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 and acceptable to all men. The person whose science tells him that two parts of hydrogen and one of oxygen mingled together constitute what is known as water, is willing upon all occasions, and in every situation, to put it to the test; and if there were any case in which the truth of his proposition were denied by the circumstances, he would think it time to revise or modify his theory.

Not so the Christian Scientist, who thinks his own imperfect intuitions have reached the absolute standard of truth. If you ask him to make fair trial of the efficacy of his practice, in cases where the injury or lesion is seen to have been produced by some mechanical agency, he will refuse to submit to such a test in his own person, or he will beg the question in the case of a fatality, by simply saying that the thought of the injured person was in some way defective, and therefore no cure could ensue. He will not admit, although by actual experience in millions of cases, and by knowledge gained through systematic observation he is constantly instructed of the fact, that the body and physical pain are realities whose treatment must be pursued with real and physical remedies, as well as with suggestions that