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232 XXIV. God and man, Principle and idea, are inseparable, harmonious, and eternal. The Science of divine

Principle and its idea furnishes the rule of perfect Being, and brings immortality to light. God and man are not one; but in the order of Divine Science, as divine Principle and idea, God and man are inseparable. God is the parent Mind, and man is His offspring.

XXV. God is personal, in its Scientific sense, but not in any anthropomorphic sense. As reflecting Him,

man therefore cannot lose his individuality; but as material sensation, as a dream of soul in the body, man does lose his individuality. Material individuality is not unfettered, nor is it the reflection, or likeness, of the perfect God. Sensualism is not bliss, but bondage. For true happiness, the man must harmonize with his divine Principle; the Son must be in accord with the Father, according to Jesus' word. According to Christian Science, man is as perfect as the Mind which forms him. The Truth of Being is harmonious and immortal, but error is mortal and untrue.

XXVI. Christian Science demonstrates that none but the pure in heart can see God, as the Gospel teaches.

In proportion to his purity and perfection, is man in the proper order of celestial Being, and able to demonstrate Life through Christ, its spiritual idea, even as Jesus did.

XXVII. The true idea of man, as the reflection of the invisible God, is as incomprehensible, to the limited

senses, as his infinite Principle. The visible universe and material man are the poor counterfeits of the invisible universe and spiritual man.