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I have already treated of the subject of Christian Science in its intrinsic aspect, as a religion and philosophy, endeavoring to show that it is neither Christian nor Scientific, and that its axioms, postulates, and propositions are false. My attempt has been to get at the essence of it, and to explain and illustrate how utterly absurd and unworthy of serious thought are its contentions. Let me now call attention to the modes of its outward manifestation; compare with them the facts of our religion and modern science, which are opposed to it; and indicate the disasters and unhappiness it would cause, if it should become generally current and allowed to prevail.

And the first fact to understand about it is that it is a serious, determined and fanatical thing—open to no argument, and resolved at all hazards upon having its way, in the face of every ob-