Chapter X - Science Of Being
Deadness in sin
317:1
Jesus uttered things which had been "secret from the
Jesus uttered things which had been "secret from the
foundation of the world," – since material knowledge
usurped the throne of the creative divine Principle, insisted
on the might of matter, the force of falsity, the insignifi-
cance of spirit, and proclaimed an anthropomorphic God.
The cup of Jesus
317:6
Whosoever lives most the life of Jesus in this age
Whosoever lives most the life of Jesus in this age
and declares best the power of Christian Science, will
drink of his Master's cup. Resistance to
Truth will haunt his steps, and he will in-
cur the hatred of sinners, till "wisdom is justified of
her children." These blessed benedictions rest upon
Jesus' followers: "If the world hate you, ye know that
it hated me before it hated you;" "Lo, I am with you
alway," – that is, not only in all time, but in all ways
and conditions.
317:16
The individuality of man is no less tangible because
The individuality of man is no less tangible because
it is spiritual and because his life is not at the mercy of
matter. The understanding of his spiritual individuality
makes man more real, more formidable in truth, and en-
ables him to conquer sin, disease, and death. Our Lord
and Master presented himself to his disciples after his
resurrection from the grave, as the self-same Jesus whom
they had loved before the tragedy on Calvary.
Material skepticism
317:24
To the materialistic Thomas, looking for the ideal
To the materialistic Thomas, looking for the ideal
Saviour in matter instead of in Spirit and to the testi-
mony of the material senses and the body,
more than to Soul, for an earnest of immor-
tality, – to him Jesus furnished the proof that he was
unchanged by the crucifixion. To this dull and doubt-
ing disciple Jesus remained a fleshly reality, so long as
the Master remained an inhabitant of the earth. Noth-
ing but a display of matter could make existence real
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to Thomas. For him to believe in matter was no task,
to Thomas. For him to believe in matter was no task,
but for him to conceive of the substantiality of Spirit –
to know that nothing can efface Mind and immortality, in
which Spirit reigns – was more difficult.
What the senses originate
318:5
Corporeal senses define diseases as realities; but the
Corporeal senses define diseases as realities; but the
Scriptures declare that God made all, even while the cor-
poreal senses are saying that matter causes
disease and the divine Mind cannot or will
not heal it. The material senses originate and
support all that is material, untrue, selfish, or debased.
They would put soul into soil, life into limbo, and doom
all things to decay. We must silence this lie of material
sense with the truth of spiritual sense. We must cause
the error to cease that brought the belief of sin and death
and would efface the pure sense of omnipotence.
Sickness as discord
318:16
Is the sick man sinful above all others? No! but
Is the sick man sinful above all others? No! but
so far as he is discordant, he is not the image of God.
Weary of their material beliefs, from which
comes so much suffering, invalids grow more
spiritual, as the error – or belief that life is in matter –
yields to the reality of spiritual Life.
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The Science of Mind denies the error of sensation in
The Science of Mind denies the error of sensation in
matter, and heals with Truth. Medical science treats
disease as though disease were real, therefore right, and
attempts to heal it with matter. If disease is right it is
wrong to heal it. Material methods are temporary, and
are not adapted to elevate mankind.
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The governor is not subjected to the governed. In
The governor is not subjected to the governed. In
Science man is governed by God, divine Principle, as
numbers are controlled and proved by His laws. Intelli-
gence does not originate in numbers, but is manifested
through them. The body does not include soul, but man-