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178 of these means, which, we affirm, can only be learned in its fullness from the laws of Correspondence and the principles of theology now opened to the church from the Word, and by means of "things heard and seen" by the servant of the Lord chosen and prepared for this very purpose. We turn now to consider, finally, in the light of these revelations the claims of Christian Science as set forth by Dr. Holcombe:

There is something attractive in this form of statement to a disciple of Swedenborg who only thinks in general ideas; for being accustomed to the thought of the supremacy of the spiritual over the natural, and of the Lord as the only life, and of His goodness and truth as the verimost substance and form, such a statement seems to be in general agreement with the truth. But the agreement disappears when it is analyzed as to the particulars involved.