Chapter II - Imposition and Demonstration
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that is, the Principle of man "hath shown thee this,"
that is, the Principle of man "hath shown thee this,"
in the science of being, and also that Jesus is the "Son
of God," the offspring of Soul and not sense. On this
Principle and with this Truth he wrought all his so‑
called miracles. It was not man, or medicine that
healed the sick, but God; not matter that controlled
man, but Spirit that controlled matter. This, his inter-
pretation of God and man was the rock or foundation
on which Jesus bruit his church, that is, established his
demonstration of Truth, God, against which the gates
of error could not prevail, but there was neither a
creed nor rite named in it, and mediumship plainly
denied.
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To be Christ-like is to triumph over sickness, sin and
To be Christ-like is to triumph over sickness, sin and
death, to open the prison doors to the captive; that is,
to break the fetters of personal sense, and give to being
full scope and recompense. This is the ultimate of the
command to love our neighbor as ourself, and an idea
from Soul, yea, from Wisdom, Love and Truth; but
this idea personal sense cannot see, feel, or understand,
whereas spiritual sense can; "the carnal mind cannot
discern spiritual things." This idea is vague to per-
sonal sense, but to spiritual sense it is harmony. To
favor his faults, conciliates the man of error; but it
prolongs discord; belief produces all the errors of per-
sonal sense, and Soul condemns them. (Those hated by
personal sense are loved of Soul, and for the very
things sense hates them)
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The foundation error that makes a mortal man is,
The foundation error that makes a mortal man is,
that personal sense is Truth; the next that it is pleas-
ure; the third that it is pain; but from this point dates
its destruction; hence the so-called pain of personal
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sense is comparatively encouraging, it being productive
sense is comparatively encouraging, it being productive
of less sin than its pleasure; but personal sense suffers
only from imaginary self-hood; its pleasures and pains
are all unreal. The belief that matter has Life and sub-
stance is the error that produces all suffering, sin and
death; the chemical action of Truth on this error will
destroy it. Truth gives the idea of Spirit-substance,
and destroys all supposed matter-substance, while error
gives the belief of matter-substance, and hides the idea
of Spirit-substance.
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Immortal man is an idea of Spirit-substance, Life and
Immortal man is an idea of Spirit-substance, Life and
Intelligence; but the mortal is a belief that Intelligence,
Life and substance are in matter. The idea of substance
guided by understanding, becomes the infinite idea,
even as the Soul of immortal man is the infinite Prin-
ciple. Mortal man is a belief of Intelligence, substance
and Life in the body, therefore of a limited Infinite!
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To let oneself out of this nutshell, we must under-
To let oneself out of this nutshell, we must under-
stand the scientific relationship between God and man,
or Principle and its idea; but before this is really un-
derstood, the interval will be filled with approaches to
it through belief; and this will be attended with doubt,
discord and sin.
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The material world, at a future date, will become
The material world, at a future date, will become
a spectacle of disorder and dismay on one hand, and
of science on the other. There will be convulsions of
mind and consequently of matter, spasms of error,
earthquakes, famine and pestilence. Sickness will be-
come more acute, and death more sudden: but to those
who understand this hour, as explained in the science
of being, length of days will increase, and harmony
and immortality be near, even at the door. Knowledge