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Rh whit whole, he must be better spiritually, as well as physically. To be made whole, we must forsake the

mortal sense of things, turn from the lie of belief to Truth, and gather the facts of Being from the immortal divine Mind. The body improves under the same regimen which improves the thought; and if this is not made manifest, it proves that it is not Truth which is influencing us. This is the law of cause and effect, or like producing like.

Homœopathy furnishes this evidence to the senses, — namely, that the symptoms produced by a certain drug,

it removes by using the same drug which might cause them. This confirms my theory that faith in the drug is the sole factor in the cure. The effect that mortal mind produces through a certain belief, it removes through an opposite belief; but it uses the same drug in both cases.

The moral and spiritual facts of health, whispered into thought, produce very direct and marked

effects on the body. A physical diagnosis of disease — since mortal mind must be its cause, if it exists — generally has a tendency to induce disease.

According both to medical testimony and individual experience, a drug eventually loses its supposed power,

and can do no more for the patient. Hygienic treatment also loses its efficacy. Quackery likewise fails at length to inspire the credulity of the sick, and then they cease to improve. These lessons are useful. They should naturally and gently change our basis from sensation to Christian Science, from error to Truth.