Chapter II - Imposition and Demonstration
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but its opposite, viz., error. Life is not organization,
but its opposite, viz., error. Life is not organization,
and Intelligence takes no cognizance of matter, these
are God, Spirit, and to Spirit there is only Principle
and idea. The so-called man of matter together with
every material belief of a material world, must pass
away before sorrow, sickness, sin, and death can disap-
pear. The millennial glory cometh only as science
reveals Intelligence and Life outside of matter. Alas!
that man should take a material sword to slay error
when the two-edged sword of Truth destroys it so much
more effectually.
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The history of the Chinese Empire derives its an-
The history of the Chinese Empire derives its an-
tiquity and renown from the truer idea the Buddhist
entertains of God, contrasted with the tyranny, intole-
rance and bloodshed based on the belief that Truth,
Life, and Love are in matter, and the great Jehovah
formed after error's pattern of mortal man, or intelli-
gent matter. To suppose matter and Spirit mingle, is
the error that hides science on which to base our con-
clusions of God and man, of Soul and body, and our
proof of immortality. At one time, we define law,
Intelligence, and again, matter, over which Intelligence
holds no control, as in sickness, sin, and death. The
law of Spirit is the only law, and this is Truth, destroy-
ing the so-called laws of nature, and its idea is walking
the wave, destroying error, healing the sick, and rais-
ing the dead. This is Soul triumphing over personal
sense, putting to flight belief, walking over sin and
matter conditions.
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Jesus taught and proved this Truth the preroga-
Jesus taught and proved this Truth the preroga-
tive of Spirit, and left his example for us, saying, "The
works that I do ye shall do." Paul was not one of his
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disciples, or contemporaries, and yet he tested these
disciples, or contemporaries, and yet he tested these
teachings, and demonstrated their Principle. To con-
clude man and the universe are governed in general by
material law, but occasionally that Spirit walks over
this law, and holds the control in its own hands, is to
divide the capacity of Omnipotence and Wisdom with
matter, and to give the latter the more general claim.
These are the false conclusions of belief; understanding
rebels at such folly, mortal belief produces and governs
all that sins, suffers and dies. There is but one law and
but one law-giver, the former is science, the latter God,
Soul, the only Life, substance, and Intelligence of man
and the universe; and not in the least dependent on mat-
ter conditions, or acting by reason of them, but destroy-
ing them all. This Truth knocks at the door of history;
it is for us to say whether we will open and receive it.
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Materia medica, hygiene, physiology, creeds and ritu-
Materia medica, hygiene, physiology, creeds and ritu-
alism will lose their power for good or evil, when man
loses his belief in them, and makes Life its own proof
of harmony and God. That which is right is immortal,
and the opposite of right is mortal. When Truth lays
its hand on error to wipe it out, all will be growing
immortal; but before the final doom of error there will
be interruptions in what we call the order of nature,
and earth will become dreary and desolate. Not that
summer and winter, seed-time and harvest shall utterly
cease, before the final spiritualization of all things, but
that their order will be interrupted, owing to the change
in belief.
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The next step in progress is to learn how mind con-
The next step in progress is to learn how mind con-
trols matter, and how to destroy error. The science of
being emancipates man from belief, giving him under-