Chapter VIII - Footsteps Of Truth
No evil in Spirit
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these evils are not Spirit, for there is no evil in Spirit.
these evils are not Spirit, for there is no evil in Spirit.
Because God is Spirit, evil becomes more apparent and
obnoxious proportionately as we advance spir-
itually, until it disappears from our lives.
This fact proves our position, for every scientific state-
ment in Christianity has its proof. Error of statement
leads to error in action.
Subordination of evil
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God is not the creator of an evil mind. Indeed, evil
God is not the creator of an evil mind. Indeed, evil
is not Mind. We must learn that evil is the awful decep-
tion and unreality of existence. Evil is not
supreme; good is not helpless; nor are the
so-called laws of matter primary, and the law of Spirit
secondary. Without this lesson, we lose sight of the per-
fect Father, or the divine Principle of man.
Evident impossibilities
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Body is not first and Soul last, nor is evil mightier than
Body is not first and Soul last, nor is evil mightier than
good. The Science of being repudiates self‑
evident impossibilities, such as the amalgama-
tion of Truth and error in cause or effect. Science sepa-
rates the tares and wheat in time of harvest.
One primal cause
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There is but one primal cause. Therefore there can
There is but one primal cause. Therefore there can
be no effect from any other cause, and there can be no
reality in aught which does not proceed from
this great and only cause. Sin, sickness, dis-
ease, and death belong not to the Science of being. They
are the errors, which presuppose the absence of Truth,
Life, or Love.
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The spiritual reality is the scientific fact in all things.
The spiritual reality is the scientific fact in all things.
The spiritual fact, repeated in the action of man and the
whole universe, is harmonious and is the ideal of Truth.
Spiritual facts are not inverted; the opposite discord,
which bears no resemblance to spirituality, is not real.
The only evidence of this inversion is obtained from
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suppositional error, which affords no proof of God,
suppositional error, which affords no proof of God,
Spirit, or of the spiritual creation. Material sense de-
fines all things materially, and has a finite sense of the
infinite.
Seemingly independent authority
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The Scriptures say, "In Him we live, and move, and
The Scriptures say, "In Him we live, and move, and
have our being." What then is this seeming power, in-
dependent of God, which causes disease and
cures it? What is it but an error of belief, –
a law of mortal mind, wrong in every sense,
embracing sin, sickness, and death? It is the very anti-
pode of immortal Mind, of Truth, and of spiritual law.
It is not in accordance with the goodness of God's char-
acter that He should make man sick, then leave man to
heal himself; it is absurd to suppose that matter can both
cause and cure disease, or that Spirit, God, produces
disease and leaves the remedy to matter.
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John Young of Edinburgh writes: "God is the father
John Young of Edinburgh writes: "God is the father
of mind, and of nothing else." Such an utterance is
"the voice of one crying in the wilderness" of human
beliefs and preparing the way of Science. Let us learn
of the real and eternal, and prepare for the reign of
Spirit, the kingdom of heaven, – the reign and rule of
universal harmony, which cannot be lost nor remain
forever unseen.
Sickness as only thought
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Mind, not matter, is causation. A material body
Mind, not matter, is causation. A material body
only expresses a material and mortal mind. A mortal
man possesses this body, and he makes it
harmonious or discordant according to the
images of thought impressed upon it. You embrace
your body in your thought, and you should delineate
upon it thoughts of health, not of sickness. You should
banish all thoughts of disease and sin and of other beliefs