n you only an epitome of the Principle, 9
so I can give you here nothing but an outline of the prac-
tice. Be honest, be true to thyself, and true to others;
then it follows thou wilt be strong in God, the eternal 12
good. Heal through Truth and Love; there is no other
healer.

In all moral revolutions, from a lower to a higher con- 15
dition of thought and action, Truth is in the minority and
error has the majority. It is not otherwise in the field
of Mind-healing. The man who calls himself a Christian 18
Scientist, yet is false to God and man, is also uttering
falsehood about good. This falsity shuts against him the
Truth and the Principle of Science, but opens a way 21
whereby, through will-power, sense may say the unchris-
tian practitioner can heal; but Science shows that he makes
morally worse the invalid whom he is supposed to cure. 24

By this I mean that mortal mind should not be falsely
impregnated. If by such lower means the health is seem-
ingly restored, the restoration is not lasting, and the patient 27
is liable to a relapse, -- "The last state of that man is 1
worse than the first."

The teacher of Mind-healing who is not a Christian, 3
in the highest sense, is constantly sowing the seeds of
discord and disease. Even the truth he speaks is more
or less blended with error; and this error will spring up 6
in the mind of his pupil. The pupil's imperfect knowl-
edge will lead to weakness in practice, and he will be a
poor practitioner, if not a malpractitioner. 9

The basis of malpractice is in erring human will, and
this will is an outcome of what I call _mortal mind_, -- a
false and temporal sense of Truth, Life, and Love. To 12
heal, in Christian Science, is to base your practice on
immortal Mind, the divine Principle of man's being; and
this requires a preparation of the heart and an answer 15
of the lips from the Lord.

The Science of healing is the Truth of healing. If
one is untruthful, his mental state weighs against his 18
healing power; and similar effects come from pride,
envy, lust, and all fleshly vices.

The spiritual power of a scientific, right thought, with- 21
out a direct effort, an audible or even a mental argument,
has oftentimes healed inveterate diseases.

The thoughts of the practitioner should be imbued with 24
a clear convic