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76 the condemnation of man to till the ground. Obedience to Truth will remove this necessity. Truth never made error necessary, or devised a law to perpetuate it.

The supposed laws which result in discord and weariness are not His laws, for the legitimate and only

possible action of Truth is the production of harmony. Laws of nature are laws of Spirit; but men commonly recognize as law that which annuls the power of Spirit. Divine Mind rightly demands man's entire obedience, affection, and strength. No reservation is made for any lesser loyalty. Obedience to Truth gives man power and strength. Submission to error superinduces loss of power.

Truth casts out all evils and materialistic methods with the actual spiritual law, — the law which gives sight

to the blind, hearing to the deaf, voice to the dumb, feet to the lame. If Christian Science dishonors human belief, it honors divine Understanding; and the One Mind only is entitled to honor.

The so-called laws of health are simply laws of mortal belief. The premises being erroneous, the conclusions are wrong. Truth makes no laws to regulate sickness, sin, and death, for these are unknown to Truth.

Belief produces the results of belief; and the penalties it affixes last as long as the belief, and are inseparable from it. The remedy lies in probing the trouble to the bottom, in finding and casting out by denial the error of belief which produces a mortal disorder, and never honoring it with the title of law, or yielding obedience to it. Truth, Life, and Love are the only legitimate and eternal demands on man, and they