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itual and immortal-and because we
exist in him the scriptures declare
that. In hin we 1--we. and move, and
have our being
There is a further quality OF an
idea that it might do wei 10 consider
An idea has no ability to do anything
OF to be anything other than Just the
idea OF the mind in which IL exists.
T. cannot change itself or become
more or less or different than that
mind intended il should be. for it has
no FoluOn OF its own, and must OF
necessity express exactly the qual-
ties OF the mind whose idea 1T is. Man
is the perfect idea OF God, and as an
idea OF Sod ne has no Vollti0n of his
own he cannot be sick or choose to
DO evil, for IN he could change from
being God g perfect idea he would be
greater than Cod. because he would
have spoiled the infinite design, frus-
trated the divine purpose. Now in
finite mind is infinite spirit, and
as an expression Of infinite life man
must he eternal while as an express
sion 81 Infinite spirit man must be
spiritual and not material Man. then.
as Gods idea Gods image aud like
ness, has all the qualities O. God. and
not a single quality which is not OF
Cod therefore he is healthful and
holy spiritual. immortal. perfect
A False Belief to Be Erudlcated-
such a conclusion as this leaves no
room for a mortal, material, sick and
sinful man. yet we have the problem
Of materially with its sicznesses and
woes to deal WIKI as a false belief TO
be eradicated.
Nothing seems more real to The
human mind than does matter. though
the most eminent physicists OF the
present day are quite at one ia say
ing that IL is impossible 10 prove that
there IS such q thing as matter. They
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thing outside itself. the expression OF
energy and this is just another way
Of saying that matter is an expression
OF thought Christian Science agrees
with them IN saying that matter is an
expression Of thought. but points out
that matter is an expression not o.
right thought but Of wrong thought;
that all right thought, God's thought
real thought. must partalze Of God s
ma -urai ana Is therefore spiritual. not
material and is expressed in spirit
ual things. not material things The
whole material universe with AL its
sin, sickness and DEATH is Just the
sense of the opposite-the sense OF
the absence Of that which God made /
NOW this material body cannot do
anything OF itself. but is simply the
expression OF the conscious or uncon- 7
scious thought OF the mortal. human /
mind Investi gation proves that all
sickness is mental, that is. it is sick I
thought made manifest on the body
and when we are wen IL is well
thought which is made manifest on
the body. Every function, every ac- I
ton every condition OF the body, is
the expression Of what we are con-
sciously or uuconsci0usly thinking
from one moment 10 the next
-As we see that both sin and sick ]
ness are simply manifestations OF I
mortal thought, thoughts OF imperfec- !
ton. We also see that By urrtafwE the ]
thought OF the perfection OF God and I
all that Coo has made In place OF this !
wrong thought. We shall rule out the
wrong thought; and with no wrong 4
thought there can be no wrong mani &
fsstatson- The Bible makes this
identical statement when it says, /
Put off concerning the former con I
rersatlon the old man, which is cor
rupt according 10 the dsceitful lusts.
and be renewed in the spirit Of your
mind and put on the rev man.
which after God is created in right
eousness and true holiness.
TO those who are inst beginning
the study Of Christian Science the &
OF the material man is the
most difficult proposition TO accept. !
The logic Of the argument o. the in
finite PERFECTION Of mind. Cod. and i
the spiritual creation, seems clear to
most Of US. but The equally logical
and correlated argument Of the Moth
inEness and unreality Of the material
creation causes US more trouble. This
point VIII become clearer as our spir-
irual perception enlarEes. for in the
proportion that the spiritual creation
becomes real 20 US the material loses
its reality
Question often Asked.
Z have often been asked the ques-
ton. j this mortal material body is
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