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548 “The Spirit and the bride say, Come! . . . and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Christian

Science separates error from truth, and breathes through the sacred pages the spiritual sense of life, substance, and intelligence. In this Science, we discover man in the image and likeness of God. We see that man has never lost his spiritual estate and his eternal harmony.

How little light or heat reach our earth when clouds cover the sun's face! So Christian Science can be seen

only as the clouds of corporeal sense roll away. Earth has little light or joy for mortals before Life is spiritually learned. Every agony of mortal error helps error to destroy error, and so aids the apprehension of immortal Truth. This is the new birth going on hourly, by which men may entertain angels, the true ideas of God, the spiritual sense of being.

Speaking of the origin of mortals, a famous naturalist says: “It is very possible that many general statements

now current, about birth and generation, will be changed with the progress of information.” Had the naturalist, through his tireless researches, gained the diviner side in Christian Science, — so far apart from his material sense of animal growth and organization, — he would have blessed the human race more abundantly.

Natural history is richly endowed by the labors and genius of great men. Modern discoveries have brought

to light important facts in regard to so-called embryonic life. Agassiz declares (“Methods of Study in Natural History,” page 275): “Certain animals, besides the ordinary process of generation, also increase their numbers naturally and constantly by