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viii Future ages must declare what the pioneer has accomplished.

Since the author's discovery of the adaptation of Truth to the treatment of disease, as well as of sin, her system has been fully tested, and has not been found wanting; but to reach the heights of Christian Science, man must live in obedience to its divine Principle. To develop the full glory of this Science, the discords of corporeal sense must yield to the harmony of spiritual sense; even as the science of sound corrects false tones caught by the ear, and gives sweet concord to music.

Theology and physics teach that both matter and Spirit are real and good; whereas the fact is, that one is good and real, and the other is its opposite. The question. What is Truth? is answered by demonstration, — by healing disease and sin; and this shows that Christian healing confers the most health and makes the best men. On this basis. Christian Science will have a fair fight. Sickness has been fought for centuries by doctors using material remedies; but the question arises. Is there less sickness because of these practitioners? A vigorous No is the response deducible from two connate facts, — the reputed longevity of the Antediluvians, and the rapid multiplication and increased violence of diseases since the Flood.

In the author's work, “,” will be found a biographical sketch, narrating experiences which led her, in the year 1866, to the discovery of the system which she denominated Christian Science. As early as 1862 she began to write down and give to friends the results of her Scriptural study, for the Bible was her sole teacher; but these compositions were