Chapter 10: 'Science and Health with Key to The Scriptures' by Mary Baker Eddy

Chapter X - Science Of Being

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single period or of a limited following. As time moves

on, the healing elements of pure Christianity will be fairly

dealt with; they will be sought and taught, and will glow

in all the grandeur of universal goodness.

Imitation of Jesus

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A little leaven leavens the whole lump. A little under-

standing of Christian Science proves the truth of all that

I say of it. Because you cannot walk on the

water and raise the dead, you have no right to

question the great might of divine Science in these direc-

tions. Be thankful that Jesus, who was the true demon-

strator of Science, did these things, and left his example for

us. In Science we can use only what we understand. We

must prove our faith by demonstration.

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One should not tarry in the storm if the body is freez-

ing, nor should he remain in the devouring flames. Un-

til one is able to prevent bad results, he should avoid their

occasion. To be discouraged, is to resemble a pupil in

addition, who attempts to solve a problem of Euclid, and

denies the rule of the problem because he fails in his first

effort.

Error destroyed, not pardoned

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There is no hypocrisy in Science. Principle is impera-

tive. You cannot mock it by human will. Science is a

divine demand, not a human. Always right,

its divine Principle never repents, but main-

tains the claim of Truth by quenching error.

The pardon of divine mercy is the destruction of error. If

men understood their real spiritual source to be all bless-

edness, they would struggle for recourse to the spiritual

and be at peace; but the deeper the error into which mor-

tal mind is plunged, the more intense the opposition to

spirituality, till error yields to Truth.

The hopeful outlook

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Human resistance to divine Science weakens in pro-