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Rh solely in the destruction of sin, sickness, and death, by the power of Spirit, as Jesus destroyed them. This is an element of progress, and progress is the law of God, whose law demands of us only what we can certainly fulfil.

Perfection is seen and acknowledged only by degrees, in the midst of imperfection. The ages must slowly

work up to it. How long it must be before we arrive at the demonstration of Scientific Being, no man knoweth, — not even “the Son, but the Father;” but one thing is certain, that error will continue its delusions until the final goal of gladness is assiduously earned and won.

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 mental, and compass the destruction of sin and sickness by overcoming the thoughts which produce them, and understanding the Truth which corrects and destroys them. The mission of our Master was to all mankind, including the very hearts which rejected him.

The quotient, when numbers have been divided by a fixed rule, is not more unquestionable than the Scientific

tests I have made of the effects of Truth upon the sick. The counter fact, relative to any disease, is required to cure it. The argument of Truth is designed to rebuke and destroy error. Why should Truth not be equally efficient in sickness, which is solely the result of error? Spiritual draughts are healing, while material lotions interfere with Truth, even as ritualism and