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Rh only real recuperative power. Knowledge that we can accomplish the good we hope for, stimulates the system

to act in the direction which Mind points out. The admission that any hodily condition is beyond the control of Mind disarms man, prevents him from helping himself, and enthrones matter through error. To those struggling with sickness, such admissions are discouraging, — as much so as the advice to a man who is down in the world, that he should not try to rise above his difficulties.

Experience has proved to the author the fallacy of medical systems in general, — that their theories are

pernicious, and that their denials are better than their affirmations. Will you bid a man let evils overcome him, — assuring him that all misfortunes are from God, against whom mortals should not contend? Will you tell the sick that their condition is hopeless, unless it can be aided by a drug? Are material means the only refuge from evil chances? Is there no divine permission to conquer error of every kind, with Truth and Love?

We should remember that Life is God, and that God is omnipotent. Not understanding Christian Science,

the sick usually have little faith in it till they feel its beneficent influence. This shows that faith is not the healer in their cases. The sick unconsciously argue for suffering, instead of against it. They admit its reality, whereas they should deny it. They should plead in opposition to the testimony of the deceitful senses, and maintain man's immortality and eternal harmony.

Like Jesus, the healer should speak to disease as one