he is the image and likeness of infinite Life,
Truth, and Love.

Infinite progression is concrete being, which finite [20]
mortals see and comprehend only as abstract glory. As
mortal mind, or the material sense of life, is put off,
the spiritual sense and Science of being is brought to
light.

Mortal mind is a myth; the one Mind is immortal. [25]
A mythical or mortal sense of existence is consumed
as a moth, in the treacherous glare of its own flame--
the errors which devour it. Immortal Mind is God,
immortal good; in whom the Scripture saith "we live,
and move, and have our being." This Mind, then, is not [30]
subject to growth, change, or diminution, but is the divine

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intelligence, or Principle, of all real being; holding [1]
man forever in the rhythmic round of unfolding bliss,
as a living witness to and perpetual idea of inexhaustible
good.

_In your book, Science and Health,_(_3_)_ page 181, you_ [5]
_say: __"__Every sin is the author of itself, and every_
_invalid the cause of his own sufferings.__"__ On page_
_182 you say: __"__Sickness is a growth of illusion, spring-_
_ing from a seed of thought,--either your own thought_
_or another's.__"__ Will you please explain this seeming_ [10]
_contradiction?_

No person can accept another's belief, except it be
with the consent of his own belief. If the error which
knocks at the door of your own thought originated in
another's mind, you are a free moral agent to reject or [15]
to accept this error; hence, you are the arbiter of your
own fate, and sin is the author of sin. In the words
of our Master, you are "a liar, and the father of it
[the lie]."

_Why did Jesus call himself __"__the Son of man__"__?_ [20]

In the life of our Lord, meekness was as conspicuous
as might. In John xvii. he declared his sonship with
God: "These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his
eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come;
glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee." [25]
The hour had come for the avowal of this great truth,
and for the proof of his eternal Life and sonship. Jesus'

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wisdom ofttimes was shown by his forbearing to speak, [1]
as well as by speaking, the whole truth. Haply he waited
for a preparation of the human heart to receive start-
ling announcements. This wisdom, which character-
ized his sayings, did not prophesy his death, and thereby [5]
hasten or permit it.

The disciples and prophets thrust disputed