Chapter 12: 'Science and Health with Key to The Scriptures' by Mary Baker Eddy

Chapter XII - Christian Science Practice

Fevers the effect of fear

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Science, it may rest at length on some receptive thought,

and become a fever case, which ends in a belief called

death, which belief must be finally conquered by eternal

Life. Truth is always the victor. Sickness and sin fall

by their own weight. Truth is the rock of ages, the head-

stone of the corner, "but on whomsoever it shall fall, it

will grind him to powder."

Misdirected contention

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Contending for the evidence or indulging the demands

of sin, disease, or death, we virtually contend against

the control of Mind over body, and deny the

power of Mind to heal. This false method

is as though the defendant should argue for the plaintiff

in favor of a decision which the defendant knows will

be turned against himself.

Benefits of metaphysics

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The physical effects of fear illustrate its illusion. Gaz-

ing at a chained lion, crouched for a spring, should not

terrify a man. The body is affected only with

the belief of disease produced by a so-called

mind ignorant of the truth which chains disease. Noth-

ing but the power of Truth can prevent the fear of

error, and prove man's dominion over error.

A higher discovery

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Many years ago the author made a spiritual discov-

ery, the scientific evidence of which has accumulated to

prove that the divine Mind produces in man

health, harmony, and immortality. Gradu-

ally this evidence will gather momentum and clearness,

until it reaches its culmination of scientific statement and

proof. Nothing is more disheartening than to believe

that there is a power opposite to God, or good, and that

God endows this opposing power with strength to be used

against Himself, against Life, health, harmony.

Ignorance of our rights

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Every law of matter or the body, supposed to govern