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 physical senses, which were given by God to convey impressions to the mind, and which would not be present in the human organism unless intended for use.

It is alone through the physical senses that we know what we do know. To deny the office of these senses, and their suggestions, is to deny the fundamental possibility of truth. If your child tells you he hasn't felt what he has felt, that he hasn't seen what he has seen, that he hasn't touched what you know he has touched, you are positive that he is lying, and you think it is high time to correct or to punish him. But Christian Science does the very opposite. It distinctly and authoritatively approves of this habit of mind; and, therefore, it is fostering a rising generation, trained from the beginning in the fundamentals of hypocrisy and deceit. After several generations, what moral degeneration and turpitude must result from such perverted discipline!

Again, while the Christian Scientist appears to be dwelling here in a state of serene contentment and happiness, and many of his co-believers are pointed out as examples of what a beneficent effect the teachings of this religion may produce, it may be well to ask by what