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124 direct opposition to them, and in defiance of material conditions.

The transmission of disease, or of certain idiosyncrasies of mortal mind, 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 mortal belief to pin theories upon; but if we learn that nothing is real but the right, we shall have no dangerous inheritances, and fleshly ills will disappear.

The enslavement of man is not legitimate. It will cease when he enters into his heritage of freedom, his

God-given dominion over the material senses. Mortals will some day assert their freedom in the name of Almighty God. Then they will control their own bodies, through the understanding of Divine Science. Dropping their present beliefs, they will recognize harmony as the spiritual reality, and discord as the material unreality.

If we follow the command of our Master, “Take no thought for your life,” we shall never depend on bodily conditions, structure, or economy; but we shall be masters of the body, dictate its terms, and form and control it with Truth.

There is no power apart from God. Omnipotence is all-powerful, and to acknowledge any other power is to

dishonor God. The humble Nazarene overthrew the supposition that sin, sickness, and death have power. He proved them powerless. It should have humbled the pride of the priests, when they saw the demonstration of Christianity excel the influence of their dead faith and ceremonies.