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142 cause, in harmony with the Divine laws of creation and manifestation." Precisely that evil and disease are; and their existence, manifestation, control, subordination and removal, are dependent upon the "divine laws of permission which are also laws of divine Providence."

The fifth "Error" to be repudiated, upon the repudiation of which the whole scheme of Christian Science rests, is not an error according to Swedenborg. The Doctor states it thus:

The only way in which Christ "destroyed" evil, sin, suffering, and sickness by the "Word of truth" was through man's co-operation, in the acknowledgment of them and in repentance and faith by obedience. Such is the teaching of Swedenborg throughout. He says:

"He who would be saved must confess his sins, and do the work of repentance. To confess sins, is to know evils, to see them in