Chapter III - Spirit and Matter
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ing that comes of sin will turn man away from it;
ing that comes of sin will turn man away from it;
therefore, "He chasteneth those whom He loveth."
Wisdom lets alone the "greatest sinner" for a period,
until the awakening cometh, when he must pay the
uttermost farthing. Those perceiving the demands of
the science of being, and refusing obedience thereto,
"will be beaten with many stripes." To heal the sick
with Truth, we must understand what is right, and
what is wrong, hypocrisy is impossible in science,
and be master of sin, to control your own or another's
body in science. Neither a mere mental process of
healing, nor manipulation is the science of being; it is
sheer folly and ignorance of its Principle to say you can
heal scientifically, and be a hypocrite; this is the great-
est mistake of all.
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Graham's system, hydropathy, physiology, etc., were
Graham's system, hydropathy, physiology, etc., were
considered improvements on allopathy, because they
employed less drugs; but if drugs are abstractly the
antidotes for disease, why consider it a step in progress
to diminish their quantity, especially when sickness
increases? Surrendering, in any direction, the control
we should hold over our bodies causes disease, and a
demand for drugs does this, by giving reins to matter
instead of Spirit. To transfer our own power into the
hands of matter is destructive to the science of being
that employs Intelligence alone to control the body, and
remedy all the ills that flesh is heir to. The science of
being purifies mortal mind, even as impurity is destroyed
in matter by the introduction of some cleansing agent.
When Truth reaches the mind, the body manifests the
effects of an alterative, proving it is mind that moves
matter even though we place this mental weight in the
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belief that drugs, air, exercise, and so forth, are benefit-
belief that drugs, air, exercise, and so forth, are benefit-
ing us, calling it these things only that affect our bodies.
When Truth reaches the understanding it stirs indi-
vidual error to a change of base; and the wrong and
right strive together until victory is decided on the
part of immutable harmony. This chemicalization, or
change, often follows our explanations of science, the
effect of which is that the patient recovers; disease
comes to the surface during the chemicalization, like a
fermenting fluid, and throws itself off, sometimes in
violent perspiration, eruptions, increased secretions,
and discharges. We have observed with our students,
and with the sick, a constant recurrence of morbid
symptoms, moral and physical, till the conflict is de-
cided on the part of Truth. We never witnessed as
much effect from what is termed a change of heart, or
from cathartics or alterative medicines, as we have seen
follow the introduction of the science of being into the
minds of the sinner, or the sick; like the little leaven,
it leavens the whole lump. These undeniable facts
establish the Principle that mind controls the body.
Patients with certain mentalities, or students with
wrong tendencies and habits, are more difficult to heal
or to teach, than others differently constituted. Three
classes of students honor Science least, and give the
teacher most trouble. The first, whose bigotry and con-
ceit are fixed facts, and the central views, a mysterious
God, and natural devil; the second, so early depraved
they impersonate innocence, never failing to utter a
falsehood, looking you blandly in the face, or to
stab their benefactor; the third, so iron-clad with
a belief or doctrine, that the bullets of Truth roll off