Chapter III - Spirit and Matter
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itual science and omit the Spirit, we shall not gain the
itual science and omit the Spirit, we shall not gain the
great Truth that destroys sin as well as sickness, but
omit the important point that heals the sick. We must
watch and work more for the Christianity of the science
of being than its other points, and make this our first
proof if we would succeed in healing, for this more
than all else gives success.
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When the science is made clear to the understanding,
When the science is made clear to the understanding,
it presents a thorough explanation of the Principle
whereby Jesus and his disciples healed the sick, cast
out error, and raised the dead. We may not hope to
explain in this limited volume the great Truth and
science of being to the full understanding of our readers,
insomuch as our own and their beliefs hide its quick
perception, and to change their views with Truth is the
labor of teaching. It requires experience and time for
the spiritual advancement of some students, while others
assimilate Truth as the great want of their being. We
can only sow the seed in this book, and trust the Lord
of harvest to give the fuller sense of harmonious being.
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In centuries past, Jesus founded Christianity on the
In centuries past, Jesus founded Christianity on the
spiritual basis, that neither ritualism, doctrine nor be-
lief, but Wisdom, Truth and Love make Christians,
and cast out error, and heal the sick; but to-day church
forms are held responsible for Christianity, and drugs
and matter-laws to heal the sick.
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To ascertain what our progress is and what our state
To ascertain what our progress is and what our state
of Christianity, we have only to learn what God we
acknowledge and obey. If we are progressing, God will
become less personal and material to our understanding,
and more practical, matter will be yielding to Spirit,
and the Spirit we manifest will reveal us; personal
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sense, that is the basis of all sin and error, cannot judge
sense, that is the basis of all sin and error, cannot judge
of Christianity. Admitting matter capable of good and
evil to man, robs God of supremacy, and would despoil
his dominion, making it a kingdom divided against
itself that cannot stand. When we get right in regard
to Deity, motives and deeds, not professions, will be
the standard of Christianity, and we shall gain contin-
ually in its proof and practice. Many a rank hypocrite
at heart makes clean the outside of the platter. Our
theories of God and man admit incapacity in Spirit
which robs God, and is the impediment to man's
harmony. Those that peruse this book with prejudice,
or who will not read it at all, must fail to understand
our purpose or Principle; but many, we trust, will read
carefully, and if the seed falls into good and honest
hearts, those will eventually bear fruit, and understand
how the science of God heals the sick; sooner or later
all will feel the need of this Truth. When you at-
tempt to demonstrate healing according to the Prin-
ciple herein stated, you will see every point in our
statement is needed to help you; but not until you
prove this, will you admit it; and alas! little Truth is
demonstrated healing the sick by our rules, without
the Spirit.
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We are Soul, Spirit, and not matter; and it is quite
We are Soul, Spirit, and not matter; and it is quite
as impossible to be both as to serve God and mammon.
Let science interpret God, and man will become harmo-
nious and immortal. You can rest assured of the im-
possibility to enter into the understanding of science by
any other door than Truth that emanates from Princi-
ple, and all the opinions and beliefs of man can never
change this unerring standard. When God revealed to