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402 on mortal body the results of false opinions; and it will continue to do so, until mortal error is deprived of its

imaginary powers by Truth, which sweeps away the gossamer web of mortal illusion. The most Christian state is one of rectitude and understanding, and this is best adapted for healing the sick. Never conjure up some new discovery from the dark forebodings, and then acquaint your patient with it.

If mortal mind produces disease, immortal Mind can remove this dis-ease. Mortal mind determines the

nature of a case; and the practitioner improves or injures the case, in proportion to the Truth or error which influences his conclusions. The mental conception and development of disease are not understood by the patient; but the physician should be familiar with mental action and its effect, in order to judge the case according to Christian Science.

If a man is an inebriate, a slave to tobacco, or the special servant of any one of the myriad forms of sin, meet and destroy those errors with the Truth

of Being, — by exhibiting, to the wrong-doer, the suffering that his submission to such habits brings, and convincing him that there is no real pleasure in false appetites. A corrupt mind is manifested in a corrupt body. Lust, malice, and all sorts of evil, are diseased beliefs, and you can only destroy them by destroying the wicked motives which produce them. If the evil is over in the repentant mortal mind, while its effects still remain on the individual, you can remove this disorder only as God's law is fulfilled, and reformation cancels the crime.

The Temperance reform, felt all over our land, results