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476 is recognized. Where the Spirit of God is, and there is no place where God is not, evil becomes nothing, — the opposite of the Something of Spirit. If there is no spiritual reflection, then there remains only the darkness of vacuity, and not a trace of heavenly tints.

Nerves are parts of a belief that there is sensation in matter, whereas matter is devoid of sensation.

Consciousness, as well as action, is governed by Mind, — is in God, the origin and governor of all that Science reveals. Material sense has its realm apart from Science, in the unreal. Harmonious action proceeds from Spirit, God. Inharmony has no Principle. Its action is erroneous, and presupposes man to be in matter. It makes matter the cause, as well as the effect, of Intelligence, or Soul, thus attempting to separate Mind from God.

Man is not God, and God is not man. Again, God, or Good, could never make men capable of sin. It is

the opposite of Good — that is, evil — which seems to make men capable of wrong. Now, evil is but an illusion, and error has no real basis. It is a false belief. God is not the author of evil. The supposititious parent of evil is a lie.

The Bible declares: “All things were made by Him. [the divine Word], and without Him was not anything

made that was made.” This is the eternal verity of Divine Science. If sin, sickness, and death were understood as nothingness, they would disappear. As vapor which melts before the sun, evil would vanish before the reality of Good. One must hide the other. How important, then, to choose Good as the reality! Man is tributary to God, Spirit, and to nothing