Chapter II - Imposition and Demonstration
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of the dead, or connect erring and mortal belief with
of the dead, or connect erring and mortal belief with
Principle and its phenomena.
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In science, we read mind from the stand-point of
In science, we read mind from the stand-point of
Soul, and with all the accuracy of the astronomer calcu-
lating the path of the planets. This mind-reading is
distinguishable from clairvoyance, in that it is the
understanding of being back of personal sense, and
possessed by individuals highly spiritual. Its intuitions
are from Soul, revealing what disturbs the harmony of
man, and what promotes it, and enabling us to heal the
sick. We can never learn Christ, as the Principle of
healing, except we are able to read mind after this
manner, and discern the error we would destroy. The
Samaritan woman said, "He told me all things that
ever I did, is not this the Christ? "Again, as he jour-
neyed with his students, understanding their thoughts,
he rebuked them, etc.
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Through this spiritual sense Jesus healed the sick;
Through this spiritual sense Jesus healed the sick;
and events of great moment concerning the Christian
era and the history of the world were foretold by the
glorious old prophets, through spiritual vision. Our
Master referred to a lack of spiritual discernment in
this direction, when he said, "Ye hypocrites that can
discern the face of the sky, but cannot discern the signs
of these times"; in other words, whose personal sense
was acute, but whose spiritual sense was wanting; he
knew it was a wicked and adulterous generation, who
seeking material signs, lost the prerogatives of Soul; his
cut at the materialism of the age was pungent, but
requisite, and he never spared hypocrisy the sternest
condemnation. Again, he said to this class of believers,
"Ye do the things ye ought not to do, and leave undone
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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,