principle requires that it should
change constantly, in order to simulate as closely as possible the
real. That accounts for the fleeting character of the whole human
concept of man and the physical universe. The human personality is
never fixed, although the elements of human character remain; that is,
those elements which are essentially unreal and mortal, such as lust,
greed, hatred, and materiality, seem to remain throughout the ages.
They will give way only before truth, even as Paul said. But not until
truth has been admitted to the human mentality and begins its solvent
work there, the work of denying and tearing down the false
thought-concepts and replacing them with true ones."

"And will truth come through the physical senses?" asked Miss Wall.

"No, decidedly no!" said Hitt. "The physical senses testify of
nothing. Their supposed testimony is the material thought which enters
the human mentality and becomes active there, resulting in human
consciousness of both good and evil. And that thought will have to
give way to true thought, before we can begin to put off the 'old man'
and put on the 'new.' Human thoughts, or, as we say, the physical
senses, do not and can not testify of absolute truth. They do not know
God."

"Ha!" exclaimed Haynerd, rousing up. "There goes the Church, and
original sin, and fallen man!"

"There is no such thing as 'fallen man,' my friend," said Hitt
quietly. "The spiritual man, the image and likeness, the reflection,
of the infinite creative mind, is perfect as long as its principle
remains perfect--and that is eternally. The mortal man never was
perfect. He is a product of false, suppositional thought. He is not
and never was man. He did not fall, because he has had no perfection
to lose."

Reverend Patterson Moore, who had sat a silent, though not wholly
sympathetic listener throughout the discussion, could now no longer
withhold his protest. "No wonder," he abruptly exclaimed, "that there
are so few deep convictions to-day concerning the great essentials of
Christianity! As I sit here and listen to you belittle God and rend
the great truths of His Christ, as announced in His Word, the Bible, I
am moved by feelings poignantly sorrowful! The Christ has once been
crucified; and will you slay him again?"

"No," said Carmen, her eyes dilating with surprise, "but we would
resurrect him! Don't you think you have kept him in the tomb long
enough? The Christ-principle is intended for