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Rh They are generous, lofty, and open to the approach and recognition of Truth. To teach Christian Science to such as these is no task. They do not incline longingly to error, whine over the demands of Truth, or play the traitor for place and power.

Some people yield slowly to the touch of Truth. Few yield without a struggle, and many are reluctant to

acknowledge that they have yielded; but unless this admission is made, evil will boast itself above Good. The Christian Scientist has enlisted to lessen evil, disease, and death; and he will overcome them by understanding their nothingness, and the allness of God, or Good. Sickness to him is no less a temptation than sin is, and he heals them both by understanding God's power over them. He knows they are errors of belief, which Truth can and will destroy.

Who that has felt the perilous beliefs in life, substance, and intelligence separated from God, can say

there is no error of belief? Knowing the claim of animal magnetism, that there is life, substance, and intelligence in matter, electricity, animal nature, and organic life, who will deny that these are the errors which Truth must and will annihilate? Christian learners must live under the constant pressure of the apostolic command, to come out from the world and be separate. They must renounce oppression and the pride of existence. Christianity must be their Queen of Life, with the crown of Love upon her brow.

Students of Christian Science who start with its letter, and think to succeed without the Spirit, will either make shipwreck of their faith, or be turned sadly awry. They