Chapter IV - Creation
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A mortal body is but a belief of Life in matter, and
A mortal body is but a belief of Life in matter, and
controlled by this belief; its original requirements
were less than its educated ones. Consciousness rises
above the horizon of personal sense, starting first un-
conscious thought, and reaching what we falsely term
conscious matter, before its demands proceed from the
body. 'Tis safe to conclude man exists, though he
has lost his lungs, or any other portion of organism;
if he has reached the science of being, his existence
is understood and eternal, and man is immortal only
whose Life is Soul, and not sense, God and not matter.
We must have the sense and consciousness of being
that is independent of matter, self-existent, self-sus-
taining and eternal; for this is the Science of Life that
casts out error and heals the sick. We know these
statements jar on what is called personal sense; but we
disregard that altogether; our only sorrow is not to be
understood, or be thought irreverent of God, until
Christendom learns how important what we say is to
follow the rich example of our Master in healing the
sick, preaching the gospel to the poor, etc. To-day our
religions preach to the rich, and depend on matter, in-
stead of God, to heal the sick.
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The persecutions Truth met over eighteen centuries
The persecutions Truth met over eighteen centuries
ago, and the demonstrations it gave in destroying sick-
ness, sin, and death, and bringing to light immortality,
it would be well to remember at this date; and if our
readers understand what is written in this book, they
will be able to prove to themselves, it reproduces, how-
ever faintly, the same proofs; shall it not then, be
accepted, on the ground our Master said, "For the
work's sake." Every new idea of Truth, that comes
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out from the infinite Spirit, and touches the ragged
out from the infinite Spirit, and touches the ragged
shores of belief, has been met with derision and chains,
scourged out of synagogues at first, but afterwards par-
doned and received.
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To the pulpit we appeal. Judge not this science
To the pulpit we appeal. Judge not this science
until you prove whether it be Truth or error; test its
Principle by the rules laid down, and then will you
learn God is the life of man, and that materia medica,
or theology, never can take the place of the science of
God, in healing the sick, and casting out all error. The
beliefs that form the body mortal are not destroyed at
once; "it is not all of death to die." After what is
named death, the belief of sickness, sin and death con-
tinues, until the science of being is reached, and man's
Life is found Soul, and not sense.
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Adam being created before Eve, proves the mater-
Adam being created before Eve, proves the mater-
nal egg never propagated him, and Eve being formed
of Adam's rib, shows her origin was not that; "knowl-
edge" defined man falsely then, even as at present;
although physiology has since been grafted into the
forbidden "tree." An infant a few hours old was said
to be immersed in water, to test the possibility of mak-
ing him amphibious; and this daily ablution continued
until the infant could remain under water, and the or-
dinary functions of lungs be suspended twenty minutes
at one time, playing the while and enjoying the bath.
The infant is wholly controlled by its parents' belief;
addressing the mother mentally, we have stopped the
moaning and restlessness of her babe, but could not
affect the child, except through its mother.
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This should furnish a hint to parents to control their
This should furnish a hint to parents to control their
offspring mentally; beginning in the science of being