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426 We should consecrate existence, not “to the unknown God,” whom we “ignorantly worship,” but to the eternal

builder, the everlasting Father, — the Life which mortal sense cannot impair, or mortal belief destroy. We must realize the ability of mental might to offset human misconceptions, and replace them with the Life which is spiritual, not material.

The great spiritual fact must be brought out that man is, not shall be, perfect and immortal. We must hold

forever the consciousncss of existence; and sooner or later, aided by Christian Science, we must master sin, disease, and death. The evidence of man's immortality will become more apparent, as material beliefs are given up, and the immortal facts of Being are admitted.

The author has healed hopeless disease, and raised the dying to life and health, through the understanding

of God as the only Life. It is a sin to believe that aught can overpower omnipotent and eternal Life; and this Life must be brought to light by the understanding that there is no death, as well as by other graces of the Spirit. We must begin, however, with the more simple demonstrations of control; and the sooner we begin, the better. This final demonstration takes time for its accomplishment. When walking, we are guided by the eye. We look before our feet; and we look beyond a single step, if we are wise.

The corpse, deserted by thought, is cold and decays, but it never suffers. Science declares that man is

subject to Mind. Mortal mind affirms that mind is subordinate to the body, that the body is dying, that it must be buried, and decomposed