #be ,spitting was the ,hebrew method of expressing the utmost contempt4 ,so ,jesus is recorded as having expressed contempt for the belief of material eyes as having any power to see4 ,having eyes1 ye see not2 and ears1 ye hear not1 he had just told them4 ,the putting on of hands #cj mentioned1 she explained as the putting forth of power4 8,hand10 in ,bible usage1 often means spiritual power4 ,page #aga4 8,his hand is not shortened that it cannot save10 can #a never be wrested from its true meaning to signify human hands4 ,jesus' first effort to realize ,truth was not wholly successful2 but he rose to the occasion with the second attempt1 and the blind saw clearly4 ,to suppose that #e ,jesus did actually anoint the blind man's eyes with his spittle1 is as absurd as to think1 according to the report of some1 that ,christian ,scientists sit in back-to-back seances with their patients1 for the divine power to filter from vertebr to vertebr4 ,when one comes to the age #aj with spiritual translations of ,god's messages1 expressed in literal or physical terms1 our right action is not to con- demn and deny1 but to 8try the spirits0 and see what manner they are of4 ,this does not mean communing with spirits supposed to have departed from the earth1 #ae but the seeking out of the basis upon which are accom- plished the works by which the new teacher would prove his right to be heard4 ,by these signs are the true disciples of the ,master known3 the sick are healed2 to the poor the gospel is preached4 #bj ,extract ,from ,a ,sermon ,delivered ,in ,boston1 ,january #ah1 #ahhe ,,text3 ,the kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven1 which a woman took1 and hid in three measures of meal1 till the whole was leavened4--,,matt4 xiii4 #cc4 ,few people at present know aught of the ,science of mental healing2 and so many are obtruding upon the public attention their ignorance or false knowledge in the name of ,science1 that it behooves all clad in the shin- ing mail to keep bright their invincible armor2 to keep #cj ,page #agb4 their demonstrations modest1 and their claims and lives #a steadfast in ,truth4 ,dispensing the ,word charitably1 but separating the tares from the wheat1 let us declare the positive and the negative of metaphysical ,science2 what it is1 and #e what it is not4 ,intrepid1 self-oblivious ,protestants in a higher sense than ever before1 let us meet and defeat the claims of sense and sin1 regardless of the bans or clans pouring in their fire upon us2 and white-winged charity1 brooding over all1 shall cover with her feathers #aj the veriest sinner4 ,divine and unerring ,mind measures man1 until the three measures be accomplished1 and he arrives at fulness of stature2 for 8the ,lord ,god omnipotent reigneth40 #ae ,science is divine3 it is neither of human origin nor of human direction4 ,that which is termed 8natural science10 the evidences whereof are taken in by the five personal senses1 presents but a finite1 feeble sense of the infinite law of ,god2 which law is written on the heart1 received #bj through the affections1 spiritually understood1 and dem- onstrated in our lives4 ,this law of ,god is the ,science of mental healing1 spiritually discerned1 understood1 and obeyed4 ,mental ,science1 and the five personal senses1 are at #be war2 and peace can only be declared on the side of im- mutable right1--the health1 holiness1 and immortality of man4 ,to gain this scientific result1 the first and funda- mental rule of ,science must be understood and adhered to2 namely1 the oft-repeated declaration in ,scripture #cj that ,god is good2 hence1 good is omnipotent and omnipresent4 ,page #agc4 ,ancient and modern philosophy1 human reason1 or #a man's theorems1 misstate mental ,science1 its ,principle and practice4 ,the most enlightened sense herein sees nothing but a law of matter4 ,who has ever learned of the schools that there is but #e one ,mind1 and that this is ,god1 who healeth all our sick- ness and sins8 ,who has ever learned from the schools1 pagan phi- losophy1 or scholastic theology1 that ,science is the law of ,mind and not of matter1 and that this law has no relation #aj to1 or recognition of1 matter8 ,mind is its own great cause and effect4 ,mind is ,god1 omnipotent and omnipresent4 ,what1 then1 of an oppo- site so-called science1 which says that man is both matter and mind1 that ,mind is in matter8 ,can the infinite #ae be within the finite8 ,and must not man have preexisted in the ,all and ,only8 ,does an evil mind exist without space to occupy1 power to act1 or vanity to pretend that it is man8 ,if ,god is ,mind and fills all space1 is everywhere1 matter #bj is nowhere and sin is obsolete4 ,if ,mind1 ,god1 is all-power and all-presence1 man is not met by another power and presence1 that--obstructing his intelligence-- pains1 fetters1 and befools him4 ,the perfection of man is intact2 whence1 then1 is something besides ,him that #be is not the counterpart but the counterfeit of man's creator8 ,surely not from ,god1 for ,he made man in ,his own likeness4 ,whence1 then1 is the atom or molecule called matter8 ,have attraction and cohesion formed it8 ,but are these forces laws of matter1 or laws of #cj ,mind8 ,for matter to be matter1 it must have been self-created4 ,page #agd4 ,mind has no more power to evolve or to create matter #a than has good to produce evil4 ,matter is a misstatement of ,mind2 it is a lie1 claiming to talk and disclaim against ,truth2 idolatry1 having other gods2 evil1 having presence and power over omnipotence6 #e ,let us have a clearing up of abstractions4 ,let us come into the presence of ,him who removeth all iniqui- ties1 and healeth all our diseases4 ,let us attach our sense of ,science to what touches the religious sentiment within man4 ,let us open our affections to the ,principle that #aj moves all in harmony1--from the falling of a sparrow to the rolling of a world4 ,above ,arcturus and his sons1 broader than the solar system and higher than the at- mosphere of our planet1 is the ,science of mental healing4 #ae ,what is the kingdom of heaven8 ,the abode of ,spirit1 the realm of the real4 ,no matter is there1 no night is there--nothing that maketh or worketh a lie4 ,is this kingdom afar off8 ,no3 it is ever-present here4 ,the first to declare against this kingdom is matter4 ,shall #bj that be called heresy which pleads for ,spirit--the ,all of ,god1 and ,his omnipresence8 ,the kingdom of heaven is the reign of divine ,science3 it is a mental state4 ,jesus said it is within you1 and taught us to pray1 8,thy kingdom come20 but he did #be not teach us to pray for death whereby to gain heaven4 ,we do not look into darkness for light4 ,death can never usher in the dawn of ,science that reveals the spiritual facts of man's ,life here and now4 ,the leaven which a woman took and hid in three #cj measures of meal1 is ,divine ,science2 the ,comforter2 the ,holy ,ghost that leadeth into all ,truth2 the 8still1 ,page #age4 small voice0 that breathes ,his presence and power1 cast- #a ing out error and healing the sick4 ,and woman1 the spiritual idea1 takes of the things of ,god and showeth them unto the creature1 until the whole sense of being is leavened with ,spirit4 ,the three measures of meal #e may well be likened to the false sense of life1 substance1 and intelligence1 which says1 ,i am sustained by bread1 matter1 instead of ,mind4 ,the spiritual leaven of divine ,science changes this false sense1 giving better views of ,life2 saying1 ,man's ,life is ,god2 and when this shall #aj appear1 it shall be 8the substance of things hoped for40 ,the measure of ,life shall increase by every spiritual touch1 even as the leaven expands the loaf4 ,man shall keep the feast of ,life1 not with the old leaven of the scribes and ,pharisees1 neither with 8the leaven of malice #ae and wickedness2 but the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth40 ,thus it can be seen that the ,science of mental healing must be understood4 ,there are false ,christs that would 8deceive1 if it were possible1 the very elect10 by institut- #bj ing matter and its methods in place of ,god1 ,mind4 ,their supposition is1 that there are other minds than ,his2 that one mind controls another2 that one belief takes the place of another4 ,but this ism of to-day has nothing to do with the ,science of mental healing which acquaints #be us with ,god and reveals the one perfect ,mind and ,his laws4 ,the attempt to mix matter and ,mind1 to work by means of both animal magnetism and divine power1 is literally saying1 ,have we not in thy name cast out devils1 #cj and done many wonderful works8 ,but remember ,god in all thy ways1 and thou shalt ,page #agf4 find the truth that breaks the dream of sense1 letting the #a harmony of ,science that declares ,him1 come in with healing1 and peace1 and perfect love4 ,sunday ,services on ,july ,fourth ,,extempore ,,remarks ,the great theme so deeply and solemnly expounded by the preacher1 has been exemplified in all ages1 but chiefly in the great crises of nations or of the human race4 ,it is then that supreme devotion to ,principle has espe- cially been called for and manifested4 ,it is then that we #aj learn a little more of the nothingness of evil1 and more of the divine energies of good1 and strive valiantly for the liberty of the sons of ,god4 ,the day we celebrate reminds us of the heroes and heroines who counted not their own lives dear to them1 #ae when they sought the ,new ,england shores1 not as the flying nor as conquerors1 but1 steadfast in faith and love1 to build upon the rock of ,christ1 the true idea of ,god-- the supremacy of ,spirit and the nothingness of matter4 ,when first the ,pilgrims planted their feet on ,plymouth #bj ,rock1 frozen ritual and creed should forever have melted away in the fire of love which came down from heaven4 ,the ,pilgrims came to establish a nation in true freedom1 in the rights of conscience4 ,but what of ourselves1 and our times and obligations8 #be ,are we duly aware of our own great opportunities and responsibilities8 ,are we prepared to meet and improve them1 to act up to the acme of divine energy wherewith we are armored8 ,page #agg4 ,never was there a more solemn and imperious call #a than ,god makes to us all1 right here1 for fervent de- votion and an absolute consecration to the greatest and holiest of all causes4 ,the hour is come4 ,the great battle of ,armageddon is upon us4 ,the powers of evil #e are leagued together in secret conspiracy against the ,lord and against ,his ,christ1 as expressed and opera- tive in ,christian ,science4 ,large numbers1 in desperate malice1 are engaged day and night in organizing action against us4 ,their feeling and purpose are deadly1 and #aj they have sworn enmity against the lives of our standard- bearers4 ,what will you do about it8 ,will you be equally in earnest for the truth8 ,will you doff your lavender-kid zeal1 and become real and consecrated warriors8 ,will #ae you give yourselves wholly and irrevocably to the great work of establishing the truth1 the gospel1 and the ,science which are necessary to the salvation of the world from error1 sin1 disease1 and death8 ,answer at once and practi- cally1 and answer aright6 #bj ,easter ,services ,the editor of ,the ,christian ,science ,journal said that at three o'clock1 the hour for the church service proper1 the pastor1 ,rev4 ,mary ,baker ,g4 ,eddy1 accompanied by ,rev4 ,d4 ,a4 ,easton1 who was announced to preach #be the sermon1 came on the platform4 ,the pastor introduced ,mr4 ,easton as follows3-- ,friends3--,the homesick traveller in foreign lands greets with joy a familiar face4 ,i am constantly home- sick for heaven4 ,in my long journeyings ,i have met #cj ,page #agh4 one who comes from the place of my own sojourning #a for many years1--the ,congregational ,church4 ,he is a graduate of ,bowdoin ,college and of ,andover ,the- ological ,school4 ,he has left his old church1 as ,i did1 from a yearning of the heart2 because he was not sat- #e isfied with a manlike ,god1 but wanted to become a ,god- like man4 ,he found that the new wine could not be put into old bottles without bursting them1 and he came to us4 ,mr4 ,easton then delivered an interesting discourse #aj from the text1 8,if ye then be risen with ,christ1 seek those things which are above1 where ,christ sitteth on the right hand of ,god0 7,col4 iii4 #a71 which he prefaced by saying3-- 8,i think it was about a year ago that ,i strayed into #ae this hall1 a stranger1 and wondered what sort of people you were1 and of what you were worshippers4 ,if any one had said to me that to-day ,i should stand before you to preach a sermon on ,christian ,science1 ,i should have replied1 8,much learning0--or something else-- #bj 8hath made thee mad40 ,if ,i had not found ,christian ,science a new gospel1 ,i should not be standing before you3 if ,i had not found it truth1 ,i could not have stood up again to preach1 here or elsewhere40 ,at the conclusion of the sermon1 the pastor again came #be forward1 and added the following3-- ,my friends1 ,i wished to be excused from speaking to-day1 but will yield to circumstances4 ,in the flesh1 we are as a partition wall between the old and the new2 between the old religion in which we have been educated1 #cj and the new1 living1 impersonal ,christ-thought that has been given to the world to-day4 ,page #agi4 ,the old churches are saying1 8,he is not here20 and1 #a 8,who shall roll away the stone80 ,the stone has been rolled away by human suffer- ing4 ,the first rightful desire in the hour of loss1 when believing we have lost sight of ,truth1 is to know where #e ,he is laid4 ,this appeal resolves itself into these questions3-- ,is our consciousness in matter or in ,god8 ,have we any other consciousness than that of good8 ,if we have1 ,he is saying to us to-day1 8,adam1 where art thou80 ,we #aj are wrong if our consciousness is in sin1 sickness1 and death4 ,this is the old consciousness4 ,in the new religion the teaching is1 8,he is not here2 ,truth is not in matter2 he is risen2 ,truth has become more to us1--more true1 more spiritual40 #ae ,can we say this to-day8 ,have we left the conscious- ness of sickness and sin for that of health and holiness8 ,what is it that seems a stone between us and the resurrection morning8 #bj ,it is the belief of mind in matter4 ,we can only come into the spiritual resurrection by quitting the old con- sciousness of ,soul in sense4 ,these flowers are floral apostles4 ,god does all this through ,his followers2 and ,he made every flower in #be ,mind before it sprang from the earth3 yet we look into matter and the earth to give us these smiles of ,god6 ,we must lay aside material consciousness1 and then we can perceive ,truth1 and say with ,mary1 8,rabboni60 --,master6 #cj ,in #ahff1 when ,god revealed to me this risen ,christ1 this ,life that knows no death1 that saith1 8,because he ,page #ahj4 lives1 ,i live10 ,i awoke from the dream of ,spirit in the #a flesh so far as to take the side of ,spirit1 and strive to cease my warfare4 ,when1 through this consciousness1 ,i was delivered from the dark shadow and portal of death1 my friends were #e frightened at beholding me restored to health4 ,a dear old lady asked me1 8,how is it that you are restored to us8 ,has ,christ come again on earth80 8,christ never left10 ,i replied2 8,christ is ,truth1 and ,truth is always here1--the impersonal ,saviour40 #aj ,then another person1 more material1 met me1 and ,i said1 in the words of my ,master1 8,touch me not40 ,i shuddered at her material approach2 then my heart went out to ,god1 and ,i found the open door from this sepulchre of matter4 #ae ,i love the ,easter service3 it speaks to me of ,life1 and not of death4 ,let us do our work2 then we shall have part in his resurrection4 ,bible ,lessons ,but as many as received him1 to them gave he power to become the sons of ,god1 even to them that believe on his name3 which were born1 not of blood1 nor of the will of the flesh1 nor of the will of man1 but of ,god4--,,john i4 #ab1 #ac4 ,here1 the apostle assures us that man has power to #be become the son of ,god4 ,in the ,hebrew text1 the word 8son0 is defined variously2 a month is called the son of a year4 ,this term1 as applied to man1 is used in both a material and a spiritual sense4 ,the ,scriptures speak of ,jesus as the ,son of ,god and the ,son of man2 but #cj ,page #aha4 ,jesus said to call no man father2 8for one is your ,father10 #a even ,god4 ,is man's spiritual sonship a personal gift to man1 or is it the reality of his being1 in divine ,science8 ,man's knowledge of this grand verity gives him power to dem- #e onstrate his divine ,principle1 which in turn is requisite in order to understand his sonship1 or unity with ,god1 good4 ,a personal requirement of blind obedience to the law of being1 would tend to obscure the order of ,science1 unless that requirement should express the claims #aj of the divine ,principle4 ,infinite ,principle and infinite ,spirit must be one4 ,what avail1 then1 to quarrel over what is the person of ,spirit1--if we recognize infinitude as personality1--for who can tell what is the form of infinity8 ,when we understand man's true birthright1 that #ae he is 8born1 not 444 of the will of the flesh1 nor of the will of man1 but of ,god10 we shall understand that man is the offspring of ,spirit1 and not of the flesh2 recognize him through spiritual1 and not material laws2 and regard him as spiritual1 and not material4 ,his sonship1 referred #bj to in the text1 is his spiritual relation to ,deity3 it is not1 then1 a personal gift1 but is the order of divine ,science4 ,the apostle urges upon our acceptance this great fact3 8,but as many as received him1 to them gave he power to become the sons of ,god40 ,mortals will lose their sense #be of mortality--disease1 sickness1 sin1 and death--in the proportion that they gain the sense of man's spirit- ual preexistence as ,god's child2 as the offspring of good1 and not of ,god's opposite1--evil1 or a fallen man4 #cj ,john the ,baptist had a clear discernment of divine ,science3 being born not of the human will or flesh1 he ,page #ahb4 antedated his own existence1 began spiritually instead #a of materially to reckon himself logically2 hence the im- possibility of putting him to death1 only in belief1 through violent means or material methods4 8,as many as received him20 that is1 as many as per- ceive man's actual existence in and of his divine ,princi- #e ple1 receive the ,truth of existence2 and these have no other ,god1 no other ,mind1 no other origin2 therefore1 in time they lose their false sense of existence1 and find their adoption with the ,father2 to wit1 the redemption #aj of the body4 ,through divine ,science man gains the power to become the son of ,god1 to recognize his perfect and eternal estate4 8,which were born1 not of blood1 nor of the will of the flesh40 ,this passage refers to man's primal1 spirit- #ae ual existence1 created neither from dust nor carnal desire4 8,nor of the will of man40 ,born of no doctrine1 no human faith1 but beholding the truth of being2 even the understanding that man was never lost in ,adam1 since he is and ever was the image and likeness of ,god1 #bj good4 ,but no mortal hath seen the spiritual man1 more than he hath seen the ,father4 ,the apostle indicates no personal plan of a personal ,jehovah1 partial and finite2 but the possibility of all finding their place in ,god's great love1 the eternal heritage of the ,elohim1 ,his sons and #be daughters4 ,the text is a metaphysical statement of existence as ,principle and idea1 wherein man and his ,maker are inseparable and eternal4 ,when the ,word is made flesh1--that is1 rendered practical1--this eternal ,truth will be understood2 and #cj sickness1 sin1 and death will yield to it1 even as they did more than eighteen centuries ago4 ,the lusts of the flesh ,page #ahc4 and the pride of life will then be quenched in the divine #a ,science of being2 in the ever-present good1 omnipotent ,love1 and eternal ,life1 that know no death1 ,in the great forever1 the verities of being exist1 and must be acknowl- edged and demonstrated4 ,man must love his neighbor #e as himself1 and the power of ,truth must be seen and felt in health1 happiness1 and holiness3 then it will be found that ,mind is ,all-in-all1 and there is no matter to cope with4 ,man is free born3 he is neither the slave of sense1 nor a #aj silly ambler to the so-called pleasures and pains of self- conscious matter4 ,man is ,god's image and likeness2 whatever is possible to ,god1 is possible to man as ,god's reflection4 ,through the transparency of ,science we learn this1 and receive it3 learn that man can fulfil the ,scrip- #ae tures in every instance2 that if he open his mouth it shall be filled--not by reason of the schools1 or learning1 but by the natural ability1 that reflection already has bestowed on him1 to give utterance to ,truth4 8,who hath believed our report80 ,who understands #bj these sayings8 ,he to whom the arm of the ,lord is re- vealed2 to whom divine ,science unfolds omnipotence1 that equips man with divine power while it shames human pride4 ,asserting a selfhood apart from ,god1 is a denial of man's spiritual sonship2 for it claims another father4 #be ,as many as do receive a knowledge of ,god through ,science1 will have power to reflect ,his power1 in proof of man's 8dominion over all the earth40 ,he is bravely brave who dares at this date refute the evidence of material sense with the facts of ,science1 and will arrive at the true #cj status of man because of it4 ,the material senses would make man1 that the ,scriptures declare reflects his ,maker1 ,page #ahd4 the very opposite of that ,maker1 by claiming that ,god is #a ,spirit1 while man is matter2 that ,god is good1 but man is evil2 that ,deity is deathless1 but man dies4 ,science and sense conflict1 from the revolving of worlds to the death of a sparrow4 ,the ,word will be made flesh and dwell among mortals1 only when man reflects ,god in body as well as in mind4 ,the child born of a woman has the formation of his parents2 the man born of ,spirit is spiritual1 not material4 ,paul refers to this when speaking of presenting our bodies #aj holy and acceptable1 which is our reasonable service2 and this brings to remembrance the ,hebrew strain1 8,who healeth all thy diseases40 ,if man should say of the power to be perfect which he possesses1 8,i am the power10 he would trespass upon #ae divine ,science1 yield to material sense1 and lose his power2 even as when saying1 8,i have the power to sin and be sick10 and persisting in believing that he is sick and a sinner4 ,if he says1 8,i am of ,god1 therefore good10 yet persists in evil1 he has denied the power of ,truth1 and #bj must suffer for this error until he learns that all power is good because it is of ,god1 and so destroys his self-de- ceived sense of power in evil4 ,the ,science of being gives back the lost likeness and power of ,god as the seal of man's adoption4 ,oh1 for that light and love ineffable1 #be which casteth out all fear1 all sin1 sickness1 and death2 that seeketh not her own1 but another's good2 that saith ,abba1 ,father1 and is born of ,god6 ,john came baptizing with water4 ,he employed a type of physical cleanliness to foreshadow metaphysical purity1 #cj even mortal mind purged of the animal and human1 and submerged in the humane and divine1 giving back the ,page #ahe4 lost sense of man in unity with1 and reflecting1 his ,maker4 #a ,none but the pure in heart shall see ,god1--shall be able to discern fully and demonstrate fairly the divine ,principle of ,christian ,science4 ,the will of ,god1 or power of ,spirit1 is made manifest as ,truth1 and through righteousness1-- #e not as or through matter1--and it strips matter of all claims1 abilities or disabilities1 pains or pleasures4 ,self- renunciation of all that constitutes a so-called material man1 and the acknowledgment and achievement of his spiritual identity as the child of ,god1 is ,science that #aj opens the very flood-gates of heaven2 whence good flows into every avenue of being1 cleansing mortals of all uncleanness1 destroying all suffering1 and demon- strating the true image and likeness4 ,there is no other way under heaven whereby we can be saved1 and man #ae be clothed with might1 majesty1 and immortality4 8,as many as received him10--as accept the truth of being1--8to them gave he power to become the sons of ,god40 ,the spiritualization of our sense of man opens the gates of paradise that the so-called material senses #bj would close1 and reveals man infinitely blessed1 upright1 pure1 and free2 having no need of statistics by which to learn his origin and age1 or to measure his manhood1 or to know how much of a man he ever has been3 for1 8as many as received him1 to them gave he power to become #be the sons of ,god40 ,and so it is written1 ,the first man ,adam was made a living soul2 the last ,adam was made a quickening spirit4--#a ,,cor4 xv4 #de4 ,when reasoning on this subject of man with the ,corin- thian brethren1 the apostle first spake from their stand- #cj point of thought2 namely1 that creation is material3 ,page #ahf4 he was not at this point giving the history of the spiritual #a man who originates in ,god1 ,love1 who created man in ,his own image and likeness4 ,in the creation of ,adam from dust1--in which ,soul is supposed to enter the embryo-man after his birth1--we see the material self- #e constituted belief of the ,jews as referred to by ,st4 ,paul4 ,their material belief has fallen far below man's original standard1 the spiritual man made in the image and like- ness of ,god2 for this erring belief even separates its conception of man from ,god1 and ultimates in the opposite #aj of immortal man1 namely1 in a sick and sinning mortal4 ,we learn in the ,scriptures1 as in divine ,science1 that ,god made all2 that ,he is the universal ,father and ,mother of man2 that ,god is divine ,love3 therefore divine ,love #ae is the divine ,principle of the divine idea named man2 in other words1 the spiritual ,principle of spiritual man4 ,now let us not lose this ,science of man1 but gain it clearly2 then we shall see that man cannot be separated from his perfect ,principle1 ,god1 inasmuch as an idea cannot #bj be torn apart from its fundamental basis4 ,this scien- tific knowledge affords self-evident proof of immortality2 proof1 also1 that the ,principle of man cannot produce a less perfect man than it produced in the beginning4 ,a material sense of existence is not the scientific fact of #be being2 whereas1 the spiritual sense of ,god and ,his universe is the immortal and true sense of being4 ,as the apostle proceeds in this line of thought1 he undoubtedly refers to the last ,adam represented by the ,messias1 whose demonstration of ,god restored to mortals #cj the lost sense of man's perfection1 even the sense of the real man in ,god's likeness1 who restored this sense by ,page #ahg4 the spiritual regeneration of both mind and body1-- #a casting out evils1 healing the sick1 and raising the dead4 ,the man ,jesus demonstrated over sin1 sickness1 disease1 and death4 ,the great ,metaphysician wrought1 over and above every sense of matter1 into the proper sense of the #e possibilities of ,spirit4 ,he established health and har- mony1 the perfection of mind and body1 as the reality of man2 while discord1 as seen in disease and death1 was to him the opposite of man1 hence the unreality2 even as in ,science a chord is manifestly the reality of music1 and #aj discord the unreality4 ,this rule of harmony must be ac- cepted as true relative to man4 ,the translators of the older ,scriptures presuppose a material man to be the first man1 solely because their transcribing thoughts were not lifted to the inspired sense #ae of the spiritual man1 as set forth in original ,holy ,writ4 ,had both writers and translators in that age fully com- prehended the later teachings and demonstrations of our human and divine ,master1 the ,old ,testament might have been as spiritual as the ,new4 #bj ,the origin1 substance1 and life of man are one1 and that one is ,god1--,life1 ,truth1 ,love4 ,the self-existent1 perfect1 and eternal are ,god2 and man is their reflection and glory4 ,did the substance of ,god1 ,spirit1 become a clod1 in order to create a sick1 sinning1 dying man8 ,the #be primal facts of being are eternal2 they are never extin- guished in a night of discord4 ,that man must be evil before he can be good2 dying1 before deathless2 material1 before spiritual2 sick and a sinner in order to be healed and saved1 is but the declara- #cj tion of the material senses transcribed by pagan religion- ists1 by wicked mortals such as crucified our ,master1-- ,page #ahh4 whose teachings opposed the doctrines of ,christ that #a demonstrated the opposite1 ,truth4 ,man is as perfect now1 and henceforth1 and forever1 as when the stars first sang together1 and creation joined in the grand chorus of harmonious being4 ,it is the trans- lator1 not the original ,word1 who presents as being first #e that which appears second1 material1 and mortal2 and as last1 that which is primal1 spiritual1 and eternal4 ,be- cause of human misstatement and misconception of ,god and man1 of the divine ,principle and idea of being1 there #aj seems to be a war between the flesh and ,spirit1 a contest between ,truth and error2 but the apostle says1 8,there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in ,christ ,jesus1 who walk not after the flesh1 but after the ,spirit40 #ae ,on our subject1 ,st4 ,paul first reasons upon the basis of what is seen1 the effects of ,truth on the material senses2 thence1 up to the unseen1 the testimony of spiritual sense2 and right there he leaves the subject4 ,just there1 in the intermediate line of thought1 is where #bj the present writer found it1 when she discovered ,christian ,science4 ,and she has not left it1 but continues the ex- planation of the power of ,spirit up to its infinite meaning1 its allness4 ,the recognition of this power came to her through a spiritual sense of the real1 and of the unreal #be or mortal sense of things2 not that there is1 or can be1 an actual change in the realities of being1 but that we can discern more of them4 ,at the moment of her discovery1 she knew that the last ,adam1 namely1 the true likeness of ,god1 was the first1 the only man4 #cj ,this knowledge did become to her 8a quickening spirit20 for she beheld the meaning of those words ,page #ahi4 of our ,master1 8,the last shall be first1 and the first #a last40 ,when1 as little children1 we are receptive1 become willing to accept the divine ,principle and rule of being1 as unfolded in divine ,science1 the interpretation therein will be found to be the ,comforter that leadeth into all truth4 #e ,the meek ,nazarene's steadfast and true knowledge of preexistence1 of the nature and the inseparability of ,god and man1--made him mighty4 ,spiritual insight of #aj ,truth and ,love antidotes and destroys the errors of flesh1 and brings to light the true reflection3 man as ,god's image1 or 8the first man10 for ,christ plainly declared1 through ,jesus1 8,before ,abraham was1 ,i am40 ,the supposition that ,soul1 or ,mind1 is breathed into #ae matter1 is a pantheistic doctrine that presents a false sense of existence1 and the quickening spirit takes it away3 revealing1 in place thereof1 the power and per- fection of a released sense of ,life in ,god and ,life as ,god4 ,the ,scriptures declare ,life to be the infinite ,i #bj ,,am1--not a dweller in matter4 ,for man to know ,life as it is1 namely ,god1 the eternal good1 gives him not merely a sense of existence1 but an accompanying con- sciousness of spiritual power that subordinates matter and destroys sin1 disease1 and death4 ,this1 ,jesus demon- #be strated2 insomuch that ,st4 ,matthew wrote1 8,the people were astonished at his doctrine3 for he taught them as one having authority1 and not as the scribes40 ,this spiritual power1 healing sin and sickness1 was not con- fined to the first century2 it extends to all time1 inhabits #cj eternity1 and demonstrates ,life without beginning or end4 ,page #aij4 ,atomic action is ,mind1 not matter4 ,it is neither the #a energy of matter1 the result of organization1 nor the out- come of life infused into matter3 it is infinite ,spirit1 ,truth1 ,life1 defiant of error or matter4 ,divine ,science demon- strates ,mind as dispelling a false sense and giving the #e true sense of itself1 ,god1 and the universe2 wherein the mortal evolves not the immortal1 nor does the material ultimate in the spiritual2 wherein man is coexistent with ,mind1 and is the recognized reflection of infinite ,life and ,love4 #aj ,and he was casting out a devil1 and it was dumb4 ,and it came to pass1 when the devil was gone out1 the dumb spake4--,,luke xi4 #ad4 ,the meaning of the term 8devil0 needs yet to be learned4 ,its definition as an individual is too limited and contradictory4 ,when the ,scripture is understood1 #ae the spiritual signification of its terms will be understood1 and will contradict the interpretations that the senses give them2 and these terms will be found to include the inspired meaning4 ,it could not have been a person that our great ,master #bj cast out of another person2 therefore the devil herein referred to was an impersonal evil1 or whatever worketh ill4 ,in this case it was the evil of dumbness1 an error of material sense1 cast out by the spiritual truth of being2 namely1 that speech belongs to ,mind instead of matter1 #be and the wrong power1 or the lost sense1 must yield to the right sense1 and exist in ,mind4 ,in the ,hebrew1 8devil0 is denominated ,abaddon2 in the ,greek1 ,apollyon1 serpent1 liar1 the god of this world1 etc4 ,the apostle ,paul refers to this personality of evil #cj as 8the god of this world20 and then defines this god ,page #aia4 as 8dishonesty1 craftiness1 handling the word of ,god #a deceitfully40 ,the ,hebrew embodies the term 8devil0 in another term1 serpent1--which the senses are supposed to take in1--and then defines this serpent as 8more subtle than all the beasts of the field40 ,subsequently1 #e the ancients changed the meaning of the term1 to their sense1 and then the serpent became a symbol of wisdom4 ,the ,scripture in ,john1 sixth chapter and seventieth verse1 refers to a wicked man as the devil3 8,have not ,i chosen you twelve1 and one of you is a devil80 ,accord- #aj ing to the ,scripture1 if devil is an individuality1 there is more than one devil4 ,in ,mark1 ninth chapter and thirty- eighth verse1 it reads3 8,master1 we saw one casting out devils in thy name40 ,here is an assertion indicating the existence of more than one devil2 and by omitting the #ae first letter1 the name of his satanic majesty is found to be evils1 apparent wrong traits1 that ,christ1 ,truth1 casts out4 ,by no possible interpretation can this passage mean several individuals cast out of another individual no bigger than themselves4 ,the term1 being here em- #bj ployed in its plural number1 destroys all consistent sup- position of the existence of one personal devil4 ,again1 our text refers to the devil as dumb2 but the original devil was a great talker1 and was supposed to have out- talked even ,truth1 and carried the question with ,eve4 #be ,also1 the original texts define him as an 8accuser10 a 8calumniator10 which would be impossible if he were speechless4 ,these two opposite characters ascribed to him could only be possible as evil beliefs1 as different phases of sin or disease made manifest4 #cj ,let us obey ,st4 ,paul's injunction to reject fables1 and accept the ,scriptures in their broader1 more spiritual ,page #aib4 and practical sense4 ,when we speak of a good man1 we #a do not mean that man is ,god because the ,hebrew term for ,deity was 8good10 and vice versa2 so1 when referring to a liar1 we mean not that he is a personal devil1 because the original text defines devil as a 8liar40 #e ,it is of infinite importance to man's spiritual progress1 and to his demonstration of ,truth in casting out error1 --sickness1 sin1 disease1 and death1 in all their forms1-- that the terms and nature of ,deity and devil be understood4 ,he that believeth on me1 the works that ,i do shall he do also2 and greater works than these shall he do2 because ,i go unto my ,father4-- ,,john xiv4 #ab4 ,such are the words of him who spake divinely1 well knowing the omnipotence of ,truth4 ,the ,hebrew bard saith1 8,his name shall endure forever3 ,his name shall #ae be continued as long as the sun40 ,luminous with the light of divine ,science1 his words reveal the great ,principle of a full salvation4 ,neither can we question the practi- cability of the divine ,word1 who have learned its adapta- bility to human needs1 and man's ability to prove the #bj truth of prophecy4 ,the fulfilment of the grand verities of ,christian healing belongs to every period2 as the above ,scripture plainly declares1 and as primitive ,christianity confirms4 ,also1 the last chapter of ,mark is emphatic on this subject2 #be making healing a condition of salvation1 that extends to all ages and throughout all ,christendom4 ,nothing can be more conclusive than this3 8,and these signs shall follow them that believe2 444 they shall lay hands on the sick1 and they shall recover40 ,this declaration of #cj our ,master settles the question2 else we are entertaining ,page #aic4 the startling inquiries1 ,are the ,scriptures inspired8 ,are #a they true8 ,did ,jesus mean what he said8 ,if this be the cavil1 we reply in the affirmative that the ,scripture is true2 that ,jesus did mean all1 and even more than he said or deemed it safe to say at that time4 ,his #e words are unmistakable1 for they form propositions of self-evident demonstrable truth4 ,doctrines that deny the substance and practicality of all ,christ's teachings cannot be evangelical2 and evangelical religion can be established on no other claim than the authenticity of #aj the ,gospels1 which support unequivocally the proof that ,christian ,science1 as defined and practised by ,jesus1 heals the sick1 casts out error1 and will destroy death4 ,referring to ,the ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist1 in ,boston1 of which ,i am pastor1 a certain clergyman charitably #ae expressed it1 8the so-called ,christian ,scientists40 ,i am thankful even for his allusion to truth2 it being a modification of silence on this subject1 and also of what had been said when critics attacked me for supplying the word ,science to ,christianity1--a word which the people #bj are now adopting4 ,the next step for ecclesiasticism to take1 is to admit that all ,christians are properly called ,scientists who follow the commands of our ,lord and ,his ,christ1 ,truth2 and that no one is following his full command without #be this enlarged sense of the spirit and power of ,christianity4 8,he that believeth on me1 the works that ,i do shall he do10 is a radical and unmistakable declaration of the right and power of ,christianity to heal2 for this is ,christlike1 and includes the understanding of man's capabilities and #cj spiritual power4 ,the condition insisted upon is1 first1 8belief20 the ,hebrew of which implies understanding4 ,page #aid4 ,how many to-day believe that the power of ,god equals #a even the power of a drug to heal the sick6 ,divine ,science reveals the ,principle of this power1 and the rule whereby sin1 sickness1 disease1 and death are destroyed2 and ,god is this ,principle4 ,let us1 then1 seek this ,science2 that we #e may know ,him better1 and love ,him more4 ,though a man were begirt with the ,urim and ,thum- mim of priestly office1 yet should deny the validity or permanence of ,christ's command to heal in all ages1 this denial would dishonor that office and misinterpret #aj evangelical religion4 ,divine ,science is not an interpo- lation of the ,scriptures1 but is redolent with love1 health1 and holiness1 for the whole human race4 ,it only needs the prism of this ,science to divide the rays of ,truth1 and bring out the entire hues of ,deity1 which scholastic theol- #ae ogy has hidden4 ,the lens of ,science magnifies the divine power to human sight2 and we then see the supremacy of ,spirit and the nothingness of matter4 ,the context of the foregoing ,scriptural text explains ,jesus' words1 8because ,i go unto my ,father40 8,because0 #bj in following him1 you understand ,god and how to turn from matter to ,spirit for healing2 how to leave self1 the sense material1 for the sense spiritual2 how to accept ,god's power and guidance1 and become imbued with divine ,love that casts out all fear4 ,then are you bap- #be tized in the ,truth that destroys all error1 and you receive the sense of ,life that knows no death1 and you know that ,god is the only ,life4 ,to reach the consummate naturalness of the ,life that is ,god1 good1 we must comply with the first condition #cj set forth in the text1 namely1 believe2 in other words1 understand ,god sufficiently to exclude all faith in any ,page #aie4 other remedy than ,christ1 the ,truth that antidotes all #a error4 ,thence will follow the absorption of all action1 motive1 and mind1 into the rules and divine ,principle of metaphysical healing4 ,whosoever learns the letter of ,christian ,science but #e possesses not its spirit1 is unable to demonstrate this ,science2 or whosoever hath the spirit without the letter1 is held back by reason of the lack of understanding4 ,both the spirit and the letter are requisite2 and having these1 every one can prove1 in some degree1 the validity of those #aj words of the great ,master1 8,for the ,son of man is come to save that which was lost40 ,it has been said that the ,new ,testament does not au- thorize us to expect the ministry of healing at this period4 ,we ask what is the authority for such a conclusion1 #ae the premises whereof are not to be found in the ,scriptures4 ,the ,master's divine logic1 as seen in our text1 contradicts this inference1--these are his words3 8,he that believeth on me1 the works that ,i do shall he do also40 ,that per- fect syllogism of ,jesus has but one correct premise and #bj conclusion1 and it cannot fall to the ground beneath the stroke of unskilled swordsmen4 ,he who never unsheathed his blade to try the edge of truth in ,christian ,science1 is unequal to the conflict1 and unfit to judge in the case2 the shepherd's sling would slay this ,goliath4 ,i once be- #be lieved that the practice and teachings of ,jesus relative to healing the sick1 were spiritual abstractions1 impractical and impossible to us2 but deed1 not creed1 and practice more than theory1 have given me a higher sense of ,christianity4 #cj ,the 8,i0 will go to the ,father when meekness1 purity1 and love1 informed by divine ,science1 the ,comforter1 ,page #aif4 lead to the one ,god3 then the ego is found not in #a matter but in ,mind1 for there is but one ,god1 one ,mind2 and man will then claim no mind apart from ,god4 ,idolatry1 the supposition of the existence of many minds and more than one ,god1 has repeated itself in all manner #e of subtleties through the entire centuries1 saying as in the beginning1 8,believe in me1 and ,i will make you as gods20 that is1 ,i will give you a separate mind from ,god 7good71 named evil2 and this so-called mind shall open your eyes and make you know evil1 and thus become #aj material1 sensual1 evil4 ,but bear in mind that a serpent said that2 therefore that saying came not from ,mind1 good1 or ,truth4 ,god was not the author of it2 hence the words of our ,master3 8,he is a liar1 and the father of it20 also1 the character of the votaries to 8other gods0 which #ae sprung from it4 ,the sweet1 sacred sense and permanence of man's unity with his ,maker1 in ,science1 illumines our present existence with the ever-presence and power of ,god1 good4 ,it opens wide the portals of salvation from sin1 sickness1 #bj and death4 ,when the ,life that is ,god1 good1 shall ap- pear1 8we shall be like ,him20 we shall do the works of ,christ1 and1 in the words of ,david1 8the stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner10 because the 8,i0 does go unto the ,father1 the ego does #be arise to spiritual recognition of being1 and is exalted1-- not through death1 but ,life1 ,god understood4 ,believe on the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and thou shalt be saved4--,,acts xvi4 #ca4 ,the ,scriptures require more than a simple admission #cj and feeble acceptance of the truths they present2 they ,page #aig4 require a living faith1 that so incorporates their lessons #a into our lives that these truths become the motive-power of every act4 ur chosen text is one more frequently used than many others1 perhaps1 to exhort people to turn from sin #e and to strive after holiness2 but we fear the full import of this text is not yet recognized4 ,it means a full salva- tion1--man saved from sin1 sickness1 and death2 for1 unless this be so1 no man can be wholly fitted for heaven in the way which ,jesus marked out and bade his followers #aj pursue4 ,in order to comprehend the meaning of the text1 let us see what it is to believe4 ,it means more than an opinion entertained concerning ,jesus as a man1 as the ,son of ,god1 or as ,god2 such an action of mind would be of no more #ae help to save from sin1 than would a belief in any historical event or person4 ,but it does mean so to understand the beauty of holiness1 the character and divinity which ,jesus presented in his power to heal and to save1 that it will compel us to pattern after both2 in other words1 to 8let #bj this ,mind be in you1 which was also in ,christ ,jesus40 7,phil4 ii4 #e47 ,mortal man believes in1 but does not understand life in1 ,christ4 ,he believes there is another power or intelli- gence that rules over a kingdom of its own1 that is both #be good and evil2 yea1 that is divided against itself1 and there- fore cannot stand4 ,this belief breaks the ,first ,command- ment of ,god4 ,let man abjure a theory that is in opposition to ,god1 recognize ,god as omnipotent1 having all-power2 and1 #cj placing his trust in this grand ,truth1 and working from no other ,principle1 he can neither be sick nor forever a ,page #aih4 sinner4 ,when wholly governed by the one perfect ,mind1 #a man has no sinful thoughts and will have no desire to sin4 ,to arrive at this point of unity of ,spirit1 ,god1 one must commence by turning away from material gods2 denying #e material so-called laws and material sensation1--or mind in matter1 in its varied forms of pleasure and pain4 ,this must be done with the understanding that matter has no sense2 thus it is that consciousness silences the mortal claim to life1 substance1 or mind in matter1 with the words #aj of ,jesus3 8,when he speaketh a lie1 he speaketh of his own40 7,john viii4 #dd47 ,when tempted to sin1 we should know that evil pro- ceedeth not from ,god1 good1 but is a false belief of the personal senses2 and if we deny the claims of these senses #ae and recognize man as governed by ,god1 ,spirit1 not by material laws1 the temptation will disappear4 ,on this ,principle1 disease also is treated and healed4 ,we know that man's body1 as matter1 has no power to govern itself2 and a belief of disease is as much the prod- #bj uct of mortal thought as sin is4 ,all suffering is the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of both good and evil2 of adherence to the 8doubleminded0 senses1 to some belief1 fear1 theory1 or bad deed1 based on physical material law1 so-called as opposed to good1--all of which is corrected #be alone by ,science1 divine ,principle1 and its spiritual laws4 ,suffering is the supposition of another intelligence than ,god2 a belief in self-existent evil1 opposed to good2 and in whatever seems to punish man for doing good1-- by saying he has overworked1 suffered from inclement #cj weather1 or violated a law of matter in doing good1 there- fore he must suffer for it4 ,page #aii4 ,god does not reward benevolence and love with pen- #a alties2 and because of this1 we have the right to deny the supposed power of matter to do it1 and to allege that only mortal1 erring mind can claim to do thus1 and dignify the result with the name of law3 thence comes man's ability #e to annul his own erring mental law1 and to hold himself amenable only to moral and spiritual law1--,god's gov- ernment4 ,by so doing1 male and female come into their rightful heritage1 8into the glorious liberty of the children of ,god40 #aj ,therefore ,i take pleasure in infirmities1 in reproaches1 in necessities1 in persecutions1 in distresses for ,christ's sake4--#b ,,cor4 xii4 #aj4 ,the miracles recorded in the ,scriptures illustrate the life of ,jesus as nothing else can2 but they cost him the #ae hatred of the rabbis4 ,the rulers sought the life of ,jesus2 they would extinguish whatever denied and defied their superstition4 ,we learn somewhat of the qualities of the divine ,mind through the human ,jesus4 ,the power of his transcendent goodness is manifest in the control it #bj gave him over the qualities opposed to ,spirit which mor- tals name matter4 ,the ,principle of these marvellous works is divine2 but the actor was human4 ,this divine ,principle is discerned in ,christian ,science1 as we advance in the spiritual under- #be standing that all substance1 ,life1 and intelligence are ,god4 ,the so-called miracles contained in ,holy ,writ are neither supernatural nor preternatural2 for ,god is good1 and goodness is more natural than evil4 ,the marvellous healing-power of goodness is the outflowing life of ,chris- #cj tianity1 and it characterized and dated the ,christian era4 ,page #bjj4 ,it was the consummate naturalness of ,truth in the #a mind of ,jesus1 that made his healing easy and instan- taneous4 ,jesus regarded good as the normal state of man1 and evil as the abnormal2 holiness1 life1 and health as the better representatives of ,god than sin1 disease1 and #e death4 ,the master ,metaphysician understood omnipo- tence to be ,all-power3 because ,spirit was to him ,all- in-all1 matter was palpably an error of premise and conclusion1 while ,god was the only substance1 ,life1 and intelligence of man4 #aj ,the apostle ,paul insists on the rare rule in ,christian ,science that we have chosen for a text2 a rule that is sus- ceptible of proof1 and is applicable to every stage and state of human existence4 ,the divine ,science of this rule is quite as remote from the general comprehension of man- #ae kind as are the so-called miracles of our ,master1 and for the sole reason that it is their basis4 ,the foundational facts of ,christian ,science are gathered from the supremacy of spiritual law and its antagonism to every supposed ma- terial law4 ,christians to-day should be able to say1 with #bj the sweet sincerity of the apostle1 8,i take pleasure in infirmities10--,i enjoy the touch of weakness1 pain1 and all suffering of the flesh1 because it compels me to seek the remedy for it1 and to find happiness1 apart from the per- sonal senses4 ,the holy calm of ,paul's well-tried hope #be met no obstacle or circumstances paramount to the tri- umph of a reasonable faith in the omnipotence of good1 involved in its divine ,principle1 ,god3 the so-called pains and pleasures of matter were alike unreal to ,jesus2 for he regarded matter as only a vagary of mortal belief1 and sub- #cj dued it with this understanding4 ,the abstract statement that all is ,mind1 supports the ,page #bja4 entire wisdom of the text2 and this statement receives #a the mortal scoff only because it meets the immortal de- mands of ,truth4 ,the ,science of ,paul's declaration re- solves the element misnamed matter into its original sin1 or human will2 that will which would oppose bringing the #e qualities of ,spirit into subjection to ,spirit4 ,sin brought death2 and death is an element of matter1 or material falsity1 never of ,spirit4 ,when ,jesus reproduced his body after its burial1 he revealed the myth or material falsity of evil2 its power- #aj lessness to destroy good1 and the omnipotence of the ,mind that knows this3 he also showed forth the error and nothingness of supposed life in matter1 and the great somethingness of the good we possess1 which is of ,spirit1 and immortal4 #ae ,understanding this1 ,paul took pleasure in infirmities1 for it enabled him to triumph over them1--he declared that 8the law of the ,spirit of life in ,christ ,jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death20 he took pleasure in 8reproaches0 and 8persecutions10 because #bj they were so many proofs that he had wrought the prob- lem of being beyond the common apprehension of sinners2 he took pleasure in 8necessities10 for they tested and de- veloped latent power4 ,we protect our dwellings more securely after a robbery1 #be and our jewels have been stolen2 so1 after losing those jewels of character1--temperance1 virtue1 and truth1-- the young man is awakened to bar his door against further robberies4 ,go to the bedside of pain1 and there you can demon- #cj strate the triumph of good that has pleasure in infirmities2 because it illustrates through the flesh the divine power ,page #bjb4 of ,spirit1 and reaches the basis of all supposed miracles2 #a whereby the sweet harmonies of ,christian ,science are found to correct the discords of sense1 and to lift man's being into the sunlight of ,soul4 8,the chamber where the good man meets his fate #e ,is privileged beyond the walks of common life1 ,quite on the verge of heaven40 ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,pond ,,and ,,purpose4 ,page #bjc4 ,beloved ,students3--,in thanking you for your #a gift of the pretty pond contributed to ,pleasant ,view1 in ,concord1 ,new ,hampshire1 ,i make no distinction be- tween my students and your students2 for here1 thine becomes mine through gratitude and affection4 #e ,from my tower window1 as ,i look on this smile of ,christian ,science1 this gift from my students and their students1 it will always mirror their love1 loyalty1 and good works4 ,solomon saith1 8,as in water face answereth to face1 so the heart of man to man40 #aj ,the waters that run among the valleys1 and that you have coaxed in their course to call on me1 have served the imagination for centuries4 ,theology religiously bathes in water1 medicine applies it physically1 hydrology handles it with so-called science1 and metaphysics appro- #ae priates it topically as type and shadow4 ,metaphysically1 baptism serves to rebuke the senses and illustrate ,christian ,science4 ,first3 ,the baptism of repentance is indeed a stricken state of human consciousness1 wherein mortals gain #bj severe views of themselves2 a state of mind which rends the veil that hides mental deformity4 ,tears flood the eyes1 ,page #bjd4 agony struggles1 pride rebels1 and a mortal seems a #a monster1 a dark1 impenetrable cloud of error2 and falling on the bended knee of prayer1 humble before ,god1 he cries1 8,save1 or ,i perish40 ,thus ,truth1 searching the heart1 neutralizes and destroys error4 #e ,this mental period is sometimes chronic1 but oftener acute4 ,it is attended throughout with doubt1 hope1 sorrow1 joy1 defeat1 and triumph4 ,when the good fight is fought1 error yields up its weapons and kisses the feet of ,love1 while white-winged peace sings to the heart a song of #aj angels4 ,second3 ,the baptism of the ,holy ,ghost is the spirit of ,truth cleansing from all sin2 giving mortals new motives1 new purposes1 new affections1 all pointing up- ward4 ,this mental condition settles into strength1 free- #ae dom1 deep-toned faith in ,god2 and a marked loss of faith in evil1 in human wisdom1 human policy1 ways1 and means4 ,it develops individual capacity1 increases the intellectual activities1 and so quickens moral sensibility that the great demands of spiritual sense are recognized1 and they #bj rebuke the material senses1 holding sway over human consciousness4 ,by purifying human thought1 this state of mind per- meates with increased harmony all the minutiae of human affairs4 ,it brings with it wonderful foresight1 wisdom1 #be and power2 it unselfs the mortal purpose1 gives steadi- ness to resolve1 and success to endeavor4 ,through the accession of spirituality1 ,god1 the divine ,principle of ,christian ,science1 literally governs the aims1 ambition1 and acts of the ,scientist4 ,the divine ruling gives prudence #cj and energy2 it banishes forever all envy1 rivalry1 evil thinking1 evil speaking and acting2 and mortal ,page #bje4 mind1 thus purged1 obtains peace and power outside of #a itself4 ,this practical ,christian ,science is the divine ,mind1 the incorporeal ,truth and ,love1 shining through the mists of materiality and melting away the shadows called sin1 #e disease1 and death4 ,in mortal experience1 the fire of repentance first sepa- rates the dross from the gold1 and reformation brings the light which dispels darkness4 ,thus the operation of the spirit of ,truth and ,love on the human thought1 #aj in the words of ,st4 ,john1 8shall take of mine and show it unto you40 ,third3 ,the baptism of ,spirit1 or final immersion of human consciousness in the infinite ocean of ,love1 is the last scene in corporeal sense4 ,this omnipotent act drops #ae the curtain on material man and mortality4 ,after this1 man's identity or consciousness reflects only ,spirit1 good1 whose visible being is invisible to the physical senses3 eye hath not seen it1 inasmuch as it is the disembodied in- dividual ,spirit-substance and consciousness termed in #bj ,christian metaphysics the ideal man--forever permeated with eternal life1 holiness1 heaven4 ,this order of ,science is the chain of ages1 which maintain their obvious corre- spondence1 and unites all periods in the divine design4 ,mortal man's repentance and absolute abandonment of #be sin finally dissolves all supposed material life or physical sensation1 and the corporeal or mortal man disappears forever4 ,the encumbering mortal molecules1 called man1 vanish as a dream2 but man born of the great ,forever1 lives on1 ,god-crowned and blest4 #cj ,mortals who on the shores of time learn ,christian ,science1 and live what they learn1 take rapid transit to ,page #bjf4 heaven1--the hinge on which have turned all revolu- #a tions1 natural1 civil1 or religious1 the former being servant to the latter1--from flux to permanence1 from foul to pure1 from torpid to serene1 from extremes to intermediate4 ,above the waves of ,jordan1 dashing against the receding #e shore1 is heard the ,father and ,mother's welcome1 saying forever to the baptized of ,spirit3 8,this is my beloved ,son40 ,what but divine ,science can interpret man's eternal existence1 ,god's allness1 and the scientific inde- structibility of the universe8 #aj ,the advancing stages of ,christian ,science are gained through growth1 not accretion2 idleness is the foe of progress4 ,and scientific growth manifests no weakness1 no emasculation1 no illusive vision1 no dreamy absentness1 no insubordination to the laws that be1 no loss nor lack #ae of what constitutes true manhood4 ,growth is governed by intelligence2 by the active1 all-wise1 law-creating1 law-disciplining1 law-abiding ,prin- ciple1 ,god4 ,the real ,christian ,scientist is constantly accentuating harmony in word and deed1 mentally and #bj orally1 perpetually repeating this diapason of heaven3 8,good is my ,god1 and my ,god is good4 ,love is my ,god1 and my ,god is ,love40 ,beloved students1 you have entered the path4 ,press patiently on2 ,god is good1 and good is the reward of all #be who diligently seek ,god4 ,your growth will be rapid1 if you love good supremely1 and understand and obey the ,way-shower1 who1 going before you1 has scaled the steep ascent of ,christian ,science1 stands upon the mount of holiness1 the dwelling-place of our ,god1 and bathes in the #cj baptismal font of eternal ,love4 ,as you journey1 and betimes sigh for rest 8beside the ,page #bjg4 still waters10 ponder this lesson of love4 ,learn its pur- #a pose2and in hope and faith1 where heart meets heart reciprocally blest1 drink with me the living waters of the spirit of my life-purpose1--to impress humanity with the genuine recognition of practical1 operative ,christian #e ,science4 ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,,precept ,,upon ,,precept ,page #bjh4 8,thy ,will ,be ,done0 ,this is the law of ,truth to error1 8,thou shalt surely die40 ,this law is a divine energy4 ,mortals cannot prevent the fulfilment of this law2 it covers all sin and its effects4 ,god is ,all1 and by virtue of this nature and #e allness ,he is cognizant only of good4 ,like a legislative bill that governs millions of mortals whom the legislators know not1 the universal law of ,god has no knowledge of evil1 and enters unconsciously the human heart and governs it4 #aj ,mortals have only to submit to the law of ,god1 come into sympathy with it1 and to let ,his will be done4 ,this unbroken motion of the law of divine ,love gives1 to the weary and heavy-laden1 rest4 ,but who is willing to do ,his will or to let it be done8 ,mortals obey their own #ae wills1 and so disobey the divine order4 ,all states and stages of human error are met and mastered by divine ,truth's negativing error in the way of ,god's appointing4 ,those 8whom the ,lord loveth ,he chasteneth40 ,his rod brings to view ,his love1 and inter- #bj prets to mortals the gospel of healing4 ,david said1 8,be- fore ,i was afflicted ,i went astray3 but now have ,i kept ,thy word40 ,he who knows the end from the be- ,page #bji4 ginning1 attaches to sin due penalties as its antidotes and #a remedies4 ,who art thou1 vain mortal1 that usurpest the preroga- tive of divine wisdom1 and wouldst teach ,god not to punish sin8 that wouldst shut the mouth of ,his prophets1 #e and cry1 8,peace1 peace2 when there is no peace10--yea1 that healest the wounds of my people slightly8 ,the ,principle of divine ,science being ,love1 the divine rule of this ,principle demonstrates ,love1 and proves that human belief fulfils the law of belief1 and dies of its own #aj physics4 ,metaphysics also demonstrates this ,principle of cure when sin is self-destroyed4 ,short-sighted physics admits the so-called pains of matter that destroy its more dangerous pleasures4 ,insomnia compels mortals to learn that neither obliv- #ae ion nor dreams can recuperate the life of man1 whose ,life is ,god1 for ,god neither slumbers nor sleeps4 ,the loss of gustatory enjoyment and the ills of indigestion tend to rebuke appetite and destroy the peace of a false sense4 ,false pleasure will be1 is1 chastened2 it has no #bj right to be at peace4 ,to suffer for having 8other gods before me10 is divinely wise4 ,evil passions die in their own flames1 but are punished before extinguished4 ,peace has no foothold on the false basis that evil should be concealed and that life and happiness should still attend #be it4 ,joy is self-sustained2 goodness and blessedness are one3 suffering is self-inflicted1 and good is the master of evil4 ,to this scientific logic and the logic of events1 egotism and false charity say1 8 #8,not so1 ,lord2' it is wise to #cj cover iniquity and punish it not1 then shall mortals have peace40 ,divine ,love1 as unconscious as incapable of ,page #baj4 error1 pursues the evil that hideth itself1 strips off its #a disguises1 and--behold the result3 evil1 uncovered1 is self-destroyed4 ,christian ,science never healed a patient without prov- ing with mathematical certainty that error1 when found #e out1 is two-thirds destroyed1 and the remaining third kills itself4 ,do men whine over a nest of serpents1 and post around it placards warning people not to stir up these reptiles because they have stings8 ,christ said1 8,they shall take up serpents20 and1 8,be ye therefore #aj wise as serpents and harmless as doves40 ,the wisdom of a serpent is to hide itself4 ,the wisdom of ,god1 as revealed in ,christian ,science1 brings the serpent out of its hole1 handles it1 and takes away its sting4 ,good deeds are harmless4 ,he who has faith in woman's special adapt- #ae ability to lead on ,christian ,science1 will not be shocked when she puts her foot on the head of the serpent1 as it biteth at the heel4 ,intemperance begets a belief of disordered brains1 membranes1 stomach1 and nerves2 and this belief serves #bj to uncover and kill this lurking serpent1 intemperance1 that hides itself under the false pretense of human need1 innocent enjoyment1 and a medical prescription4 ,the belief in venereal diseases tears the black mask from the shameless brow of licentiousness1 torments its victim1 and #be thus may save him from his destroyer4 ,charity has the courage of conviction2 it may suffer long1 but has neither the cowardice nor the foolhardiness to cover iniquity4 ,charity is ,love2 and ,love opens the eyes of the blind1 rebukes error1 and casts it out4 #cj ,charity never flees before error1 lest it should suffer from an encounter4 ,love your enemies1 or you will not ,page #baa4 lose them2 and if you love them1 you will help to reform #a them4 ,christ points the way of salvation4 ,his mode is not cowardly1 uncharitable1 nor unwise1 but it teaches mor- tals to handle serpents and cast out evil4 ,our own vision #e must be clear to open the eyes of others1 else the blind will lead the blind and both shall fall4 ,the sickly charity that supplies criminals with bouquets has been dealt with summarily by the good judgment of people in the old ,bay ,state4 ,inhuman medical bills1 class legisla- #aj tion1 and ,salem witchcraft1 are not indigenous to her soil4 8,out of the depths have ,i delivered thee40 ,the drowning man just rescued from the merciless wave is unconscious of suffering4 ,why1 then1 do you break his #ae peace and cause him to suffer in coming to life8 ,because you wish to save him from death4 ,then1 if a criminal is at peace1 is he not to be pitied and brought back to life8 ,or1 are you afraid to do this lest he suffer1 trample on your pearls of thought1 and turn on you and rend you8 #bj ,cowardice is selfishness4 ,when one protects himself at his neighbor's cost1 let him remember1 8,whosoever will save his life shall lose it40 ,he risks nothing who obeys the law of ,god1 and shall find the ,life that cannot be lost4 #be ,our ,master said1 8,ye shall drink indeed of my cup40 ,jesus stormed sin in its citadels and kept peace with ,god4 ,he drank this cup giving thanks1 and he said to his followers1 8,drink ye all of it10--drink it all1 and let all drink of it4 ,he lived the spirit of his prayer1--8,thy #cj kingdom come40 ,shall we repeat our ,lord's ,prayer when the heart denies it1 refuses to bear the cross and ,page #bab4 to fulfil the conditions of our petition8 ,human policy #a is a fool that saith in his heart1 8,no ,god0--a caressing ,judas that betrays you1 and commits suicide4 ,this god- less policy never knows what happiness is1 and how it is obtained4 #e ,jesus did his work1 and left his glorious career for our example4 ,on the shore of ,gennesaret he tersely re- minded his students of their worldly policy4 ,they had suffered1 and seen their error4 ,this experience caused them to remember the reiterated warning of their ,mas- #aj ter and cast their nets on the right side4 ,when they were fit to be blest1 they received the blessing4 ,the ultimatum of their human sense of ways and means ought to silence ours4 ,one step away from the direct line of divine ,science cost them--what8 ,a speedy re- #ae turn under the reign of difficulties1 darkness1 and unre- quited toil4 ,the currents of human nature rush in against the right course2 health1 happiness1 and life flow not into one of their channels4 ,the law of ,love saith1 8,not my will1 #bj but ,thine1 be done10 and ,christian ,science proves that human will is lost in the divine2 and ,love1 the white ,christ1 is the remunerator4 ,if1 consciously or unconsciously1 one is at work in a wrong direction1 who will step forward and open his #be eyes to see this error8 ,he who is a ,christian ,scientist1 who has cast the beam out of his own eye1 speaks plainly to the offender and tries to show his errors to him before letting another know it4 ,pitying friends took down from the cross the fainting #cj form of ,jesus1 and buried it out of their sight4 ,his dis- ciples1 who had not yet drunk of his cup1 lost sight of ,page #bac4 him2 they could not behold his immortal being in the #a form of ,godlikeness4 ,all that ,i have written1 taught1 or lived1 that is good1 flowed through cross-bearing1 self-forgetfulness1 and my faith in the right4 ,suffering or ,science1 or both1 in the #e proportion that their instructions are assimilated1 will point the way1 shorten the process1 and consummate the joys of acquiescence in the methods of divine ,love4 ,the ,scripture saith1 8,he that covereth his sins shall not pros- per40 ,no risk is so stupendous as to neglect opportuni- #aj ties which ,god giveth1 and not to forewarn and forearm our fellow-mortals against the evil which1 if seen1 can be destroyed4 ,may my friends and my enemies so profit by these waymarks1 that what has chastened and illumined #ae another's way may perfect their own lives by gentle benedictions4 ,in every age1 the pioneer reformer must pass through a baptism of fire4 ,but the faithful adher- ents of ,truth have gone on rejoicing4 ,christian ,science gives a fearless wing and firm foundation4 ,these are #bj its inspiring tones from the lips of our ,master1 8,my sheep hear my voice1 and ,i know them1 and they follow me3 and ,i give unto them eternal life2 and they shall never perish1 neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand40 ,he is but 8an hireling0 who fleeth when he #be seeth the wolf coming4 ,loyal ,christian ,scientists1 be of good cheer3 the night is far spent1 the day dawns2 ,god's universal kingdom will appear1 ,love will reign in every heart1 and ,his will be done on earth as in heaven4 #cj ,page #bad4 8,put ,up ,thy ,sword0 ,while ,jesus' life was full of ,love1 and a demonstra- tion of ,love1 it appeared hate to the carnal mind1 or mortal thought1 of his time4 ,he said1 8,think not that ,i am come to send peace on earth3 ,i came not to send #e peace1 but a sword4 ,for ,i am come to set a man at variance against his father1 and the daughter against her mother1 and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in- law4 ,and a man's foes shall be they of his own house- hold40 #aj ,this action of ,jesus was stimulated by the same ,love that closed--to the senses--that wondrous life1 and that summed up its demonstration in the command1 8,put up thy sword40 ,the very conflict his ,truth brought1 in accomplishing its purpose of ,love1 meant1 all #ae the way through1 8,put up thy sword20 but the sword must have been drawn before it could be returned into the scabbard4 ,my students need to search the ,scriptures and 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 to understand #bj the personal ,jesus' labor in the flesh for their salvation3 they need to do this even to understand my works1 their motives1 aims1 and tendency4 ,the attitude of mortal mind in being healed morally1 is the same as its attitude physically4 ,the ,christian #be ,scientist cannot heal the sick1 and take error along with ,truth1 either in the recognition or approbation of it4 ,this would prevent the possibility of destroying the tares3 they must be separated from the wheat before they can be burned1 and ,jesus foretold the harvest hour #cj ,page #bae4 and the final destruction of error through this very pro- #a cess1--the sifting and the fire4 ,the tendency of mortal mind is to go from one extreme to another3 ,truth comes into the intermediate space1 saying1 8,i wound to heal2 ,i punish to reform2 ,i do it all in love2 my peace ,i leave #e with thee3 not as the world giveth1 give ,i unto thee4 ,arise1 let us go hence2 let us depart from the material sense of ,god's ways and means1 and gain a spiritual understanding of them40 ,but let us not seek to climb up some other way1 as we #aj shall do if we take the end for the beginning or start from wrong motives4 ,christian ,science demands order and truth4 ,to abide by these we must first understand the ,principle and object of our work1 and be clear that it is ,love1 peace1 and good will toward men4 ,then we #ae shall demonstrate the ,principle in the way of ,his ap- pointment1 and not according to the infantile concep- tion of our way2 as when a child in sleep walks on the summit of the roof of the house because he is a som- nambulist1 and thinks he is where he is not1 and would #bj fall immediately if he knew where he was and what he was doing4 ,my students are at the beginning of their demonstra- tion2 they have a long warfare with error in themselves and in others to finish1 and they must at this stage use #be the sword of ,spirit4 ,they cannot in the beginning take the attitude1 nor adopt the words1 that ,jesus used at the end of his demonstration4 ,if you would follow in his footsteps1 you must not try #cj to gather the harvest while the corn is in the blade1 nor yet when it is in the ear2 a wise spiritual discernment ,page #baf4 must be used in your application of his words and infer- #a ence from his acts1 to guide your own state of combat with error4 ,there remaineth1 it is true1 a ,sabbath rest for the people of ,god2 but we must first have done our work1 and entered into our rest1 as the ,scriptures give #e example4 ,scientific ,theism ,in the ,may number of our ,journal1 there appeared a review of1 and some extracts from1 8,scientific ,theism10 by ,phare ,pleigh4 #aj ,now1 ,phare ,pleigh evidently means more than 8hands off40 ,a live lexicographer1 given to the ,anglo-,saxon tongue1 might add to the above definition the 8laying on of hands10 as well4 ,whatever his nom de plume means1 an acquaintance with the author justifies one #ae in the conclusion that he is a power in criticism1 a big protest against injustice2 but1 the best may be mistaken4 ,one of these extracts is the story of the ,cheshire ,cat1 which 8vanished quite slowly1 beginning with the end #bj of the tail1 and ending with the grin1 which remained some time after the rest of it had gone40 ,was this a witty or a happy hit at idealism1 to illustrate the author's fol- lowing point8-- 8,when philosophy becomes fairy-land1 in which neither #be laws of nature nor the laws of reason hold good1 the attempt of phenomenism to conceive the universe as a phenomenon without a noumenon may succeed1 but not before2 for it is an attempt to conceive a grin without a cat40 #cj ,page #bag4 ,true idealism is a divine ,science1 which combines in #a logical sequence1 nature1 reason1 and revelation4 ,an effect without a cause is inconceivable2 neither philoso- phy nor reason attempts to find one2 but all should con- ceive and understand that ,spirit cannot become less than #e ,spirit2 hence that the universe of ,god is spiritual1--even the ideal world whose cause is the self-created ,principle1 with which its ideal or phenomenon must correspond in quality and quantity4 ,the fallacy of an unscientific statement is this3 that #aj matter and ,spirit are one and eternal2 or1 that the phe- nomenon of ,spirit is the antipode of ,spirit1 namely1 mat- ter4 ,nature declares1 throughout the mineral1 vegetable1 and animal kingdoms1 that the specific nature of all things is unchanged1 and that nature is constituted of and by #ae ,spirit4 ,sensuous and material realistic views presuppose that nature is matter1 and that ,deity is a finite person con- taining infinite ,mind2 and that these opposites1 in sup- positional unity and personality1 produce matter1--a #bj third quality unlike ,god4 ,again1 that matter is both cause and effect1 but that the effect is antagonistic to its cause2 that death is at war with ,life1 evil with good1-- and man a rebel against his ,maker4 ,this is neither ,science nor theism4 ,according to ,holy ,writ1 it is a #be kingdom divided against itself1 that shall be brought to desolation4 ,the nature of ,god must change in order to become matter1 or to become both finite and infinite2 and matter must disappear1 for ,spirit to appear4 ,to the material #cj sense1 everything is matter2 but spiritualize human thought1 and our convictions change3 for spiritual sense ,page #bah4 takes in new views1 in which nature becomes ,spirit2 and #a ,spirit is ,god1 and ,god is good4 ,science unfolds the fact that ,deity was forever ,mind1 ,spirit2 that matter never produced ,mind1 and vice versa4 ,the visible universe declares the invisible only by re- #e version1 as error declares ,truth4 ,the testimony of mate- rial sense in relation to existence is false2 for matter can neither see1 hear1 nor feel1 and mortal mind must change all its conceptions of life1 substance1 and intelligence1 before it can reach the immortality of ,mind and its ideas4 #aj ,it is erroneous to accept the evidence of the material senses whence to reason out ,god1 when it is conceded that the five personal senses can take no cognizance of ,spirit or of its phenomena4 ,false realistic views sap the ,science of ,principle and idea2 they make ,deity unreal #ae and inconceivable1 either as mind or matter2 but ,truth comes to the rescue of reason and immortality1 and unfolds the real nature of ,god and the universe to the spiri- ual sense1 which beareth witness of things spiritual1 and not material4 #bj ,to begin with1 the notion of ,spirit as cause and end1 with matter as its effect1 is more ridiculous than the 8grin without a cat20 for a grin expresses the nature of a cat1 and this nature may linger in memory3 but matter does not express the nature of ,spirit1 and matter's graven #be grins are neither eliminated nor retained by ,spirit4 ,what can illustrate ,dr4 ----'s views better than ,pat's echo1 when he said 8,how do you do80 and echo answered1 8,pretty well1 ,i thank you60 ,dr4 ---- says3 8,the recognition of teleology in nature #cj is necessarily the recognition of purely spiritual personality in ,god40 ,page #bai4 ,according to lexicography1 teleology is the science of #a the final cause of things2 and divine ,science 7and all ,science is divine7 neither reveals ,god in matter1 cause in effect1 nor teaches that nature and her laws are the material universe1 or that the personality of infinite ,spirit #e is finite or material4 ,jesus said1 8,ye do err1 not know- ing the ,scriptures1 nor the power of ,god40 ,now1 what saith the ,scripture8 8,god is a ,spirit3 and they that worship ,him must worship ,him in spirit and in truth40 #aj ,mental ,practice ,it is admitted that mortals think wickedly and act wickedly3 it is beginning to be seen by thinkers1 that mortals think also after a sickly fashion4 ,in common parlance1 one person feels sick1 another feels wicked4 ,a #ae third person knows that if he would remove this feeling in either case1 in the one he must change his patient's consciousness of dis-ease and suffering to a consciousness of ease and loss of suffering2 while in the other he must change the patient's sense of sinning at ease to a sense of #bj discomfort in sin and peace in goodness4 ,this is ,christian ,science3 that mortal mind makes sick1 and immortal ,mind makes well2 that mortal mind makes sinners1 while immortal ,mind makes saints2 that a state of health is but a state of consciousness made mani- #be fest on the body1 and vice versa2 that while one person feels wickedly and acts wickedly1 another knows that if he can change this evil sense and consciousness to a good sense1 or conscious goodness1 the fruits of goodness will follow1 and he has reformed the sinner4 #cj ,page #bbj4 ,now1 demonstrate this rule1 which obtains in every #a line of mental healing1 and you will find that a good rule works one way1 and a false rule the opposite way4 ,let us suppose that there is a sick person whom an- other would heal mentally4 ,the healer begins by mental #e argument4 ,he mentally says1 8,you are well1 and you know it20 and he supports this silent mental force by audible explanation1 attestation1 and precedent4 ,his mental and oral arguments aim to refute the sick man's thoughts1 words1 and actions1 in certain directions1 and #aj turn them into channels of ,truth4 ,he persists in this course until the patient's mind yields1 and the harmonious thought has the full control over this mind on the point at issue4 ,the end is attained1 and the patient says and feels1 8,i am well1 and ,i know it40 #ae ,this mental practitioner has changed his patient's consciousness from sickness to health4 ,the patient's mental state is now the diametrical opposite of what it was when the mental practitioner undertook to transform it1 and he is improved morally and physically4 #bj ,that this mental method has power and bears fruit1 is patent both to the conscientious ,christian ,scientist and the observer4 ,both should understand with equal clear- ness1 that if this mental process and power be reversed1 and people believe that a man is sick and knows it1 and #be speak of him as being sick1 put it into the minds of others that he is sick1 publish it in the newspapers that he is failing1 and persist in this action of mind over mind1 it follows that he will believe that he is sick1--and ,jesus said it would be according to the woman's belief2 but if #cj with the certainty of ,science he knows that an error of belief has not the power of ,truth1 and cannot1 does ,page #bba4 not1 produce the slightest effect1 it has no power over #a him4 ,thus a mental malpractitioner may lose his power to harm by a false mental argument2 for it gives one opportunity to handle the error1 and when mastering it one gains in the rules of metaphysics1 and #e thereby learns more of its divine ,principle4 ,error pro- duces physical sufferings1 and these sufferings show the fundamental ,principle of ,christian ,science2 namely1 that error and sickness are one1 and ,truth is their remedy4 #aj ,the evil-doer can do little at removing the effect of sin on himself1 unless he believes that sin has produced the effect and knows he is a sinner3 or1 knowing that he is a sinner1 if he denies it1 the good effect is lost4 ,either of these states of mind will stultify the power to heal men- #ae tally4 ,this accounts for many helpless mental practi- tioners and mysterious diseases4 ,again3 ,if error is the cause of disease1 ,truth being the cure1 denial of this fact in one instance and acknowledgment of it in another saps one's under- #bj standing of the ,science of ,mind-healing1 ,such denial dethrones demonstration1 baffles the student of ,mind- healing1 and divorces his work from ,science4 ,such de- nial also contradicts the doctrine that we must mentally struggle against both evil and disease1 and is like saying #be that five times ten are fifty while ten times five are not fifty2 as if the multiplication of the same two numbers would not yield the same product whichever might serve as the multiplicand4 ,who would tell another of a crime that he himself is #cj committing1 or call public attention to that crime8 ,the belief in evil and in the process of evil1 holds the issues ,page #bbb4 of death to the evil-doer4 ,it takes away a man's proper #a sense of good1 and gives him a false sense of both evil and good4 ,it inflames envy1 passion1 evil-speaking1 and strife4 ,it reverses ,christian ,science in all things4 ,it causes the victim to believe that he is advancing while #e injuring himself and others4 ,this state of false conscious- ness in many cases causes the victim great physical suffering2 and conviction of his wrong state of feeling reforms him1 and so heals him3 or1 failing of conviction and re- form1 he becomes morally paralyzed--in other words1 #aj a moral idiot4 ,in this state of misled consciousness1 one is ready to listen complacently to audible falsehoods that once he would have resisted and loathed2 and this1 because the false seems true4 ,the malicious mental argument and #ae its action on the mind of the perpetrator1 is fatal1 morally and physically4 ,from the effects of mental malpractice the subject scarcely awakes in time1 and must suffer its full penalty after death4 ,this sin against divine ,science is cancelled only through human agony3 the measure it #bj has meted must be remeasured to it4 ,the crimes committed under this new rgime of mind- power1 when brought to light1 will make stout hearts quail4 ,its mystery protects it now1 for it is not yet known4 ,error is more abstract than ,truth4 ,even the healing ,principle1 #be whose power seems inexplicable1 is not so obscure2 for this is the power of ,god1 and good should seem more natural than evil4 ,i shall not forget the cost of investigating1 for this age1 the methods and power of error4 ,while the ways1 means1 #cj and potency of ,truth had flowed into my consciousness as easily as dawns the morning light and shadows flee1 ,page #bbc4 the metaphysical mystery of error--its hidden paths1 #a purpose1 and fruits--at first defied me4 ,i was say- ing all the time1 8,come not thou into the secret0-- but at length took up the research according to ,god's command4 #e ,streams which purify1 necessarily have pure fountains2 while impure streams flow from corrupt sources4 ,here1 divine light1 logic1 and revelation coincide4 ,science proves1 beyond cavil1 that the tree is known by its fruit2 that mind reaches its own ideal1 and cannot #aj be separated from it4 ,i respect that moral sense which is sufficiently strong to discern what it believes1 and to say1 if it must1 8,i discredit ,mind with having the power to heal40 ,this individual disbelieves in ,mind-healing1 and is consistent4 ,but1 alas6 for the mistake of believing in #ae mental healing1 claiming full faith in the divine ,principle1 and saying1 8,i am a ,christian ,scientist10 while doing unto others what we would resist to the hilt if done unto ourselves4 ,may divine ,love so permeate the affections of all those #bj who have named the name of ,christ in its fullest sense1 that no counteracting influence can hinder their growth or taint their examples4 ,taking ,offense ,there is immense wisdom in the old proverb1 8,he #be that is slow to anger is better than the mighty40 ,hannah ,more said1 8,if ,i wished to punish my enemy1 ,i should make him hate somebody40 ,to punish ourselves for others' faults1 is superlative folly4 ,the mental arrow shot from another's bow is #cj ,page #bbd4 practically harmless1 unless our own thought barbs it4 #a ,it is our pride that makes another's criticism rankle1 our self-will that makes another's deed offensive1 our egotism that feels hurt by another's self-assertion4 ,well may we feel wounded by our own faults2 but we can hardly afford #e to be miserable for the faults of others4 ,a courtier told ,constantine that a mob had broken the head of his statue with stones4 ,the emperor lifted his hands to his head1 saying3 8,it is very surprising1 but ,i don't feel hurt in the least40 #aj ,we should remember that the world is wide2 that there are a thousand million different human wills1 opinions1 ambitions1 tastes1 and loves2 that each person has a differ- ent history1 constitution1 culture1 character1 from all the rest2 that human life is the work1 the play1 the ceaseless #ae action and reaction upon each other of these different atoms4 ,then1 we should go forth into life with the smallest expectations1 but with the largest patience2 with a keen relish for and appreciation of everything beautiful1 great1 and good1 but with a temper so genial that the friction #bj of the world shall not wear upon our sensibilities2 with an equanimity so settled that no passing breath nor accidental disturbance shall agitate or ruffle it2 with a charity broad enough to cover the whole world's evil1 and sweet enough to neutralize what is bitter in it1--de- #be termined not to be offended when no wrong is meant1 nor even when it is1 unless the offense be against ,god4 ,nothing short of our own errors should offend us4 ,he who can wilfully attempt to injure another1 is an object of pity rather than of resentment2 while it is a question #cj in my mind1 whether there is enough of a flatterer1 a fool1 or a liar1 to offend a whole-souled woman4 ,page #bbe4 ,hints ,to ,the ,clergy ,at the residence of ,mr4 ,rawson1 of ,arlington1 ,massa- chusetts1 a happy concourse of friends had gathered to celebrate the eighty-second birthday of his mother--a friend of mine1 and a ,christian ,scientist4 #e ,among the guests1 were an orthodox clergyman1 his wife and child4 ,in the course of the evening1 conversation drifted to the seventh modern wonder1 ,christian ,science2 where- upon the mother1 ,mrs4 ,rawson1 who had drunk at its #aj fount1 firmly bore testimony to the power of ,christ1 ,truth1 to heal the sick4 ,soon after this conversation1 the clergyman's son was taken violently ill4 ,then was the clergyman's opportunity to demand a proof of what the ,christian #ae ,scientist had declared2 and he said to this venerable ,christian3-- 8,if you heal my son1 when seeing1 ,i may be led to believe40 ,mrs4 ,rawson then rose from her seat1 and sat down #bj beside the sofa whereon lay the lad with burning brow1 moaning in pain4 ,looking away from all material aid1 to the spiritual source and ever-present help1 silently1 through the divine power1 she healed him4 #be ,the deep flush faded from the face1 a cool perspiration spread over it1 and he slept4 ,in about one hour he awoke1 and was hungry4 ,the parents said3-- 8,wait until we get home1 and you shall have some #cj gruel40 ,page #bbf4 ,but ,mrs4 ,rawson said3--#a 8,give the child what he relishes1 and doubt not that the ,father of all will care for him40 ,thus1 the unbiased youth and the aged ,christian carried the case on the side of ,god2 and1 after eating #e several ice-creams1 the clergyman's son returned home --well4 ,perfidy ,and ,slander ,what has an individual gained by losing his own self- respect8 or what has he lost when1 retaining his own1 #aj he loses the homage of fools1 or the pretentious praise of hypocrites1 false to themselves as to others8 ,shakespeare1 the immortal lexicographer of mortals1 writes3-- ,to thine own self be true1 #ae ,and it must follow1 as the night the day1 ,thou canst not then be false to any man4 ,when ,aristotle was asked what a person could gain by uttering a falsehood1 he replied1 8,not to be credited when he shall tell the truth40 #bj ,the character of a liar and hypocrite is so contempti- ble1 that even of those who have lost their honor it might be expected that from the violation of truth they should be restrained by their pride4 ,perfidy of an inferior quality1 such as manages to evade #be the law1 and which dignified natures cannot stoop to notice1 except legally1 disgraces human nature more than do most vices4 ,slander is a midnight robber2 the red-tongued assas- sin of radical worth2 the conservative swindler1 who #cj ,page #bbg4 sells himself in a traffic by which he can gain nothing #a4 ,it can retire for forgiveness to no fraternity where its crime may stand in the place of a virtue2 but must at length be given up to the hisses of the multitude1 with- out friend and without apologist4 #e ,law has found it necessary to offer to the innocent1 security from slanderers--those pests of society--when their crime comes within its jurisdiction4 ,thus1 to evade the penalty of law1 and yet with malice aforethought to extend their evil intent1 is the nice distinction by which #aj they endeavor to get their weighty stuff into the hands of gossip6 ,some uncharitable one may give it a forward move1 and1 ere that one himself become aware1 find himself responsible for kind 787 endeavors4 ,would that my pen or pity could raise these weak1 #ae pitifully poor objects from their choice of self-degrada- tion to the nobler purposes and wider aims of a life made honest3 a life in which the fresh flowers of feeling blos- som1 and1 like the camomile1 the more trampled upon1 the sweeter the odor they send forth to benefit mankind2 #bj a life wherein calm1 self-respected thoughts abide in tabernacles of their own1 dwelling upon a holy hill1 speak- ing the truth in the heart2 a life wherein the mind can rest in green pastures1 beside the still waters1 on isles of sweet refreshment4 ,the sublime summary of an #be honest life satisfies the mind craving a higher good1 and bathes it in the cool waters of peace on earth2 till it grows into the full stature of wisdom1 reckoning its own by the amount of happiness it has bestowed upon others4 #cj ,not to avenge one's self upon one's enemies1 is the command of almighty wisdom2 and we take this to be ,page #bbh4 a safer guide than the promptings of human nature4 #a ,to know that a deception dark as it is base has been practised upon thee1--by those deemed at least indebted friends whose welfare thou hast promoted1--and yet not to avenge thyself1 is to do good to thyself2 is to take #e a new standpoint whence to look upward2 is to be calm amid excitement1 just amid lawlessness1 and pure amid corruption4 ,to be a great man or woman1 to have a name whose odor fills the world with its fragrance1 is to bear with #aj patience the buffetings of envy or malice--even while seeking to raise those barren natures to a capacity for a higher life4 ,we should look with pitying eye on the momentary success of all villainies1 on mad ambition and low revenge4 ,this will bring us also to look on a #ae kind1 true1 and just person1 faithful to conscience and honest beyond reproach1 as the only suitable fabric out of which to weave an existence fit for earth and heaven4 ,contagion ,whatever man sees1 feels1 or in any way takes cog- nizance of1 must be caught through mind2 inasmuch as perception1 sensation1 and consciousness belong to mind and not to matter4 ,floating with the popular current of mortal thought without questioning the re- #be liability of its conclusions1 we do what others do1 believe what others believe1 and say what others say4 ,common consent is contagious1 and it makes disease catching4 ,people believe in infectious and contagious diseases1 #cj ,page #bbi4 and that any one is liable to have them under certain #a predisposing or exciting causes4 ,this mental state pre- pares one to have any disease whenever there appear the circumstances which he believes produce it4 ,if he believed as sincerely that health is catching when exposed to con- #e tact with healthy people1 he would catch their state of feeling quite as surely and with better effect than he does the sick man's4 ,if only the people would believe that good is more contagious than evil1 since ,god is omnipresence1 how #aj much more certain would be the doctor's success1 and the clergyman's conversion of sinners4 ,and if only the pulpit would encourage faith in ,god in this direction1 and faith in ,mind over all other influences governing the receptivity of the body1 theology would teach man #ae as ,david taught3 8,because thou hast made the ,lord1 which is my refuge1 even the most ,high thy habitation2 there shall no evil befall thee1 neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling40 ,the confidence of mankind in contagious disease would #bj thus become beautifully less2 and in the same propor- tion would faith in the power of ,god to heal and to save mankind increase1 until the whole human race would become healthier1 holier1 happier1 and longer lived4 ,a calm1 ,christian state of mind is a better preventive of #be contagion than a drug1 or than any other possible sana- tive method2 and the 8perfect ,love0 that 8casteth out fear0 is a sure defense4 ,page #bcj4 ,improve ,your ,time ,success in life depends upon persistent effort1 upon #a the improvement of moments more than upon any other one thing4 ,a great amount of time is consumed in talking nothing1 doing nothing1 and indecision as to what one should do4 ,if one would be successful in the future1 let #e him make the most of the present4 ,three ways of wasting time1 one of which is con- temptible1 are gossiping mischief1 making lingering calls1 and mere motion when at work1 thinking of nothing or #aj planning for some amusement1--travel of limb more than mind4 ,rushing around smartly is no proof of ac- complishing much4 ,all successful individuals have become such by hard work2 by improving moments before they pass into hours1 #ae and hours that other people may occupy in the pursuit of pleasure4 ,they spend no time in sheer idleness1 in talking when they have nothing to say1 in building air- castles or floating off on the wings of sense3 all of which drop human life into the ditch of nonsense1 and worse #bj than waste its years4 8,let us1 then1 be up and doing1 ,with a heart for any fate2 ,still achieving1 still pursuing1 ,learn to labor and to wait40 #be ,thanksgiving ,dinner ,it was a beautiful group6 needing but canvas and the touch of an artist to render it pathetic1 tender1 gorgeous4 ,page #bca4 ,age1 on whose hoary head the almond-blossom formed a #a crown of glory2 middle age1 in smiles and the full fruition of happiness2 infancy1 exuberant with joy1--ranged side by side4 ,the sober-suited grandmother1 rich in ex- perience1 had seen sunshine and shadow fall upon ninety- #e six years4 ,four generations sat at that dinner-table4 ,the rich viands made busy many appetites2 but1 what of the poor6 ,willingly--though ,i take no stock in spirit-rappings--would ,i have had the table give a spiritual groan for the unfeasted ones4 #aj ,under the skilful carving of the generous host1 the mammoth turkey grew beautifully less4 ,his was the glory to vie with guests in the dexterous use of knife and fork1 until delicious pie1 pudding1 and fruit caused un- conditional surrender4 #ae ,and the baby6 ,why1 he made a big hole1 with two incisors1 in a big pippin1 and bit the finger presump- tuously poked into the little mouth to arrest the peel6 ,then he was caught walking6 one1 two1 three steps1-- and papa knew that he could walk1 but grandpa was #bj taken napping4 ,now6 baby has tumbled1 soft as thistle- down1 on the floor2 and instead of a real set-to at crying1 a look of cheer and a toy from mamma bring the soft little palms patting together1 and pucker the rosebud mouth into saying1 8,oh1 pretty60 ,that was a scientific #be baby2 and his first sitting-at-table on ,thanksgiving ,day-- yes1 and his little rainbowy life--brought sunshine to every heart4 ,how many homes echo such tones of heartfelt joy on ,thanksgiving ,day6 ,but1 alas6 for the desolate home2 for the tear-filled eyes looking longingly #cj at the portal through which the loved one comes not1 or gazing silently on the vacant seat at fireside and board-- ,page #bcb4 ,god comfort them all6 we inwardly prayed--but the #a memory was too much2 and1 turning from it1 in a bumper of pudding-sauce we drank to peace1 and plenty1 and happy households4 ,christian ,science ,this age is reaching out towards the perfect ,principle of things2 is pushing towards perfection in art1 inven- tion1 and manufacture4 ,why1 then1 should religion be stereotyped1 and we not obtain a more perfect and prac- tical ,christianity8 ,it will never do to be behind the #aj times in things most essential1 which proceed from the standard of right that regulates human destiny4 ,human skill but foreshadows what is next to appear as its divine origin4 ,proportionately as we part with material systems and theories1 personal doctrines and dogmas1 meekly to #ae ascend the hill of ,science1 shall we reach the maximum of perfection in all things4 ,spirit is omnipotent2 hence a more spiritual ,chris- tianity will be one having more power1 having perfected in ,science that most important of all arts1--healing4 #bj ,metaphysical healing1 or ,christian ,science1 is a de- mand of the times4 ,every man and every woman would desire and demand it1 if he and she knew its infinite value and firm basis4 ,the unerring and fixed ,principle of all healing is ,god2 and this ,principle should be #be sought from the love of good1 from the most spiritual and unselfish motives4 ,then will it be understood to be of ,god1 and not of man2 and this will prevent mankind from striking out promiscuously1 teaching and practising ,page #bcc4 in the name of ,science without knowing its fundamental #a ,principle4 ,it is important to know that a malpractice of the best system will result in the worst form of medicine4 ,more- over1 the feverish1 disgusting pride of those who call #e themselves metaphysicians or ,scientists1--but are such in name only1--fanned by the breath of mental mal- practice1 is the death's-head at the feast of ,truth2 the monkey in harlequin jacket that will retard the onward march of life-giving ,science1 if not understood and with- #aj stood1 and so strangled in its attempts4 ,the standard of metaphysical healing is traduced by thinking to put into the old garment of drugging the new cloth of metaphysics2 or by trying to twist the fatal magnetic force of mortal mind1 termed hypnotism1 into #ae a more fashionable cut and naming that 8mind-cure10 or--which is still worse in the eyes of ,truth--terming it metaphysics6 ,substituting good words for a good life1 fair-seeming for straightforward character1 mental mal- practice for the practice of true medicine1 is a poor shift #bj for the weak and worldly who think the standard of ,christian ,science too high for them4 ,what think you of a scientist in mathematics who finds fault with the exactness of the rule because unwilling to work hard enough to practise it8 ,the perfection of the #be rule of ,christian ,science is what constitutes its utility3 having a true standard1 if some fall short1 others will approach it2 and these are they only who adhere to that standard4 ,matter must be understood as a false belief or product so #cj of mortal mind3 whence we learn that sensation is not in matter1 but in this so-called mind2 that we see and ,page #bcd4 feel disease only by reason of our belief in it3 then shall #a matter remain no longer to blind us to ,spirit1 and clog the wheels of progress4 ,we spread our wings in vain when we attempt to mount above error by speculative views of ,truth4 #e ,love is the ,principle of divine ,science2 and ,love is not learned of the material senses1 nor gained by a culpa- ble attempt to seem what we have not lifted ourselves to be1 namely1 a ,christian4 ,in love for man1 we gain a true sense of ,love as ,god2 and in no other way can we #aj reach this spiritual sense1 and rise--and still rise--to things most essential and divine4 ,what hinders man's progress is his vain conceit1 the ,phariseeism of the times1 also his effort to steal from others and avoid hard work2 errors which can never find a place in ,science4 ,empiri- #ae cal knowledge is worse than useless3 it never has advanced man a single step in the scale of being4 ,that one should have ventured on such unfamiliar ground1 and1 self-forgetful1 should have gone on to estab- lish this mighty system of metaphysical healing1 called #bj ,christian ,science1 against such odds1--even the entire current of mortality1--is matter of grave wonderment to profound thinkers4 ,that1 in addition to this1 she has made some progress1 has seen far into the spiritual facts of be- ing which constitute physical and mental perfection1 in #be the midst of an age so sunken in sin and sensuality1 seems to them still more inconceivable4 ,in this new departure of metaphysics1 ,god is regarded more as absolute1 supreme2 and ,christ is clad with a richer illumination as our ,saviour from sickness1 sin1 #cj and death4 ,god's fatherliness as ,life1 ,truth1 and ,love1 makes ,his sovereignty glorious4 ,page #bce4 ,by this system1 too1 man has a changed recognition #a of his relation to ,god4 ,he is no longer obliged to sin1 be sick1 and die to reach heaven1 but is required and em- powered to conquer sin1 sickness1 and death2 thus1 as image and likeness1 to reflect ,him who destroys death #e and hell4 ,by this reflection1 man becomes the partaker of that ,mind whence sprang the universe4 ,in ,christian ,science1 progress is demonstration1 not doctrine4 ,this ,science is ameliorative and regenerative1 delivering mankind from all error through the light and #aj love of ,truth4 ,it gives to the race loftier desires and new possibilities4 ,it lays the axe at the root of the tree of knowledge1 to cut down all that bringeth not forth good fruit2 8and blessed is he1 whosoever shall not be offended in me40 ,it touches mind to more spiritual issues1 sys- #ae tematizes action1 gives a keener sense of ,truth and a stronger desire for it4 ,hungering and thirsting after a better life1 we shall have it1 and become ,christian ,scientists2 learn ,god aright1 and know something of the ideal man1 the real #bj man1 harmonious and eternal4 ,this movement of thought must push on the ages3 it must start the wheels of reason aright1 educate the affections to higher resources1 and leave ,christianity unbiased by the superstitions of a senior period4 #be ,injustice ,who that has tried to follow the divine precept1 8,all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you1 do ye even so to them10 has not suffered from the ,page #bcf4 situation8--has not found that human passions in their #a reaction have misjudged motives8 ,throughout our experience since undertaking the labor of uplifting the race1 we have been made the re- pository of little else than the troubles1 indiscretions1 #e and errors of others2 until thought has shrunk from contact with family difficulties1 and become weary with study to counsel wisely whenever giving advice on per- sonal topics4 ,to the child complaining of his parents we have said1 #aj 8,love and honor thy parents1 and yield obedience to them in all that is right2 but you have the rights of con- science1 as we all have1 and must follow ,god in all your ways40 ,when yielding to constant solicitations of husband or #ae wife to give1 to one or the other1 advice concerning diffi- culties and the best way to overcome them1 we have done this to the best of our ability1--and always with the pur- pose to restore harmony and prevent dishonor4 ,in such cases we have said1 8,take no counsel of a mortal1 even #bj though it be your best friend2 but be guided by ,god alone20 meaning by this1 ,be not estranged from each other by anything that is said to you1 but seek in divine ,love the remedy for all human discord4 ,yet1 notwithstanding one's good intentions1 in some #be way or at some step in one's efforts to help another1 as a general rule1 one will be blamed for all that is not right3 but this must not deter us from doing our duty1 whatever else may appear1 and at whatever cost4 ,page #bcg4 ,reformers ,the olden opinion that hell is fire and brimstone1 has yielded somewhat to the metaphysical fact that suffering is a thing of mortal mind instead of body3 so1 in place of material flames and odor1 mental anguish is generally #e accepted as the penalty for sin4 ,this changed belief has wrought a change in the actions of men4 ,not a few individuals serve ,god 7or try to7 from fear2 but remove that fear1 and the worst of human passions belch forth their latent fires4 ,some people never repent until earth #aj gives them such a cup of gall that conscience strikes home2 then they are brought to realize how impossible it is to sin and not suffer4 ,all the different phases of error in human nature the reformer must encounter and help to eradicate4 #ae ,this period is not essentially one of conscience3 few feel and live now as when this nation began1 and our forefathers' prayers blended with the murmuring winds of their forest home4 ,this is a period of doubt1 inquiry1 speculation1 selfishness2 of divided interests1 marvellous #bj good1 and mysterious evil4 ,but sin can only work out its own destruction2 and reform does and must push on the growth of mankind4 ,honor to faithful merit is delayed1 and always has been2 but it is sure to follow4 ,the very streets through #be which ,garrison was dragged were draped in honor of the dead hero who did the hard work1 the immortal work1 of loosing the fetters of one form of human slavery4 ,i remember1 when a girl1 and he visited my father1 how a childish fear clustered round his coming4 ,i had heard #cj ,page #bch4 the awful story that 8he helped #8niggers' kill the white #a folks60 ,even the loving children are sometimes made to believe a lie1 and to hate reformers4 ,it is pleasant1 now1 to contrast with that childhood's wrong the reverence of my riper years for all who dare to be true1 honest to #e their convictions1 and strong of purpose4 ,the reformer has no time to give in defense of his own life's incentive1 since no sacrifice is too great for the silent endurance of his love4 ,what has not unselfed love achieved for the race8 ,all that ever was accomplished1 #aj and more than history has yet recorded4 ,the reformer works on unmentioned1 save when he is abused or his work is utilized in the interest of somebody4 ,he may labor for the establishment of a cause which is fraught with infinite blessings1--health1 virtue1 and heaven2 #ae but what of all that8 ,who should care for everybody8 ,it is enough1 say they1 to care for a few4 ,yet the good is done1 and the love that foresees more to do1 stimulate philanthropy and are an ever-present reward4 ,let one's life answer well these questions1 and it already hath a #bj benediction3 ,have you renounced self8 ,are you faithful8 ,do you love8 ,mrs4 ,eddy ,sick ,the frequent public allegement that ,i am 8sick1 unable #be to speak a loud word10 or that ,i died of palsy1 and am dead1--is but another evidence of the falsehoods kept constantly before the public4 ,while ,i accord these evil-mongers due credit for their ,page #bci4 desire1 let me say to you1 dear reader3 ,call at the #a ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college1 in #ahhi1 and judge for yourself whether ,i can talk--and laugh too6 ,i never was in better health4 ,i have had but four days' vacation for the past year1 and am about to com- #e mence a large class in ,christian ,science4 ,lecturing1 writing1 preaching1 teaching1 etc41 give fair proof that my shadow is not growing less2 and substance is taking larger proportions4 8,i've ,got ,cold0 ,out upon the sidewalk one winter morning1 ,i observed a carriage draw up before a stately mansion2 a portly gentleman alight1 and take from his carriage the ominous hand-trunk4 8,ah60 thought ,i1 8somebody has to take it2 and what #ae may the potion be80 ,just then a tiny1 sweet face appeared in the vestibule1 and red nose1 suffused eyes1 cough1 and tired look1 told the story2 but1 looking up quaintly1 the poor child said1-- 8,i've got cold1 doctor40 #bj ,her apparent pride at sharing in a popular influenza was comical4 ,however1 her dividend1 when compared with that of the household stockholders1 was new2 and doubtless their familiarity with what the stock paid1 made them more serious over it4 #be ,what if that sweet child1 so bravely confessing that she had something that she ought not to have1 and which mamma thought must be gotten rid of1 had been taught the value of saying even more bravely1 and believing it1-- #cj ,page #bdj4 8,i have not got cold40 #a ,why1 the doctor's squills and bills would have been avoided2 and through the cold air the little one would have been bounding with sparkling eyes1 and ruby cheeks painted and fattened by metaphysical hygiene4 #e ,parents and doctors must not take the sweet freshness out of the children's lives by that flippant caution1 8,you will get cold40 ,predicting danger does not dignify life1 whereas fore- casting liberty and joy does2 for these are strong pro- #aj moters of health and happiness4 ,all education should contribute to moral and physical strength and freedom4 ,if a cold could get into the body without the assent of mind1 nature would take it out as gently1 or let it remain as harmlessly1 as it takes the frost out of the ground or #ae puts it into the ice-cream to the satisfaction of all4 ,the sapling bends to the breeze1 while the sturdy oak1 with form and inclination fixed1 breasts the tornado4 ,it is easier to incline the early thought rightly1 than the biased mind4 ,children not mistaught1 naturally love #bj ,god2 for they are pure-minded1 affectionate1 and gen- erally brave4 ,passions1 appetites1 pride1 selfishness1 have slight sway over the fresh1 unbiased thought4 ,teach the children early self-government1 and teach them nothing that is wrong4 ,if they see their father with #be a cigarette in his mouth--suggest to them that the habit of smoking is not nice1 and that nothing but a loathsome worm naturally chews tobacco4 ,likewise soberly inform them that 8,battle-,axe ,plug0 takes off men's heads2 or1 leaving these on1 that it takes from their bodies a sweet #cj something which belongs to nature1--namely1 pure odors4 ,page #bda4 ,from a religious point of view1 the faith of both youth #a and adult should centre as steadfastly in ,god to benefit the body1 as to benefit the mind4 ,body and mind are correlated in man's salvation2 for man will no more enter heaven sick than as a sinner1 and ,christ's ,christi- #e anity casts out sickness as well as sin of every sort4 ,test1 if you will1 metaphysical healing on two patients3 one having morals to be healed1 the other having a physi- cal ailment4 ,use as your medicine the great alterative1 ,truth3 give to the immoralist a mental dose that says1 #aj 8,you have no pleasure in sin10 and witness the effects4 ,either he will hate you1 and try to make others do like- wise1 so taking a dose of error big enough apparently to neutralize your ,truth1 else he will doubtingly await the result2 during which interim1 by constant combat and #ae direful struggles1 you get the victory and ,truth heals him of the moral malady4 ,on the other hand1 to the bedridden sufferer admin- ister this alternative ,truth3 8,god never made you sick3 there is no necessity for pain2 and ,truth destroys the #bj error that insists on the necessity of any man's bondage to sin and sickness4 8,ye shall know the truth1 and the truth shall make you free4' 0 ,then1 like blind ,bartimeus1 the doubting heart looks up through faith1 and your patient rejoices in the gospel #be of health4 ,thus1 you see1 it is easier to heal the physical than the moral ailment4 ,when divine ,truth and ,love heal1 of sin1 the sinner who is at ease in sin1 how much more should these heal1 of sickness1 the sick who are dis-eased1 dis- #cj comforted1 and who long for relief6 ,page #bdb4 8,prayer ,and ,healing0 ,the article of ,professor ,t----1 having the above cap- #a tion1 published in ,zion's ,herald1 ,december third1 came not to my notice until ,january ninth4 ,in it the ,professor offered me1 as ,president of the ,metaphysical ,college in ,boston1 or one of my students1 the liberal sum of one #e thousand dollars if either would reset certain dislocations without the use of hands1 and two thousand dollars if either would give sight to one born blind4 ,will the gentleman accept my thanks due to his gener- #aj osity2 for1 if ,i should accept his bid on ,christianity1 he would lose his money4 ,why8 ,because ,i performed more difficult tasks fifteen years ago4 ,at present1 ,i am in another department of ,christian #ae work1 8where there shall no signs be given them10 for they shall be instructed in the ,principle of ,christian ,science that furnishes its own proof4 ,but1 to reward his liberality1 ,i offer him three thou- sand dollars if he will heal one single case of opium-eating #bj where the patient is very low and taking morphine powder in its most concentrated form1 at the rate of one ounce in two weeks1--having taken it twenty years2 and he is to cure that habit in three days1 leaving the patient well4 ,i cured precisely such a case in #ahfi4 #be ,also1 ,mr4 ,c4 ,m4 ,h----1 of ,boston1 formerly partner of ,george ,t4 ,brown1 pharmacist1 ,no4 #e ,beacon ,st41 will tell you that he was my student in ,december1 #ahhd2 and that before leaving the class he took a patient thoroughly addicted to the use of opium--if she went without it #cj ,page #bdc4 twenty-four hours she would have delirium--and in #a forty-eight hours cured her perfectly of this habit1 with no bad results1 but with decided improvement in health4 ,i have not yet made surgery one of the mental branches #e taught in my college2 although students treat sprains1 contusions1 etc41 successfully4 ,in the case of sprain of the wrist-joint1 where the regular doctor had put on splints and bandages to remain six weeks1 a student of mine removed these appliances the same day and effected the #aj cure in less than one week4 ,reference1 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,f----1 #ajg ,eutaw ,street1 ,east ,boston4 ,i agree with the ,professor1 that every system of medi- cine claims more than it practises4 ,if the system is ,science1 it includes of necessity the ,principle1 which the learner #ae can demonstrate only in proportion as he understands it4 ,boasting is unbecoming a mortal's poor performances4 ,my ,christian students are proverbially modest3 their works alone should declare them1 since my system of medi- cine is not generally understood4 ,there are charlatans #bj in 8mind-cure10 who practise on the basis of matter1 or human will1 not ,mind4 ,the ,professor alludes to ,paul's advice to ,timothy4 ,did he refer to that questionable counsel1 8,take a little wine for thy stomach's sake08 ,even doctors disagree #be on that prescription3 some of the medical faculty will tell you that alcoholic drinks cause the coats of the stomach to thicken and the organ to contract2 will prevent the secretions of the gastric juice1 and induce ulceration1 bleeding1 vomiting1 death4 #cj ,again1 the ,professor quotes1 in justification of material methods1 and as veritable3 8,he took a bone from the ,page #bdd4 side of ,adam1 closed up the wound thereof1 and builded #a up the woman40 7,gen4 ii4 #ba47 ,here we have the ,professor on the platform of ,christian ,science6 even a 8surgical operation0 that he says was performed by divine power1--,mind alone constructing #e the human system1 before surgical instruments were invented1 and closing the incisions of the flesh4 ,he further states that ,god cannot save the soul without compliance to ordained conditions4 ,but1 we ask1 have those conditions named in ,genesis been perpetuated in #aj the multiplication of mankind8 ,and1 are the conditions of salvation mental1 or physical2 are they bodily penance and torture1 or repentance and reform1 which are the action of mind8 ,he asks1 8,has the law been abrogated that demands #ae the employment of visible agencies for specific ends80 ,will he accept my reply as derived from the life and teachings of ,jesus8--who annulled the so-called laws of matter by the higher law of ,spirit1 causing him to walk the wave1 turn the water into wine1 make the blind to see1 #bj the deaf to hear1 the lame to walk1 and the dead to be raised without matter-agencies4 ,and he did this for man's example2 not to teach himself1 but others1 the way of healing and salvation4 ,he said1 8,and other sheep ,i have1 which are not of this fold40 #be ,the teachings and demonstration of ,jesus were for all peoples and for all time2 not for a privileged class or a restricted period1 but for as many as should believe in him4 ,are the discoverers of quinine1 cocaine1 etc41 espe- #cj cially the children of our ,lord because of their medical discoveries8 ,page #bde4 ,we have no record showing that our ,master ever used1 #a or recommended others to use1 drugs2 but we have his words1 and the prophet's1 as follows3 8,take no thought1 saying1 ,what shall we eat8 or1 ,what shall we drink80 8,and ,asa 444 sought not to the ,lord1 but to the physicians4 #e ,and ,asa slept with his fathers40 ,veritas ,odium ,parit ,the combined efforts of the materialistic portion of the pulpit and press in #ahhe1 to retard by misrepresen- tation the stately goings of ,christian ,science1 are giving #aj it new impetus and energy2 calling forth the vox populi and directing more critical observation to its uplifting influence upon the health1 morals1 and spirituality of mankind4 ,their movements indicate fear and weakness1 a physi- #ae cal and spiritual need that ,christian ,science should re- move with glorious results4 ,the conclusion cannot now be pushed1 that women have no rights that man is bound to respect4 ,this is woman's hour1 in all the good tend- encies1 charities1 and reforms of to-day4 ,it is difficult #bj to say which may be most mischievous to the human heart1 the praise or the dispraise of men4 ,i have loved the ,church and followed it1 thinking that it was following ,christ2 but1 if the pulpit allows the people to go no further in the direction of ,christlikeness1 and #be rejects apostolic ,christianity1 seeking to stereotype infinite ,truth1 it is a thing to be thankful for that one can walk alone the straight and narrow way2 that1 in the words of ,wendell ,phillips1 8one with ,god is a majority40 ,page #bdf4 ,it is the pulpit and press1 clerical robes and the pro- #a hibiting of free speech1 that cradles and covers the sins of the world1--all unmitigated systems of crime2 and it requires the enlightenment of these worthies1 through civil and religious reform1 to blot out all inhuman codes4 #e ,it was the ,southern pulpit and press that influenced the people to wrench from man both human and divine rights1 in order to subserve the interests of wealth1 religious caste1 civil and political power4 ,and the pulpit had to be purged of that sin by human gore1--when the love of #aj ,christ would have washed it divinely away in ,christian ,science6 ,the cry of the colored slave has scarcely been heard and hushed1 when from another direction there comes another sharp cry of oppression4 ,another form of inhumanity #ae lifts its hydra head to forge anew the old fetters2 to shackle conscience1 stop free speech1 slander1 vilify2 to invite its prey1 then turn and refuse the victim a solitary vindication in this most unprecedented warfare4 ,a conflict more terrible than the battle of ,gettysburg #bj awaits the crouching wrong that refused to yield its prey the peace of a desert1 when a voice was heard crying in the wilderness1--the spiritual famine of #ahff1 --8,prepare ye the way of the ,lord1 make ,his paths straight40 #be ,shall religious intolerance1 arrayed against the rights of man1 again deluge the earth in blood8 ,the question at issue with mankind is3 ,shall we have a spiritual ,chris- tianity and a spiritual healing1 or a materialistic religion and a materia medica8 #cj ,the advancing faith and hope of ,christianity1 the earnest seeking after practical truth that shall cast out ,page #bdg4 error and heal the sick1 wisely demand for man his ,god- #a given heritage1 both human and divine rights2 namely1 that his honest convictions and proofs of advancing truth be allowed due consideration1 and treated not as pearls trampled upon4 #e ,those familiar with my history are more tolerant2 those who know me1 know that ,i found health in just what ,i teach4 ,i have professed ,christianity a half-century2 and now ,i calmly challenge the world1 upon fair investigation1 to furnish a single instance of departure in one of my #aj works from the highest possible ethics4 ,the charges against my views are false1 but natural1 since those bringing them do not understand my state- ment of the ,science ,i introduce1 and are unwilling to be taught it1 even gratuitously4 ,if they did understand it1 they #ae could demonstrate this ,science by healing the sick2 hence the injustice of their interpretations4 ,to many1 the healing force developed by ,christian ,science seems a mystery1 because they do not understand that ,spirit controls body4 ,they acknowledge the exist- #bj ence of mortal mind1 but believe it to reside in matter of the brain2 but that man is the idea of infinite ,mind1 is not so easily accepted4 ,that which is temporary seems1 to the common estimate1 solid and substantial4 ,it is much easier for people to believe that the body #be affects mind1 than that the body is an expression of mind1 and reflects harmony or discord according to thought4 ,everything that ,god created1 ,he pronounced good4 ,he never made sickness4 ,hence that is only an evil belief #cj of mortal mind1 which must be met1 in every instance1 with a denial by ,truth4 ,page #bdh4 ,this is the 8new tongue10 the language of them that #a 8lay hands on the sick1 and they shall recover10 whose spiritual interpretation they refuse to hear4 ,for instance3 the literal meaning of the passage 8lay hands on the sick0 would be manipulation2 its moral meaning1 found in the #e 8new tongue10 is spiritual power1--as1 in another ,scripture1 8,i will triumph in the works of ,thy hands40 ,falsehood ,the ,greeks showed a just estimate of the person they called slanderer1 when they made the word synonymous #aj with devil4 ,if the simple falsehoods uttered about me were compounded1 the mixture would be labelled thus3 8,religionists' mistaken views of ,mrs4 ,eddy's book1 #8,sci- ence and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 and the malice aforethought of sinners40 #ae ,that ,i take opium2 that ,i am an infidel1 a mesmerist1 a medium1 a 8pantheist20 or that my hourly life is prayerless1 or not in strict obedience to the ,mosaic ,decalogue1-- is not more true than that ,i am dead1 as is oft reported4 ,the ,st4 ,louis ,democrat is alleged to have reported my #bj demise1 and to have said that ,i died of poison1 and bequeathed my property to ,susan ,anthony4 ,the opium falsehood has only this to it3 ,many years ago my regular physician prescribed morphine1 which ,i took1 when he could do no more for me4 ,afterwards1 #be the glorious revelations of ,christian ,science saved me from that necessity and made me well1 since which time ,i have not taken drugs1 with the following exception3 ,when the mental malpractice of poisoning people was ,page #bdi4 first undertaken by a mesmerist1 to test that malprac- #a tice ,i experimented by taking some large doses of mor- phine1 to see if ,christian ,science could not obviate its effect2 and ,i say with tearful thanks1 8,the drug had no effect upon me whatever40 ,the hour has struck1 #e --8,if they drink any deadly thing1 it shall not hurt them40 ,the false report that ,i have appropriated other people's manuscripts in my works1 has been met and answered legally4 ,both in private and public life1 and especially #aj through my teachings1 it is well known that ,i am not a spiritualist1 a pantheist1 or prayerless4 ,the most devout members of evangelical churches will say this1 as well as my intimate acquaintances4 ,none are permitted to re- main in my ,college building whose morals are not un- #ae questionable4 ,i have neither purchased nor ordered a drug since my residence in ,boston2 and to my knowledge1 not one has been sent to my house1 unless it was something to remove stains or vermin4 ,the report that ,i was dead arose no doubt from the #bj combined efforts of some malignant students1 expelled from my ,college for immorality1 to kill me3 of their mental design to do this ,i have proof1 but no fear4 ,my heavenly ,father will never leave me comfortless1 in the amplitude of ,his love2 coming nearer in my need1 more tenderly to #be save and bless4 ,love ,what a word6 ,i am in awe before it4 ,over what worlds on worlds it hath range and is sovereign6 the un- ,page #bej4 derived1 the incomparable1 the infinite ,all of good1 the #a alone ,god1 is ,love4 ,by what strange perversity is the best become the most abused1--either as a quality or as an entity8 ,mortals misrepresent and miscall affection2 they make it what #e it is not1 and doubt what it is4 ,the so-called affection pursuing its victim is a butcher fattening the lamb to slay it4 ,what the lower propensities express1 should be repressed by the sentiments4 ,no word is more mis- construed2 no sentiment less understood4 ,the divine #aj significance of ,love is distorted into human qualities1 which in their human abandon become jealousy and hate4 ,love is not something put upon a shelf1 to be taken down on rare occasions with sugar-tongs and laid on a #ae rose-leaf4 ,i make strong demands on love1 call for active witnesses to prove it1 and noble sacrifices and grand achievements as its results4 ,unless these appear1 ,i cast aside the word as a sham and counterfeit1 having no ring of the true metal4 ,love cannot be a mere abstraction1 or #bj goodness without activity and power4 ,as a human quality1 the glorious significance of affection is more than words3 it is the tender1 unselfish deed done in secret2 the silent1 ceaseless prayer2 the self-forgetful heart that overflows2 the veiled form stealing on an errand of mercy1 out of a #be side door2 the little feet tripping along the sidewalk2 the gentle hand opening the door that turns toward want and woe1 sickness and sorrow1 and thus lighting the dark places of earth4 ,page #bea4 ,address ,on ,the ,fourth ,of ,july ,at ,pleasant ,view1 ,concord1 ,n4 ,h41 ,before #b1ejj ,members ,of ,the ,mother ,church1 #ahig ,my beloved brethren1 who have come all the way from the ,pacific to the ,atlantic shore1 from the ,palmetto to the #e ,pine ,tree ,state1 ,i greet you2 my hand may not touch yours to-day1 but my heart will with tenderness untalkable4 ,his ,honor1 ,mayor ,woodworth1 has welcomed you to ,concord most graciously1 voicing the friendship of this city and of my native ,state--loyal to the heart's core to #aj religion1 home1 friends1 and country4 ,to-day we commemorate not only our nation's civil and religious freedom1 but a greater even1 the liberty of the sons of ,god1 the inalienable rights and radiant reality of ,christianity1 whereof our ,master said3 8,the works #ae that ,i do shall he do20 and1 8,the kingdom of ,god cometh not with observation0 7with knowledge obtained from the senses71 but 8the kingdom of ,god is within you10-- within the present possibilities of mankind4 ,think of this inheritance6 ,heaven right here1 where #bj angels are as men1 clothed more lightly1 and men as angels who1 burdened for an hour1 spring into liberty1 and the good they would do1 that they do1 and the evil they would not do1 that they do not4 ,from the falling leaves of old-time faiths men learn a #be parable of the period1 that all error1 physical1 moral1 or religious1 will fall before ,truth demonstrated1 even as dry leaves fall to enrich the soil for fruitage4 ,sin1 sickness1 and disease flee before the evangel of ,truth as the mountain mists before the sun4 ,truth is #cj ,page #beb4 the tonic for the sick1 and this medicine of ,mind is not #a necessarily infinitesimal but infinite4 ,herein the mental medicine of divine metaphysics and the medical systems of allopathy and homopathy differ4 ,mental medi- cine gains no potency by attenuation1 and its largest #e dose is never dangerous1 but the more the better in every case4 ,christian ,science classifies thought thus3 ,right thoughts are reality and power2 wrong thoughts are unreality and powerless1 possessing the nature of dreams4 ,good thoughts #aj are potent2 evil thoughts are impotent1 and they should appear thus4 ,continuing this category1 we learn that sick thoughts are unreality and weakness2 while healthy thoughts are reality and strength4 ,my proof of these novel propositions is demonstration1 whereby any man #ae can satisfy himself of their verity4 ,christian ,science is not only the acme of ,science but the crown of ,christianity4 ,it is universal4 ,it ap- peals to man as man2 to the whole and not to a por- tion2 to man physically1 as well as spiritually1 and to all #bj mankind4 ,it has one ,god4 ,it demonstrates the divine ,principle1 rules and practice of the great healer and master of meta- physics1 ,jesus of ,nazareth4 ,it spiritualizes religion and restores its lost element1 namely1 healing the sick4 ,it #be consecrates and inspires the teacher and preacher2 it equips the doctor with safe and sure medicine2 it en- courages and empowers the business man and secures the success of honesty4 ,it is the dear children's toy and strong tower2 the wise man's spiritual dictionary2 the #cj poor man's money2 yea1 it is the pearl priceless whereof our ,master said1 if a man findeth1 he goeth and selleth ,page #bec4 all that he hath and buyeth it4 ,buyeth it6 ,note the #a scope of that saying1 even that ,christianity is not merely a gift1 as ,st4 ,paul avers1 but is bought with a price1 a great price2 and what man knoweth as did our ,master its value1 and the price that he paid for it8 #e ,friends1 ,i am not enough the new woman of the period for outdoor speaking1 and the incidental platform is not broad enough for me1 but the speakers that will now ad- dress you--one a congressman--may improve our platforms2 and make amends for the nothingness of #aj matter with the allness of ,mind4 ,well ,doinge ,is ,the ,fruite ,of ,doinge ,well ,,herrick ,this period is big with events4 ,fraught with history1 it repeats the past and portends much for the future4 #ae ,the ,scriptural metaphors1--of the woman in travail1 the great red dragon that stood ready to devour the child as soon as it was born1 and the husbandmen that said1 8,this is the heir3 come1 let us kill him1 that the in- heritance may be ours10--are type and shadow of this #bj hour4 ,a mother's love touches the heart of ,god1 and should it not appeal to human sympathy8 ,can a mother tell her child one tithe of the agonies that gave that child birth8 ,can that child conceive of the anguish1 until she #be herself is become a mother8 ,do the children of this period dream of the spiritual ,mother's sore travail1 through the long night1 that has opened their eyes to the light of ,christian ,science8 ,cherish ,page #bed4 these new-born children that filial obedience to which the #a ,decalogue points with promise of prosperity8 ,should not the loving warning1 the far-seeing wisdom1 the gentle entreaty1 the stern rebuke have been heeded1 in return for all that love which brooded tireless over their tender #e years8 for all that love that hath fed them with ,truth1-- even the bread that cometh down from heaven1--as the mother-bird tendeth her young in the rock-ribbed nest of the raven's callow brood6 ,and what of the hope of that parent whose children #aj rise up against her2 when brother slays brother1 and the strength of union grows weak with wickedness8 ,the victim of mad ambition that saith1 8,this is the heir3 come1 let us kill him1 that the inheritance may be ours10 goes on to learn that he must at last #ae kill this evil in 8self0 in order to gain the kingdom of ,god4 ,envy1 the great red dragon of this hour1 would obscure the light of ,science1 take away a third part of the stars from the spiritual heavens1 and cast them to the earth4 #bj ,this is not ,science4 ,per contra1 it is the mortal mind sense--mental healing on a material basis--hurling its so-called healing at random1 filling with hate its deluded victims1 or resting in silly peace upon the laurels of headlong human will4 8,what shall1 therefore1 #be the ,lord of the vineyard do8 ,he will come and destroy the husbandmen1 and will give the vineyard unto others40 ,page #bee4 ,little ,gods ,it is sometimes said1 cynically1 that ,christian ,scien- tists set themselves on pedestals1 as so many petty deities2 but there is no fairness or propriety in the aspersion4 ,man is not equal to his ,maker4 ,that which is formed #e is not cause1 but effect2 and has no underived power4 ,but it is possible1 and dutiful1 to throw the weight of thought and action on the side of right1 and to be thus lifted up4 ,man should be found not claiming equality with1 but #aj growing into1 that altitude of ,mind which was in ,christ ,jesus4 ,he should comprehend1 in divine ,science1 a recognition of what the apostle meant when he said3 8,the ,spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit1 that we are the children of ,god3 and if children1 then heirs2 #ae heirs of ,god1 and joint-heirs with ,christ40 ,advantage ,of ,mind-,healing ,it is sometimes asked1 ,what are the advantages of your system of healing8 ,i claim for healing by ,christian ,science the following #bj advantages3-- ,first3 ,it does away with material medicine1 and rec- ognizes the fact that the antidote for sickness1 as well as for sin1 may be found in ,god1 the divine ,mind4 ,second3 ,it is more effectual than drugs1 and cures #be where they fail1 because it is this divine antidote1 and metaphysics is above physics4 ,page #bef4 ,third3 ,persons who have been healed by ,christian #a ,science are not only cured of their belief in disease1 but they are at the same time improved morally4 ,the body is governed by ,mind1 and mortal mind must be corrected in order to make the body harmonious4 #e ,a ,card ,while gratefully acknowledging the public confidence manifested in daily letters that protest against receiving instruction in the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college from any other than ,mrs4 ,eddy1 ,i feel1 deeply1 that of #aj necessity this imposes on me the severe task of remaining at present a public servant3 also1 that this must prevent my classes from forming as frequently as was an- nounced in the ,october number of the ,journal1 and necessitates receiving but a select number of students4 #ae ,to meet the old impediment1 lack of time1 that has oc- casioned the irregular intervals between my class terms1 ,i shall continue to send to each applicant a notice from one to two weeks previous to the opening term4 ,,mary ,,baker ,g4 ,,eddy ,spirit ,and ,law ,we are accustomed to think and to speak of gravitation as a law of matter2 while every quality of matter1 in and of itself1 is inert1 inanimate1 and non-intelligent4 ,the assertion that matter is a law1 or a lawgiver1 is #be anomalous4 ,wherever law is1 ,mind is2 and the notion ,page #beg4 that ,mind can be in matter is rank infidelity1 which either #a excludes ,god from the universe1 or includes ,him in every mode and form of evil4 ,pantheism presupposes that ,god sleeps in the mineral1 dreams in the animal1 and wakes in a wicked man4 #e ,the distinction between that which is and that which is not law1 must be made by ,mind and as ,mind4 ,law is either a moral or an immoral force4 ,the law of ,god is the law of ,spirit1 a moral and spiritual force of immor- tal and divine ,mind4 ,the so-called law of matter is an #aj immoral force of erring mortal mind1 alias the minds of mortals4 ,this so-called force1 or law1 at work in nature as a power1 prohibition1 or license1 is cruel and merciless4 ,it punishes the innocent1 and repays our best deeds with sacrifice and suffering4 ,it is a code whose modes #ae trifle with joy1 and lead to immediate or ultimate death4 ,it fosters suspicion where confidence is due1 fear where courage is requisite1 reliance where there should be avoidance1 a belief in safety where there is most danger4 ,our ,master called it 8a murderer from the #bj beginning40 ,electricity1 governed by this so-called law1 sparkles on the cloud1 and strikes down the hoary saint4 ,floods swallow up homes and households2 and childhood1 age1 and manhood go down in the death-dealing wave4 ,earth- #be quakes engulf cities1 churches1 schools1 and mortals4 ,cyclones kill and destroy1 desolating the green earth4 ,this pitiless power smites with disease the good ,samari- tan ministering to his neighbor's need4 ,even the chamber where the good man surrenders to death is not exempt #cj from this law4 ,smoothing the pillow of pain may infect you with smallpox1 according to this lawless law which ,page #beh4 dooms man to die for loving his neighbor as himself1-- #a when ,christ has said that love is the fulfilling of the law4 ,our great ,ensample1 ,jesus of ,nazareth1 met and abol- ished this unrelenting false claim of matter with the #e righteous scorn and power of ,spirit4 ,when1 through ,mind1 he restored sight to the blind1 he figuratively and literally spat upon matter2 and1 anointing the wounded spirit with the great truth that ,god is ,all1 he demon- strated the healing power and supremacy of the law of #aj ,life and ,love4 ,in the spiritual ,genesis of creation1 all law was vested in the ,lawgiver1 who was a law to ,himself4 ,in divine ,science1 ,god is ,one and ,all2 and1 governing ,himself1 ,he governs the universe4 ,this is the law of creation3 #ae 8,my defense is of ,god1 which saveth the upright in heart40 ,and that infinite ,mind governs all things4 ,on this infinite ,principle of freedom1 ,god named ,him- self1 ,i ,,am4 ,error1 or ,adam1 might give names to itself1 and call ,mind by the name of matter1 but error could #bj neither name nor demonstrate ,spirit4 ,the name1 ,i ,,am1 indicated no personality that could be paralleled with it2 but it did declare a mighty individuality1 even the everlasting ,father1 as infinite consciousness1 ever-presence1 omnipotence2 as all law1 ,life1 ,truth1 and #be ,love4 ,god's interpretation of ,himself furnishes man with the only suitable or true idea of ,him2 and the divine definition of ,deity differs essentially from the human4 ,it interprets the law of ,spirit1 not of matter4 ,it explains #cj the eternal dynamics of being1 and shows that nature and man are as harmonious to-day as in the beginning1 ,page #bei4 when 8all things were made by ,him2 and without ,him #a was not any thing made40 ,whatever appears to be law1 but partakes not of the nature of ,god1 is not law1 but is what ,jesus declared it1 8a liar1 and the father of it40 ,god is the law of ,life1 #e not of death2 of health1 not of sickness2 of good1 not of evil4 ,it is this infinitude and oneness of good that silences the supposition that evil is a claimant or a claim4 ,the consciousness of good has no consciousness or knowl- edge of evil2 and evil is not a quality to be known or #aj eliminated by good3 while iniquity1 too evil to conceive of good as being unlike itself1 declares that ,god knows iniquity6 ,when the ,lawgiver was the only law of creation1 free- dom reigned1 and was the heritage of man2 but this #ae freedom was the moral power of good1 not of evil3 it was divine ,science1 in which ,god is supreme1 and the only law of being4 ,in this eternal harmony of ,science1 man is not fallen3 he is governed in the same rhythm that the ,scripture describes1 when 8the morning stars #bj sang together1 and all the sons of ,god shouted for joy40 ,truth-,healing ,the spiritual elevator of the human race1 physically1 morally1 and ,christianly1 is the truism that ,truth dem- onstrates good1 and is natural2 while error1 or evil1 #be is really non-existent1 and must have produced its own illusion1--for it belongs not to nature nor to ,god4 ,truth is the power of ,god which heals the sick and the sinner1 and is applicable to all the needs of man4 ,it is the uni- ,page #bfj4 versal1 intelligent ,christ-idea illustrated by the life of #a ,jesus1 through whose 8stripes we are healed40 ,by con- flicts1 defeats1 and triumphs1 ,christian ,science has been reduced to the understanding of mortals1 and found able to heal them4 #e ,pagan mysticism1 ,grecian philosophy1 or ,jewish reli- gion1 never entered into the line of ,jesus' thought or action4 ,his faith partook not of drugs1 matter1 nor of the travesties of mortal mind4 ,the divine ,mind was his only instrumentality and potency1 in religion or medi- #aj cine4 ,the ,principle of his cure was ,god1 in the laws of ,spirit1 not of matter2 and these laws annulled all other laws4 ,jesus knew that erring mortal thought holds only in itself the supposition of evil1 and that sin1 sickness1 and #ae death are its subjective states2 also1 that pure ,mind is the truth of being that subjugates and destroys any sup- positional or elementary opposite to ,him who is ,all4 ,truth is supreme and omnipotent4 ,then1 whatever else seemeth to be intelligence or power is false1 delud- #bj ing reason and denying revelation1 and seeking to dethrone ,deity4 ,the truth of ,mind-healing uplifts mankind1 by acknowledging pure ,mind as absolute and entire1 and that evil is naught1 although it seems to be4 ,pure ,mind gives out an atmosphere that heals and #be saves4 ,words are not always the auxiliaries of ,truth4 ,the spirit1 and not the letter1 performs the vital func- tions of ,truth and ,love4 ,mind1 imbued with this ,science of healing1 is a law unto itself1 needing neither license nor prohibition2 but lawless mind1 with unseen motives1 #cj and silent mental methods whereby it may injure the race1 is the highest attenuation of evil4 ,page #bfa4 ,again3 evil1 as mind1 is doomed1 already sentenced1 #a punished2 for suffering is commensurate with evil1 and lasts as long as the evil4 ,as mind1 evil finds no escape from itself2 and the sin and suffering it occasions can only be removed by reformation4 #e ,according to divine law1 sin and suffering are not cancelled by repentance or pardon4 ,christian ,science not only elucidates but demonstrates this verity of be- ing2 namely1 that mortals suffer from the wrong they commit1 whether intentionally or ignorantly2 that every #aj effect and amplification of wrong will revert to the wrong- doer1 until he pays his full debt to divine law1 and the measure he has meted is measured to him again1 full1 pressed down1 and running over4 ,surely 8the way of the transgressor is hard40 #ae ,in this law of justice1 the atonement of ,christ loses no efficacy4 ,justice is the handmaid of mercy1 and show- eth mercy by punishing sin4 ,jesus said1 8,i came not to destroy the law10--the divine requirements typified in the law of ,moses1--8but to fulfil it0 in righteousness1 #bj by ,truth's destroying error4 ,no greater type of divine ,love can be presented than effecting so glorious a purpose4 ,this spirit of sacrifice always has saved1 and still saves mankind2 but by mankind ,i mean mortals1 or a kind of men after man's own making4 ,man as ,god's idea #be is already saved with an everlasting salvation4 ,it is impossible to be a ,christian ,scientist without apprehend- ing the moral law so clearly that1 for conscience' sake1 one will either abandon his claim to even a knowledge of this ,science1 or else make the claim valid4 ,all ,science #cj is divine4 ,then1 to be ,science1 it must produce physical and moral harmony4 ,page #bfb4 ,dear readers1 our ,journal is designed to bring health #a and happiness to all households wherein it is permitted to enter1 and to confer increased power to be good and to do good4 ,if you wish to brighten so pure a purpose1 you will aid our prospect of fulfilling it by your kind #e patronage of ,the ,christian ,science ,journal1 now enter- ing upon its fifth volume1 clad in ,truth-healing's new and costly spring dress4 ,heart ,to ,heart ,when the heart speaks1 however simple the words1 #aj its language is always acceptable to those who have hearts4 ,i just want to say1 ,i thank you1 my dear students1 who are at work conscientiously and assiduously1 for the good you are doing4 ,i am grateful to you for giving to the #ae sick relief from pain2 for giving joy to the suffering and hope to the disconsolate2 for lifting the fallen and strength- ening the weak1 and encouraging the heart grown faint with hope deferred4 ,we are made glad by the divine ,love which looseth the chains of sickness and sin1 open- #bj ing the prison doors to such as are bound2 and we should be more grateful than words can express1 even through this white-winged messenger1 our ,journal4 ,with all the homage beneath the skies1 yet were our burdens heavy but for the ,christ-love that makes them #be light and renders the yoke easy4 ,having his word1 you have little need of words of approval and encouragement from me4 ,perhaps it is even selfish in me sometimes to relieve my heart of its secrets1 because ,i take so much ,page #bfc4 pleasure in thus doing2 but if my motives are sinister1 #a they will harm myself only1 and ,i shall have the unself- ish joy of knowing that the wrong motives are not yours1 to react on yourselves4 ,these two words in ,scripture suggest the sweetest #e similes to be found in any language--rock and feathers3 8,upon this rock ,i will build my church20 8,he shall cover thee with ,his feathers40 ,how blessed it is to think of you as 8beneath the shadow of a great rock in a weary land10 safe in ,his strength1 building on ,his #aj foundation1 and covered from the devourer by divine protection and affection4 ,always bear in mind that ,his presence1 power1 and peace meet all human needs and reflect all bliss4 ,things ,to ,be ,thought ,of ,the need of their teacher's counsel1 felt by students1 #af especially by those at a distance1 working assiduously for our common ,cause1--and their constant petitions for the same1 should be met in the most effectual way4 ,to be responsible for supplying this want1 and poise #bj the wavering balance on the right side1 is impracticable without a full knowledge of the environments4 ,the educational system of ,christian ,science lacks the aid and protection of ,state laws4 ,the ,science is hampered by immature demonstrations1 by the infancy of its dis- #be covery1 by incorrect teaching2 and especially by unprin- cipled claimants1 whose mad ambition drives them to appropriate my ideas and discovery1 without credit1 ap- preciation1 or a single original conception1 while they ,page #bfd4 quote from other authors and give them credit for every #a random thought in line with mine4 ,my noble students1 who are loyal to ,christ1 ,truth1 and human obligations1 will not be disheartened in the midst of this seething sea of sin4 ,they build for time and eter- #e nity4 ,the others stumble over misdeeds1 and their own unsubstantiality1 without the groundwork of right1 till1 like camera shadows thrown upon the mists of time1 they melt into darkness4 ,unity is the essential nature of ,christian ,science4 ,its #aj ,principle is ,one1 and to demonstrate the divine ,one1 demands oneness of thought and action4 ,many students enter the ,normal class of my ,college whom ,i have not fitted for it by the ,primary course4 ,they are taught their first lessons by my students2 hence #ae the aptness to assimilate pure and abstract ,science is somewhat untested4 8,as the twig is bent1 the tree's inclined40 ,as mortal mind is directed1 it acts for a season4 ,some students leave my instructions before they are quite free from #bj the bias of their first impressions1 whether those be cor- rect or incorrect4 ,such students are more or less subject to the future mental influence of their former teacher4 ,their knowledge of ,mind-healing may be right theo- retically1 but the moral and spiritual status of thought #be must be right also4 ,the tone of the teacher's mind must be pure1 grand1 true1 to aid the mental development of the student2 for the tint of the instructor's mind must take its hue from the divine ,mind4 ,a single mistake in metaphysics1 or in ethics1 is more fatal than a mistake in #cj physics4 ,if a teacher of ,christian ,science unwittingly or inten- ,page #bfe4 tionally offers his own thought1 and gives me as authority #a for it2 if he diverges from ,science and knows it not1 or1 knowing it1 makes the venture from vanity1 in order to be thought original1 or wiser than somebody else1--this divergence widens4 ,he grows dark1 and cannot regain1 #e at will1 an upright understanding4 ,this error in the teacher also predisposes his students to make mistakes and lose their way4 ,diverse opinions in ,science are stultifying4 ,all must have one ,principle and the same rule2 and all who follow the ,principle and rule have but #aj one opinion of it4 ,whosoever understands a single rule in ,science1 and demonstrates its ,principle according to rule1 is master of the situation4 ,nobody can gainsay this4 ,the ego- tistical theorist or shallow moralist may presume to #ae make innovations upon simple proof2 but his mistake is visited upon himself and his students1 whose minds are1 must be1 disturbed by this discord1 which extends along the whole line of reciprocal thought4 ,an error in premise can never bring forth the real fruits of ,truth4 #bj ,after thoroughly explaining spiritual ,truth and its ethics to a student1 ,i am not morally responsible for the mis- statements or misconduct of this student4 ,my teachings are uniform4 ,those who abide by them do well4 ,if others1 who receive the same instruction1 do ill1 the fault #be is not in the culture but the soil4 ,i am constantly called to settle questions and disaf- fections toward ,christian ,science growing out of the departures from ,science of self-satisfied1 unprincipled students4 ,if impatient of the loving rebuke1 the stu- #cj dent must stop at the foot of the grand ascent1 and there remain until suffering compels the downfall of his self- ,page #bff4 conceit4 ,then that student must struggle up1 with bleed- #a ing footprints1 to the ,god-crowned summit of unselfish and pure aims and affections4 ,to be two-sided1 when these sides are moral oppo- sites1 is neither politic nor scientific2 and to abridge a #e single human right or privilege is an error4 ,whoever does this may represent me as doing it2 but he mistakes me1 and the subjective state of his own mind for mine4 ,the true leader of a true cause is the unacknowledged servant of mankind4 ,stationary in the background1 this #aj individual is doing the work that nobody else can or will do4 ,an erratic career is like the comet's course1 dash- ing through space1 headlong and alone4 ,a clear-headed and honest ,christian ,scientist will demonstrate the ,prin- ciple of ,christian ,science1 and hold justice and mercy as #ae inseparable from the unity of ,god4 ,unchristian ,rumor ,the assertion that ,i have said hard things about my loyal students in ,chicago1 ,new ,york1 or any other place1 is utterly false and groundless4 ,i speak of them as ,i feel1 #bj and ,i cannot find it in my heart not to love them4 ,they are essentially dear to me1 who are toiling and achieving success in unison with my own endeavors and prayers4 ,if ,i correct mistakes which may be made in teaching or lecturing on ,christian ,science1 this is in accordance with #be my students' desires1 and thus we mutually aid each other1 and obey the ,golden ,rule4 ,the spirit of lies is abroad4 ,because ,truth has spoken aloud1 error1 running to and fro in the earth1 is scream- ,page #bfg4 ing1 to make itself heard above ,truth's voice4 ,the #a audible and inaudible wail of evil never harms ,scientists1 steadfast in their consciousness of the nothingness of wrong and the supremacy of right4 ,our worst enemies are the best friends to our growth4 #e ,charity students1 for whom ,i have sacrificed the most time1--those whose chief aim is to injure me1--have caused me to exercise most patience4 ,when they report me as 8hating those whom ,i do not love10 let them re- member that there never was a time when ,i saw an op- #aj portunity really to help them and failed to improve it2 and this1 too1 when ,i knew they were secretly striving to injure me4 ,vainglory ,comparisons are odorous4--,,shakespeare ,through all human history1 the vital outcomes of #af ,truth have suffered temporary shame and loss from individual conceit1 cowardice1 or dishonesty4 ,the bird whose right wing flutters to soar1 while the left beats its way downward1 falls to the earth4 ,both wings must be #bj plumed for rarefied atmospheres and upward flight4 ,mankind must gravitate from sense to ,soul1 and human affairs should be governed by ,spirit1 intelligent good4 ,the antipode of ,spirit1 which we name matter1 or non- intelligent evil1 is no real aid to being4 ,the predisposing #be and exciting cause of all defeat and victory under the sun1 rests on this scientific basis3 that action1 in obedi- ence to ,god1 spiritualizes man's motives and methods1 and crowns them with success2 while disobedience to ,page #bfh4 this divine ,principle materializes human modes and con- #a sciousness1 and defeats them4 ,two personal queries give point to human action3 ,who shall be greatest8 and1 ,who shall be best8 ,earthly glory is vain2 but not vain enough to attempt pointing #e the way to heaven1 the harmony of being4 ,the imaginary victories of rivalry and hypocrisy are defeats4 ,the ,holy ,one saith1 8,o that thou hadst hearkened to ,my com- mandments6 then had thy peace been as a river40 ,he is unfit for ,truth1 and the demonstration of divine power1 #aj who departs from ,mind to matter1 and from ,truth to error1 in pursuit of better means for healing the sick and casting out error4 ,the ,christian ,scientist keeps straight to the course4 ,his whole inquiry and demonstration lie in the line of #ae ,truth2 hence he suffers no shipwreck in a starless night on the shoals of vainglory4 ,his medicine is ,mind-- the omnipotent and ever-present good4 ,his 8help is from the ,lord10 who heals body and mind1 head and heart2 changing the affections1 enlightening the mis- #bj guided senses1 and curing alike the sin and the mortal sinner4 ,god's preparations for the sick are potions of ,his own qualities4 ,his therapeutics are antidotes for the ailments of mortal mind and body4 ,then let us not adulterate ,his preparations for the sick with material #be means4 ,from lack of moral strength empires fall4 ,right alone is irresistible1 permanent1 eternal4 ,remember that hu- man pride forfeits spiritual power1 and either vacillating good or self-assertive error dies of its own elements4 #cj ,through patience we must possess the sense of ,truth2 and ,truth is used to waiting4 8,commit thy way unto ,page #bfi4 the ,lord2 trust also in ,him2 and ,he shall bring it to #a pass40 ,by using falsehood to regain his liberty1 ,galileo vir- tually lost it4 ,he cannot escape from barriers who commits his moral sense to a dungeon4 ,hear the ,master #e on this subject3 8,no man can serve two masters3 for either he will hate the one1 and love the other2 or else he will hold to the one1 and despise the other4 ,ye cannot serve ,god and mammon40 ,lives there a man who can better define ethics1 better #aj elucidate the ,principle of being1 than he who 8spake as never man spake10 and whose precepts and example have a perpetual freshness in relation to human events8 ,who is it that understands1 unmistakably1 a fraction of the actual ,science of ,mind-healing8 #ae ,it is he who has fairly proven his knowledge on a ,chris- tian1 mental1 scientific basis2 who has made his choice between matter and ,mind1 and proven the divine ,mind to be the only physician4 ,these are self-evident proposi- tions3 ,that man can only be ,christianized through ,mind2 #bj that without ,mind the body is without action2 that ,science is a law of divine ,mind4 ,the conclusion follows that the correct ,mind-healing is the proper means of ,christianity1 and is ,science4 ,christian ,science may be sold in the shambles4 ,many #be are bidding for it1--but are not willing to pay the price4 ,error is vending itself on trust1 well knowing the will- ingness of mortals to buy error at par value4 ,the ,reve- lator beheld the opening of this silent mental seal1 and heard the great ,red ,dragon whispering that 8no man #cj might buy or sell1 save he that had the mark1 or the name of the beast1 or the number of his name40 ,page #bgj4 ,we are in the ,valley of ,decision4 ,then1 let us take #a the side of him who 8overthrew the tables of the money- changers1 and the seats of them that sold doves10--of such as barter integrity and peace for money and fame4 ,what artist would question the skill of the masters in #e sculpture1 music1 or painting8 ,shall we depart from the example of the ,master in ,christian ,science1 ,jesus of ,nazareth1--than whom mankind hath no higher ideal8 ,he who demonstrated his power over sin1 disease1 and death1 is the master ,metaphysician4 #aj ,to seek or employ other means than those the ,master used in demonstrating ,life scientifically1 is to lose the priceless knowledge of his ,principle and practice4 ,he said1 8,seek ye first the kingdom of ,god1 and ,his right- eousness2 and all these things shall be added unto you40 #ae ,gain a pure ,christianity2 for that is requisite for heal- ing the sick4 ,then you will need no other aid1 and will have full faith in his prophecy1 8,and there shall be one fold1 and one shepherd20 but1 the ,word must abide in us1 if we would obtain that promise4 ,we cannot depart #bj from his holy example1--we cannot leave ,christ for the schools which crucify him1 and yet follow him in heal- ing4 ,fidelity to his precepts and practice is the only pass- port to his power2 and the pathway of goodness and greatness runs through the modes and methods of ,god4 #be 8,he that glorieth1 let him glory in the ,lord40 ,compounds ,homopathy is the last link in material medicine4 ,the next step is ,mind-medicine4 ,among the foremost ,page #bga4 virtues of homopathy is the exclusion of compounds #a from its pharmacy1 and the attenuation of a drug up to the point of its disappearance as matter and its manifesta- tion in effect as a thought1 instead of a thing4 ,students of ,christian ,science 7and many who are not #a students7 understand enough of this to keep out of their heads the notion that compounded metaphysics 7so-called7 is1 or can be1 ,christian ,science1--that rests on oneness2 one cause and one effect4 ,they should take our magazine1 work for it1 write for #aj it1 and read it4 ,they should eschew all magazines and books which are less than the best4 8,choose you this day whom ye will serve40 ,cleanse your mind of the cobwebs which spurious 8compounds0 engender4 ,before considering a subject that is unworthy #ae of thought1 take in this axiomatic truism3 8,trust her not1 she's fooling thee20 and ,longfellow is right4 ,close ,of ,the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college ,much is said at this date1 #ahhi1 about ,mrs4 ,eddy's #bj ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college being the only chartered ,college of ,metaphysics4 ,to make this plain1 the ,publishing ,committee of the ,christian ,scientist ,association has published in the ,boston ,traveler the following3-- #be 8,to benefit the community1 and more strongly mark the difference between true and false teachers of mental healing1 the following history and statistics are officially submitted3-- ,page #bgb4 8,rev4 ,mary ,baker ,g4 ,eddy obtained a college charter #a in ,january1 #ahha1 with all the rights and privileges per- taining thereunto 7including the right to grant degrees7 under ,act of #ahgd1 ,chapter #cge1 ,section #d4 8,this ,act was repealed from and after ,january #ca1 #e #ahhb4 ,mrs4 ,eddy's grant for a college1 for metaphysical purposes only1 is the first on record in history1 and no charters were granted for similar colleges1 except hers1 from ,january1 #ahha1 till the repealing of said ,act in ,january1 #ahhb4 #aj 8,the substance of this ,act is at present incorporated in ,public ,statutes1 ,chapter #aae1 ,section #b1 with the fol- lowing important restrictions3 ,in accordance with ,statutes of #ahhc1 ,chapter #bfh1 any officer1 agent1 or servant of any corporation or association1 who confers1 or authorizes #ae to be conferred1 any diploma or degree1 shall be pun- ished by a fine not less than five hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars4 8,all the mind-healing colleges 7except ,rev4 ,mrs4 ,eddy's7 have simply an incorporated grant1 which may #bj be called a charter1 such as any stock company may ob- tain for any secular purposes2 but these so-called char- ters bestow no rights to confer degrees4 ,hence to name these institutions1 under such charters1 colleges1 is a fraud- ulent claim4 ,there is but one legally chartered college #be of metaphysics1 with powers to confer diplomas and de- grees1 and that is the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college1 of which ,rev4 ,mrs4 ,eddy is founder and president40 ,i have endeavored to act toward all students of ,chris- tian ,science with the intuition and impulse of love4 ,if #cj certain natures have not profited by my rebukes1-- ,page #bgc4 some time1 as ,christian ,scientists1 they will know the #a value of these rebukes4 ,i am thankful that the neo- phyte will be benefited by experience1 although it will cost him much1 and in proportion to its worth4 ,i close my ,college in order to work in other directions1 #e where ,i now seem to be most needed1 and where none other can do the work4 ,i withdraw from an overwhelm- ing prosperity4 ,my students have never expressed so grateful a sense of my labors with them as now1 and never have been so capable of relieving my tasks as at #aj present4 ,god bless my enemies1 as well as the better part of mankind1 and gather all my students1 in the bonds of love and perfectness1 into one grand family of ,christ's followers4 #ae ,loyal ,christian ,scientists should go on in their pres- ent line of labor for a good and holy cause4 ,their insti- tutes have not yet accomplished all the good they are capable of accomplishing2 therefore they should con- tinue1 as at present1 to send out students from these #bj sources of education1 to promote the growing interest in ,christian ,science ,mind-healing4 ,there are one hundred and sixty applications lying on the desk before me1 for the ,primary class in the ,massa- chusetts ,metaphysical ,college1 and ,i cannot do my best #be work for a class which contains that number4 ,when these were taught1 another and a larger number would be in waiting for the same class instruction2 and if ,i should teach that ,primary class1 the other three classes-- one ,primary and two ,normal--would be delayed4 #cj ,the work is more than one person can well accomplish1 and the imperative call is for my exclusive teaching4 ,page #bgd4 ,from the scant history of ,jesus and of his disciples1 #a we have no ,biblical authority for a public institution4 ,this point1 however1 had not impressed me when ,i opened my ,college4 ,i desire to revise my book 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 and in order to do #e this ,i must stop teaching at present4 ,the work that needs to be done1 and which ,god calls me to outside of ,college work1 if left undone might hinder the progress of our ,cause more than my teaching would advance it3 therefore ,i leave all for ,christ4 #aj ,deeply regretting the disappointment this will occa- sion1 and with grateful acknowledgments to the public for its liberal patronage1 ,i close my ,college4 ,,mary ,,baker ,g4 ,,eddy ,malicious ,reports ,truth is fallen in the street1 and equity cannot enter4--,,isaiah lix4 #ad4 ,when the press is gagged1 liberty is besieged2 but when the press assumes the liberty to lie1 it discounts clemency1 mocks morality1 outrages humanity1 breaks common law1 gives impulse to violence1 envy1 and hate1 #bj and prolongs the reign of inordinate1 unprincipled clans4 ,at this period1 #ahhh1 those quill-drivers whose consciences are in their pockets hold high carnival4 ,when news- dealers shout for class legislation1 and decapitated reputa- tions1 headless trunks1 and quivering hearts are held up #be before the rabble in exchange for money1 place1 and power1 the vox populi is suffocated1 individual rights are trodden under foot1 and the car of the modern ,in- quisition rolls along the streets besmeared with blood4 ,page #bge4 ,would not our ,master say to the chief actors in scenes #a like these1 8,ye fools and blind60 ,oh1 tardy human justice6 would you take away even woman's trembling1 clinging faith in divine power8 ,who can roll away the stone from the door of this sepulchre8 ,who--but ,god's #e avenging angel6 ,in times like these it were well to lift the veil on the sackcloth of home1 where weepeth the faithful1 stricken mother1 and the bruised father bendeth his aching head2 where the bereft wife or husband1 silent and alone1 looks #aj in dull despair at the vacant seat1 and the motherless little ones1 wondering1 huddle together1 and repeat with quivering lips words of strange import4 ,may the great ,shepherd that 8tempers the wind to the shorn lamb10 and binds up the wounds of bleeding hearts1 just comfort1 #ae encourage1 and bless all who mourn4 ,father1 we thank ,thee that ,thy light and ,thy love reach earth1 open the prison to them that are bound1 con- sole the innocent1 and throw wide the gates of heaven4 ,loyal ,christian ,scientists ,pen can never portray the satisfaction that you afforded me at the grand meeting in ,chicago of the ,national ,chris- tian ,scientist ,association in #ahhh4 ,your public and private expressions of love and loyalty were very touch- ing4 ,they moved me to speechless thanks4 #be ,chicago is the wonder of the western hemisphere4 ,the ,palmer ,house1 where we stopped1 is magnificent and orderly4 ,the servants are well-mannered1 and the fare is appetizing4 ,the floral offerings sent to my apartments ,page #bgf4 were superb1 especially the large book of rare flowers1 and #a the crescent with a star4 ,the reception in the spacious rooms of the ,palmer ,house1 like all else1 was purely ,western in its cordiality and largeness4 ,i did not hold interviews with all with #e whom ,i desired to1 solely because so many people and circumstances demanded my attention that my person- ality was not big enough to fill the order2 but rest as- sured my heart's desire met the demand4 ,my students1 our delegates1 about one thousand ,chris- #aj tian ,scientists1 active1 earnest1 and loyal1 formed a goodly assemblage for the third convention of our ,national ,as- sociation1--an assemblage found waiting and watching for the full coming of our ,lord and ,christ4 ,in ,christian ,science the midnight hour will always be #ae the bridal hour1 until 8no night is there40 ,the wise will have their lamps aglow1 and light will illumine the darkness4 ,out of the gloom comes the glory of our ,lord1 and ,his divine ,love is found in affliction4 ,when a false #bj sense suffers1 the true sense comes out1 and the bride- groom appears4 ,we are then wedded to a purer1 higher affection and ideal4 ,i pray that all my students shall have their lamps trimmed and burning at the noon of night1 that not one #be of them be found borrowing oil1 and seeking light from matter instead of ,spirit1 or at work erroneously1 thus shutting out spiritual light4 ,such an error and loss will be quickly learned when the door is shut4 ,error giveth no light1 and it closes the door on itself4 #cj ,in the dark hours1 wise ,christian ,scientists stand firmer than ever in their allegiance to ,god4 ,wisdom ,page #bgg4 is wedded to their love1 and their hearts are not #a troubled4 ,falsehood is on the wings of the winds1 but ,truth will soar above it4 ,truth is speaking louder1 clearer1 and more imperatively than ever4 ,error is walking to #e and fro in the earth1 trying to be heard above ,truth1 but its voice dies out in the distance4 ,whosoever pro- claims ,truth loudest1 becomes the mark for error's shafts4 ,the archers aim at ,truth's mouthpiece2 but a heart loyal to ,god is patient and strong4 ,justice waits1 and #aj is used to waiting2 and right wins the everlasting victory4 ,the stake and scaffold have never silenced the mes- sages of the ,most ,high4 ,then can the present mode of attempting this--namely1 by slanderous falsehoods1 and #ae a secret mind-method1 through which to effect the pur- poses of envy and malice--silence ,truth8 ,never4 ,they but open the eyes to the truth of ,benjamin ,franklin's report before the ,french ,commissioners on ,mesmerism3 8,it is one more fact to be recorded in the history of the #bj errors of the human mind40 8,the ,lord reigneth2 let the earth rejoice40 ,no evidence before the material senses can close my eyes to the scientific proof that ,god1 good1 is supreme4 ,though clouds are round about ,him1 the divine justice #be and judgment are enthroned4 ,love is especially near in times of hate1 and never so near as when one can be just amid lawlessness1 and render good for evil4 ,i thunder ,his law to the sinner1 and sharply lighten on the cloud of the intoxicated senses4 ,i cannot help #cj loathing the phenomena of drunkenness produced by animality4 ,i rebuke it wherever ,i see it4 ,the vision ,page #bgh4 of the ,revelator is before me4 ,the wines of fornica- #a tion1 envy1 and hatred are the distilled spirits of evil1 and are the signs of these times2 but ,i am not dismayed1 and my peace returns unto me4 ,error will hate more as it realizes more the presence #e of its tormentor4 ,i shall fulfil my mission1 fight the good fight1 and keep the faith4 ,there is great joy in this consciousness1 that through- out my labors1 and in my history as connected with the ,cause of ,christian ,science1 it can be proven that ,i have #aj never given occasion for a single censure1 when my mo- tives and acts are understood and seen as my ,father seeth them4 ,i once wondered at the ,scriptural declara- tion that ,job sinned not in all he said1 even when he cursed the hour of his birth2 but ,i have learned that a curse on #ae sin is always a blessing to the human race4 ,those only who are tried in the furnace reflect the image of their ,father4 ,you1 my beloved students1 who are absent from me1 and have shared less of my labors than many others1 seem stronger to resist temptation #bj than some of those who have had line upon line and precept upon precept4 ,this may be a serviceable hint1 since necessities and ,god's providence are foreshadowed4 ,i have felt for some time that perpetual instruction of my students might substitute my own for their growth1 #be and so dwarf their experience4 ,if they must learn by the things they suffer1 the sooner this lesson is gained the better4 ,for two years ,i have been gradually withdrawing from active membership in the ,christian ,scientist ,association4 #cj ,this has developed higher energies on the part of true followers1 and led to some startling departures on the ,page #bgi4 other hand4 8,offenses will come3 but woe unto him1 #a through whom they come40 ,why does not the certainty of individual punishment for sin prevent the wrong action8 ,it is the love of ,god1 and not the fear of evil1 that is the incentive in ,science4 #e ,i rejoice with those who rejoice1 and am too apt to weep with those who weep1 but over and above it all are eter- nal sunshine and joy unspeakable4 ,the ,march ,primary ,class ,,to ,,the ,,primary ,,class ,,of ,,the ,,massachusetts ,,metaphysical ,,college1 #ega ,,columbus ,,avenue1 ,,that ,,assembled ,,feb4 #be1 #ahhi1 ,,with ,,an ,,attendance ,,of ,,sixty-,,five ,,students ,my students1 three picture-stories from the ,bible pre- sent themselves to my thought2 three of those pictures from which we learn without study4 ,the first is that of #ae ,joshua and his band before the walls of ,jericho4 ,they went seven times around these walls1 the seven times corresponding to the seven days of creation3 the six days are to find out the nothingness of matter2 the seventh is the day of rest1 when it is found that evil is naught #bj and good is all4 ,the second picture is of the disciples met together in an upper chamber2 and they were of one mind4 ,mark1 that in the case of ,joshua and his band they had all to shout together in order that the walls might fall2 and the #be disciples1 too1 were of one mind4 ,we1 to-day1 in this class-room1 are enough to con- vert the world if we are of one ,mind2 for then the whole world will feel the influence of this ,mind2 as when ,page #bhj4 earth was without form1 and ,mind spake and form #a appeared4 ,the third picture-lesson is from ,revelation1 where1 at the opening of the seals1 one of the angels presented him- self with balances to weigh the thoughts and actions of #e men2 not angels with wings1 but messengers of pure and holy thoughts that say1 ,see thou hurt not the holy things of ,truth4 ,you have come to be weighed2 and yet1 ,i would not weigh you1 nor have you weighed4 ,how is this8 ,be- #aj cause ,god does all1 and there is nothing in the opposite scale4 ,there are not two1--,mind and matter4 ,we must get rid of that notion4 ,as we commonly think1 we imagine all is well if we cast something into the scale of ,mind1 but we must realize that ,mind is not put into the #ae scales with matter2 then only are we working on one side and in ,science4 ,the students of this ,primary class1 dismissed the fifth of ,march1 at close of the lecture on the fourth presented their teacher with an elegant album costing fifty dollars1 #bj and containing beautiful hand-painted flowers on each page1 with their autographs4 ,the presentation was made in a brief address by ,mr4 ,d4,a4 ,easton1 who in appro- priate language and metaphor expressed his fellow-students' thanks to their teacher4 #be ,on the morning of the fifth1 ,i met the class to answer some questions before their dismissal1 and allude briefly to a topic of great import to the student of ,christian ,science1--the rocks and sirens in their course1 on and by which so many wrecks are made4 ,the doors of animal #cj magnetism open wide for the entrance of error1 some- times just at the moment when you are ready to enter on ,page #bha4 the fruition of your labors1 and with laudable ambition #a are about to chant hymns of victory for triumphs4 ,the doors that this animal element flings open are those of rivalry1 jealousy1 envy1 revenge4 ,it is the self- asserting mortal will-power that you must guard against4 #e ,but ,i find also another mental condition of yours that fills me with joy4 ,i learned long ago that the world could neither deprive me of something nor give me anything1 and ,i have now one ambition and one joy4 ,but if one cherishes ambition unwisely1 one will be chastened #aj for it4 ,admiral ,coligny1 in the time of the ,french ,huguenots1 was converted to ,protestantism through a stray copy of the ,scriptures that fell into his hands4 ,he replied to his wife1 who urged him to come out and confess his faith1 #ae 8,it is wise to count the cost of becoming a true ,chris- tian40 ,she answered him1 8,it is wiser to count the cost of not becoming a true ,christian40 ,so1 whatever we meet that is hard in the ,christian warfare we must count as nothing1 and must think instead1 of our poverty and help- #bj lessness without this understanding1 and count ourselves always as debtors to ,christ1 ,truth4 ,among the gifts of my students1 this of yours is one of the most beautiful and the most costly1 because you have signed your names4 ,i felt the weight of this yes- #be terday1 but it came to me more clearly this morning when ,i realized what a responsibility you assume when sub- scribing to ,christian ,science4 ,but1 whatever may come to you1 remember the words of ,solomon1 8,though hand join in hand1 the wicked shall not go unpunished3 but #cj the seed of the righteous shall be delivered40 ,you will need1 in future1 practice more than theory4 ,page #bhb4 ,you are going out to demonstrate a living faith1 a true #a sense of the infinite good1 a sense that does not limit ,god1 but brings to human view an enlarged sense of ,deity4 ,remember1 it is personality1 and the sense of personality in ,god or in man1 that limits man4 #e ,obtrusive ,mental ,healing ,the question will present itself3 ,shall people be treated mentally without their knowledge or consent8 ,the direct rule for practice of ,christian ,science is the ,golden ,rule1 8,as ye would that men should do to you1 do ye10 #aj ,who of us would have our houses broken open or our locks picked8 and much less would we have our minds tampered with4 ,our ,master said1 8,when ye enter a house1 salute it40 ,prolonging the metaphysical tone of his command1 ,i say1 #ae ,when you enter mentally the personal precincts of human thought1 you should know that the person with whom you hold communion desires it4 ,there are solitary ex- ceptions to most given rules3 the following is an exception to the above rule of mental practice4 #bj ,if the friends of a patient desire you to treat him with- out his knowing it1 and they believe in the efficacy of ,mind-healing1 it is sometimes wise to do so1 and the end justifies the means2 for he is restored through ,christian ,science when other means have failed4 ,one other oc- #be casion which may call for aid unsought1 is a case from accident1 when there is no time for ceremony and no other aid is near4 ,the abuse which ,i call attention to1 is promiscuous ,page #bhc4 and unannounced mental practice where there is no neces- #a sity for it1 or the motive is mercenary1 or one can to ad- vantage speak the truth audibly2 then the case is not exceptional4 ,as a rule1 one has no more right to enter the mind of a person1 stir1 upset1 and adjust his thoughts #e without his knowledge or consent1 than one has to enter a house1 unlock the desk1 displace the furniture1 and suit one's self in the arrangement and management of another man's property4 ,it would be right to break into a burning building and #aj rouse the slumbering inmates1 but wrong to burst open doors and break through windows if no emergency de- manded this4 ,any exception to the old wholesome rule1 8,mind your own business10 is rare4 ,for a student of mine to treat another student without his knowledge1 is #ae a breach of good manners and morals2 it is nothing less than a mistaken kindness1 a culpable ignorance1 or a conscious trespass on the rights of mortals4 ,i insist on the etiquette of ,christian ,science1 as well as its morals and ,christianity4 ,the ,scriptural rule of #bj this ,science may momentarily be forgotten2 but this is seldom the case with loyal students1 or done without incriminating the person who did it4 ,each student should1 must1 work out his own problem of being2 conscious1 meanwhile1 that ,god worketh with #be him1 and that he needs no personal aid4 ,it is the genius of ,christian ,science to demonstrate good1 not evil1-- harmony1 not discord2 for ,science is the mandate of ,truth which destroys all error4 ,whoever is honestly laboring to learn the principle of #cj music and practise it1 seldom calls on his teacher or mu- sician to practise for him4 ,the only personal help re- ,page #bhd4 quired in this ,science is for each one to do his own work #a well1 and never try to hinder others from doing theirs thus4 ,christian ,science1 more than any other system of religion1 morals1 or medicine1 is subject to abuses4 ,its #e infinite nature and uses occasion this4 ,even the human- itarian at work in this field of limitless power and good may possess a zeal without knowledge1 and thus mistake the sphere of his present usefulness4 ,students who strictly adhere to the right1 and make the #aj ,bible and ,science and ,health a study1 are in no danger of mistaking their way4 ,this question is often proposed1 ,how shall ,i treat malicious animal magnetism8 ,the hour has passed for this evil to be treated personally1 but it should have been #ae so dealt with at the outset4 ,christian ,scientists should have gone personally to the malpractitioner and told him his fault1 and vindicated divine ,truth and ,love against human error and hate4 ,this growing sin must now be dealt with as evil1 and not as an evil-doer or per- #bj sonality ,it must also be remembered that neither an evil claim nor an evil person is real1 hence is neither to be feared nor honored4 ,evil is not something to fear and flee before1 or that becomes more real when it is grappled with4 ,evil let #be alone grows more real1 aggressive1 and enlarges its claims2 but1 met with ,science1 it can and will be mastered by ,science4 ,i deprecate personal animosities and quarrels4 ,but if one is intrusted with the rules of church government1 to #cj fulfil that trust those rules must be carried out2 thus it is with all moral obligations4 ,i am opposed to all personal ,page #bhe4 attacks1 and in favor of combating evil only1 rather than #a person4 ,an edition of one thousand pamphlets ,i ordered to be laid away and not one of them circulated1 because ,i had been personal in condemnation4 ,afterwards1 by a #e blunder of the gentleman who fills orders for my books1 some of these pamphlets were mistaken for the corrected edition1 and sold4 ,love is the fulfilling of the law4 ,human life is too short for foibles or failures4 ,the ,christian ,science ,jour- #aj nal will hold high the banner of ,truth and ,love1 and be impartial and impersonal in its tenor and tenets4 ,wedlock ,it was about the year #ahge that ,science and ,health first crossed swords with free-love1 and the latter fell hors #ae de combat2 but the whole warfare of sensuality was not then ended4 ,science and ,health1 the book that cast the first stone1 is still at work1 deep down in human conscious- ness1 laying the axe at the root of error4 ,we have taken the precaution to write briefly on mar- #bj riage1 showing its relation to ,christian ,science4 ,in the present or future1 some extra throe of error may conjure up a new-style conjugality1 which1 ad libitum1 severs the marriage covenant1 puts virtue in the shambles1 and coolly notifies the public of broken vows4 ,springing #be up from the ashes of free-love1 this nondescript phoenix1 in the face and eyes of common law1 common sense1 and common honesty1 may appear in the rle of a superfine conjugality2 but1 having no ,truth1 it will have no past1 present1 or future4 #cj ,page #bhf4 ,the above prophecy1 written years ago1 has already #a been fulfilled4 ,it is seen in ,christian ,science that the gospel of marriage is not without the law1 and the solemn vow of fidelity1 8until death do us part20 this verity in human economy can neither be obscured nor throttled4 #e ,until time matures human growth1 marriage and progeny will continue unprohibited in ,christian ,science4 ,we look to future generations for ability to comply with absolute ,science1 when marriage shall be found to be man's one- ness with ,god1--the unity of eternal ,love4 ,at present1 #aj more spiritual conception and education of children will serve to illustrate the superiority of spiritual power over sensuous1 and usher in the dawn of ,god's creation1 wherein they neither marry nor are given in marriage1 but are as the angels4 ,to abolish marriage at this period1 #ae and maintain morality and generation1 would put inge- nuity to ludicrous shifts2 yet this is possible in ,science1 although it is to-day problematic4 ,the time cometh1 and now is1 for spiritual and eternal existence to be recognized and understood in ,science4 #bj ,all is ,mind4 ,human procreation1 birth1 life1 and death are subjective states of the human erring mind2 they are the phenomena of mortality1 nothingness1 that illus- trate mortal mind and body as one1 and neither real nor eternal4 #be ,it should be understood that ,spirit1 ,god1 is the only creator3 we should recognize this verity of being1 and shut out all sense of other claims4 ,until this absolute ,science of being is seen1 understood1 and demonstrated in the offspring of divine ,mind1 and man is perfect even #cj as the ,father is perfect1 human speculation will go on1 and stop at length at the spiritual ultimate3 creation ,page #bhg4 understood as the most exalted divine conception4 ,the #a offspring of an improved generation1 however1 will go out before the forever fact that man is eternal and has no human origin4 ,hence the ,scripture3 8,it is ,he that hath made us1 and not we ourselves20 and the ,master's de- #e mand1 8,call no man your father upon the earth3 for one is your ,father1 which is in heaven40 ,to an ill-attuned ear1 discord is harmony2 so personal sense1 discerning not the legitimate affection of ,soul1 may place love on a false basis and thereby lose it4 ,science #aj corrects this error with the truth of ,love1 and restores lost ,eden4 ,soul is the infinite source of bliss3 only high and holy joy can satisfy immortal cravings4 ,the good in human affections should preponderate over the evil1 and the spiritual over the animal1--until progress lifts #ae mortals to discern the ,science of mental formation and find the highway of holiness4 ,in the order of wisdom1 the higher nature of man governs the lower4 ,this lays the foundations of human affection in line with progress1 giving them strength and #bj permanence4 ,when asked by a wife or a husband important ques- tions concerning their happiness1 the substance of my reply is3 ,god will guide you4 ,be faithful over home rela- tions2 they lead to higher joys3 obey the ,golden ,rule #be for human life1 and it will spare you much bitterness4 ,it is pleasanter to do right than wrong2 it makes one ruler over one's self and hallows home1--which is woman's world4 ,please your husband1 and he will be apt to please you2 preserve affection on both sides4 #cj ,great mischief comes from attempts to steady other people's altars1 venturing on valor without discretion1 ,page #bhh4 which is virtually meddlesomeness4 ,even your sincere #a and courageous convictions regarding what is best for others may be mistaken2 you must be demonstratively right yourself1 and work out the greatest good to the greatest number1 before you are sure of being a fit coun- #e sellor4 ,positive and imperative thoughts should be dropped into the balances of ,god and weighed by spiritual ,love1 and not be found wanting1 before being put into action4 ,a rash conclusion that regards only one side of a ques- tion1 is weak and wicked2 this error works out the results #aj of error4 ,if the premise of mortal existence is wrong1 any conclusion drawn therefrom is not absolutely right4 ,wisdom in human action begins with what is nearest right under the circumstances1 and thence achieves the absolute4 #ae ,is marriage nearer right than celibacy8 ,human knowledge inculcates that it is1 while ,science indicates that it is not4 ,but to force the consciousness of scientific being before it is understood is impossible1 and believing otherwise would prevent scientific demon- #bj stration4 ,to reckon the universal cost and gain1 as well as thine own1 is right in every state and stage of being4 ,the selfish rle of a martyr is the shift of a dishonest mind1 nothing short of self-seeking2 and real suffering would stop the farce4 #be ,the cause of temperance receives a strong impulse from the cause of ,christian ,science3 temperance and truth are allies1 and their cause prospers in proportion to the spirit of ,love that nerves the struggle4 ,people will differ in their opinions as to means to promote the #cj ends of temperance2 that is1 abstinence from intoxicat- ing beverages4 ,whatever intoxicates a man1 stultifies1 ,page #bhi4 and causes him to degenerate physically and morally4 #a ,strong drink is unquestionably an evil1 and evil cannot be used temperately3 its slightest use is abuse2 hence the only temperance is total abstinence4 ,drunkenness is sensuality let loose1 in whatever form it is made #e manifest4 ,what is evil8 ,it is suppositional absence of good4 ,from a human standpoint of good1 mortals must first choose between evils1 and of two evils choose the less2 and at present the application of scientific rules to hu- #aj man life seems to rest on this basis4 ,all partnerships are formed on agreements to certain compacts3 each party voluntarily surrenders independ- ent action to act as a whole and per agreement4 ,this fact should be duly considered when by the marriage #ae contract two are made one1 and1 according to the divine precept1 8they twain shall be one flesh40 ,oneness in spirit is ,science1 compatible with home and heaven4 ,neither divine justice nor human equity has divorced two minds in one4 #bj ,rights that are bargained away must not be retaken by the contractors1 except by mutual consent4 ,human nature has bestowed on a wife the right to become a mother2 but if the wife esteems not this privilege1 by mutual consent1 exalted and increased affections1 she #be may win a higher4 ,science touches the conjugal ques- tion on the basis of a bill of rights4 ,can the bill of con- jugal rights be fairly stated by a magistrate1 or by a minister8 ,mutual interests and affections are the spirit of these rights1 and they should be consulted1 augmented1 #cj and allowed to rise to the spiritual altitude whence they can choose only good4 ,page #bij4 ,a third person is not a party to the compact of two #a hearts4 ,let other people's marriage relations alone3 two persons only1 should be found within their precincts4 ,the nuptial vow is never annulled so long as the animus of the contract is preserved intact4 ,science lifts humanity #e higher in the scale of harmony1 and must ultimately break all bonds that hinder progress4 ,judge ,not ,mistaken views ought to be dissolving views1 since whatever is false should disappear4 ,to suppose that hu- #aj man love1 guided by the divine ,principle1 which is ,love1 is partial1 unmerciful1 or unjust1 indicates misapprehen- sion of the divine ,principle and its workings in the human heart4 ,a person wrote to me1 naming the time of the occur- #ae rence1 8,i felt the influence of your thought on my mind1 and it produced a wonderful illumination1 peace1 and understanding20 but1 ,i had not thought of the writer at that time4 ,i knew that this person was doing well1 and my affections involuntarily flow out towards all4 #bj ,when will the world cease to judge of causes from a personal sense of things1 conjectural and misapprehen- sive6 ,when thought dwells in ,god1--and it should not1 to our consciousness1 dwell elsewhere1--one must bene- fit those who hold a place in one's memory1 whether it #be be friend or foe1 and each share the benefit of that radia- tion4 ,this individual blessedness and blessing comes not so much from individual as from universal love3 it emits light because it reflects2 and all who are receptive share this equally4 #cj ,page #bia4 ,mistaken or transient views are human3 they are not #a governed by the ,principle of divine ,science3 but the notion that a mind governed by ,principle can be forced into personal channels1 affinities1 self-interests1 or obliga- tions1 is a grave mistake2 it dims the true sense of ,god's #e reflection1 and darkens the understanding that demon- strates above personal motives1 unworthy aims and ambitions4 ,too much and too little is attached to me as authority for other people's thoughts and actions4 ,a tacit acqui- #aj escence with others' views is often construed as direct orders1--or at least it so appears in results4 ,i desire the equal growth and prosperity of all ,christian ,scien- tists1 and the world in general2 each and every one has equal opportunity to be benefited by my thoughts and #ae writings4 ,if any are not partakers thereof1 this is not my fault1 and is far from my desire2 the possible per- version of ,christian ,science is the irony of fate1 if the spirit thereof be lacking4 ,i would part with a blessing myself to bestow it upon others1 but could not deprive #bj them of it4 ,false views1 however engendered1 relative to the true and unswerving course of a ,christian ,scientist1 will at length dissolve into thin air4 ,the dew of heaven will fall gently on the hearts and lives of all who are found worthy to suffer for righteousness1--and have taught #be the truth which is energizing1 refreshing1 and consecrat- ing mankind4 ,to station justice and gratitude as sentinels along the lines of thought1 would aid the solution of this problem1 and counteract the influence of envious minds or the mis- #cj guided individual who keeps not watch over his emotions and conclusions4 ,page #bib4 ,new ,commandment ,the divinity of ,st4 ,john's ,gospel brings to view over- #a whelming tides of revelation1 and its spirit is baptismal2 he chronicles this teaching1 8,a new commandment ,i give unto you1 ,that ye love one another40 #e ,jesus1 who so loved the world that he gave his life 7in the flesh7 for it1 saw that ,love had a new command- ment even for him4 ,what was it8 ,it must have been a rare revelation of infinite ,love1 a new tone on the scale ascending1 such as eternity is ever #aj sounding4 ,could ,i impart to the student the higher sense ,i entertain of ,love1 it would partly illustrate the divine energy that brings to human weakness might and majesty4 ,divine ,love eventually causes mortals to turn away from the open sepulchres of sin1 and look no more #ae into them as realities4 ,it calls loudly on them to bury the dead out of sight2 to forgive and forget whatever is unlike the risen1 immortal ,love2 and to shut out all op- posite sense4 ,christ enjoins it upon man to help those who know not what he is doing in their behalf1 and there- #bj fore curse him2 enjoins taking them by the hand and leading them1 if possible1 to ,christ1 by loving words and deeds4 ,charity thus serves as admonition and instruc- tion1 and works out the purposes of ,love4 ,christian ,science1 full of grace and truth1 is accom- #be plishing great good1 both seen and unseen2 but have mortals1 with the penetration of ,soul1 searched the secret chambers of sense8 ,i never knew a student who fully understood my instructions on this point of handling evil1--as to just how this should be done1--and carried #cj ,page #bic4 out my ideal4 ,it is safe not to teach prematurely the #a infant thought in ,christian ,science--just breathing new ,life and ,love--all the claims and modes of evil2 there- fore it is best to leave the righteous unfolding of error 7as a general rule7 alone1 and to the special care of the #e unerring modes of divine wisdom4 ,this uncovering and punishing of sin must1 will come1 at some date1 to the rescue of humanity4 ,the teacher of divine metaphysics should impart to his students the general knowledge that he has gained from instruction1 observation1 and mental #aj practice4 ,experience weighs in the scales of ,god the sense and power of ,truth against the opposite claims of error4 ,if spiritual sense is not dominant in a student1 he will not understand all your instructions2 and if evil domi- #ae nates his character1 he will pervert the rules of ,christian ,science1 and the last error will be worse than the first-- inasmuch as wilful transgression brings greater torment than ignorance4 ,a ,cruce ,salus ,the sum total of ,love reflected is exemplified1 and #ba includes the whole duty of man3 ,truth perverted1 in belief1 becomes the creator of the claim of error4 ,to affirm mentally and audibly that ,god is ,all and there is no sickness and no sin1 makes mortals either saints or #be sinners4 ,truth talked and not lived1 rolls on the human heart a stone2 consigns sensibility to the charnel-house of sen- suality1 ease1 self-love1 self-justification1 there to moulder and rot4 #cj ,page #bid4 ,the noblest work of ,god is man in the image of his #a ,maker2 the last infirmity of evil is so-called man1 swayed by the malstrom of human passions1 elbowing the con- cepts of his own creating1 making place for himself and displacing his fellows4 #e ,a real ,christian ,scientist is a marvel1 a miracle in the universe of mortal mind4 ,with selfless love1 he inscribes on the heart of humanity and transcribes on the page of reality the living1 palpable presence--the might and majesty6--of goodness4 ,he lives for all mankind1 and #aj honors his creator4 ,the vice versa of this man is sometimes called a man1 but he is a small animal3 a hived bee1 with sting ready for each kind touch1 he makes honey out of the flowers of human hearts and hides it in his cell of #ae ingratitude4 ,o friendly hand6 keep back thy offerings from asps and apes1 from wolves in sheep's clothing and all raven- ing beasts4 ,love such specimens of mortality just enough to reform and transform them1--if it be possible1-- #bj and then1 look out for their stings1 and jaws1 and claws2 but thank ,god and take courage1--that you desire to help even such as these4 ,comparison to ,english ,barmaids ,since my residence in ,concord1 ,n4 ,h41 ,i have read #be the daily paper1 and had become an admirer of ,edgar ,l4 ,wakeman's terse1 graphic1 and poetic style in his 8,wanderings10 richly flavored with the true ideas of humanity and equality4 ,in an issue of ,january #ag1 how- ,page #bie4 ever1 were certain references to ,american women which #a deserve and elicit brief comment4 ,mr4 ,wakeman writes from ,london1 that a noted ,eng- lish leader1 whom he quotes without naming1 avers that the 8cursed barmaid system0 in ,england is evolved by #e the same power which in ,america leads women 8along a gamut of isms and ists1 from female suffrage1 past a score of reforms1 to ,christian ,science40 ,this anony- mous talker further declares1 that the central cause of this 8same original evil0 is 8a female passion for some #aj manner of notoriety40 ,is ,mr4 ,wakeman awake1 and caught napping8 ,while praising the ,scotchman's national pride and affection1 has our ,american correspondent lost these sentiments from his own breast8 ,has he forgotten how to honor #ae his native land and defend the dignity of her daughters with his ready pen and pathos8 ,the flaunting and floundering statements of the great unknown for whose ability and popularity ,mr4 ,wakeman strongly vouches1 should not only be queried1 but flatly #bj contradicted1 as both untrue and uncivil4 ,english senti- ment is not wholly represented by one man4 ,nor is the world ignorant of the fact that high and pure ethical tones do resound from ,albion's shores4 ,the most ad- vanced ideas are inscribed on tablets of such an organi- #be zation as the ,victoria ,institute1 or ,philosophical ,society of ,great ,britain1 an institution which names itself after her who is unquestionably the best queen on earth2 who for a half century has with such dignity1 clemency1 and virtue worn the ,english crown and borne the ,english #cj sceptre4 ,now1 ,i am a ,christian ,scientist1--the ,founder of ,page #bif4 this system of religion1--widely known2 and1 by special #a invitation1 have allowed myself to be elected an associate life-member of the ,victoria ,institute1 which numbers among its constituents and managers--not barmaids1 but bishops--profound philosophers1 brilliant scholars4 #e ,was it ignorance of ,american society and history1 together with unfamiliarity with the work and career of ,american women1 which led the unknown author cited by ,mr4 ,wakeman to overflow in shallow sarcasm1 and place the barmaids of ,english alehouses and rail- #aj ways in the same category with noble women who min- ister in the sick-room1 give their time and strength to binding up the wounds of the broken-hearted1 and live on the plan of heaven8 ,this writer classes ,christian ,science with theosophy #ae and spiritualism2 whereas1 they are by no means iden- tical--nor even similar4 ,christian ,science1 antagonis- tic to intemperance1 as to all immorality1 is by no means associated therewith4 ,do manly ,britons patronize tap- rooms and lazar-houses1 and thus note or foster a fem- #bj inine ambition which1 in this unknown gentleman's language1 8poises and poses1 higgles and wriggles0 it- self into publicity8 ,why fall into such patronage1 unless from their affinity for the worst forms of vice8 ,and the barmaids6 ,do they enter this line of occu- #be pation from a desire for notoriety and a wish to promote female suffrage8 or are they incited thereto by their own poverty and the bad appetites of men8 ,what man- ner of man is this unknown individual who utters bar- maid and ,christian ,scientist in the same breath8 ,if he #cj but knew whereof he speaks1 his shame would not lose its blush6 ,page #big4 ,taking into account the short time that has elapsed #a since the discovery of ,christian ,science1 one readily sees that this ,science has distanced all other religious and pathological systems for physical and moral reforma- tion4 ,in the direction of temperance it has achieved far #e more than has been accomplished by legally coercive measures1--and because this ,science bases its work on ethical conditions and mentally destroys the appetite for alcoholic drinks4 ,smart journalism is allowable1 nay1 it is commend- #aj able2 but the public cannot swallow reports of ,american affairs from a surly censor ventilating his lofty scorn of the sects1 or societies1 of a nation that perhaps he has never visited4 ,a ,christian ,science ,statute ,i hereby state1 in unmistakable language1 the follow- #af ing statute in the morale of ,christian ,science3-- ,a man or woman1 having voluntarily entered into wedlock1 and accepted the claims of the marriage cove- nant1 is held in ,christian ,science as morally bound to #bj fulfil all the claims growing out of this contract1 unless such claims are relinquished by mutual consent of both parties1 or this contract is legally dissolved4 ,if the man is dominant over the animal1 he will count the conse- quences of his own conduct2 will consider the effects1 #be on himself and his progeny1 of selfishness1 unmerciful- ness1 tyranny1 or lust4 ,trust ,truth1 not error2 and ,truth will give you all that belongs to the rights of freedom4 ,the ,hebrew bard ,page #bih4 wrote1 8,trust in the ,lord with all thine heart2 and lean #a not unto thine own understanding40 ,nothing is gained by wrong-doing4 ,st4 ,paul's words take in the situation3 8,not 444 7as we be slanderously reported1 and as some affirm that we say17 ,let us do evil1 that good may come8 #e whose damnation is just40 ,when causing others to go astray1 we also are wan- derers4 8,with what measure ye mete1 it shall be meas- ured to you again40 ,ask yourself3 ,under the same circumstances1 in the same spiritual ignorance and power #aj of passion1 would ,i be strengthened by having my best friend break troth with me8 ,these words of ,st4 ,matthew have special application to ,christian ,scientists2 namely1 8,it is not good to marry40 ,to build on selfishness is to build on sand4 ,when #ae ,jesus received the material rite of water baptism1 he did not say that it was ,god's command2 but implied that the period demanded it4 ,trials purify mortals and deliver them from themselves1--all the claims of sensuality4 ,abide by the morale of absolute ,christian ,science1-- #bj self-abnegation and purity2 then ,truth delivers you from the seeming power of error1 and faith vested in righteous- ness triumphs6 ,advice ,to ,students ,the true consciousness is the true health4 ,one says1 #be 8,i find relief from pain in unconscious sleep40 ,i say1 ,you mistake2 through unconsciousness one no more gains freedom from pain than immunity from evil4 ,when unconscious of a mistake1 one thinks he is not mistaken2 but this false consciousness does not change the fact1 or #cj ,page #bii4 its results2 suffering and mistakes recur until one is awake #a to their cause and character4 ,to know the what1 when1 and how of error1 destroys error4 ,the error that is seen aright as error1 has received its death-blow2 but never until then4 #e ,let us look through the lens of ,christian ,science1 not of 8self10 at the following mistake1 which demands our present attention4 ,i have no time for detailed report of this matter1 but simply answer the following question sent to me2 glad1 indeed1 that this query has finally come #aj with the courage of conviction to the minds of many students4 8,is it right to copy your works and read them for our public services80 ,the good which the material senses see not is the only #ae absolute good2 the evil which these senses see not is the only absolute evil4 ,if ,i enter ,mr4 ,smith's store and take from it his gar- ments that are on sale1 array myself in them1 and put myself and them on exhibition1 can ,i make this right #bj by saying1 ,these garments are ,mr4 ,smith's2 he manu- factured them and owns them1 but you must pay me1 not him1 for this exhibit8 ,the spectators may ask1 ,did he give you permission to do this1 did he sell them or loan them to you8 ,no4 #be ,then have you asked yourself this question on the sub- ject1 namely1 ,what right have ,i to do this8 ,true1 it saves your purchasing these garments1 and gives to the public new patterns which are useful to them2 but does this silence your conscience8 or1 because you have con- #cj fessed that they are the property of a noted firm1 and you wished to handle them1 does it justify you in appro- ,page #cjj4 priating them1 and so avoiding the cost of hiring or #a purchasing8 ,copying my published works verbatim1 compiling them in connection with the ,scriptures1 taking this copy into the pulpit1 announcing the author's name1 then reading #e it publicly as your own compilation1 is--what8 ,we answer1 ,it is a mistake2 in common parlance1 it is an ignorant wrong4 ,if you should print and publish your copy of my works1 you would be liable to arrest for infringement of copy- #aj right1 which the law defines and punishes as theft4 ,read- ing in the pulpit from copies of my publications gives you the clergyman's salary and spares you the printer's bill1 but does it spare you our ,master's condemnation8 ,you literally publish my works through the pulpit1 instead #ae of the press1 and thus evade the law1 but not the gospel4 ,when ,i consent to this act1 you will then be justified in it4 ,your manuscript copy is liable1 in some way1 to be printed as your original writings1 thus incurring the pen- #bj alty of the law1 and increasing the record of theft in the ,united ,states ,circuit ,court4 ,to ,the ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist1 in ,boston1 which ,i had organized and of which ,i had for many years been pastor1 ,i gave permission to cite1 in the ,christian ,science #be ,quarterly1 from my work ,science and ,health1 passages giving the spiritual meaning of ,bible texts2 but this was a special privilege1 and the author's gift4 ,christian ,science demonstrates that the patient who pays whatever he is able to pay for being healed1 is more #cj apt to recover than he who withholds a slight equiva- lent for health4 ,healing morally and physically are one4 ,page #cja4 ,then1 is compiling and delivering that sermon for which #a you pay nothing1 and which you deliver without the author's consent1 and receive pay therefor1 the precedent for preaching ,christian ,science1--and are you doing to the author of the above-named book as you would #e have others do unto you8 ,those authors and editors of pamphlets and periodi- cals whose substance is made up of my publications1 are morally responsible for what the law construes as crime4 ,there are startling instances of the above-named law- #aj breaking and gospel-opposing system of authorship1 which characterize the writings of a few professed ,christian ,scientists4 ,my ,christian students who have read copies of my works in the pulpit require only a word to be wise2 too sincere and morally statuesque are they to be long #ae led into temptation2 but ,i must not leave persistent plagiarists without this word of warning in public1 since my private counsel they disregard4 ,to the question of my true-hearted students1 8,is it right to copy your works and read them for our public #bj services80 ,i answer3 ,it is not right to copy my book and read it publicly without my consent4 ,my reasons are as follows3-- ,first3 ,this method is an unseen form of injustice standing in a holy place4 #be ,second3 ,it breaks the ,golden ,rule1--a divine rule for human conduct4 ,third3 ,all error tends to harden the heart1 blind the eyes1 stop the ears of understanding1 and inflate self2 counter to the commands of our hillside ,priest1 to #cj whom ,isaiah alluded thus3 8,i have trodden the wine- press alone2 and of the people there was none with me40 ,page #cjb4 ,behind the scenes lurks an evil which you can prevent3 #a it is a purpose to kill the reformation begun and increas- ing through the instructions of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures20 it encourages infringement of my copyright1 and seeks again to 8cast lots for his vesture10--while #e the perverter preserves in his own consciousness and teaching the name without the ,spirit1 the skeleton without the heart1 the form without the comeliness1 the sense without the ,science1 of ,christ's healing4 ,my stu- dents are expected to know the teaching of ,christian ,sci- #aj ence sufficiently to discriminate between error and ,truth1 thus sparing their teacher a task and themselves the temptation to be misled4 ,much good has been accomplished through ,christian ,science ,sunday services4 ,if ,christian ,scientists occasion- #ae ally mistake in interpreting revealed ,truth1 of two evils the less would be not to leave the ,word unspoken and untaught4 ,i allowed1 till this permission was withdrawn1 students working faithfully for ,christ's cause on earth1 the privilege of copying and reading my works for ,sunday #bj service2 provided1 they each and all destroyed the copies at once after said service4 ,when ,i should so elect and give suitable notice1 they were to desist from further copy- ing of my writings as aforesaid4 ,this injunction did not curtail the benefit which the #be student derived from making his copy1 nor detract from the good that his hearers received from his reading thereof2 but it was intended to forestall the possible evil of putting the divine teachings contained in 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 into human hands1 to sub- #cj vert or to liquidate4 ,i recommend that students stay within their own fields ,page #cjc4 of labor1 to work for the race2 they are lights that can- #a not be hid1 and need only to shine from their home sum- mits to be sought and found as healers physical and moral4 ,the kindly shepherd has his own fold and tends his #e own flock4 ,christian students should have their own institutes and1 unmolested1 be governed by divine ,love alone in teaching and guiding their students4 ,when wisdom garrisons these strongholds of ,christian ,science1 peace and joy1 the fruits of ,spirit1 will rest upon us all4 #aj ,we are brethren in the fullest sense of that word2 there- fore no queries should arise as to 8who shall be great- est40 ,let us serve instead of rule1 knock instead of push at the door of human hearts1 and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we #ae claim for ourselves4 ,if ever ,i wear out from serving students1 it shall be in the effort to help them to obey the ,ten ,commandments and imbibe the spirit of ,christ's ,beatitudes4 ,notice ,editor of ,christian ,science ,journal3--,you will oblige me by giving place in your ,journal to the following notice4 ,the idea and purpose of a ,liberty ,bell is pleasing1 and can be made profitable to the heart of our country4 ,i feel assured that many ,christian ,scientists will respond to this #be letter by contributions4 ,,mary ,,baker ,,eddy ,page #cjd4 ,,columbian ,,liberty ,,bell ,,committee1 #a #aeje ,penna4 ,ave41 ,washington1 ,d4 ,c4 ,,to ,,the ,,daughters ,,of ,,the ,,american ,,revolution3-- ,it has been determined to create a ,columbian ,liberty ,bell1 to be placed by the lovers of liberty and peace in #e the most appropriate place in the coming ,world's ,expo- sition at ,chicago4 ,after the close of the ,exhibition this bell will pass from place to place throughout the world as a missionary of freedom1 coming first to the capital of the nation under the care of our society4 #aj ,then it will go to ,bunker ,hill or ,liberty ,island1 to the battle-field of ,new ,orleans 7#ahab71 to ,san ,francisco1 to the place where any great patriotic celebration is being held1 until #aijj1 when it will be sent to the next ,world's ,exhibition1 which takes place at ,paris1 ,france4 ,there it #ae will continue until that ,exhibition closes4 ,when not in use in other places1 it will return to ,wash- ington under the care of the ,daughters of the ,american ,revolution4 ,washington will be its home1 and from there it will journey from place to place1 fulfilling its mission #bj throughout the world4 ,the following is the proposed use of the bell3 ,it shall ring at sunrise and sunset2 at nine o'clock in the morn- ing on the anniversaries of the days on which great events have occurred marking the world's progress toward liberty2 #be at twelve o'clock on the birthdays of the 8creators of liberty20 and at four o'clock it will toll on the anniver- saries of their death4 7,it will always ring at nine o'clock on ,october #aath1 in recognition of the organization on that day of the ,daughters of the ,american ,revolution47 #cj 444 ,the responsibility of its production1 and the direc- tion of its use1 have been placed in the hands of a ,page #cje4 committee of women representing each ,state and ,ter- #a ritory1 one representative from each ,republic in the world1 and a representative from the patriotic societies1 --,daughters and ,sons of the ,american ,revolution1 the ,lyceum ,league of ,america1 the ,society of ,ger- #e man ,patriots1 the ,human ,freedom ,league1 and kindred organizations4 ,the ,national ,board of ,management has placed upon me the responsibility of representing the ,national ,society of the ,daughters of the ,american ,revolution upon the #aj ,general ,committee1 and this circular is sent to every member of the society1 asking for her personal coopera- tion in making the undertaking successful4 ,in creating the bell it is particularly desired that the largest number of persons possible shall have a part in it4 ,for this reason #ae small contributions from many persons are to be asked for1 rather than large contributions from a few4 ,they are to be of two kinds3-- ,first3 ,material that can be made a part of the bell2 articles of historic interest will be particularly appre- #bj ciated--gold1 silver1 bronze1 copper1 and nickel can be fused4 ,second3 ,of money with which to pay for the bell4 ,each member of the society is asked to contribute one cent to be fused into the bell1 and twenty-five cents to #be pay for it4 ,she is also asked to collect two dollars from others1 in pennies1 if possible1 and send with the amount the name of each contributor4 ,in order that the bell shall be cast ,april #cjth1 the anniversary of the inaugu- ration of ,george ,washington as the first ,president of #cj the ,united ,states1 we ask every one receiving this cir- cular to act at once4 ,page #cjf4 ,in forwarding material to be melted into the bell1 please #a send fullest historical description4 ,this will be entered carefully in a book which will accompany the bell wherever it goes4 444 ,as the motto has not yet been decided upon1 any #e ideas on that subject will be gratefully received2 we will also welcome suggestions of events to be celebrated and names to be commemorated4 ,very cordially yours1 ,,mary ,,desha1 ex-,vice-,president ,general1 ,d4 ,a4 ,r4 ,contributions should be sent to the ,liberty ,national ,bank1 corner ,liberty and ,west ,streets1 ,new ,york1 and a duplicate letter written1 as a notification of the same1 to ,miss ,mary ,desha1 #aeje ,penna4 ,ave41 ,washington1 #ae ,d4 ,c41 or to ,miss ,minnie ,f4 ,mickley1 ,mickleys1 ,pa4 ,we would add1 as being of interest1 that ,mrs4 ,eddy is a member of the above organization1 having been made such by the special request of the late ,mrs4 ,harrison1 wife of the ex-,president1 who was at that time the ,presi- #bj dent thereof4--,,ed4 ,angels ,when angels visit us1 we do not hear the rustle of wings1 #a nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove2 but we know their presence by the love they create in our #be hearts4 ,oh1 may you feel this touch1--it is not the clasping of hands1 nor a loved person present2 it is more than this3 it is a spiritual idea that lights your path6 ,the ,psalmist saith3 8,he shall give ,his angels charge ,page #cjg4 over thee40 ,god gives you ,his spiritual ideas1 and in #a turn1 they give you daily supplies4 ,never ask for to- morrow3 it is enough that divine ,love is an ever-present help2 and if you wait1 never doubting1 you will have all you need every moment4 ,what a glorious inheritance #e is given to us through the understanding of omnipresent ,love6 ,more we cannot ask3 more we do not want3 more we cannot have4 ,this sweet assurance is the 8,peace1 be still0 to all human fears1 to suffering of every sort4 #aj ,deification ,of ,personality ,notwithstanding the rapid sale already of two editions of 8,christ and ,christmas10 and many orders on hand1 ,i have thought best to stop its publication4 ,in this revolutionary religious period1 the increasing #ae inquiry of mankind as to ,christianity and its unity-- and above all1 ,god's love opening the eyes of the blind--is fast fitting all minds for the proper reception of ,christian ,science healing4 ,but ,i must stand on this absolute basis of ,christian #bj ,science2 namely1 ,cast not pearls before the unprepared thought4 ,idolatry is an easily-besetting sin of all peoples4 ,the apostle saith1 8,little children1 keep yourselves from idols40 ,the illustrations were not intended for a golden calf1 #be at which the sick may look and be healed4 ,christian ,scientists should beware of unseen snares1 and adhere to the divine ,principle and rules for demonstration4 ,they must guard against the deification of finite personality4 ,every human thought must turn instinctively to #cj ,page #cjh4 the divine ,mind as its sole centre and intelligence4 ,until #a this be done1 man will never be found harmonious and immortal4 ,whosoever looks to me personally for his health or holiness1 mistakes4 ,he that by reason of human love or #e hatred or any other cause clings to my material per- sonality1 greatly errs1 stops his own progress1 and loses the path to health1 happiness1 and heaven4 ,the ,scrip- tures and ,christian ,science reveal 8the way10 and per- sonal revelators will take their proper place in history1 #aj but will not be deified4 ,advanced scientific students are ready for 8,christ and ,christmas20 but those are a minority of its readers1 and even they know its practicality only by healing the sick on its divine ,principle4 ,in the words of the #ae prophet1 8,hear1 ,o ,israel3 ,the ,lord our ,god is one ,lord40 ,friends1 strangers1 and ,christian ,scientists1 ,i thank you1 each and all1 for your liberal patronage and scholarly1 artistic1 and scientific notices of my book4 ,this little #bj messenger has done its work1 fulfilled its mission1 retired with honor 7and mayhap taught me more than it has others71 only to reappear in due season4 ,the knowledge that ,i have gleaned from its fruitage is1 that intensely contemplating personality impedes spiritual growth2 even #be as holding in mind the consciousness of disease prevents the recovery of the sick4 ,christian ,science is taught through its divine ,prin- ciple1 which is invisible to corporeal sense4 ,a material human likeness is the antipode of man in the image and #cj likeness of ,god4 ,hence1 a finite person is not the model for a metaphysician4 ,i earnestly advise all ,christian ,scientists to remove from their observation or study ,page #cji4 the personal sense of any one1 and not to dwell in thought #a upon their own or others' corporeality1 either as good or evil4 ,according to ,christian ,science1 material personality is an error in premise1 and must result in erroneous con- #e clusions4 ,all will agree with me that material portraiture often fails to express even mortal man1 and this declares its unfitness for fable or fact to build upon4 ,the face of ,jesus has uniformly been so unnaturally delineated that it has turned many from the true con- #aj templation of his character4 ,he advances most in divine ,science who meditates most on infinite spiritual sub- stance and intelligence4 ,experience proves this true4 ,pondering on the finite personality of ,jesus1 the son of man1 is not the channel through which we reach the #ae ,christ1 or ,son of ,god1 the true idea of man's divine ,principle4 ,i warn students against falling into the error of anti- ,christ4 ,the consciousness of corporeality1 and what- ever is connected therewith1 must be outgrown4 ,corporeal #bj falsities include all obstacles to health1 holiness1 and heaven4 ,man's individual life is infinitely above a bodily form of existence1 and the human concept an- tagonizes the divine4 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 on page #bbi1 third and fourth para- #be graphs1 elucidates this topic47#e7 ,my ,christmas poem and its illustrations are not a text- book4 ,scientists sometimes take things too intensely4 ,let them soberly adhere to the ,bible and ,science and ,health1 which contain all and much more than they #cj have yet learned4 ,we should prohibit ourselves the ,page #caj4 childish pleasure of studying ,truth through the senses1 #a for this is neither the intent of my works nor possible in ,science4 ,even the teachings of ,jesus would be misused by sub- stituting personality for the ,christ1 or the impersonal #e form of ,truth1 amplified in this age by the discovery of ,christian ,science4 ,to impersonalize scientifically the material sense of existence--rather than cling to per- sonality--is the lesson of to-day4 ,a ,card ,my answer to manifold letters relative to the return of members that have gone out of ,the ,first ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist1 in ,boston1 is this3 ,while my affec- tions plead for all and every one1 and my desire is that all shall be redeemed1 ,i am not unmindful that the ,scrip- #ae tures enjoin1 8,let all things be done decently and in order40 ,to continue one's connection with this church1 or to regain it1 one must comply with the church rules4 ,all who desire its fellowship1 and to become members of it1 #bj must send in their petitions to this effect to the ,clerk of the church2 and upon a meeting being called1 the ,first ,members will determine the action of the church on this subject4 ,overflowing ,thoughts ,in this receding year of religious jubilee1 #ahid1 ,i as #bf an individual would cordially invite all persons who have left our fold1 together with those who never have ,page #caa4 been in it1--all who love ,god and keep ,his command- #a ments1--to come and unite with ,the ,mother ,church in ,boston4 ,the true ,christian ,scientists will be welcomed1 greeted as brethren endeavoring to walk with us hand in hand1 as we journey to the celestial city4 #e ,also1 ,i would extend a tender invitation to ,christian ,scientists' students1 those who are ready for the table of our ,lord3 so1 should we follow ,christ's teachings2 so1 bury the dead past2 so1 loving one another1 go forth to the full vintage-time1 exemplifying what we profess4 ,but #aj some of the older members are not quite ready to take this advanced step in the full spirit of that charity which thinketh no evil2 and if it be not taken thus1 it is impracti- cal1 unfruitful1 ,soul-less4 ,my deepest desires and daily labors go to prove that #ae ,i love my enemies and would help all to gain the abiding consciousness of health1 happiness1 and heaven4 ,i hate no one2 and love others more than they can love me4 ,as ,i now understand ,christian ,science1 ,i would as soon harm myself as another2 since by breaking #bj ,christ's command1 8,thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself10 ,i should lose my hope of heaven4 ,the works ,i have written on ,christian ,science con- tain absolute ,truth1 and my necessity was to tell it2 therefore ,i did this even as a surgeon who wounds #be to heal4 ,i was a scribe under orders2 and who can refrain from transcribing what ,god indites1 and ought not that one to take the cup1 drink all of it1 and give thanks8 ,being often reported as saying what never escaped #cj from my lips1 when rehearsing facts concerning others who were reporting false charges1 ,i have been sorry that ,page #cab4 ,i spoke at all1 and wished ,i were wise enough to guard #a against that temptation4 ,oh1 may the love that is talked1 be felt6 and so lived1 that when weighed in the scale of ,god we be not found wanting4 ,love is consistent1 uni- form1 sympathetic1 self-sacrificing1 unutterably kind2 even #e that which lays all upon the altar1 and1 speechless and alone1 bears all burdens1 suffers all inflictions1 endures all piercing for the sake of others1 and for the kingdom of heaven's sake4 ,a ,great ,man ,and ,his ,saying ,hon4 ,charles ,carrol ,bonney1 ,president of the ,world's #aa ,congress ,auxiliary1 in his remarks before that body1 said1 8,no more striking manifestation of the interposi- tion of divine ,providence in human affairs has come in recent years1 than that shown in the raising up of the #ae body of people known as ,christian ,scientists1 who are called to declare the real harmony between religion and ,science1 and to restore the waning faith of many in the verities of the sacred ,scriptures40 ,in honest utterance of veritable history1 and his own #bj spiritual discernment1 this man must have risen above worldly schemes1 human theorems or hypotheses1 to conclusions which reason too supine or misemployed cannot fasten upon4 ,he spake inspired2 he touched a tone of ,truth that will continue to reverberate and renew #be its emphasis throughout the entire centuries1 into the vast forever4 ,page #cac4 ,words ,of ,commendation ,editor of ,the ,christian ,science ,journal3--,permit me to say that your editorial in the ,august number is par excellence4 ,it is a digest of good manners1 morals1 methods1 and #e means4 ,it points to the scientific spiritual molecule1 pearl1 and pinnacle1 that everybody needs4 ,may the ,christlikeness it reflects rest on the dear readers1 and throw the light of penetration on the page2 even as the dawn1 kindling its glories in the east1 lightens earth's #aj landscape4 ,i thank the contributors to ,the ,christian ,science ,journal for their jewels of thought1 so adapted to the hour1 and without ill-humor or hyperbolic tumor4 ,i was impressed by the articles entitled 8,the ,new ,pas- #ae tor10 by ,rev4 ,lanson ,p4 ,norcross1 8,the ,lamp10 by ,walter ,church1 8,the ,temptation10 a poem by ,j4 ,j4 ,rome1 etc4 ,the field waves its white ensign1 the reapers are strong1 the rich sheaves are ripe1 the storehouse is ready3 pray #bj ye therefore the ,god of harvest to send forth more laborers of the excellent sort1 and garner the supplies for a world4 ,church ,and ,school ,humbly1 and1 as ,i believe1 divinely directed1 ,i hereby #be ordain the ,bible1 and 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 to be hereafter the only pastor of ,page #cad4 ,the ,church of ,christ1 ,scientist1 throughout our land #a and in other lands4 ,from this date the ,sunday services of our denomina- tion shall be conducted by ,readers in lieu of pastors4 ,each church1 or society formed for ,sunday worship1 #e shall elect two ,readers3 a male1 and a female4 ,one of these individuals shall open the meeting by reading the hymns1 and chapter 7or portion of the chapter7 in the ,bible1 lead in silent prayer1 and repeat in concert with the congregation the ,lord's ,prayer4 ,also1 this ,first #aj ,reader shall give out any notices from the pulpit1 shall read the ,scriptures indicated in the ,sunday ,school ,les- son of the ,christian ,science ,quarterly1 and shall pro- nounce the benediction4 ,the ,first ,reader shall read from my book1 8,science #ae and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 alternately in response to the congregation1 the spiritual interpreta- tion of the ,lord's ,prayer2 also1 shall read all the selec- tions from ,science and ,health referred to in the ,sunday ,lessons4 #bj ,the ,reader of the ,scriptures shall name1 at each reading1 the book1 chapter1 and verses4 ,the ,reader of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 shall commence by announcing the full title of this book1 with the name of its author1 and add to this announcement1 #be 8the ,christian ,science textbook40 ,it is unnecessary to repeat the title or page4 ,this form shall also be observed at the ,communion service2 the selections from both the ,bible and the ,christian ,science textbook shall be taken from the ,quarterly1 as heretofore1 and this ,lesson shall #cj be such as is adapted to that service4 ,on the first ,sunday of each month1 except ,communion ,sunday1 a sermon ,page #cae4 shall be preached to the children1 from selections taken #a from the ,scriptures and ,science and ,health1 especially adapted to the occasion1 and read after the manner of the ,sunday service4 ,the children's service shall be held on the ,sunday following ,communion ,day4 #e ,no copies from my books are allowed to be written1 and read from manuscripts1 either in private or in pub- lic assemblies1 except by their author4 ,christian ,scientists1 all over the world1 who are let- terly fit and specially spiritually fitted for teachers1 can #aj teach annually three classes only4 ,they shall teach from the ,christian ,science textbook4 ,each class shall consist of not over thirty-three students1 carefully selected1 and only of such as have promising proclivities toward ,christian ,science4 ,the teacher shall hold himself mor- #ae ally obligated to look after the welfare of his students1 not only through class term1 but after it2 and to watch well that they prove sound in sentiment1 health1 and practical ,christian ,science4 ,teaching ,christian ,science shall be no question of #bj money1 but of morals and of uplifting the race4 ,teachers shall form associations for this purpose2 and for the first few years1 convene as often as once in three months4 ,teachers shall not silently mentally address the thought1 to handle it1 nor allow their students to do thus1 except #be the individual needing it asks for mental treatment4 ,they shall steadily and patiently strive to educate their students in conformity to the unerring wisdom and law of ,god1 and shall enjoin upon them habitually to study ,his revealed ,word1 the ,scriptures1 and 8,science and #cj ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,they shall teach their students how to defend them- ,page #caf4 selves against mental malpractice1 but never to return #a evil for evil2 never to attack the malpractitioner1 but to know the truth that makes free1--and so to be a law not unto others1 but themselves4 ,class1 ,pulpit1 ,students' ,students ,when will you take a class in ,christian ,science or #f speak to your church in ,boston8 is often asked4 ,i shall speak to my dear church at ,boston very seldom4 ,the ,mother ,church must be self-sustained by ,god4 ,the date of a class in ,christian ,science should depend #aj on the fitness of things1 the tide which flows heavenward1 the hour best for the student4 ,until minds become less worldly-minded1 and depart farther from the primitives of the race1 and have profited up to their present capac- ity from the written word1 they are not ready for the #ae word spoken at this date4 ,my juniors can tell others what they know1 and turn them slowly toward the haven4 ,imperative1 accumula- tive1 sweet demands rest on my retirement from life's bustle4 ,what1 then1 of continual recapitulation of tired #bj aphorisms and disappointed ethics2 of patching breaches widened the next hour2 of pounding wisdom and love into sounding brass2 of warming marble and quench- ing volcanoes6 ,before entering the ,massachusetts ,meta- physical ,college1 had my students achieved the point #be whence they could have derived most benefit from their pupilage1 to-day there would be on earth paragons of ,christianity1 patterns of humility1 wisdom1 and might for the world4 ,page #cag4 ,to the students whom ,i have not seen that ask1 8,may #a ,i call you mother80 my heart replies1 ,yes1 if you are doing ,god's work4 ,when born of ,truth and ,love1 we are all of one kindred4 ,the hour has struck for ,christian ,scientists to do their #e own work2 to appreciate the signs of the times2 to dem- onstrate self-knowledge and self-government2 and to demonstrate1 as this period demands1 over all sin1 disease1 and death4 ,the dear ones whom ,i would have great pleasure in instructing1 know that the door to my teaching #aj was shut when my ,college closed4 ,again1 it is not absolutely requisite for some people to be taught in a class1 for they can learn by spiritual growth and by the study of what is written4 ,scarcely a moiety1 compared with the whole of the ,scriptures and #ae the ,christian ,science textbook1 is yet assimilated spirit- ually by the most faithful seekers2 yet this assimilation is indispensable to the progress of every ,christian ,scientist4 ,these considerations prompt my answers to the above questions4 ,human desire is inadequate to adjust the #bj balance on subjects of such earnest import4 ,these words of our ,master explain this hour3 8,what ,i do thou knowest not now2 but thou shalt know hereafter40 ,my sympathies are deeply enlisted for the students of students2 having already seen in many instances their #be talents1 culture1 and singleness of purpose to uplift the race4 ,such students should not pay the penalty for other people's faults2 and divine ,love will open the way for them4 ,my soul abhors injustice1 and loves mercy4 ,st4 ,john writes3 8,whom ,god hath sent speaketh #cj the words of ,god3 for ,god giveth not the ,spirit by meas- ure unto him40 ,page #cah4 ,my ,students ,and ,thy ,students ,mine and thine are obsolete terms in absolute ,christian #b ,science1 wherein and whereby the universal brotherhood of man is stated and demands to be demonstrated4 ,i have a large affection1 not alone for my students1 but for thy #e students1--for students of the second generation4 ,i can- not but love some of those devoted students better than some of mine who are less lovable or ,christly4 ,this natural affection for goodness must go on ad libitum unto the third and fourth and final generation of those who #aj love ,god and keep ,his commandments4 ,hence the following is an amendment of the paragraph on page #dg7f7 of 8,retrospection and ,introspection03-- ,any student1 having received instructions in a ,primary class from me1 or from a loyal student of ,christian ,science1 #ae and afterwards studied thoroughly 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 can enter upon the gospel work of teaching ,christian ,science1 and so fulfil the command of ,christ4 ,before entering this sacred field of labor1 the student must have studied faithfully the latest edi- #bj tions of my works1 and be a good ,bible scholar and a devout1 consecrated ,christian4 ,these are the indispensable demands on all those who become teachers4 ,unseen ,sin ,two points of danger beset mankind2 namely1 making #bf sin seem either too large or too little3 if too large1 we ,page #cai4 are in the darkness of all the ages1 wherein the true sense #a of the unity of good and the unreality of evil is lost4 ,if good is ,god1 even as ,god is good1 then good and evil can neither be coeval nor coequal1 for ,god is ,all-in- all4 ,this closes the argument of aught besides ,him1 aught #e else than good4 ,if the sense of sin is too little1 mortals are in danger of not seeing their own belief in sin1 but of seeing too keenly their neighbor's4 ,then they are beset with egotism and hypocrisy4 ,here ,christian ,scientists must #aj be most watchful4 ,their habit of mental and audible protest against the reality of sin1 tends to make sin less or more to them than to other people4 ,they must either be overcoming sin in themselves1 or they must not lose sight of sin2 else they are self-deceived sinners of the #ae worst sort4 ,a ,word ,to ,the ,wise ,will all the dear ,christian ,scientists accept my tender greetings for the forthcoming holidays1 and grant me this request1--let the present season pass without one #bj gift to me4 ,our church edifice must be built in #ahid4 ,take thither thy saintly offerings1 and lay them in the outstretched hand of ,god4 ,the object to be won affords ample oppor- tunity for the grandest achievement to which ,christian #be ,scientists can direct attention1 and feel themselves alone among the stars4 ,no doubt must intervene between the promise and event2 faith and resolve are friends to ,truth2 seize them1 ,page #cbj4 trust the divine ,providence1 push upward our prayer in #a stone1--and ,god will give the benediction4 ,christmas ,this interesting day1 crowned with the history of ,truth's idea1--its earthly advent and nativity1--is #e especially dear to the heart of ,christian ,scientists2 to whom ,christ's appearing in a fuller sense is so precious1 and fraught with divine benedictions for mankind4 ,the star that looked lovingly down on the manger of our ,lord1 lends its resplendent light to this hour3 the #aj light of ,truth1 to cheer1 guide1 and bless man as he reaches forth for the infant idea of divine perfection dawning upon human imperfection1--that calms man's fears1 bears his burdens1 beckons him on to ,truth and ,love and the sweet immunity these bring from sin1 sick- #ae ness1 and death4 ,this polar star1 fixed in the heavens of divine ,science1 shall be the sign of his appearing who 8healeth all our diseases20 it hath traversed night1 wading through darkness and gloom1 on to glory4 ,it doth meet the #bj antagonism of error2 addressing to dull ears and undis- ciplined beliefs words of ,truth and ,life4 ,the star of ,bethlehem is the star of ,boston1 high in the zenith of ,truth's domain1 that looketh down on the long night of human beliefs1 to pierce the darkness and #be melt into dawn4 ,the star of ,bethlehem is the light of all ages2 is the light of ,love1 to-day christening religion undefiled1 divine ,science2 giving to it a new name1 and the white stone in token of purity and permanence4 #cj ,page #cba4 ,the wise men follow this guiding star2 the watchful #a shepherd chants his welcome over the cradle of a great truth1 and saith1 8,unto us a child is born10 whose birth is less of a miracle than eighteen centuries ago2 and 8his name shall be called ,wonderful1 ,counsellor1 ,the mighty #e ,god1 ,the everlasting ,father1 ,the ,prince of ,peace40 ,my heart is filled with joy1 that each receding year sees the steady gain of ,truth's idea in ,christian ,science2 that each recurring year witnesses the balance adjusted more on the side of ,god1 the supremacy of ,spirit2 as shown #aj by the triumphs of ,truth over error1 of health over sick- ness1 of ,life over death1 and of ,soul over sense4 8,the hour cometh1 and now is1 when the true wor- shippers shall worship the ,father in spirit and in truth40 8,for the law of the ,spirit of life in ,christ ,jesus hath made #ae me free from the law of sin and death40 8,fear not1 little flock2 for it is your ,father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom40 ,press on1 press on6 ye sons of light1 ,untiring in your holy fight1 #bj ,still treading each temptation down1 ,and battling for a brighter crown4 ,card ,in reply to all invitations from ,chicago to share the hospitality of their beautiful homes at any time during #be the great wonder of the world1 the ,world's ,fair1 ,i say1 ,do not expect me4 ,i have no desire to see or to hear what is to be offered upon this approaching occasion4 ,i have a world of wisdom and ,love to contemplate1 that concerns me1 and you1 infinitely beyond all earthly #cj ,page #cbb4 expositions or exhibitions4 ,in return for your kindness1 #a ,i earnestly invite you to its contemplation with me1 and to preparation to behold it4 ,message ,to ,the ,mother ,church ,beloved ,brethren3--,people coming from a distance #e expecting to hear me speak in ,the ,mother ,church1 are frequently disappointed4 ,to avoid this1 ,i may here- after notify the ,directors when ,i shall be present to address this congregation1 and the ,clerk of the church can inform correspondents4 ,your dual and impersonal #aj pastor1 the ,bible1 and 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 is with you2 and the ,life these give1 the ,truth they illustrate1 the ,love they demonstrate1 is the great ,shepherd that feedeth my flock1 and leadeth them 8beside the still waters40 ,by any personal pres- #ae ence1 or word of mine1 your thought must not be diverted or diverged1 your senses satisfied1 or self be justified4 ,therefore1 beloved1 my often-coming is unnecessary2 for1 though ,i be present or absent1 it is ,god that feed- eth the hungry heart1 that giveth grace for grace1 that #bj healeth the sick and cleanseth the sinner4 ,for this consummation ,he hath given you ,christian ,science1 and my past poor labors and love4 ,he hath shown you the amplitude of ,his mercy1 the justice of ,his judgment1 the omnipotence of ,his love2 and this1 to compensate #be your zealous affection for seeking good1 and for labor- ing in its widening grooves from the infinitesimal to the infinite4 ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,the ,,fruit ,,of ,,spirit ,page #cbc4 ,an ,allegory ,picture to yourself 8a city set upon a hill10 a #b celestial city above all clouds1 in serene azure and unfathomable glory3 having no temple therein1 for ,god is the temple thereof2 nor need of the sun1 neither of the #e moon1 for ,god doth lighten it4 ,then from this sacred summit behold a ,stranger wending his way downward1 to where a few laborers in a valley at the foot of the moun- tain are working and watching for his coming4 ,the descent and ascent are beset with peril1 priva- #aj tion1 temptation1 toil1 suffering4 ,venomous serpents hide among the rocks1 beasts of prey prowl in the path1 wolves in sheep's clothing are ready to devour2 but the ,stranger meets and masters their secret and open attacks with serene confidence4 #ae ,the ,stranger eventually stands in the valley at the foot of the mountain4 ,he saith unto the patient toilers therein3 8,what do ye here8 ,would ye ascend the moun- tain1--climbing its rough cliffs1 hushing the hissing serpents1 taming the beasts of prey1--and bathe in its #bj streams1 rest in its cool grottos1 and drink from its living fountains8 ,the way winds and widens in the valley2 up the hill it is straight and narrow1 and few there be that find it40 ,page #cbd4 ,his converse with the watchers and workers in the #a valley closes1 and he makes his way into the streets of a city made with hands4 ,pausing at the threshold of a palatial dwelling1 he knocks and waits4 ,the door is shut4 ,he hears the #e sounds of festivity and mirth2 youth1 manhood1 and age gayly tread the gorgeously tapestried parlors1 dancing- halls1 and banquet-rooms4 ,but a little while1 and the music is dull1 the wine is unsipped1 the footfalls abate1 the laughter ceases4 ,then from the window of this dwel- #aj ling a face looks out1 anxiously surveying him who waiteth at the door4 ,within this mortal mansion are adulterers1 fornicators1 idolaters2 drunkenness1 witchcraft1 variance1 envy1 emu- lation1 hatred1 wrath1 murder4 ,appetites and passions #ae have so dimmed their sight that he alone who looks from that dwelling1 through the clearer pane of his own heart tired of sin1 can see the ,stranger4 ,startled beyond measure at beholding him1 this mortal inmate withdraws2 but growing more and more troubled1 #bj he seeks to leave the odious company and the cruel walls1 and to find the ,stranger4 ,stealing cautiously away from his comrades1 he departs2 then turns back1--he is afraid to go on and to meet the ,stranger4 ,so he returns to the house1 only to find the lights all wasted and the music #be fled4 ,finding no happiness within1 he rushes again into the lonely streets1 seeking peace but finding none4 ,naked1 hungry1 athirst1 this time he struggles on1 and at length reaches the pleasant path of the valley at the foot of the mountain1 whence he may hopefully look for #cj the reappearance of the ,stranger1 and receive his heavenly guidance4 ,page #cbe4 ,the ,stranger enters a massive carved stone mansion1 #a and saith unto the dwellers therein1 8,blessed are the poor in spirit3 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven40 ,but they understand not his saying4 ,these are believers of different sects1 and of no sect2 #e some1 so-called ,christian ,scientists in sheep's clothing2 and all 8drunken without wine40 ,they have small con- ceptions of spiritual riches1 few cravings for the immortal1 but are puffed up with the applause of the world3 they have plenty of pelf1 and fear not to fall upon the ,stranger1 #aj seize his pearls1 throw them away1 and afterwards try to kill him4 ,somewhat disheartened1 he patiently seeks another dwelling1--only to find its inmates asleep at noontide6 ,robust forms1 with manly brow nodding on cushioned #ae chairs1 their feet resting on footstools1 or1 flat on their backs1 lie stretched on the floor1 dreaming away the hours4 ,balancing on one foot1 with eyes half open1 the porter starts up in blank amazement and looks at the ,stranger1 calls out1 rubs his eyes1--amazed beyond #bj measure that anybody is animated with a purpose1 and seen working for it6 ,they in this house are those that 8provoke ,him in the wilderness1 and grieve ,him in the desert40 ,away from this charnel-house of the so-called living1 the ,stranger #be turns quickly1 and wipes off the dust from his feet as a testimony against sensualism in its myriad forms4 ,as he departs1 he sees robbers finding ready ingress to that dwelling of sleepers in the midst of murderous hordes1 without watchers and the doors unbarred6 #cj ,next he enters a place of worship1 and saith unto them1 8,go ye into all the world2 preach the gospel1 heal the ,page #cbf4 sick1 cast out devils1 raise the dead2 for the ,scripture #a saith the law of the ,spirit of life in ,christ ,jesus hath made you free from the law of sin and death40 ,and they cast him out4 ,once more he seeks the dwelling-place of mortals and #e knocks loudly4 ,the door is burst open1 and sufferers shriek for help3 that house is on fire6 ,the flames caught in the dwelling of luxury1 where the blind saw them not1 but the flesh at length did feel them2 thence they spread to the house of slumberers who heeded them not1 until #aj they became unmanageable2 fed by the fat of hypocrisy and vainglory1 they consumed the next dwelling2 then crept unseen into the synagogue1 licking up the blood of martyrs and wrapping their altars in ruins4 8,god is a consuming fire40 #ae ,thus are all mortals1 under every hue of circumstances1 driven out of their houses of clay and1 homeless wan- derers in a beleaguered city1 forced to seek the ,father's house1 if they would be led to the valley and up the mount4 #bj ,seeing the wisdom of withdrawing from those who persistently rejected him1 the ,stranger returned to the valley2 first1 to meet with joy his own1 to wash their feet1 and take them up the mountain4 ,well might this heavenly messenger exclaim1 8,o ,jerusalem1 ,jerusalem1 #be thou that killest the prophets1 and stonest them which are sent unto thee1444 ,behold1 your house is left unto you desolate40 ,discerning in his path the penitent one who had groped his way from the dwelling of luxury1 the ,stranger saith #cj unto him1 8,wherefore comest thou hither80 ,he answered1 8,the sight of thee unveiled my sins1 and ,page #cbg4 turned my misnamed joys to sorrow4 ,when ,i went back #a into the house to take something out of it1 my misery increased2 so ,i came hither1 hoping that ,i might follow thee whithersoever thou goest40 ,and the ,stranger saith unto him1 8,wilt thou climb #e the mountain1 and take nothing of thine own with thee80 ,he answered1 8,i will40 8,then10 saith the ,stranger1 8thou hast chosen the good part2 follow me40 ,many there were who had entered the valley to specu- #aj late in worldly policy1 religion1 politics1 finance1 and to search for wealth and fame4 ,these had heavy baggage of their own1 and insisted upon taking all of it with them1 which must greatly hinder their ascent4 ,the journey commences4 ,the encumbered travellers #ae halt and disagree4 ,they stoutly belay those who1 hav- ing less baggage1 ascend faster than themselves1 and betimes burden them with their own4 ,despairing of gaining the summit1 loaded as they are1 they conclude to stop and lay down a few of the heavy weights1--but #bj only to take them up again1 more than ever determined not to part with their baggage4 ,all this time the ,stranger is pointing the way1 show- ing them their folly1 rebuking their pride1 consoling their afflictions1 and helping them on1 saying1 8,he that loseth #be his life for my sake1 shall find it40 ,obstinately holding themselves back1 and sore-footed1 they fall behind and lose sight of their guide2 when1 stumbling and grumbling1 and fighting each other1 they plunge headlong over the jagged rocks4 #cj ,then he who has no baggage goes back and kindly binds up their wounds1 wipes away the blood stains1 and ,page #cbh4 would help them on2 but suddenly the ,stranger shouts1 #a 8,let them alone2 they must learn from the things they suffer4 ,make thine own way2 and if thou strayest1 listen for the mountain-horn1 and it will call thee back to the path that goeth upward40 #e ,dear reader1 dost thou suspect that the valley is hu- mility1 that the mountain is heaven-crowned ,christianity1 and the ,stranger the ever-present ,christ1 the spiritual idea which from the summit of bliss surveys the vale of the flesh1 to burst the bubbles of earth with a breath of #aj heaven1 and acquaint sensual mortals with the mystery of godliness1--unchanging1 unquenchable ,love8 ,hast not thou heard this ,christ knock at the door of thine own heart1 and closed it against ,truth1 to 8eat and drink with the drunken08 ,hast thou been driven by suffer- #ae ing to the foot of the mount1 but earth-bound1 burdened by pride1 sin1 and self1 hast thou turned back1 stumbled1 and wandered away8 ,or hast thou tarried in the habita- tion of the senses1 pleased and stupefied1 until wakened through the baptism of fire8 #bj ,he alone ascends the hill of ,christian ,science who follows the ,way-shower1 the spiritual presence and idea of ,god4 ,whatever obstructs the way1--causing to stumble1 fall1 or faint1 those mortals who are striving to enter the path1--divine ,love will remove2 and up- #be lift the fallen and strengthen the weak4 ,therefore1 give up thy earth-weights2 and observe the apostle's admoni- tion1 8,forgetting those things which are behind1 and reaching forth unto those which are before40 ,then1 loving ,god supremely and thy neighbor as thyself1 thou #cj wilt safely bear thy cross up to the throne of everlasting glory4 ,page #cbi4 ,voices ,of ,spring ,mine is an obstinate penchant for nature in all her #b moods and forms1 a satisfaction with whatever is hers4 ,and what shall this be named1 a weakness1 or a-- virtue8 #e ,in spring1 nature like a thrifty housewife sets the earth in order2 and between taking up the white carpets and putting down the green ones1 her various apartments are dismally dirty4 ,spring is my sweetheart1 whose voices are sad or glad1 #aj even as the heart may be2 restoring in memory the sweet rhythm of unforgotten harmonies1 or touching tenderly its tearful tones4 ,spring passes over mountain and meadow1 waking up the world2 weaving the wavy grass1 nursing the timid #ae spray1 stirring the soft breeze2 rippling all nature in ceaseless flow1 with 8breath all odor and cheek all bloom40 ,whatever else droops1 spring is gay3 her little feet trip lightly on1 turning up the daisies1 paddling the water- cresses1 rocking the oriole's cradle2 challenging the sed- #bj entary shadows to activity1 and the streams to race for the sea4 ,her dainty fingers put the fur cap on pussy-willow1 paint in pink the petals of arbutus1 and sweep in soft strains her ,orphean lyre4 8,the voice of the turtle is heard in our land40 ,the snow-bird that tarried through #be the storm1 now chirps to the breeze2 the cuckoo sounds her invisible lute1 calling the feathered tribe back to their summer homes4 ,old robin1 though stricken to the heart with winter's snow1 prophesies of fair earth and sunny skies4 ,the brooklet sings melting murmurs to merry #cj ,page #ccj4 meadows2 the leaves clap their hands1 and the winds #a make melody through dark pine groves4 ,what is the anthem of human life8 ,has love ceased to moan over the new-made grave1 and1 looking upward1 does it patiently pray for the per- #e petual springtide wherein no arrow wounds the dove8 ,human hope and faith should join in nature's grand har- mony1 and1 if on minor key1 make music in the heart4 ,and man1 more friendly1 should call his race as gently to the springtide of ,christ's dear love4 ,st4 ,paul wrote1 #aj 8,rejoice in the ,lord always40 ,and why not1 since man's possibilities are infinite1 bliss is eternal1 and the conscious- ness thereof is here and now8 ,the alders bend over the streams to shake out their tresses in the water-mirrors2 let mortals bow before the #ae creator1 and1 looking through ,love's transparency1 behold man in ,god's own image and likeness1 arranging in the beauty of holiness each budding thought4 ,it is good to talk with our past hours1 and learn what report they bear1 and how they might have reported more spirit- #bj ual growth4 ,with each returning year1 higher joys1 holier aims1 a purer peace and diviner energy1 should freshen the fragrance of being4 ,nature's first and last lessons teach man to be kind1 and even pride should sanction what our natures need4 ,popularity1--what is #be it8 ,a mere mendicant that boasts and begs1 and ,god denies charity4 ,when gentle violet lifts its blue eye to heaven1 and crown imperial unveils its regal splendor to the sun2 when the modest grass1 inhabiting the whole earth1 stoops #cj meekly before the blast2 when the patient corn waits on the elements to put forth its slender blade1 construct ,page #cca4 the stalk1 instruct the ear1 and crown the full corn in the #a ear1--then1 are mortals looking up1 waiting on ,god1 and committing their way unto ,him who tosses earth's mass of wonders into their hands8 ,when downtrodden like the grass1 did it make them humble1 loving1 obedi- #e ent1 full of good odor1 and cause them to wait patiently on ,god for man's rich heritage1--8dominion over all the earth08 ,thus abiding in ,truth1 the warmth and sunlight of prayer and praise and understanding will ripen the fruits of ,spirit1 and goodness will have its spring- #aj tide of freedom and greatness4 ,when the white-winged dove feeds her callow brood1 nestles them under her wings1 and1 in tones tremulous with tenderness1 calls them to her breast1 do mortals remember their cradle hymns1 and thank ,god for those #ae redemptive words from a mother's lips which taught them the ,lord's ,prayer8 ,o gentle presence1 peace and joy and power2 ,o ,life divine1 that owns each waiting hour2 ,thou ,love that guards the nestling's faltering flight6 #bj ,keep ,thou my child on upward wing to-night4 ,midst the falling leaves of old-time faiths1 above the frozen crust of creed and dogma1 the divine ,mind-force1 filling all space and having all power1 upheaves the earth4 ,in sacred solitude divine ,science evolved nature as thought1 #be and thought as things4 ,this supreme potential ,principle reigns in the realm of the real1 and is 8,god with us10 the ,i ,,am4 ,as mortals awake from their dream of material sen- sation1 this adorable1 all-inclusive ,god1 and all earth's #cj hieroglyphics of ,love1 are understood2 and infinite ,mind ,page #ccb4 is seen kindling the stars1 rolling the worlds1 reflecting #a all space and ,life1--but not life in matter4 ,wisely governing1 informing the universe1 this ,mind is ,truth1-- not laws of matter4 ,infinitely just1 merciful1 and wise1 this ,mind is ,love1--but not fallible love4 #e ,spring is here6 and doors that closed on ,christian ,science in 8the long winter of our discontent10 are open flung4 ,its seedtime has come to enrich earth and en- robe man in righteousness2 may its sober-suited autumn follow with hues of heaven1 ripened sheaves1 and harvest #aj songs4 8,where ,art ,thou80 ,in the allegory of ,genesis1 third chapter and ninth verse1 two mortals1 walking in the cool of the day midst the stately palms1 many-hued blossoms1 perfume-laden #ae breezes1 and crystal streams of the ,orient1 pondered the things of man and ,god4 ,a sense of evil is supposed to have spoken1 been listened to1 and afterwards to have formed an evil sense that blinded the eyes of reason1 masked with deformity the #bj glories of revelation1 and shamed the face of mortals4 ,what was this sense8 ,error versus ,truth3 first1 a supposition2 second1 a false belief2 third1 suffering2 fourth1 death4 ,is man the supposer1 false believer1 sufferer8 #be ,not man1 but a mortal--the antipode of immortal man4 ,supposing1 false believing1 suffering are not fac- ulties of ,mind1 but are qualities of error4 ,the supposition is1 that ,god and ,his idea are not all- power2 that there is something besides ,him2 that this #cj ,page #ccc4 something is intelligent matter2 that sin--yea1 self- #a hood--is apart from ,god1 where pleasure and pain1 good and evil1 life and death1 commingle1 and are for- ever at strife2 even that every ray of ,truth1 of infinity1 omnipotence1 omnipresence1 goodness1 could be absorbed #e in error6 ,god cannot be obscured1 and this renders error a palpable falsity1 yea1 nothingness2 on the basis that black is not a color because it absorbs all the rays of light4 ,the 8,alpha and ,omega0 of ,christian ,science voices #aj this question3 ,where do we hold intelligence to be8 ,is it in both evil and good1 in matter as well as ,spirit8 ,if so1 we are literally and practically denying that ,god1 good1 is supreme1 all power and presence1 and are turn- ing away from the only living and true ,god1 to 8lords #ae many and gods many40 ,where art thou1 ,o mortal6 who turnest away from the divine source of being1--calling on matter to work out the problem of ,mind1 to aid in understanding and securing the sweet harmonies of ,spirit that relate to the #bj universe1 including man8 ,paul asked3 8,what communion hath light with dark- ness8 ,and what concord hath ,christ with ,belial80 ,the worshippers of ,baal worshipped the sun4 ,they believed that something besides ,god had authority and power1 #be could heal and bless2 that ,god wrought through matter --by means of that which does not reflect ,him in a single quality or quantity6--the grand realities of ,mind1 thus to exemplify the power of ,truth and ,love4 ,the ancient ,chaldee hung his destiny out upon the #cj heavens2 but ancient or modern ,christians1 instructed in divine ,science1 know that the prophet better understood ,page #ccd4 ,him who said3 8,he doeth according to ,his will in the #a army of heaven1 and among the inhabitants of the earth2 and none can stay ,his hand1 or say unto ,him1 ,what doest ,thou80 ,astrology is well in its place1 but this place is second- #e ary4 ,necromancy has no foundation1--in fact1 no intelligence2 and the belief that it has1 deceives itself4 ,whatever simulates power and ,truth in matter1 does this as a lie declaring itself1 that mortals' faith in matter may have the effect of power2 but when the whole fabrication #aj is found to be a lie1 away goes all its supposed power and prestige4 ,why do ,christian ,scientists treat disease as disease1 since there is no disease8 ,this is done only as one gives the lie to a lie2 because #ae it is a lie1 without one word of ,truth in it4 ,you must find error to be nothing3 then1 and only then1 do you handle it in ,science4 ,the diabolism of suppositional evil at work in the name of good1 is a lie of the highest degree of nothingness3 just reduce this falsity to its proper #bj denomination1 and you have done with it4 ,how shall we treat a negation1 or error--by means of matter1 or ,mind8 ,is matter ,truth8 ,no6 ,then it cannot antidote error4 ,can belief destroy belief8 ,no3 understanding is re- #be quired to do this4 ,by the substitution of ,truth demon- strated1 ,science remedies the ills of material beliefs4 ,because ,i have uncovered evil1 and dis-covered for you divine ,science1 which saith1 8,be not overcome of evil1 but overcome evil with good10 and you have not loved sufficiently to understand this ,golden ,rule and demonstrate the might of perfect ,love that casteth out ,page #cce4 all fear1 shall you turn away from this divine ,principle #a to graven images8 ,remember the ,scripture3-- 8,but and if that evil servant shall say in his heart1 ,my lord delayeth his coming20 8,and shall begin to smite his fellow-servants1 and to #e eat and drink with the drunken2 8,the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him1 and in an hour that he is not aware of1 8,and shall cut him asunder1 and appoint him his por- #aj tion with the hypocrites40 ,one mercilessly assails me for opposing the subtle lie1 others charge upon me with full-fledged invective for1 as they say1 having too much charity2 but neither moves me from the path made luminous by divine ,love4 #ae ,in my public works ,i lay bare the ability1 in belief1 of evil to break the ,decalogue1--to murder1 steal1 commit adultery1 and so on4 ,those who deny my wisdom or right to expose error1 are either willing participants in wrong1 afraid of its supposed power1 or ignorant of it4 #bj ,the notion that one is covering iniquity by asserting its nothingness1 is a fault of zealots1 who1 like ,peter1 sleep when the ,watcher bids them watch1 and when the hour of trial comes would cut off somebody's ears4 ,such people say1 8,would you have me get out of a burning #be house1 or stay in it80 ,i would have you already out1 and know that you are out2 also1 to remember the ,scripture concerning those who do evil that good may come1--8whose damnation is just20 and that whoso departeth from divine ,science1 #cj seeking power or good aside from ,god1 has done himself harm4 ,page #ccf4 ,mind is supreme3 ,love is the master of hate2 ,truth1 #a the victor over a lie4 ,hath not ,science voiced this les- son to you1--that evil is powerless1 that a lie is never true8 ,it is your province to wrestle with error1 to handle the serpent and bruise its head2 but you cannot1 as a #e ,christian ,scientist1 resort to stones and clubs1--yea1 to matter1--to kill the serpent of a material mind4 ,do you love that which represents ,god most1 ,his highest idea as seen to-day8 ,no6 ,then you would hate ,jesus if you saw him personally1 #aj and knew your right obligations towards him4 ,he would insist on the rule and demonstration of divine ,science3 even that you first cast out your own dislike and hatred of ,god's idea1--the beam in your own eye that hinders your seeing clearly how to cast the mote of evil out of #ae other eyes4 ,you cannot demonstrate the ,principle of ,christian ,science and not love its idea3 we gather not grapes of thorns1 nor figs of thistles4 ,where art thou8 ,divine ,science ,what is it but another name for ,christian ,science1 #ba the cognomen of all true religion1 the quintessence of ,christianity1 that heals disease and sin and destroys death6 ,part and parcel of ,truth and ,love1 wherever one ray of its effulgence looks in upon the heart1 behold #be a better man1 woman1 or child4 ,science is the fiat of divine intelligence1 which1 hoary with eternity1 touches time only to take away its frailty4 ,that it rests on everlasting foundations1 the sequence proves4 #cj ,page #ccg4 ,have ,i discovered and founded at this period ,chris- #a tian ,science1 that which reveals the truth of ,love1--is the question4 ,and how can you be certain of so momentous an affirmative8 ,by proving its effect on yourself to be-- #e divine4 ,what is the ,principle and rule of ,christian ,science8 ,infinite query6 ,wonder in heaven and on earth1-- who shall say8 ,the immaculate ,son of the ,blessed has spoken of them as the ,golden ,rule and its ,principle1 #aj ,god who is ,love4 ,listen1 and he illustrates the rule3 8,jesus called a little child unto him1 and set him in the midst of them1 and said1444 ,whosoever 444 shall humble himself as this little child1 the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven40 #ae ,harmony is heaven4 ,science brings out harmony2 but this harmony is not understood unless it produces a growing affection for all good1 and consequent disaffec- tion for all evil1 hypocrisy1 evil-speaking1 lust1 envy1 hate4 ,where these exist1 ,christian ,science has no sure foot- #bj hold3 they obscure its divine element1 and thus seem to extinguish it4 ,even the life of ,jesus was belittled and belied by personalities possessing these defacing de- formities4 ,only the devout ,marys1 and such as lived according to his precepts1 understood the concrete char- #be acter of him who taught--by the wayside1 in humble homes1 to itching ears and to dull disciples--the words of ,life4 ,the ineffable ,life and light which he reflected through divine ,science is again reproduced in the character which #cj sensualism1 as heretofore1 would hide or besmear4 ,sin of any sort tends to hide from an individual this grand ,page #cch4 verity in ,science1 that the appearing of good in an in- #a dividual involves the disappearing of evil4 ,he who first brings to humanity some great good1 must have gained its height beforehand1 to be able to lift others toward it4 ,i first proved to myself1 not by 8words10--these #e afford no proof1--but by demonstration of ,christian ,science1 that its ,principle is divine4 ,all must go and do likewise4 ,faith illumined by works2 the spiritual understanding which cannot choose but to labor and love2 hope hold- #aj ing steadfastly to good in the midst of seething evil2 charity that suffereth long and is kind1 but cancels not sin until it be destroyed1--these afford the only rule ,i have found which demonstrates ,christian ,science4 ,and remember1 a pure faith in humanity will subject #ae one to deception2 the uses of good1 to abuses from evil2 and calm strength will enrage evil4 ,but the very heavens shall laugh at them1 and move majestically to your defense when the armies of earth press hard upon you4 8,thou must be true thyself1 #bj ,if thou the truth wouldst teach2 ,thy soul must overflow1 if thou ,another's soul wouldst reach2 ,it needs the overflow of heart1 ,to give the lips full speech40 #be 8,think truly1 and thy thoughts ,shall the world's famine feed2 ,speak truly1 and each word of thine ,shall be a fruitful seed2 ,live truly1 and thy life shall be #cj ,a great and noble creed40 ,page #cci4 ,fidelity ,if people would confine their talk to subjects that are #b profitable1 that which ,st4 ,john informs us took place once in heaven1 would happen very frequently on earth1-- silence for the space of half an hour4 #e ,experience is victor1 never the vanquished2 and out of defeat comes the secret of victory4 ,that to-morrow starts from to-day and is one day beyond it1 robes the future with hope's rainbow hues4 ,in the battle of life1 good is made more industrious #aj and persistent because of the supposed activity of evil4 ,the elbowing of the crowd plants our feet more firmly4 ,in the mental collisions of mortals and the strain of in- tellectual wrestlings1 moral tension is tested1 and1 if it yields not1 grows stronger4 ,the past admonishes us3 #ae with finger grim and cold it points to every mortal mistake2 or smiling saith1 8,thou hast been faithful over a few things40 ,art thou a child1 and hast added one furrow to the brow of care8 ,art thou a husband1 and hast pierced #bj the heart venturing its all of happiness to thy keeping8 ,art thou a wife1 and hast bowed the o'erburdened head of thy husband8 ,hast thou a friend1 and forgettest to be grateful8 ,remember1 that for all this thou alone canst and must atone4 ,carelessly or remorselessly thou mayest #be have sent along the ocean of events a wave that will some time flood thy memory1 surge dolefully at the door of con- science1 and pour forth the unavailing tear4 ,change and the grave may part us2 the wisdom that might have blessed the past may come too late4 ,one #cj ,page #cdj4 backward step1 one relinquishment of right in an evil #a hour1 one faithless tarrying1 has torn the laurel from many a brow and repose from many a heart4 ,good is never the reward of evil1 and vice versa4 ,there is no excellence without labor2 and the time to #e work1 is now4 ,only by persistent1 unremitting1 straight- forward toil2 by turning neither to the right nor to the left1 seeking no other pursuit or pleasure than that which cometh from ,god1 can you win and wear the crown of the faithful4 #aj ,that law-school is not at fault which sends forth a barrister who never brings out a brief4 ,why8 ,because he followed agriculture instead of litigation1 forsook ,blackstone for gray stone1 dug into soils instead of delv- ing into suits1 raised potatoes instead of pleas1 and drew #ae up logs instead of leases4 ,he has not been faithful over a few things4 ,is a musician made by his teacher8 ,he makes him- self a musician by practising what he was taught4 ,the conscientious are successful4 ,they follow faithfully2 #bj through evil or through good report1 they work on to the achievement of good2 by patience1 they inherit the prom- ise4 ,be active1 and1 however slow1 thy success is sure3 toil is triumph2 and--thou hast been faithful over a few things4 #be ,the lives of great men and women are miracles of pa- tience and perseverance4 ,every luminary in the constel- lation of human greatness1 like the stars1 comes out in the darkness to shine with the reflected light of ,god4 ,material philosophy1 human ethics1 scholastic theology1 #cj and physics have not sufficiently enlightened mankind4 ,human wrong1 sickness1 sin1 and death still appear in ,page #cda4 mortal belief1 and they never bring out the right action #a of mind or body4 ,when will the whole human race have one ,god1--an undivided affection that leaves the unreal material basis of things1 for the spiritual foundation and superstructure that is real1 right1 and eternal8 #e ,first purify thought1 then put thought into words1 and words into deeds2 and after much slipping and clambering1 you will go up the scale of ,science to the second rule1 and be made ruler over many things4 ,fidelity finds its reward and its strength in exalted purpose4 ,seek- #aj ing is not sufficient whereby to arrive at the results of ,science3 you must strive2 and the glory of the strife comes of honesty and humility4 ,do human hopes deceive8 is joy a trembler8 ,then1 weary pilgrim1 unloose the latchet of thy sandals2 for the #ae place whereon thou standest is sacred4 ,by that1 you may know you are parting with a material sense of life and happiness to win the spiritual sense of good4 ,o learn to lose with ,god6 and you find ,life eternal3 you gain all4 ,to doubt this is implicit treason to divine decree4 #bj ,the parable of 8the ten virgins0 serves to illustrate the evil of inaction and delay4 ,this parable is drawn from the sad history of ,vesta1--a little girl of eight years1 who takes the most solemn vow of celibacy for thirty years1 and is subject to terrible torture if the lamp she #be tends is not replenished with oil day and night1 so that the flame never expires4 ,the moral of the parable is pointed1 and the diction purely ,oriental4 ,we learn from this parable that neither the cares of this world nor the so-called pleasures or pains of mate- #cj rial sense are adequate to plead for the neglect of spiritual light1 that must be tended to keep aglow the flame of ,page #cdb4 devotion whereby to enter into the joy of divine ,science #a demonstrated4 ,the foolish virgins had no oil in their lamps3 their way was material2 thus they were in doubt and dark- ness4 ,they heeded not their sloth1 their fading warmth #e of action2 hence the steady decline of spiritual light1 until1 the midnight gloom upon them1 they must borrow the better-tended lamps of the faithful4 ,by entering the guest-chamber of ,truth1 and beholding the bridal of ,life and ,love1 they would be wedded to a higher #aj understanding of ,god4 ,each moment's fair expect- ancy was to behold the bridegroom1 the ,one 8altogether lovely40 ,it was midnight3 darkness profound brooded over earth's lazy sleepers4 ,with no oil in their lamps1 no #ae spiritual illumination to look upon him whom they had pierced1 they heard the shout1 8,the bridegroom cometh60 ,but how could they behold him8 ,hear that human cry3 8,oh1 lend us your oil6 our lamps have gone out1-- no light6 earth's fables flee1 and heaven is afar #bj off40 ,the door is shut4 ,the wise virgins had no oil to spare1 and they said to the foolish1 8,go to them that sell1 and buy for yourselves40 ,seek ,truth1 and pursue it4 ,it should cost you something3 you are willing to pay for error #be and receive nothing in return2 but if you pay the price of ,truth1 you shall receive all4 8,the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light20 they watch the market1 acquaint themselves with the etiquette of the exchange1 #cj and are ready for the next move4 ,how much more should we be faithful over the few things of ,spirit1 that are able ,page #cdc4 to make us wise unto salvation6 ,let us watch and pray #a that we enter not into the temptation of ease in sin2 and let us not forget that others before us have laid upon the altar all that we have to sacrifice1 and have passed to their reward4 ,too soon we cannot turn from disease #e in the body to find disease in the mortal mind1 and its cure1 in working for ,god4 ,thought must be made better1 and human life more fruitful1 for the divine energy to move it onward and upward4 ,warmed by the sunshine of ,truth1 watered by the #aj heavenly dews of ,love1 the fruits of ,christian ,science spring upward1 and away from the sordid soil of self and matter4 ,are we clearing the gardens of thought by up- rooting the noxious weeds of passion1 malice1 envy1 and strife8 ,are we picking away the cold1 hard pebbles of #ae selfishness1 uncovering the secrets of sin and burnishing anew the hidden gems of ,love1 that their pure perfection shall appear8 ,are we feeling the vernal freshness and sunshine of enlightened faith8 ,the weeds of mortal mind are not always destroyed #bj by the first uprooting2 they reappear1 like devastating witch-grass1 to choke the coming clover4 ,o stupid gar- dener6 watch their reappearing1 and tear them away from their native soil1 until no seedling be left to propagate-- and rot4 ,among the manifold soft chimes that will fill the haunted #be chambers of memory1 this is the sweetest3 8,thou hast been faithful60 ,page #cdd4 ,true ,philosophy ,and ,communion ,it is related of ,justin ,martyr that1 hearing of a ,pythag- #b orean professor of ethics1 he expressed the wish to be- come one of his disciples4 8,very well10 the teacher replied2 8but have you studied music1 astronomy1 and #e geometry1 and do you think it possible for you to under- stand aught of that which leads to bliss1 without hav- ing mastered the sciences that disengage the soul from objects of sense1 so rendering it a fit habitation for the intelligences80 ,on ,justin's confessing that he had #aj not studied those branches1 he was dismissed by the professor4 ,alas for such a material science of life6 ,of what avail would geometry be to a poor sinner struggling with temptation1 or to a man with the smallpox8 #ae ,ancient and modern philosophies are spoiled by lack of ,science4 ,they would place ,soul wholly inside of body1 intelligence in matter2 and from error of premise would seek a correct conclusion4 ,such philosophy can never demonstrate the ,science of ,life1--the ,science which #bj ,paul understood when he spoke of willingness 8to be absent from the body1 and present with the ,lord40 ,such philosophy is far from the rules of the mighty ,nazarene ,prophet4 ,his words1 living in our hearts1 were these3 8,whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of ,god as #be a little child1 shall in no wise enter therein40 ,not through astronomy did he point out the way to heaven and the reign of harmony4 ,we need the spirit of ,st4 ,paul1 when he stood on ,mars' hill at ,athens1 bringing ,christianity for the first time #cj ,page #cde4 into ,europe4 ,the ,spirit bestows spiritual gifts1 ,god's #a presence and providence4 ,st4 ,paul stood where ,socrates had stood four hundred years before1 defending himself against the charge of atheism2 in the place where ,de- mosthenes had pleaded for freedom in immortal strains #e of eloquence4 ,we need the spirit of the pious ,polycarp1 who1 when the proconsul said to him1 8,i will set the beasts upon you1 unless you yield your religion10 replied3 8,let them come2 ,i cannot change from good to bad40 ,then they #aj bound him to the stake1 set fire to the fagots1 and his pure and strong faith rose higher through the baptism of flame4 ,methinks the infidel was blind who said1 8,christianity is fit only for women and weak men20 but even infidels #ae may disagree4 ,bonaparte declared1 8,ever since the reign of ,christianity began the loftiest intellects have had a practical faith in ,god40 ,daniel ,webster said1 8,my heart has always assured and reassured me that ,chris- tianity must be a divine reality40 #bj ,to turn the popular indignation against an advanced form of religion1 the pagan slanderers affirmed that ,christians took their infants to a place of worship in order to offer them in sacrifice1--a baptism not of water but of blood1 thus distorting or misapprehending #be the purpose of ,christian sacraments4 ,christians met in midnight feasts in the early days1 and talked of the crucified ,saviour2 thence arose the rumor that it was a part of ,christian worship to kill and eat a human being4 #cj ,really1 ,christianity turned men away from the thought of fleshly sacrifice1 and directed them to spiritual attain- ,page #cdf4 ments4 ,life1 not death1 was and is the very centre of #a its faith4 ,christian ,science carries this thought even higher1 and insists on the demonstration of moral and spiritual healing as eminent proof that ,god is understood and illustrated4 #e ,origin ,of ,evil ,the origin of evil is the problem of ages4 ,it confronts each generation anew4 ,it confronts ,christian ,science4 ,the question is often asked1 ,if ,god created only the good1 whence comes the evil8 #aj ,to this question ,christian ,science replies3 ,evil never did exist as an entity4 ,it is but a belief that there is an opposite intelligence to ,god4 ,this belief is a species of idolatry1 and is not more true or real than that an image graven on wood or stone is ,god4 #ae ,the mortal admission of the reality of evil perpetuates faith in evil2 and the ,scriptures declare that 8to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey1 his servants ye are40 ,this leading1 self-evident proposition of ,christian ,science1 that1 good being real1 its opposite is necessarily #bj unreal1 needs to be grasped in all its divine requirements4 ,truth ,versus ,error 8,a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver40 ,it is a rule in ,christian ,science never to re- peat error unless it becomes requisite to bring out ,truth4 #be ,then lift the curtain1 let in the light1 and countermand ,page #cdg4 this first command of ,solomon1 8,answer not a fool accord- #a ing to his folly1 lest thou also be like unto him10 ,a distant rumbling and quivering of the earth foretell the internal action of pent-up gas4 ,to avoid danger from this source people have to escape from their houses to the #e open space4 ,a conical cloud1 hanging like a horoscope in the air1 foreshadows a cyclone4 ,to escape from this calamity people prepare shelter in caves of the earth4 ,they who discern the face of the skies cannot always discern the mental signs of these times1 and peer through #aj the opaque error4 ,where my vision begins and is clear1 theirs grows indistinct and ends4 ,there are diversities of operation by the same spirit4 ,two individuals1 with all the goodness of generous na- tures1 advise me4 ,one says1 ,go this way2 the other #ae says1 ,take the opposite direction6 ,between the two ,i stand still2 or1 accepting the premonition of one of them1 ,i follow his counsel1 take a few steps1 then halt4 ,a true sense not unfamiliar has been awakened4 ,i see the way now4 ,the guardians of ,his presence go before me4 ,i #bj enter the path4 ,it may be smooth1 or it may be rugged2 but it is always straight and narrow2 and if it be up- hill all the way1 the ascent is easy and the summit can be gained4 ,god is responsible for the mission of those whom ,he #be has anointed4 ,those who know no will but ,his take ,his hand1 and from the night ,he leads to light4 ,none can say unto ,him1 ,what doest ,thou8 ,the ,christian ,science ,journal was the oldest and only authenticated organ of ,christian ,science up to #cj #ahih4 ,loyal ,scientists are targets for envy1 rivalry1 slander2 and whoever hits this mark is well paid by the ,page #cdh4 umpire4 ,but the ,scientists aim highest4 ,they press for- #a ward towards the mark of a high calling4 ,they recog- nize the claims of the law and the gospel4 ,they know that whatsoever a man soweth1 that shall he reap4 ,they infringe neither the books nor the business of others2 and #e with hearts overflowing with love for ,god1 they help on the brotherhood of men4 ,it is not mine but ,thine they seek4 ,when ,god bids one uncover iniquity1 in order to exterminate it1 one should lay it bare2 and divine ,love will bless this endeavor and those whom it reaches4 #aj 8,nothing is hid that shall not be revealed40 ,it is only a question of time when ,god shall reveal ,his rod1 and show the plan of battle4 ,error1 left to itself1 accumulates4 ,hence1 ,solomon's transverse command3 8,answer a fool according1 to his folly1 lest he be wise in #ae his own conceit40 ,to quench the growing flames of falsehood1 once in about seven years ,i have to repeat this1--that ,i use no drugs whatever1 not even coffea 7coffee71 thea 7tea71 cap- sicum 7red pepper72 though every day1 and especially at #bj dinner1 ,i indulge in homopathic doses of ,natrum muri- aticum 7common salt74 ,when ,i found myself under this new rgime of medi- cine1 the medicine of ,mind1 ,i wanted to satisfy my curi- osity as to the effect of drugs on one who had lost all #be faith in them4 ,hence ,i tried several doses of medicine1 and so proved to myself that drugs have no beneficial effect on an individual in a proper state of mind4 ,i have by no means encouraged students of the ,massa- chusetts ,metaphysical ,college to enter medical schools1 #cj and afterwards denied this and objected to their entering those schools4 ,a student who consulted me on this sub- ,page #cdi4 ject1 received my consent and even the offer of pecuniary #a assistance to take lessons outside of my ,college1 provided he received these lessons of a certain regular-school physi- cian1 whose instructions included about twelve lessons1 three weeks' time1 and the surgical part of midwifery4 ,i #e have students with the degree of ,m4 ,d41 who are skilful obstetricians4 ,such a course with such a teacher would not necessitate essential materialization of a student's thought1 nor detract from the metaphysical mode of obstetrics taught in my ,college4 #aj ,this student had taken the above-named course in obstetrics when he consulted me on the feasibility of enter- ing a medical school2 and to this ,i objected on the ground that it was inconsistent with ,christian ,science1 which he claimed to be practising2 but ,i was willing1 and said #ae so1 that1 notwithstanding my objection1 he should do as he deemed best1 for ,i claim no jurisdiction over any stu- dents4 ,he entered the medical school1 and several other students with him4 ,my counsel to all of them was in substance the same as the foregoing1 and some of these #bj students have openly acknowledged this4 ,in answer to a question on the following subject1 ,i will state that ,i preached four years1 and built up the church1 before ,i would accept the slightest remuneration4 ,when the church had sufficient members and means to #be pay a salary1 and refused to give me up or to receive my gratuitous services1 ,i accepted1 for a time1 fifteen dollars each ,sunday when ,i preached4 ,i never received more than this2 and the contributions1 when ,i preached1 doubled that amount4 ,i have accepted no pay from my #cj church for about three years1 and believe that ,i have put into the church-fund about two thousand dollars of ,page #cej4 my own contributions4 ,i hold receipts for #a1dhi4ej paid #a in1 and the balance was never receipted for4 ,i temporarily organized a secret society known as the ,p4 ,m41 the workings whereof were not 8terrible and too shocking to relate40 ,by and with advice of the very #e student who brings up the question of this society1 it was formed4 ,the ,p4 ,m4 7,private ,meeting7 ,society met only twice4 ,the first subject given out for considera- tion was this3 8,there is no ,animal ,magnetism40 ,there was no advice given1 no mental work1 and there were #aj no transactions at those meetings which ,i would hesitate to have known4 ,on the contrary1 our deliberations were1 as usual1 ,christian1 and like my public instruction4 ,the second ,p4 ,m4 convened in about one week from the first4 ,the subject given out at that meeting was1 in sub- #ae stance1 8,god is ,all2 there is none beside ,him40 ,this proved to be our last meeting4 ,i dissolved the society1 and we have not met since4 ,if harm could come from the consideration of these two topics1 it was because of the misconception of those subjects in the mind that #bj handled them4 ,an individual state of mind sometimes occasions effects on patients which are not in harmony with ,science and the soundness of the argument used4 ,hence it prevents the normal action1 and the benefit that would otherwise accrue4 #be ,i issue no arguments1 and cause none to be used in mental practice1 which consign people to suffering4 ,on the contrary1 ,i cannot serve two masters2 therefore ,i teach the use of such arguments only as promote health and spiritual growth4 ,my life1 consecrated to humanity #cj through nameless suffering and sacrifice1 furnishes its own proof of my practice4 ,page #cea4 ,i have sometimes called on students to test their ability #a and meet the mental malpractice1 so as to lift the burdens imposed by students4 ,the fact is1 that for want of time1 and for the purpose of blessing even my enemies1 ,i neglect myself4 ,i never #e have practised by arguments which1 perverted1 are the weapons of the silent mental malpractice4 ,i have no skill in occultism2 and ,i could not if ,i would1 and would not if ,i could1 harm any one through the mental method of ,mind-healing1 or in any manner4 #aj ,the late much-ado-about-nothing arose solely from mental malicious practice1 and the audible falsehood designed to stir up strife between brethren1 for the purpose of placing ,christian ,science in the hands of aspirants for place and power4 ,these repeated attempts of mad #ae ambition may retard our ,cause1 but they never can place it in the wrong hands and hold it there1 nor benefit mankind by such endeavors4 ,fallibility ,of ,human ,concepts ,evil counterfeits good3 it says1 8,i am ,truth10 though #bj it is a lie2 it says1 8,i am ,love10--but ,love is spirit- ual1 and sensuous love is material1 wherefore it is hate instead of ,love2 for the five senses give to mortals pain1 sickness1 sin1 and death1--pleasure that is false1 life that leads unto death1 joy that becomes sorrow4 ,love that is #be not the procurator of happiness1 declares itself the anti- pode of ,love2 and ,love divine punishes the joys of this false sense of love1 chastens its affection1 purifies it1 and turns it into the opposite channels4 ,material life is the antipode of spiritual life2 it mocks #cj ,page #ceb4 the bliss of spiritual being2 it is bereft of permanence and #a peace4 ,when human sense is quickened to behold aright the error1--the error of regarding ,life1 ,truth1 ,love as material and not spiritual1 or as both material and spirit- #e ual1--it is able for the first time to discern the ,science of good4 ,but it must first see the error of its present erroneous course1 to be able to behold the facts of ,truth outside of the error2 and1 vice versa1 when it discovers the truth1 this uncovers the error and quickens the true #aj consciousness of ,god1 good4 ,may the human shadows of thought lengthen as they approach the light1 until they are lost in light and no night is there6 ,in ,science1 sickness is healed upon the same ,principle and by the same rule that sin is healed4 ,to know the #ae supposed bodily belief of the patient and what has claimed to produce it1 enables the practitioner to act more under- standingly in destroying this belief4 ,thus it is in heal- ing the moral sickness2 the malicious mental operation must be understood in order to enable one to destroy #bj it and its effects4 ,there is not sufficient spiritual power in the human thought to heal the sick or the sinful4 ,through the divine energies alone one must either get out of himself and into ,god so far that his consciousness is the reflection of the divine1 or he must1 through argu- #be ment and the human consciousness of both evil and good1 overcome evil4 ,the only difference between the healing of sin and the healing of sickness is1 that sin must be uncovered before it can be destroyed1 and the moral sense be aroused to #cj reject the sense of error2 while sickness must be cov- ered with the veil of harmony1 and the consciousness be ,page #cec4 allowed to rejoice in the sense that it has nothing to mourn #a over1 but something to forget4 ,human concepts run in extremes2 they are like the action of sickness1 which is either an excess of action or not action enough2 they are fallible2 they are neither #e standards nor models4 ,if one asks me1 ,is my concept of you right8 ,i reply1 ,the human concept is always imperfect2 relinquish your human concept of me1 or of any one1 and find the divine1 and you have gained the right one--and never until then4 ,people #aj give me too much attention of the misguided1 fallible sort1 and this misrepresents one through malice or ignorance4 ,my brother was a manufacturer2 and one day a work- man in his mills1 a practical joker1 set a man who applied for work1 in the overseer's absence1 to pour a bucket of #ae water every ten minutes on the regulator4 ,when my brother returned and saw it1 he said to the jester1 8,you must pay that man40 ,some people try to tend folks1 as if they should steer the regulator of mankind4 ,god makes us pay for tending the action that ,he adjusts4 #bj ,the regulator is governed by the principle that makes the machinery work rightly2 and because it is thus gov- erned1 the folly of tending it is no mere jest4 ,the divine ,principle carries on ,his harmony4 ,now turn from the metaphor of the mill to the ,mother's #be four thousand children1 most of whom1 at about three years of scientific age1 set up housekeeping alone4 ,certain students1 being too much interested in themselves to think of helping others1 go their way4 ,they do not love ,mother1 but pretend to2 they constantly go to her for help1 interrupt #cj the home-harmony1 criticise and disobey her2 then 8return to their vomit10--world worship1 pleasure seeking1 and ,page #ced4 sense indulgence1--meantime declaring they 8never dis- #a obey ,mother06 ,it exceeds my conception of human nature4 ,sin in its very nature is marvellous6 ,who but a moral idiot1 sanguine of success in sin1 can steal1 and lie and lie1 and lead the innocent to doom8 ,history needs it1 #e and it has the grandeur of the loyal1 self-forgetful1 faith- ful ,christian ,scientists to overbalance this foul stuff4 ,when the ,mother's love can no longer promote peace in the family1 wisdom is not 8justified of her children40 ,when depraved reason is preferred to revelation1 error #aj to ,truth1 and evil to good1 and sense seams sounder than ,soul1 the children are tending the regulator2 they are indeed losing the knowledge of the divine ,principle and rules of ,christian ,science1 whose fruits prove the nature of their source4 ,a little more grace1 a motive made pure1 #ae a few truths tenderly told1 a heart softened1 a character subdued1 a life consecrated1 would restore the right action of the mental mechanism1 and make manifest the move- ment of body and soul in accord with ,god4 ,instead of relying on the ,principle of all that really #bj exists1--to govern ,his own creation1--self-conceit1 igno- rance1 and pride would regulate ,god's action4 ,expe- rience shows that humility is the first step in ,christian ,science1 wherein all is controlled1 not by man or laws material1 but by wisdom1 ,truth1 and ,love4 #be ,go gaze on the eagle1 his eye on the sun1 ,fast gathering strength for a flight well begun1 ,as rising he rests in a liberty higher ,than genius inflated with worldly desire4 ,no tear dims his eye1 nor his pinions lose power #cj ,to gaze on the lark in her emerald bower-- ,whenever he soareth to fashion his nest1 ,no vision more bright than the dream in his breast4 ,page #cee4 ,the ,way ,the present stage of progress in ,christian ,science pre- #b sents two opposite aspects1--a full-orbed promise1 and a gaunt want4 ,the need1 however1 is not of the letter1 but the spirit4 #e ,less teaching and good healing is to-day the acme of 8well done20 a healing that is not guesswork1--chronic recovery ebbing and flowing1--but instantaneous cure4 ,this absolute demonstration of ,science must be revived4 ,to consummate this desideratum1 mortal mind must pass #aj through three stages of growth4 ,first1 self-knowledge4 ,the physician must know him- self and understand the mental state of his patient4 ,error found out is two-thirds destroyed1 and the last third pierces itself1 for the remainder only stimulates and gives #ae scope to higher demonstration4 ,to strike out right and left against the mist1 never clears the vision2 but to lift your head above it1 is a sovereign panacea4 ,mental dark- ness is senseless error1 neither intelligence nor power1 and its victim is responsible for its supposititious presence4 #bj 8,cast the beam out of thine own eye40 ,learn what in thine own mentality is unlike 8the anointed10 and cast it out2 then thou wilt discern the error in thy patient's mind that makes his body sick1 and remove it1 and rest like the dove from the deluge4 #be 8,physician1 heal thyself40 ,let no clouds of sin gather and fall in mist and showers from thine own mental atmosphere4 ,hold thy gaze to the light1 and the iris of faith1 more beautiful than the rainbow seen from my window at the close of a balmy autumnal day1 will span #cj thy heavens of thought4 ,page #cef4 ,a radiant sunset1 beautiful as blessings when they take #a their flight1 dilates and kindles into rest4 ,thus will a life corrected illumine its own atmosphere with spiritual glow and understanding4 ,the pent-up elements of mortal mind need no terrible #e detonation to free them4 ,envy1 rivalry1 hate need no temporary indulgence that they be destroyed through suffering2 they should be stifled from lack of air and freedom4 ,my students1 with cultured intellects1 chastened affec- #aj tions1 and costly hopes1 give promise of grand careers4 ,but they must remember that the seedtime is passed1 the harvest hour has come2 and songs should ascend from the mount of revelation1 sweeter than the sound of vintage bells4 #ae ,the seed of ,christian ,science1 which when sown was 8the least of all seeds10 has sprung up1 borne fruit1 and the birds of the air1 the uplifted desires of the human heart1 have lodged in its branches4 ,now let my faithful students carry the fruit of this tree into the rock-ribbed #bj nests of the raven's callow brood4 ,the second stage of mental development is humility4 ,this virtue triumphs over the flesh2 it is the genius of ,christian ,science4 ,one can never go up1 until one has gone down in his own esteem4 ,humility is lens and #be prism to the understanding of ,mind-healing2 it must be had to understand our textbook2 it is indispensable to personal growth1 and points out the chart of its divine ,principle and rule of practice4 ,cherish humility1 8watch10 and 8pray without ceasing10 #cj or you will miss the way of ,truth and ,love4 ,humility is no busybody3 it has no moments for trafficking ,page #ceg4 in other people's business1 no place for envy1 no time for #a idle words1 vain amusements1 and all the et cetera of the ways and means of personal sense4 ,let ,christian ,scientists minister to the sick2 the school- room is the dernier ressort4 ,let them seek the lost sheep #e who1 having strayed from the true fold1 have lost their great ,shepherd and yearn to find living pastures and rest beside still waters4 ,these long for the ,christlike- ness that is above the present status of religion and be- yond the walks of common life1 quite on the verge of #aj heaven4 ,without the cross and healing1 ,christianity has no central emblem1 no history4 ,the seeds of ,truth fall by the wayside1 on artless listeners4 ,they fall on stony ground and shallow soil4 ,the fowls of the air pick them up4 ,much of what has #ae been sown has withered away1 but what remaineth has fallen into the good and honest hearts and is bearing fruit4 ,the third stage of mental growth is manifested in love1 the greatest of all stages and states of being2 love that #bj is irrespective of self1 rank1 or following4 ,for some time it has been clear to my thought that those students of ,christian ,science whose ,christian characters and lives recommend them1 should receive full fellowship from us1 no matter who has taught them4 ,if they have been taught #be wrongly1 they are not morally responsible for this1 and need special help4 ,they are as lambs that have sought the true fold and the great ,shepherd1 and strayed inno- cently2 hence we should be ready and glad to help them and point the way4 #cj ,divine ,love is the substance of ,christian ,science1 the basis of its demonstration1 yea1 its foundation and super- ,page #ceh4 structure4 ,love impels good works4 ,love is greatly #a needed1 and must be had to mark the way in divine ,science4 ,the student who heals by teaching and teaches by healing1 will graduate under divine honors1 which are #e the only appropriate seals for ,christian ,science4 ,state honors perish1 and their gain is loss to the ,christian ,scientist4 ,they include for him at present naught but tardy justice1 hounded footsteps1 false laurels4 ,god alone is his help1 his shield and great reward4 ,he that #aj seeketh aught besides ,god1 loseth in ,life1 ,truth1 and ,love4 ,all men shall be satisfied when they 8awake in ,his likeness10 and they never should be until then4 ,hu- man pride is human weakness4 ,self-knowledge1 humility1 and love are divine strength4 ,christ's vestures are put #ae on only when mortals are 8washed in the blood of the ,lamb20 we must walk in the way which ,jesus marked out1 if we would reach the heaven-crowned summit of ,christian ,science4 ,be it understood that ,i do not require ,christian ,sci- #bj entists to stop teaching1 to dissolve their organizations1 or to desist from organizing churches and associations4 ,the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college1 the first and only ,college for teaching ,christian ,science ,mind- healing1 after accomplishing the greatest work of the #be ages1 and at the pinnacle of prosperity1 is closed4 ,let ,scientists who have grown to self-sacrifice do their present work1 awaiting1 with staff in hand1 ,god's commands4 ,when students have fulfilled all the good ends of #cj organization1 and are convinced that by leaving the material forms thereof a higher spiritual unity is won1 ,page #cei4 then is the time to follow the example of the ,alma ,mater4 #a ,material organization is requisite in the beginning2 but when it has done its work1 the purely ,christly method of teaching and preaching must be adopted4 ,on the same principle1 you continue the mental argument in the prac- #e tice of ,christian healing until you can cure without it instantaneously1 and through ,spirit alone4 ,st4 ,paul says3 8,when ,i was a child1 ,i spake as a child1 ,i understood as a child1 ,i thought as a child3 but when ,i became a man1 ,i put away childish things4 ,for #aj now we see through a glass1 darkly2 but then face to face40 ,growth is restricted by forcing humanity out of the proper channels for development1 or by holding it in fetters4 ,for ,jesus to walk the water was scientific1 insomuch #ae as he was able to do this2 but it is neither wisdom nor ,science for poor humanity to step upon the ,atlantic until we can walk on the water4 ,peter's impetuosity was rebuked4 ,he had to learn from experience2 so have we4 ,the methods of our #bj ,master were in advance of the period in which he per- sonally appeared2 but his example was right1 and is available at the right time4 ,the way is absolute divine ,science3 walk ye in it2 but remember that ,science is demonstrated by degrees1 and our demonstration rises #be only as we rise in the scale of being4 ,science ,and ,philosophy ,men give counsel2 but they give not the wisdom to profit by it4 ,to ask wisdom of ,god1 is the beginning of wisdom4 #cj ,page #cfj4 ,meekness1 moderating human desire1 inspires wisdom #a and procures divine power4 ,human lives are yet un- carved1--in the rough marble1 encumbered with crude1 rude fragments1 and awaiting the hammering1 chiselling1 and transfiguration from ,his hand4 #e ,great only as good1 because fashioned divinely1 were those unpretentious yet colossal characters1 ,paul and ,jesus4 ,theirs were modes of mind cast in the moulds of ,christian ,science3 ,paul's1 by the supremely natural transforming power of ,truth2 and the character of #aj ,jesus1 by his original scientific sonship with ,god4 ,phi- losophy never has produced1 nor can it reproduce1 these stars of the first magnitude--fixed stars in the heavens of ,soul4 ,when shall earth be crowned with the true knowledge of ,christ8 #ae ,when ,christian ,science has melted away the cloud of false witnesses2 and the dews of divine grace1 fall- ing upon the blighted flowers of fleeting joys1 shall lift every thought-leaflet ,spiritward2 and 8,israel after the flesh10 who partaketh of its own altars1 shall be #bj no more1--then1 8the ,israel according to ,spirit0 shall fill earth with the divine energies1 understanding1 and ever-flowing tides of spiritual sensation and consciousness4 ,when mortal mind is silenced by the 8still1 small voice0 #be of ,truth that regenerates philosophy and logic2 and ,jesus1 as the true idea of ,him1 is heard as of yore saying to sensitive ears and dark disciples1 8,i came from the ,father10 8,before ,abraham was1 ,i am10 coexistent and coeternal with ,god1--and this idea is understood1-- #cj then will the earth be filled with the true knowledge of ,christ4 ,no advancing modes of human mind made ,page #cfa4 ,jesus2 rather was it their subjugation1 and the pure #a heart that sees ,god4 ,when the belief in material origin1 mortal mind1 sen- sual conception1 dissolves through self-imposed suffering1 and its substances are found substanceless1--then its #e miscalled life ends in death1 and death itself is swallowed up in ,life1--spiritual ,life1 whose myriad forms are neither material nor mortal4 ,when every form and mode of evil disappear to hu- man thought1 and mollusk and radiate are spiritual con- #aj cepts testifying to one creator1--then1 earth is full of ,his glory1 and ,christian ,science has overshadowed all human philosophy1 and being is understood in startling contradiction of human hypotheses2 and ,socrates1 ,plato1 ,kant1 ,locke1 ,berkeley1 ,tyndall1 ,darwin1 and ,spencer #ae sit at the feet of ,jesus4 ,to this great end1 ,paul admonished1 8,let us lay aside every weight1 and the sin which doth so easily beset us1 and let us run with patience the race that is set before us1 looking unto ,jesus the author and finisher of our #bj faith40 ,so shall mortals soar to final freedom1 and rest from the subtlety of speculative wisdom and human woe4 ,god is the only ,mind1 and ,his manifestation is the spiritual universe1 including man and all eternal indi- #be viduality4 ,god1 the only substance and divine ,principle of creation1 is by no means a creative partner in the firm of error1 named matter1 or mortal mind4 ,he elucidates ,his own idea1 wherein ,principle and idea1 ,god and man1 are not one1 but are inseparable as cause and effect4 ,if #cj one1 who could say which that 8one0 was8 ,his ways are not as our ways4 ,the divine modes ,page #cfb4 and manifestations are not those of the material senses2 #a for instance1 intelligent matter1 or mortal mind1 material birth1 growth1 and decay3 they are the forever-existing realities of divine ,science2 wherein ,god and man are perfect1 and man's reason is at rest in ,god's wisdom1-- #e who comprehends and reflects all real mode1 form1 indi- viduality1 identity4 ,scholastic dogma has made men blind4 ,christ's logos gives sight to these blind1 ears to these deaf1 feet to these lame1--physically1 morally1 spiritually4 ,theologians #aj make the mortal mistake of believing that ,god1 having made all1 made evil2 but the ,scriptures declare that all that ,he made was good4 ,then1 was evil part and parcel of ,his creation8 ,philosophy hypothetically regards creation as its own #ae creator1 puts cause into effect1 and out of nothing would create something1 whose noumenon is mortal mind1 with its phenomenon matter1--an evil mind already doomed1 whose modes are material manifestations of evil1 and that continually1 until self-extinguished by #bj suffering6 ,here revelation must come to the rescue of mortals1 to remove this mental millstone that is dragging them downward1 and refute erring reason with the spiritual cosmos and ,science of ,soul4 ,we all must find shelter #be from the storm and tempest in the tabernacle of ,spirit4 ,truth is won through ,science or suffering3 ,o vain mor- tals6 which shall it be8 ,and suffering has no reward1 except when it is necessary to prevent sin or reform the sinner4 ,and pleasure is no crime except when it #cj strengthens the influence of bad inclinations or lessens the activities of virtue4 ,the more nearly an erring so- ,page #cfc4 called mind approaches purity1 the more conscious it #a becomes of its own unreality1 and of the great reality of divine ,mind and true happiness4 ,the 8ego0 that claims selfhood in error1 and passes from molecule and monkey up to man1 is no ego1 but is #e simply the supposition that the absence of good is mind and makes men1--when its greatest flatterer1 identifica- tion1 is piqued by ,him who compensateth vanity with nothingness1 dust with dust6 ,the mythology of evil and mortality is but the ma- #aj terial mode of a suppositional mind2 while the immortal modes of ,mind are spiritual1 and pass through none of the changes of matter1 or evil4 ,truth said1 and said from the beginning1 8,let us ,spirit make man perfect20 and there is no other ,maker3 a perfect man would not desire #ae to make himself imperfect1 and ,god is not chargeable with imperfection4 ,his modes declare the beauty of holi- ness1 and ,his manifold wisdom shines through the visible world in glimpses of the eternal verities4 ,even through the mists of mortality is seen the brightness of ,his #bj coming4 ,we must avoid the shoals of a sensual religion or philosophy that misguides reason and affection1 and hold fast to the ,principle of ,christian ,science as the ,word that is ,god1 ,spirit1 and ,truth4 ,this ,word cor- #be rects the philosopher1 confutes the astronomer1 exposes the subtle sophist1 and drives diviners mad4 ,the ,bible is the learned man's masterpiece1 the ignorant man's dictionary1 the wise man's directory4 ,i foresee and foresay that every advancing epoch of so #cj ,truth will be characterized by a more spiritual appre- hension of the ,scriptures1 that will show their marked ,page #cfd4 consonance with the textbook of ,christian ,science ,mind- #a healing1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,interpreting the ,word in the 8new tongue10 whereby the sick are healed1 naturally evokes new paraphrase from the world of letters4 8,wait patiently on the ,lord1 #e and ,he will renew your strength40 ,in return for indi- vidual sacrifice1 what a recompense to have healed1 through ,truth1 the sick and sinful1 made the public your friend1 and posterity your familiar6 ,christian ,science refutes everything that is not a #aj postulate of the divine ,principle1 ,god4 ,it is the soul of divine philosophy1 and there is no other philosophy4 ,it is not a search after wisdom1 it is wisdom3 it is ,god's right hand grasping the universe1--all time1 space1 immortality1 thought1 extension1 cause1 and effect2 con- #ae stituting and governing all identity1 individuality1 law1 and power4 ,it stands on this ,scriptural platform3 that ,he made all that was made1 and it is good1 reflects the divine ,mind1 is governed by it2 and that nothing apart from this ,mind1 one ,god1 is self-created or evolves #bj the universe4 ,human hypotheses predicate matter of ,spirit and evil of good2 hence these opposites must either cooperate or quarrel throughout time and eternity1--or until this impossible partnership is dissolved4 ,if ,spirit is the #be lawgiver to matter1 and good has the same power or modes as evil1 it has the same consciousness1 and there is no absolute good4 ,this error1 carried to its ultimate1 would either extinguish ,god and ,his modes1 or give reality and power to evil ad infinitum4 #cj ,christian ,science rends this veil of the temple of gods1 and reproduces the divine philosophy of ,jesus and ,paul4 ,page #cfe4 ,this philosophy alone will bear the strain of time and #a bring out the glories of eternity2 for 8other founda- tion can no man lay than that is laid10 which is ,christ1 ,truth4 ,human theories weighed in the balances of ,god are #e found wanting2 and their highest endeavors are to ,science what a child's love of pictures is to art4 ,the school whose schoolmaster is not ,christ1 gets things wrong1 and is ignorant thereof4 ,if ,christian ,science lacked the proof of its goodness #aj and utility1 it would destroy itself2 for it rests alone on demonstration4 ,its genius is right thinking and right acting1 physical and moral harmony2 and the secret of its success lies in supplying the universal need of better health and better men4 #ae ,good health and a more spiritual religion form the common want1 and this want has worked out a moral result2 namely1 that mortal mind is calling for what im- mortal ,mind alone can supply4 ,if the uniform moral and spiritual1 as well as physical1 effects of divine ,science #bj were lacking1 the demand would diminish2 but it con- tinues1 and increases1 which shows the real value of ,christian ,science to the race4 ,even doctors agree that infidelity1 bigotry1 or sham has never met the growing wants of humanity4 #be ,as a literature1 ,christian metaphysics is hampered by lack of proper terms in which to express what it means4 ,as a ,science1 it is held back by the common ignorance of what it is and of what it does1--and more than all else1 by the impostors that come in its name4 ,to be #cj appreciated1 it must be conscientiously understood and introduced4 ,page #cff4 ,if the ,bible and 8,science and ,health with ,key to the #a ,scriptures0 had in our schools the time or attention that human hypotheses consume1 they would advance the world4 ,true1 it requires more study to understand and demonstrate what they teach than to learn the doctrine #e of theology1 philosophy1 or physics1 because they con- tain and offer ,science1 with fixed ,principle1 given rule1 and unmistakable proof4 ,the ,scriptures give the keynote of ,christian ,science from ,genesis to ,revelation1 and this is the prolonged #aj tone3 8,for the ,lord ,he is ,god1 and there is none beside ,him40 ,and because ,he is ,all-in-all1 ,he is in nothing unlike ,himself2 and nothing that worketh or maketh a lie is in ,him1 or can be divine con- sciousness4 #ae ,at this date1 poor jaded humanity needs to get her eyes open to a new style of imposition in the field of medicine and of religion1 and to 8beware of the leaven of the scribes and ,pharisees10 the doctrines of men1 even as ,jesus admonished4 ,from first to last1 evil insists on #bj the unity of good and evil as the purpose of ,god2 and on drugs1 electricity1 and animal magnetism as modes of medicine4 ,to a greater or less extent1 all mortal conclusions start from this false premise1 and they necessarily culminate in sickness1 sin1 disease1 and death4 #be ,erroneous doctrines never have abated and never will abate dishonesty1 self-will1 envy1 and lust4 ,to destroy sin and its sequence1 is the office of ,christ1 ,truth1--ac- cording to ,his mode of ,christian ,science2 and this is being done daily4 #cj ,the false theories whose names are legion1 gilded with sophistry and what ,jesus had not1 namely1 mere book- ,page #cfg4 learning1--letter without law1 gospel1 or demonstration1 #a --have no place in ,christian ,science4 ,this ,science re- quires man to be honest1 just1 pure2 to love his neighbor as himself1 and to love ,god supremely4 ,matter and evil are subjective states of error or mortal #e mind4 ,but ,mind is immortal2 and the fact of there being no mortal mind1 exposes the lie of suppositional evil1 showing that error is not ,mind1 substance1 or ,life4 ,thus1 whatever is wrongfully-minded will dis- appear in the proportion that ,science is understood1 #aj and the reality of being--goodness and harmony--is demonstrated4 ,error says that knowing all things implies the neces- sity of knowing evil1 that it dishonors ,god to claim that ,he is ignorant of anything2 but ,god says of this fruit #ae of the tree of knowledge of both good and evil1 8,in the day that thou eatest thereof1 thou shalt surely die40 ,if ,god is infinite good1 ,he knows nothing but good2 if ,he did know aught else1 ,he would not be infinite4 ,infinite ,mind knows nothing beyond ,himself or ,herself4 ,to #bj good1 evil is never present2 for evil is a different state of consciousness4 ,it was not against evil1 but against know- ing evil1 that ,god forewarned4 ,he dwelleth in light2 and in the light ,he sees light1 and cannot see darkness4 ,the opposite conclusion1 that darkness dwelleth in light1 #be has neither precedent nor foundation in nature1 in logic1 or in the character of ,christ4 ,the senses would say that whatever saves from sin1 must know sin4 ,truth replies that ,god is too pure to behold iniquity2 and by virtue of ,his ignorance of #cj that which is not1 ,he knoweth that which is1 and abideth in ,himself1 the only ,life1 ,truth1 and ,love1 ,page #cfh4 --and is reflected by a universe in ,his own image #a and likeness4 ,even so1 ,father1 let the light that shineth in dark- ness1 and the darkness comprehendeth it not1 dispel this illusion of the senses1 open the eyes of the blind1 and cause #e the deaf to hear4 8,truth forever on the scaffold1 ,wrong forever on the throne4 ,yet that scaffold sways the future1 and1 behind the dim unknown1 ,standeth ,god within the shadow1 keeping watch above ,his own40 ,,lowell 8,take ,heed60 ,we regret to be obliged to say that all are not meta- physicians1 or ,christian ,scientists1 who call themselves so4 ,charlatanism1 fraud1 and malice are getting into the ranks of the good and pure1 sending forth a poison #ae more deadly than the upas-tree in the eastern archi- pelago4 ,this evil obtains in the present false teaching and false practice of the ,science of treating disease through ,mind4 ,the silent address of a mental malpractitioner can only be portrayed in these words of the apostle1 #bj 8whisperers10 and 8the poison of asps is under their tongue40 ,some of the mere puppets of the hour are playing only for money1 and at a fearful stake4 ,others1 from malice and envy1 are working out the destinies of the #be damned4 ,but while the best1 perverted1 on the mortal plane may become the worst1 let us not forget that the ,lord reigns1 and that this earth shall some time rejoice in ,his supreme rule1--that the tired watchmen on the ,page #cfi4 walls of ,zion1 and the true ,christian ,scientist at the foot #a of the mount of revelation1 shall look up with shouts and thanksgiving1--that ,god's law1 as in divine ,science1 shall be finally understood2 and the gospel of glad tidings bring 8on earth peace1 good will toward men40 #e ,the ,cry ,of ,christmas-,tide ,metaphysics1 not physics1 enables us to stand erect on sublime heights1 surveying the immeasurable universe of ,mind1 peering into the cause which governs all effects1 while we are strong in the unity of ,god and man4 ,there #aj is 8method0 in the 8madness0 of this system1--since madness it seems to many onlookers4 ,this method sits serene at the portals of the temple of thought1 while the leaders of materialistic schools indulge in mad antics4 ,metaphysical healing seeks a wisdom that is #ae higher than a rhubarb tincture or an ipecacuanha pill4 ,this method is devout enough to trust ,christ more than it does drugs4 ,meekly we kneel at our ,master's feet1 for even a crumb that falleth from his table4 ,we are hungry for ,love1 #bj for the white-winged charity that heals and saves2 we are tired of theoretic husks1--as tired as was the prodi- gal son of the carobs which he shared with the swine1 to whom he fed that wholesome but unattractive food4 ,like him1 we would find our ,father's house again-- #be the perfect and eternal ,principle of man4 ,we thirst for inspiring wine from the vine which our ,father tends4 ,we crave the privilege of saying to the sick1 when their ,page #cgj4 feebleness calls for help1 8,rise and walk40 ,we rejoice #a to say1 in the spirit of our ,master1 8,stretch forth thy hand1 and be whole60 ,when the ,pharisees saw ,jesus do such deeds of mercy1 they went away and took counsel how they might remove #e him4 ,the antagonistic spirit of evil is still abroad2 but the greater spirit of ,christ is also abroad1--risen from the grave-clothes of tradition and the cave of ignorance4 ,let the sentinels of ,zion's watch-towers shout once again1 8,unto us a child is born1 unto us a son is #aj given40 ,in different ages the divine idea assumes different forms1 according to humanity's needs4 ,in this age it assumes1 more intelligently than ever before1 the form of ,christian healing4 ,this is the babe we are to cherish4 #ae ,this is the babe that twines its loving arms about the neck of omnipotence1 and calls forth infinite care from ,his loving heart4 ,blind ,leaders ,what figure is less favorable than a wolf in sheep's #bj clothing8 ,the braying donkey whose ears stick out is less troublesome4 ,what manner of man is it that has discovered an improvement on ,christian ,science1 a 8met- aphysical healing0 by which error destroys error1 and would gather all sorts into a 8national convention0 by #be the sophistry that such is the true fold for ,christian heal- ers1 since the good shepherd cares for all8 ,yes2 the good ,shepherd does care for all1 and ,his first care is to separate the sheep from the goats2 and ,page #cga4 this is among the first lessons on healing taught by our #a great ,master4 ,if1 as the gentleman aforesaid states1 large flocks of metaphysicians are wandering about without a leader1 what has opened his eyes to see the need of taking them #e out of the care of the great ,shepherd1 and behold the remedy1 to help them by his own leadership8 ,is it that he can guide ,christian ,scientists better than they1 through the guidance of our common ,father1 can guide them- selves8 or is it that they are incapable of helping them- #aj selves thus8 ,i as their teacher can say1 ,they know far more of ,christian ,science than he who deprecates their condition appears to1 and my heart pleads for them to possess more and more of ,truth and ,love2 but mixing all grades #ae of persons is not productive of the better sort1 although he who has self-interest in this mixing is apt to pro- pose it4 ,whoever desires to say1 8good right1 and good wrong10 has no truth to defend4 ,it is a wise saying that 8men #bj are known by their enemies40 ,to sympathize in any degree with error1 is not to rectify it2 but error always strives to unite1 in a definition of purpose1 with ,truth1 to give it buoyancy4 ,what is under the mask1 but error in borrowed plumes8 #be 8,christ ,and ,christmas0 ,an ,illustrated ,poem ,this poem and its illustrations are as hopelessly origi- nal as is 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scrip- ,page #cgb4 tures40 ,when the latter was first issued1 critics declared #a that it was incorrect1 contradictory1 unscientific1 unchris- tian2 but those human opinions had not one feather's weight in the scales of ,god4 ,the fact remains1 that the textbook of ,christian ,science is transforming the #e universe4 8,christ and ,christmas0 voices ,christian ,science through song and object-lesson4 ,in two weeks from the date of its publication in ,december1 #ahic1 letters extoll- ing it were pouring in from artists and poets4 ,a mother #aj wrote1 8,looking at the pictures in your wonderful book has healed my child40 ,knowing that this book would produce a stir1 ,i sought the judgment of sound critics familiar with the works of masters in ,france and ,italy4 ,from them came such #ae replies as the following3 8,the illustrations of your poem are truly a work of art1 and the artist seems quite familiar with delineations from the old masters40 ,i am delighted to find 8,christ and ,christmas0 in accord with the ancient and most distinguished artists4 #bj ,the ,christian ,science ,journal gives no uncertain dec- laration concerning the spirit and mission of 8,christ and ,christmas40 ,i aimed to reproduce1 with reverent touch1 the modest glory of divine ,science4 ,not by aid of foreign device #be or environment could ,i copy art1--never having seen the painter's masterpieces2 but the art of ,christian ,science1 with true hue and character of the living ,god1 is akin to its ,science3 and ,science and ,health gives scopes and shades to the shadows of divinity1 thus im- #cj parting to humanity the true sense of meekness and might4 ,page #cgc4 ,one incident serves to illustrate the simple nature of #a art4 ,i insisted upon placing the serpent behind the woman in the picture 8,seeking and ,finding40 ,my artist at the easel objected1 as he often did1 to my sense of ,soul's #e expression through the brush2 but1 as usual1 he finally yielded4 ,a few days afterward1 the following from ,roth- erham's translation of the ,new ,testament was handed to me1--,i had never before seen it3 8,and the serpent cast out of his mouth1 behind the woman1 water as a #aj river1 that he might cause her to be river-borne40 ,neither material finesse1 standpoint1 nor perspective guides the infinite ,mind and spiritual vision that should1 does1 guide ,his children4 ,one great master clearly delineates ,christ's appear- #ae ing in the flesh1 and his healing power1 as clad not in soft raiment or gorgeous apparel2 and when forced out of its proper channel1 as living feebly1 in kings' courts4 ,this master's thought presents a sketch of ,christian- ity's state1 in the early part of the ,christian era1 as #bj homelessness in a wilderness4 ,but in due time ,chris- tianity entered into synagogues1 and1 as ,st4 ,mark writes1 it has rich possession here1 with houses and lands4 ,in ,genesis we read that ,god gave man do- minion over all things2 and this assurance is followed #be by ,jesus' declaration1 8,all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth10 and by his promise that the ,christlike shall finally sit down at the right hand of the ,father4 ,christian ,science is more than a prophet or a proph- #cj ecy3 it presents not words alone1 but works1--the daily demonstration of ,truth and ,love4 ,its healing and sav- ,page #cgd4 ing power was so great a proof of ,immanuel and the #a realism of ,christianity1 that it caused even the publi- cans to justify ,god4 ,although clad in panoply of power1 the ,pharisees scorned the spirit of ,christ in most of its varied manifestations4 ,to them it was cant and carica- #e ture1--always the opposite of what it was4 ,keen and alert was their indignation at whatever rebuked hypocrisy and demanded ,christianity in life and religion4 ,in view of this1 ,jesus said1 8,wisdom is justified of all her children40 #aj ,above the fogs of sense and storms of passion1 ,chris- tian ,science and its art will rise triumphant2 ignorance1 envy1 and hatred--earth's harmless thunder--pluck not their heaven-born wings4 ,angels1 with overtures1 hold charge over both1 and announce their ,principle and #ae idea4 ,it is most fitting that ,christian ,scientists memorize the nativity of ,jesus4 ,to him who brought a great light to all ages1 and named his burdens light1 homage is in- deed due1--but is bankrupt4 ,i never looked on my #bj ideal of the face of the ,nazarite ,prophet2 but the one illustrating my poem approximates it4 ,extremists in every age either doggedly deny or fran- tically affirm what is what3 one renders not unto ,csar 8the things that are ,csar's20 the other sees 8,helen's #be beauty in a brow of ,egypt40 ,pictures are portions of one's ideal1 but this ideal is not one's personality4 ,looking behind the veil1 he that perceives a semblance between the thinker and his thought on canvas1 blames him not4 #cj ,because my ideal of an angel is a woman without feathers on her wings1--is it less artistic or less natu- ,page #cge4 ral8 ,pictures which present disordered phases of ma- #a terial conceptions and personality blind with animality1 are not my concepts of angels4 ,what is the material ego1 but the counterfeit of the spiritual8 ,the truest art of ,christian ,science is to be a ,chris- #e tian ,scientist2 and it demands more than a ,raphael to delineate this art4 ,the following is an extract from a letter reverting to the illustrations of 8,christ and ,christmas03-- 8,in my last letter1 ,i did not utter all ,i felt about the #aj wonderful new book you have given us4 ,years ago1 while in ,italy1 ,i studied the old masters and their great works of art thoroughly1 and so got quite an idea of what constitutes true art4 ,then ,i spent two years in ,paris1 devoting every moment to the study of music and #ae art4 8,the first thing that impressed me in your illustra- tions was the conscientious application to detail1 which is is the foundation of true art4 ,from that1 ,i went on to study each illustration thoroughly1 and to my amazement #bj and delight ,i find an almost identical resemblance1 in many things1 to the old masters6 ,in other words1 the art is perfect4 8,the hands and feet of the figures--how many times have ,i seen these hands and feet in ,angelico's 8,jesus10 #be or ,botticelli's 8,madonna06 8,it gave me such a thrill of joy as no words can ex- press1 to see produced to-day that art--the only true art--that we have identified with the old masters1 and mourned as belonging to them exclusively1--a thing of #cj the past1 impossible of reproduction4 8,all that ,i can say to you1 as one who gives no mean ,page #cgf4 attention to such matters1 is that the art is perfect4 ,it #a is the true art of the oldest1 most revered1 most authen- tic ,italian school1 revived4 ,i use the words most au- thentic in the following sense3 the face1 figure1 and drapery of ,jesus1 very closely resemble in detail the #e face1 figure1 and drapery of that ,jesus portrayed by the oldest of the old masters1 and said to have been authen- tic2 the face having been taken by ,fra ,angelico from ,csar's ,cameo1 the figure and garments from a descrip- tion1 in ,the ,galaxy1 of a small sketch handed down #aj from the living reality4 ,their productions are expres- sionless copies of an engraving cut in a stone4 ,yours is a palpitating1 living ,saviour engraven on the heart4 ,you have given us back our ,jesus1 and in a much better is form40 #ae ,sunrise ,at ,pleasant ,view ,who shall describe the brave splendor of a ,november sky that this morning burst through the lattice for me1 on my bed8 ,according to terrestrial calculations1 above the horizon1 in the east1 there rose one rod of rainbow #bj hues1 crowned with an acre of eldritch ebony4 ,little by little this topmost pall1 drooping over a deeply daz- zling sunlight1 softened1 grew gray1 then gay1 and glided into a glory of mottled marvels4 ,fleecy1 faint1 fairy blue and golden flecks came out on a background of #be cerulean hue2 while the lower lines of light kindled into gold1 orange1 pink1 crimson1 violet2 and diamond1 topaz1 opal1 garnet1 turquoise1 and sapphire spangled the gloom in celestial space as with the brightness of ,his glory4 ,then thought ,i1 ,what are we1 that ,he who fashions for- #cj ,page #cgg4 ever such forms and hues of heaven1 should move our #a brush or pen to paint frail fairness or to weave a web of words that glow with gladdening gleams of ,god1 so unapproachable1 and yet so near and full of radiant relief in clouds and darkness6 #e ,,chapter ,x4 ,,inklings ,,historic ,page #cgh4 ,about the year #ahfb1 while the author of this work #a was at ,dr4 ,vail's ,hydropathic ,institute in ,new ,hampshire1 this occurred3 ,a patient considered incur- able left that institution1 and in a few weeks returned apparently well1 having been healed1 as he informed #e the patients1 by one ,mr4 ,p4 ,p4 ,quimby of ,portland1 ,maine4 ,after much consultation among ourselves1 and a struggle with pride1 the author1 in company with several other patients1 left the water-cure1 en route for the aforesaid #aj doctor in ,portland4 ,he proved to be a magnetic practi- tioner4 ,his treatment seemed at first to relieve her1 but signally failed in healing her case4 ,having practised homopathy1 it never occurred to the author to learn his practice1 but she did ask him how #ae manipulation could benefit the sick4 ,he answered kindly and squarely1 in substance1 8,because it conveys electricity to them40 ,that was the sum of what he taught her of his medical profession4 ,the readers of my books cannot fail to see that meta- #bj physical therapeutics1 as in ,christian ,science1 are farther removed from such thoughts than the nebulous system is from the earth4 ,page #cgi4 ,after treating his patients1 ,mr4 ,quimby would retire #a to an anteroom and write at his desk4 ,i had a curiosity to know if he indited anything pathological relative to his patients1 and asked if ,i could see his pennings on my case4 ,he immediately presented them4 ,i read the #e copy in his presence1 and returned it to him4 ,the com- position was commonplace1 mostly descriptive of the gen- eral appearance1 height1 and complexion of the individual1 and the nature of the case3 it was not at all metaphysi- cal or scientific2 and from his remarks ,i inferred that #aj his writings usually ran in the vein of thought presented by these4 ,he was neither a scholar nor a metaphysician4 ,i never heard him say that matter was not as real as ,mind1 or that electricity was not as potential or remedial1 or allude to ,god as the divine ,principle of all healing4 ,he #ae certainly had advanced views of his own1 but they com- mingled error with truth1 and were not ,science4 ,on his rare humanity and sympathy one could write a sonnet4 ,i had already experimented in medicine beyond the #bj basis of materia medica1--up to the highest attenuation in homoeopathy1 thence to a mental standpoint not un- derstood and with phenomenally good results27#g7 mean- while assiduously pondering the solution of this great question3 ,is it matter1 or is it ,mind1 that heals the #be sick8 ,it was after ,mr4 ,quimby's death that ,i discovered1 in #ahff1 the momentous facts relating to ,mind and its superiority over matter1 and named my discovery ,chris- tian ,science4 ,yet1 there remained the difficulty of ad- #cj justing in the scale of ,science a metaphysical practice1 ,page #chj4 and settling the question1 ,what shall be the outward #a sign of such a practice3 if a divine ,principle alone heals1 what is the human modus for demonstrating this1--in short1 how can sinful mortals prove that a divine ,principle heals the sick1 as well as governs the universe1 time1 #e space1 immortality1 man8 ,when contemplating the majesty and magnitude of this query1 it looked as if centuries of spiritual growth were requisite to enable me to elucidate or to dem- onstrate what ,i had discovered3 but an unlooked-for1 #aj imperative call for help impelled me to begin this stu- pendous work at once1 and teach the first student in ,christian ,science4 ,even as when an accident1 called fatal to life1 had driven me to discover the ,science of ,life1 ,i again1 in faith1 turned to divine help1--and com- #ae menced teaching4 ,my students at first practised in slightly differing forms4 ,although ,i could heal mentally1 without a sign save the immediate recovery of the sick1 my students' patients1 and people generally1 called for a sign--a ma- #bj terial evidence wherewith to satisfy the sick that something was being done for them2 and ,i said1 8,suffer it to be so now10 for thus saith our ,master4 ,experience1 however1 taught me the impossibility of demonstrating the ,science of metaphysical healing by any outward form #be of practice4 ,in ,april1 #ahhc1 a bill in equity was filed in the ,united ,states ,circuit ,court in ,boston1 to restrain1 by decree and order of the ,court1 the unlawful publishing and use of an infringing pamphlet printed and issued by a student of #cj ,christian ,science4 ,answer was filed by the defendant1 alleging that the ,page #cha4 copyrighted works of ,mrs4 ,eddy were not original with #a her1 but had been copied by her1 or by her direction1 from manuscripts originally composed by ,dr4 ,p4 ,p4 ,quimby4 ,testimony was taken on the part of ,mrs4 ,eddy1 the #e defendant being present personally and by counsel4 ,the time for taking testimony on the part of the defendant having nearly expired1 he gave notice through his counsel that he should not put in testimony4 ,later1 ,mrs4 ,eddy requested her lawyer to inquire of defendant's #aj counsel why he did not present evidence to support his claim that ,dr4 ,quimby was the author of her writings6 ,accordingly1 her counsel asked the defendant's counsel this question1 and he replied1 in substance1 8,there is no evidence to present40 #ae ,the stipulation for a judgment and a decree in favor of ,mrs4 ,eddy was drawn up and signed by counsel4 ,it was ordered that the complainant 7,mrs4 ,eddy7 recover of the defendant her cost of suit1 taxed at 7#aac4ji7 one hundred thirteen and #i_/ajj dollars4 #bj ,a writ of injunction was issued under the seal of the said ,court1 restraining the defendant from directly or indirectly printing1 publishing1 selling1 giving away1 distributing1 or in any way or manner disposing of1 the enjoined pamphlet1 on penalty of ten thousand #be dollars4 ,the infringing books1 to the number of thirty-eight hundred or thereabouts1 were put under the edge of the knife1 and their unlawful existence destroyed1 in ,boston1 ,massachusetts4 #cj ,it has been written that 8nobody can be both founder and discoverer of the same thing40 ,if this declaration ,page #chb4 were either a truism or a rule1 my experience would #a contradict it and prove an exception4 ,no works on the subject of ,christian ,science existed1 prior to my discovery of this ,science4 ,before the publi- cation of my first work on this doctrine1 a few manu- #e scripts of mine were in circulation4 ,the discovery and founding of ,christian ,science has cost more than thirty years of unremitting toil and unrest2 but1 comparing those with the joy of knowing that the sinner and the sick are helped thereby1 that time and eternity bear witness to #aj this gift of ,god to the race1 ,i am the debtor4 ,in the latter half of the nineteenth century ,i discov- ered the ,science of ,christianity1 and restored the first patient healed in this age by ,christian ,science4 ,i taught the first student in ,christian ,science ,mind-healing2 was #ae author and publisher of the first books on this subject2 obtained the first charter for the first ,christian ,science church1 originated its form of government1 and was its first pastor4 ,i donated to this church the land on which in #ahid was erected the first church edifice of this denomination #bj in ,boston2 obtained the first and only charter for a metaphysical medical college1--was its first and only president2 was editor and proprietor of the first ,christian ,science periodical2 organized the first ,christian ,scientist ,association1 wrote its constitution and by- #be laws1--as also the constitution and by-laws of the ,national ,christian ,science ,association2 and gave it ,the ,christian ,science ,journal2 inaugurated our denom- inational form of ,sunday services1 ,sunday ,school1 and so the entire system of teaching and practising ,christian #cj ,science4 ,in #ahie ,i ordained that the ,bible1 and 8,science and ,page #chc4 ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 the ,christian ,science #a textbook1 be the pastor1 on this planet1 of all the churches of the ,christian ,science denomination4 ,this ordinance took effect the same year1 and met with the universal ap- proval and support of ,christian ,scientists4 ,whenever #e and wherever a church of ,christian ,science is established1 its pastor is the ,bible and my book4 ,in #ahif it goes without saying1 preeminent over igno- rance or envy1 that ,christian ,science is founded by its discoverer1 and built upon the rock of ,christ4 ,the el- #aj ements of earth beat in vain against the immortal parapets of this ,science4 ,erect and eternal1 it will go on with the ages1 go down the dim posterns of time unharmed1 and on every battle-field rise higher in the estimation of thinkers and in the hearts of ,christians4 #ae ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,,poems ,page #chd4 ,come ,thou ,come1 in the minstrel's lay2 #b ,when two hearts meet1 ,and true hearts greet1 ,and all is morn and ,may4 #e ,come ,thou6 and now1 anew1 ,to thought and deed ,give sober speed1 ,thy will to know1 and do4 ,stay6 till the storms are o'er-- #aj ,the cold blasts done1 ,the reign of heaven begun1 ,and ,love1 the evermore4 ,be patient1 waiting heart3 ,light1 ,love divine #ae ,is here1 and thine2 ,you therefore cannot part4 8,the seasons come and go3 ,love1 like the sea1 ,rolls on with thee1-- #bj ,but knows no ebb and flow4 ,page #che4 8,faith1 hope1 and tears1 triune1 #a ,above the sod ,find peace in ,god1 ,and one eternal noon40 ,oh1 ,thou hast heard my prayer2 #e ,and ,i am blest6 ,this is ,thy high behest3 ,thou1 here and everywhere4 ,meeting ,of ,my ,departed ,mother ,and ,husband 8,joy for thee1 happy friend6 thy bark is past #aj ,the dangerous sea1 and safely moored at last-- ,beyond rough foam4 ,soft gales celestial1 in sweet music bore-- ,spirit emancipate for this far shore-- ,thee to thy home4 #ae 8,you've travelled long1 and far from mortal joys1 ,to ,soul's diviner sense1 that spurns such toys1 ,brave wrestler1 lone4 ,now see thy ever-self2 ,life never fled2 ,man is not mortal1 never of the dead3 #bj ,the dark unknown4 8,when hope soared high1 and joy was eagle-plumed1 ,thy pinions drooped2 the flesh was weak1 and doomed ,to pass away4 ,but faith triumphant round thy death-couch shed #be ,majestic forms2 and radiant glory sped ,the dawning day4 ,page #chf4 8,intensely grand and glorious life's sphere1-- #a ,beyond the shadow1 infinite appear ,life1 ,love divine1-- ,where mortal yearnings come not1 sighs are stilled1 ,and home and peace and hearts are found and filled1 #e ,thine1 ever thine4 8,bearest thou no tidings from our loved on earth1 ,the toiler tireless for ,truth's new birth ,all-unbeguiled8 ,our joy is gathered from her parting sigh3 #aj ,this hour looks on her heart with pitying eye1-- ,what of my child80 8,when1 severed by death's dream1 ,i woke to ,life1 ,she deemed ,i died1 and could not know the strife ,at first to fill #ae ,that waking with a love that steady turns ,to ,god2 a hope that ever upward yearns1 ,bowed to ,his will4 8,years had passed o'er thy broken household band1 ,when angels beckoned me to this bright land1 #bj ,with thee to meet4 ,she that has wept o'er thee1 kissed my cold brow1 ,rears the sad marble to our memory now1 ,in lone retreat4 8,by the remembrance of her loyal life1 #be ,and parting prayer1 ,i only know my wife1 ,thy child1 shall come-- ,where farewells cloud not o'er our ransomed rest-- ,hither to reap1 with all the crowned and blest1 ,of bliss the sum4 #cj ,page #chg4 8,when ,love's rapt sense the heart-strings gently sweep1 #a ,with joy divinely fair1 the high and deep1 ,to call her home1 ,she shall mount upward unto purer skies2 ,we shall be waiting1 in what glad surprise1 #e ,our spirits' own60 ,love ,brood o'er us with ,thy shelt'ring wing1 ',neath which our spirits blend ,like brother birds1 that soar and sing1 #aj ,and on the same branch bend4 ,the arrow that doth wound the dove ,darts not from those who watch and love4 ,if thou the bending reed wouldst break ,by thought or word unkind1 #ae ,pray that his spirit you partake1 ,who loved and healed mankind3 ,seek holy thoughts and heavenly strain1 ,that make men one in love remain4 ,learn1 too1 that wisdom's rod is given #bj ,for faith to kiss1 and know2 ,that greetings glorious from high heaven1 ,whence joys supernal flow1 ,come from that ,love1 divinely near1 ,which chastens pride and earth-born fear1 #be ,page #chh4 ,through ,god1 who gave that word of might #a ,which swelled creation's lay3 8,let there be light1 and there was light40 ,what chased the clouds away8 ',twas ,love whose finger traced aloud #e ,a bow of promise on the cloud4 ,thou to whose power our hope we give1 ,free us from human strife4 ,fed by ,thy love divine we live1 #aj ,for ,love alone is ,life2 ,and life most sweet1 as heart to heart ,speaks kindly when we meet and part4 ,woman's ,rights ,grave on her monumental pile3 ,she won from vice1 by virtue's smile1 #ae ,her dazzling crown1 her sceptred throne1 ,affection's wreath1 a happy home2 ,the right to worship deep and pure1 ,to bless the orphan1 feed the poor2 ,last at the cross to mourn her ,lord1 #bj ,first at the tomb to hear his word3 ,to fold an angel's wings below2 ,and hover o'er the couch of woe2 ,to nurse the ,bethlehem babe so sweet1 ,the right to sit at ,jesus' feet2 #be ,page #chi4 ,to form the bud for bursting bloom1 #a ,the hoary head with joy to crown2 ,in short1 the right to work and pray1 8,to point to heaven and lead the way40 ,the ,mother's ,evening ,prayer ,o gentle presence1 peace and joy and power2 ,o ,life divine1 that owns each waiting hour1 ,thou ,love that guards the nestling's faltering flight6 ,keep ,thou my child on upward wing to-night4 ,love is our refuge2 only with mine eye #aj ,can ,i behold the snare1 the pit1 the fall3 ,his habitation high is here1 and nigh1 ,his arm encircles me1 and mine1 and all4 ,o make me glad for every scalding tear1 ,for hope deferred1 ingratitude1 disdain6 #ae ,wait1 and love more for every hate1 and fear ,no ill1--since ,god is good1 and loss is gain4 ,beneath the shadow of ,his mighty wing2 ,in that sweet secret of the narrow way1 ,seeking and finding1 with the angels sing3 #bj 8,lo1 ,i am with you alway10--watch and pray4 ,no snare1 no fowler1 pestilence or pain2 ,no night drops down upon the troubled breast1 ,when heaven's aftersmile earth's tear-drops gain1 ,and mother finds her home and heavenly rest4 #be ,page #cij4 ,june ,whence are thy wooings1 gentle ,june8 ,thou hast a ,naiad's charm2 ,thy breezes scent the rose's breath2 ,old ,time gives thee her palm4 #e ,the lark's shrill song doth wake the dawn2 ,the eve-bird's forest flute ,gives back some maiden melody1 ,too pure for aught so mute4 ,the fairy-peopled world of flowers1 #aj ,enraptured by thy spell1 ,looks love unto the laughing hours1 ,through woodland1 grove1 and dell2 ,and soft thy footstep falls upon ,the verdant grass it weaves2 #ae ,to melting murmurs ye have stirred ,the timid1 trembling leaves4 ,when sunshine beautifies the shower1 ,as smiles through teardrops seen1 ,ask of its ,june1 the long-hushed heart1 #bj ,what hath the record been8 ,and thou wilt find that harmonies1 ,in which the ,soul hath part1 ,ne'er perish young1 like things of earth1 ,in records of the heart4 #be ,page #cia4 ,wish ,and ,item ,written to the ,editor of the ,item1 ,lynn1 ,mass4 ,i hope the heart that's hungry ,for things above the floor1 ,will find within its portals #e ,an item rich in store2 ,that melancholy mortals ,will count their mercies o'er1 ,and learn that ,truth and wisdom ,have many items more2 #aj ,that when a wrong is done us1 ,it stirs no thought of strife2 ,and ,love becomes the substance1 ,as item1 of our life2 ,that every ragged urchin1 #ae ,with bare feet soiled or sore1 ,share ,god's most tender mercies1-- ,find items at our door4 ,then if we've done to others ,some good ne'er told before1 #bj ,when angels shall repeat it1 ',t will be an item more4 ,page #cib4 ,the ,oak ,on ,the ,mountain's ,summit ,oh1 mountain monarch1 at whose feet ,i stand1-- ,clouds to adorn thy brow1 skies clasp thy hand1-- ,nature divine1 in harmony profound1 ,with peaceful presence hath begirt thee round4 #e ,and thou1 majestic oak1 from yon high place ,guard'st thou the earth1 asleep in night's embrace1-- ,and from thy lofty summit1 pouring down ,thy sheltering shade1 her noonday glories crown8 ,whate'er thy mission1 mountain sentinel1 #aj ,to my lone heart thou art a power and spell2 ,a lesson grave1 of life1 that teacheth me ,to love the ,hebrew figure of a tree4 ,faithful and patient be my life as thine2 ,as strong to wrestle with the storms of time2 #ae ,as deeply rooted in a soil of love2 ,as grandly rising to the heavens above4 ,isle ,of ,wight ,written on receiving a painting of the ,isle ,isle of beauty1 thou art singing #bj ,to my sense a sweet refrain2 ,to my busy mem'ry bringing ,scenes that ,i would see again4 ,page #cic4 ,chief1 the charm of thy reflecting1 #a ,is the moral that it brings2 ,nature1 with the mind connecting1 ,gives the artist's fancy wings4 ,soul1 sublime 'mid human dbris1 #e ,paints the limner's work1 ,i ween1 ,art and ,science1 all unweary1 ,lighting up this mortal dream4 ,work ill-done within the misty ,mine of human thoughts1 we see #aj ,soon abandoned when the ,master ,crowns life's ,cliff for such as we4 ,students wise1 he maketh now thus ,those who fish in waters deep1 ,when the buried ,master hails us #ae ,from the shores afar1 complete4 ,art hath bathed this isthmus-lordling ,in a beauty strong and meek ,as the rock1 whose upward tending ,points the plane of power to seek4 #bj ,isle of beauty1 thou art teaching ,lessons long and grand1 to-night1 ,to my heart that would be bleaching ,to thy whiteness1 ,cliff of ,wight4 ,page #cid4 ,hope ',t is borne on the zephyr at eventide's hour2 ,it falls on the heart like the dew on the flower1-- ,an infinite essence from tropic to pole1 ,the promise1 the home1 and the heaven of ,soul4 #e ,hope happifies life1 at the altar or bower1 ,and loosens the fetters of pride and of power2 ,it comes through our tears1 as the soft summer rain1 ,to beautify1 bless1 and make joyful again4 ,the harp of the minstrel1 the treasure of time2 #aj ,a rainbow of rapture1 o'erarching1 divine2 ,the ,god-given mandate that speaks from above1-- ,no place for earth's idols1 but hope thou1 and love4 ,rondelet 8,the flowers of ,june ,the gates of memory unbar3 ,the flowers of ,june ,such old-time harmonies retune1 ,i fain would keep the gates ajar1-- ,so full of sweet enchantment are #bj ,the flowers of ,june40 ,,james ,t4 ,,white ,page #cie4 ,to ,mr4 ,james ,t4 ,white ,who loves not ,june #b ,is out of tune ,with love and ,god2 ,the rose his rival reigns1 #e ,the stars reject his pains1 ,his home the clod6 ,and yet ,i trow1 ,when sweet rondeau ,doth play a part1 #aj ,the curtain drops on ,june2 ,veiled is the modest moon-- ,hushed is the heart4 ,autumn ,written in childhood1 in a maple grove #ae ,quickly earth's jewels disappear2 ,the turf1 whereon ,i tread1 ,ere autumn blanch another year1 ,may rest above my head4 ,touched by the finger of decay #bj ,is every earthly love2 ,for joy1 to shun my weary way1 ,is registered above4 ,the languid brooklets yield their sighs1 ,a requiem o'er the tomb #be ,of sunny days and cloudless skies1 ,enhancing autumn's gloom4 ,page #cif4 ,the wild winds mutter1 howl1 and moan1 #a ,to scare my woodland walk1 ,and frightened fancy flees1 to roam ,where ghosts and goblins stalk4 ,the cricket's sharp1 discordant scream #e ,fills mortal sense with dread2 ,more sorrowful it scarce could seem2 ,it voices beauty fled4 ,yet here1 upon this faded sod1-- ,o happy hours and fleet1-- #aj ,when songsters' matin hymns to ,god ,are poured in strains so sweet1 ,my heart unbidden joins rehearse2 ,i hope it's better made1 ,when mingling with the universe1 #ae ,beneath the maple's shade4 ,christ ,my ,refuge ,o'er waiting harpstrings of the mind ,there sweeps a strain1 ,low1 sad1 and sweet1 whose measures bind #bj ,the power of pain1 ,and wake a white-winged angel throng ,of thoughts1 illumed ,by faith1 and breathed in raptured song1 ,with love perfumed4 #be ,page #cig4 ,then ,his unveiled1 sweet mercies show #a ,life's burdens light4 ,i kiss the cross1 and wake to know ,a world more bright4 ,and o'er earth's troubled1 angry sea #e ,i see ,christ walk1 ,and come to me1 and tenderly1 ,divinely talk4 ,thus ,truth engrounds me on the rock1 ,upon ,life's shore1 #aj ',gainst which the winds and waves can shock1 ,oh1 nevermore6 ,from tired joy and grief afar1 ,and nearer ,thee1-- ,father1 where ,thine own children are1 #ae ,i love to be4 ,my prayer1 some daily good to do ,to ,thine1 for ,thee2 ,an offering pure of ,love1 whereto ,god leadeth me4 #bj 8,feed ,my ,sheep0 ,shepherd1 show me how to go ,o'er the hillside steep1 ,how to gather1 how to sow1-- ,how to feed ,thy sheep2 ,page #cih4 ,i will listen for ,thy voice1 #a ,lest my footsteps stray2 ,i will follow and rejoice ,all the rugged way4 ,thou wilt bind the stubborn will1 #e ,wound the callous breast1 ,make self-righteousness be still1 ,break earth's stupid rest4 ,strangers on a barren shore1 ,lab'ring long and lone1 #aj ,we would enter by the door1 ,and ,thou know'st ,thine own2 ,so1 when day grows dark and cold1 ,tear or triumph harms1 ,lead ,thy lambkins to the fold1 #ae ,take them in ,thine arms2 ,feed the hungry1 heal the heart1 ,till the morning's beam2 ,white as wool1 ere they depart1 ,shepherd1 wash them clean4 ,communion ,hymn ,saw ye my ,saviour8 ,heard ye the glad sound8 ,felt ye the power of the ,word8 ',t was the ,truth that made us free1 ,and was found by you and me #be ,in the life and the love of our ,lord4 ,page #cii4 ,mourner1 it calls you1--8,come to my bosom1 #a ,love wipes your tears all away1 ,and will lift the shade of gloom1 ,and for you make radiant room ,midst the glories of one endless day40 #e ,sinner1 it calls you1--8,come to this fountain1 ,cleanse the foul senses within2 ',tis the ,spirit that makes pure1 ,that exalts thee1 and will cure ,all thy sorrow and sickness and sin40 #aj ,strongest deliverer1 friend of the friendless1 ,life of all being divine3 ,thou the ,christ1 and not the creed2 ,thou the ,truth in thought and deed2 ,thou the water1 the bread1 and the wine4 #ae ,laus ,deo6 ,written on laying the corner-stone of ,the ,mother ,church ,laus ,deo1 it is done6 ,rolled away from loving heart ,is a stone4 #bj ,lifted higher1 we depart1 ,having one4 ,laus ,deo1--on this rock 7,heaven chiselled squarely good7 ,stands ,his church1-- #be ,god is ,love1 and understood ,by ,his flock4 ,page #djj4 ,laus ,deo1 night star-lit #a ,slumbers not in ,god's embrace2 ,be awake2 ,like this stone1 be in thy place3 ,stand1 not sit4 #e ,grave1 silent1 steadfast stone1 ,dirge and song and shoutings low ,in thy heart ,dwell serene1--and sorrow8 ,no1 ,it has none1 #aj ,laus ,deo6 ,a ,verse ,,mother',s ,,new ,,year ,,gift ,,to ,,the ,,little ,,children ,father-,mother ,god1 ,loving me1-- #ae ,guard me when ,i sleep2 ,guide my little feet ,up to ,thee4 ,,to ,,the ,,big ,,children ,father-,mother good1 lovingly #bj ,thee ,i seek1-- ,patient1 meek1 ,in the way ,thou hast1-- ,be it slow or fast1 ,up to ,thee4 #be ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,,testimonials ,letters ,from ,those ,healed ,by ,reading 8,science ,and ,health ,with ,key ,to ,the ,scriptures0 ,the ,editor of ,the ,christian ,science ,journal 7,falmouth and ,st4 ,paul ,streets1 ,boston1 ,mass47 holds the original of most of the letters that authenticate these4 ,it is something more than a year and a half since ,i was cured of a complication of diseases through reading 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,becoming at an early age disgusted with drugs1 ,i learned hygiene1 and practised it faithfully for over twenty years2 then ,i began to lose all faith in its efficacy1 became greatly discouraged1 and1 as ,i had never been cured of a single ailment1 ,i rapidly grew worse in health4 ,hearing of this1 a dear sister brought me ,science and ,health4 ,her admonition was1 8,now read it1 ,e----2 ,i have heard that just the reading of that book has been known to heal the sick40 ,i had read to1 and through1 the chapter on ,healing and ,teaching17#h7 and was so deeply interested that ,i began reading that blessed chapter over again1--when ,i found ,i was cured of my dyspepsia1 that ,i could use my strength in lifting without feeling the old distressing pain in my side1 and also that the pain in the kidneys only came on at night1 waking me out of sleep4 ,then ,i began my first conscious treatments3 of course ,i followed no formula1 and ,i needed none4 ,a cry for help1 knowing it would be answered2 precious texts from the ,bible1 which had already become like a new book to me2 sweet assurance of faith by the witnessing ,spirit2 strong logical conclusions1 learned from ,science and ,health3 what a wealth of material6 ,before finishing the book1 all tendency to my old aches and pains had left me1 and ,i have been a strong1 healthy woman ever since4 ,my first demonstration with another than myself was also before ,i had finished my first reading4 ,my husband was cured of the belief of bilious fever by not over ten minutes' treatment2 the fever and pain in head and limbs disappearing in that instantaneous way as soon as ,i could summon sufficient courage to offer my services in this1 to us1 new but glorious work4 ,he slept soundly that night 7the treatment was given about #aj ,a4 ,m471 and ate and worked as usual the next day1 with no symptoms of a relapse then or afterward4 ,that was in ,march1 #ahhh2 in the following ,august ,i met in one of our ,rocky ,mountain berry patches a lady who complained so bitterly that ,i felt compelled to offer her treatment4 ,her words1 when ,i visited her at her home during ,christmas week1 will give some idea of the result3-- 8,yes1 ,i am doing three women's work1--attending to my own and my son's housework1 and caring for his wife and new-born babe2 but ,i am equal to it1 when ,i think of all the ,lord has done for me6 ,why1 ,mrs4 ,s41 ,i was cured with that first treatment you gave me1 ,i know2 because ,i went out to gather berries that day and was caught in a drenching shower1--and for ten years before ,i could not bear the least exposure without suffering from those dreadful headaches ,i told you about1 and from dysentery1--but that day ,i had neither4 ,i had once been laid out for dead1--lying there perfectly conscious1 hearing my friends grieving over me1--but ,i did not want to come to1 ,i suffered so4 ,no1 ,i never have any of those ailments4 ,i am a well1 hearty woman1--and that is not all4 ,i had been seeking religion for more than twenty years1 but ,i never knew how ,christians felt till ,i told you ,i was cured that day on the camp-ground40 ,on the first of this year ,i was so blessed as to receive a course of lessons from one of our teacher's students4 ,now ,i am only trusting that the time will come when ,i may be enabled to teach others the way of ,truth1 as well as to add to the many demonstrations ,god has given me4--,e4 ,d4 ,s4 ,a student of ,christian ,science was employed in the ,massachusetts ,state ,prison at ,charlestown1 to teach the prisoners to make shoes4 ,he carried his copy of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 and the ,journal with him1 and as he had the opportunity would tell the men what this wonderful truth could do for them1 setting them free in a larger and higher sense than they had dreamed of4 ,we make extracts from a number of letters that one of the prisoners has written to those who are interesting themselves in this work4 8,editor of ,the ,christian ,science ,journal3--,at the prison1 once a week1 there are ,christian papers given to the inmates4 ,but none of those papers point out so clearly the fallibility of the mortal or carnal mind1 and the infallibility of the divine ,mind1 as does the teaching of ,christian ,science4 8,i was strangely blind and stupid4 ,i loved sin1 and it seemed as though ,i never would be able to forsake it4 ,i did everything that would be expected of one entirely ignorant of ,god4 8,i also had a complication of diseases4 ,i could not begin to describe the medicines ,i have taken4 8,i no longer look for material treatment1 but humbly seek for the divine assistance of ,jesus1 through the way ,christian ,science has taught me4 ,i am1 indeed1 an altered man4 ,i now have no more doubt of the way of salvation than ,i have of the way to the prison workshop4 8,i am very grateful to the students of ,christian ,science1 for the interest they have taken in me and my fellow-prisoners4 ,their letters and books have been of great profit1 and in accordance with their wish ,i have done what ,i could for the others4 8,i gave the ,journal to every man who would accept it1 and related my experience to those who would listen4 ,i told them they need go no farther than myself to see what the demonstration was2 for not only have my eyes been healed1 but many other ailments have disappeared4 8,some of the fellows told me ,i was becoming religiously insane1 but acting upon your advice1 ,i did not stop to argue with those opposed2 and ,i am glad to be able to tell you that those who expressed interest were more than those who opposed4 8,the chaplain told me ,i could keep ,science and ,health until ,i got through with it4 ,i never should get through with that book1 but1 as others were waiting for it1 ,i did not like to keep it too long4 ,god bless the author6 8,i need have no fear after leaving here2 ,i feel that ,i can make an honest living4 ,i can honestly add1 that my bad reputation is largely due to my lack of education4 ,what little ,i do know1 ,i learned here and in the ,house of ,correction4 ,i tell you this1 for ,i feel that ,i must be honest with the kind friends who have done so much for me4 8,providing ,i should not be paroled1 ,i shall remain here until the #bdth of next ,december4 ,god bless you all4--,j4 ,c40 ,i am glad to tell how ,i was healed4 ,beliefs of consumption1 dyspepsia1 neuralgia1 piles1 tobacco1 and bad language held me in bondage for many years4 ,doctors that were consulted did nothing to relieve me1 and ,i constantly grew worse4 ,nearly two years ago a lady told me that if ,i would read a book called 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 ,i would be healed4 ,i told her ,i would 8go into it for all it is worth10 and ,i have found that it is worth all4 ,i got the book1 and read day and night4 ,i saw that it must be true1 and believed that what ,i could not then understand would be made clear later4 ,after some days' reading ,i was affected with drowsiness1 followed by vomiting4 ,this lasted several hours2 when ,i fell into a sleep1 and awoke healed4 ,the good ,i have received1 and that ,i have been able to do in healing others1 has all come from ,science and ,health4 ,i received some instructions from teachers2 but they did me more harm than good3 ,i asked for bread1 but they gave me a stone4 ,i held to what ,i could understand of ,science and ,health2 and the truth does not forsake me1 but enables me to heal others4 ,last ,february1 ,i was called to treat a child that the ,m4 ,d4's said was dying from lung fever2 after the third treatment the child got up and ran about1 completely healed4 ,another child was brought to me1 with rupture2 after the second treatment the truss was thrown away4 ,an aged lady was healed of heart disease and chills1 in one treatment4 ,these cases brought me many more1 that were also healed4 ,the husband of a lady in the ,state ,lunatic ,asylum asked me to treat her2 she had been for two years and a half in the asylum1 and though taken home in this time once or twice1 she had had to be taken back4 ,after two weeks of absent treatment1 the husband visited her1 and the doctor reported great improvement during the preceding two weeks4 ,at the end of another two weeks ,i went with the husband to the asylum1 and the doctor told us that she was well enough to go home4 ,the husband asked the doctor how it was that she had improved so rapidly1 and he said that he could not account for it4 ,we said nothing about the ,christian ,science treatment1 and took the lady home4 ,this was about a year ago1 and she has remained perfectly well4 ,many cases as striking as this can be referred to in this town1 as evidence that ,truth is the healer of sickness as well as of sin4--,j4 ,b4 ,h4 ,no4 #a4 ,a lady friend1 who was found to have a severe attack of dysentery1 was assured that such attacks could be cured without medicine1 and advised to take no more4 ,she was more than astonished at the result2 for in less than an hour all pain and other symptoms of the trouble ceased1 and she felt perfectly well the next day4 ,no4 #b4 ,while she was visiting relatives in the country1 an infant of theirs was attacked severely with croup1 and appeared to be on the verge of suffocation1 giving its parents much alarm4 ,the infant was taken in the arms of the lady1 in thirty minutes was completely relieved1 went to sleep1 and awoke in good health the next morning4 ,no4 #c4 ,the mother of this child was subsequently attacked with a scrofulous swelling on the neck1 just under the ear1 which was very painful and disfiguring2 the side of the face1 also1 being badly swollen4 ,it was feared that this would develop into and undergo the usual phenomenon of abscess1 as other similar swellings had done previously4 ,she had great faith in the metaphysical treatment1 because of the experience which she had had with her baby1 and wrote a letter describing her case4 ,this was immediately answered1 and absent treatment was begun4 ,in twenty-four hours after receipt of the letter1 to the astonishment of herself and family1 the tumor had entirely disappeared3 there was not a trace of it left2 although the day before it was fully as large as a hen's egg2 red1 and tender to the touch4 ,these instances are only a few of the many cures which have been performed in this way1 and they are mentioned simply to show what good work may be done by any earnest1 conscientious person who has gained by reading my works the proper understanding of the ,principle of ,christian ,science4 ,what a wonderful field for enlightenment and profit lies open to those who seek after ,truth4 ,alas1 that the feet of so few enter it6 ,rev4 ,m4 ,b4 ,g4 ,eddy3--,will you kindly spare me a few moments for the perusal of these lines from a stranger1-- one who feels under a debt of gratitude to you1--for1 through the divine ,science brought to light by you1 ,i have been 8made whole40 ,i have been cured of a malignant cancer since ,i began to study ,christian ,science1 and have demonstrated the truth of it in a number of cases4 ,i have only studied your good books1 having been unable to take the lectures for want of means4 ,i dare not think of these1 for there is no prospect that ,i shall be in a position to take the course at all4 ,i do not allow myself to complain1 but cheerfully take up my books and study1 and feel thankful for this light4 ,m4 ,e4 ,w41 ,caon ,city1 ,col4 ,dear ,madam3--,may ,i thank you for your book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 and say how much ,i owe to it--almost my very life--at a most critical time4444 ,if it were not for the heat of your ,american summers 7,i had nine attacks of dysentery in the last one71 and the expense1 ,i should dearly like to learn from you personally2 but ,i must forego this1--at any rate1 for the present4 ,if you would write me what the cost would be for a course on divine metaphysics1 ,i would try to manage it later on4 ,meanwhile1 ,i should be grateful if you would refer me to any one in this country who is interested similarly1 for ,i get more kicks than halfpence in discussing it4 ,your obliged friend1 7,,rev47 ,i4 ,g4 ,w4 ,,bishop1 ,bovington ,vicarage1 ,hemel ,hempstead1 ,herts1 ,england ,extract from a letter to ,rev4 ,m4 ,b4 ,g4 ,eddy ,a gentleman here had hired all the most skilled doctors in the ,united ,states--nothing helped him4 ,he was a ghost to look upon4 ,i told him just to read my copies of your books4 ,i talked to him1 told him what he could do for himself if he but tried4 ,he laughed at me4 ,i was willing he should laugh1 for it was very unusual for him to do this4 ,he had your books two months1 and last ,sunday he returned them4 ,i wish you could see him3 he is well4 ,he is happy1 and told me he was going to write to you for the books for himself this week4--,e4 ,e4 ,b4 ,dear ,madam3--,i have been a sickly person all my life1 until a few months ago1 and was confined to my bed every little while4 ,it was during one of many attacks that your book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 was handed me4 ,i read it only a very short time1 when ,i arose1 well1 went out into the kitchen1 prepared a large dinner1 and ate heartily of it4 ,i have been up and well ever since1--a marvel to my friends and family1 and sometimes they can hardly believe it is ,i2 and feeling so grateful1 ,i must tell you of it4 ,i wish everybody in the world would read your book1 for all would be benefited by it4 ,gratefully yours1 ,,anna ,m4 ,,smith ,dear ,madam3--,about seven years ago ,i was compelled to go to an oculist and have an operation performed upon my eyes4 ,he fitted me with glasses1 which ,i wore for a considerable time1 and then removed2 but the pain and difficulty returned1 and ,i was obliged to go again to the oculist1 who advised me never to take my glasses off again4 ,i continued wearing them for fully five years longer1 until some time in last ,january1 when1 upon reading your book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 ,i again took them off4 ,since that time1 though ,i have been in the courts reporting1 and reading fine notes frequently1 ,i have experienced no difficulty with my eyes4 ,very respectfully1 ,william ,a4 ,smith1 ,wilmington1 ,del4 ,dear ,mrs4 ,eddy3--,we have been studying 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 for a year1 and ,i cannot tell you how much it has done for us2 giving us health instead of sickness1 and giving us such an understanding of ,god as we never had before4 ,christian ,science was our only help two weeks ago1 when our baby was born4 ,my husband and myself were alone4 ,i dressed myself the next day2 commenced doing my work the third day1 and am well and strong4 ,it must be pleasing to you to know how much good your work is doing4 ,,kittie ,,beck1 ,elmwood1 ,cass ,co41 ,neb4 ,i was a helpless sufferer in ,august1 #ahhc1 and had been so for many years4 ,the physicians said ,i had cancer of the uterus4 ,i heard of your book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 bought a copy1 began reading it1 and a great light seemed to break through the darkness4 ,i cried aloud in joy1 8,this is what ,i have been hungering for1 these many years60 ,i studied it closely1 and healed myself and several of my friends before ,i had taken instruction of any teacher4 ,,mrs4 ,s4 ,a4 ,,mcmahon1 ,wyandotte1 ,kans4 ,i was healed thoroughly of the belief of chronic hepatitis and kidney disease1 by reading 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,i have never1 to this day1 had the slightest return of it4 ,j4 ,p4 ,,filbert1 ,council ,bluffs1 ,iowa ,you1 dear ,mrs4 ,eddy1 have saved my life1 through ,science and ,health2 and ,i feel that the patients healed through me should give the first thanks to ,god and to you4--,,mrs4 ,d4 ,s4 ,,harriman1 ,kansas ,city1 ,mo4 ,how grand your book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 is6 ,it is a translation of ,truth4 ,no amount of money could buy the book of me1 if ,i could not get another4 ,no matter what suffering comes1 physical or mental1 ,i have only to take ,science and ,health1 and almost invariably the first sentence brings relief4 ,it seems to steady the thought4 ,i do not think any student old enough to neglect reading it4 ,when we think we are advanced far enough to let that book alone1 then are we in danger4 ,,mrs4 ,,ellen ,p4 ,,clark1 ,dorchester1 ,mass4 ,many thanks for the good received from your books4 ,when ,i commenced reading them1 ,i was carrying about a very sick body4 ,your books have healed me4 ,i am now in perfect health4 ,people look at me with surprise1 and say they do not understand it2 but when they see the sick ones made well1 they are not always willing to believe it4 ,,mrs4 ,,joseph ,,tillson1 ,south ,hanson1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,b4 ,g4 ,eddy3--,i add one more testimony of a cure from reading your book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,five years ago ,i lay prostrate with piles and inflammation of the bowels4 ,all the coating came off1 apparently4 ,a stricture was formed1 beyond medical reach4 ,i then lived in ,chicago2 one of the best physicians1 who made a specialty of treating piles1 attended me4 ,the pain was relieved1 but my bowels were inactive1 and remained so until ,new ,year's eve4 ,i determined to trust all to ,god1 or die before ,i would take any more medicine1 as ,i never had an action unless ,i took a free dose of some laxative4 ,if ,i forgot to take the medicine one night1 or allowed myself to be without it1 ,i had a terrible sick headache for two or three days1 and terrible backache4 ,i never had backache at any other time1 and the piles would be so much inflamed1 in two days' time1 that ,i could hardly tell where ,i suffered the worst4 ,since ,i have learned to trust all to ,god1 ,i have not had the least trouble with the piles1 nor one twinge of the backache4 ,i have an easy action of the bowels each morning4 ,it was five days after ,i resolved to leave medicine alone1 before a natural movement took place2 and ever since ,i have been perfectly regular4 ,it was a great effort for me to take that step1 for ,i knew ,i was running the risk of throwing myself back into all misery1 and perhaps into a worse state than before4 ,by reading ,science and ,health1 ,i learned that ,god was able to save the body as well as the soul1 and ,i believed ,his promises were for me4 ,,mattie ,e4 ,,mayfield1 ,des ,moines1 ,iowa ,for the ,cause of ,truth1 ,i submit the following testimonial for publication2 may it bring one more1 at least1 into the fold of divine ,science6 ,the truth1 as it is stated in 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 has done much towards making our home the abiding-place of peace and harmony4 ,i now write of the wonderful demonstration of ,truth over the birth of my baby boy1 two weeks ago4 ,sunday1 ,september #bc1 we went for a long drive of three hours2 at night ,i retired at the usual hour2 toward morning ,i was given a little warning2 when ,i awoke at seven o'clock1 the birth took place4 ,not more than ten minutes after1 ,i ate a hearty breakfast1 and then had a refreshing sleep2 at ten o'clock walked across the room while my bed was dressed2 at twelve took a substantial dinner2 most of the afternoon sat up in bed1 without any support but ,truth2 at six in the evening dressed myself and walked to the dining-room1 and remained up for two hours4 ,next morning ,i arose at the usual hour1 and have kept it up ever since1--was not confined to my bed one whole day4 ,the second day was out walking in the yard1 and the third day went for a drive in the morning and received callers in the afternoon4 ,if it had not been for the presence of my young hopeful1 it would have been hard to believe that there had so recently been a belief of a birth in the house2 but then1 ,i was sustained by ,love1 and had no belief of suffering to take my strength away4 ,before baby was two weeks old1 ,i cooked1 swept1 ran the sewing machine1 etc41 assisting with the housework generally4 ,how grateful ,i am for the obstetrics of this grand ,science6 ,mothers need no longer listen to the whispering lies of the old serpent1 for the law of mortal mind is broken by ,truth4 ,,mrs4 ,,dora ,,hossick1 ,carrolton1 ,mo4 ,my wife and ,i have been healed by reading your book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,we both feel very grateful to you4 ,five months ago my wife gave birth to a child1 without pain or inconvenience1 has done all the housework since1 and has been every minute perfectly well4 ,neither she nor the child have been ill1--as was constantly the case with former children1--so we have thought it right to name the child ,glover ,eddy4 ,we have been reading ,science and ,health nearly two years1 and have sold several copies to others4 ,we are reading the ,journal also this year4 ,yours respectfully1 ,,john ,b4 ,,housel1 ,lincoln1 ,neb4 ,dear ,mother3--,the most blessed of women6 ,oh1 how ,i long to sit within range of your voice and hear the truth that comes to you from on high6 for none could speak such wondrous thoughts as have come from your pen1 except it be the ,spirit that speaketh in you4 ,two years ago last ,october1 while laboring under a great strain of care and anxiety in regard to financial affairs1 ,i heard of ,christian ,science4 ,i borrowed 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 and began to read4 ,i bless ,god that ,i was driven to it by such an extremity4 ,after reading some one hundred and fifty pages1 ,i was convinced that it was the truth for which ,i had searched during twenty years4 ,while ,i was reading the chapter on ,imposition and ,demonstration17#i7 ,i was healed of endometritis and prolapsus uteri of over twenty years' standing1 pronounced incurable by eminent physicians4 ,professor ,ludlam1 the dean of ,hahnemann ,medical ,college1 of ,chicago1 ,ill41 was one of my doctors4 ,before ,i was healed1 to walk seven or eight blocks would so fatigue me that it would take me a week to recover4 ,i now started out and walked1 and was on my feet all day and for several succeeding days1 but felt no weariness from my labors4 ,i felt1 after being healed1 ,i must have a ,science and ,health of my own4 ,i had no money to buy it1 so earned it by getting subscribers for the ,journal4 ,it has gone with me everywhere ,i have been4 ,i have been well ever since4 ,i had suffered from bodily ailments1 but they were nothing compared to my mental trials4 ,grief1 hatred1 jealousy1 and revenge had well-nigh bereft me of reason4 ,i had lost a home of plenty1 been reduced to almost abject poverty1 and had become a cheerless woman1--could not smile without feeling ,i had sinned4 ,all my griefs and sorrows are now turned to joy1 and my hatred is changed to love4 8,glory to ,god in the highest1 and on earth peace1 good will toward men40 ,i read ,science and ,health1 and all your other books1 together with the ,new ,testament1 every minute ,i can get4--,e4 ,b4 ,c41 ,omaha1 ,neb4 ,i must add one more to your great pile of letters1 to tell you what your book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 has done for me and my family4 ,more than a year ago1 my husband was suffering from an injury received about a year previous1 and he went to ,mrs4 ,b4 for treatment4 ,his shoulder had been fractured1 his collarbone broken1 and he had sustained internal injuries4 ,several ,m4 ,d4's had attended him1 but had given him very little relief4 ,mrs4 ,b4 treated him a short time1 and he received much benefit4 ,he bought ,science and ,health4 ,from reading it1 ,i was cured of a belief of chronic liver complaint4 ,i suffered so much from headaches and constipation1 and other beliefs1 that ,i seldom ever saw a well day2 but1 thanks to you and divine ,principle1 ,i now seldom ever have a belief of feeling badly4 ,november #dth1 last1 ,i was confined4 ,i was alone1 because ,i knew no one whose thought was in harmony with ,science4 ,i thought ,i could get along without help1 and ,i did4 ,my little girl was sleeping in the same room with me1 and after the birth she called a woman who was asleep upstairs1 to take care of the baby4 ,this woman was much frightened2 but1 on seeing how composed ,i was1 she got over her fright4 ,i was sitting up in bed1 holding the child1 and feeling as well as ,i ever did in my life4 ,i never had seen a ,scientist nor been treated1 but got all my ideas from ,science and ,health4 ,my baby was born on ,sunday morning1 and ,i got up ,monday at noon1 and stayed up4 ,i never got along so well with a baby as ,i did with this one4 ,i am very thankful for the knowledge of ,science ,i have gained through your book4 ,i want so much to be a ,scientist2 but we are very poor4 ,my husband is a brakeman on the railroad2 and ,i have very little education4 ,there is comfort in the thought that1 if ,i can't be a ,scientist1 my children may be4 ,yours with much love1 ,c4 ,a4 ,w41 ,lexington1 ,mo4 ,in the ,february ,journal it appears there is some one who says that 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 is hard to understand1 and who thinks she can explain it4 ,perhaps my experience with ,science and ,health may help some one who might otherwise take up this thought1 and so be led away from the truth4 ,after reading and studying it for some time1 and talking to the ,scientists ,i met in my travels1 the thought came to me1 8,why not try these truths on yourself80 ,i did so1 and to my surprise and great joy ,i found immediate relief4 ,dyspepsia 7the trouble of most commercial travellers71 catarrh1 and many lesser beliefs1 left me1 so that in a short time ,i was a well man1 and by no other means than trusting to the ,saviour's promises as explained in ,science and ,health4 ,this took place while ,i was travelling about the country4 ,on my return home1 ,i gave my wife treatments4 ,in many instances the blessing came before the treatment was finished1 and often we proved that only a thought of the power of ,truth was sufficient to give relief4 ,one ,sunday morning1 soon after my return1 a friend called and asked if ,i could give him anything to relieve his wife1 who1 he said1 had been suffering for some days with rheumatism in her shoulder1 so severely that she could neither dress alone nor comb her hair4 ,i told him that the only medicine we had in the house was ,christian ,science4 ,he laughed at the idea2 but before he left1 he asked if ,i would give his wife a treatment4 ,i told him ,i was very young in ,science1 but if she wished it1 ,i would4 ,he went home1 but returned immediately1 saying she wished me to come4 ,then ,i asked help from the fountain of ,truth1 and started for my first treatment to be given away from home4 ,when ,i left their room fifteen minutes later1 she was shaking her hand high above her head1 and exclaiming1 8,i am all right2 ,i am well60 ,that was in ,november1 #ahhg1 and she has had no return of the belief since4 ,a friend told me that his son1 twelve years old1 had catarrh so badly that his breath was very offensive1 his throat troubled him all the time1 and that he had been deaf since he had the measles4 ,in less than three weeks both beliefs vanished4 ,this was a case of absent treatment4 ,i could give you other cases1 but ,i think ,i have said enough to prove that ,science and ,health is not hard to understand1 for my work has all been done without my ever attending class4 ,h4 ,h4 ,b41 ,new ,york ,city ,a lady1 with no other instructor than 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 has demonstrated beyond many who have taken numerous lessons4 ,persuaded1 through her reading1 of the allness of ,god1--and the perfectness of idea1--she would know nothing else4 ,a daughter1 so badly affected by poison oak 7ivy7 that for weeks death was feared from blood-poisoning1 had recovered with a terrible dread of that plant4 ,as the next season's picnic time drew near1 she was regretting that she dared not go again4 ,the mother1 with her new-born faith in the ,science of being1 said1 8,certainly you can go1 for nothing can harm you40 ,assured by these words1 the daughter went1 and in her rambles fell into a mass of the dreaded plant2 but trusting to the word of ,truth1 she thought nothing of it till one who knew of her previous trouble said1 in her mother's presence1 8,see1 her face is showing red already40 ,but the mother was prompt in denial and assurance4 ,next morning1 old symptoms were out in force1 but they yielded at once and finally to the positive and uncompromising hold on ,truth4 ,another daughter1 that was thought too delicate to raise1 from bronchial and nervous troubles1 always dosed with medicine and wrapped in flannels1 now runs free and well without either of these1 winter and summer4 ,the mother was recently attacked by mesmerism from the church that believed she was influencing her daughter to leave4 ,she overcame by the same unwavering trust in ,god1 seeing ,truth clearer than ever before4 ,her demonstrations come through no form of treatment1 but by letting the ,spirit bear witness1--by the positive recognition and realization of no reality but ever-present good4 ,the other night her husband was attacked with an old belief1 similar to one that some time before had ended in a congestive chill which the doctor thought very serious1 and from which he had been a long time in recovering4 ,the wife simply recognized no reality in the belief1 and1 seeing only perfect being1 felt no fear4 ,she did nothing1--no 8treating0 in the usual sense4 ,there is nothing to do but to understand that all is harmony1 always4 ,he felt the presence that destroys the sense of evil1 and next morning--there was nothing left to recover from4 ,a lady1 while doing some starching1 thoughtlessly put her hand into the scalding starch to wring out a collar4 ,recalled to mortal sense by the stinging pain1 she immediately realized the all-power of ,god4 ,at once the pain began to subside2 and as she brushed off the scalding starch1 she could see the blister-swelling go down till there was but a little redness to show for the accident2 absorbed in her thankfulness1 she mechanically wrung out the collar with the same hand1 and with no sense of pain1 thus verifying the demonstration4 ,this woman 7not reading ,english7 only knows ,science as she has received it from her practitioner during the treatments received within the last month4 ,so much has come to her from ,spirit through her loyalty to ,christ1 in so far as she could understand4 ,a case of ulcerated tooth and neuralgic belief would only partially yield after repeated treatments1 till it was discovered that the patient was antagonizing ,truth by holding the thought that her old remedy1 laudanum1 would give relief2 treated from this standpoint1 relief was immediate and final4 ,one morning after ,rev4 ---- had been preaching to thousands for several days1 he told them that he had never felt such a sense of depression nor had so little showing of results4 ,some ,scientists hearing this1 at once saw his trouble4 ,he had been fearlessly exposing and denouncing evil2 and it had turned on him1 till the mesmerism was likely to overcome him entirely1 for he did not understand the seeming power4 ,the effect of the silent word to uplift and sustain1 was very manifest that evening in his preaching1 and was a beautiful demonstration of ,science4 ,he probably only felt ,spirit-inspiration as he had not before1 without a thought as to what had broken the evil spell2 but we never know the what1 or when1 or where1 of the harvest we can sow--8,god giveth the increase40--,e4 ,h4 ,b41 ,sacramento ,i had two ,german patients who were anxious to have you publish 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 in their language4 ,i advised them to buy it and try to read it4 ,they commenced reading1 and now can read all of ,science and ,health1 but do not read well any other book or paper1 and they do not need to4 ,with great love4--,m4 ,h4 ,p4 ,i sold three copies of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 to friends1 not long ago4 ,one of them1 fifty years of age1 said to me1 8,i never had one day's sickness in my life2 but after reading ,science and ,health ,i found that ,i was bruised and mangled1 from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet4 ,i have been reaching after something that1 before reading ,science and ,health1 seemed to me unattainable20 and with tears in her eyes1 she rejoiced in the ,god of her salvation4 ,did not ,jesus say1 8,if these should hold their peace1 the stones would immediately cry out08 ,p4 ,l41 ,lexington1 ,ky4 ,for eight years ,i suffered terribly with my eyes2 ,i could not read fifteen minutes without the most agonizing sick headache4 ,oculists called it a case of double vision1 and said that the only chance for a cure lay in cutting the muscles of the eyes4 ,this was done1 but the pain was worse than before4 ,one of the most famous oculists of ,new ,york said ,i would simply have to endure it for life1 as it was a case of severe astigmatism4 ,i suffered so that my health gave way4 ,a friend spoke to me of ,christian ,science1 but ,i scoffed at the idea4 ,later on1 in desperation1 ,i asked her to lend me 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 thinking ,i might be able to read five minutes a day in it4 ,i opened the book at the chapter on ,physiology1 and began4 ,time passed unnoticed3 every page seemed illuminated4 ,i said1 8,this is everything or nothing2 if everything1 then you need no glasses40 ,i took off the heavy ground glasses1 and went on4 ,what a terrible headache ,i had the next morning6 but ,i fought it with the truth laid down in the book4 ,i said again1 8,this is everything or nothing10 and the truth triumphed4 ,the headache ceased1 but ,i felt miserably4 ,i recalled what was said about chemicalization1 and persevered4 ,in four days my eyes were well2 ,i read as many hours a day as ,i pleased2 my strength returned4 ,i conquered one belief after another1 until now1 strong and well1 ,i meet every belief with confidence4 8,i will fear no evil3 for ,thou art with me40 ,for two years ,i have realized the peace and confidence which the knowledge that ,god is all-powerful and always present alone can give4 ,feeling a great desire to spread ,christian ,science1 that it may do the good to others that it has to me1 not only physically but spiritually1 ,i ask if you have any missionaries in the work4 ,being a member of the ,episcopal ,church1 ,i have always sent what ,i could to help foreign missions through that church4 ,will it do the most good to continue so doing1 as our foreign missionaries are devoted men1 or have you ,christian ,science missionaries who devote their lives to the work8 ,an answer addressed to me1 or published in the ,journal1 would help one who is seeking to do right4 ,yours sincerely1 ,k4 ,l4 ,t4 ,i do wish to add my testimony of being healed by reading 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,i had been an invalid for over twenty years1 and had given up all hope of ever being well again4 ,i had read the book about six weeks1 when it seemed ,i was made all over new1 and ,i could 8run1 and not be weary2 and 444 walk1 and not faint40 ,i did not understand it1 but it was the savior from death unto life with me2 ,i have remained well ever since ,i was healed1--more than five years ago4 ,i commenced to treat others as soon as ,i was born anew into the kingdom of ,truth4 ,my patients were healed right along1 before ,i had taken lessons in a class1 and they have remained well to this day4 ,christian ,science has made me as young as a girl of sixteen4 ,if this should meet the eye of any sufferers who may be led to go and do as ,i did1 they will be healed4--,n4 ,a4 ,e4 ,language is inadequate when bearing grateful testimony to the book 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,by its simple reading1 ,i was healed of ills which baffled the skill of specialists and all curatives that love and money could command4 ,after eighteen years of invalidism1 and eight years of scepticism1 without hope1 with no ,god1--except a ,first ,cause1--,i was given up to die4 ,a loving friend told me of this book1 which was soon brought2 and thirty-five pages of the first chapter were read to me that evening4 ,the next morning ,i got up1 walked1 and read the book for myself4 ,i mention the chapter1 for the reason that nearly two years have passed since those wonderful words of ,life were first read to me1 and still their sacred sweetness is ever the same4 ,now ,i exclaim1 ,god is ,all6 ,,mrs4 ,,mary ,a4 ,r4 ,it is impossible for me to keep still any longer4 ,in #ahhe1 when ,i had not known a well day in five years1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 was placed in my hands by a dear lady who insisted upon my reading it1 saying she believed it would heal me4 ,like many1 ,i was afraid of it1--until ,i learned what it really was4 ,the friend's words were verified4 ,i was healed by the reading of the book1 and for one year continued to read nothing whatever but the ,bible and ,science and ,health4 ,they were my constant study4 ,through the understanding gained1 that ,god is ,all1 ,i came to demonstrate with great success1 and with but one thought1--for ,i knew nothing about giving a 8treatment20 ,i wish ,i knew as little now1 for ,i believe that healing in ,christian ,science is to be done in a moment4 ,i became anxious to learn more1 to study with the teacher1 but funds would not allow1--and ,i thought to substitute a course in ,chicago1 perhaps4 ,every time ,i would speak of it1 however1 my dear mother would say1 8,you have ,science and ,health and the ,bible1 and ,god for your teacher--what more do you need8 ,if ,i could not go to the teacher1 ,i would not go to any one40 ,if ,i had only heeded the blessed counsel of ,truth6 ,i went to ,chicago1 however1 so full of confidence in ,christian ,science that ,i supposed every one who had studied with ,mrs4 ,eddy must be right4 ,unfortunately1 ,i took my course with a spiritualist who had been through two of her classes2 discovered my mistake1 and went to a mind-cure1--only to find the mistake repeated4 ,being an earnest seeker for ,truth1 ,i tried again to go to the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college2 but it was uncertain when there would be a class1 so ,i took a course with one of ,mrs4 ,eddy's students in ,boston4 ,the darkness now rolled away4 ,science and ,health once more revealed the light to me as of old4 ,all this time1 the mind-curers had me in view1 and were sending me reading-matter2 but1 praise the ,lord6 ,truth is victorious4 ,my dear brothers and sisters1 let us be safely guided by the counsels of our ,mother1 in ,science and ,health6 ,i1 for one1 am astounded that ,i was so led astray2 but ,i did it all through ignorance1--and the sincere desire to know the truth and to do it1 saved me4 ,your sister in truth1 ,r4 ,d4 ,i have been reading ,science and ,health for one year and a half1 and have had some wonderful demonstrations4 ,people here are antagonistic to the ,science1 and tell me that ,i am a 8fit subject for the asylum40 ,physicians threaten me with arrest1 also1 but ,i walk straight on1 knowing well in whom ,i trust4 ,e4 ,i4 ,r41 ,wauseon1 ,ohio ,a little over two years ago1 while living in ,pittsburgh1 my wife and ,i had ,christian ,science brought to our attention4 ,we were at once interested1 and bought a copy of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,at the time1 ,mrs4 ,a---- was suffering with severe belief of astigmatism of the eyes4 ,she had been treated by a number of specialists1 during seven years1 the last being the late ,dr4 ,agnew of ,new ,york1 who prescribed two sets of glasses4 ,he said that he could do nothing more for her1 as the trouble was organic2 that she must wear glasses constantly2 that if she attempted to go without1 she would become either blind or insane4 ,the glasses were in operation1 and still life had become a burden from constant pain1 when ,christian ,science came to our relief4 ,mrs4 ,a---- had not in years read for two consecutive minutes1 and could not use her eyes in sewing at all4 ,the lady that told us of the ,science1 insisted that she could read ,science and ,health1 which she actually did1--reading it through twice1 and studying it carefully each time4 ,after the second reading1 there came the thought that she did not need the glasses1 and she at once abandoned them1 and went about her usual duties4 ,in about two weeks from that day the eyes were perfectly healed1 and are well and strong to-day4 ,e4 ,g4 ,a41 ,new ,york ,city ,my ,dear ,teacher3--,yours without date is at hand4 ,could you know out of what depths of material dbris the first reading of the first volume of ,science and ,health1 six years ago last ,december1 lifted me1 you would believe it had always been 8all ,i could ask40 ,it was only words from the pen of uninspired writers that gave me pain4 ,as the revelation of the ,all-good appeared to me1 all other books1 all forms of religion1 all methods of healing1 to my sense became void4 ,chronic beliefs of disease of twenty years' standing1 dimness of sight from the belief of age1 all disappeared instantly2 indeed1 material life seemed a blank4 ,the why8 ,i could not explain1 but this ,i did know1 in this realm of the real ,i found joy1 peace1 rest1 love to all1 unbounded1 unspeakable4 ,human language had lost its power of expression1 for no words came to me2 and in all this six years of bliss ,i still have found no words to tell my new-found life in ,god4 ,the most chronic forms of disease have sometimes been healed instantly and without argument4 ,with great love and gratitude4--,m4 ,h4 ,p4 ,i take great comfort in reading 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 and will cling firmly to the light ,i have1 knowing that more will be given me4 ,while in ,salt ,lake ,city1 ,i met at the hotel a lady who had been an invalid all her life4 ,i talked with her about ,christian ,science1 and loaned her ,science and ,health1 together with the ,journals ,i had with me4 ,she had become very much discouraged1 having lost all faith in doctors and medicine1 and did not know where to turn next4 ,she became very much absorbed in the book1 feeling she had found salvation4 ,she at once laid aside the glasses she was wearing1 and now reads readily without them4 ,she and her husband have accepted this truth beautifully4--,mrs4 ,g4 ,a4 ,g41 ,ogden1 ,utah ,on a trip through ,mexico ,i met a woman who told me that1 although she did not believe in ,christian ,science1 on her way from ,wisconsin1 her home1 she had bought a copy of ,science and ,health4 ,when she reached ,m----1 she met a minister from the ,north1 whom the ,m4 ,d4's had sent there because of consumption1--they had given him two months to live4 ,she gave him ,science and ,health1 and while doing so1 felt it was all absurd4 ,the minister read it1 and was healed immediately4 ,was not this a beautiful demonstration of the power of ,truth1 and good evidence that ,science and ,health is the word of ,god8 ,i had while in ,mexico a glorious conquest over the fear of smallpox4 ,there were hundreds of cases in some small towns where we were4 ,after the fear was cast out1 never a thought of it as real came to me or my husband1 or troubled us in any way4 ,on the street ,i met three men who were being taken to the pest-house with that loathsome disease4--,f4 ,w4 ,c4 ,a lady to whom ,i sold 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 writes me3 8,my longing to know ,god has been answered in this book2 and with the answer has come the healing40 ,she is an intimate friend of ,will ,carleton1 the poet4 ,this is doing much good in the social circles4 ,he has for a long time been interested1 but his wife has declared it could not heal1 and was not ,christian4 ,she will now be obliged to acknowledge this healing1 for the lady above referred to has been1 to sense1 a great sufferer4--,p4 ,j4 ,l4 ,some of the experiences given in the ,journal have been so helpful to me1 ,i have been moved to give to its readers a little experience of my own1 which occurred when ,i first began the study of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,i had already been healed of sick headache1 almost instantly1 by declaring that ,i was ,god's child1 and1 as ,god is perfect1 ,his child must be perfect also4 ,this had given me great happiness1 and a quiet1 peaceful state of mind ,i never had known before4 ,my family did not seem to see anything good in ,christian ,science1 but to me it was sacred4 ,one ,monday morning1 ,i awoke feeling very ill indeed4 ,the morning was warm and sultry4 ,i thought ,i certainly could not wash that day2 but when ,i went downstairs1 ,i found my daughter had made preparations for such work4 ,i thought1 8,well1 if she feels like washing1 ,i will not say anything2 perhaps ,i shall get over this40 ,after breakfast ,i went about my work1 thinking ,i could lean against the tub and wash with more ease than ,i could do up the morning work4 ,i tried to treat myself as ,i had done before1--tried to realize that 8all is ,mind1 there is no matter20 that 8,god is ,all1 there is nothing beside ,him10 but all to no purpose4 ,i seemed to grow worse all the time4 ,i did not want my family to know how badly ,i was feeling1 and it was very humiliating to think that ,i must give up and go to bed4 ,all at once these questions came to me1 as though spoken by some one1 taking me away from my line of thought entirely3 ,how is ,god an ever-present help8 ,how does ,he know our earnest desires8 ,then1 without waiting for me to think how1 the answer came in the same way1 ,god is conscious ,mind4 ,instantly the thoughts came3 ,is ,god conscious of me8 ,can ,i be conscious of ,him8 ,i was healed instantly3 every bad feeling was destroyed4 ,i could see that the morning had not changed a particle1 but ,i was oblivious of the weather4 ,it did not seem that ,i had anything more to do with that washing4 ,it was finished in good season1 while ,i was 8absent from the body1 and present with the ,lord40 ,that was the beginning of the battle with sin and self1 but at the same time it was the dawning of the resurrection4 ,since then 7over four years7 ,i have had many experiences1 some of which seem too sacred to give to the world4 ,false literature has caused me much suffering2 sorrow has visited my home2 but1 through all this1 the light that came to me on that ,monday morning--that new and precious sense of omnipresent ,life1 ,truth1 and ,love--has never left me one moment4 ,it was the light that cannot be hid4 ,,mrs4 ,h4 ,b4 ,j41 ,cambridge1 ,ill4 ,healing ,four years ago ,i learned for the first time that there was a way to be healed through ,christ4 ,i had always been sick1 but found no relief in drugs2 still1 ,i thought that if the ,bible was true1 ,god could heal me4 ,so1 when my attention was called to ,christian ,science1 ,i at once bought 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 studied it1 and began to improve in health4 ,i seemed to see ,god so near and so dear1--so different from the ,god ,i had been taught to fear4 ,i studied alone night and day1 until ,i found ,i was healed1 both physically and mentally4 ,then came a desire to tell every one of this wonderful truth4 ,i expected all to feel just as pleased as ,i did2 but to my sorrow none would believe4 ,some1 it is true1 took treatment and were helped1 but went on in the old way1 without a word of thanks4 ,but still ,i could not give up4 ,i seemed to know that this was the way1 and ,i had rather live it alone than to follow the crowd the other way4 ,but as time passed1 ,i had some good demonstrations of this ,love that is our ,life4 ,i am the only ,scientist in ,le ,roy1 as yet1 but the good seed has been sown1 and where the people once scoffed at this 8silly new idea10 they are becoming interested1 and many have been healed1 and some are asking about it4 ,one dear old lady and ,i study the ,bible ,lessons every ,tuesday afternoon4 ,she came to call1 and as we talked1 she told me of her sickness of years' standing2 and was healed during our talk1 so that she has never felt a touch of the old trouble since4 ,one lady1 whom ,i had never seen1 was healed of consumption in six weeks' treatment4 ,she had not left her bed in four months1 and had been given up by many physicians4 ,,mrs4 ,,florence ,,williams1 ,le ,roy1 ,mich4 ,i like the ,journal and ,quarterly1 and have many of ,rev4 ,mary ,b4 ,g4 ,eddy's works1 which make my little world4 ,i have a great desire to learn more of this ,love that casts out all fear1 and to work in this ,science4 ,it is the greatest pleasure ,i have1 to talk this truth1 as far as ,i understand it1 to any who will listen2 and am waiting for others to learn of this blessed ,science4 ,i give my experience in reading 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 aloud to a little child4 ,a letter published in the ,journal1 written by a lady who had relieved a two-year-old child by reading to her1 first suggested this course to me4 ,at the time1 my little one was a trifle over a year old4 ,i was trying to overcome for him a claim which1 though not one of serious illness1 was no small trial to me1 because of its frequent occurrence and its seeming ability to baffle my efforts4 ,one day as ,i sat near and treated him1 it occurred to me to read aloud4 ,i took up one of the older editions of ,science and ,health lying near1 began at the words1 8,brains can give no idea of ,god's man10 and read on for two or three paragraphs1 endeavoring--as the writer suggested--to understand it myself2 yet thinking1 perchance1 the purer thought of the babe might grasp the underlying meaning sooner than ,i4 ,so it proved4 ,before the disturbance felt by me had been calmed1 the weary expression on the face of the child was replaced by one of evident relief4 ,when putting him to sleep1 ,i had often repeated the spiritual interpretation of the ,lord's ,prayer4 ,one night he was very restless1 fretful1 and cried a great deal1 while ,i seemed unable to soothe him4 ,at last ,i perceived that he was asking for something1 and it dawned upon me that the ,prayer might be his desire4 ,i began repeating it aloud1 endeavoring to mean it also4 ,he turned over quietly1 and in a few minutes was sweetly sleeping4 ,the last time my attention was specially called to this subject1 was about a year after the first experience4 ,various hindrances had been allowed to keep me from ,science and ,health all day2 and it was toward evening when ,i recognized that material sense had been given predominance1 and must be put down4 ,i soon felt drawn to read the book4 ,the little boy had seemed restless and somewhat disturbed all day2 but without thinking specially of him1 rather to assist in holding my own thought1 ,i began to read aloud1 8,consciousness constructs a better body1 when it has conquered our fear of matter40 ,in a minute or two a little hand had touched mine1 and ,i looked down into a sweet face fairly radiant with smiles4 ,i read it over4 ,the child was evidently delighted1 and was restful and happy all the rest of the day4--,a4 ,h4 ,w41 ,deland1 ,florida ,a week ago a friend wrote to me on business1 and in the letter stated that his wife had been very ill for six weeks4 ,at once the thought came1 8,tell her to read the chapter on ,healing1 in ,science and ,health40 ,in my answer to his letter ,i obeyed the thought4 ,a few days after1 ,i had occasion to call2 found her much better1 and reading ,science and ,health4 ,they had done as directed1 and had received the promise4--,r41 ,new ,york ,the first allusion to ,christian ,science reached me in an article ,i read on that subject4 ,later1 a friend came to visit me1 bringing a copy of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 ,for two weeks ,i read it eagerly2 then ,i sent for a copy for myself4 ,when it came1 ,i began to study it4 ,the ,bible1 of which ,i had had but a dim understanding1 began to grow clearer4 ,the light grew brighter each day4 ,finally1 ,i began to treat myself against ills that had bound me for twenty-eight years4 ,at the end of six weeks ,i was healed1 much to the amazement of all who knew me4 ,from that time1 my desire was to help others out of their suffering1 and to talk this wonderful truth4 ,after a while ,i took the class lectures1 and am doing what ,i can to spread this healing gospel4--,a4 ,m4 ,g4 ,rev4 ,mary ,b4 ,g4 ,eddy ,my ,dear ,leader3--,i will try to tell you how ,i was led to ,christian ,science4 ,heretofore ,i have not tried to lead a ,christian life1 but have always firmly believed that if one truly desired and needed help1 he would get it from ,god by asking for it4 ,i suffered1 as ,i think but very few have1 for fourteen years2 yet ,i did not think it sufficient to warrant me in asking ,god to help me1 until ,i gave up all hope elsewhere1--and this occurred in the spring of #ahia4 ,i then thought that the time had come to commit myself to ,god4 ,being at home alone1 after going to bed ,i prayed ,god to deliver me from my torments1 this sentence being the substance of my prayer1 8,what shall ,i do to be saved80 ,i repeated that sentence1 ,i suppose1 until ,i fell asleep4 ,about twelve o'clock at night1 ,i saw a vision in the form of a man with wings1 standing at the foot of my bed1--wings partly spread1--one arm hanging loosely at his side1 and one extended above his head4 ,at the same time there was a bright light shining in my room1 which made all objects shine like fire4 ,i knew where ,i was1 and was not afraid4 ,the vision 7for such it was71 after looking directly at me for some time1 spoke this one sentence1 and then disappeared3 8,do right1 and thou shalt be saved40 ,i immediately tried to live according to that precept1 and found relief in proportion to my understanding4 ,i soon after learned of ,christian ,science4 ,one of my brothers in ,kansas1 having been healed by it1 persuaded me to buy 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 wherein ,i learned that the above precept was the key to ,christian ,science2 that it is ,christian ,science to do right1 and that nothing short of right living has any claim to the name4 ,i have been learning my way in ,christian ,science about one year1 and have been successful in healing4 ,i have all of your books1 and am a subscriber for the ,journal and ,quarterly ,bible ,lessons4 ,some of the cases ,i have treated have yielded almost instantly4 ,i am a stranger to you1 but ,i have told you the truth1 just as it occurred4 ,yours in truth1 ,,sam ,,schroyer1 ,oklahoma ,city1 ,okla4 ,i desire to make known the great good ,i have received by reading the blessed book 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,four years have now passed since ,i began to read it4 ,it has been my only healer and teacher1 as ,i never have had an opportunity to go through a class2 but ,i find that the 8,spirit of truth0 will teach us all things if we will but practise well what we know4 ,after two years and a half of study1 ,i thought1 as many beginners think1 that ,i had travelled over the worst part of this narrow path4 ,soon after1 it came about that ,i was separated from every one who had ever heard of ,christian ,science2 and1 as ,i lived in the country1 no one came to visit me for about eight months4 ,at first1 ,i thought the ,lord had wrought a great evil4 ,i had no one to talk to1 but would take my ,science and ,health every morning1 before going about my work1 and read2 yet mortal mind would say1 8,you can do no good1 with no one to talk with40 ,at last1 one morning after listening to the serpent's voice1 ,i looked out at the little wild flowers as they waved to and fro2 they seemed to be a living voice1 and this is what they said3 8,on earth peace1 good will toward men40 ,there was also a mocking-bird that would sit on the house and sing4 ,for the first time1 ,i realized that divine ,love was the only friend ,i needed4 ,soon after1 ,i sent the ,journal to my nearest neighbor1 by her little son who came to play with my children4 ,afterward she told me that when she began to read it she said to the family1 8,god has sent this book to me40 ,calling to see her one evening1 ,i found her suffering from heart disease4 ,i began talking to her about ,christian ,science1 and in less than an hour she declared herself healed4 ,she is to-day a happy woman4 ,i would say to all suffering ones1 that if you will buy a copy of this wonderful book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 by the ,rev4 ,mary ,baker ,g4 ,eddy1 and study it1 and practise its teachings1 you will find it a pearl of great price4 ,,mrs4 ,,fannie ,,meeks1 ,bells1 ,grayson ,co41 ,texas ,on my arrival in ,new ,york1 last ,july1 my brother spoke to me of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures20 and1 coming in contact with a number of ,scientists1 all wishing me to procure the book1 ,i did so4 ,i read it through in the same manner in which ,i would read any other book1 to find out the contents4 ,before ,i got to the end1 having partly understood its meaning1 ,i began to demonstrate over old physical troubles1 and they disappeared4 ,a belt that ,i had worn for over twelve years1 ,i took off1 and threw overboard 7being a seafaring man74 ,up to that time ,i had been a constant smoker1 and chewed tobacco2 but ,i gradually lost all pleasure in it1 and now look upon it with disgust4 ,i was brought up in the ,lutheran doctrine1 and when a boy received a good knowledge of ,scripture2 but ,i never understood it until explained to me in ,science and ,health4 ,h4 ,f4 ,,witkov1 #bg ,needham ,road1 ,liverpool1 ,england ,in a letter received a few days ago from one of my absent patients1 there was such a glorious testimonial for ,science and ,health that ,i feel as if ,i ought to send it in for the pages of our ,journal1 trusting it may be the means of helping many others to turn for help and comfort1 in every emergency1 to this book4 ,in her letter1 this lady says3 8,a few days since1 ,i had quite a serious claim attack me4 ,i left my mending1 took ,science and ,health and read all the afternoon and evening2 when all trace of the claim was gone1 and ,i have felt nothing of it since40 ,when this dear woman applied to ,truth1 she was a great sufferer4 ,her gratitude knows no bounds4 ,many chronic ailments1 which have bound her with heavy chains for many years1 are being removed one by one4 ,it is such a sweet privilege to lead her out of this bondage of flesh1 for she turns with such childlike trust and obedience to the book1 and looks to that for aid in every trial and affliction4 ,it is beautiful to see1 and is a rebuke to some of us older in the thought1 who depend so much on personality4 ,she is far away1 in a little country town where ,science has hardly been heard of2 but she is so happy with her book that she has no desire for other reading4 ,i have always tried to show her that ,god was with her there as well as with us here2 that in ,him she possesses all2 and that with her ,bible and ,science and ,health no harm can befall her1 for the remedy for every ill she has at hand4--,,mrs4 ,c4 ,h4 ,s41 ,woburn1 ,mass4 ,i have been an interested reader of the ,journal for some time1 and thought ,i would contribute my mite by giving one of my latest demonstrations in ,christian ,science4 ,an accident occurred as follows3 ,officers1 while hunting for a criminal in thick underbrush1 fired upon each other through mistake1 and it was found that one was shot six times2 two of the bullets passing through the abdomen1 and one through the hips4 ,two physicians who examined him had no hope4 ,he asked me to help him4 ,i took the case4 ,relief came almost instantly4 ,i treated him for eight days2 the fifth1 ,i heard one of three physicians1 who held a private consultation over my patient1 ask him this question3 8,mr4 ,f----1 have you not got one bit of pain80 ,i was rewarded by hearing him answer1 8,no1 sir2 not the least bit40 ,no one else seemed to have any hope for him2 but ,i held firmly to the thought that ,god is an ever-present help1 never doubting1 and ,christian ,science has again won a victory4 ,many people call it a miracle1 and it has set them to thinking4 ,the harvest is now ripe and ready for the reaper4 ,i wish some good ,christian ,science teacher would come and help us4 ,i can help in my own way1 but am not advanced enough to lead and teach others4 ,i have only studied ,science and ,health a little over a year1 and have not been through a class yet4 ,s4 ,g4 ,,schroyer1 ,oklahoma ,city1 ,oklahoma ,i became interested in ,christian ,science through being healed4 ,i had no faith in doctors1 therefore would not consult any2 but felt that something must be done1 or ,i would soon follow a brother and sister who had passed on with the same claim4 ,in my extremity ,i thought of the 8great ,physician10 and took my case to ,him1 and realized that ,he alone could help me4 ,a relative1 finding ,i would not consult a doctor or take any drug1 gave me 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 to read2 saying that1 although a dear friend thought she was greatly helped by a ,christian ,scientist1 he himself had no faith in that kind of treatment1 and had no use for the book4 ,i had heard of the people called ,christian ,scientists1 and of their textbook1 ,science and ,health1 but knew nothing about either2 yet ,i wanted to know1 and took the book gladly1 and was soon deeply interested in it4 ,it was a revelation to me4 ,although ,i could only understand it in part1 ,i knew it was the truth1 and the truth was making me free4 ,i felt that ,i had been bound and in prison2 and that now1 one after another1 the bonds were being broken1 and ,i was lifted into the pure air and light of heaven4 ,i was healed before ,i had read half-way through the precious volume2 for ,i was obliged to read slowly1 and some passages over and over again4 ,when ,i came to page #cjd1 line #aj 7#dgth edition71 ,i then and there felt that ,i must add my testimony1 though already there were heaps upon heaps2 but since then1 ,i have tried to put the thought of those dark days away from me1 and only refer to them now in the hope that some one who is bound may be released and brought into the light of divine ,love1 which alone can heal1 and make us 8every whit whole40 ,l4 ,m4 ,c41 ,brooklyn1 ,n4,y4 ,i have been thinking for a long time that ,i would give my experience in coming out of sickness into the knowledge of health by reading 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,i was sixty years old 7as we mortals count time7 before ,i ever read one word of ,christian ,science4 ,on ,july #b1 #ahij1 ,i met a ,scientist who gave me a pamphlet called 8,christian ,healing10 by the ,rev4 ,mary ,b4 ,g4 ,eddy4 ,at that time ,i was almost helpless4 ,this lady advised me to buy ,science and ,health4 ,i did so1 and tried to read it2 but my hands were so lame ,i could not hold it1 and ,i let it fall to the floor so often that it became unbound1 and ,i laid it away and resumed my medicine4 ,the following ,may1 the ,scientist visited in this city again4 ,she advised me to burn all my medicines and to lean unreservedly on the promises of ,god4 ,i took her advice2 had my book rebound in three volumes1 so ,i could hold it more easily1 and now read it constantly1 reading nothing else4 ,sometimes ,i would suffer intensely1 then ,i would get a little better2 then more suffering1 and so on1 until ,august1 #ahia1 when all pain left me4 ,i have had no return of it1 and no disagreeable sensations of any kind1 and am perfectly well in all respects4 ,surely1 if we will but trust our heavenly ,father1 ,he is sufficient for us4 ,i hope some one of1 or near1 my age1 who is afflicted1 may read this and take courage2 for ,i have demonstrated the fact that1 by reading ,science and ,health1 in connection with the ,bible1 and trying to follow the teaching therein1 one in the autumn of life may be made over new4 ,i am so thankful to ,god for my great recovery6 ,that remark of ,sojourner ,truth helps me to a better understanding of ,life in ,god3 8,god is the great house that holds all ,his children2 we dwell in ,him as the fishes dwell in the seas40--,p4 ,t4 ,p4 ,until about one year ago1 ,i had no thought of investigating ,christian ,science4 ,previous to that time it had been presented to me in such a way that ,i condemned it as unreasonable and absurd4 ,at that time it was presented to me in a more reasonable light4 ,i determined to divest myself of prejudice 7as far as was possible7 and investigate it1 thinking that if there was anything in it1 it was for me as well as others2 that ,i surely needed it1 and if ,i found no good in it1 ,i could then with some show of reason condemn it4 ,i had been reading ,science and ,health about two weeks1 when one morning ,i wanted my cane4 ,it had been misplaced2 and while looking for it the thought came to me1 ,if all is ,mind1 ,i need no cane4 ,i went out without it1 have not used it at all since1 and do not need it as a support2 but for a time ,i did miss it from my hand4 ,i had used it for years as a support to a very lame back4 ,i before went much stooped1 because it pained me to straighten up2 but from the time ,i laid my cane aside ,i straightened up1 free from pain4 ,occasionally ,i have a slight pain in my back1 but it is nothing to compare with what it had been4 ,in a short time after laying my cane aside1 my pipe and tobacco went out into the street and have not returned4 ,i had smoked for sixty-five years1 and chewed for fifty4 ,i have no desire for either of them2 in fact1 the smoke is offensive to me4 ,many times before ,i had tried to quit1 but the desire for it was so strong that ,i would go back to it2 and when ,i tried to 8taper off10 ,i would make the taper end the longest4 ,many other physical claims have disappeared1 and it is a common thing for acquaintances to say when they meet me1 8,you look better than ,i have seen you for years2 what have you been doing80 ,my reply is1 ,i not only look better1 but feel better1 and am better2 and ,christian ,science has done it4 ,with all this1 ,i seem to have very little spiritual understanding of the truth2 am endeavoring to get more1 but it seems slow4 ,if there is a shorter road to it than ,i have found1 ,i should like to be directed to it4 ,j4 ,s4 ,m41 ,joplin1 ,mo4 ,four years ago ,i was healed by reading 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,the third day1 one of my worst claims gave way4 ,the book was full of light1 and disease vanished as naturally as darkness gives place to light1 although it was about six months before ,i was entirely healed4 ,seeing this truth in its purity1 showed me where to take my stand2 and in defending it ,i have the prince of this world to meet4 ,mortal mind has even called me crazy2 but what a blessing to know the nothingness of that mind1 and that divine ,principle governs all its ideas1 and will place each where it belongs6 ,if our ,master was persecuted1 can his servants hope to escape8 ,i know in some degree what ,paul meant when he said he rejoiced in tribulations1 8for when ,i am weak1 then am ,i strong40 ,many claims that have baffled the skill of the physicians have disappeared through my understanding of ,truth4 ,what a blessing that we can break the bread of ,life to others1 and so add to our crown of rejoicing6 ,s4 ,e4 ,r41 ,kansas ,city1 ,mo4 ,a dear little six-year old boy of my acquaintance was invited by his teacher1 with the rest of his class in kindergarten school1 to attend a picnic one afternoon4 ,he did not feel that he wanted to go2 seemed dumpish1 and according to mortal belief was not well2 at noon1 he said he wanted to go to sleep4 ,his mother took him in her lap and began to read to him from 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,very soon he expressed a wish to go to the picnic1 and did go4 ,his father1 happening to pass the place where the little ones were spending the afternoon1 and somewhat surprised to see him playing1 as happy and active as any there1 called to him and asked1 8,how long did you sleep80 ,the little fellow replied1 8,i did not sleep at all2 mamma read to me from ,science and ,health1 and ,i was well in a minute40--,k4 ,l4 ,h4 ,one evening ,i was calling on a neighbor1 and somehow the subject of ,christian ,science came up4 ,i asked her what it was1 and what they believed4 ,she then told me of a friend of hers who had become a ,christian ,scientist4 ,this friend had passed through great sorrow and disappointment2 her health had failed her1 and her cheerful disposition had entirely changed2 she could talk of nothing but her troubles1 and was a most unhappy woman4 ,a few years ago she visited my neighbor1 who1 greatly surprised at her changed appearance1--for she was happy and well1--asked where her troubles were4 ,the reply was1 8,i have no troubles4 ,i have found true happiness2 for ,i have become a ,christian ,scientist40 ,i became deeply interested1 and asked if the students in ,clinton had public meetings on ,sundays4 ,she replied that they had1 and told me where they were4 ,the next ,sunday1 ,i went4 ,all was quiet when ,i entered1 for they were engaged in silent prayer4 ,soon they repeated the spiritual interpretation of the ,lord's ,prayer4 ,i shall never forget the impression that made on me2 all the next week ,i heard the leader's voice repeating the first sentence4 ,i was invited to come again1 and did so4 ,one of the ladies loaned me 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 and offered to get me one2 which she did the next week4 ,i have studied it in connection with the ,bible4 ,i have greatly improved in health1 having had only one attack of a physical trouble which caused great suffering1 since that time1 and that was a year ago4 ,at first1 ,i did not think anything about being healed1 or of my physical infirmity4 ,i only loved the sacred teaching4 ,how true1 that ,god's word does not return unto ,him void6 ,the words of truth that my neighbor's friend spoke to her1 were what first awakened me4 ,if the one who first hears it does not receive it1 it goes to some one who is ready1 and it takes root and bears fruit4 ,,mrs4 ,g4 ,h4 ,i41 ,clinton1 ,n4,y4 ,about three years ago ,i was near death's door with various troubles2 also1 was seventy years old4 ,i had a desire to know something of ,christian ,science4 ,i procured the textbook1 and studied it with a desire to know the truth4 ,at first all was dark2 but light began slowly to come1 and at the end of three months ,i found my physical claims all gone and my eyesight restored4 ,at the end of three months more1 ,i had gained thirty-five pounds in weight4 ,i had been an infidel1 and the change from that came more slowly2 but now ,i know that my ,redeemer lives1 and ,i am able by divine grace to make very convincing demonstrations4--,j4 ,s41 ,rudd1 ,iowa ,for a long time ,i have felt that ,i must in some way express my great debt of gratitude for ,christian ,science4 ,i know no better way to do so than to give an account1 through the ,journal1 of some of the many blessings ,i have received as a result of our ,leader's untiring toil and self-sacrificing love for suffering mortals1 in giving to us the wonderful book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,when ,i first heard of ,christian ,science1 about six years ago1 ,i was satisfied that it was the religion of ,christ ,jesus1 because ,jesus had so plainly said1 8,and these signs shall follow them that believe2 ,in my name shall they cast out devils2444 they shall lay hands on the sick1 and they shall recover40 ,i had been a church-member since my girlhood1 but was not satisfied that my belief would take me to heaven1 as ,i did not have these 8signs following0--and this had always troubled me2 so1 when ,i heard that an old acquaintance living at a distance had not only been raised from a dying condition to health1 but her life had been changed and purified through ,christian ,science1 ,i could hardly wait to know more of this ,christlike religion which was casting out evils and healing the sick4 ,i searched every bookstore in the city for ,science and ,health1 at last found a copy1 and was delighted to get hold of it1 but little realized what a treasure it was to be to me and my household4 ,at first it was like ,greek to me1 and ,i could not understand much of it1 but gleaned enough to keep on reading1 and longed for some one to talk to me of it4 ,after ,i had been reading it about a year's time1 ,i suddenly became almost blind4 ,i knew no ,scientist to go to1 so went to physicians2 they told me that my case was hopeless1 that it was certain my sight never could be restored1 and the probabilities were that ,i would soon be totally blind4 ,i felt sure that ,christian ,science would help me if ,i could only fully understand it2 but there was no one from whom ,i could ask help1 that ,i knew of4 ,i gave all the time that ,i could use my eyes to studying ,science and ,health1--which at first was not more than five minutes two1 and sometimes three1 times a day2 gradually my sight returned1 until it was fully restored4 ,during this time ,god and the 8little book0 were my only help4 ,my understanding was very limited2 but like the prodigal son1 ,i had turned away from the husks1 towards my ,father's house1 and while ,i 8was yet a great way off0 my ,father came to meet me4 ,when this great cloud of darkness was banished by the light of ,truth1 could ,i doubt that ,christian ,science was indeed the 8,comforter0 that would lead us 8into all truth08 ,again ,i lay at the point of death2 but holding steadfastly to the truth1 knowing1 from the teaching of this precious book1 that ,god is ,life and there is no death1 ,i was raised up to health1--restored to my husband and little children1 all of whom ,i am thankful to say are now with me in ,science4 ,i had no one to talk with on this subject1 knew no one of whose understanding ,i felt sure enough to ask for help2 but ,i was careful from the first not to read or inquire into anything except genuine ,christian ,science1 and how thankful ,i am for it6 ,since then1 ,i have been through a class4 ,i cannot express in words what ,christian ,science has done for my children1 or my gratitude that the light of ,truth has come to them in their innocent childhood1--healing all claims of sickness1 and showing us how to overcome the more stubborn claims of sin4--,l4 ,f4 ,b4 ,it is a little over one year since a very esteemed friend1 of this city1 invited me to partake of the heavenly manna contained in the revelation of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,i had1 up to that time1 been for fifteen years a victim of hip-joint disease2 this eventually confining me to my bed1 where ,i had been ten months when the 8book of prophecy0 was opened for me4 ,i was not long in finding the light ,i needed1--that gave 8feet to the lame10 enabling me now to go1 move1 and walk1 where ,i will1 without crutch or support of any description1 save the staff of divine ,science4 ,in proportion as my thoughts are occupied with the work in ,science1 does the peace and joy come inwardly that transforms the blight of error externally4 ,t4 ,g4 ,k1 ,tacoma1 ,wash4 ,i wish to acknowledge the blessings which ,christian ,science has brought to me through reading 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,my first demonstration was over the tobacco habit2 ,i had smoked for at least fifteen years3 ,i have now no desire for tobacco4 ,i was then healed of two claims which had bound me for ten years4 ,my prayer is that ,i may be so filled with the truth that ,i can carry the message to my brother man4 ,f4 ,w4 ,k1 ,angelica1 ,n4,y4 ,i take advantage of the great privilege granted us1 to give my testimony for ,christian ,science through the pages of our much loved ,journal4 ,the blessing has been so bountiful that words can but poorly express my gratitude4 ,a little over six years ago1 a relative came from ,denver1 ,colorado1 to visit us4 ,she was a ,christian ,scientist1 having herself been healed of a severe claim that ,m4 ,d4's1 drugs1 and climate could not relieve2 and her husband having been in the drug business1 she had had a chance to give them a fair trial4 ,my sister-in-law did not talk much on the subject1 as ,i remember2 but what was better1 lived the truth before us as she realized it4 ,one day 7a blessed day to me71 ,i ventured to open ,science and ,health1 and read the first sentence in the ,preface4 ,i closed the book1 wondering what more it could contain1 this seeming to cover the whole ground4 ,when my sister-in-law returned to the room1 ,i asked her if ,i might read it4 ,her reply was1 8,yes2 but begin at the first40 ,that night1 after all had retired1 ,i began to read2 within forty-eight hours ,i destroyed all drugs1 applications1 etc41 notwithstanding the fact that my husband had just paid fifty dollars to a travelling specialist for part of a treatment4 ,with the drugs disappeared ailments of nine years' standing1 which ,m4 ,d4's had failed to relieve4 ,i now understand that my sudden healing was due to my turning completely away from material methods2 for ,i was convinced ,i should never use them again4 ,i realized that ,god was my health1 my strength1 my ,life1 therefore ,all4 ,as ,i read ,science and ,health1 ,i wondered why others had not discerned this truth1--physicians1 ministers1 and others who had devoted their lives to benefit mankind4 ,yes6 why8 ,because they had been seeking in the opposite direction to ,truth1 namely1 for cause and effect in matter1 when all cause and effect are mental4 ,i mention physicians and ministers1 because one class claims to heal disease1 the other claims to heal sin2 but ,christian ,science heals physically and morally1--it contains all2 8its leaves are for the healing of the nations40 ,l4 ,b4 ,a41 ,memphis1 ,tenn4 ,i was for years a great sufferer4 ,i called doctor after doctor1 getting no help4 ,the last one1 after treating me for one year1 told me he would give me one year more to live4 ,one evening a near neighbor came in and asked me to go home with her2 and as it was only a few steps1 ,i did so4 ,she took up a new book1 ,science and ,health1 read me a few chapters1 and then gave me some ,christian ,science tracts1 which ,i read1 and one of them ,i almost committed to memory4 ,i bought a copy of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 and studied it carefully4 ,i am healed of all those claims which troubled me so long4 ,i was lifted out of darkness into light4 ,m4 ,j4 ,p41 ,burns1 ,oregon ,chicago1 ,march #ai1 #ahid ,rev4 ,mary ,b4 ,g4 ,eddy1 ,boston1 ,mass43--,i wish to thank you for the true light that was revealed to me by reading your book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 and at once adopting its teaching4 ,it was one year ago to-day that ,i put on the armor1 determined never to surrender to the enemy2 and you may know ,i have looked forward to this day with a great deal of pleasure1 to show my friends that the ,lord is constantly with me to help overcome all evil4 ,some said1 when ,i first started in this new path1 8,wait until you get one of your stomach attacks1 and you will change your mind40 ,for months they have waited1 and are beginning to see the truth in my actions1 that speak for themselves1 and show that all is ,mind4 ,for nearly thirty years ,i had been a sufferer from throat and stomach troubles2 bronchitis1 dyspepsia1 gastralgia1 and gastritis1 etc41 were the terms applied by my physicians4 ,about eighteen years of that time ,i was engaged in the drug business1 had constant opportunities for consulting the best physicians1 and took such medicine as ,i felt assured would cure me2 but only to be disappointed each time4 ,the last few years ,i had been living on oatmeal crackers and hot water2 suffering more or less all the time1 and could not eat anything else without suffering intense pain4 ,i felt as though ,i could not live many months more1 and was getting ready to give up the fight when a dear friend and neighbor1 ,mrs4 ,corning1 left a copy of ,science and ,health at our home4 ,at first ,i did not care to read it2 having been educated1 for many years1 in the belief that medicine can cure all diseases1 ,i could not conceive of anything else to cure the sick4 ,one ,sunday ,i had the curiosity to know something about this ,christian ,science1 and read ,science and ,health4 ,the more ,i read1 the more interested ,i became1 and finally said to myself1 8,i will try it40 ,i took a large porous plaster and four thicknesses of flannel off my stomach1 and threw them in the corner1 saying1 8,now it shall be ,mind over matter2 no more matter over ,mind40 ,i filled a large basket full of bottles containing medicine1 and put it in the shed 7where all medicine should be74 ,from that day ,i have eaten of everything on the table1 and all ,i wished4 ,coffee was my worst enemy1 and ,i had not tasted it for years without suffering untold agony4 ,several days passed before ,i cared to drink it2 then1 one morning1 ,i told my family ,i would commence to use it2 ,i did1 and have used it every day since1 and don't know that ,i have a stomach1 as it never has caused me any trouble since that morning4 ,i am happy to say ,i have not used a drop of any kind of medicine1 internally or externally1 from that day1 and ,i know that all is ,mind4 ,i read the ,bible and ,science and ,health nearly every day1 thanking the ,lord for the years of suffering which have led me to the truth as taught by our ,saviour2 for ,i feel it was only through its victory over the suffering that the truth could have been revealed in my case4 ,i have had some demonstrations to make over error1 but each time it becomes easier4 ,god is ever present and ready to help me1 and ,i trust in ,him2 my faith is planted on a rock that is immovable4 ,yours truly1 ,,frank ,s4 ,,eberhart ,p4 ,s4 ,if you think this letter1 or any part of it1 will help some one out of darkness into the light of ,truth1 you are at liberty to have it published4 ,having so many occupations and interruptions1 ,i have not found time to read 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 sufficiently1 but will not on that account delay thanking you for its excellence4 ,,henry ,w4 ,,longfellow1 ,cambridge1 ,mass4 ,i am an old-school practitioner2 have served as surgeon in two ,european wars2 practised medicine for about ten years in ,new ,york city and ,brooklyn1 until my health compelled me to relinquish my profession4 ,i became a victim of the morphia habit1 taking daily thirty grains of that drug4 ,my physicians declared me consumptive1 and abandoned all hopes of recovery4 ,shortly after this ,i made the acquaintance of a student of the author of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 who presented me with her works2 and as drugs did me no good1 ,i stopped taking any whatever1 save morphia1 without which ,i thought it impossible to get along1 and to my astonishment began to gain in flesh1 and my ambition returning in proportion4 ,i finally felt that ,i would stop my loathsome habit of morphia-eating1 and did so in one week1 without any discomfort worth mentioning4 ,for a test ,i administered one fourth of a grain of morphia to the aforesaid ,scientist1 hypodermically1 without the slightest physiological effect1 clearly proving the existence of metaphysical laws4 ,i have read ,science and ,health carefully1 and consider my present improved health solely due to mental influence4 ,,otto ,,anderson1 ,m4,d41 ,cincinnati1 ,ohio ,the profound truths which you announce1 sustained by facts of the immortal life1 give to your work the seal of inspiration--reaffirm in modern phrase the ,christian revelations4 ,in times like these1 so sunk in sensualism1 ,i hail with joy your voice1 speaking an assured word for ,god and immortality1 and my joy is heightened that these words are of woman's divinings4 ,a4 ,,bronson ,,alcott1 ,concord1 ,mass4 ,i was sick six years2 tried many physicians and remedies1 but received no lasting benefit from any of them1 and concluded ,i must remain sick the rest of my life4 ,in this condition1 ,i purchased the book 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 read it1 was deeply interested1 and noticed that my health began to improve2 and the more ,i read the book1 the better ,i became in health4 ,this ,i can say truly3 it did more for my health than all the physicians and remedies that ,i had ever tried4--,,dr4 ,s4 ,g4 ,,todd1 #aa ,school ,st41 ,newburyport ,i had been a nervous sufferer for nine years2 had a belief of incurable disease of the heart1 and was subject to severe nervous prostration if ,i became the least weary4 ,i was told that if ,i should read your books they would cure me4 ,i commenced reading them3 in ten days ,i was surprised to find myself overcoming my nervous spasms without the aid of medicine2 and ever since then ,i have been improving1 and ,i now can walk twenty miles without fatigue1 and have been able to rise above all ailments4 ,,mrs4 ,,julia ,a4 ,b4 ,,davis1 ,central ,village1 ,westport1 ,mass4 ,i would inform my friends and the public1 that after twelve years of sickness ,i am restored to health2 and1 with renewed vigor and keen enjoyment1 take up the pleasures and duties of life once more2 all labor now seems less arduous1 and all happiness more perfect4 ,to ,christian ,science1 as taught in 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 ,i am indebted for my restoration4 ,i can cordially recommend this book to all4 ,,rose ,a4 ,,wigglesworth1 ,lowell1 ,mass4 ,when ,i commenced reading 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 ,i could sit up but a very short time1 and could not eat the most simple food without great distress4 ,in a few days there was a great change1 and ,i have been growing better ever since4 ,e4 ,d4 ,,richardson1 ,merrimac1 ,mass4 ,i have not been as well for years as ,i have been since reading 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 all of which ,i impute to its teaching4 7,,mrs47 ,,mary ,a4 ,,williams1 ,freeport1 ,ill4 ,had been in ill-health for several years2 had been confined to my bed three months1 when ,i got your book and read it4 ,at first ,i was unable to read it myself1 and others read it to me1 and the truth revealed in your book restored me to health4 7,,col47 ,e4 ,j4 ,,smith1 ,washington1 ,d4,c4 ,i have been perusing with great interest your work on metaphysical ,science1 for the last four months1 and to great advantage2 you make the path to health so plain1 that a wayfaring man1 though a fool1 cannot err therein4 ,r4 ,i4 ,,barker1 ,bethel1 ,me4 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 8is a lamp unto my feet1 and a light unto my path20 your missiles of ,mind have battered down the illusions of sense1 allowing ,life to appear an eternal monument1 whose spirited hieroglyphics1 ,truth and ,love1 unlike those cut in marble1 shall grow more luminous to consciousness as sickness1 sin and death fade out of belief4 ,,arthur ,t4 ,,buswell1 ,office of ,associated ,charities1 ,cincinnati1 ,o4 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 is beautiful in its form of thought and expression4 ,i have perused it with interest4 ,your book tends to lead us to new thoughts and practices in the healing art1 and for many maladies ,i have no doubt the treatment your excellent work introduces will be the only remedy4 7,,col47 ,,rob',t ,b4 ,,caverly1 ,centralville1 ,mass4 ,undoubtedly 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 is the greatest and grandest book ever published2 and that by pulpit and press it will be so acknowledged1 is only a question of time4 ,yours has1 indeed1 been a pioneer work1 and will be2 and ,i believe that you1 of all the millions1 are selected and chosen because of your peculiar fitness for this great work--this grand work of opening the gates and leading the way1 that fallen humanity may follow step by step2 reach up to ,christ1 and be made whole6 ,that all this should be systematized and proven with mathematical precision1--that there can be no guesswork or quackery1--is simply astounding4 ,science and ,health has given me a new impetus heavenward4 ,m4 ,a4 ,,hinkley1 ,williamsport1 ,pa4 ,the book 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 is the most wonderful work that has been written in the past five thousand years4 ,i wish you could get ten dollars per copy4 ,i am of the opinion that ,i can heal the sick on its basis1 from reading the work4 ,h4 ,d4 ,,dexter1 ,m4 ,d41 ,dundee1 ,n4,y4 ,rev4 ,mary ,b4 ,g4 ,eddy's book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 has been duly catalogued and placed on our shelves for use4 ,in behalf of the trustees1 let me convey cordial thanks to the earnest-minded author for this interesting contribution4 ,my own idea is1 that the power of ,mind or ,spirit is supreme in character1 and destined to supremacy over all that is adverse to divine order4 ,,william ,h4 ,,kimball1 ,librarian ,new ,hampshire ,state ,library ,i am reading the work1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 for the third time2 and ,i am convinced of the truth of the ,science of which it treats1--instructing us how to attain holiness of heart1 purity of life1 and the sublime ascendency of soul over body4 ,c4 ,,clement1 ,mc,minnville1 ,warren ,co41 ,tenn4 ,i was sick for a number of years with what some of the most skilful physicians pronounced an incurable disease4 ,the more ,i tried to get help1 the worse ,i became1 until a life of pain and helplessness seemed unavoidable4 ,two years ago ,i heard of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 began reading it and trying to live up to its teachings4 ,at first1 my beliefs were so strong ,i made but little progress2 but gradually my disease gave way1 and finally disappeared1 and to-day ,i am a well woman4 ,i cannot express the gratitude ,i feel for what the light shining through the teachings of that book did for me4 7,,mrs47 ,,emily ,t4 ,,howe1 ,norway1 ,me4 ,i have been reading 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 and feasting--like a starving1 ship-wrecked mariner1 on the food that was to sustain him--on truths which ages to come will appreciate1 understand1 and accept4 ,many of the theories which at first appear abstruse and obscure1 at length become clear and lucid4 ,the candle of intellect requires occasional snuffing to throw the clear light of penetration on the page4 7,,mrs47 ,s4 ,a4 ,,orne1 ,malden1 ,mass4 ,the mother of a little girl about eight years old told me her child was having a severe attack of cold1 and was delicate and easy to take cold4 ,i told her the little girl would be all right2 not to give her any medicine1 but read ,science and ,health to her4 ,when ,i next saw the mother1 she told me the little girl was entirely well2 that the cold had all disappeared1 and with it a claim of night-sweats that the child had been under for more than a year4 ,the little girl had been out sliding down-hill in the snow a number of times2 had her feet very wet1 but it did not affect her at all4 ,they were all pleased1--especially the child2 her face was beaming with happiness and smiles4 ,this is just one little instance of the good that comes from reading ,science and ,health4 ,t4 ,w4 ,h4 ,opinions ,of ,the ,press ,this is1 perhaps1 the most remarkable book on health1 in some respects1 which has appeared in this country4 ,the author evidently discards physiology1 hygiene1 mesmerism1 magnetism1 and every form of medication1 bathing1 dieting1 etc41--all go by the board2 no medicine1 manipulation1 or external applications are permitted2 everything is done through the mind4 ,applied to certain conditions1 this method has great value3 even the reading of the author's book has cured hopeless cases4 ,the author claims that her methods are those used by ,christ and his apostles1 and she has established a church and school to propagate them4--,herald of ,health1 ,n4 ,y4 7,m4 ,l4 ,,holbrook1 ,publisher7 ,the ,christian ,scientists claim that the power of healing is not lost1 and have supported that claim by inducing cures astonishingly like those quoted from the ,new ,testament4 ,and even more good they hope to achieve1 as this power which they possess is better understood and the new light gains strength in the world4 ,experience has taught us that the nearer we approach to the source of a report of miraculous power1 the smaller does the wonder grow4 ,in the instance of the ,christian ,scientists1 the result has been rather the reverse2 if third parties have related a remarkable circumstance1 the person of whom the fact was alleged has been found to make the assertion still stronger4--,boston ,sunday ,globe 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 by ,mary ,baker ,g4 ,eddy1 ,president of the ,massachusetts ,metaphysical ,college1 is a remarkable publication1 claiming to elucidate the influence of mentality over matter4 ,mrs4 ,eddy announces herself as the discoverer of this metaphysical ,science1 and receives students1 to whom she imparts so much of her metaphysics as their minds are capable of receiving4 ,the volumes are a vigorous protest against the materialism of our modern scientists1 ,darwin1 ,huxley1 ,tyndall1 etc4 ,her ,science of ,mind was first self-applied3 having been ill and treated by doctors of the various schools without benefit1 she discovered the grand ,principle of all healing to be ,god1 or ,mind4 ,relying on this ,principle alone1 she regained her health1 and for the last sixteen years has taught this theory to others1 and has healed the sick in all cases where the patient's mentality was sufficiently strong to understand her teachings and act upon them4--,brooklyn ,eagle ,the book 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 is certainly original1 and contains much that will do good4 ,the reader will find this work not influenced by superstition or pride1 but striking out boldly1--full of self-sacrifice and love towards ,god and man4--,christian ,advocate1 ,buffalo1 ,n4 ,y4 ,the doctrines of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 are high and pure1 wholly free from those vile theories about love and marriage which have been so prevalent among the spiritualists4 ,this new sect devotes itself to a study of the ,bible1 and a practice of curing disease without mesmerism or spiritualism4 ,it treats ,darwin and materialists with a lofty scorn4--,springfield ,republican 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures0 is indisputably a wonderful work4 ,it has no equal4 ,no one can read the book and not be benefited by it in mind and body4 ,the work is endorsed by some of the best men of the age4--,star-,spangled ,banner ,we shall watch with keen interest the promised results of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures40 ,the work shows how the body can be cured1 and how a better state of ,christianity can be introduced 7which is certainly very desirable74 ,it likewise has a hard thrust at spiritualism2 and1 taken altogether1 it is a very rare book4--,boston ,investigator ,the author of 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 which is attracting much attention1 shows her ability to defend her cause with vigor4--,boston ,weekly ,journal 7,by permission7 ,how ,to ,understand ,science ,and ,health ,my ,dear ,friend ,h43--,your good letter of the #bfth ult4 came duly to hand several days ago1 and ,i am not greatly surprised at its contents4 ,you say1 in substance1 that you procured the book1 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 which ,i recommended1 and that to your surprise and disgust you found it to be a work on faith-cure1 and ask by what process of reasoning ,i could possibly bring myself to adopt or accept such visionary theories4 ,in answer to your very natural question1 ,i will try1 in my own way1 to give you what appears to me to be a reason for the hope that is in me4 ,my religious views of fifteen years ago are too familiar to you to need any exposition at my hands at this time4 ,suffice it to say that the religion of the ,bible1 as taught by the churches1 to my mind appeared to be self-contradictory and confusing1 and their explanations failed to explain4 ,during the next eleven years my convictions underwent little change4 ,i read everything that came in my way that had any bearing upon1 or pretended in any degree to explain1 the problem of life2 and while ,i gained some knowledge of a general nature1 ,i was no nearer the solution of life's problem than when ,i began my investigations years ago1 and ,i had given up all hope of ever being able to come to a knowledge of the truth1 or a satisfactory explanation of the enigma of life4 ,in all my intellectual wanderings ,i had never lost my belief in a great ,first ,cause1 which ,i was as well satisfied to call ,god as anything else2 but the orthodox explanations of ,his or its nature and power were to my mind such a mixture of truth and error1 that ,i could not tell where fact left off and fancy began4 ,the whole effort of the pulpit being put forth1 seemed directed to the impossible task of harmonizing the teachings of ,jesus ,christ with the wisdom of the world2 and the whole tendency of our religious education was to befog the intellect and produce scepticism in a mind that presumed to think for itself and to inquire into the why and the wherefore4 ,i fully believe that the agnosticism of yourself and myself was produced by the futile attempt to mix and harmonize the wisdom of the world with the philosophy of the ,christ4 ,in my investigations into the researches of the savants and philosophers ,i found neither any satisfactory explanation of things as they seemed to exist1 nor any solution of the great and all-absorbing question1 8,what is ,truth80 ,their premises appeared to be sound1 and their reasonings faultless2 but in the nature of things1 no final conclusion of the whole matter could be reached from premises based wholly on material knowledge4 ,they could explain 8matter0 and its properties to their own satisfaction1 but the intelligence that lay behind or beyond it1 and which was manifested in and through it1 was to them as much of a mystery as it was to the humblest of ,god's creatures4 ,they could prove pretty conclusively that many of the generally accepted theories had no basis in fact2 but they left us as much in the dark regarding ,life and its governing ,principle as had the divines before them4 ,about four years ago1 while still in the mental condition above indicated1 my attention was called to what at that time appeared to me to be a new phase of spiritism1 and which was called by those who professed to believe in it1 ,christian ,science4 ,i thought that ,i had given some attention to about all the isms that ever existed1 and that this was only another phantasm of some religionist lost in the labyrinths of mental hallucination4 ,in my reflections at that time it seemed to me that life was an incomprehensible enigma2 that the creator had placed us on this earth1 and left us entirely in the dark as to ,his purpose in so doing4 ,we seemed to be cast upon the ocean of time1 and left to drift aimlessly about1 with no exact knowledge of what was required of us or how to attain unto the truth1 which must certainly have an existence somewhere4 ,it seemed to me that in the very nature of things there must be a great error somewhere in our understanding1 or that the creator ,himself had slipped a cog when ,he fitted all things into their proper spheres4 ,that there had been a grand mistake somewhere ,i had no doubt2 but ,i still had doubt enough of my own capabilities and understanding to believe that the mistake1 whatever it was1 was in me and not in the creator4 ,i knew that1 in a fair measure at least1 ,i had an honest desire to live aright1 as it was given me to see the right1 and to strive to some extent to do the will of ,god1 if ,i could only know certainly just what it was4 ,while in this frame of mind1 ,i inwardly appealed to the great unseen power to enlighten my understanding1 and to lead me into a knowledge of the truth1 promising mentally to follow wherever it might lead1 if ,i could only do so understandingly4 ,my wife had been investigating ,christian ,science to some extent1 but knowing my natural antipathy to such vagaries1 as ,i then thought them1 had said very little to me about it2 but one day1 while discussing the mysteries of life with a judge of one of our courts1 he asked me whether ,i had ever looked into the teachings of the ,christian ,scientists4 ,i told him that ,i had not1 and he urged me very strongly to do so4 ,he claimed to have investigated their teachings1 and said that he had become a thorough believer in them4 ,this aroused my curiosity1 and ,i procured the book called 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 and read it4 ,before reading very far in it1 ,i became pretty thoroughly nauseated with what ,i thought the chimerical ideas of the author1 but kept on reading1--more because ,i had promised to read the book than because of interest in its teachings2 but before ,i had gotten through with it1 ,i did become interested in the ,principle that ,i thought ,i discovered the author was striving to elucidate2 and when ,i got through it1 ,i began again and reread it very carefully4 ,when ,i had finished reading this book the second time1 ,i had become thoroughly convinced that her explanation of the religion taught by ,jesus ,christ1 and what he did teach1 afforded the only explanation which1 to my mind1 came anywhere near harmonizing and making cohesive what had always seemed contradictory and inexplicable in the ,bible4 ,i became satisfied that ,i had found the truth for which ,i had long been seeking1 and ,i arose from the reading of the book a changed man2 doubt and uncertainty had fled1 and my mind has never been troubled with a serious doubt upon the subject from that day to this4 ,i do not pretend to have acquired the power it is claimed we may attain to2 but ,i am satisfied that the fault is in me1 and not in the ,principle4 ,i think ,i can almost hear you ask1 ,what6 do you believe in miracles8 ,i answer unhesitatingly1 ,yes2 ,i believe in the manifestations of the power of ,mind which the world calls miraculous2 but which those who claim to understand the ,principle through which the works are done1 seem to think not unnatural1 but only the logical result of the application of a known ,principle4 ,it always did seem to me that ,truth should be self-evident1 or at least susceptible of unmistakable proof1--which all religions seemed to lack1 at least in so far as ,i had known them4 ,i now remember that ,jesus furnished unmistakable proofs of the truth of his teachings1 by his manifestations of the power of ,mind1 or1 as some might call it1 ,spirit2 which power he plainly taught would be acquired by those who believed in the ,principle which he taught1 and which manifestations would follow as signs that an understanding of his philosophy had been reached4 ,it does seem to me1 that where the signs do not follow professing ,christians which ,christ said should follow them1 there must be something wrong1 either in his teachings or their understanding of them2 and to say the least1 the foundations of their faith require a careful re-examination1 with a view to harmonizing them with the plain teachings of the ,christ in whose footsteps they profess to follow4 ,i never could understand how ,god could be ever-present as a personal ,being1 but ,i think ,i can and do understand how divine ,principle can pervade every thing and place4 ,i never could understand how heaven could be a place with gorgeous fittings1 but ,i think ,i can and do understand how it might be a spiritual 7or if you please mental7 condition4 ,jesus said1 8,the kingdom of ,god cometh not with observation3 neither shall they say1 ,lo here6 or1 lo there6 for1 behold1 the kingdom of ,god is within you40 8,knowledge 7or understanding7 is power40 ,since adopting the views of life as set forth in 8,science and ,health with ,key to the ,scriptures10 ,i have seen proofs of what can be accomplished through a knowledge of the truth1 which to my mind amount to demonstrations1 and which no longer seem incredible1 but which ,i do not ask another to accept upon my statements4 ,every one must see or feel for himself in order to be convinced2 but ,i am satisfied that any who will lay aside their preconceived notions1 and deal honestly with themselves and the light they have1 will come to a knowledge of the truth as illustrated in the teachings and life of ,jesus ,christ2 that is1 that ,mind1 or ,soul1 or whatever you may be pleased to call it1 is the real ,ego1 or self1 and that mortal mind with its body is the unreal and vanishing1 and eventually goes back to its native nothingness4 ,truth is1 and ever has been1 simple2 and because of its utter simplicity1 we in our pride and selfishness have been looking right over it4 ,we have been keeping our eyes turned toward the sky1 scanning the heavens with a far-off gaze in search of light1 expecting to see the truth blaze forth like some great comet1 or in some extraordinary manner2 and when1 instead of coming in great pomp and splendor1 it appears in the simpleness of demonstration1 we are staggered at it1 and refuse to accept it2 our intellectual pride is shocked1 and we are sure that there has been some mistake4 ,human nature is ever the same4 ,the ,jews were looking for something transcendently wonderful1 and the absence of it made the ,christ1 ,truth1 to them a stumbling-block4 ,it was foolishness to the ,greeks1 who excelled in the worldly wisdom of that day2 but in all ages of the world it has ever been the power of ,god to them that believe1 not blindly1 but because of an enlightened understanding4 ,i always did think that there was something beautiful in the philosophy of life as taught by ,jesus ,christ1 but that it was impracticable and not susceptible of application to the affairs of life in a world constituted as this appeared to be4 ,as ,i now view it1 that belief was the result of ignorance of the real power that 8moves the universe10--too much faith in matter or effect1 and not enough in ,mind or cause1 which is ,god4 ,to one who can accept the truth that all causation is in ,mind1 and who therefore begins to look away from matter and into ,mind1 or ,spirit1 for all that is real and eternal1 and for all that produces anything that is lasting1 the doubts and petty annoyances of life become dissolved in the light of a better understanding1 which has been refined in the crucible of charity and love2 and they fade away into the nothingness from whence they came1 never having had any existence in fact1 being only the inventions of erring human belief4 ,read the teachings of the ,christ from a ,christian ,science standpoint1 and they no longer appear vague and mystical1 but become luminous and powerful1--and1 let me say1 intelligible4 ,it is true1 as you intimate1 that this theory of life is much more generally accepted by women than by men1 and it may be true that as a rule their reasoning is much less rigid in its nature than that of the sterner sex1 and that they may be liable to scan their premises less keenly2 but may it not also be true1 that they are of finer texture and more spiritual in their natures1 and that they may be just as likely to arrive at the truth through their intuitions1 in connection with their logic1 as we are through the more rugged courses8 ,if it be true that man is the more logical1 the fallibility of our own reasonings very frequently becomes painfully apparent even to ourselves1 and they are therefore not the safest gauge by which to judge others4 ,i believe1 myself1 that when it comes to standing up for ,truth in the face of the world1 and possibly at the sacrifice of position and popularity1 women possess the necessary courage in a much greater degree than do men4 ,i had not intended to weary you with such a long letter1 but after getting into the subject1 ,i hardly knew where to stop4 ,as an old and loved friend1 ,i have given you a glimpse of my inner life1 because ,i hardly knew how to explain my mental condition to you in any other way4444 ,,footnotes #a ,the order of this sentence has been conformed to the text of the #aijh edition of ,science and ,health4 #bd #b ,quoted from the sixth edition4 #cj #c ,quoted from the sixteenth edition4 #d ,a copy of the ,bible was included among the books placed in the corner-stone4 #e ,see the revised edition of #ahij1 or page #ccd in editions subsequent to #aijb4 #f ,see edition of #aiji4 #g ,see ,science and ,health1 p4 #dg1 revised edition of #ahij1 and pp4 #aeb1 #aec in late editions4 #h ,page #bib of the revised edition of #ahij4 #i ,page #bcd1 revised edition of #ahij4