Chapter V - Prayer and Atonement
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the proof of a Principle that the learner must understand;
the proof of a Principle that the learner must understand;
but if this demonstration included also a nameless sacri-
fice, we should admit, the Principle of it was not only
harmony, but Love. This was the precious import of
our Master's teachings and demonstration; he proved
the science of being not only by destroying sickness, sin,
and death, but the significance of Life without death,
and in this proof was embraced his Love. Error had
hoped to destroy Truth, and kill Jesus. Those for
whom he laid down all worldly honors, and bore their
infirmities that through his stripes they might be
healed, were his accusers. So will it be to-day, Chris-
tian martyr; he who best understands the Truth of be-
ing, will be most falsified, pursued, and condemned.
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The teacher of music who demonstrates for the ben-
The teacher of music who demonstrates for the ben-
efit of others, has by no means relieved them from giving
the proof requisite to show where they stand in science;
he rather does this, for their example that they may
understand that which they should demonstrate. Im-
plicit faith in the teacher, whose self-abnegation and
toil have bestowed blessings on man, will never make
musicians of the learners; they must go and do like-
wise, or they are not improving their talents, which,
unimproved, condemned them. We must understand
the Principle Jesus taught, at whatever expense, and
practice it, or we are not Christians.
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The science of Life that our Master demonstrated,
The science of Life that our Master demonstrated,
was not a theory, doctrine, or belief; it revealed a
Principle that brought its proof with it; and this proof
was not forms, or systems of religion, but the science of
being, that brought out all the sweet harmonies of Life.
Jesus informed John what the proof of Christ's coming
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was, saying, "Go and tell him the things ye see and
was, saying, "Go and tell him the things ye see and
hear; how the sick are healed, the lame walk, the
deaf hear, the blind see, and to the poor the gospel is
preached." Tell him what its demonstration is; and
the spiritual John will at once perceive God is its Prin-
ciple. Materia medica professed the ability to heal, also,
and the Pharisees to teach Christ, Truth, but they only
hindered the success of Jesus' mission; many of the
seventy he had taught, stood in his way also, together
with one who boldly betrayed him into the hands of
his enemies. If our Master had never had a student,
he would not have come to the death on the cross; but
his mission would have been unfulfilled, and his history
lacked its sweetest pathos. Through his unmerited
persecutions we see the fate of science in a world of
error, and the reception a sensuous world gives the
Principle that contradicts personal sense with Soul.
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At the same time that I love Jesus more than all men
At the same time that I love Jesus more than all men
of the past or present ages, treading alone a path of
thorns, up to the throne of Wisdom, in speechless
agony exploring the way for others, yet I cannot see
that he has spared us one individual experience, or
that we have not the "cup" to drink in proportion to
our fitness to drink it and demonstrate God, above
others. To keep the commandments of our Master
and follow his example, is our proper return, and only
evidence of gratitude for all he has done for us; but
this is not a personal worship, nor reward to a person;
it is to understand the Principle Jesus taught and
proved, and follow, as much as in us lies, his example;
to separate ourselves from the world of error and press
forward to the Life that is Truth and Love. The