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by one ex- [25] presses the sense of words in one language by equiva- lent words in another, I do. If you refer to the removal of a person to heaven, without his subjection to death, I modify my affirmative answer. I believe in this removal being possible after all the footsteps requisite [30] have been taken up to the very throne, up to the [Page 68.] spiritual sense and fact of divine substance, intelligence, [1] Life, and Love. This translation is not the work of mo- ments; it requires both time and eternity. It means more than mere disappearance to the human sense; it must include also man's changed appearance and diviner form [5] visible to those beholding him here. _The Rev. ---- said in a sermon: A true Christian_ _would protest against metaphysical healing being called_ _Christian Science. He also maintained that pain and_ _disease are not illusions but realities; and that it is not_ [10] _Christian to believe they are illusions. Is this so?_ It is unchristian to believe that pain and sickness are anything _but_ illusions. My proof of this is, that the penalty 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. [Page 69.] 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 d
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