Fallibility Of Human Concepts

Fallibility Of Human ConceptsEvil counterfeits good: it says,“I am Truth,”though [20]it is a lie; it says,“I am Love,”—but Love is spirit-ual, and sensuous love is material, wherefore it is hateinstead of Love; for the five senses give to mortals pain,sickness, sin, and death,—pleasure that is false, life thatleads unto death, joy that becomes sorrow. Love that is [25]not the procurator of happiness, declares itself the anti-pode of Love; and Love divine punishes the joys of thisfalse sense of love, chastens its affection, purifies it, andturns it into the opposite channels.Material life is the antipode of spiritual life; it mocks [30][pg 352]the bliss of spiritual being; it is bereft of permanence and [1]peace.When human sense is quickened to behold aright theerror,—the error of regarding Life, Truth, Love asmaterial and not spiritual, or as both material and spirit- [5]ual,—it is able for the first time to discern the Scienceof good. But it must first see the error of its presenterroneous course, to be able to behold the facts of Truthoutside of the error; and,vice versa, when it discoversthe truth, this uncovers the error and quickens the true [10]consciousness of God, good. May the human shadows ofthought lengthen as they approach the light, until theyare lost in light and no night is there!In Science, sickness is healed upon the same Principleand by the same rule that sin is healed. To know the [15]supposed bodily belief of the patient and what has claimedto produce it, enables the practitioner to act more under-standingly in destroying this belief. Thus it is in heal-ing the moral sickness; the malicious mental operationmust be understood in order to enable one to destroy [20]it and its effects. There is not sufficient spiritual powerin the human thought to heal the sick or the sinful.Through the divine energies alone one must either getout of himself and into God so far that his consciousnessis the reflection of the divine, or he must, through argu- [25]ment and the human consciousness of both evil and good,overcome evil.The only difference between the healing of sin and thehealing of sickness is, that sin must beuncovered beforeit can be destroyed, and the moral sense be aroused to [30]reject the sense of error; while sickness must be cov-ered with the veil of harmony, and the consciousness be[pg 353]allowed to rejoice in the sense that it has nothing to mourn [1]over, but something to forget.Human concepts run in extremes; they are like theaction of sickness, which is either an excess of action ornot action enough; they are fallible; they are neither [5]standards nor models.If one asks me, Is my concept of you right? I reply, Thehuman concept is always imperfect; relinquish your humanconcept of me, or of any one, and find the divine, and youhave gained the right one—and never until then. People [10]give me too much attention of the misguided, fallible sort,and this misrepresents one through malice or ignorance.My brother was a manufacturer; and one day a work-man in his mills, a practical joker, set a man who appliedfor work, in the overseer's absence, to pour a bucket of [15]water every ten minutes on the regulator. When mybrother returned and saw it, he said to the jester,“Youmust pay that man.”Some people try to tend folks, asif they should steer the regulator of mankind. God makesuspay for tending the action that He adjusts. [20]The regulator is governed by the principle that makesthe machinery work rightly; and because itisthus gov-erned, the folly of tending it is no mere jest. The divinePrinciple carries on His harmony.Now turn from the metaphor of the mill to the Mother's [25]four thousand children, most of whom, at about threeyears of scientific age, set up housekeeping alone. Certainstudents, being too much interested in themselves to thinkof helping others, go their way. They do not love Mother,but pretend to; they constantly go to her for help, interrupt [30]the home-harmony, criticise and disobey her; then“returnto their vomit,”—world worship, pleasure seeking, and[pg 354]sense indulgence,—meantime declaring they“never dis-[1]obey Mother”! It exceeds my conception of humannature. Sin in its very nature is marvellous! Who but amoral idiot, sanguine of success in sin, can steal, and lieand lie, and lead the innocent to doom? History needs it, [5]and it has the grandeur of the loyal, self-forgetful, faith-ful Christian Scientists to overbalance this foul stuff.When the Mother's love can no longer promote peacein the family, wisdom is not“justified of her children.”When depraved reason is preferred to revelation, error [10]to Truth, and evil to good, and sense seams sounder thanSoul, the children are tending the regulator; they areindeed losing the knowledge of the divine Principle andrules of Christian Science, whose fruits prove the natureof their source. A little more grace, a motive made pure, [15]a few truths tenderly told, a heart softened, a charactersubdued, a life consecrated, would restore the right actionof the mental mechanism, and make manifest the move-ment of body and soul in accord with God.Instead of relying on the Principle of all that really [20]exists,—to govern His own creation,—self-conceit, igno-rance, and pride would regulate God's action. Expe-rience shows that humility is the first step in ChristianScience, wherein all is controlled, not by man or lawsmaterial, but by wisdom, Truth, and Love. [25]Go gaze on the eagle, his eye on the sun,Fast gathering strength for a flight well begun,As rising he rests in a liberty higherThan genius inflated with worldly desire.No tear dims his eye, nor his pinions lose power [30]To gaze on the lark in her emerald bower—Whenever he soareth to fashion his nest,No vision more bright than the dream in his breast.[pg 355]The WayThe present stage of progress in Christian Science pre- [2]sents two opposite aspects,—a full-orbed promise, anda gaunt want. The need, however, is not of the letter,but the spirit. [5]Less teaching and good healing is to-day the acme of“well done;”a healing that is not guesswork,—chronicrecovery ebbing and flowing,—but instantaneous cure.This absolute demonstration of Science must be revived.To consummate thisdesideratum, mortal mind must pass [10]through three stages of growth.First, self-knowledge. The physician must know him-self and understand the mental state of his patient. Errorfound out is two-thirds destroyed, and the last thirdpierces itself, for the remainder only stimulates and gives [15]scope to higher demonstration. To strike out right andleft against the mist, never clears the vision; but to liftyour head above it, is a sovereign panacea. Mental dark-ness is senseless error, neither intelligence nor power, andits victim is responsible for its supposititious presence. [20]“Cast the beam out of thine own eye.”Learn what inthine own mentality is unlike“the anointed,”and castit out; then thou wilt discern the error in thy patient'smind that makes his body sick, and remove it, and restlike the dove from the deluge. [25]“Physician, heal thyself.”Let no clouds of sin gatherand fall in mist and showers from thine own mentalatmosphere. Hold thy gaze to the light, and the iris offaith, more beautiful than the rainbow seen from mywindow at the close of a balmy autumnal day, will span [30]thy heavens of thought.[pg 356]A radiant sunset, beautiful as blessings when they take [1]their flight, dilates and kindles into rest. Thus will alife corrected illumine its own atmosphere with spiritualglow and understanding.The pent-up elements of mortal mind need no terrible [5]detonation to free them. Envy, rivalry, hate need notemporary indulgence that they be destroyed throughsuffering; they should be stifled from lack of air andfreedom.My students, with cultured intellects, chastened affec- [10]tions, and costly hopes, give promise of grand careers.But they must remember that the seedtime is passed,the harvest hour has come; and songs should ascendfrom the mount of revelation, sweeter than the sound ofvintage bells. [15]The seed of Christian Science, which when sown was“the least of all seeds,”has sprung up, borne fruit, andthe birds of the air, the uplifted desires of the humanheart, have lodged in its branches. Now let my faithfulstudents carry the fruit of this tree into the rock-ribbed [20]nests of the raven's callow brood.The second stage of mental development is humility.This virtue triumphs over the flesh; it is the genius ofChristian Science. One can never go up, until one hasgone down in his own esteem. Humility is lens and [25]prism to the understanding of Mind-healing; it must behad to understand our textbook; it is indispensable topersonal growth, and points out the chart of its divinePrinciple and rule of practice.Cherish humility,“watch,”and“pray without ceasing,”[30]or you will miss the way of Truth and Love. Humilityis no busybody: it has no moments for trafficking[pg 357]in other people's business, no place for envy, no time for [1]idle words, vain amusements, and all theet ceteraof theways and means of personal sense.Let Christian Scientists minister to the sick; the school-room is thedernier ressort. Let them seek the lost sheep [5]who, having strayed from the true fold, have lost theirgreat Shepherd and yearn to find living pastures andrest beside still waters. These long for the Christlike-ness that is above the present status of religion and be-yond the walks of common life, quite on the verge of [10]heaven. Without the cross and healing, Christianity hasno central emblem, no history.The seeds of Truth fall by the wayside, on artlesslisteners. They fall on stony ground and shallow soil.The fowls of the air pick them up. Much of what has [15]been sown has withered away, but what remaineth hasfallen into the good and honest hearts and is bearingfruit.The third stage of mental growth is manifested inlove,the greatest of all stages and states of being; love that [20]is irrespective of self, rank, or following. For some timeit has been clear to my thought that those students ofChristian Science whose Christian characters and livesrecommend them, should receive full fellowship from us,no matter who has taught them. If they have been taught [25]wrongly, they are not morally responsible for this, andneed special help. They are as lambs that have soughtthe true fold and the great Shepherd, and strayed inno-cently; hence we should be ready and glad to help themand point the way. [30]Divine Love is the substance of Christian Science, thebasis of its demonstration, yea, its foundation and super-[pg 358]structure. Love impels good works. Love is greatly [1]needed, and must be had to mark the way in divineScience.The student who heals by teaching and teaches byhealing, will graduate under divine honors, which are [5]the only appropriate seals for Christian Science. Statehonors perish, and their gain is loss to the ChristianScientist. They include for him at present naught buttardy justice, hounded footsteps, false laurels. Godalone is his help, his shield and great reward. He that [10]seeketh aught besides God, loseth in Life, Truth, andLove. All men shall be satisfied when they“awake inHis likeness,”and they never should be until then. Hu-man pride is human weakness. Self-knowledge, humility,and love are divine strength. Christ's vestures are put [15]on only when mortals are“washed in the blood of theLamb;”we must walk in the way which Jesus markedout, if we would reach the heaven-crowned summit ofChristian Science.Be it understood that I do not require Christian Sci- [20]entists to stop teaching, to dissolve their organizations,or to desist from organizing churches and associations.The Massachusetts Metaphysical College, the firstand only College for teaching Christian Science Mind-healing, after accomplishing the greatest work of the [25]ages, and at the pinnacle of prosperity, is closed. LetScientists who have grown to self-sacrifice do theirpresent work, awaiting, with staff in hand, God'scommands.When students have fulfilled all the good ends of [30]organization, and are convinced that by leaving thematerial forms thereof a higher spiritual unity is won,[pg 359]then is the time to follow the example of theAlma Mater. [1]Material organization is requisite in the beginning; butwhen it has done its work, the purely Christly methodof teaching and preaching must be adopted. On the sameprinciple, you continue the mental argument in the prac- [5]tice of Christian healing until you can cure without itinstantaneously, and through Spirit alone.St. Paul says:“When I was a child, I spake as achild, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: butwhen I became a man, I put away childish things. For [10]now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face toface.”Growth is restricted by forcing humanity out ofthe proper channels for development, or by holding it infetters.For Jesus to walk the water was scientific, insomuch [15]as he was able to do this; but it is neither wisdom norScience for poor humanity to step upon the Atlantic untilwe can walk on the water.Peter's impetuosity was rebuked. He had to learnfrom experience; so have we. The methods of our [20]Master were in advance of the period in which he per-sonally appeared; but his example was right, and isavailable at the right time. Thewayis absolute divineScience: walk ye in it; but remember that Science isdemonstrated by degrees, and our demonstration rises [25]only as we rise in the scale of being.Science And PhilosophyMen give counsel; but they give not the wisdom toprofit by it. To ask wisdom of God, is the beginning ofwisdom. [30][pg 360]Meekness, moderating human desire, inspires wisdom [1]and procures divine power. Human lives are yet un-carved,—in the rough marble, encumbered with crude,rude fragments, and awaiting the hammering, chiselling,and transfiguration from His hand. [5]Great only as good, because fashioned divinely, werethose unpretentious yet colossal characters, Paul andJesus. Theirs were modes of mind cast in the mouldsof Christian Science: Paul's, by the supremely naturaltransforming power of Truth; and the character of [10]Jesus, by his original scientific sonship with God. Phi-losophy never has produced, nor can it reproduce, thesestars of the first magnitude—fixed stars in the heavensof Soul. When shall earth be crowned with the trueknowledge of Christ? [15]When Christian Science has melted away the cloud offalse witnesses; and the dews of divine grace, fall-ing upon the blighted flowers of fleeting joys, shalllift every thought-leaflet Spiritward; and“Israel afterthe flesh,”who partaketh of its own altars, shall be [20]no more,—then,“the Israel according to Spirit”shall fill earth with the divine energies, understanding,and ever-flowing tides of spiritual sensation and consciousness.When mortal mind is silenced by the“still, small voice”[25]of Truth that regenerates philosophy and logic; andJesus, as the true idea of Him, is heard as of yore sayingto sensitive ears and dark disciples,“I came from theFather,”“Before Abraham was, I am,”coexistent andcoeternal with God,—and this idea is understood,— [30]then will the earth be filled with the true knowledge ofChrist. No advancing modes of human mind made[pg 361]Jesus; rather was it their subjugation, and the pure [1]heart that sees God.When the belief in material origin, mortal mind, sen-sual conception, dissolves through self-imposed suffering,and its substances are found substanceless,—then its [5]miscalled life ends in death, and death itself is swallowedup in Life,—spiritual Life, whose myriad forms areneither material nor mortal.When every form and mode of evil disappear to hu-man thought, and mollusk and radiate are spiritual con- [10]cepts testifying to one creator,—then, earth is full ofHis glory, and Christian Science has overshadowed allhuman philosophy, and being is understood in startlingcontradiction of human hypotheses; and Socrates, Plato,Kant, Locke, Berkeley, Tyndall, Darwin, and Spencer [15]sit at the feet of Jesus.To this great end, Paul admonished,“Let us lay asideevery weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us,and let us run with patience the race that is set beforeus, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our [20]faith.”So shall mortals soar to final freedom, and restfrom the subtlety of speculative wisdom and humanwoe.God is the only Mind, and His manifestation is thespiritual universe, including man and all eternal indi- [25]viduality. God, the only substance and divine Principleof creation, is by no means a creative partner in the firmof error, named matter, or mortal mind. He elucidatesHis own idea, wherein Principle and idea, God and man,are not one, but are inseparable as cause and effect. If [30]one, who could say which that“one”was?His ways are not as our ways. The divine modes[pg 362]and manifestations are not those of the material senses; [1]for instance, intelligent matter, or mortal mind, materialbirth, growth, and decay: they are the forever-existingrealities of divine Science; wherein God and man areperfect, and man's reason is at rest in God's wisdom,— [5]who comprehends and reflects all real mode, form, indi-viduality, identity.Scholastic dogma has made men blind. Christ'slogosgives sight to these blind, ears to these deaf, feet to theselame,—physically, morally, spiritually. Theologians [10]make the mortal mistake of believing that God, havingmadeall, made evil; but the Scriptures declare that allthat He made was good. Then, was evil part and parcelof His creation?Philosophy hypothetically regards creation as its own [15]creator, puts cause into effect, and out of nothing wouldcreate something, whose noumenon is mortal mind,with its phenomenon matter,—an evil mind alreadydoomed, whose modes are material manifestations ofevil, and that continually, until self-extinguished by [20]suffering!Here revelation must come to the rescue of mortals,to remove this mental millstone that is dragging themdownward, and refute erring reason with the spiritualcosmos and Science of Soul. We all must find shelter [25]from the storm and tempest in the tabernacle of Spirit.Truth is won through Science or suffering: O vain mor-tals! which shall it be? And suffering has no reward,except when it is necessary to prevent sin or reformthe sinner. And pleasure is no crime except when it [30]strengthens the influence of bad inclinations or lessensthe activities of virtue. The more nearly an erring so-[pg 363]called mind approaches purity, the more conscious it [1]becomes of its own unreality, and of the great reality ofdivine Mind and true happiness.The“ego”that claims selfhood in error, and passesfrom molecule and monkey up to man, is no ego, but is [5]simply the supposition that the absence of good is mindand makes men,—when its greatest flatterer, identifica-tion, is piqued by Him who compensateth vanity withnothingness, dust with dust!The mythology of evil and mortality is but the ma- [10]terial mode of a suppositional mind; while the immortalmodes of Mind are spiritual, and pass through none ofthe changes of matter, or evil. Truth said, and said fromthe beginning,“Let us [Spirit] make man perfect;”andthere is no other Maker: a perfect man would not desire [15]to make himself imperfect, and God is not chargeablewith imperfection. His modes declare the beauty of holi-ness, and His manifold wisdom shines through the visibleworld in glimpses of the eternal verities. Even throughthe mists of mortality is seen the brightness of His [20]coming.We must avoid the shoals of a sensual religion orphilosophy that misguides reason and affection, andhold fast to the Principle of Christian Science as theWord thatisGod, Spirit, and Truth. This Word cor- [25]rects the philosopher, confutes the astronomer, exposesthe subtle sophist, and drives diviners mad. The Bibleis the learned man's masterpiece, the ignorant man'sdictionary, the wise man's directory.I foresee and foresay that every advancing epoch of so [30]Truth will be characterized by a more spiritual appre-hension of the Scriptures, that will show their marked[pg 364]consonance with the textbook of Christian Science Mind- [1]healing,“Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.”Interpreting the Word in the“new tongue,”wherebythe sick are healed, naturally evokes new paraphrasefrom the world of letters.“Wait patiently on the Lord,[5]and He will renew your strength.”In return for indi-vidual sacrifice, what a recompense to have healed, throughTruth, the sick and sinful, made the public your friend,and posterity your familiar!Christian Science refutes everything that is not a [10]postulate of the divine Principle, God. It is the soul ofdivine philosophy, and there is no other philosophy. Itis not a search after wisdom, itiswisdom: it is God'sright hand grasping the universe,—all time, space,immortality, thought, extension, cause, and effect; con- [15]stituting and governing all identity, individuality, law,and power. It stands on this Scriptural platform:that He made all that was made, and it is good, reflectsthe divine Mind, is governed by it; and that nothingapart from this Mind, one God, is self-created or evolves [20]the universe.Human hypotheses predicate matter of Spirit andevil of good; hence these opposites must either cooperateor quarrel throughout time and eternity,—or untilthis impossible partnership is dissolved. If Spirit is the [25]lawgiver to matter, and good has the same power ormodes as evil, it has the same consciousness, and thereis no absolute good. This error, carried to its ultimate,would either extinguish God and His modes, or givereality and power to evilad infinitum. [30]Christian Science rends this veil of the temple of gods,and reproduces the divine philosophy of Jesus and Paul.[pg 365]This philosophy alone will bear the strain of time and [1]bring out the glories of eternity; for“other founda-tion can no man lay than that is laid,”which is Christ,Truth.Human theories weighed in the balances of God are [5]found wanting; and their highest endeavors are to Sciencewhat a child's love of pictures is to art. The school whoseschoolmaster is not Christ, gets things wrong, and is ignorantthereof.If Christian Science lacked the proof of its goodness [10]and utility, it would destroy itself; for it rests alone ondemonstration. Its genius is right thinking and rightacting, physical and moral harmony; and the secret ofits success lies in supplying the universal need of betterhealth and better men. [15]Good health and a more spiritual religion form thecommon want, and this want has worked out a moralresult; namely, that mortal mind is calling for what im-mortal Mind alone can supply. If the uniform moraland spiritual, as well as physical, effects of divine Science [20]were lacking, the demand would diminish; but it con-tinues, and increases, which shows the real value ofChristian Science to the race. Even doctors agree thatinfidelity, bigotry, or sham has never met the growingwants of humanity. [25]As a literature, Christian metaphysics is hampered bylack of proper terms in which to express what it means.As a Science, it is held back by the common ignoranceof what it is and of what it does,—and more than allelse, by the impostors that come in its name. To be [30]appreciated, it must be conscientiously understood andintroduced.[pg 366]If the Bible and“Science and Health with Key to the[1]Scriptures”had in our schools the time or attention thathuman hypotheses consume, they would advance theworld. True, it requires more study to understand anddemonstrate what they teach than to learn the doctrine [5]of theology, philosophy, or physics, because they con-tain and offer Science, with fixed Principle, given rule,and unmistakable proof.The Scriptures give the keynote of Christian Sciencefrom Genesis to Revelation, and this is the prolonged [10]tone:“For the Lord He is God, and there isnone beside Him.”And because He is All-in-all,He is in nothing unlike Himself; and nothing thatworketh or maketh a lie is in Him, or can be divine con-sciousness. [15]At this date, poor jaded humanity needs to get hereyes open to a new style of imposition in the field ofmedicine and of religion, and to“beware of the leavenof the scribes and Pharisees,”the doctrines of men, evenas Jesus admonished. From first to last, evil insists on [20]the unity of good and evil as the purpose of God; andon drugs, electricity, and animal magnetism as modesof medicine. To a greater or less extent, all mortal conclusionsstart from this false premise, and they necessarilyculminate in sickness, sin, disease, and death. [25]Erroneous doctrines never have abated and never willabate dishonesty, self-will, envy, and lust. To destroysin and its sequence, is the office of Christ, Truth,—ac-cording to His mode of Christian Science; and this isbeing done daily. [30]The false theories whose names are legion, gilded withsophistry and what Jesus had not, namely, mere book-[pg 367]learning,—letter without law, gospel, or demonstration, [1]—have no place in Christian Science. This Science re-quires man to be honest, just, pure; to love his neighboras himself, and to love God supremely.Matter and evil are subjective states of error or mortal [5]mind. But Mind is immortal; and the fact of therebeing no mortal mind, exposes the lie of suppositionalevil, showing that error is not Mind, substance, orLife. Thus, whatever is wrongfully-minded will dis-appear in the proportion that Science is understood, [10]and the reality of being—goodness and harmony—isdemonstrated.Error says that knowing all things implies the neces-sity of knowing evil, that it dishonors God to claim thatHe is ignorant of anything; but God says of this fruit [15]of the tree of knowledge ofbothgood and evil,“In theday that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.”IfGod is infinite good, He knows nothing but good; if Hedid know aught else, He would not be infinite. InfiniteMind knows nothing beyond Himself or Herself. To [20]good, evil is never present; for evil is a different state ofconsciousness. It was not against evil, but againstknow-ingevil, that God forewarned. He dwelleth in light;and in the light He sees light, and cannot see darkness.The opposite conclusion, that darkness dwelleth in light, [25]has neither precedent nor foundation in nature, in logic,or in the character of Christ.The senses would say that whatever saves from sin,must know sin. Truth replies that God is too pureto behold iniquity; and by virtue of His ignorance of [30]that which is not, He knoweth that whichis, andabideth in Himself, the only Life, Truth, and Love,[pg 368]—and is reflected by a universe in His own image [1]and likeness.Even so, Father, let the light that shineth in dark-ness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not, dispel thisillusion of the senses, open the eyes of the blind, and cause [5]the deaf to hear.“Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown,Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.”Lowell

Evil counterfeits good: it says,“I am Truth,”though [20]it is a lie; it says,“I am Love,”—but Love is spirit-ual, and sensuous love is material, wherefore it is hateinstead of Love; for the five senses give to mortals pain,sickness, sin, and death,—pleasure that is false, life thatleads unto death, joy that becomes sorrow. Love that is [25]not the procurator of happiness, declares itself the anti-pode of Love; and Love divine punishes the joys of thisfalse sense of love, chastens its affection, purifies it, andturns it into the opposite channels.

Evil counterfeits good: it says,“I am Truth,”though [20]

it is a lie; it says,“I am Love,”—but Love is spirit-

ual, and sensuous love is material, wherefore it is hate

instead of Love; for the five senses give to mortals pain,

sickness, sin, and death,—pleasure that is false, life that

leads unto death, joy that becomes sorrow. Love that is [25]

not the procurator of happiness, declares itself the anti-

pode of Love; and Love divine punishes the joys of this

false sense of love, chastens its affection, purifies it, and

turns it into the opposite channels.

Material life is the antipode of spiritual life; it mocks [30]

the bliss of spiritual being; it is bereft of permanence and [1]peace.

the bliss of spiritual being; it is bereft of permanence and [1]

peace.

When human sense is quickened to behold aright theerror,—the error of regarding Life, Truth, Love asmaterial and not spiritual, or as both material and spirit- [5]ual,—it is able for the first time to discern the Scienceof good. But it must first see the error of its presenterroneous course, to be able to behold the facts of Truthoutside of the error; and,vice versa, when it discoversthe truth, this uncovers the error and quickens the true [10]consciousness of God, good. May the human shadows ofthought lengthen as they approach the light, until theyare lost in light and no night is there!

When human sense is quickened to behold aright the

error,—the error of regarding Life, Truth, Love as

material and not spiritual, or as both material and spirit- [5]

ual,—it is able for the first time to discern the Science

of good. But it must first see the error of its present

erroneous course, to be able to behold the facts of Truth

outside of the error; and,vice versa, when it discovers

the truth, this uncovers the error and quickens the true [10]

consciousness of God, good. May the human shadows of

thought lengthen as they approach the light, until they

are lost in light and no night is there!

In Science, sickness is healed upon the same Principleand by the same rule that sin is healed. To know the [15]supposed bodily belief of the patient and what has claimedto produce it, enables the practitioner to act more under-standingly in destroying this belief. Thus it is in heal-ing the moral sickness; the malicious mental operationmust be understood in order to enable one to destroy [20]it and its effects. There is not sufficient spiritual powerin the human thought to heal the sick or the sinful.Through the divine energies alone one must either getout of himself and into God so far that his consciousnessis the reflection of the divine, or he must, through argu- [25]ment and the human consciousness of both evil and good,overcome evil.

In Science, sickness is healed upon the same Principle

and by the same rule that sin is healed. To know the [15]

supposed bodily belief of the patient and what has claimed

to produce it, enables the practitioner to act more under-

standingly in destroying this belief. Thus it is in heal-

ing the moral sickness; the malicious mental operation

must be understood in order to enable one to destroy [20]

it and its effects. There is not sufficient spiritual power

in the human thought to heal the sick or the sinful.

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 divine, or he must, through argu- [25]

ment and the human consciousness of both evil and good,

overcome evil.

The only difference between the healing of sin and thehealing of sickness is, that sin must beuncovered beforeit can be destroyed, and the moral sense be aroused to [30]reject the sense of error; while sickness must be cov-ered with the veil of harmony, and the consciousness be

The only difference between the healing of sin and the

healing of sickness is, that sin must beuncovered before

it can be destroyed, and the moral sense be aroused to [30]

reject the sense of error; while sickness must be cov-

ered with the veil of harmony, and the consciousness be

allowed to rejoice in the sense that it has nothing to mourn [1]over, but something to forget.

allowed to rejoice in the sense that it has nothing to mourn [1]

over, but something to forget.

Human concepts run in extremes; they are like theaction of sickness, which is either an excess of action ornot action enough; they are fallible; they are neither [5]standards nor models.

Human concepts run in extremes; they are like the

action of sickness, which is either an excess of action or

not action enough; they are fallible; they are neither [5]

standards nor models.

If one asks me, Is my concept of you right? I reply, Thehuman concept is always imperfect; relinquish your humanconcept of me, or of any one, and find the divine, and youhave gained the right one—and never until then. People [10]give me too much attention of the misguided, fallible sort,and this misrepresents one through malice or ignorance.

If one asks me, Is my concept of you right? I reply, The

human concept is always imperfect; relinquish your human

concept of me, or of any one, and find the divine, and you

have gained the right one—and never until then. People [10]

give me too much attention of the misguided, fallible sort,

and this misrepresents one through malice or ignorance.

My brother was a manufacturer; and one day a work-man in his mills, a practical joker, set a man who appliedfor work, in the overseer's absence, to pour a bucket of [15]water every ten minutes on the regulator. When mybrother returned and saw it, he said to the jester,“Youmust pay that man.”Some people try to tend folks, asif they should steer the regulator of mankind. God makesuspay for tending the action that He adjusts. [20]

My brother was a manufacturer; and one day a work-

man in his mills, a practical joker, set a man who applied

for work, in the overseer's absence, to pour a bucket of [15]

water every ten minutes on the regulator. When my

brother returned and saw it, he said to the jester,“You

must pay that man.”Some people try to tend folks, as

if they should steer the regulator of mankind. God makes

uspay for tending the action that He adjusts. [20]

The regulator is governed by the principle that makesthe machinery work rightly; and because itisthus gov-erned, the folly of tending it is no mere jest. The divinePrinciple carries on His harmony.

The regulator is governed by the principle that makes

the machinery work rightly; and because itisthus gov-

erned, the folly of tending it is no mere jest. The divine

Principle carries on His harmony.

Now turn from the metaphor of the mill to the Mother's [25]four thousand children, most of whom, at about threeyears of scientific age, set up housekeeping alone. Certainstudents, being too much interested in themselves to thinkof helping others, go their way. They do not love Mother,but pretend to; they constantly go to her for help, interrupt [30]the home-harmony, criticise and disobey her; then“returnto their vomit,”—world worship, pleasure seeking, and

Now turn from the metaphor of the mill to the Mother's [25]

four thousand children, most of whom, at about three

years of scientific age, set up housekeeping alone. Certain

students, being too much interested in themselves to think

of helping others, go their way. They do not love Mother,

but pretend to; they constantly go to her for help, interrupt [30]

the home-harmony, criticise and disobey her; then“return

to their vomit,”—world worship, pleasure seeking, and

sense indulgence,—meantime declaring they“never dis-[1]obey Mother”! It exceeds my conception of humannature. Sin in its very nature is marvellous! Who but amoral idiot, sanguine of success in sin, can steal, and lieand lie, and lead the innocent to doom? History needs it, [5]and it has the grandeur of the loyal, self-forgetful, faith-ful Christian Scientists to overbalance this foul stuff.

sense indulgence,—meantime declaring they“never dis-[1]

obey Mother”! It exceeds my conception of human

nature. Sin in its very nature is marvellous! Who but a

moral idiot, sanguine of success in sin, can steal, and lie

and lie, and lead the innocent to doom? History needs it, [5]

and it has the grandeur of the loyal, self-forgetful, faith-

ful Christian Scientists to overbalance this foul stuff.

When the Mother's love can no longer promote peacein the family, wisdom is not“justified of her children.”When depraved reason is preferred to revelation, error [10]to Truth, and evil to good, and sense seams sounder thanSoul, the children are tending the regulator; they areindeed losing the knowledge of the divine Principle andrules of Christian Science, whose fruits prove the natureof their source. A little more grace, a motive made pure, [15]a few truths tenderly told, a heart softened, a charactersubdued, a life consecrated, would restore the right actionof the mental mechanism, and make manifest the move-ment of body and soul in accord with God.

When the Mother's love can no longer promote peace

in the family, wisdom is not“justified of her children.”

When depraved reason is preferred to revelation, error [10]

to Truth, and evil to good, and sense seams sounder than

Soul, the children are tending the regulator; they are

indeed losing the knowledge of the divine Principle and

rules of Christian Science, whose fruits prove the nature

of their source. A little more grace, a motive made pure, [15]

a few truths tenderly told, a heart softened, a character

subdued, a life consecrated, would restore the right action

of the mental mechanism, and make manifest the move-

ment of body and soul in accord with God.

Instead of relying on the Principle of all that really [20]exists,—to govern His own creation,—self-conceit, igno-rance, and pride would regulate God's action. Expe-rience shows that humility is the first step in ChristianScience, wherein all is controlled, not by man or lawsmaterial, but by wisdom, Truth, and Love. [25]

Instead of relying on the Principle of all that really [20]

exists,—to govern His own creation,—self-conceit, igno-

rance, and pride would regulate God's action. Expe-

rience shows that humility is the first step in Christian

Science, wherein all is controlled, not by man or laws

material, but by wisdom, Truth, and Love. [25]

Go gaze on the eagle, his eye on the sun,Fast gathering strength for a flight well begun,As rising he rests in a liberty higherThan genius inflated with worldly desire.No tear dims his eye, nor his pinions lose power [30]To gaze on the lark in her emerald bower—Whenever he soareth to fashion his nest,No vision more bright than the dream in his breast.

Go gaze on the eagle, his eye on the sun,Fast gathering strength for a flight well begun,As rising he rests in a liberty higherThan genius inflated with worldly desire.

Go gaze on the eagle, his eye on the sun,

Fast gathering strength for a flight well begun,

As rising he rests in a liberty higher

Than genius inflated with worldly desire.

No tear dims his eye, nor his pinions lose power [30]To gaze on the lark in her emerald bower—Whenever he soareth to fashion his nest,No vision more bright than the dream in his breast.

No tear dims his eye, nor his pinions lose power [30]

To gaze on the lark in her emerald bower—

Whenever he soareth to fashion his nest,

No vision more bright than the dream in his breast.

The WayThe present stage of progress in Christian Science pre- [2]sents two opposite aspects,—a full-orbed promise, anda gaunt want. The need, however, is not of the letter,but the spirit. [5]Less teaching and good healing is to-day the acme of“well done;”a healing that is not guesswork,—chronicrecovery ebbing and flowing,—but instantaneous cure.This absolute demonstration of Science must be revived.To consummate thisdesideratum, mortal mind must pass [10]through three stages of growth.First, self-knowledge. The physician must know him-self and understand the mental state of his patient. Errorfound out is two-thirds destroyed, and the last thirdpierces itself, for the remainder only stimulates and gives [15]scope to higher demonstration. To strike out right andleft against the mist, never clears the vision; but to liftyour head above it, is a sovereign panacea. Mental dark-ness is senseless error, neither intelligence nor power, andits victim is responsible for its supposititious presence. [20]“Cast the beam out of thine own eye.”Learn what inthine own mentality is unlike“the anointed,”and castit out; then thou wilt discern the error in thy patient'smind that makes his body sick, and remove it, and restlike the dove from the deluge. [25]“Physician, heal thyself.”Let no clouds of sin gatherand fall in mist and showers from thine own mentalatmosphere. Hold thy gaze to the light, and the iris offaith, more beautiful than the rainbow seen from mywindow at the close of a balmy autumnal day, will span [30]thy heavens of thought.[pg 356]A radiant sunset, beautiful as blessings when they take [1]their flight, dilates and kindles into rest. Thus will alife corrected illumine its own atmosphere with spiritualglow and understanding.The pent-up elements of mortal mind need no terrible [5]detonation to free them. Envy, rivalry, hate need notemporary indulgence that they be destroyed throughsuffering; they should be stifled from lack of air andfreedom.My students, with cultured intellects, chastened affec- [10]tions, and costly hopes, give promise of grand careers.But they must remember that the seedtime is passed,the harvest hour has come; and songs should ascendfrom the mount of revelation, sweeter than the sound ofvintage bells. [15]The seed of Christian Science, which when sown was“the least of all seeds,”has sprung up, borne fruit, andthe birds of the air, the uplifted desires of the humanheart, have lodged in its branches. Now let my faithfulstudents carry the fruit of this tree into the rock-ribbed [20]nests of the raven's callow brood.The second stage of mental development is humility.This virtue triumphs over the flesh; it is the genius ofChristian Science. One can never go up, until one hasgone down in his own esteem. Humility is lens and [25]prism to the understanding of Mind-healing; it must behad to understand our textbook; it is indispensable topersonal growth, and points out the chart of its divinePrinciple and rule of practice.Cherish humility,“watch,”and“pray without ceasing,”[30]or you will miss the way of Truth and Love. Humilityis no busybody: it has no moments for trafficking[pg 357]in other people's business, no place for envy, no time for [1]idle words, vain amusements, and all theet ceteraof theways and means of personal sense.Let Christian Scientists minister to the sick; the school-room is thedernier ressort. Let them seek the lost sheep [5]who, having strayed from the true fold, have lost theirgreat Shepherd and yearn to find living pastures andrest beside still waters. These long for the Christlike-ness that is above the present status of religion and be-yond the walks of common life, quite on the verge of [10]heaven. Without the cross and healing, Christianity hasno central emblem, no history.The seeds of Truth fall by the wayside, on artlesslisteners. They fall on stony ground and shallow soil.The fowls of the air pick them up. Much of what has [15]been sown has withered away, but what remaineth hasfallen into the good and honest hearts and is bearingfruit.The third stage of mental growth is manifested inlove,the greatest of all stages and states of being; love that [20]is irrespective of self, rank, or following. For some timeit has been clear to my thought that those students ofChristian Science whose Christian characters and livesrecommend them, should receive full fellowship from us,no matter who has taught them. If they have been taught [25]wrongly, they are not morally responsible for this, andneed special help. They are as lambs that have soughtthe true fold and the great Shepherd, and strayed inno-cently; hence we should be ready and glad to help themand point the way. [30]Divine Love is the substance of Christian Science, thebasis of its demonstration, yea, its foundation and super-[pg 358]structure. Love impels good works. Love is greatly [1]needed, and must be had to mark the way in divineScience.The student who heals by teaching and teaches byhealing, will graduate under divine honors, which are [5]the only appropriate seals for Christian Science. Statehonors perish, and their gain is loss to the ChristianScientist. They include for him at present naught buttardy justice, hounded footsteps, false laurels. Godalone is his help, his shield and great reward. He that [10]seeketh aught besides God, loseth in Life, Truth, andLove. All men shall be satisfied when they“awake inHis likeness,”and they never should be until then. Hu-man pride is human weakness. Self-knowledge, humility,and love are divine strength. Christ's vestures are put [15]on only when mortals are“washed in the blood of theLamb;”we must walk in the way which Jesus markedout, if we would reach the heaven-crowned summit ofChristian Science.Be it understood that I do not require Christian Sci- [20]entists to stop teaching, to dissolve their organizations,or to desist from organizing churches and associations.The Massachusetts Metaphysical College, the firstand only College for teaching Christian Science Mind-healing, after accomplishing the greatest work of the [25]ages, and at the pinnacle of prosperity, is closed. LetScientists who have grown to self-sacrifice do theirpresent work, awaiting, with staff in hand, God'scommands.When students have fulfilled all the good ends of [30]organization, and are convinced that by leaving thematerial forms thereof a higher spiritual unity is won,[pg 359]then is the time to follow the example of theAlma Mater. [1]Material organization is requisite in the beginning; butwhen it has done its work, the purely Christly methodof teaching and preaching must be adopted. On the sameprinciple, you continue the mental argument in the prac- [5]tice of Christian healing until you can cure without itinstantaneously, and through Spirit alone.St. Paul says:“When I was a child, I spake as achild, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: butwhen I became a man, I put away childish things. For [10]now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face toface.”Growth is restricted by forcing humanity out ofthe proper channels for development, or by holding it infetters.For Jesus to walk the water was scientific, insomuch [15]as he was able to do this; but it is neither wisdom norScience for poor humanity to step upon the Atlantic untilwe can walk on the water.Peter's impetuosity was rebuked. He had to learnfrom experience; so have we. The methods of our [20]Master were in advance of the period in which he per-sonally appeared; but his example was right, and isavailable at the right time. Thewayis absolute divineScience: walk ye in it; but remember that Science isdemonstrated by degrees, and our demonstration rises [25]only as we rise in the scale of being.

The present stage of progress in Christian Science pre- [2]sents two opposite aspects,—a full-orbed promise, anda gaunt want. The need, however, is not of the letter,but the spirit. [5]

The present stage of progress in Christian Science pre- [2]

sents two opposite aspects,—a full-orbed promise, and

a gaunt want. The need, however, is not of the letter,

but the spirit. [5]

Less teaching and good healing is to-day the acme of“well done;”a healing that is not guesswork,—chronicrecovery ebbing and flowing,—but instantaneous cure.This absolute demonstration of Science must be revived.To consummate thisdesideratum, mortal mind must pass [10]through three stages of growth.

Less teaching and good healing is to-day the acme of

“well done;”a healing that is not guesswork,—chronic

recovery ebbing and flowing,—but instantaneous cure.

This absolute demonstration of Science must be revived.

To consummate thisdesideratum, mortal mind must pass [10]

through three stages of growth.

First, self-knowledge. The physician must know him-self and understand the mental state of his patient. Errorfound out is two-thirds destroyed, and the last thirdpierces itself, for the remainder only stimulates and gives [15]scope to higher demonstration. To strike out right andleft against the mist, never clears the vision; but to liftyour head above it, is a sovereign panacea. Mental dark-ness is senseless error, neither intelligence nor power, andits victim is responsible for its supposititious presence. [20]“Cast the beam out of thine own eye.”Learn what inthine own mentality is unlike“the anointed,”and castit out; then thou wilt discern the error in thy patient'smind that makes his body sick, and remove it, and restlike the dove from the deluge. [25]

First, self-knowledge. The physician must know him-

self and understand the mental state of his patient. Error

found out is two-thirds destroyed, and the last third

pierces itself, for the remainder only stimulates and gives [15]

scope to higher demonstration. To strike out right and

left against the mist, never clears the vision; but to lift

your head above it, is a sovereign panacea. Mental dark-

ness is senseless error, neither intelligence nor power, and

its victim is responsible for its supposititious presence. [20]

“Cast the beam out of thine own eye.”Learn what in

thine own mentality is unlike“the anointed,”and cast

it out; then thou wilt discern the error in thy patient's

mind that makes his body sick, and remove it, and rest

like the dove from the deluge. [25]

“Physician, heal thyself.”Let no clouds of sin gatherand fall in mist and showers from thine own mentalatmosphere. Hold thy gaze to the light, and the iris offaith, more beautiful than the rainbow seen from mywindow at the close of a balmy autumnal day, will span [30]thy heavens of thought.

“Physician, heal thyself.”Let no clouds of sin gather

and fall in mist and showers from thine own mental

atmosphere. Hold thy gaze to the light, and the iris of

faith, more beautiful than the rainbow seen from my

window at the close of a balmy autumnal day, will span [30]

thy heavens of thought.

A radiant sunset, beautiful as blessings when they take [1]their flight, dilates and kindles into rest. Thus will alife corrected illumine its own atmosphere with spiritualglow and understanding.

A radiant sunset, beautiful as blessings when they take [1]

their flight, dilates and kindles into rest. Thus will a

life corrected illumine its own atmosphere with spiritual

glow and understanding.

The pent-up elements of mortal mind need no terrible [5]detonation to free them. Envy, rivalry, hate need notemporary indulgence that they be destroyed throughsuffering; they should be stifled from lack of air andfreedom.

The pent-up elements of mortal mind need no terrible [5]

detonation to free them. Envy, rivalry, hate need no

temporary indulgence that they be destroyed through

suffering; they should be stifled from lack of air and

freedom.

My students, with cultured intellects, chastened affec- [10]tions, and costly hopes, give promise of grand careers.But they must remember that the seedtime is passed,the harvest hour has come; and songs should ascendfrom the mount of revelation, sweeter than the sound ofvintage bells. [15]

My students, with cultured intellects, chastened affec- [10]

tions, and costly hopes, give promise of grand careers.

But they must remember that the seedtime is passed,

the harvest hour has come; and songs should ascend

from the mount of revelation, sweeter than the sound of

vintage bells. [15]

The seed of Christian Science, which when sown was“the least of all seeds,”has sprung up, borne fruit, andthe birds of the air, the uplifted desires of the humanheart, have lodged in its branches. Now let my faithfulstudents carry the fruit of this tree into the rock-ribbed [20]nests of the raven's callow brood.

The seed of Christian Science, which when sown was

“the least of all seeds,”has sprung up, borne fruit, and

the birds of the air, the uplifted desires of the human

heart, have lodged in its branches. Now let my faithful

students carry the fruit of this tree into the rock-ribbed [20]

nests of the raven's callow brood.

The second stage of mental development is humility.This virtue triumphs over the flesh; it is the genius ofChristian Science. One can never go up, until one hasgone down in his own esteem. Humility is lens and [25]prism to the understanding of Mind-healing; it must behad to understand our textbook; it is indispensable topersonal growth, and points out the chart of its divinePrinciple and rule of practice.

The second stage of mental development is humility.

This virtue triumphs over the flesh; it is the genius of

Christian Science. One can never go up, until one has

gone down in his own esteem. Humility is lens and [25]

prism to the understanding of Mind-healing; it must be

had to understand our textbook; it is indispensable to

personal growth, and points out the chart of its divine

Principle and rule of practice.

Cherish humility,“watch,”and“pray without ceasing,”[30]or you will miss the way of Truth and Love. Humilityis no busybody: it has no moments for trafficking

Cherish humility,“watch,”and“pray without ceasing,”[30]

or you will miss the way of Truth and Love. Humility

is no busybody: it has no moments for trafficking

in other people's business, no place for envy, no time for [1]idle words, vain amusements, and all theet ceteraof theways and means of personal sense.

in other people's business, no place for envy, no time for [1]

idle words, vain amusements, and all theet ceteraof the

ways and means of personal sense.

Let Christian Scientists minister to the sick; the school-room is thedernier ressort. Let them seek the lost sheep [5]who, having strayed from the true fold, have lost theirgreat Shepherd and yearn to find living pastures andrest beside still waters. These long for the Christlike-ness that is above the present status of religion and be-yond the walks of common life, quite on the verge of [10]heaven. Without the cross and healing, Christianity hasno central emblem, no history.

Let Christian Scientists minister to the sick; the school-

room is thedernier ressort. Let them seek the lost sheep [5]

who, having strayed from the true fold, have lost their

great Shepherd and yearn to find living pastures and

rest beside still waters. These long for the Christlike-

ness that is above the present status of religion and be-

yond the walks of common life, quite on the verge of [10]

heaven. Without the cross and healing, Christianity has

no central emblem, no history.

The seeds of Truth fall by the wayside, on artlesslisteners. They fall on stony ground and shallow soil.The fowls of the air pick them up. Much of what has [15]been sown has withered away, but what remaineth hasfallen into the good and honest hearts and is bearingfruit.

The seeds of Truth fall by the wayside, on artless

listeners. They fall on stony ground and shallow soil.

The fowls of the air pick them up. Much of what has [15]

been sown has withered away, but what remaineth has

fallen into the good and honest hearts and is bearing

fruit.

The third stage of mental growth is manifested inlove,the greatest of all stages and states of being; love that [20]is irrespective of self, rank, or following. For some timeit has been clear to my thought that those students ofChristian Science whose Christian characters and livesrecommend them, should receive full fellowship from us,no matter who has taught them. If they have been taught [25]wrongly, they are not morally responsible for this, andneed special help. They are as lambs that have soughtthe true fold and the great Shepherd, and strayed inno-cently; hence we should be ready and glad to help themand point the way. [30]

The third stage of mental growth is manifested inlove,

the greatest of all stages and states of being; love that [20]

is irrespective of self, rank, or following. For some time

it has been clear to my thought that those students of

Christian Science whose Christian characters and lives

recommend them, should receive full fellowship from us,

no matter who has taught them. If they have been taught [25]

wrongly, they are not morally responsible for this, and

need special help. They are as lambs that have sought

the true fold and the great Shepherd, and strayed inno-

cently; hence we should be ready and glad to help them

and point the way. [30]

Divine Love is the substance of Christian Science, thebasis of its demonstration, yea, its foundation and super-

Divine Love is the substance of Christian Science, the

basis of its demonstration, yea, its foundation and super-

structure. Love impels good works. Love is greatly [1]needed, and must be had to mark the way in divineScience.

structure. Love impels good works. Love is greatly [1]

needed, and must be had to mark the way in divine

Science.

The student who heals by teaching and teaches byhealing, will graduate under divine honors, which are [5]the only appropriate seals for Christian Science. Statehonors perish, and their gain is loss to the ChristianScientist. They include for him at present naught buttardy justice, hounded footsteps, false laurels. Godalone is his help, his shield and great reward. He that [10]seeketh aught besides God, loseth in Life, Truth, andLove. All men shall be satisfied when they“awake inHis likeness,”and they never should be until then. Hu-man pride is human weakness. Self-knowledge, humility,and love are divine strength. Christ's vestures are put [15]on only when mortals are“washed in the blood of theLamb;”we must walk in the way which Jesus markedout, if we would reach the heaven-crowned summit ofChristian Science.

The student who heals by teaching and teaches by

healing, will graduate under divine honors, which are [5]

the only appropriate seals for Christian Science. State

honors perish, and their gain is loss to the Christian

Scientist. They include for him at present naught but

tardy justice, hounded footsteps, false laurels. God

alone is his help, his shield and great reward. He that [10]

seeketh aught besides God, loseth in Life, Truth, and

Love. All men shall be satisfied when they“awake in

His likeness,”and they never should be until then. Hu-

man pride is human weakness. Self-knowledge, humility,

and love are divine strength. Christ's vestures are put [15]

on only when mortals are“washed in the blood of the

Lamb;”we must walk in the way which Jesus marked

out, if we would reach the heaven-crowned summit of

Christian Science.

Be it understood that I do not require Christian Sci- [20]entists to stop teaching, to dissolve their organizations,or to desist from organizing churches and associations.

Be it understood that I do not require Christian Sci- [20]

entists to stop teaching, to dissolve their organizations,

or to desist from organizing churches and associations.

The Massachusetts Metaphysical College, the firstand only College for teaching Christian Science Mind-healing, after accomplishing the greatest work of the [25]ages, and at the pinnacle of prosperity, is closed. LetScientists who have grown to self-sacrifice do theirpresent work, awaiting, with staff in hand, God'scommands.

The Massachusetts Metaphysical College, the first

and only College for teaching Christian Science Mind-

healing, after accomplishing the greatest work of the [25]

ages, and at the pinnacle of prosperity, is closed. Let

Scientists who have grown to self-sacrifice do their

present work, awaiting, with staff in hand, God's

commands.

When students have fulfilled all the good ends of [30]organization, and are convinced that by leaving thematerial forms thereof a higher spiritual unity is won,

When students have fulfilled all the good ends of [30]

organization, and are convinced that by leaving the

material forms thereof a higher spiritual unity is won,

then is the time to follow the example of theAlma Mater. [1]Material organization is requisite in the beginning; butwhen it has done its work, the purely Christly methodof teaching and preaching must be adopted. On the sameprinciple, you continue the mental argument in the prac- [5]tice of Christian healing until you can cure without itinstantaneously, and through Spirit alone.

then is the time to follow the example of theAlma Mater. [1]

Material organization is requisite in the beginning; but

when it has done its work, the purely Christly method

of teaching and preaching must be adopted. On the same

principle, you continue the mental argument in the prac- [5]

tice of Christian healing until you can cure without it

instantaneously, and through Spirit alone.

St. Paul says:“When I was a child, I spake as achild, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: butwhen I became a man, I put away childish things. For [10]now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face toface.”Growth is restricted by forcing humanity out ofthe proper channels for development, or by holding it infetters.

St. Paul says:“When I was a child, I spake as a

child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but

when I became a man, I put away childish things. For [10]

now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to

face.”Growth is restricted by forcing humanity out of

the proper channels for development, or by holding it in

fetters.

For Jesus to walk the water was scientific, insomuch [15]as he was able to do this; but it is neither wisdom norScience for poor humanity to step upon the Atlantic untilwe can walk on the water.

For Jesus to walk the water was scientific, insomuch [15]

as he was able to do this; but it is neither wisdom nor

Science for poor humanity to step upon the Atlantic until

we can walk on the water.

Peter's impetuosity was rebuked. He had to learnfrom experience; so have we. The methods of our [20]Master were in advance of the period in which he per-sonally appeared; but his example was right, and isavailable at the right time. Thewayis absolute divineScience: walk ye in it; but remember that Science isdemonstrated by degrees, and our demonstration rises [25]only as we rise in the scale of being.

Peter's impetuosity was rebuked. He had to learn

from experience; so have we. The methods of our [20]

Master were in advance of the period in which he per-

sonally appeared; but his example was right, and is

available at the right time. Thewayis absolute divine

Science: walk ye in it; but remember that Science is

demonstrated by degrees, and our demonstration rises [25]

only as we rise in the scale of being.

Science And PhilosophyMen give counsel; but they give not the wisdom toprofit by it. To ask wisdom of God, is the beginning ofwisdom. [30][pg 360]Meekness, moderating human desire, inspires wisdom [1]and procures divine power. Human lives are yet un-carved,—in the rough marble, encumbered with crude,rude fragments, and awaiting the hammering, chiselling,and transfiguration from His hand. [5]Great only as good, because fashioned divinely, werethose unpretentious yet colossal characters, Paul andJesus. Theirs were modes of mind cast in the mouldsof Christian Science: Paul's, by the supremely naturaltransforming power of Truth; and the character of [10]Jesus, by his original scientific sonship with God. Phi-losophy never has produced, nor can it reproduce, thesestars of the first magnitude—fixed stars in the heavensof Soul. When shall earth be crowned with the trueknowledge of Christ? [15]When Christian Science has melted away the cloud offalse witnesses; and the dews of divine grace, fall-ing upon the blighted flowers of fleeting joys, shalllift every thought-leaflet Spiritward; and“Israel afterthe flesh,”who partaketh of its own altars, shall be [20]no more,—then,“the Israel according to Spirit”shall fill earth with the divine energies, understanding,and ever-flowing tides of spiritual sensation and consciousness.When mortal mind is silenced by the“still, small voice”[25]of Truth that regenerates philosophy and logic; andJesus, as the true idea of Him, is heard as of yore sayingto sensitive ears and dark disciples,“I came from theFather,”“Before Abraham was, I am,”coexistent andcoeternal with God,—and this idea is understood,— [30]then will the earth be filled with the true knowledge ofChrist. No advancing modes of human mind made[pg 361]Jesus; rather was it their subjugation, and the pure [1]heart that sees God.When the belief in material origin, mortal mind, sen-sual conception, dissolves through self-imposed suffering,and its substances are found substanceless,—then its [5]miscalled life ends in death, and death itself is swallowedup in Life,—spiritual Life, whose myriad forms areneither material nor mortal.When every form and mode of evil disappear to hu-man thought, and mollusk and radiate are spiritual con- [10]cepts testifying to one creator,—then, earth is full ofHis glory, and Christian Science has overshadowed allhuman philosophy, and being is understood in startlingcontradiction of human hypotheses; and Socrates, Plato,Kant, Locke, Berkeley, Tyndall, Darwin, and Spencer [15]sit at the feet of Jesus.To this great end, Paul admonished,“Let us lay asideevery weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us,and let us run with patience the race that is set beforeus, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our [20]faith.”So shall mortals soar to final freedom, and restfrom the subtlety of speculative wisdom and humanwoe.God is the only Mind, and His manifestation is thespiritual universe, including man and all eternal indi- [25]viduality. God, the only substance and divine Principleof creation, is by no means a creative partner in the firmof error, named matter, or mortal mind. He elucidatesHis own idea, wherein Principle and idea, God and man,are not one, but are inseparable as cause and effect. If [30]one, who could say which that“one”was?His ways are not as our ways. The divine modes[pg 362]and manifestations are not those of the material senses; [1]for instance, intelligent matter, or mortal mind, materialbirth, growth, and decay: they are the forever-existingrealities of divine Science; wherein God and man areperfect, and man's reason is at rest in God's wisdom,— [5]who comprehends and reflects all real mode, form, indi-viduality, identity.Scholastic dogma has made men blind. Christ'slogosgives sight to these blind, ears to these deaf, feet to theselame,—physically, morally, spiritually. Theologians [10]make the mortal mistake of believing that God, havingmadeall, made evil; but the Scriptures declare that allthat He made was good. Then, was evil part and parcelof His creation?Philosophy hypothetically regards creation as its own [15]creator, puts cause into effect, and out of nothing wouldcreate something, whose noumenon is mortal mind,with its phenomenon matter,—an evil mind alreadydoomed, whose modes are material manifestations ofevil, and that continually, until self-extinguished by [20]suffering!Here revelation must come to the rescue of mortals,to remove this mental millstone that is dragging themdownward, and refute erring reason with the spiritualcosmos and Science of Soul. We all must find shelter [25]from the storm and tempest in the tabernacle of Spirit.Truth is won through Science or suffering: O vain mor-tals! which shall it be? And suffering has no reward,except when it is necessary to prevent sin or reformthe sinner. And pleasure is no crime except when it [30]strengthens the influence of bad inclinations or lessensthe activities of virtue. The more nearly an erring so-[pg 363]called mind approaches purity, the more conscious it [1]becomes of its own unreality, and of the great reality ofdivine Mind and true happiness.The“ego”that claims selfhood in error, and passesfrom molecule and monkey up to man, is no ego, but is [5]simply the supposition that the absence of good is mindand makes men,—when its greatest flatterer, identifica-tion, is piqued by Him who compensateth vanity withnothingness, dust with dust!The mythology of evil and mortality is but the ma- [10]terial mode of a suppositional mind; while the immortalmodes of Mind are spiritual, and pass through none ofthe changes of matter, or evil. Truth said, and said fromthe beginning,“Let us [Spirit] make man perfect;”andthere is no other Maker: a perfect man would not desire [15]to make himself imperfect, and God is not chargeablewith imperfection. His modes declare the beauty of holi-ness, and His manifold wisdom shines through the visibleworld in glimpses of the eternal verities. Even throughthe mists of mortality is seen the brightness of His [20]coming.We must avoid the shoals of a sensual religion orphilosophy that misguides reason and affection, andhold fast to the Principle of Christian Science as theWord thatisGod, Spirit, and Truth. This Word cor- [25]rects the philosopher, confutes the astronomer, exposesthe subtle sophist, and drives diviners mad. The Bibleis the learned man's masterpiece, the ignorant man'sdictionary, the wise man's directory.I foresee and foresay that every advancing epoch of so [30]Truth will be characterized by a more spiritual appre-hension of the Scriptures, that will show their marked[pg 364]consonance with the textbook of Christian Science Mind- [1]healing,“Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.”Interpreting the Word in the“new tongue,”wherebythe sick are healed, naturally evokes new paraphrasefrom the world of letters.“Wait patiently on the Lord,[5]and He will renew your strength.”In return for indi-vidual sacrifice, what a recompense to have healed, throughTruth, the sick and sinful, made the public your friend,and posterity your familiar!Christian Science refutes everything that is not a [10]postulate of the divine Principle, God. It is the soul ofdivine philosophy, and there is no other philosophy. Itis not a search after wisdom, itiswisdom: it is God'sright hand grasping the universe,—all time, space,immortality, thought, extension, cause, and effect; con- [15]stituting and governing all identity, individuality, law,and power. It stands on this Scriptural platform:that He made all that was made, and it is good, reflectsthe divine Mind, is governed by it; and that nothingapart from this Mind, one God, is self-created or evolves [20]the universe.Human hypotheses predicate matter of Spirit andevil of good; hence these opposites must either cooperateor quarrel throughout time and eternity,—or untilthis impossible partnership is dissolved. If Spirit is the [25]lawgiver to matter, and good has the same power ormodes as evil, it has the same consciousness, and thereis no absolute good. This error, carried to its ultimate,would either extinguish God and His modes, or givereality and power to evilad infinitum. [30]Christian Science rends this veil of the temple of gods,and reproduces the divine philosophy of Jesus and Paul.[pg 365]This philosophy alone will bear the strain of time and [1]bring out the glories of eternity; for“other founda-tion can no man lay than that is laid,”which is Christ,Truth.Human theories weighed in the balances of God are [5]found wanting; and their highest endeavors are to Sciencewhat a child's love of pictures is to art. The school whoseschoolmaster is not Christ, gets things wrong, and is ignorantthereof.If Christian Science lacked the proof of its goodness [10]and utility, it would destroy itself; for it rests alone ondemonstration. Its genius is right thinking and rightacting, physical and moral harmony; and the secret ofits success lies in supplying the universal need of betterhealth and better men. [15]Good health and a more spiritual religion form thecommon want, and this want has worked out a moralresult; namely, that mortal mind is calling for what im-mortal Mind alone can supply. If the uniform moraland spiritual, as well as physical, effects of divine Science [20]were lacking, the demand would diminish; but it con-tinues, and increases, which shows the real value ofChristian Science to the race. Even doctors agree thatinfidelity, bigotry, or sham has never met the growingwants of humanity. [25]As a literature, Christian metaphysics is hampered bylack of proper terms in which to express what it means.As a Science, it is held back by the common ignoranceof what it is and of what it does,—and more than allelse, by the impostors that come in its name. To be [30]appreciated, it must be conscientiously understood andintroduced.[pg 366]If the Bible and“Science and Health with Key to the[1]Scriptures”had in our schools the time or attention thathuman hypotheses consume, they would advance theworld. True, it requires more study to understand anddemonstrate what they teach than to learn the doctrine [5]of theology, philosophy, or physics, because they con-tain and offer Science, with fixed Principle, given rule,and unmistakable proof.The Scriptures give the keynote of Christian Sciencefrom Genesis to Revelation, and this is the prolonged [10]tone:“For the Lord He is God, and there isnone beside Him.”And because He is All-in-all,He is in nothing unlike Himself; and nothing thatworketh or maketh a lie is in Him, or can be divine con-sciousness. [15]At this date, poor jaded humanity needs to get hereyes open to a new style of imposition in the field ofmedicine and of religion, and to“beware of the leavenof the scribes and Pharisees,”the doctrines of men, evenas Jesus admonished. From first to last, evil insists on [20]the unity of good and evil as the purpose of God; andon drugs, electricity, and animal magnetism as modesof medicine. To a greater or less extent, all mortal conclusionsstart from this false premise, and they necessarilyculminate in sickness, sin, disease, and death. [25]Erroneous doctrines never have abated and never willabate dishonesty, self-will, envy, and lust. To destroysin and its sequence, is the office of Christ, Truth,—ac-cording to His mode of Christian Science; and this isbeing done daily. [30]The false theories whose names are legion, gilded withsophistry and what Jesus had not, namely, mere book-[pg 367]learning,—letter without law, gospel, or demonstration, [1]—have no place in Christian Science. This Science re-quires man to be honest, just, pure; to love his neighboras himself, and to love God supremely.Matter and evil are subjective states of error or mortal [5]mind. But Mind is immortal; and the fact of therebeing no mortal mind, exposes the lie of suppositionalevil, showing that error is not Mind, substance, orLife. Thus, whatever is wrongfully-minded will dis-appear in the proportion that Science is understood, [10]and the reality of being—goodness and harmony—isdemonstrated.Error says that knowing all things implies the neces-sity of knowing evil, that it dishonors God to claim thatHe is ignorant of anything; but God says of this fruit [15]of the tree of knowledge ofbothgood and evil,“In theday that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.”IfGod is infinite good, He knows nothing but good; if Hedid know aught else, He would not be infinite. InfiniteMind knows nothing beyond Himself or Herself. To [20]good, evil is never present; for evil is a different state ofconsciousness. It was not against evil, but againstknow-ingevil, that God forewarned. He dwelleth in light;and in the light He sees light, and cannot see darkness.The opposite conclusion, that darkness dwelleth in light, [25]has neither precedent nor foundation in nature, in logic,or in the character of Christ.The senses would say that whatever saves from sin,must know sin. Truth replies that God is too pureto behold iniquity; and by virtue of His ignorance of [30]that which is not, He knoweth that whichis, andabideth in Himself, the only Life, Truth, and Love,[pg 368]—and is reflected by a universe in His own image [1]and likeness.Even so, Father, let the light that shineth in dark-ness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not, dispel thisillusion of the senses, open the eyes of the blind, and cause [5]the deaf to hear.“Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown,Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.”Lowell

Men give counsel; but they give not the wisdom toprofit by it. To ask wisdom of God, is the beginning ofwisdom. [30]

Men give counsel; but they give not the wisdom to

profit by it. To ask wisdom of God, is the beginning of

wisdom. [30]

Meekness, moderating human desire, inspires wisdom [1]and procures divine power. Human lives are yet un-carved,—in the rough marble, encumbered with crude,rude fragments, and awaiting the hammering, chiselling,and transfiguration from His hand. [5]

Meekness, moderating human desire, inspires wisdom [1]

and procures divine power. Human lives are yet un-

carved,—in the rough marble, encumbered with crude,

rude fragments, and awaiting the hammering, chiselling,

and transfiguration from His hand. [5]

Great only as good, because fashioned divinely, werethose unpretentious yet colossal characters, Paul andJesus. Theirs were modes of mind cast in the mouldsof Christian Science: Paul's, by the supremely naturaltransforming power of Truth; and the character of [10]Jesus, by his original scientific sonship with God. Phi-losophy never has produced, nor can it reproduce, thesestars of the first magnitude—fixed stars in the heavensof Soul. When shall earth be crowned with the trueknowledge of Christ? [15]

Great only as good, because fashioned divinely, were

those unpretentious yet colossal characters, Paul and

Jesus. Theirs were modes of mind cast in the moulds

of Christian Science: Paul's, by the supremely natural

transforming power of Truth; and the character of [10]

Jesus, by his original scientific sonship with God. Phi-

losophy never has produced, nor can it reproduce, these

stars of the first magnitude—fixed stars in the heavens

of Soul. When shall earth be crowned with the true

knowledge of Christ? [15]

When Christian Science has melted away the cloud offalse witnesses; and the dews of divine grace, fall-ing upon the blighted flowers of fleeting joys, shalllift every thought-leaflet Spiritward; and“Israel afterthe flesh,”who partaketh of its own altars, shall be [20]no more,—then,“the Israel according to Spirit”shall fill earth with the divine energies, understanding,and ever-flowing tides of spiritual sensation and consciousness.

When Christian Science has melted away the cloud of

false witnesses; and the dews of divine grace, fall-

ing upon the blighted flowers of fleeting joys, shall

lift every thought-leaflet Spiritward; and“Israel after

the flesh,”who partaketh of its own altars, shall be [20]

no more,—then,“the Israel according to Spirit”

shall fill earth with the divine energies, understanding,

and ever-flowing tides of spiritual sensation and consciousness.

When mortal mind is silenced by the“still, small voice”[25]of Truth that regenerates philosophy and logic; andJesus, as the true idea of Him, is heard as of yore sayingto sensitive ears and dark disciples,“I came from theFather,”“Before Abraham was, I am,”coexistent andcoeternal with God,—and this idea is understood,— [30]then will the earth be filled with the true knowledge ofChrist. No advancing modes of human mind made

When mortal mind is silenced by the“still, small voice”[25]

of Truth that regenerates philosophy and logic; and

Jesus, as the true idea of Him, is heard as of yore saying

to sensitive ears and dark disciples,“I came from the

Father,”“Before Abraham was, I am,”coexistent and

coeternal with God,—and this idea is understood,— [30]

then will the earth be filled with the true knowledge of

Christ. No advancing modes of human mind made

Jesus; rather was it their subjugation, and the pure [1]heart that sees God.

Jesus; rather was it their subjugation, and the pure [1]

heart that sees God.

When the belief in material origin, mortal mind, sen-sual conception, dissolves through self-imposed suffering,and its substances are found substanceless,—then its [5]miscalled life ends in death, and death itself is swallowedup in Life,—spiritual Life, whose myriad forms areneither material nor mortal.

When the belief in material origin, mortal mind, sen-

sual conception, dissolves through self-imposed suffering,

and its substances are found substanceless,—then its [5]

miscalled life ends in death, and death itself is swallowed

up in Life,—spiritual Life, whose myriad forms are

neither material nor mortal.

When every form and mode of evil disappear to hu-man thought, and mollusk and radiate are spiritual con- [10]cepts testifying to one creator,—then, earth is full ofHis glory, and Christian Science has overshadowed allhuman philosophy, and being is understood in startlingcontradiction of human hypotheses; and Socrates, Plato,Kant, Locke, Berkeley, Tyndall, Darwin, and Spencer [15]sit at the feet of Jesus.

When every form and mode of evil disappear to hu-

man thought, and mollusk and radiate are spiritual con- [10]

cepts testifying to one creator,—then, earth is full of

His glory, and Christian Science has overshadowed all

human philosophy, and being is understood in startling

contradiction of human hypotheses; and Socrates, Plato,

Kant, Locke, Berkeley, Tyndall, Darwin, and Spencer [15]

sit at the feet of Jesus.

To this great end, Paul admonished,“Let us lay asideevery weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us,and let us run with patience the race that is set beforeus, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our [20]faith.”So shall mortals soar to final freedom, and restfrom the subtlety of speculative wisdom and humanwoe.

To this great end, Paul admonished,“Let us lay aside

every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us,

and let us run with patience the race that is set before

us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our [20]

faith.”So shall mortals soar to final freedom, and rest

from the subtlety of speculative wisdom and human

woe.

God is the only Mind, and His manifestation is thespiritual universe, including man and all eternal indi- [25]viduality. God, the only substance and divine Principleof creation, is by no means a creative partner in the firmof error, named matter, or mortal mind. He elucidatesHis own idea, wherein Principle and idea, God and man,are not one, but are inseparable as cause and effect. If [30]one, who could say which that“one”was?

God is the only Mind, and His manifestation is the

spiritual universe, including man and all eternal indi- [25]

viduality. God, the only substance and divine Principle

of creation, is by no means a creative partner in the firm

of error, named matter, or mortal mind. He elucidates

His own idea, wherein Principle and idea, God and man,

are not one, but are inseparable as cause and effect. If [30]

one, who could say which that“one”was?

His ways are not as our ways. The divine modes

and manifestations are not those of the material senses; [1]for instance, intelligent matter, or mortal mind, materialbirth, growth, and decay: they are the forever-existingrealities of divine Science; wherein God and man areperfect, and man's reason is at rest in God's wisdom,— [5]who comprehends and reflects all real mode, form, indi-viduality, identity.

and manifestations are not those of the material senses; [1]

for instance, intelligent matter, or mortal mind, material

birth, growth, and decay: they are the forever-existing

realities of divine Science; wherein God and man are

perfect, and man's reason is at rest in God's wisdom,— [5]

who comprehends and reflects all real mode, form, indi-

viduality, identity.

Scholastic dogma has made men blind. Christ'slogosgives sight to these blind, ears to these deaf, feet to theselame,—physically, morally, spiritually. Theologians [10]make the mortal mistake of believing that God, havingmadeall, made evil; but the Scriptures declare that allthat He made was good. Then, was evil part and parcelof His creation?

Scholastic dogma has made men blind. Christ'slogos

gives sight to these blind, ears to these deaf, feet to these

lame,—physically, morally, spiritually. Theologians [10]

make the mortal mistake of believing that God, having

madeall, made evil; but the Scriptures declare that all

that He made was good. Then, was evil part and parcel

of His creation?

Philosophy hypothetically regards creation as its own [15]creator, puts cause into effect, and out of nothing wouldcreate something, whose noumenon is mortal mind,with its phenomenon matter,—an evil mind alreadydoomed, whose modes are material manifestations ofevil, and that continually, until self-extinguished by [20]suffering!

Philosophy hypothetically regards creation as its own [15]

creator, puts cause into effect, and out of nothing would

create something, whose noumenon is mortal mind,

with its phenomenon matter,—an evil mind already

doomed, whose modes are material manifestations of

evil, and that continually, until self-extinguished by [20]

suffering!

Here revelation must come to the rescue of mortals,to remove this mental millstone that is dragging themdownward, and refute erring reason with the spiritualcosmos and Science of Soul. We all must find shelter [25]from the storm and tempest in the tabernacle of Spirit.Truth is won through Science or suffering: O vain mor-tals! which shall it be? And suffering has no reward,except when it is necessary to prevent sin or reformthe sinner. And pleasure is no crime except when it [30]strengthens the influence of bad inclinations or lessensthe activities of virtue. The more nearly an erring so-

Here revelation must come to the rescue of mortals,

to remove this mental millstone that is dragging them

downward, and refute erring reason with the spiritual

cosmos and Science of Soul. We all must find shelter [25]

from the storm and tempest in the tabernacle of Spirit.

Truth is won through Science or suffering: O vain mor-

tals! which shall it be? And suffering has no reward,

except when it is necessary to prevent sin or reform

the sinner. And pleasure is no crime except when it [30]

strengthens the influence of bad inclinations or lessens

the activities of virtue. The more nearly an erring so-

called mind approaches purity, the more conscious it [1]becomes of its own unreality, and of the great reality ofdivine Mind and true happiness.

called mind approaches purity, the more conscious it [1]

becomes of its own unreality, and of the great reality of

divine Mind and true happiness.

The“ego”that claims selfhood in error, and passesfrom molecule and monkey up to man, is no ego, but is [5]simply the supposition that the absence of good is mindand makes men,—when its greatest flatterer, identifica-tion, is piqued by Him who compensateth vanity withnothingness, dust with dust!

The“ego”that claims selfhood in error, and passes

from molecule and monkey up to man, is no ego, but is [5]

simply the supposition that the absence of good is mind

and makes men,—when its greatest flatterer, identifica-

tion, is piqued by Him who compensateth vanity with

nothingness, dust with dust!

The mythology of evil and mortality is but the ma- [10]terial mode of a suppositional mind; while the immortalmodes of Mind are spiritual, and pass through none ofthe changes of matter, or evil. Truth said, and said fromthe beginning,“Let us [Spirit] make man perfect;”andthere is no other Maker: a perfect man would not desire [15]to make himself imperfect, and God is not chargeablewith imperfection. His modes declare the beauty of holi-ness, and His manifold wisdom shines through the visibleworld in glimpses of the eternal verities. Even throughthe mists of mortality is seen the brightness of His [20]coming.

The mythology of evil and mortality is but the ma- [10]

terial mode of a suppositional mind; while the immortal

modes of Mind are spiritual, and pass through none of

the changes of matter, or evil. Truth said, and said from

the beginning,“Let us [Spirit] make man perfect;”and

there is no other Maker: a perfect man would not desire [15]

to make himself imperfect, and God is not chargeable

with imperfection. His modes declare the beauty of holi-

ness, and His manifold wisdom shines through the visible

world in glimpses of the eternal verities. Even through

the mists of mortality is seen the brightness of His [20]

coming.

We must avoid the shoals of a sensual religion orphilosophy that misguides reason and affection, andhold fast to the Principle of Christian Science as theWord thatisGod, Spirit, and Truth. This Word cor- [25]rects the philosopher, confutes the astronomer, exposesthe subtle sophist, and drives diviners mad. The Bibleis the learned man's masterpiece, the ignorant man'sdictionary, the wise man's directory.

We must avoid the shoals of a sensual religion or

philosophy that misguides reason and affection, and

hold fast to the Principle of Christian Science as the

Word thatisGod, Spirit, and Truth. This Word cor- [25]

rects the philosopher, confutes the astronomer, exposes

the subtle sophist, and drives diviners mad. The Bible

is the learned man's masterpiece, the ignorant man's

dictionary, the wise man's directory.

I foresee and foresay that every advancing epoch of so [30]Truth will be characterized by a more spiritual appre-hension of the Scriptures, that will show their marked

I foresee and foresay that every advancing epoch of so [30]

Truth will be characterized by a more spiritual appre-

hension of the Scriptures, that will show their marked

consonance with the textbook of Christian Science Mind- [1]healing,“Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.”Interpreting the Word in the“new tongue,”wherebythe sick are healed, naturally evokes new paraphrasefrom the world of letters.“Wait patiently on the Lord,[5]and He will renew your strength.”In return for indi-vidual sacrifice, what a recompense to have healed, throughTruth, the sick and sinful, made the public your friend,and posterity your familiar!

consonance with the textbook of Christian Science Mind- [1]

healing,“Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.”

Interpreting the Word in the“new tongue,”whereby

the sick are healed, naturally evokes new paraphrase

from the world of letters.“Wait patiently on the Lord,[5]

and He will renew your strength.”In return for indi-

vidual sacrifice, what a recompense to have healed, through

Truth, the sick and sinful, made the public your friend,

and posterity your familiar!

Christian Science refutes everything that is not a [10]postulate of the divine Principle, God. It is the soul ofdivine philosophy, and there is no other philosophy. Itis not a search after wisdom, itiswisdom: it is God'sright hand grasping the universe,—all time, space,immortality, thought, extension, cause, and effect; con- [15]stituting and governing all identity, individuality, law,and power. It stands on this Scriptural platform:that He made all that was made, and it is good, reflectsthe divine Mind, is governed by it; and that nothingapart from this Mind, one God, is self-created or evolves [20]the universe.

Christian Science refutes everything that is not a [10]

postulate of the divine Principle, God. It is the soul of

divine philosophy, and there is no other philosophy. It

is not a search after wisdom, itiswisdom: it is God's

right hand grasping the universe,—all time, space,

immortality, thought, extension, cause, and effect; con- [15]

stituting and governing all identity, individuality, law,

and power. It stands on this Scriptural platform:

that He made all that was made, and it is good, reflects

the divine Mind, is governed by it; and that nothing

apart from this Mind, one God, is self-created or evolves [20]

the universe.

Human hypotheses predicate matter of Spirit andevil of good; hence these opposites must either cooperateor quarrel throughout time and eternity,—or untilthis impossible partnership is dissolved. If Spirit is the [25]lawgiver to matter, and good has the same power ormodes as evil, it has the same consciousness, and thereis no absolute good. This error, carried to its ultimate,would either extinguish God and His modes, or givereality and power to evilad infinitum. [30]

Human hypotheses predicate matter of Spirit and

evil of good; hence these opposites must either cooperate

or quarrel throughout time and eternity,—or until

this impossible partnership is dissolved. If Spirit is the [25]

lawgiver to matter, and good has the same power or

modes as evil, it has the same consciousness, and there

is no absolute good. This error, carried to its ultimate,

would either extinguish God and His modes, or give

reality and power to evilad infinitum. [30]

Christian Science rends this veil of the temple of gods,and reproduces the divine philosophy of Jesus and Paul.

Christian Science rends this veil of the temple of gods,

and reproduces the divine philosophy of Jesus and Paul.

This philosophy alone will bear the strain of time and [1]bring out the glories of eternity; for“other founda-tion can no man lay than that is laid,”which is Christ,Truth.

This philosophy alone will bear the strain of time and [1]

bring out the glories of eternity; for“other founda-

tion can no man lay than that is laid,”which is Christ,

Truth.

Human theories weighed in the balances of God are [5]found wanting; and their highest endeavors are to Sciencewhat a child's love of pictures is to art. The school whoseschoolmaster is not Christ, gets things wrong, and is ignorantthereof.

Human theories weighed in the balances of God are [5]

found wanting; and their highest endeavors are to Science

what a child's love of pictures is to art. The school whose

schoolmaster is not Christ, gets things wrong, and is ignorant

thereof.

If Christian Science lacked the proof of its goodness [10]and utility, it would destroy itself; for it rests alone ondemonstration. Its genius is right thinking and rightacting, physical and moral harmony; and the secret ofits success lies in supplying the universal need of betterhealth and better men. [15]

If Christian Science lacked the proof of its goodness [10]

and utility, it would destroy itself; for it rests alone on

demonstration. Its genius is right thinking and right

acting, physical and moral harmony; and the secret of

its success lies in supplying the universal need of better

health and better men. [15]

Good health and a more spiritual religion form thecommon want, and this want has worked out a moralresult; namely, that mortal mind is calling for what im-mortal Mind alone can supply. If the uniform moraland spiritual, as well as physical, effects of divine Science [20]were lacking, the demand would diminish; but it con-tinues, and increases, which shows the real value ofChristian Science to the race. Even doctors agree thatinfidelity, bigotry, or sham has never met the growingwants of humanity. [25]

Good health and a more spiritual religion form the

common want, and this want has worked out a moral

result; namely, that mortal mind is calling for what im-

mortal Mind alone can supply. If the uniform moral

and spiritual, as well as physical, effects of divine Science [20]

were lacking, the demand would diminish; but it con-

tinues, and increases, which shows the real value of

Christian Science to the race. Even doctors agree that

infidelity, bigotry, or sham has never met the growing

wants of humanity. [25]

As a literature, Christian metaphysics is hampered bylack of proper terms in which to express what it means.As a Science, it is held back by the common ignoranceof what it is and of what it does,—and more than allelse, by the impostors that come in its name. To be [30]appreciated, it must be conscientiously understood andintroduced.

As a literature, Christian metaphysics is hampered by

lack of proper terms in which to express what it means.

As a Science, it is held back by the common ignorance

of what it is and of what it does,—and more than all

else, by the impostors that come in its name. To be [30]

appreciated, it must be conscientiously understood and

introduced.

If the Bible and“Science and Health with Key to the[1]Scriptures”had in our schools the time or attention thathuman hypotheses consume, they would advance theworld. True, it requires more study to understand anddemonstrate what they teach than to learn the doctrine [5]of theology, philosophy, or physics, because they con-tain and offer Science, with fixed Principle, given rule,and unmistakable proof.

If the Bible and“Science and Health with Key to the[1]

Scriptures”had in our schools the time or attention that

human hypotheses consume, they would advance the

world. True, it requires more study to understand and

demonstrate what they teach than to learn the doctrine [5]

of theology, philosophy, or physics, because they con-

tain and offer Science, with fixed Principle, given rule,

and unmistakable proof.

The Scriptures give the keynote of Christian Sciencefrom Genesis to Revelation, and this is the prolonged [10]tone:“For the Lord He is God, and there isnone beside Him.”And because He is All-in-all,He is in nothing unlike Himself; and nothing thatworketh or maketh a lie is in Him, or can be divine con-sciousness. [15]

The Scriptures give the keynote of Christian Science

from Genesis to Revelation, and this is the prolonged [10]

tone:“For the Lord He is God, and there is

none beside Him.”And because He is All-in-all,

He is in nothing unlike Himself; and nothing that

worketh or maketh a lie is in Him, or can be divine con-

sciousness. [15]

At this date, poor jaded humanity needs to get hereyes open to a new style of imposition in the field ofmedicine and of religion, and to“beware of the leavenof the scribes and Pharisees,”the doctrines of men, evenas Jesus admonished. From first to last, evil insists on [20]the unity of good and evil as the purpose of God; andon drugs, electricity, and animal magnetism as modesof medicine. To a greater or less extent, all mortal conclusionsstart from this false premise, and they necessarilyculminate in sickness, sin, disease, and death. [25]Erroneous doctrines never have abated and never willabate dishonesty, self-will, envy, and lust. To destroysin and its sequence, is the office of Christ, Truth,—ac-cording to His mode of Christian Science; and this isbeing done daily. [30]

At this date, poor jaded humanity needs to get her

eyes open to a new style of imposition in the field of

medicine and of religion, and to“beware of the leaven

of the scribes and Pharisees,”the doctrines of men, even

as Jesus admonished. From first to last, evil insists on [20]

the unity of good and evil as the purpose of God; and

on drugs, electricity, and animal magnetism as modes

of medicine. To a greater or less extent, all mortal conclusions

start from this false premise, and they necessarily

culminate in sickness, sin, disease, and death. [25]

Erroneous doctrines never have abated and never will

abate dishonesty, self-will, envy, and lust. To destroy

sin and its sequence, is the office of Christ, Truth,—ac-

cording to His mode of Christian Science; and this is

being done daily. [30]

The false theories whose names are legion, gilded withsophistry and what Jesus had not, namely, mere book-

The false theories whose names are legion, gilded with

sophistry and what Jesus had not, namely, mere book-

learning,—letter without law, gospel, or demonstration, [1]—have no place in Christian Science. This Science re-quires man to be honest, just, pure; to love his neighboras himself, and to love God supremely.

learning,—letter without law, gospel, or demonstration, [1]

—have no place in Christian Science. This Science re-

quires man to be honest, just, pure; to love his neighbor

as himself, and to love God supremely.

Matter and evil are subjective states of error or mortal [5]mind. But Mind is immortal; and the fact of therebeing no mortal mind, exposes the lie of suppositionalevil, showing that error is not Mind, substance, orLife. Thus, whatever is wrongfully-minded will dis-appear in the proportion that Science is understood, [10]and the reality of being—goodness and harmony—isdemonstrated.

Matter and evil are subjective states of error or mortal [5]

mind. But Mind is immortal; and the fact of there

being no mortal mind, exposes the lie of suppositional

evil, showing that error is not Mind, substance, or

Life. Thus, whatever is wrongfully-minded will dis-

appear in the proportion that Science is understood, [10]

and the reality of being—goodness and harmony—is

demonstrated.

Error says that knowing all things implies the neces-sity of knowing evil, that it dishonors God to claim thatHe is ignorant of anything; but God says of this fruit [15]of the tree of knowledge ofbothgood and evil,“In theday that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.”IfGod is infinite good, He knows nothing but good; if Hedid know aught else, He would not be infinite. InfiniteMind knows nothing beyond Himself or Herself. To [20]good, evil is never present; for evil is a different state ofconsciousness. It was not against evil, but againstknow-ingevil, that God forewarned. He dwelleth in light;and in the light He sees light, and cannot see darkness.The opposite conclusion, that darkness dwelleth in light, [25]has neither precedent nor foundation in nature, in logic,or in the character of Christ.

Error says that knowing all things implies the neces-

sity of knowing evil, that it dishonors God to claim that

He is ignorant of anything; but God says of this fruit [15]

of the tree of knowledge ofbothgood and evil,“In the

day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.”If

God is infinite good, He knows nothing but good; if He

did know aught else, He would not be infinite. Infinite

Mind knows nothing beyond Himself or Herself. To [20]

good, evil is never present; for evil is a different state of

consciousness. It was not against evil, but againstknow-

ingevil, that God forewarned. He dwelleth in light;

and in the light He sees light, and cannot see darkness.

The opposite conclusion, that darkness dwelleth in light, [25]

has neither precedent nor foundation in nature, in logic,

or in the character of Christ.

The senses would say that whatever saves from sin,must know sin. Truth replies that God is too pureto behold iniquity; and by virtue of His ignorance of [30]that which is not, He knoweth that whichis, andabideth in Himself, the only Life, Truth, and Love,

The senses would say that whatever saves from sin,

must know sin. Truth replies that God is too pure

to behold iniquity; and by virtue of His ignorance of [30]

that which is not, He knoweth that whichis, and

abideth in Himself, the only Life, Truth, and Love,

—and is reflected by a universe in His own image [1]and likeness.

—and is reflected by a universe in His own image [1]

and likeness.

Even so, Father, let the light that shineth in dark-ness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not, dispel thisillusion of the senses, open the eyes of the blind, and cause [5]the deaf to hear.

Even so, Father, let the light that shineth in dark-

ness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not, dispel this

illusion of the senses, open the eyes of the blind, and cause [5]

the deaf to hear.

“Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown,Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.”Lowell

“Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.

Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown,

Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.”

Lowell

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