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554 only be replied, that Christian Science reveals what “eye hath not seen,” — even the cause of all that exists, — for the universe, inclusive of man, is as eternal as God, who is its divine immortal Principle. There is no such thing as mortality, nor are there properly any mortal beings, because being is immortal, like Deity, — or, rather, being and Deity are inseparable.

Error is always error. It is no thing. Any statement of life, following from a misconception of life, is erroneous,

because it is destitute of any knowledge of the so-called selfhood of life, destitute of any knowledge of its origin or existence. The mortal is unconscious of his fœtal and infantile existence; but as he grows up into another false claim, that of self-conscious matter, he learns to say, “I am somebody; but who made me?” Error replies, “God made you.” The first effort of error has been and is to impute to God the creation of whatever is sinful and mortal; but infinite Mind sets at naught such a mistaken belief.

Jesus defined this opposite of God and His creation better than we can, when he said, “He is a liar, and the

father of it.” Jesus also said, “Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?” This he said of Judas, one of Adam's race. Jesus never intimated that God made a devil, but he did say, “Ye are of your father, the devil.” All these sayings were to show that mind in matter is the author of itself, and is simply a falsity and illusion.

It is the general belief that the lower animals are less

sickly than those possessing higher organizations, especially those of the human form. This would indicate that there is less disease in