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Rh The perusal of the author's publications heals sickness constantly. If patients sometimes seem the worse for

reading this book, the change may either arise from the alarm of the physician, or may mark the crisis of the disease. Perseverance in its perusal has generally healed them completely.

Whoever practises the Science the author teaches, through which Mind pours light and healing upon this

generation, can practise on no one from sinister nor malicious motives without destroying his power to heal and his own health. Good must dominate in the thoughts of the healer, or his demonstration is protracted and impossible in Science. A wrong motive involves defeat. In the Science of Mind-healing it is imperative to be honest, for victory rests on the side of immutable right. To understand God strengthens hope, enthrones faith in Truth, and verifies Jesus' word: “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end.” Resisting evil, you overcome it, and prove its nothingness. Not human platitudes, but the divine beatitudes,

reflect the spiritual light and might which heal the sick. The exercise of will tends to bring on a hypnotic state, detrimental to health and integrity of purpose. This must therefore be watched and guarded against. Covering iniquity will prevent personal prosperity, and the ultimate triumph of any cause. Ignorance of the error to be eradicated will oftentimes subject you to its abuse; whatever error is affecting your patients, you must destroy.

The heavenly law is broken by trespassing upon man's individual right of self-government. We have no authority in Christian Science, and no moral right, to