ng a destruction of the evi-_ 18
_dence of the material senses, and restoration of the true_
_evidence of spiritual sense?_

It is, so far as you perceive and understand this predi- 21
cate and postulate of Mind-healing; but the Science of
Mind-healing is best understood in practical demonstra-
tion. The proof of what you apprehend, in the simplest 24
definite and absolute form of healing, can alone answer
this question of how much you understand of Christian
Science Mind-healing. Not that all healing is Science, 1
by any means; but that the simplest case, healed in Science,
is as demonstrably scientific, in a small degree, as the most 3
difficult case so treated.

The infinite and subtler conceptions and consistencies
of Christian Science are set forth in my work Science and 6
Health.

_Is man material or spiritual?_

In Science, man is the manifest reflection of God, per- 9
feet and immortal Mind. He is the likeness of God; and
His likeness would be lost if inverted or perverted.

According to the evidence of the so-called physical 12
senses, man is material, fallen, sick, depraved, mortal.
Science and spiritual sense contradict this, and they afford
the only true evidence of the being of God and man, the 15
material evidence being wholly false.

Jesus said of personal evil, that "the truth abode not
in him," because there is no material sense. Matter, as 18
matter, has neither sensation nor personal intelligence.
As a pretension to be Mind, matter is a lie, and "the
father of lies;" Mind is not in matter, and Spirit cannot 21
originate its opposite, named matter.

According to divine Science, Spirit no more changes its
species, by evolving matter from Spirit, than natural 24
science, so-called, or material laws, bring about altera-
tion of species by transforming minerals into vegetables
or plants into animals, -- thus confusing and confounding 27
the three great kingdoms. No rock brings forth an apple; 1
no pine-tree produces a mammal or provides breast-milk
for babes. 3

To sense, the lion of to-day is the lion of six thousand
years ago; but in Science, Spirit sends forth its own harm-
less likeness. 6

_How should I undertake to demonstrate Christian Science_
_in healing the sick?_

As I have give