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370 Physicians examine the pulse, tongue, lungs, to discover the condition of matter; when in fact

all is Mind, and the body is the substratum of mortal mind, to whose higher mandate it must respond.

Disquisitions on disease have a mental effect similar to that produced by telling ghost-stories in the dark.

By those uninstructed in Christian Science, nothing is really understood of material existence. Mortals are believed to be here without their consent, and to be removed as involuntarily, not knowing why or when. As children look everywhere for the imaginary ghost, so sick humanity sees danger in every direction, and looks for relief in all ways except the right one. Darkness induces fear. The adult, in bondage to his beliefs, no more comprehends his real Being than does the child; and he must be taken out of his darkness, before he can get rid of the illusive sufferings which throng the gloaming. The way of Science is the only way out of this condition.

I would not transform the infant at once into a man, nor would I keep the suckling a lifelong babe. No

impossible thing do I ask when urging the claims of Christian Science; but because this teaching is in advance of the age, we should not deny the need of spiritual understanding. Mankind will improve through Science and Christianity. The necessity for uplifting the race is father to the fact that Mind can do it; for Mind can impart purity instead of impurity, beauty instead of deformity, and health instead of sickness.

Truth is an alterative in the entire system, and can