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convincing statement which would tden-
tify the messenger of God, for all time,
with the works of healing. go and
show John again those things which We
do hear and see: the blind receive their
sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear. the dead are
preached to them. And blessed is he,
whatsoever shall not be offended in me.
The Christian Science Church has adopt
ed similar method for answering hon
est inquiry about the Comforter which
Jesus promised to send us from the
Father, and which he defined as the
spirit of truth" Therefore all Chris
tian Science churches throughout the
world provide a midweek testimony
meeting, at which members of the con-
gregation may testify to the healing
power Of God, which they themselves
have seen or experienced:
The divine power which can do good,
but not evil. has been interpreted in
with Key to the Scriptures, with such
clearness and simplicity, that it is fire.
quent occurrence with the sick and the
SHINING to be healed by reading this
book. The last chapter of Science and
Health contains one hundred pages OF
testimonials by those who have been
healed of organic and functional
diseases simply by reading and study
ing this book. Practically every sin and
disease humanity known has, at some
time. been healed by the teachings Of
Christian Science. The question, How
does Christian Science heal?' is an
swered by these fruits. There Is no mys-
terry about the operation or Christian
Science, for the power Of Gods truth
Is in itself, and it needs only to be I'M
derstood in order to be manifested. Those
who receive such blessings, naturally
give thanks to God and to His Christ for
the promised Comforter.
NOT SUBSTITUTE
FOR THE RIFLE.
1t should be we'll understood that
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures. does not take the place OF the
Bible but 1t has so clearly interpreted
the Bible as to bring a return of print
tive Christian healing. Moreover IL con
firms the divinity Of Christ Jesus and OF
his wonderful works. The fact that peo-
pie have been healed of cancers, tumors,
consumption, the drug habit, and so on.
simply by reading n book and gaining its
spiritual import, should be a most con-
vincing proof that It Is not the human
VIII or carnal mind which does the neal
ing. Even Jesus himself was forbidden
to use his own Will In healing, for II Is
the truth about God and man that makes
us free. Healing Is not gained from
knowledge Of sin, matter or the carnal
mind it is gained from the truth about
the spiritual Mind where life, health and
happiness abound. Since the divine Mind
is everywhere present, II is never trans
Dlitted nor projected. Since the facts
about God are the same everywhere, one
needs only to realize those facts wherever
he may be, to know they are just as true
everywhere, right where a patient most
needs the help. AS one realizes that
divine Presence, together with the nature
Of that Presence, he must realize the very
presence Of life health and freedom; for
Where the Spirit OK the Lord is, there Is
liberty"
1t should he perfectly evident that one
can never suffer from auRht that comes
from the spiritual Mind, for that Mind
brings only life and peace If he suffer
at all. then, 1t must come from the car
nal mind. which Is sin and death. and
Il must be by reason Of his belief that
God Is afar of. which really Is not true.
Suffering, then. Is really just a false
belief about Gods presence; for when
one realizes Gods ever presence, the be-
lief disappears and the healing Presence
appears. St Paul described the effect OF
that false belief when he said, The good
that / would | do not: but the evil which
7 would not that do" The same con.
dition was referred to also by Job, who
declared, "W hen | looked for good theu
evil came unto me and when | waited
for light. there came darkness such
mental darkness therefore IS but be
lief OF Gods absence,-a belief in power
apart from God.
The belief in a power apart from God.
which seeks TO peryert ones natural
goodness, Is referred to by our dicuoG-
aries as animal magnetism" 1t Is not
a modern invention as you may observe
from the reference to It by lob and St
Paul. Bible scholars conCede the Book
IT Job to be one OF the oldest In the
Bible and this Book describes in detail
how Job succeeded in clearing himself
from the influence or animal magnetism
so that he could finally declare, Yes in
my flesh shall l see God"
ANIMAL MAGNETISM
TERM FOR SATAN"
Animal magnetism is undoubtedly what
is meant by the term satan" in the
Bible 1t changed the truth OF God into
lie." according to st. Paul. "and wor-
shipped and served the creature more
than the Creator" Its mental ocCutism
was employed by the magcians and sor-
cerers to oppose the works Of Moses and
Jesus, the prophets and apostles. The
modern opponents Of animal magnetism
are known as mesmerlsm, hypuotism,
spiritualism, theosophy and such Ike.
These systems all employ some form of
vibrat0ry suggestion or transmission OF
thought all of which Is the product Of
the carnal mind, which st. Paul denomi-
mated sin and death. Only a finite be-
lief of mind would need to be transferred
from one place to another, and since It
believes in the absence Of God, 1t must
be a false belief.
When animal magnetism assaled the
loyalty of Simon Peter, his great Master
gave him sharp warning. "Simon, ST.
mon,' said Jesus, Satan hath desired to
have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
But l have prayed for thee, that thy
faith fail not" In addition to warning
Peter, the Master did only one thing. He
prayed that the faith which he himself
had fostered IN the consciousness Of his
disciple should not fail. The substance
Of faith which is born of God viii sur
yive the malice Of the whole earth and
ri bg nd fssf1
der subsection to the divine Law, abso-
lutely, completely and finally
The mental qualities. or fruits OF the
Spirit, which come from God cannot be
nypnotized. Know We not" says st.
Paul, that to whom ye yield yourselves
servants to obey. his servants ye are to
whom We obey; neither OF sin unto
death, or of obedience unto righteous
nessF' EVIL suggestions therefore can
have no government over an individual
unless he willingly and voluntarily yields
his obedience to them. AS st. Paul de-
clared TO the Romans, The law of the
Spirit Of life In Christ Jesus hath made
me free from the law of sin and death
free to do the will of infinite Good
1t is the nature of evil to claim auto
cratic power. This thought of autocracy
seems to develop along two distinct lines;
one through the aut0cracy Of the tndi-
vidual and the other through the autoc
racy of the masses. The autocracy of the
h'hSoNo - eSiA NAPASGot0 Apudy Al u
movement known as Boleshvism. This
movement Is the will of the flesh organ
lied to war against 1.-The fruit of the
Spirit" 1t is an attempt to undermine
the law and order which sustain the
state. the church and the home. Let us
suppose for the moment that such
movement were to gain it's object; the
result would be the reign of disorder and
lawlessuess disintegrating our most
cherished institutions. 1t would mean
the reign of immortality, adultery, envy,
hatred and strife, which are the works
Of the flesh, and which have no part in