Chapter VII - Physiology
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the core of mankind is not reached, and its coverings
the core of mankind is not reached, and its coverings
thickly inlaid with foreign devices. Let us be individ-
ually what we are; not swallowing camels for popular-
ity, or mincing at gnats in the shape of honest ideas,
because they come from the Soul of man. If knowl-
edge is power, it is not Wisdom, but blind force, whose
material origin is made known by losing in time, what
it gains in power.
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To eschew error would usher in a new era, pull-
To eschew error would usher in a new era, pull-
ing down the bars of sects, and the conventionalities
of knowledge, would build up spiritual foundations,
whereby we take God into our experiences, and become
healthy and harmonious, noble men and women, instead
of despairing invalids and matter-automata. The less
we have of personal sense, the more we have of Soul;
and the fewer laws material, the more longevity and
spiritual understanding. Learning all was vanity "in
the flesh," made Solomon a wise man, that before had
been the fool of sense.
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Ancient theories separated a personal Satan from
Ancient theories separated a personal Satan from
man by horns and hoofs; modern opinions compromise;
eschewing his satanic majesty in such proportions, they
retain a sinful and mortal man, the opposite of God's
idea, at war with his Maker, and swaying his own
destinies in defiance of Him, yet supposed to have God
dwelling in him! Whatever is sinful, sick, or dying,
is not man, but that which Paul described "without
hope, and without God in the world," and the psalmist
said, was "a sleep, and dream that is told." "He that
dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall
abide under the shadow of the Almighty." Relin-
quishing the belief of Intelligent matter, man abides in
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Spirit and is harmonious; but this is a most high, and
Spirit and is harmonious; but this is a most high, and
most secret place to personal sense, that knows nothing
about it.
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When the relation between Soul and body, and God
When the relation between Soul and body, and God
and man is understood in science, we shall become har-
monious mind and body, and never until then.
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If Life is affected in the least by exercise, food,
If Life is affected in the least by exercise, food,
clothing, etc., God is discordant, the harmony of Spirit
beclouded, and Life at length put out. Physiology and
materia medica direct us not, as David did, to God, "a
present help in time of trouble," but change the tones
of Life to a minor key that flattens into discord, while
the science of Life that sharpens its sweet tones and
conscious harmony into immortality, asks in vain for a
hearing. That "old things shall pass away and behold,
all things shall become new," I for one, anticipate with
joy, willing, if need be, that Truth shall cut off right
hands and pluck out right eyes, in amputating error.
We perceive the "irresistible conflict" that awaits the
ages when Truth shall overturn the beliefs of man.
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Let the science of Life be taught in our institutions
Let the science of Life be taught in our institutions
of learning and taken up by pulpit and press; give it
but the place of physiology and it would eradicate
sickness, sin and death, in less time than these have
been increasing on the old systems and stereotyped
plans to beat them. Simply to understand the nothing-
ness of error, saves a Don Quixote warfare with wind-
mills, and we gain the immortality and liberty of being,
by control over our bodies. Since man "hath sought
out many inventions," he has not learned that knowl-
edge can save him from the dire effects of knowledge.
Many a hopeless case of disease has been induced by a