Chapter 8: 'Science and Health with Key to The Scriptures' by Mary Baker Eddy

Chapter VIII - Footsteps Of Truth

No evil in Spirit

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these evils are not Spirit, for there is no evil in Spirit.

Because God is Spirit, evil becomes more apparent and

obnoxious proportionately as we advance spir-

itually, until it disappears from our lives.

This fact proves our position, for every scientific state-

ment in Christianity has its proof. Error of statement

leads to error in action.

Subordination of evil

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God is not the creator of an evil mind. Indeed, evil

is not Mind. We must learn that evil is the awful decep-

tion and unreality of existence. Evil is not

supreme; good is not helpless; nor are the

so-called laws of matter primary, and the law of Spirit

secondary. Without this lesson, we lose sight of the per-

fect Father, or the divine Principle of man.

Evident impossibilities

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Body is not first and Soul last, nor is evil mightier than

good. The Science of being repudiates self‑

evident impossibilities, such as the amalgama-

tion of Truth and error in cause or effect. Science sepa-

rates the tares and wheat in time of harvest.

One primal cause

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There is but one primal cause. Therefore there can

be no effect from any other cause, and there can be no

reality in aught which does not proceed from

this great and only cause. Sin, sickness, dis-

ease, and death belong not to the Science of being. They

are the errors, which presuppose the absence of Truth,

Life, or Love.

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The spiritual reality is the scientific fact in all things.

The spiritual fact, repeated in the action of man and the

whole universe, is harmonious and is the ideal of Truth.

Spiritual facts are not inverted; the opposite discord,

which bears no resemblance to spirituality, is not real.

The only evidence of this inversion is obtained from