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82 To unloose the sandals of Truth, error must grow meek. To ascertain our progress, we have to learn what is our God, where are our affections, whom do we acknowledge and obey. If we progress, God will be nearer, dearer, and more real to us. Matter will then yield its claims to Spirit. The objects we pursue, and the Spirit we manifest, reveal our standpoint, and what prizes we are winning.

Mind is the seat of motive. It forms character and produces every action of the body. If action proceeds from the unerring Divine Mind, it becomes harmonious. If it comes from erring mortal mind, it is discordant, producing sin, sickness, death. Those two opposite sources never mingle in fount or stream. The perfect Mind sends forth perfection, for its source is God. Imperfect mind sends forth its own resemblances, of which the wise man said, “All is vanity.”

Take away wealth, fame, and the organizations of society, — that weigh not one jot in the balance of God, — and we get clearer views of humanity. Break up clans, level wealth with honesty, let worth be decided by wisdom, and we get the better view.

The wicked man is not the master of his upright neighbor. Let it be understood that success in error is defeat in Truth. The watchword of Christian Science is, “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts.”

The voices of Sinai and the Sermon on the Mount are pursuing and will overtake the ages, demolishing in their course all error, and establishing the kingdom of heaven on earth. Truth has been uttered. It only needs to be practised.