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102 The power of the human will should be exercised only in subordination to Truth; else it will misguide the judgment,

and free the lower propensities. It is the province of spiritual sense to govern man. Material, erring, human thought acts upon the body, and through it injuriously.

Will-power is capable of all evil. It can never heal the sick, for it is the prayer of the unrighteous; while the exercise of the higher sentiments — hope, faith, love — is the prayer of the righteous. This prayer, governed by Science instead of the senses, heals the sick.

In the Scientific relation of God to man, we find that whatever blesses one blesses all; as Jesus showed with the loaves and fishes, — Spirit, not matter, being the source of supply.

Does God send sickness, giving the mother her child for the brief space of a few years, and then taking it away

by death? Is God creating anew what He has already created? The Scriptures are definite on this point, declaring that His work was finished and that it was good.

Can there be any birth or death for man, — the spiritual image and likeness of God? Instead of God's sending sickness or death. He destroys them, and brings to light immortality. Omnipotent and infinite Mind made all and includes all. This Mind does not make mistakes, and subsequently correct them. God does not cause the mother to weep over the loss of her child.

There are evil beliefs, often called evil spirits; but

these evils are not Spirit, or they could not be evil. There is no evil in Spirit. God is Spirit; and proportionately as we advance