and all the wicked
endeavors of suppositional demons can never change the [15]
current of that life from steadfastly flowing on to God,
its divine source.

But, taking the livery of heaven wherewith to cover
iniquity, is the most fearful sin that mortals can commit.
I should have more faith in an honest drugging-doctor, [20]
one who abides by his statements and works upon as
high a basis as he understands, healing me, than I could
or would have in a smooth-tongued hypocrite or mental
malpractitioner.

Between the centripetal and centrifugal mental forces [25]
of material and spiritual gravitations, we go into or we
go out of materialism or sin, and choose our course and
its results. Which, then, shall be our choice,--the sin-
ful, material, and perishable, or the spiritual, joy-giving,
and eternal? [30]

The spiritual sense of Life and its grand pursuits is
of itself a bliss, health-giving and joy-inspiring. This

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sense of Life illumes our pathway with the radiance of [1]
divine Love; heals man spontaneously, morally and
physically,--exhaling the aroma of Jesus' own words,
"Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest." [5]

CHAPTER II. ONE CAUSE AND EFFECT.

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Christian Science begins with the First Com- [1]
mandment of the Hebrew Decalogue, "Thou
shalt have no other gods before me." It goes on in
perfect unity with Christ's Sermon on the Mount, and
in that age culminates in the Revelation of St. John, [5]
who, while on earth and in the flesh, like ourselves,
beheld "a new heaven and a new earth,"--the spiritual
universe, whereof Christian Science now bears testimony.

Our Master said, "The works that I do shall ye do
also;" and, "The kingdom of God is within you." This [10]
makes practical all his words and works. As the ages
advance in spirituality, Christian Science will be seen
to depart from the trend of other Christian denomina-
tions in no wise except by increase of spirituality.

My first plank in the platform of Christian Science [15]
is as follows: "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor
substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite
manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal
Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and
eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is [20]
God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man
is not material; he is spiritual."(1)

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