Chapter II - Imposition and Demonstration
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those ye should have done." The great Teacher of
those ye should have done." The great Teacher of
Christian science knew a good tree sendeth not forth
evil fruit; that Soul emits only unerring Truth, while
that which proceedeth from personal sense is error;
also, that Truth and error cannot mingle; they are the
tares and wheat side by side that never blend, but await
the harvest, when belief shall yield to understanding,
and error be self-destroyed.
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At present Truth is trampled upon, while error holds
At present Truth is trampled upon, while error holds
the reins, with virtue at a discount! "Well done,
good and faithful villain," is the merit mark for to-day,
and youth seems eager for the prize. Such surprising
aristocracy of evil is owing to the gilded falsehood of
individual character, those whited sepulchres that hold
the dead carcasses of conscience; students of the Sci-
ence of Life are responsible above all others if false to
the teachings of conscience and reason. Said the
wicked king, "I hate him because he prophesieth evil
continually of me." Reformists are mostly traduced by
the class that feel them most: let the good tell the
Truth and live it, and the evil publish a lie and live it,
and the former will be doubted and the latter believed,
until the world advances nearer to what is Truth, when
their relative positions will be seen and appreciated.
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Those who understand the science of being, bear tes-
Those who understand the science of being, bear tes-
timony to Truth, insomuch as they must understand
what is indispensable to gain it. Never refute calumny
except for Truth's sake; leaving the future years to ex-
pose the slanderer and liar, and reward those who wait
on God; fear not the individual falsehood, and pro-
mulgate Truth sufficiently to gain some balance for the
world. Earth holds not a majority of righteous men,
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and in proportion as we rise in the scale of being, do
and in proportion as we rise in the scale of being, do
we learn this, but because evil boasts of greater num-
bers, this hath no advantage for the sinner. To-day
sin offers a premium; let down the bars of morality,
and you are society's favorite; put them up higher than
society can leap, and you bring opprobrium on the bar-
tender.
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Woman especially should hold the standard that re-
Woman especially should hold the standard that re-
bukes vice, and saith to virtue, join us, and though we
battle beneath stripes, we will fall in our armor, or lay
it down on the field of victory. To ask in prosperity,
"am I right?" is wiser than to ask this in adversity.
One in a million does this, but can we lessen the num-
ber against that one?
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Right advances slowly and with bleeding footsteps,
Right advances slowly and with bleeding footsteps,
but Truth can afford to wait, for "the eternal years of
God are hers."
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We have investigated the phenomenon called medium-
We have investigated the phenomenon called medium-
ship both to convince ourself of its nature and cause,
and to be able to explain it; and have succeeded in the
first instance, but may have failed in the second. It is
more frequently in company with those who believe in
mediumship that mediums narrate something of the de-
parted, describe them personally, etc., showing it to be
the effect of mind on this plane acting on theirs. Again,
all the information imparted comes from the minds of
the living instead of the dead. That some one knew
the individual deceased is evident, and it is not more
difficult to read mind far away than near. We think
of an absent individual as easily as one present; hence
the equal ease to discern the absent mind that we visit
mentally. The demand to talk of the dead proceeds