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Editorial Title: The Science of Man and The Soul’s enquiries of man
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Scribe: Sally T. Wentworth 
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The Science of Man.

QuestionAs Written:Ques 1st What is man as God created him?

AnswerAs Written:Ans. Man is the idea of a principle & eternal with life, and this principle is God which created the idea man, which was the highest idea of this eternal principle

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 2ndAs Written:ond What is this principle?

Ans Wisdom, love & truth.

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 3rd What is the idea of this principle?

Ans. man.

Ques 4th Is man matter?

Ans Certainly not matter, if by matter you mean substance.

Ques 5th Is there no substance then?

Ans There is substance in principle, there is no other substance

Ques 6.th And why not?

Ans. Because substance is an eternal principle, it is also immortal, it is life & not death, therefore it cannot dwell in mortality even for a moment but is a principle outside of it. & is intelligence to the idea man; and there is no other intelligence but the intelligent principle; matter has no intelligence, and belief has no intelligence, for belief is an error, and error is not immortal, it cannot create neither was it created, it is simply the absence of substance and an illusion-

Ques 7th Is substance life and intelligence? and is there no other substance

Ans. Certainly there is not.

Ques 8th What is intelligence?

Ans God.

Ques 9th What is God?

Ans. Wisdom.

Ques 10th What is wisdom?

Ans. A principle.

Ques 11th What is a principle?

Ans. Intelligence substance & life.

Ques 12th What is intelligence substance & life?

Ans The principle eternal, or the triune God, viz Wisdom love & truth none of which are matter

Ques 13th How can a principle be distinguished from a belief?

Ans A principle can be learned only of science and when it is understood it can be demonstrated as truth; a belief requires no proof for it cannot be proved but truth "is known by its works." If inharmony of any sort is manifest, know that truth has not caused it for the results of Wisdom love & truth is the results of a principle and a principle cannot change or err all is harmony which results from a principle, but this harmony is not always understood, the principle not being seen, and science, not belief teaches the principle.

Ques 14th Is man a principle or a belief?

Ans. Wisdom created man and wisdom is a principle & a principle creates its idea but never a belief, therefore man was the likeness of God its immortal & eternal principle; but belief says man is a person & holds fife in the idea, or man this is a shadow of shadows & an illusion; therefore belief is no t science for it is not the creation of a principle; the body of man in science is the shadow of substance, and the idea of a principle and when you make a belief out of an idea you have no principle creating it, therefore that man is a belief is error. When man holds fife in his body man is then in error, and gets sick, and sins, because he is by his belief in an error, and must get into science to get back to the principle which controls error and destroys belief.

Ques 15th When will man arrive at the understanding of himself?

Ans When all intelligence he beholds in the principle & as he returns As Written: returnes to his primitive creation will he learn this wisdom love and truth which is the principle of all creation, and thus become an unerring immortality, a principle as he is & not matter as he now reckons himself but is not

Ques 16th How can man understand himself a principle, after so long believing himself a person?

Ans By learning this truth of science for science alone can teach a principle. it cannot be learned of a belief.

Ques 17th What is a belief?

Ans The opposite As Written: oposite of truth for truth is a principle & a principle cannot change or die elief changes & dies

Ques 18th What is the opposite As Written: oposite of truth?

ans Error.

Ques 19 What is error?

Ans A belief and not a principle

Ques 20 Is error immortal, is it substance, or intelligence, which is life?

Ans It is neither of these, inasmuch as it not wisdom truth and love, and these alone hath eternal life for they are a principle and a principle is God, which is life, intelligence & substance, there is none other

Ques 21st How can we be a principle when we are in a belief?

Ans We are a principle because we are immortal but we cannot hold intelligence in a principle an[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off. in a belief at the same time so we hold that intelligence is in matter, or our body and hav[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off. to suffer the effect of this error until the error dies [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.nd we awaken outside of it- or else learn of science this wakening and save the suffering. We must understand principle in order to hold ourselves in it, and if we [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.re in it we can draw others there, for if we understand [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.t we can explain it.

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 22ndAs Written:ond Can a person that is clarivoyant, i.e.As Written:ie, who sees outside of his personal senses or one which heals without matter, not be said to be acting in the principle

Ans If this was understood i.e.As Written:ie, if they understood the science of their doing this and coul d teach is to others then would they hold their intelligence (which is themselves) in the principle of this phenomena As Written: phenomona but not until then. Healing the sick or clairvoyance As Written: claivoyance is like learning music from the ear instead [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.f learning it from the principle in science so as to write & teach it. Unless the principle is understood you cannot act in it and as it never has been taught in science by any written As Written: writen or published ManuscriptsAs Written:MSS from any known individual but me I claim that it cannot have been understood, except by Elijah, Jesus, his disciples As Written: desciples and Paul and their writings do not teach it unless you understand their scientific meaningAs Written:meaneng, and not the interpretations which As Written: whick beliefs hath given them. Perhaps even then science was not fully seen then, but their music that was perfect, i.e. As Written: ie their healing & phenomena was learned of having seen it & heard it from Jesus. That which is understood can be explained and taught and this is to hold our intelligence in its principle that which is practiced only and not understood is a belief. and in doing that the intelligence is in a belief and not in the principle, But a copy of truth is better than a copy of error hence when they cast out devilsAs Written:devels & healed the sick in the past and present ages in the name of Christ they were not forbidden As Written: forbiden . but the MasterEditorial Note: Jesus Christ saith "many shall come in my name."Matt 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. To come in the name of truth is not to come in truth Christ was "the truth and life"John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. so if they had healed in the principle, they would understood it. but as they healed in its name only it was a belief to them & the world no wiser for it

Ques 23rd How shall we explain this science to a student, or to the sick so as to draw them away from beliefs so as to take them into the principle where all is understood and consequently all is harmony?

Ans By commencing with their standpoints of belief and arguing them down, and when reason is convinced, that is a growth and growth is a chemical change which does not retrograde, Your cure is wisdom, if your work is done in science. you are upon a principle which contradicts & destroys belief because it explains it away and that which is understood we have no belief about; This is truth destroying error as by the chemical As Written: cenical process of opposites meeting in which the one destroys As Written: destroyes the other, or of the positive principle destroying the negative belief for negation belongs to error this is what we call in healing the sick a chemical As Written: cemical change. its symptoms As Written: symtoms are a stirred-up As Written: stired up condition in which all the ailments seem aggravated As Written: agravated or otherwise an opening of the avenues of the body or belief in which the dissolving error passes offEditorial Note: This is a reference to “chemicalization,” a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of “fermentation,” as errors or various types are being destroyed. .

Ques 24th In teaching this science which is the leading error to be attacked?

Ans. The first error of matter birth, viz, the belief that man made you and that life was ever born into matter, or the body. This belief you are to assail with the opposite As Written: oposite truth, that all life is a principle outside of matter. Your truth being positive and eternal and their negative error being mortal, truth will destroy this belief in a degree so as to enable them to commence an understanding of the principle which they are, and which alone the eternal Principle Wisdom created.

25.th How should we proceed to destroy a belief?

Ans. Your creation is to be the creation of wisdom when it creates the idea of truth which is the body or man. You are to move upon the waves of intelligence first by addressing their spiritual senses until your patient begins to perceive As Written: percieve truth through the understanding but this perception may not come to the personal senses for a little time after this, and yet the personal senses which is their body & the body is their belief, will be affected by it. After forming the idea of truth in the spiritual senses then you are to impress the personal senses through their belief and explain away the error This is when the creation wrought by a principle saith "let there be light and there is light"Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. When the intelligence begins [*]Gap: word.Reason: edge cut off. explain the principle, this is "being born again"John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
John 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
which is necessary to establish the Kingdom of Heaven which is the reign of the understanding. This first formation in a principle and out of belief is as a blade of grass springing upward by degrees the understanding grows into truth, and as that growth so shall be the next in order of creation until "you learn a parable of the figtree”Matt 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: Matt 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Matt 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Matt 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Mark 13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: Mark 13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. Mark 13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. Luke 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; Luke 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. Luke 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Luke 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. and you see a growth As Written: grouth blossoming As Written: blosoming that bears fruit, i.e. As Written: ie it brings along with it higher truth clearer apprehension, until it reaches the principle and this is the full understanding when you see God. i.e. As Written: ie see truth a principle. Then are you "born again" & "this is the end of the world" when lo the summer is near the time to mature the seeds of wisdom Man is out of matter just in proportion as he is out of belief and he is out of belief just in proportion As Written: propotion to his being in the understanding of his principle

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 26th In what manner are the spiritual and personal senses or in [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ther words is the intelligence and the belief of man to be [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.aught this truth?

Ans. The practical application or art of applying this science to the [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.dea man so that he may be affected by it. Is first to leave your [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.wn belief or body when you will be in the principle & there be able to speak to another this principle which immediately controls the body If this wisdom be not yet fully attained, the next method is by rubbing the head, while you at the same [*]Gap: letters.Reason: edge cut off.me take yourself utterly away from all thoughts of his complaints or their locality in matter and looking away from all beliefs of man, attach your wisdom to the principle which [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.peaks to the principle (for it is truth that heals or destroys [*]Gap: letters.Reason: edge cut off.ror) instead of addressing the personal senses of your [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.atient in your arguments to convince his judgment As Written: judgement that his belief is all the disease he has, and that Christ, [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.r truth, said to this belief "it was a liar from the beginning, and the truth abode not in it"John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. Showing him that the knowledge of man has deceived him and that he has passed into a belief from which truth alone can awaken him, and thus destroy it; and when this devil is [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ast out the dumb will speak,, the deaf will hear the lame walkMatt 11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, Matt 11:3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Matt 11:4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: Matt 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. &C, After this mode of arguing down the error [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.f belief that life or sensation is in matter which requires three successive sittings, then speak to the student As Written: studant or patient verbally bringing this truth into personal contact with his belief, and explain the principle to him so that he may more clearly understand, but in doing this you are to "be wise as a serpent and harmless As Written: harnless as a dove"Matt 10:16 ¶Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Be not abrupt in giving any sudden As Written: sudder wrench from old opinions by saying too suddenly you are not sick but reason him into listening gladly to this before you say it, and always support by undisput able logic and truth that which you assert.

Ques 27th What is the principle of this science?

Ans. God. and this is Wisdom love and truth. explain to the student that God is a principle instead of a person and this truth will be able to destroy the error of their educated belief that God is a person and changes for the prayers of man to give immediate response in some miracle instead of God being an unchanging principle the work of which was finished after every idea of it it was createdGen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. . If you enable them to look away from their educated beliefs then will they begin to see this, i.e.As Written:ie , to understand it in their spiritual senses and perceive As Written: percieve how man was the image and likeness As Written: like ness of WisdomGen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. that is the principle and idea outside of matter, and consequently outside of the body for if he were in it he must be of it and then he would be mortal; hence the folly of belief which admits man immortal and then places his immortality in mortality! this error also attempts to place a principle in a belief a truth in an error, all of which the doctrines As Written: doctrins and theories of man attempt out of science. This is the madness Christ assailed in accusing As Written: acusing them of gathering grapes of thorns As Written: thornes Matt 7:15 ¶Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matt 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Matt 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Matt 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Matt 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Matt 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. , &C, and then asking what fellow-ship hath light with darkness & God with Belial?II Cor 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? II Cor 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? showing the inconsistency of belief that puts immortality into mortality.

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 28th When teaching this truth is the learner first to [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.nderstand he is a principle and not a person & secondly, that life the principle outside of his body is himself?

Ans. Certainly, and this will commence to take him into intelligence away from the error of his belief that life is in matter and is that error which holds As Written: holdes him from the understanding of this principle of science, and that error which holds man from understanding God in truth & which As Written: whish has hitherto explained him a belief a person & error.

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 29th Which is the next error to destroy by this truth of science that man is a principle outside of matter?

As. Science explains As Written: explaines a principle and is therefore the mediator between matter & principle or belief & Wisdom, then to explain the principle teaches the science by which we learn it. Therefore you are to commence with the phenomena of a principle and explain that in its relations to the principle reasoning from effect to cause. The body of man is that which we see with our personal senses or belief, and we call it matter & matter substances this is an error and si mply a belief It is not science for there are no proofs that substance is mortal and belief is proved mortal and mutable. There are proofs that principle is immortal, and this body which is a belief of matter is mortal. Christ demonstrated this truth when he repro duced his body from its eternal principle and called the body of his disciples As Written: desciples belief a ghost! i.e.As Written:ie, a belief and illusion. His body he held in truth and held it in science immortal as the phenomena of its principle in other words, the idea of the principle & the shadow of himself which was the principle a substance: This was its scientific creation by the Father Principle, and understanding this science he could demonstrate his control over belief which is called matter, and heal the body o r belief which was sick through this error of that life & intelligence was in their body, also, holding his body in [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.cience he had no weight in it for no error of substance in matter was there, hence he could take it over the waveMatt 14:22 ¶And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. Matt 14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. Matt 14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. Matt 14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. Matt 14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. Matt 14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. Matt 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. Matt 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Matt 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. Matt 14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? Matt 14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Matt 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. Matt 14:34 ¶And when they were gone over, they came into the land of
Gennesaret.
Mark 6:45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. Mark 6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. Mark 6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. Mark 6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. Mark 6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: Mark 6:50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. Mark 6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. Mark 6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. Mark 6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. John 6:15 ¶When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. John 6:16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, John 6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. John 6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. John 6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. John 6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. John 6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
and control all conditions of belief, there are no conditions of matter. If there had been he could never walked upon the waveMatt 14:22 ¶And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. Matt 14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. Matt 14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. Matt 14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. Matt 14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. Matt 14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. Matt 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. Matt 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Matt 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. Matt 14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? Matt 14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Matt 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. Matt 14:34 ¶And when they were gone over, they came into the land of
Gennesaret.
Mark 6:45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. Mark 6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. Mark 6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. Mark 6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. Mark 6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: Mark 6:50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. Mark 6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. Mark 6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. Mark 6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. John 6:15 ¶When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. John 6:16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, John 6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. John 6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. John 6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. John 6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. John 6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
have turned the water into wineJohn 2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: John 2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. John 2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. John 2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. John 2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. John 2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. John 2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. John 2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. John 2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, John 2:10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. multiplied the loavesMatt 14:13 ¶When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. Matt 14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. Matt 14:15 ¶And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. Matt 14:16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. Matt 14:17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. Matt 14:18 He said, Bring them hither to me. Matt 14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. Matt 14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. Matt 14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. Mark 6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. Mark 6:32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. Mark 6:33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him. Mark 6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. Mark 6:35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: Mark 6:36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. Mark 6:37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? Mark 6:38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. Mark 6:39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. Mark 6:40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. Mark 6:41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. Mark 6:42 And they did all eat, and were filled. Mark 6:43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. Mark 6:44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. Luke 9:12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. Luke 9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. Luke 9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. Luke 9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down. Luke 9:16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. Luke 9:17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. John 6:1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. John 6:2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. John 6:3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. John 6:4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. John 6:5 ¶When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? John 6:6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. John 6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. John 6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, John 6:9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? John 6:10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. John 6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. John 6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. John 6:13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. John 6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. Matt 15:32 ¶Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. Matt 15:33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? Matt 15:34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. Matt 15:35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. Matt 15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. Matt 15:37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. Matt 15:38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. Matt 15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. Mark 8:1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, Mark 8:2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: Mark 8:3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. Mark 8:4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? Mark 8:5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. Mark 8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. Mark 8:7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. Mark 8:8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. Mark 8:9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. &C. but this he could do in science understanding the principle for he i.e. As Written: ie. (the principle) & father which was this principle were oneJohn 10:30 I and my Father are one. , and he could demonstrate this wisdom in all he did. The devil he cast out was belief, the truth he taught was an eternal principle in science By this teaching and scientific demonstration of the principle Father he saved man from the error of placing through a belief "good and evil" in his body or in matter & which error had betrayed the understanding of man into false beliefs, such as these that the atmosphere held a good or evil for man, that food held health or sickness which is harmony or inharmony, equivalent to good & evil for man; that exorcise held the same control; and these beliefs he cast out instead of recommending hygiene As Written: hygine for his cure, and this cherishing error. Now if this which I have written had become wisdom to you you could do the work of Christ i.e. As Written: ie if you had passed uterly utterly As Written: uterly out of belief into the principle of this; you may know when this is a belief merely or an understanding with you by this test. If you really have relinquished belief then you have taken all intelligence out of err or out of matter out of your body and you must be somewhere where is it? in your immortality in [*]Gap: letters.Reason: edge cut off.uth, in a principle, yet you have a body all the same and [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.his body is the immortal idea of an immortal principle, This is to understand truth and then you are in this principle, yea you are the true vine of which this Father Wisdom is the husbandmanAs Written:hesbandman.John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Then can you act independent of belief when you understand independent of that which is named matter, and manifest the phenomena of a principle, which you are and which can control matter. Your body cannot hold you there a captive for Christ which is truth & lifeJohn 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. came to open its prison doors and to set the captive free Christ is truth truth is this principle, and y ou cannot hide it under a bushelMatt 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Matt 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Matt 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. nor bury it in a sepulchre nor sink it beneath the wave, If you will give up the olden error of belief that matter controls you even while you are saying to it you are mine this is my hand &C. and yet cannot command it– then you can begin to do the work of Christ and you must labor on up to this principle which enables you to change in belief a serpent or a staff and make a palsied hand whole. To do this get out of your belief that you cannot "O ye of faith"Matt 14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. Matt 14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. Matt 14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. Matt 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. Matt 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Matt 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. Matt 14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? silence this argument of error & remember that you are a servent of that to which you yield yourself the servant to obeyRom 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? through your belief and yet over all matter Wisdom. in the creation gave you dominionGen 1:26 ¶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. . your body is your earth for earth is the body of wisdom and if you understood that you controlled As Written: controled it As Written: is by a belief or else by truth you would know it was inharmonious controlled As Written: controled by a belief and as harmonious controlled As Written: controled by a principle (and all truth is principle) as is earth the > body of Wisdom and not the body of belief Remember if you understand this you can heal the sick by casting out their error belief and thus deliver them from the body of this deathRom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? ; When you can do this understanding how you do it this is your demonstration that you have understood so far the principle that controls matter.

Ques 30th What is matter?

Ans. Nothing. there is no part of speech to which it belongs. That which is called matter is a shadow of substance, but believing it substance makes it error, therefore matter is an error and belief The principle of man is not in matter but is the immortal soul of which his body is the idea. this body of belief is error for the principle would be lost if life dwelt with death this is a belief only for it cannot be truth, therefore it is not science. It is this belief that you are in your body which causes your entire error that sickness & death belong of necessity As Written: ncessity to ma n

Ques 31st Did Wisdom create error?

Ans. Error was not a creation; in order to be created, there must be something to create, but error is illusion a dream, and not a reality, a belief and not a truth error is this belief that we live in matter, therefore this body is an error; and as Jesus named it a ghost! to be given up when we understand our immortal ity and learn, to live in substance instead of shadow in life instead of death, where alone we do live in truth.

Ques 32ndAs Written:ond Is this to be talked to a patient & student As Written: studant at first?

Ans. Not to their belief or personal senses for they could not understand but you must speak this to their spiritual As Written: spiritul senses, with the "still small voice" of WisdomI Kings 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. , your lips need not utter it until you have sown your seed there and then you can bring it to the soil of belief, i.e.As Written:ie, speak it to the personal sense. This will take their intelligence away from matter and your truth will dissolve their error; if it be a tumor consumptionEditorial Note: Now more commonly referred to as tuberculosis, dyspepsia. &C or if in the absence of these individualized errors, it be only the general one that you live in matter, and are to call on matter for good and evil as for instance ask of exerciseAs Written:exoricse to give you warmth, and quicken circulation ask of diet to keep your stomach in order in short ask of matter that which God alone can give namely all good and He never gave good through matter good is truth and truth is not in belief. truth is a principle. All which is called matter in the physical world is the idea of truth, the idea of a , principle therefore in this truth of science it is good and named thus in creation; but when the knowledge which came of error, said good & evilGen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. is in matter it lied, but man believed the lie and commenced asking good of knowledge, asking it of hygine. of physiology materia medica and with what result? we answer, in the day he ate thereof, i.e.As Written:ie, in the day he partook of this belief he lost sight of truth and found error, passed into his body in his belief and gave intelligence to matt[*]Gap: letters.Reason: edge cut off. this brought death sickness & sin (all of which are error) into the belief of man.Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Ques 33rd What are the personal senses?

Ans, There is no such thing as personal sense. What we call these are seeing hearing tasting smelling & feeling, Now there is no power to see in your eye else if you should place it in your hand it would see. The optic nerve if dissevered from your which is the principle of this idea could not effect seeing; withdraw your intelligence from [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ll these as in the case of sleep, and can they receive As Written: recieve an impression of touch, hearingAs Written:rearing, seeing, &C.? certainly they cannot Therefore personal senses when regarded As Written: regurded the truth of science, which is to understand the principle of them is a shadow [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.f the spiritual senses, an idea of their principle and in this light of understanding Christ this truth principle [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ould control them restore them &c. But the personal senses regarded As Written: regurued as knowledge teaches them, are a belief [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.f matter an illusion & error and are proved so by the inharmony they produce giving sensation of pain the belief of death &C. There is no death, there is no pain in matter. This is the bugbear of a winter's eve it is the knowledge which was "not the tree of lifeGen 2:9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. " ( i.e. As Written: ie. a growth of the principle) but it was that [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.hich said in the beginning As Written: begining as today it saith, I will make you as Gods to know good from evilGen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. . And has believed it and chosen other Gods before meEx 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. saith the principle. Belief and knowledge are not of wisdom. Wisdom is a principle and the understanding is its sp iritual senses, but belief belongs to error the error that life is in matter which cannot As Written: cunnot be Wisdom is God, and this is the principle life, outside of all sense, instinct with reason and truth?

Ques 34th What is sickness?

Ans. Nothing, it is neither a person place or thing; but it is a suffering in belief Now let us next consider what causes i t if truth produced it there would follow harmony As Written: harrony and happiness, for in science the "tree is known by its fruit"Luke 6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Luke 6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. and the effects are like the cause, truth produces truth harmony harmony &C. error produces error, inharmony inharmony, Now as truth cannot produce inharmony as Jesus arguedAs Written:argured, any more than As Written: then figs can be gathered of thistlesMatt 7:15 ¶Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matt 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? settle this argument As Written: argament at once, that sickness being inharmony cannot be the result of truth. As sickness is a suffering, and suffering cannot exist without mind we find sickness is a suffering in the mind or belief, and as man's As Written: mans belief is his body, this belief brings the suffering there. Now if he understood that he lived not there, he could have no pain as the effect of this error of belief; if he held that himself the intelligence and principle wisdom was outside of matter he would hold himself truth and no pain could come from Wisdom and truth; but the results of these controlling As Written: controling his body, would be just as harmonious as the results of a idea in mathematics controlled As Written: controled by its principle; and this would be eternal science in which this idea man was created immortal because he was truth, and happ y because he was ever right therefore sickness is a error of belief.

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 35.th Is decayed lungs, a tumor As Written: tumer a cancer &C. a belief only?

Ans They are. Have we not shown you that error produced these and what is error but a belief. Man has [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.llowed this fatal belief 1st That his body is matter [*]Gap: symbol.Reason: edge cut off. matter is substance so if matter is substance his soul [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.r principle must be secondary to matter & a just so it is in his belief for in this be lief he steps upon the pebbly As Written: pebly shore afraid of the wave & says it can drown me he stays within gloomy cells believing he cannot open the prison door to his captive soul! and true he cannot. until he learns that his body is a ghost and he alone substance that can wander at will & that matter is a belief of substance, and an impediment and yielding to this belief classes him within its iron rule. understanding this will enable him to cast out the belief of tumor cancer &C. from his soul an d the effect will show at once on his body, for it cannot be there first; The soul is master whether we believe it or not.

The Soul's enquiries of man.

Soul. Man where art thou?Gen 3:9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? at times canst thou reach God outside the body? or art thou ever in matter? Soul. Doest thou unto others as ye would be done by?Matt 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Luke 6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. that is are you selfish thinking I wish to benefit myself more than to benefit others forgetting that by remembering their needs first. you're As Written: your blessing As Written: bessing yourself most, why? because by this you are taking yourself away from man, into God, away from the body of self this body of error into the principle of universal benevolence & love and this is your exceeding great rewardGen 15:1 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. and this is the "cross" to take upMatt 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; Luke 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. in order to follow truth in which all intelligence is found in wisdom; then your presence yea, your soul's presence, no matter where the body is would heal the sick no matter what their disease or how far it had progressed. Soul. Do you hold happiness in pride or lust that is confined to personal sense? Soul. Do you speak the truth and live the truth and think not to deceive As Written: decieve ? knowing that to wisdom "there is nothing hid that shall not be revealed"Matt 10:26; Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Luke 12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. at some time. and that you will be rewarded just according to your work; if it is suffering here for truth spoken and lived it will be joy hereafter, if it is peace here in matter and policy instead of truth it will be sorrow hereafter; success by deceiving As Written: decieving is more fatal than to fall with truth are you willing to suffer in order to do good, & even to do good to those who would harm you? Soul. Do you love your neighbor because you hope to be benefited by him or do you love him because he is poor and needy or persecuted for rightousness' sakeMatt 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. or because you see in him the signet of truth, of God, and for that alone you are attracted As Written: atracted towards him. Soul Do you love the ties of matter, the ties of kindred, more than you love pure and exalted characte rs that are of no relationship through belief but are your kindred according to God, according As Written: acording to truth in science for wisdom says if you love them more than me "ye are not worthy of truth"Matt 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. hence will be left to this error and its consequences- Wisdom says "who are my kindred but those who do the will of wisdom.Matt 12: Mark 3: Luke 8:19 ¶Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press. Luke 8:20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. Luke 8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. Soul. Do you ask of today As Written: to-day what are its rewards of progress, what have I done that's worth the doing and what have I learned tely more than my gains. Always speak As Written: spek well and think well of everyoneAs Written:every one, until truth compels you to think & speak otherwise. Soul. In your body you cannot judge righteous As Written: rightious judgementJohn 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. you will not weigh your actions and motives there only in a scale of selfishness– you must get away from self in matter and outside As Written: outide of this body to judge yourself and there you will be able to see your own needs and the wants of others and woes of your neighbors As Written: eeighbors as you have not seen them before also the love and sympathy you must feel for all, and remember they need love as well as yourself. they need kind tones, and heart s interested for them as well as yourself As Written: your self and that they feel the want of these who have them not sevenfold As Written: seven fold more than those who have them Soul. Are you in prosperity As Written: pros pirity and has a disinterested soul helped you to th that's worthy learning and have I dealt by all as I would be dealt As Written: delt by?Matt 7:12; Luke 6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. Soul. Do you ask where am I laying up my treasures is it in a belief of wealth or in the storehouse of wisdom?Matt 6:19 ¶Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Matt 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: Matt 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. is it by wronging another in not dealing by them just as I would be dealt As Written: delt byMatt 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Luke 6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. in order to make more money? if so I shall lose infiniis only because it is God to love thy neighbor as thyself this being the whole law of wisdom and all the law there isMatt 22:34 ¶But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Matt 22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Matt 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Matt 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Matt 22:38 This is the first and great commandment. Matt 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matt 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. ) and do you reward that soul by bearing to it happiness or do you think that to feed with bread the body of that soul and give the food of love to your ties of flesh is living in the principle God that loves all alike and that knows As Written: knowe's no ties of flesh? Do you let that soul starve for sympathy and feed the selfish soul with sympathy & love? Soul. Do you practice justice to all? do you listen to slander when the person slandered is not there to defend themselves if you do you are a partaker in that wrong Soul. When you see error do you seek to destroy that error and let truth be heard, and thus do you take the side of truth or do you get rid of this duty because it is hard to work in this vineyard As Written: vinyard saith the unwise steward and easier for me to dwell at peace. ah! but this is worldly policy or the worlds world's As Written: worlds wisdom this is not plucking out right eyes and cutting off right handsMatt 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. Matt 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. , Soul. Do you rebuke all error as a faithful servant of truth or do you stand by and let it go on if only the sinner is good to you and calmly see your neighbor wronged? Soul. Do you go and tell your brother if you have aught against himMatt 5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee; Matt 5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. or do you cherish a doubt of this being wisdom and not let him know his error if it be one. then you are not as wise as the world's law that summons those guilty before a com mon council and awaken them in justice own their error or gives them an opportunity to show they have been condemned unjustly? if in prosperity you forget the friends you found in adversity then will you lose wisdom. Soul. Do you suffer in error and do you suffer where error is or you at ease in error and feel not its presence, feel not when it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adderProv 23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. Prov 23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. feel not that the contest with error disturbs the harmony of truth while error is undisturbed unless truth turns upon it and rebukes it.

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The Science of Man.

QuesExpanded:Question 1st What is man as God created him?

Ans.Expanded:Answer Man is the idea of a principle & eternal with life, and this principle is God which created the idea man, which was the highest idea of this eternal principle

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 2ondCorrected:nd What is this principle?

Ans Wisdom, love & truth.

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 3rd What is the idea of this principle?

Ans. man.

Ques 4th Is man matter?

Ans Certainly not matter, if by matter you mean substance.

Ques 5th Is there no substance then?

Ans There is substance in principle, there is no other substance

Ques 6.th And why not?

Ans. Because substance is an eternal principle, it is also immortal, it is life & not death, therefore it cannot dwell in mortality even for a moment but is a principle outside of it. & is intelligence to the idea man; and there is no other intelligence but the intelligent principle; matter has no intelligence, and belief has no intelligence, for belief is an error, and error is not immortal, it cannot create neither was it created, it is simply the absence of substance and an illusion-

Ques 7th Is substance life and intelligence? and is there no other substance

Ans. Certainly there is not.

Ques 8th What is intelligence?

Ans God.

Ques 9th What is God?

Ans. Wisdom.

Ques 10th What is wisdom?

Ans. A principle.

Ques 11th What is a principle?

Ans. Intelligence substance & life.

Ques 12th What is intelligence substance & life?

Ans The principle eternal, or the triune God, viz Wisdom love [?] Unclear or illegible  & truth none of which are matter

Ques 13th How can a principle be distinguished from a belief?

Ans A principle can be learned only of science and when it is understood it can be demonstrated as truth; a belief requires no proof for it cannot be proved but truth "is known by its works." If inharmony of any sort is manifest, know that truth has not caused it for the results of Wisdom love & truth is the results of a principle and a principle cannot change or err all is harmony which results from a principle, but this harmony is not always understood, the principle not being seen, and science, not belief teaches the principle.

Ques 14th Is man a principle or a belief?

Ans. Wisdom created man and wisdom is a principle & a principle creates its idea but never a belief, therefore man was the likeness of God its immortal & eternal principle; but belief says man is a person & holds fife in the idea, or man this is a shadow of shadows & an illusion; therefore belief is nor t science for it is not the creation of a principle; the body of man in science is the shadow of substance, and the idea of a principle and when you make a belief out of an idea you have no principle creating it, therefore that man is a belief is error. When man holds fife in his body man is then in error, and gets sick, and sins, because he is by his belief in an error, and must get into science to get back to the principle which controls error and destroys belief.

Ques 15th When will man arrive at the understanding of himself?

Ans When all intelligence he beholds in the principle & as he returnes Corrected: returns to his primitive creation will her learn this wisdom love and truth which is the principle of all creation, and thus become an unerring immortality, a principle as he is & not matter as he now reckons himself but is not

Ques 16th How can man understand himself a principle, after so long believing himself a person?

Ans By learning this truth of science for science alone can teach a principle. it cannot be learned of a belief.

Ques 17th What is a belief?

Ans The oposite Corrected: opposite of truth for truth is a principle & a principle cannot change or die felief changes & dies

Ques 18th What is the oposite Corrected: opposite of E truth?

ans Error.

Ques 19 What is error?

Ans A belief and not a principle

Ques 20 Is error immortal, is it substance, or intelligence, which is life?

Ans It is neither of these, inasmuch as it not wisdom truth and love, and these alone hath eternal life for they are a principle and a principle is God, which is life, intelligence & substance, there is none other

Ques 21st How can we be a principle when we are in a belief?

Ans We are a principle because we are immortal but we cannot hold intelligence in a principle an[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off. in a belief at the same time so we hold that intelligence is in matter, or our body and hav[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off. to suffer the effect of this error until the error dies [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.nd we awaken outside of it- or else learn of science this wakening and save the suffering. We must understand principle in order to hold ourselves in it, and if we [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.re in it we can draw others there, for if we understand [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.t we can explain it.

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 22ondCorrected:nd Can a person that is clarivoyiant, ieCorrected:i.e., who sees outside of his personal senses or one which heals without matter, not be said to be acting in [?] Unclear or illegible  the principle

Ans If this was understood ieCorrected:i.e., if they understood the science of their doing this and couly d teach is to others then would they hold their intelligence (which is themselves) in the principle of this phenomona Corrected: phenomena but not until then. Healing the sick or claivoyance Corrected: clairvoyance is like learning music from the ear instead [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.f learning it from the principle in science so as to write & teach it. Unless the principle is understood you cannot act in it and as it never has been taught in science by any writen Corrected: written or published MSSExpanded:Manuscripts from any known individual but me I claim that it cannot have been understood, except by Elijah, Jesus, his desciples Corrected: disciples and Paul and their writings do not teach it unless you understand their scientific meanengCorrected:meaning, and not the interpretations whick Corrected: which beliefs hath given them. Perhaps even then science was not fully seen then, but their music that was perfect, ie Corrected: i.e. their healing & phenomena was learned of having seen it & heard it from Jesus. That which is understood can be explained and taught and this is to hold our intelligence in its principle that which is practiced only and not understood is a belief. and in doing that the intelligence is in a belief and not in the principle, But a copy of truth is better than a copy of error hence when they cast out develsCorrected:devils & healed the sick in the past and present ages in the name of Christ they were not forbiden Corrected: forbidden . but the mMasterEditorial Note: Jesus Christ saith "many shall come in my name."Matt 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. To come in the name of truth is not to come in truth Christ was "the truth and life"John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. so if they had healed in the principle, they would understood it. but as they healed in its name only it was a belief to t [?] Unclear or illegible  hem & the world no wiser for it

Ques 23rd How shall we explain this science to a student, or to the sick so as to draw them away from beliefs so as to take them into the principle where all is understood and consequently all is harmony?

Ans By commencing with their standpoints of belief and arguing them dow [?] Unclear or illegible n, and when reason is convinced, that is a growth and growth is a chemical change which does not retrograde, Your cure is wisdom, if your work is done in science. you are upon a principle which contradicts & destroys belief because it explains it away and that which is understood we have no belief about; This is truth destroying error as by the cenical Corrected: chemical process of opposites meeting in which the one destroyes Corrected: destroys the other, or of the positive principle destroyin [?] Unclear or illegible g the negative belief for negation belongs to error this is what we call in healing the sick a cemical Corrected: chemical change. its symtoms Corrected: symptoms are a stired up Corrected: stirred-up condition in which all the ailments seem agravated Corrected: aggravated or otherwise an opening of the avenues of the body or belief in which the dissolving error passes offEditorial Note: This is a reference to “chemicalization,” a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of “fermentation,” as errors or various types are being destroyed. .

Ques 24th In teaching this science which is the leading error to be attacked?

Ans. The first error of matter birth, viz, the belief that man made you and that life was ever born into matter, or the body. t This belief you are to assail with the oposite Corrected: opposite truth, that all life is a principle outside of matter. Your truth being positive and eternal and their negative error being mortal, truth will destroy this belief in a degree so as to enable them to commence an understanding of the principle which they are, and which alone the eternal Principle Wisdom created.

25.th How should we proceed to destroy a belief?

Ans. Your creation is to be the creation of wisdom when it creates the idea of truth which is the body or man. You are to move upon the waves of intelligence first by addressing their spiritual senses until your patient begins to percieve Corrected: perceive truth through the understanding but this perception may not come to the personal senses for a little time after this, and yet the personal senses which is their body & the body is their belief, will be affected by it. After forming the idea of truth in the spiritual senses then you are to impress the personal senses through their belief and explain away the error This is when the creation wrought by a principle saith "let there be light and there is light"Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. When the intelligence begins [*]Gap: word.Reason: edge cut off. explain the principle, this is "being born again"John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
John 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
which is necessary to establish the Kingdom of Heaven which is the reign of the understanding. This first formation in a principle and out of belief is as a blade of grass springing upward by degrees the understanding grows into truth, and as that growth so shall be the next in order of creation until "you learn a parable of the figtree”Matt 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: Matt 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Matt 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Matt 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Mark 13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: Mark 13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. Mark 13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. Luke 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; Luke 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. Luke 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Luke 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. and you see a grouth Corrected: growth blosoming Corrected: blossoming that bears fruit, ie Corrected: i.e. it brings along with it higher truth clearer apprehension, until it reaches the principle and this is the full understanding when you see God. ie Corrected: i.e. see truth a principle. Then are you "born again" & "this is the end of the world" when lo the summer is near the time to mature the seeds of wisdom Man is out of matter just in proportion as he is out of belief and he is out of belief just in propotion Corrected: proportion to his being in the understanding of his principle

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 26th In what manner are the spiritual and personal senses or in [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ther words is the intelligence and the belief of man to be [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.aught this truth?

Ans. The practical application or art of applying this science to the [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.dea man so that he may be affected by it. Is first to leave your [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.wn belief or body when you will be in the principle & there be able to speak to another this principle which immediately controls the body If this wisdom be not yet fully attained, the next method is by rubbing the head, while you at the same [*]Gap: letters.Reason: edge cut off.me take yourself utterly away from all thoughts of his complaints or their locality in matter and looking away from all beliefs of man, attach your wisdom to the principle which [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.peaks to the principle (for it is truth that heals or destroys [*]Gap: letters.Reason: edge cut off.ror) instead of addressing the personal senses of your [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.atient in your arguments to convince his judgement Corrected: judgment that his belief is all the disease he has, and that Christ, [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.r truth, said to this belief "it was a liar from the beginning, and the truth abode not in it"John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. Showing him that the knowledge of man has deceived him and that he has passed into a belief from which truth alone can awaken him, and thus destroy it; and when this devil is [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ast out the dum [?] Unclear or illegible b will speak,, the deaf will hear the lame walkMatt 11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, Matt 11:3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Matt 11:4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: Matt 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. &C, After this mode of arguing down the error [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.f belief that life or sensation is in matter which requires three successive sittings, then speak to the studant Corrected: student or patient verbally bringing this truth into personal contact with his belief, and explain the principle to him so that he may more clearly understand, but in doing this you are to "be wise as a serpent and harnless Corrected: harmless as a dove"Matt 10:16 ¶Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Be not abrupt in giving any sudder Corrected: sudden wrench from old opinions by saying too suddenly you are not sick but reason him into listening gladly to this before you say it, and always support by undisput [?] Unclear or illegible  able logic and truth that which you assert.

Ques 27th What is the principle of this science?

Ans. God. and this is Wisdom love and truth. [?] Unclear or illegible  explain to the student that God is a principle instead of a person and this truth will be able to destroy the error of their educated belief that God is a person and changes for the prayers of man to give immediate response in some miracle instead of God being an unchanging principle the work of which was finished after every idea of it it was createdGen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. . If you enable them to look away from their educated beliefs then will they begin to see this, ieCorrected:i.e. , to understand it in their spiritual senses and percieve Corrected: perceive how man was the image and like ness Corrected: likeness of WisdomGen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. that is the principle and idea outside of matter, and consequently outside of the body for if he were in it he must be of it and then he would be mortal; hence the folly of belief which admits man immortal and then places his immortality in mortality! this error also attempts to place a principle in a belief a truth in an error, all of which the doctrins Corrected: doctrines and theories of man attempt out of science. This is the madness Christ assailed in acusing Corrected: accusing them of gathering grapes of thornes Corrected: thorns Matt 7:15 ¶Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matt 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Matt 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Matt 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Matt 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Matt 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. , &C, and then asking what fellow-ship hath light with da [?] Unclear or illegible rkness & God with Belial?II Cor 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? II Cor 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? showing the inconsistency of belief that puts immortality into mortality.

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 28th When teaching this truth is the s learner first to [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.nderstand he is a principle and not a person & secondly, that life the principle outside of his body is himself?

Ans. Certainly, and this will commence to take him into the intelligence away from the error of his belief that life is in matter and is that error which holdes Corrected: holds him from the understanding of this principle of science, and that error which holds man from understanding God in truth & whish Corrected: which has hitherto explained him a belief a person & error.

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 29th Which is the next error to destroy by this truth of science that man is a principle outside of matter?

Ass. Science explaines Corrected: explains a principle and is therefore the mediator between matter & principle or belief & Wisdom, then to explain the principle teaches the science by which we learn it. Therefore you are to commence with the phenomena of a principle and explain that in its relations to the principle reasoning from effect to cause. The body of man is that which we see with our personal senses or belief, and we call it matter & matter substances this is an error and sip mply a belief It is not science for there are no proofs that substance is mortal and belief is proved mortal and mutable. There are proofs that principle is immortal, and this body which is a belief of matter is mortal. Christ demonstrdated this trueth when he repro [?] Unclear or illegible  duced his body from its eternal principle and called the body of his desciples Corrected: disciples belief a ghost! ieCorrected:i.e., a belief and illusion. His body he held in truth and held it in science immortal as the phenomena of its principle in other words, the idea of the principle & the shadow of himself which was the principle a substance: This was its scientific creation by the Father Principle, and understanding this science he could demonstrate his control over belief which is called matter, and heal the body on r belief which was sick through this error of that life & intelligence was in their body, also, holding his body in [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.cience he had no weight in it for no error of substance in matter was there, hence he could take it over the waveMatt 14:22 ¶And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. Matt 14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. Matt 14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. Matt 14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. Matt 14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. Matt 14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. Matt 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. Matt 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Matt 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. Matt 14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? Matt 14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Matt 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. Matt 14:34 ¶And when they were gone over, they came into the land of
Gennesaret.
Mark 6:45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. Mark 6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. Mark 6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. Mark 6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. Mark 6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: Mark 6:50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. Mark 6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. Mark 6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. Mark 6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. John 6:15 ¶When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. John 6:16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, John 6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. John 6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. John 6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. John 6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. John 6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
and control all conditions of belief, there are no conditions of matter. If there had been he could never walked upon the waveMatt 14:22 ¶And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. Matt 14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. Matt 14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. Matt 14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. Matt 14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. Matt 14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. Matt 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. Matt 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Matt 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. Matt 14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? Matt 14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Matt 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. Matt 14:34 ¶And when they were gone over, they came into the land of
Gennesaret.
Mark 6:45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. Mark 6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. Mark 6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. Mark 6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. Mark 6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: Mark 6:50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. Mark 6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. Mark 6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. Mark 6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. John 6:15 ¶When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. John 6:16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, John 6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. John 6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. John 6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. John 6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. John 6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
have turned the water into wineJohn 2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: John 2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. John 2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. John 2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. John 2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. John 2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. John 2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. John 2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. John 2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, John 2:10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. multiplied the loavesMatt 14:13 ¶When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. Matt 14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. Matt 14:15 ¶And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. Matt 14:16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. Matt 14:17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. Matt 14:18 He said, Bring them hither to me. Matt 14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. Matt 14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. Matt 14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. Mark 6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. Mark 6:32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. Mark 6:33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him. Mark 6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. Mark 6:35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: Mark 6:36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. Mark 6:37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? Mark 6:38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. Mark 6:39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. Mark 6:40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. Mark 6:41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. Mark 6:42 And they did all eat, and were filled. Mark 6:43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. Mark 6:44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. Luke 9:12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. Luke 9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. Luke 9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. Luke 9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down. Luke 9:16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. Luke 9:17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. John 6:1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. John 6:2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. John 6:3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. John 6:4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. John 6:5 ¶When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? John 6:6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. John 6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. John 6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, John 6:9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? John 6:10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. John 6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. John 6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. John 6:13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. John 6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. Matt 15:32 ¶Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. Matt 15:33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? Matt 15:34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. Matt 15:35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. Matt 15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. Matt 15:37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. Matt 15:38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. Matt 15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. Mark 8:1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, Mark 8:2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: Mark 8:3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. Mark 8:4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? Mark 8:5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. Mark 8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. Mark 8:7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. Mark 8:8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. Mark 8:9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. &C. but this he could do in science understanding the principle for he ie. Corrected: i.e. (the principle) & father which was this principle were oneJohn 10:30 I and my Father are one. , and he could demonstrate this wisdom in all he did. The devil he cast out was belief, the truth he taught was an eternal principle in science By this teaching and scientific demonstration of the principle Father he saved man from the error of placing through a belief "good and evil" in his body or in matter & which error had betrayed the understanding of man into false beliefs, such as these that the atmosphere held a good or evil for man, that food held [?] Unclear or illegible  health or sickness which is harmony or inharmony, equivalent to good & evil for man; that exorcise held the same control; and these beliefs he cast out ins [?] Unclear or illegible tead of recommending hygine Corrected: hygiene for his cure, and this cherishing error. Now if this which I have written had become wisdom to you you could do the work of Christ ie Corrected: i.e. if you had passed uterly uterly Corrected: utterly out of belief into the principle of this; you may know when this is a belief merely or an understanding with you by this test. If you really have relinquished belief then you have taken all intelligence out of erre or out of matter out of your body and you must be somewhere where is it? in your immortality in [*]Gap: letters.Reason: edge cut off.uth, in a principle, yet you have a body all the same and [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.his body is the immortal idea of an immortal principle, This is to understand truth and then you are in this principle, yea you are the true vine of which this Father Wisdom is the hesbandmanCorrected:husbandman.John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Then can you act independent of belief when you understand independent of that which is named matter, and manifest the phenomena of a principle, which you are and which can control matter. Your body cannot hold you there a captive for Christ which is truth & lifeJohn 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. came to open its prison doors and to set the captive free Christ is truth truth is this principle, and y [?] Unclear or illegible  ou cannot hide it under a bushelMatt 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Matt 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Matt 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. nor bury it in a sepulchre nor sink it beneath the wave, If you will give up the olden error of belief that matter controls you even while you are saying to it you are mine this is ymy hand &C. and yet cannot command it– then you can begin to do the work of Christ and you must labor on up to this principle which enables you to change in belief a serpent or a staff and make a palsied hand whole. To do this get out of your belief that you cannot "O ye of faith"Matt 14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. Matt 14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. Matt 14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. Matt 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. Matt 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Matt 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. Matt 14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? silence this argument of error & remember that you are a servent of that to which you yield yourself the servandt to obe [?] Unclear or illegible yRom 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? through your belief and yet over all matter Wisdom. in the creation gave you dominionGen 1:26 ¶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. . your body is your earth for earth is the body of wisdom and if you undesrstood that you controled Corrected: controlled is Corrected: it by a belief or else by t [?] Unclear or illegible ruth you would know it was inharmonious controled Corrected: controlled by a belief and as harmonious controled Corrected: controlled by a principle (and all truth is principle) as is earth the theAs Written:the> body of Wisdom and not the body of belief Remember if you understand this you can heal the sick by casting out their error belief and thus deliver them from the body of this deathRom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? ; When you can do this understanding how you do it this is your demonstration that you have understood so far the principle that controls matter.

Ques 30th What is matter?

Ans. Nothing. there is no part of speech to which it belongs. That which is called matter is a shadow of substance, but believing it substance makes it error, therefore matter is an error and belief The principle of man is not in matter but is the [?] Unclear or illegible immortal soul of which his body is the idea. this body of belief is error for the principle would be lost if life dwelt with death this is a belief only for it cannot be truth, therefore it is not science. It is this f belief that you are in your body which causes your entire error that sickness & death belong of ncessity Corrected: necessity to ma [?] Unclear or illegible  n

Ques 31st Did Wisdom create error?

Ans. Error was not a creation; in order to be created, there must be something to create, but error is illusion a dream, and not a reality, a belief and not a truth error is this belief that we live in matter, therefore this body [?] Unclear or illegible  is an error; and as Jesus named ist a ghost! to be given up when we understand our immortale ity and learn, to live in substance instead of shadow in life instead of death, where alone we do live in truth.

Ques 32ondCorrected:nd Is this to be talked to a patient & studant Corrected: student at first?

Ans. Not to their belief or personal senses for they could not understand but you must speak this to their spiritul Corrected: spiritual senses, with the "still small voice" of MWisdomI Kings 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. , your lips need not utter it until you have sown your seed there and then you can bring it to the soil of belief, ieCorrected:i.e., speak it to the personal sense. This will take their intelligence away from matter and your truth will dissolve their error; if it be a tumor consumptionEditorial Note: Now more commonly referred to as tuberculosis, dyspepsia. &C or if itn the absence [?] Unclear or illegible  of these individualized errors, it be only the general one that you live in matter, and e are to call on matter for good and evil as for instance ask of exoricseCorrected:exercise to give you warmth, and quicken circulation ask of diet to keep your stomach in order in short ask of matter that which God alone can give namely all good and He never gave good through matter good is truth and truth is not in belief. truth is a principle. All which is called matter in the physical world is the idea of truth, the idea of a [?] Unclear or illegible  , principle therefore in this truth of science it is go [?] Unclear or illegible  od and named thus in creation; but when the knowledge which came of error, said good & evilGen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. is [?] Unclear or illegible  in matter it lied, but man believed the lie and commenced asking good of knowledge, asking it of hygine. of physiol [?] Unclear or illegible  ogy materia medica and with what result? we answer, in the day he ate thereof, ieCorrected:i.e., in the day he partook of this belief he lost sight of truth and found error, passed into his body in his belief and gave intelligence to matt[*]Gap: letters.Reason: edge cut off. this brought death sickness & sin (all of which are error) into the belief of man.Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Ques 33rd What are the personal senses?

Ans, There [?] Unclear or illegible  is no such thing as personal sense. What we call p these are seeing hearing tasting smelling & feeling, Now there is no power to see in your eye else if you should place it in your hand it would see. The optic nerve if dissevered from your which is the principle of this idea could not effec [?] Unclear or illegible t seeing; withdraw your intelligence from [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ll these as in the case of sleep, and can they recieve Corrected: receive an impression of touch, rearingCorrected:hearing, seeing, &C.? certainly they cannot Therefore personal senses when regurded Corrected: regarded the truth of science, which is to understand the principle of them is a shadow [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.f the spiritual senses, an idea of their principle and in this light of understanding Christ this truth principle [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ould control them restore them &c. But the personal senses regurued Corrected: regarded as knowledge teaches them, are a belief [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.f matter an illusion & error and are proved so by the inharmony they produce giving sensation of pain the belief of death &C. There is no death, there is no pain in matter. This is the bugbear of a winter's eve it is the knowledge which was "not the tree of lifeGen 2:9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. " ( ie. Corrected: i.e. a growth of the principle) but it was that [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.hich said in the begining Corrected: beginning as today it saith, I will make you as Gods to know good from evilGen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. . And has believed it and chosen other Gods before meEx 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. saith the principle. Belief and knowledge are not of wisdom. Wisdom is a principle and the understanding is its spo iritual senses, but belief belongs to error the error that life is in matter which cunnot Corrected: cannot be Wisdom is God, and this is the principle f life, outside of all sense, instinct with reason and truth?

Ques 34th What is sickness?

Ans. Nothing, it is neither a person place or thing; but it is a suffering in belief Now let us next consider what causes i ft if truth produced it there would follow harrony Corrected: harmony and happiness, for in science the "tree is known by its fruit"Luke 6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Luke 6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. and the effects are like the cause, truth produces truth harmony harmony &C. error produces error, inharmony inharmony, Now as truth cannot produce inharmony as Jesus arguredCorrected:argued, any more then Corrected: than figs can be gathered of thistlesMatt 7:15 ¶Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matt 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? settle this argament Corrected: argument at once, that sickness being inharmony cannot be the result of truth. As sickness is a suffering, and suffering cannot exist without mind we find sickness is a suffering in the mind o [?] Unclear or illegible r belief, and as mans Corrected: man's belief is his body, this belief brings the suffering there. Now if he understood that he lived not there, he could have no t pain as the effect of this error of belief; if he held that himself the intelligence and principle wisdom was outiside of matter he would hold himself truth and no pain could come from Wisdom and truth; but the results of these controling Corrected: controlling his body, would be just as harmonious as the results of a idea in mathematics controled Corrected: controlled by its principle; and this would be eternal science in which this idea man was created immortal because he was truth, and happ [?] Unclear or illegible  y because he was ever right therefore sickness is a error of belief.

[*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.ues 35.th Is decayed lungs, a tumer Corrected: tumor a cancer &C. a belief only?

Ans They are. Have we not shown you that error produced these and what is error but a belief. Man has [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.llowed this fatal belief 1st That his body is matter [*]Gap: symbol.Reason: edge cut off. matter is substance so [?] Unclear or illegible if matter is substance his soul [*]Gap: letter.Reason: edge cut off.r principle must be secondary to matter & a just so it is in his belief for in this be flief he steps upon the pebly Corrected: pebbly shore afraid of the wave & says it can drown me he stays withein gloomy cells believing he cannot open the prison door to his captive soul! and true he cannot. until he learns that his body is a ghost and he alone substance that can wander at will & that matter is a belief of substance, and an impediment and yielding to this belief classes him within its iron rule. understanding this will enable him to cast out the belief of tumor cancer &C. from his soul an [?] Unclear or illegible  d the effect will show at once on his body, for it s cannot be there first; The soul is master whether we believe it or not.

The Soul's enquiries of man.

Soul. Man where art thou?Gen 3:9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? at times canst thou reach God outside the body? or art thou ever in matter? Soul. Doest thou unto others as ye would be done by?Matt 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Luke 6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. that is are you selfish thinking I wish to benefit myself more than to benefit others forgetting that by remembering their needs first. your Corrected: you're bessing Corrected: blessing yourself most, why? because by this you are taking yourself away from man, into God, away from the body of self this body of error into the principle of universal benevolence & love and this is your exceeding great rewardGen 15:1 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. and this is the "cross" to take upMatt 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; Luke 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. in order to follow truth in which all intelligence is found in wisdom; then your presence yea, your soul's presence, no matter where the body is would heal the sick no matter what their disease or how far it had progressed. Soul. Do you hold happiness in pride or lust that is confined to personal sense? Soul. Do you speak the truth and live the truth and think not to decieve Corrected: deceive ? knowing that to wisdom "there is nothing hid that shall not be revealed"Matt 10:26; Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Luke 12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. at some time. and that you will be rewarded just according to your work; if it is suffering here for truth spoken and lived it will be joy hereafter, if it is peace here in matter and policy instead of truth it will be sorrow hereafter; success by decieving Corrected: deceiving is more fatal than to fall with truth are you willing to suffer in order to do good, & even to do good to those who would harm you? Soul. Do you love your neighbor because you hope to be benefited by him or do you love him because he is poor and needy or persecuted for rightousness' sakeMatt 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. or because you see in him the syignet of truth, of God, and for that alone you are atracted Corrected: attracted towards him. Soul Do you love the ties of matter, the ties of kindred, more than you love pure and exalted characte [?] Unclear or illegible  rs that are of no relationship through belief but are your kindred according to God, acording Corrected: according to truth in science for wisdom says if you love them more than me "ye are not worthy of truth"Matt 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. hence will be left to this error and its consequences- Wisdom says "who are my kindred but those who do the will of wisdom.Matt 12: Mark 3: Luke 8:19 ¶Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press. Luke 8:20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. Luke 8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. Soul. Do you ask of to-day Corrected: today what are its rewards of progress, what have I done that's worth the doing and what have I learned tely more than my gains. Always spek Corrected: speak well and think well of every oneCorrected:everyone, until truth compels you t [?] Unclear or illegible o think & speak otherwise. Soul. In your body you cannot judge rightious Corrected: righteous judgementJohn 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. you will not weigh your actions and motives there only in a scale of selfishness– you must get away from self in matter and outide Corrected: outside of this body to judge yourself and there you will be able to see your own needs and the wants of others and woes of your eeighbors Corrected: neighbors as you have not seen them before also the love and sy [?] Unclear or illegible mpathy you must feel for all, and remember they need love as well as yourself. they need kind tones, and heart hs interested for them as well as your self Corrected: yourself and that they feel the want of themse who have them not seven fold Corrected: sevenfold more than those who have them Soul. Are you in pros pirity Corrected: prosperity and has a disinterested soul helped you to th [?] Unclear or illegible  that's worthy learning and have I dealt with by all as I would be delt Corrected: dealt by?Matt 7:12; Luke 6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. Soul. Do you ask where am I laying up my treasures is it in a belief of wealth or in the storehouse of wisdom?Matt 6:19 ¶Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Matt 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: Matt 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. is it by wronging another in not dealing by them just as I would be delt Corrected: dealt byMatt 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Luke 6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. in order to make more money? if so I shall lose infini [?] Unclear or illegible is only because it is God to love thy neighbor as thyself this being the whole law of wisdom and all the law there isMatt 22:34 ¶But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Matt 22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Matt 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Matt 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Matt 22:38 This is the first and great commandment. Matt 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matt 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. ) and do you reward that soul by bearing to it happiness or do you think that to feed with bread the body of that soul and give the food of love to your ties of flesh is living in the principle God that loves all alike and that knowe's Corrected: knows no ties of flesh? Do you let that soul starve for sympathy and feed the selfish soul with sympathy & love? Soul. Do you practice justice to all? do you listen to slander when the person slandered is not there to defend themselves if you do you are a partaker in that wrong Soul. When you see error do you seek to destroy that error and let truth be heard, and thus do you take the side of truth or do you get rid of this duty because it is hard to work in this vinyard Corrected: vineyard saith the unwise steward and easier for me to dwell at peace. ah! but this is worldly policy or the worlds worlds Corrected: world's wisdom this is not plucking out right eyes and cutting off right handsMatt 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. Matt 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. , Soul. Do you rebuke all error as a faithful servant of truth or tdo you stand by and let it go on if only the sinner is good to you and calmly see your neighbor wronged? Soul. Do you go and tell your brother if you have aught against himMatt 5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee; Matt 5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. or do you cherish a doubt of this being wisdom and not let him know his error if it be one. then you are not as wise as the world's law that summons those guilty before a com [?] Unclear or illegible  mon council and awaken them in justice own their error or gives them an opportunity to show they have been condemned unjustly? if in prosperity you forget the friends you found in adversity then will you lose wisdom. Soul. Do you suffer in error and do you suffer where error is or you at ease in error and feel not its presence, feel not when it biteth flike a serpent and stingeth like an adderProv 23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. Prov 23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. feel not that the contest with error disturbs the harmony of thruth while error is undisturbed unless truth turns upon it and rebukes it.

 
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Jesus Christ This is a reference to “chemicalization,” a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of “fermentation,” as errors or various types are being destroyed. Now more commonly referred to as tuberculosis