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28 Man-made doctrines are waning. They have not waxed strong in times of trouble. Devoid of the

Christ-power, how can they illustrate the doctrines of Christ or the miracles of grace? Denial of the possibility of Christian healing robs Christianity of the very element which gave it divine force, and its astonishing and unequalled success in the first century.

The true Logos is demonstrably Christian Science, the natural law of harmony, which overcomes discord,

— not because it is supernatural or preternatural, nor because it is an infraction of divine law, but because it is the immutable law of Good. Jesus said: “I know that Thou hearest me always;” and thus he raised Lazarus from the dead, stilled the tempest, healed the sick, walked on the water. There is divine authority for believing in the superiority of spiritual power over material resistance.

A miracle fulfils God's law, but does not violate that law. This fact at present seems more mysterious than

the miracle itself. The Psalmist sang: “What ailed thee, oh thou sea, that thou fleddest, — thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye little hills, like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.” The miracle introduces no disorder, but unfolds the primal order, establishing the Science of God's unchangeable law. Spiritual evolution alone is worthy of the exercise of divine power.

The same power which heals sin, heals also sickness. This is “the beauty of holiness,” that when Truth heals