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458 Systematic teaching, and the student's spiritual growth and experience in practice, are requisite for a thorough

comprehension of Christian Science. Some individuals assimilate truth more rapidly than others; but I never knew a student, who adhered to the divine precepts of this Science, and practised them unselfishly, who did not heal the sick, and add continually to his store of spiritual understanding, potency, enlightenment, and success.

If the student goes away to practise Truth's teachings only in part, dividing his interests between God and

Mammon, and substituting his own views for Truth, he will inevitably reap the error he sows. Whoever would demonstrate the healing of Christian Science must abide strictly by its rules, heed every statement, and advance from the rudiments laid down. There is nothing difficult or toilsome in this task, when the way is pointed out; but sincerity and persistence alone win the prize, as they almost invariably do in every department of life.

Anatomy, according to Christian Science, is mental self-knowledge, and consists in the art of dissecting thoughts,

in order to discover their quality, quantity, and origin. Are thoughts divine or human? That is the important question. This branch of study is indispensable to the excision of error. The anatomy of Christian Science teaches when and how to probe the self-inflicted wounds of malice, envy, and hate. It teaches the control of mad ambition. It unfolds the hallowed influences of unselfishness, philanthropy, spiritual love. It urges the government of the body, both in health and sickness. The Christian Scientist, through