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492 behests, abiding steadfastly in Wisdom, Truth, and Love. In the Science of Mind, you will soon ascertain that error cannot destroy error. You will also learn that there is no transfer of mental suggestions from one mortal to another; for there is but one Mind, and this omnipotent Mind is reflected, and governs the entire universe. You will learn that in Christian Science the first duty is to obey one God, to have one Mind, and to love one another.

That Life is God we all must learn. Ask yourself: Am I living the Life that approaches the supreme Good?

Am I demonstrating the healing power of Truth and Love? If so, then the way will grow “brighter unto the perfect day.” Your fruits will prove what the understanding of God brings to man. Hold perpetually this thought, — that it is the spiritual idea, or Christ, which demonstrates, with Scientific certainty, the rule of healing, upon its divine Principle, underlying, overlying, and encompassing all true Being.

“The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law,” — the law of mortal belief, at war with the

facts of immortal Life, — even with the spiritual law which says to the grave, “Where is thy victory?” but “when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written. Death is swallowed up in victory!”

Question. — Have Christian Scientists any religious creed?

Answer. — They have not, if we accept the term as doctrinal beliefs. The following is a brief exposition of