Chapter VII - Physiology
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in a supreme governing intelligence. The Esquimaux
in a supreme governing intelligence. The Esquimaux
restore health by incantations as consciously as do civi-
lized practitioners by their more studied methods.
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Is civilization only a higher form of idolatry, that
Is civilization only a higher form of idolatry, that
man should bow down to a flesh-brush, to flannels, to
baths, diet, exercise, and air? Nothing save divine
power is capable of doing so much for man as he can
do for himself.
Rise of thought
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The footsteps of thought, rising above material stand-
The footsteps of thought, rising above material stand-
points, are slow, and portend a long night to the traveller;
but the angels of His presence – the spiritual
intuitions that tell us when "the night is far
spent, the day is at hand" – are our guardians in the
gloom. Whoever opens the way in Christian Science is
a pilgrim and stranger, marking out the path for gen-
erations yet unborn.
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The thunder of Sinai and the Sermon on the Mount
The thunder of Sinai and the Sermon on the Mount
are pursuing and will overtake the ages, rebuking in
their course all error and proclaiming the kingdom of
heaven on earth. Truth is revealed. It needs only to
be practised.
Medical errors
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Mortal belief is all that enables a drug to cure mortal
Mortal belief is all that enables a drug to cure mortal
ailments. Anatomy admits that mind is somewhere in
man, though out of sight. Then, if an indi-
vidual is sick, why treat the body alone and
administer a dose of despair to the mind? Why declare
that the body is diseased, and picture this disease to the
mind, rolling it under the tongue as a sweet morsel and
holding it before the thought of both physician and pa-
tient? We should understand that the cause of disease
obtains in the mortal human mind, and its cure comes
from the immortal divine Mind. We should prevent the
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images of disease from taking form in thought, and we
images of disease from taking form in thought, and we
should efface the outlines of disease already formulated in
the minds of mortals.
Novel Diseases
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When there are fewer prescriptions, and less thought is
When there are fewer prescriptions, and less thought is
given to sanitary subjects, there will be better
constitutions and less disease. In old times
who ever heard of dyspepsia, cerebro-spinal meningitis,
hay-fever, and rose-cold?
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What an abuse of natural beauty to say that a rose,
What an abuse of natural beauty to say that a rose,
the smile of God, can produce suffering! The joy of its
presence, its beauty and fragrance, should uplift the
thought, and dissuade any sense of fear or fever. It is
profane to fancy that the perfume of clover and the breath
of new-mown hay can cause glandular inflammation,
sneezing, and nasal pangs.
No ancestral dyspepsia
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If a random thought, calling itself dyspepsia, had
If a random thought, calling itself dyspepsia, had
tried to tyrannize over our forefathers, it would have
been routed by their independence and in-
dustry. Then people had less time for self‑
ishness, coddling, and sickly after-dinner talk. The ex-
act amount of food the stomach could digest was not
discussed according to Cutter nor referred to sanitary
laws. A man's belief in those days was not so severe
upon the gastric juices. Beaumont's "Medical Experi-
ments" did not govern the digestion.
Pulmonary misbeliefs
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Damp atmosphere and freezing snow empurpled the
Damp atmosphere and freezing snow empurpled the
plump cheeks of our ancestors, but they never indulged
in the refinement of inflamed bronchial tubes.
They were as innocent as Adam, before he ate
the fruit of false knowledge, of the existence of tubercles
and troches, lungs and lozenges.
Our modern Eves
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"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise," says
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise," says