Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures

ng of which is att

low

acles o

, nor hath lip spo

t. Our Master taught

bles. As a div

o man, illustr

and Truth in himself

ng. Human theories

ne Principle invol

ght by Jesus and espe

leled, and triump

es

of the

wn from the five ph

reason; and be

light, human

bly transmits Jesus'

revel

n of

sciples beware of

and of the Sadduc

doctrines. Hi

oman took, and hid

the whole was leaven

ual leaven signifies

al interpretation, -

astical and formal

stra

parable point a mor

econd appearing i

den in sacred secr

ble

s leaven of Truth

tire mass of error,

ed in man's sp

and human

significance, Sci

of divine thought,

manating from the

and grace. Th

se spiritual la

erial sense of law, a

asures of meal, -

In all mortal for

s the natural status

motion are honor

ues until the leave

ortal thought, as yea

ties o

contra

f material law, a

sent a kingdom necess

these definition

spiritual. The

vine decrees and viol

God are one and t

mes down

pable

w matter with vagu

o so in our theori

lly endow matter

possess, - we

eories lead to one

ose the self-evoluti

they assume that ma

the first horn of

a power in and of itse

n universe; while

ma and regard God

only to make Him res

moral, but to ann

king Him guilty of

n the form and under

a

and

s identical with n

ual and is not expres

ghtning palsies

at prayer, is no

t Love. God is natur

idea of goodness; w

al, because it is o

of Spir

un an

nrise, one finds

e the senses to be

on and the sun at

the human per

lar system, so Chr

eming relation of So

o Mind. Thus it

servant of the res

to finite sense. But

admit that soul is

hat man is included

s God, unchangeabl

nd reflects Soul, G

6 im

l of te

the false testimo

reversal mortals a

ts of being. The

: Is a man sick

t he is in good hea

onditions for man. A

ck? Yes, he is well

mal and disea

and the

a condition of matt

nses bear reliable

. The Science

o be impossible f

to exhibit the real

nciple of Science,

ysical senses, reveal

which is the only b

all disease, heals

nce, and refutes m

/ or /con/, deduced

r from matter's su

sease, instead of reve

, confirms that tes

eads to

c illus

umbus gave free

e and superstit

old navigator, an

im in the face; but s

is discovery had un

ations of a sens

out the stellar

hy was chaotic, and

incorrect

nial

emen read in the

fortunes of men.

than the horoscop

e empyrean, ea

bird and blossom

d happy sunshine, g

and beauty to gla

potheses of materia

s as the wandering c

searcher for a

mic unf

rotation is invisi

un seems to move from

om west to east

s of the everla

ny of the eye delude

sions. Science sho

nd corrects these

greater controls the

so far as our solar

ves about the sun o

ng daily on

d, astronomical

inciple; and the un

thus brought nearer t

Science as display

t of the

ng tes

f the physical sense

ng, and so creates

eeming power to s

great facts of

s triad of errors, c

reveal the kingdom of

on earth. The mat

ce of Soul was prac

ears ago by the demo

senses still make

ordain certain sec

nerves, as the seats

eports to this so-c

iness o

ny of t

ocus is another proo

the eye's retina,

n hands, cloud

le. The baromet

nd sunshine, denyi

s to fair weather i

nching rain. Experien

ns, which every th

ms

al sens

sense, the severanc

e; but to spir

Life goes on

rnal. Temporal life

ste

and psyc

e the same mista

Ptolemy made regard

ul is in body and m

tronomical science

to the relations of th

ill surely destroy

restrial bodies.

n will then app

ould not affec

the error relating t

of Science and as

tive of Spirit, s

lutely weak and inh

univ

ng an

d shows conclusiv

s to be, but is no

sical theories,

to /thoughts/, and r

l sense with s

TIAN SCIENCE w

gnate the scientif

8 hea

on consists

of this divine

gh a spiritual sense

ngs of the Comfort

Ma

, by present demons

Jesus did not spe

ended, but that t

e divine Principle.

the eternality of

inuity o

tific

Science differs f

n that account

trary, Christian

ic, being based on Tr

scie

cience a b

nce (so-called) is

a blind belief, a

this human beli

support it, its fo

moral might,

of its own, this be

eks to find life and i

and holding fast to

lief is a blind con

s is a mortal, finite

irit silenc

interp

man, is to be int

e Principle, God, and

en explained

and represent

ty, and decay, the un

ntinue to b

orce

n, and attraction

elong to divine Pri

of that though

rth in its orbi

ve, "Thus far a

e, substance, and

d on forces. Wi

t collapse. Human k

but divine Science

divine Mind, ar

restores them to the

ifica

real

functions of the

l world will change

is now considered

and functional h

onger be foun

conditions will b

ealth-giving. Neith

beyond God's con

d natural to chang

more harmonious in h

states which human

cti

hought changes fr

s pain and painle

o hope and from fa

ible manifestation wi

by material sense

is self-governed

Spirit, man cannot be

g our material the

to be v

ime a

ill come and go with

t, latitude and lo

find that these

s crops. "As a v

hey shall be chan

n over the atmosp

fish of the sea and

ll no longer look

from them upon th

ll find his flowe

nothi

l finally be pr

ef, wholly inadequ

pposed organic actio

e no longer used i

nothingness, or "

mortal mind w

mortality will ce

eflection, even as ma

a g

of orig

divine. Human t

ast portion of true

d interpreted

pirit, and so

nd repeated it mater

a real tone nor se

un

istic q

issue between Chri

r theology on the o

in cause and

al and spiritual?

zance of the materi

be left to the m

hypot

ical

hristian Science a

disease just as I

onstrated through

health, longev

found nothing in

ich to found my own,

of our great Mast

tles. The Bible h

ve had no other guid

way" of

and Chri

ists the author's

Christianity, or que

ill not therefore l

will Christianity

e All-in-all, b

erse, including ma

lassification as trut

owledge or unders

hing beyond illi

tific

ine Science, Spirit

an Science, or Sci

ngeably, accor

ts of the conte

or everything rela

ternal Mind. It ma

Christian Science r

d to humanity. Ch

he author of sin, s

e Principle, Suprem

eaches that matter

nce; that nerves, b

ave - as matter - no i

sat

sical

cal science, inas

the divine Mind. Th

ot a law of mat

er. Science is

and is alone able to

and not a material o

omforter which lea

nce eschews what is c

built on the false

, that law is found

at these are final an

is natural and p

aculous t

ical

properly underst

d to His governmen

of man. From thi

d cultured scho

ience enhances th

enlarges their perc

ness and compreh

their ordinary c

with this spiritual

apable of greater

lf, and requires l

ience of being develo

of man. It extends

ortals access to

es the thinker into hi

erspi

eneficent and agr

s escape into the su

r knowledge of T

his fellow-man fo

ightmare, he should n

rever destroys wit

the so-called e

s and scie

es to Mind, not matt

upon the judgment

f two sums in

ing the same res

the major and t

m are correct, the co

be false. So in Ch

contradictions, be

the reasoning of an

operly computed s

thful, and can to

mise or c

by inv

ow the spiritual

rsing the materi

or /con/, - be it

or utterly co

istic t

defined as a beli

er, - a belief which

here will be "g

t since the be

arth will echo the c

orment us before

ism, spiritualism

ism, and infidelity a

o its demonstrati

r sy

ogy n

ndon pharmaceutics

ce of real being.

stead of accept

e of things. Can

or learn from disc

as rational are s

g the path which Scie

ion among mortal

points to

tant

liver may object t

easures of the tab

ht in this book, t

t. The petty intelle

nd. The licentious

er its slight spi

e bidden to the

as a farm, anothe

refore they c

for ig

k dishonestly of d

scord, when you

ty of Science. It

fect harmony with Go

n understood and

iscord, - since you

this premise it f

oncords hav

en and

ience, properly und

mind of material

ual facts; and

ust be denied an

You cannot add to

l. Laboring long t

and to inculcate a gr

bility of Spirit to

hor has often reme

e children, and under

to the heave

il unn

rtled at the stro

macy of God, or Trut

od, ought we

tounded at the

ubt them, and no long

ral to forsake it,

resent and good a

rprising and unnatur

real as truth. Sick

lth. There is no err

rned by reality in

he divine Princi

or of c

troyed by divine Sc

orporeal senses di

sensuous man t

significance of t

ity against God."

eriority of spiritua

2 THE

hly n

cience come thro

ersons insist? Thi

after the manner

hurches seem n

g to the Scriptura

and his own receive

hee, O Father, L

hast hid these th

and hast revealed

it seemed good in T

the Christ, which

ctrines of men, is n

n are made r

ptist, and

esus confirmed p

o-called miracles of

of the divine p

e not understoo

d his claim to th

quiry, "Art thou h

an affirmative reply,

g to his doctrine,

the divine power to

n. Hence his rep

things which ye d

their sight and the

the deaf hear, the

e the gospel pre

whosoever shall not b

ave his benedicti

hat such effects,

the unity of God, -

ngs out a

t rej

ld thrust the spir

it out of their syn

stic beliefs ab

ng received no

itary or religious sy

vinity; and it has

-day, as of yore,

the spiritual idea,

condemns the cure

ht on any but a mat

ipating this rejecti

this salvation fro

Jesus asked, "Wh

hall he find fai

s mis

of John the Bapt

r endow him with

he Christ? This

is disciples t

afterwards he se

e Messianic appearing

t thou he tha

cording

ith greater than th

d, "Is not thi

a certain cen

mself declared, "I h

o, not i

Mind which saved

plagues. In the wild

manna fell from the

azen serpent, and

healed of the poison

ity, miracles atten

when they depar

demoralization bega

ions, the divine

ople of God in the

n kings'

m anti

ntithesis of Chri

d the limited for

igion. It was a f

out in special t

tary methods, and

"himself equal with

against him who p

of Spirit, who t

Father and would reco

ubstance out

tly l

ption of God, as

mighty hero and k

o the true kn

s have not cleans

re. To-day the cry

him!" At every ad

opposed with

ony of

from the Greek, m

d for Truth were s

, that at length

n its signific

n one who suffers

in the Christ, Truth

f Christianity, th

, crucified, and o

me about that human

llows and

of Chr

es are waning. T

es of trouble. Devoi

lustrate the do

of grace? Deni

stian healing robs Ch

it divine force an

ccess in the

of m

s is demonstrably Ch

rmony which overc

cience is supe

, nor because it

cause it is the im

: "I knew that T

raised Lazarus from

he sick, walked o

y for believing in

power over mate

ul w

God's law, but doe

present seems mo

itself. The Psalmi

, that thou fled

wast driven ba

like rams, and

e, thou earth, at

resence of the God o

order, but unfold

Science of God's

ution alone is worth

ne p

sickness

ich heals sin hea

beauty of holiness,"

sts out evils,

vil called dise

en Christ cast

to pass, when the

There is to-day d

the Jews by limiting

od furnish a table

annot

Science and

aid, and truly, that

e must be Christian

nd useless; but

untrue, and they a

proves the one

ristianity as Jesu

a system of ceremoni

Jehovah; but it w

ting out error and

he /name/ of Christ, o

as must be the ca

ne l

rist-m

hed his church and m

ndation of Christ-

ers that his rel

h would cast ou

the sinning. He

nor life separate f

brought upon him,

en both bodily

t spir

then as now was, Ho

to this question

to his stude

hat I, the Son o

it that is thus ide

ling the sick? Th

u art John the Bapt

r one of the prophe

ad, and this reply

people believed tha

he spirit of Jo

cy was repeated

d king and debauche

n of divine Science

s not surprising;

prehend what the di

ven Herod doubted

inted preacher. H

have I beheaded:

esired to see

ng dis

prehended their

s; but they did

nd did, or the

often. Jesus pat

emonstrating the tru

r of Truth heal the

; but the ultimate o

discerned, even by t

their immaculate T

or over sickness, si

gr

understood, the

/ye/ that I am?" T

is it that is abl

popular mind? In h

y given and his rene

Jesus completely

their citation of

5 abo

ine r

mpetuosity, Simo

reply set forth

hrist, the Son o

essiah is what

the spirit of God,

als mentally. This as

tion, "Blessed ar

blood hath not rev

which is in heaven;

e the way

and liv

impetuous discip

common names, Simon

the Master g

these words: "

at thou art Peter; a

word /petros/, or /

gates of hell [/h

/grave/] shall not p

s purposed foundi

nal Peter as a mor

ehind Peter's con

ss

me su

dent to Peter that d

man personality, w

, a firm founda

On this spirituall

s cures, which app

ed that diseases w

, by /materia medica/,

casting out the err

Spirit was the fo

His sublime summary

L

ra in

in the Christian e

ity, theology, and h

orders now, as

, to possess the

ist-example, and to h

asier for Christiani

the sick are more w

inners to give up the

The Christian can p

was proved c

ful th

id to every follower

the gospel to ev

! . . . Love

It was this theol

the sinning. It is

tual meaning of th

and causes the wicked

s man his thoughts

y which the impious

and refo

o end, the Scrip

riumph of Spirit,

ed the power of

s; so did Josh

ian era was ushere

orms have commonly

secution, even wh

ce; but the presen

us faith will teach me

sectarian bitterne

wa

ce ob

s by vote of Church

not be considered

in the ancien

usand different r

e three hundred t

how a mortal and

e record, with its ow

ed pages. But mis

divine Science of

to Revelation, mar

e healing by the pr

ich the builders r

"the head of

nts be

sm, theosophy, a

n Science, as they

it does not follo

valid cannot be

moral condition

dy of Truth more tha

is more than usua

ment of mor

ible to t

oreal being, nobod

nts Him as saying

e; for there sha

materially bu

e Mind, as Life,

adore in proportion

love Him understan

reality, but rejoic

ligion will then be o

will no longer be

k of love, - strai

wallowin

rue w

ually, only as we

ual devoutness is

Worshipping thro

nism. Judaic a

shadows of true

hall worship the Fat

ut

opomo

l Jehovah was a

th, repentance, and

cience God is u

e, which change

isease, nor death. It

r Scripture is rev

man in His, God'

rocreate man, and m

is the god of a mo

nif

professi

the distance betwee

n of the ages and t

e than professio

nstration. Few

' divine precep

Because his precep

right hand and pluc

aside even the mos

ices, to leave

siastica

ch is the popular

d along the line of

descent, as kings

In healing the

the fact that t

understanding of the

it which governed

there is no dynasty

s only crowned head

priest is the spi

at all believers

God." The outsider

tand this ruling o

demonstrate God

this manifestatio

ts divine Principl

ers

nge d

of scientific religi

te sin, sickness,

tice to Christ

ir representation

our institutions of

theology and phys

ss and sin in less tim

ng them, have requ

ment and p

aims o

lowers of Christ,

s power over sickn

religions general

rs, - the pow

ided garment, the w

Christianity, for Chr

with absolu

hness

pturned to a lordly

ll, making dome and

e poor and the

the same time

ain do the manger and

fustian. Sensuali

left to let go its

e cle

time, so to-day, tyr

he temple, and humi

comed in. The

demonstration, as

l needed to purge

orldly worship an

ng-places for

DI

n of pr

, Mind or medic

-existent, then Mind,

medicine. God

edicine; but t

ld not have been ma

and character of

y for error of every

s untrue. Hence th

, Christ casts out

i

ds re

od does not employ

hem for human use;

d employed the

are more deplo

f the sick cannot re

The divine Mind n

tter required a ma

it could be consi

not cu

man mind uses on

en to choose betwe

mind takes the le

is basis it sa

nd quiets pain w

mind influences th

the stomach, blo

eponderance of po

ou continue in the ol

elligent, never dis

available superior

ot controlled scient

i

ble coa

creator, and the

which is derived fr

cally, is first

ternally, then

dominion, and power

r and unspiritual

d and drugs coalesc

ientifically. Why s

ince no good

emost and superior,

operation from lo

alled powe

the squire, when

r, when dawns the

and

beliefs formulate

, hygiene, are mainly

int gleams of

l a belief, the

rror; the stronger are

s, the weaker the i

wer det

is not Science. H

d material senses, and

the sick to re

actice of Chris

mal magnetism. Huma

of man. It produce

r in the realism o

will, is the divine

"Peace, b

ative a

ience wars with s

as Truth wars with

. Ignorance, pr

to whatever is

ence of being is un

his own physician,

versal

nt he

ion to-day, whether

the Science of Ch

caught its sweet to

the tones of harm

xplain them. So

the spirit of S

could not hinder

t the spirit, would

cti

ggle and

he recovery of inv

rial methods, but

Mind. The vic

side only as

st, Truth, subdues

rs not what mater

in drugs, trust in

me other min

y of g

has this advantag

Truth controls err

ethical as well a

its ethical and

connected. If the

healing, it is the m

o the ungodly, -

ance of the laws o

4 ing

/versus

ertake to oppose

rease the antagon

ards other forms

e between Spir

antagonism mort

weaken its own

aling

Christian Scienc

er's first article

s was healing, and h

cient Christians

lement of Christ

stems of relig

r systems of medic

h in matter. The sc

fashion, rather tha

destroy its own d

been sacrificed. Su

spiritual power, by

nt of Science and

Chris

and di

substitutes drug

ight of Mind - t

ism clings for sa

to the divine

Science, the cura

Why? Because truth d

power, and clothes

e "stranger that i

t, even when its ele

ts divine origi

Science as

rives its sanctio

origin of Science is

ence of Truth

This healing

been far anterior

It is as ancient

rough all Life, an

0 all

ion to

s is now reduced

le by and adapted

hich we live. This

onstrate the d

h Jesus' healin

r its present appli

se

neteenth century I d

Science. They wer

test, and everywher

ircumstances where

is Science showed

and healing efficac

sed away since Jesus

udaea and in the

l and

ume contains the

never believe that yo

Science by a

he book needs t

tration of the rules

rmly on the spiri

This proof lifts

ils of theories alrea

the spiritual fac

d and see

te rule

aled the sick, pract

generalities of it

ut he left no d

ting this Princi

. This rule remain

e. A pure affection

ence alone reveals t

demonstrate

own p

f disease as danger

his students broug

, he said to them,

implying that th

Mind. He pres

to material laws,

obedience

anatomy and

or theology has e

rit, - as God's m

men of /men/, o

d corporeally i

emerging from

m the highest, conc

ogy define man as

mind at the mercy

mation, and manifest

s materially. It lo

cepts the discord

the divine Principle

- the one wholly,

ing that /man/ whic

counterfeit, of God

ow to make this ma

division and discor

unity of Spirit

logy d

matter, dethrone

erial law, instead

fails to give heal

ores the divine

ender help in tim

in, this ruling of th

f a theology whic

ut not of sickness,

rated that Truth cou

l as f

s and b

utweighs drugs in t

n. The more excel

ry case. Is /m

r a bundle of s

scription which s

ther, and this is o

of the patient. Thes

are left without

e. The rule and its

y in Science. If you

you have not demon

e in your own life

e rule and proved th

ie

hool p

he old school re

know that mind aff

se our patient

d to take as li

mind can never cure o

and facts contrad

ermed organic disea

ely functional disea

e divi

in o

Mind, governs all,

icting disease does no

s thought spir

. We need to

f divine Science, dis

according to Chr

illage, or hamlet,

ng witnesses and mo

h, as applied thr

em of heal

ain p

ng power of Trut

anent, eternal Sc

exhibition. Its

the gospel of "

men." This coming

is for its establis

g men; but the mi

the time of its ear

ily one of physical

are wrought in the

ease; but these sig

e origin, - to attest t

ist-power to take

rl

ded d

so-called) of physic

tter and mind are

n spite of the i

ontrary to the la

fringes man's free

erroneous to the au

some future day, as t

edestination of so

octrine that man

al conditions all his

ut of his own body

doctrine of the s

Mind, - is

ase

ulapius are flood

they are ignorant

myths. To be sure,

re was but one fac

ctor they represe

Mind could not

itself, but erring

e need of something

ion and

ions r

due the motives a

ss of physicians. We

ience of Mind-h

f the enlarged

race physically and

ven this one refor

r mankind from th

now enforced by fals

would gla

verned

s that death has

never stopped bein

ungs, brain, et

e, God. Every

governed by the div

to kill or to cure

man. The divine

is own image and

God and must be p

really exists is

in this Mind the enti

l. The straight an

e this fact, yield

w the leadin

mind de

claims to govern

ave overwhelming

a myth, and must by

wield the sceptre

erless. The imm

its supposed

from itself. The a

ook the AEsculapius

give hope to the s

ow not how the w

effect, even when

vity fro

nd over again. It is related that Sir Humphry Davy once ap- 152:15 parently cured a case of paralysis simply by introducing a thermometer into the patient's mouth. This he did merely to a

experiments

medical researches

ght for the metap

ry material

in her search for

d why, and ca

e divinely driven t

health an

thic att

in homoeopathy h

rial curative me

/ to /Zincum oxy

ymptoms, the

nd different reme

ttenuated to such a d

Thus we learn that

he disease or change

dis

alt an

tenuated /Natrum

until there was not a

had "lost his s

that attenuatio

aspoonful of the wate

urs, she has cured

typhoid fever. The

and the most potent

ery leads to more

ther human faith o

nd that there is no

in o

painful; but that

nd is not painful

, through inflam

pain, and this

ter mentally to y

truth, and it will s

ot exist where ther

oof that this so-c

that is, its own

of co

others weep, we

smallpox because o

d, not matter, co

When this men

ll be more careful

we shall avoid loqu

uld avoid advocat

ety should ever t

rm, and certainly we

oca

, like other mental

t is a law of mort

regarded as conta

ough association, - ca

of disease and its

in th

nary

etaphysics is illust

s made to believe

olera patient

e symptoms of thi

The fact was, that

rial contact, becau

d been in

en's a

osed to contagion

ed and says, "My c

mortal mind and

ore than the ch

ey produce the very

vented through the o

that exposure to t

misc

not a Christian Scie

guidance, who says

ook tired," "You n

need me

to her little one

lling on the carpet

hly than her child,

and more success

to say: "Oh, neve

think you are." Prese

accident, an

power

recover by the use o

, culminating in in

ding to this fai

hen you take awa

rug, you have not y

aith. The chemist,

doctor, and the nurs

nd the beliefs whic

neral belief endo

his or that, individua

ence, is but a belie

ef is governed

f in

belief in physics w

of Christian metap

ief, which sust

all medical resu

; and the percent

ce must mightily o

in order to heal a sin

re powerfully to o

ls of flesh, in prop

e material or fleshly

l scale. Homoeopa

ncy of the medicin

drug di

e of

homoeopathy, an

ng; but if drugs

why lessen the a

s, is it safe

ou have of them th

c virtues or intellige

ust be mental. Wh

m good or bad for m

uri

ured wit

dical practice, and learning that her former physician had prescribed these remedies, I began to fear an aggravation of symptoms from their 156:15 prolonged use, and told the patient so; but she was unwilling to give up the medicine while she was re- covering. It then occurred to me to give her un- 156:18 medicated pellets and watch the result. I did so, and she continued to gain. Finally she said t

tely

aught in Christia

beyond homoeopat

sappears from th

s its rightfu

hy takes mental

ion in its diagnosis

y with the mental c

ease. It succeeds wh

one recognized Prin

e force of the men

the Science of Mind

with inanim

s of hom

exterminates the

the curative Princip

d has all powe

drug with suc

ttenuations, tha

n mind than the su

we call matter; a

n is proportion

ng unc

of God's creatio

n Genesis) He pron

not be poisonous

nsically bad, t

He creates drugs

ical use, why did J

em for the treat

reative, for it is u

onfers the power whi

ss

ortal mind, and s

e both mind and body

Science impresses

mind and body, -

fe is continuous and

rror and destroys

spiritual and pr

and mate

that the profession o

agan priests, who

ck and designated

He was suppose

prescription,

our Thousand Years

t Apollo was also r

od of pestilence."

s to vegetable and m

eemed progress

he truth which he

uture history of m

t of its material g

aven and endured

upon

s to int

, and whiskey are

d potency of divin

al. It is pitiful

ough the byway

o victimize the ra

for the sick, until m

for strong drink

loathso

cing

progress and of spir

g-systems are quit

etting in matte

tal mind. Homoe

hy, is doing this.

mortal mind, of a

drug, is gover

ts of

city of Lynn, M

in consequence, a

that it would be unsa

without the ether

estified that the

the ether and s

as compelled by her

were held, and she

was brought to t

clusive, and a verd

sioned, not by the e

ling

ditions to

ientific surgery to

and to treat the pat

matter, and as

r to be consul

ic surgeons under

onsidered the wom

ed such treatment

er fear or would have

ithout

from 159:21 effects produced by mortal min

urce of

ols would learn

instead of from Min

, and pulse t

or health, mat

r, - how much pain o

rm of matter is al

mat

he fact that a man's

symptoms, the ord

e disease with hi

himself to the work o

of the d

f physics act again

mortals forsake t

action, drugs lose

e no innate power.

n it, the inani

erl

ent m

the arm is no more

mind, than are the

e viscera. When

the body, the he

s the

my an

cessity for nerves

o muscle and so cause

en the cords c

le? Has mort

hem, or has it bidde

, blood, and nerve

d not in another,

ite the men

e self-acting at

capable of acting

muscles can cease t

rence, - be deform

s disease directs,

y then consult anato

muscle, if we are

muscle is not

over

a material fun

a stiff joint

result of law a

tion of the healthy

giv

/ have burned my f

ore exact than you

matter, burns it

tes of mind which hav

lames, as in the Bi

ves, cast into the

ite mental state mig

bus

tive re

usetts put her f

, restricting the pra

es follow this

onstitution and

ss violence to that im

is endowed by his

among which are li

rsuit of

ate statutes touc

words of the fam

efore a statue of Lib

ty, what crimes ar

me

s challeng

practitioner, examin

that he is sick, and

physical diagno

the very disease h

not already de

onscious mistakes

of philanthropists loo

d as into matter. T

y quickly," but up

metaphysician; for

sease, while the m

health and cha

an alt

brings to the bo

orates and purifie

alterative, neutr

ges the secret

mors, relaxes rigi

o soundness. The effe

mind to a change o

he harmony of

ical

have favored the fa

e instance, but in

aculties of Spir

ions of matter an

so-called materia

cience in practice

n cases of both acute

ms. Secretions hav

n renewed, shorte

kylosed joints have

been restored to he

s called the lost su

zations have been est

tian Science heals

hat is called functi

understanding of th

e to demonstrate

of medic

ct for the fac

om Dr. Benjamin

eacher of medi

s impossible to cal

ates has done, by f

afterward letting

3 pe

erhouse, Profess

himself "sick of

hnson, Surgeon to

and,

scientious opinio

reflection, that if

n, apothecary, ma

n the face of the e

ickness and l

a learned Prof

a

of medicine on the

uncertain; except,

more lives than wa

mine, all

essor of the Inst

iversity of Pennsyl

essay

records of our s

ted with the mult

n us at different t

yed to a greater e

tion of human inve

f it were not more t

of so much absurd

harmonize the co

es is indeed a task

g vapors around us,

ve antipathies of

devious career rese

lops around

bes, M.D., F.R.S.,

hysicians, L

theoretical classi

ic agents, ever yet p

ruth, and none can

e in pr

y that generally the c

are grand men an

tific than are fals

But all human syste

the unction of di

said and done be

the mental microbes o

rms are ex

es it evidence the truth of its basic proposition that mortal thoughts in belief rule the materiality mis- called life in the body or in matter. But the forever fact 164:24 remains paramount that Life, Truth, and Love save from sin, disease,