Chapter VII - Physiology
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and what are termed laws of nature, rest upon the body
and what are termed laws of nature, rest upon the body
only. Which, then, are we to accept as legitimate and
capable of producing most harmony? We cannot obey
them both, for one works against the other, and will
be supreme in the affections. Spirit and matter are
opposites, and we cannot work from the standpoints of
both; attempt it and we shall find ourself cleaving to
one and forsaking the other.
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Heal your body with the science of being if you can,
Heal your body with the science of being if you can,
adhering to the old regimen, taking drugs, or yielding
your mental control to laws of matter. Obedience to
what you call material law, prevents obedience to the
spiritual law that enables you to handle deadly serpents
unharmed, and put matter under your feet. Like a
barrister that would strengthen his plea, introducing
the text, "Wo unto you, lawyers, for you shut up the
kingdom of heaven against man;" you plead for recov-
ery of God, and then shut out the aid of Spirit through
your material means; thus working against yourself,
and suffocating your own strength and ability. The
plea for matter, medicine, laws of health, etc., goes
against the science of mind over matter, and vice versa.
There is this clause in the statutes of Truth to which
we call your attention at such times, viz., that sin,
sickness, and death are not governed by laws of God.
Error produces error, sin and sickness, for both are er-
rors of belief, and what causes disease cannot cure it,
unless it be the homoeopathic dose where matter is de-
stroyed and mind says this. Admitting sickness a con-
dition of matter over which God has no control, makes
Omnipotence, on some occasions, null and void. The
law of Christ, Truth, finds all things possible to Spirit;
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but the so-called laws of matter find Spirit of no avail,
but the so-called laws of matter find Spirit of no avail,
and demand obedience to them, reversing the basis and
economy of being; to matter we deny the support of
law; our beliefs of matter are not correct, as Jesus
clearly demonstrated healing the sick, raising the dead,
etc., contrary to them.
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Can the agriculturist produce a crop without first
Can the agriculturist produce a crop without first
sowing the seed and awaiting its germination, according
to laws of nature? Yes; if as the Bible says, error
caused man to till the ground, for in this case, obedi-
ence to Truth, would remove this cause. God never
made a necessity for error, or a law to perpetuate it.
The opposite of harmony are supposed laws of nature,
and by these you mean laws of God, therefore, it is
not in harmony with Truth to be well. As you would
construe them, laws of nature annul the law of Spirit;
But the law of Christ demands man's entire obedience,
heart, Soul and strength, which admits no reservation,
or obedience to aught else, and we should have no
other God. Truth is strength, and error weakness.
Physiology is one of the fruits of the "tree of knowl-
edge," that said, I will open your eyes, and make you
as Gods, but instead, closes them to man's God-given
dominion over earth. Christ, Truth, cast out physiol-
ogy and every law of health, giving sight to the blind,
hearing to the deaf, etc., contrary to them. If these
explanations dishonor the schools, they honor God, and
there is no other Truth to honor.
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What we term laws of nature, are simply laws of belief
What we term laws of nature, are simply laws of belief
regarding matter, the premises whereof are error; there-
fore their conclusions are such. The All-wise has made
no laws regulating sickness, sin, and death, these are