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202 all that I have said of it. Because you cannot walk the wave and raise the dead, you have no right to question the ability of Divine Science. Be thankful that Jesus did this, who was its true demonstrator, and left his example for us. We should attempt no more than we understand, and prove our faith by our works.

One should not tarry in the storm if the body is freezing, or stand in the flames that devour. Unable to prevent such results, one should avoid their occasion. To do otherwise would be to resemble a pupil in addition attempting to solve a problem of Euclid, who should deny the Principle of the problem, because he failed in the effort.

Our theories of personality are based on finite premises, that cannot penetrate beyond matter. A limited sense of God or man necessarily limits faith and prevents understanding. It divides faith and understanding between matter and Spirit, the finite and the Infinite, and so turns away from the infinite healing Principle to the inanimate drug.

The use of drugs originated in idolatry, with pagan priests, who besought the gods to heal the sick, and designated Apollo as the god of medicine. He was supposed to dictate the first prescription, according to the “History of Four Thousand Years of Medicine.” It is here noticeable that Apollo was also regarded as the sender of disease. Hippocrates turned from image-gods to vegetable and mineral drugs for healing. This was deemed progress, but it ought to be understood as only introducing another form of mythology and pagan worship. The fate of medicine, and its history, should correspond with that of its god, Apollo, who was banished