Chapter VII - Physiology
No physical affinity
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the atmosphere of intelligence. The belief that a pulpy
the atmosphere of intelligence. The belief that a pulpy
substance under the skull is mind is a mockery of intelli-
gence, a mimicry of Mind.
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We are Christian Scientists, only as we quit our reliance
We are Christian Scientists, only as we quit our reliance
upon that which is false and grasp the true. We are not
Christian Scientists until we leave all for Christ. Human
opinions are not spiritual. They come from the hearing
of the ear, from corporeality instead of from Principle,
and from the mortal instead of from the immortal. Spirit
is not separate from God. Spirit is God.
Human power a blind force
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Erring power is a material belief, a blind miscalled force,
Erring power is a material belief, a blind miscalled force,
the offspring of will and not of wisdom, of the mortal mind
and not of the immortal. It is the headlong
cataract, the devouring flame, the tempest's
breath. It is lightning and hurricane, all that is selfish,
wicked, dishonest, and impure.
The one real power
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Moral and spiritual might belong to Spirit, who holds
Moral and spiritual might belong to Spirit, who holds
the "wind in His fists;" and this teaching accords with
Science and harmony. In Science, you can
have no power opposed to God, and the physi-
cal senses must give up their false testimony. Your in-
fluence for good depends upon the weight you throw into
the right scale. The good you do and embody gives you
the only power obtainable. Evil is not power. It is a
mockery of strength, which erelong betrays its weakness
and falls, never to rise.
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We walk in the footsteps of Truth and Love by follow-
We walk in the footsteps of Truth and Love by follow-
ing the example of our Master in the understanding of
divine metaphysics. Christianity is the basis of true heal-
ing. Whatever holds human thought in line with unselfed
love, receives directly the divine power.
Mind cures hip-disease
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I was called to visit Mr. Clark in Lynn, who had been
I was called to visit Mr. Clark in Lynn, who had been
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confined to his bed six months with hip-disease, caused by
confined to his bed six months with hip-disease, caused by
a fall upon a wooden spike when quite a boy. On enter-
ing the house I met his physician, who said that
the patient was dying. The physician had just
probed the ulcer on the hip, and said the bone was carious
for several inches. He even showed me the probe, which
had on it the evidence of this condition of the bone. The
doctor went out. Mr. Clark lay with his eyes fixed and
sightless. The dew of death was on his brow. I went to
his bedside. In a few moments his face changed; its
death-pallor gave place to a natural hue. The eyelids
closed gently and the breathing became natural; he was
asleep. In about ten minutes he opened his eyes and
said: "I feel like a new man. My suffering is all gone."
It was between three and four o'clock in the afternoon
when this took place.
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I told him to rise, dress himself, and take supper with
I told him to rise, dress himself, and take supper with
his family. He did so. The next day I saw him in the
yard. Since then I have not seen him, but am informed
that he went to work in two weeks. The discharge from
the sore stopped, and the sore was healed. The diseased
condition had continued there ever since the injury was
received in boyhood.
Since his recovery I have been informed that his physi-
cian claims to have cured him, and that his mother has
been threatened with incarceration in an insane asylum
for saying: "It was none other than God and that woman
who healed him." I cannot attest the truth of that
report, but what I saw and did for that man, and what
his physician said of the case, occurred just as I have
narrated.
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It has been demonstrated to me that Life is God
It has been demonstrated to me that Life is God