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18 basis, nor holy Principle of its own, this belief mistakes effects for cause, seeks to find life and intelligence in matter, so limiting Life, and holding fast to discord and death. In a word, human belief is a blind conclusion from material reasoning. This is a mortal, finite sense of things, which immortal Spirit silences forever and forever.

The universe, like man, is to be interpreted by Science from its Principle, God, and can then be understood;

but when explained on the basis of physical sense, and represented as subject to growth, maturity, and decay, the universe, like man, is, and must continue to be, an enigma.

Adhesion, cohesion, and attraction are properties of Mind. They belong to Principle, and but support the

equipoise of that thought-force which launched the earth in its orbit, and saith to the proud wave, “Thus far and no farther.”

Spirit is the Life, Substance, and continuity of all things. We tread on forces. Withdraw them, and creation must collapse. Human knowledge calls them forces of matter; but Divine Science declares that they belong wholly to Mind, are inherent in Mind, and so restores them to their rightful home and classification.

The elements and functions of the physical body and physical world will change, as mortal mind changes in

its phenomena. What is now considered the best coudition for organic and functional health in the human body will no longer be found indispensable thereto. On the contrary, opposite conditions will be found equally harmonious and health-giving. Neither organic inaction nor overaction will be