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Rh fright. Fear never stopped Being and its action. The blood, heart, lungs, brain, etc., have nothing to do with

Life. Every function of man is governed by the divine Mind. The human mind has no power to kill, it has no control of what is termed the human mechanism. The divine Mind made man, and maintains His own image and likeness. This human mind is destroyed. All that really exists is the divine Mind, and its idea wherein the entire action of Being will be found harmonious and eternal! The only difficulty is to see and acknowledge this fact, yield to this power, and fall at the feet of Truth.

That mortal mind claims to govern every organ of the mortal body, we have overwhelming proof. But this

so-called mind is a liar, and must, by its own consent, yield to Truth. It would wield the sceptre of a monarch, but is powerless. The immortal divine Mind takes away all its supposed sovereignty, and saves it from itself. The author has endeavored to make this book the Æsculapius of Mind, that it may give hope to the sick, and heal them, although they know not how the work is done. Truth has a healing effect, even when not fully understood.

Anatomy describes muscular action as produced by mind in one instance, and not in another. Such errors

beset every material theory. One statement contradicts another, over and over again. It is related that once Sir Humphry Davy apparently cured a case of paralysis, by simply introducing a thermometer into the patient's mouth. This he did merely in order to ascertain the temperature of the patient's body; but the sick man supposed this ceremony was intended