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Rh Our Master cast out devils and healed the sick. It should be said of his followers also, that they cast evil

out of themselves and others, and heal the sick. God will heal the sick through man, whenever man is governed by God. Truth casts out error now, as surely as it did eighteen centuries ago. All of Truth is not understood; hence its healing power is not fully demonstrated.

If sickness is true, or the idea of Truth, you cannot destroy it, and it would be absurd to attempt it. Then

classify sickness and error as our Master did, when he said to the woman, “Satan hath bound thee.” And find a sovereign antidote for error, in the life-giving power of Truth acting on human belief, a power which opens the prison doors to such as are bound, and sets the captive free physically and morally.

When the illusion of sickness or sin tempts you, cling steadfastly to God and His idea. Allow nothing but His

likeness to abide in your thought. Let neither fear nor doubt overshadow your clear sense and calm trust, that the recognition of life harmonious — as Life eternally is — can destroy any painful sense of, or belief in, that which Life is not. Let Christian Science, instead of corporeal sense, support your understanding of Being, and this understanding will supplant error with Truth, replace mortality with immortality, and silence discord with harmony.

Question. — How can I progress most rapidly in the understanding of Christian Science?

Answer. — Study thoroughly the letter, and imbibe the Spirit. Adhere to its divine Principle, and follow its