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he speaketh of his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.' Christian Science does not, however, in any way teach any such nonsense as that creation is non existent as is so often misstated, but it does teach that the mortal or mistaken sense of creation is false, and is the result of he testimony of that falsely educated consciousness termed the five physi cal senses. which senses we have just seen could not even perceive God and therefore certainly could not perceive His creation or true being. It is to these five physical senses, or a false sense of being derived from a false sense of God, that the whole of man kind has been in bondage, although the evidence of these senses is wholly unreliable. When a mortal is born he can hardly use these senses, so little are they developed, but as he is educated along certain fixed lines, and is taught to use these senses in cer- tain defined directions. then these so called senses are developed accord ing to his environment and education, and from their evidence or testimony mortals attempt to understand God and His creation.
 Yet the unreliability of these phys ical senses is shown to us frequently even in everyday experience, for ac- Cording to their testimony the earth stands still and the sun rises, where as science and reason have taught us hat the very opposite occurs; that the earth is forever revolving around the sun. Likewise these senses de- clare that parallel lines such as the railroad tracks, meet in the distance and also that the sea and the sky meet on the horizon, whereas we know that they never meet. A short while ago l visited the home of a friend at the seaside. and while there what is commonly called mirage oc cured, during the time of this mirage a sailing vessel was seen as two yes sels, one above the other, and some fairly low lying land opposite ap- peared to be high and distinct cliffs. Had the ten or twelve people who were present and witnessed this oc- currence believed the evidence of
  been wholly deceived.
 These instances might he multiplied indefinitely, and it is on the evidence of such senses as these that we hope to perceive God and true being when they cannot even tell us the truth about some of the simplest material things. How little the mere physical senses can perceive, and how little they have to do with true being, is clearly illustrated in such an incident as when several people look al a good painting. To the one who has the truest idea of art which is of course wholly mental, the picture is essen- tially more real and beautiful. even although his physical sight may be less good than the sight of the oth- CTS. And so with a good book; two people may read the same book, see the same words and letters, but be- cause of their different mental atti- tudes. one will see in the book what the other has never dreamed of, and this is particularly clear with regard to either the Bible or the Christian Science text book. One person will read statements in these books which will be so true and substantial to him that with them he will heal so- called incurable diseases, whereas an other person less spiritually minded may read the same statements and see nothing in them.
 So in many ways we can see how little the finite physical senses car tell us of the beautiful and good which is always like God. that is mental or spiritual, and how the per ception of these godike things is en- tirely dependent on Mind. It is re- corded of that great musician, Bee thoven, that during the many years when he was composing some of hi. best music he was stone deaf, thu! clearly indicating that music is in nc way dependent on the material sens, of hearing, but is purely mental.
 Some time ago an engineer ex plained to a Christian Scientist hoy impossible it was to get, even by thu most minute measurements, an abSo lutely correct material condition. H. related as an instance how he hat given an order for steel bars som time previously. with the most mi mute specifications and that when de liVered they were accepted as satis factory and according to measure ment-and they certainly were so ac cording to the ordinary standards vet as matter of fact when the mi crometer was applied to them the.