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Rh are to stir the human mind to a change of base, whereby it may yield to the Divine Mind.

Wrong and right will be at strife until victory rests on the side of immutable right. Mental chemicalization (to coin a word) follows the explanation of Truth, and a higher basis is won; but with some individuals the morbid moral and physical symptoms constantly reappear. I have never witnessed as decided effects from the use of material remedies as from the spiritual. There is a large class of thinkers whose bigotry and conceit twist every fact to suit themselves. Their central doctrine teaches belief in a mysterious and supernatural God, and in a supernatural all-powerful devil.

Another class of people, still more unfortunate, are so depraved that they appear to be pictures of innocence, uttering a falsehood while looking you blandly in the face, and never failing to stab benefactors in the back.

A third class of thinkers build with solid masonry, are generous, lofty, and open to the approach and recognition of Truth. To teach Christian Science to such as these is no task. They are not inclined longingly to error, or prone to whine over the demands of Truth.

Society is a silly juror, listening only to one side of the case. Honesty often comes too late to a verdict. People with work to do have no time to gossip with law or testimony. To reconstruct timid justice, and place the fact above the falsehood, is the work of time.

To talk rightly and live wrongly is foolish deceit, doing one's self the most harm. The best detective of individual character is the first impression made on a mind that is attracted or repelled according to personal merit or demerit.