Chapter VIII - Footsteps Of Truth
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"Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth." He, who
"Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth." He, who
knows God's will or the demands of divine Science and
obeys them, incurs the hostility of envy; and he who
refuses obedience to God, is chastened by Love.
The doom of sin
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Sensual treasures are laid up "where moth and rust
Sensual treasures are laid up "where moth and rust
doth corrupt." Mortality is their doom. Sin breaks in
upon them, and carries off their fleeting joys.
The sensualist's affections are as imaginary,
whimsical, and unreal as his pleasures. Falsehood, envy,
hypocrisy, malice, hate, revenge, and so forth, steal away
the treasures of Truth. Stripped of its coverings, what
a mocking spectacle is sin!
Spirit transforms
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The Bible teaches transformation of the body by the
The Bible teaches transformation of the body by the
renewal of Spirit. Take away the spiritual signification
of Scripture, and that compilation can do no
more for mortals than can moonbeams to melt
a river of ice. The error of the ages is preaching without
practice.
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The substance of all devotion is the reflection and
The substance of all devotion is the reflection and
demonstration of divine Love, healing sickness and
destroying sin. Our Master said, "If ye love me, keep
my commandments."
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One's aim, a point beyond faith, should be to find the
One's aim, a point beyond faith, should be to find the
footsteps of Truth, the way to health and holiness. We
should strive to reach the Horeb height where God is re-
vealed; and the corner-stone of all spiritual building is
purity. The baptism of Spirit, washing the body of all
the impurities of flesh, signifies that the pure in heart
see God and are approaching spiritual Life and its
demonstration.
Spiritual baptism
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It is "easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
It is "easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle," than for sinful beliefs to enter the kingdom of
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heaven, eternal harmony. Through repentance, spiritual
heaven, eternal harmony. Through repentance, spiritual
baptism, and regeneration, mortals put off their material
beliefs and false individuality. It is only a
question of time when "they shall all know
Me [God], from the least of them unto the greatest."
Denial of the claims of matter is a great step towards
the joys of Spirit, towards human freedom and the final
triumph over the body.
The one only way
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There is but one way to heaven, harmony, and Christ
There is but one way to heaven, harmony, and Christ
in divine Science shows us this way. It is to know no
other reality – to have no other conscious-
ness of life – than good, God and His reflec-
tion, and to rise superior to the so-called pain and pleasure
of the senses.
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Self-love is more opaque than a solid body. In pa-
Self-love is more opaque than a solid body. In pa-
tient obedience to a patient God, let us labor to dis-
solve with the universal solvent of Love the adamant
of error, – self-will, self-justification, and self-love, –
which wars against spirituality and is the law of sin
and death.
Divided vestments
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The vesture of Life is Truth. According to the Bible,
The vesture of Life is Truth. According to the Bible,
the facts of being are commonly misconstrued, for it is
written: "They parted my raiment among
them, and for my vesture they did cast lots."
The divine Science of man is woven into one web of
consistency without seam or rent. Mere speculation or
superstition appropriates no part of the divine vesture,
while inspiration restores every part of the Christly gar-
ment of righteousness.
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The finger-posts of divine Science show the way our
The finger-posts of divine Science show the way our
Master trod, and require of Christians the proof which
he gave, instead of mere profession. We may hide