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Rh doctrine, confident that this exhibition of the divine power to heal would fully answer that question to one

who had prophesied the Messianic appearing. Hence his reply: “Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see. The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk;. . . and blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me.” In other words, he gave his benediction to whosoever should see that such effects, resulting from Mind, must prove the unity of God with the divine Principle which endues all with divine health.

Jesus instructed his disciples to heal the sick through Mind, instead of matter. He knew that the philosophy, Science, and proof of Christianity were in Truth, casting out every kind of error.

In Latin the word rendered disciple signifies student; and the word indicates that the power of healing was

not a supernatural gift to these learners, but the result of their cultivated spiritual understanding of the Divine Science which their Master displayed, by healing the sick and sinful. Hence the universal application of his saying: “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me [understand me] through their word.” Our Master said, “But the Comforter. . . shall teach you all things.” When the Science of Christianity

appears, it will lead you into all Truth. The Sermon on the Mount is the essence of this Science, and the eternal Life, not the death of Jesus, was its outcome.

Those who are willing to leave their nets, or to cast them on the right side for Truth, have the opportunity