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

Chapter X - Science Of Being

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Matter and its claims of sin, sickness, and death are

contrary to God, and cannot emanate from Him. There

is no material truth. The physical senses can take no

cognizance of God and spiritual Truth. Human belief

has sought out many inventions, but not one of them

can solve the problem of being without the divine Prin-

ciple of divine Science. Deductions from material hy-

potheses are not scientific. They differ from real Science

because they are not based on the divine law.

Science versus sense

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Divine Science reverses the false testimony of the ma-

terial senses, and thus tears away the foun-

dations of error. Hence the enmity between

Science and the senses, and the impossibility

of attaining perfect understanding till the errors of sense

are eliminated.

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The so-called laws of matter and of medical science have

never made mortals whole, harmonious, and immortal.

Man is harmonious when governed by Soul. Hence the

importance of understanding the truth of being, which

reveals the laws of spiritual existence.

Spiritual law the only law

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God never ordained a material law to annul the spiritual

law. If there were such a material law, it would oppose

the supremacy of Spirit, God, and impugn the

wisdom of the creator. Jesus walked on the

waves, fed the multitude, healed the sick, and raised the

dead in direct opposition to material laws. His acts were

the demonstration of Science, overcoming the false claims

of material sense or law.

Material knowledge illusive

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Science shows that material, conflicting mortal opin-

ions and beliefs emit the effects of error at all times, but

this atmosphere of mortal mind cannot be destructive to

morals and health when it is opposed promptly and per-