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426 dreams. Every sense of Life, or Mind, in matter is but a dream, and not the reality of being. If Christ could waken Lazarus from the dream of death, this proves that Christ can restore every lost sense. Who shall dare to doubt this consummate test of the power and willingness of Divine Mind to hold man forever intact, in a perfect form, and to govern his entire action? Jesus said, “Destroy this temple [body] and I [Mind] will build it again;” and so he did, for tired humanity's reassurance.

I deem it infidelity to believe that so great a work as Christ's was done for himself, — or for God, who needed no help from Christ's example, to preserve the eternal harmony; but mortals did need this help, and Divine Love always has met, and always will meet, every human need.

It is infidelity also to imagine that Jesus demonstrated the divine power to heal only for a select number, or a definite period of time; since to all mankind, and in every hour, Deity can supply all necessary aid to humanity, physically, morally, and spiritually.

The miracle of divine grace is the only miracle of healing. Jesus demonstrated the inability of matter, as well as the infinite ability of Spirit, thus helping feeble human sense to flee from its own convictions, and seek safety in Divine Science.

Reason, rightly directed, serves to correct the errors of sense; but while the spell of belief remains unbroken, sin, sickness, and death will seem real (even as the experiences of the sleeping dream seem real) until the Science of man's eternal harmony breaks this illusion with its own unbroken reality.

Which of these two testimonies concerning man are