Chapter III - Spirit and Matter
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following rules, observed, would open the way for
following rules, observed, would open the way for
science.
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Teachers of primary and high schools should be
Teachers of primary and high schools should be
selected as much for their morals, as learning; these
nurseries of character should be strongly garrisoned,
and parents demand a faithful fulfillment of such high
trusts. The examination of schools should embrace
this thought, paramount to all others, that education is
both classical and spiritual, to lift one's being higher;
schools should not be applauded for a good show, while
the thoughts of teachers constantly imparted to their
pupils are disregarded, and any thing but pure and
uplifting. Physicians, whom the sick employ under
circumstances of great helplessness, should be the guar-
dians of virtue, and spiritual guides, when Life and
death tremble in the balance; not only should they be
able to impart soundness of body, but a higher moral
tone of being. Clergymen, standing on the watch-
towers of the world, should grasp most firmly, and hold
more fearlessly the standard of scientific Truth; they
should be teachers that turn the sinner from his way,
heal the sick, and cast out error from the land. Hus-
bands and wives should fulfill their tender trusts wisely
and well; yielding faithful obedience to the law of
spiritual Love, aiding each other to gain its harmo-
nies through the blessing of mutual affection lifting
the being higher. Children should obey their parents;
insubordination is a growing evil in the nursery and
through the land; parents should teach their children
Truth through precept and example, and love them,
if they would be loved in return. Abstain from
secular labor and frivolous amusements, on the
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Sabbath, observing it as a day of rest and spiritual
Sabbath, observing it as a day of rest and spiritual
improvement.
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Human will is capable of much evil; by gaining the
Human will is capable of much evil; by gaining the
mind's consent against the convictions of conscience, it
may turn the judgment whithersoever it wills. To
guard and govern the action of mind, enables you to
hold the body in subjection. The world is better for
all those honest Soul-inspired ones, who govern sense,
and sit down at the right hand of Wisdom. The hypo-
crite can do little with Truth, and cannot understand
the Principle of scientific healing: in discord himself
he cannot impart harmony to others. You may learn
the letter of this science that enables you to gain its
Spirit, but the next question is, have you improved your
opportunity, and gained its Spirit? if not, you are unfit
to heal the sick metaphysically.
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Touched by the Principle of his grand symphonies, a
Touched by the Principle of his grand symphonies, a
Mozart or Beethoven experienced much more than he
ever expressed in music; each was a musician before
the world knew it; so to catch the divine harmonies of
Soul, we must rise in the scale of being through the
understanding of science, and experience, in order to
demonstrate. Love gives forth its own concord, to
correct the discords of sense; and whatsoever inspires
us with Love, Wisdom or Truth, whether it be song,
sermon, or science, will bless the human family; let us
gladly welcome every crumb that feeds the hungry;
and every drop that bears to the thirsty, living waters.
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The literal meaning of the Scripture is not its highest
The literal meaning of the Scripture is not its highest
sense; its spiritual signification is what explains God
and man. Church rites and ceremonies have nothing
to do with Christianity, and more than this, they draw