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Rh is the rock of ages, the headstone of the corner, “but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”

Contending for the evidence of the inharmonious and corporeal senses, we virtually contend against the

control of Mind over body, and deny the ability of mental power to produce a desired result. This false method is as if the defendant should argue for the plaintiff, and in favor of a decision which he knows will be turned against himself.

The physical effects of fear illustrate its illusion. Gazing at a chained lion, crouched for a spring, would

not scare a man. The body is affected only by the belief of disease, held before a mind ignorant of metaphysics, which chains disease. Nothing but the power of Truth can prevent the fear of death, and prove man's dominion over it.

Many years ago the author made a spiritual discovery whose evidence in Science has accumulated, to prove

that the divine Mind produces in man health, harmony, and immortality. Gradually this testimony will gather momentum and clearness, until it reaches its culmination of Scientific statement and proof. Nothing is more disheartening than to believe that there is a power opposite to God, or Good, and that lie endows this opposing power with strength to be used against Himself, against health, harmony, and immortality.

Every law of matter or the body, supposed to govern man, is rendered null and void by the law of God. In

ignorance of our God-given rights, we submit to unjust decrees, and the bias of education enforces this slavery. Be no more willing to suffer