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for believing in their reality is the very pain and

      disease. Jesus cast out a devil, and the dumb spake; [15]

      hence it is right to know that the works of Satan are the

      illusion and error which Truth casts out.

      Does the gentleman above mentioned know the

      meaning of divine metaphysics, or of metaphysical

      theology? [20]

      According to Webster, metaphysics is defined thus:

      “The science of the conceptions and relations which are

      necessary to thought and knowledge; science of the

      mind.” Worcester defines it as “the philosophy of mind,

      as distinguished from that of matter; a science of which [25]

      the object is to explain the principles and causes of

      all things existing,” Brande calls metaphysics “the

      science which regards the ultimate grounds of being, as

      distinguished from its phenomenal modifications.” “A

      speculative science, which soars beyond the bounds of [30]

      experience,” is a further definition.

      [pg 069]

      Divine metaphysics is that which treats of the exist- [1]

      ence of God, His essence, relations, and attributes. A

      sneer at metaphysics is a scoff at Deity; at His goodness,

      mercy, and might.

      Christian Science is the unfolding of true metaphysics; [5]

      that is, of Mind, or God, and His attributes. Science rests

      on Principle and demonstration. The Principle of Chris-

      tian Science is divine. Its rule is, that man shall utilize

      the divine power.

      In Genesis i. 26, we read: “Let us make man in [10]

      our image, after our likeness: and let them have

      dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of

      the air.”

      I was once called to visit a sick man to whom the

      regular physicians had given three doses of Croton [15]

      oil, and then had left him to die. Upon my arrival I

      found him barely alive, and in terrible agony. In one

      hour he was well, and the next day he attended to his

      business. I removed the stoppage, healed him of en-

      teritis, and neutralized the bad effects of the poison- [20]

      ous oil. His physicians had failed even to move his

      bowels—though the wonder was, with the means

      used in their effort to accomplish this result, that

      they had not quite killed him. According to their

      diagnosis, the exciting cause of the inflammation and [25]

      stoppage was—eating smoked herring. The man is

      living yet; and I will send his address to any one

      who may wish to apply to him for information about

      his case.

      Now comes the question: Had that sick man dominion [30]

      over the fish in his stomach?

      His want of control over “the fish of the sea” must

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      have been an illusion, or else the Scriptures misstate [1]

      man's power. That the Bible is true I believe, not

      only, but I demonstrated its truth when I exercised

      my power over the fish, cast out the sick man's illu-

      sion, and healed him. Thus it was shown that the [5]

      healing action of Mind upon the body has its only ex-

      planation in divine metaphysics. As a man “thinketh

      in his heart, so is he.” When the mortal thought, or be-

      lief, was removed, the man was well.

      What did Jesus mean when he said to the dying thief, [10]

      “To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise”?

      Paradisaical rest from physical agony would come to

      the criminal, if the dream of dying should startle him

      from the dream of suffering. The paradise of Spirit

      would come to Jesus, in a spiritual sense of Life and [15]

      power. Christ Jesus lived and reappeared. He was too

      good to die; for goodness is immortal. The thief was

      not equal to the demands of the hour; but sin was de-

      stroying itself, and had already begun to die—as

      the poor thief's prayer for help indicated. The dy- [20]

      ing malefactor and our Lord were inevitably sepa-

      rated through Mind. The thief's body, as matter,

      must dissolve into its native nothingness; whereas the

      body of the holy Spirit of Jesus was eternal. That

      day the thief would be with Jesus only in a finite [25]

      and material sense of relief; while our Lord would

      soon be rising to the supremacy of Spirit, working

      out, even in the silent tomb, those wonderful demon-

      strations of divine power, in which none could equal his

      glory. [30]

      [pg 071]

      Is it right for me to treat others, when I am not entirely [1]

      well myself?

      The late John B. Gough is said to have suffered from

      an appetite for alcoholic drink until his death; yet he

      saved many a drunkard from this fatal appetite. Paul [5]

      had a thorn in the flesh: one writer thinks that he was

      troubled with rheumatism, and another that he had sore

      eyes; but this is certain, that he healed others who were

      sick. It is unquestionably right to do right; and heal-

      ing the sick is a very right thing to do. [10]

      Does Christian Science set aside the law of transmission,

      prenatal desires, and good or bad influences on the unborn

      child?

      Science never averts law, but supports it. All actual

      causation must interpret omnipotence, the all-knowing [15]

      Mind. Law brings out Truth, not error; unfolds divine

      Principle—but neither human hypothesis nor matter.

      Errors are based on a mortal or material formation; they

      are suppositional modes, not the factors of divine presence

      and power. [20]

      Whatever is humanly conceived

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