Chapter I - Natural Science
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the Scriptures. The science of the Bible is manifest
the Scriptures. The science of the Bible is manifest
from Genesis to Revelations, and the demonstration
that Jesus gave, conclusive evidence of its entire Truth.
The opposite of sickness, sin, and death, Jesus knew
was alone able to destroy them, and bring to light im-
mortality. This was the platform on which he labored,
and cast out devils, viz.; destroy the belief of Intelli-
gence and Life in matter, and it casts out all error,
and heals the sick. This was Truth, and "the stone the
builders rejected," while yet it must become the head of
the corner, this the rock on which Christ, Truth, built
its church, that the gates of hell (the beliefs of man)
cannot prevail against.
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"The image and likeness of God" was lost sight of
"The image and likeness of God" was lost sight of
through belief, and is regained only through understand-
ing. To suppose laws of matter control man, is the error
it would be to say that figures govern numbers, when
we should find examples wrought on this plan would
cause the figures to be erased that the Principle might
be allowed to reproduce its own idea. Harmonious
man is the immortal idea of God; but the inharmonious
is mortal belief. The voice of Truth, calls: "Man,
where art thou?" and who will meet this inquiry to‑
day, with the answer of science? Man is safe in Soul,
the Principle of being, but out of this he is "a reed
shaken with the wind," the ignis fatuus of belief, tossed
about with every wind of doctrine; until the body is
sensationless through science, man is not safe; every
feeling there betrays where he holds himself; every
pain and pleasure of sense, every hope, ambition, and
joy that has its foundation in matter, reckons against
the science of our course, and must be destroyed. Man,
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where art thou? is met with reply from the head, the
where art thou? is met with reply from the head, the
heart, stomach, blood, nerves, etc.; "Lo! here thou
art;" looking for happiness and Life in matter, but find-
ing pain and death.
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To conclude Life, Love, and Truth are attributes of
To conclude Life, Love, and Truth are attributes of
a personal Deity, implies there is something in person
superior to Principle. But nothing is wiser than Wis-
dom, or truer than Truth; and Life, and Love, have
no superlatives, they are primitives and not derivatives.
Person is not the Principle of goodness, and the reality,
or Spirit, is ours only as we are good. Jesus sought
Wisdom of no man, and said: "Call no man Father,
for one is your Father, even God," thus regarding man
begotten of Soul, and not sense; and controlling mat-
ter and triumphing over disease and death, he brought
to light his Principle and the immortality of man.
To test our understanding is to put it in practice; if
we possess Truth, we shall live truly, but personal sense
never aids man in this direction, but wars against spir-
ituality. 'Tis not in all the vanity of the Gentiles to
send a drop of rain, or to make a mortal body the idea
of God. The example Jesus presented for us to follow,
and the Principle he demonstrated in healing, etc., was
beyond question, science; but the error of past and
present ages is our wrong interpretation, of Jesus and
Christ, or man and God. Taught by some doctrine, or
belief, that Principle is in person, and Soul in hody, we
have "gods many," and our standard of Truth changes
hands. Our Master taught his students the demonstra-
tion of Christianity was not alone in the beatitudes of
the Mount, but in healing the sick, also.
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When Moses, the ancient law-giver of Wisdom,
When Moses, the ancient law-giver of Wisdom,