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64 is it not equally self-evident that matter exists in belief only, and not in the understanding of being?

The sensation exists only in belief. When a tear starts for another's sorrow, has not mortal mind produced the effect seen in the lachrymal gland? Was it grief that caused the tear, or the effect of one mortal mind upon another? We cite such a case to show the common notion of cause and effect, not as asserting that a belief in such an action of the mind, distressing others, is scientific. It should no longer be said in Israel that “the parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.” Sympathy with error should disappear. One erring mind, transferring its thoughts to another, only serves to prolong the discord and illusion that ought to be short-lived.

The transmission of disease, or certain idiosyncrasies, would be impossible if this great fact of Life were learned: namely, that nothing inharmonious can enter it, for Life is God. Heredity is a prolific subject for belief to pin itself upon, but if nothing is real but the right, we can have no dangerous inheritances, and away go the ills of flesh.

John Young, of Edinburgh, writes, “God is the father of Mind, and of nothing else.” This is “the voice of one crying in the wilderness” of human beliefs, and preparing the way of Science. Let us learn of the real and eternal, and prepare for the reign of Spirit, the kingdom of heaven, — the reign and rule of universal harmony, that cannot be lost, or remain forever unseen.

Already the shadow of His right hand rests upon the hour. Ye who can discern the face of the sky, — the sign material, — how much more should you discern the sign