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40 while his Science, the curative agent of God, is silenced. Why? Because Science divests material drugs of their imaginary power, and clothes Spirit with supremacy. Science is “the stranger within our gates,” remembered not, even when its elevating effects practically prove its divine origin and efficiency.

Divine Science derives its sanction from the Bible; and its divine origin is demonstrated through the holy

influence of its Truth, in healing sickness and sin. This healing power of Truth must have been far anterior to the period in which Jesus lived. It is as ancient as the Ancient of Days. It lives through all Life, and extends through all space.

Divine Metaphysics is now reduced to a system, in a form comprehensible by and adapted to the thought of

the age in which we live. This system enables the learner to demonstrate anew the divine Principle upon which Jesus' healing was based, and the sacred rules for its present application to the cure of disease.

For more than a quarter of a century in 1894 these rules have been submitted to the broadest practical tests; and everywhere, when honestly applied, under circumstances which make demonstration possible, Christian Science has shown that Truth has lost none of its divine and healing efficacy, even though centuries have passed away since Jesus practised these rules on the hills of Judea and in the valleys of Galilee.

Although this volume contains the complete Science of Mind-healing, never dream that you can

absorb its whole meaning by a simple perusal of this book. It needs to be studied. The