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query is abnormal, when “precept upon precept; [10]

      line upon line” are to be found in the Scriptures, and in

      my books, on this very subject.

      In Mark, ninth chapter, commencing at the thirty-

      third verse, you will find my views on this subject; love

      alone is admissible towards friend and foe. My sym- [15]

      pathies extend to the above-named class of students more

      than to many others. If I had the time to talk with all

      students of Christian Science, and correspond with them,

      I would gladly do my best towards helping those un-

      fortunate seekers after Truth whose teacher is straying [20]

      from the straight and narrow path. But I have not mo-

      ments enough in which to give to my own flock all the

      time and attention that they need—and charity must

      begin at home.

      Distinct denominational and social organizations and [25]

      societies are at present necessary for the individual,

      and for our Cause. But all people can and should be

      just, merciful; they should never envy, elbow, slander,

      hate, or try to injure, but always should try to bless their

      fellow-mortals. [30]

      To the query in regard to some clergyman's com-

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      ments on my illustrated poem, I will say: It is the righteous [1]

      prayer that avails with God. Whatever is wrong will

      receive its own reward. The high priests of old caused

      the crucifixion of even the great Master; and thereby

      they lost, and he won, heaven. I love all ministers and [5]

      ministries of Christ, Truth.

      All clergymen may not understand the illustrations

      in “Christ and Christmas;” or that these refer not to

      personality, but present the type and shadow of Truth's

      appearing in the womanhood as well as in the manhood [10]

      of God, our divine Father and Mother.

      Must I have faith in Christian Science in order to be

      healed by it?

      This is a question that is being asked every day. It

      has not proved impossible to heal those who, when they [15]

      began treatment, had no faith whatever in the Science,

      —other than to place themselves under my care, and

      follow the directions given. Patients naturally gain con-

      fidence in Christian Science as they recognize the help

      they derive therefrom. [20]

      What are the advantages of your system of healing, over

      the ordinary methods of healing disease?

      Healing by Christian Science has the following advantages:—

      First: It does away with all material medicines, and [25]

      recognizes the fact that, as mortal mind is the cause of

      all “the ills that flesh is heir to,” the antidote for sickness,

      as well as for sin, may and must be found in mortal mind's

      opposite—the divine Mind.

      Second: It is more effectual than drugs; curing where [30]

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      these fail, and leaving none of the harmful “after effects” [1]

      of these in the system; thus proving that metaphysics

      is above physics.

      Third: One who has been healed by Christian Sci-

      ence is not only healed of the disease, but is improved [5]

      morally. The body is governed by mind; and mortal

      mind must be improved, before the body is renewed

      and harmonious—since the physique is simply thought

      made manifest.

      Is spiritualism or mesmerism included in Christian [10]

      Science?

      They are wholly apart from it. Christian Science is

      based on divine Principle; whereas spiritualism, so far

      as I understand it, is a mere speculative opinion and

      human belief. If the departed were to communicate [15]

      with us, we should see them as they were before death,

      and have them with us; after death, they can no more

      come to those they have left, than we, in our present state

      of existence, can go to the departed or the adult can re-

      turn to his boyhood. We may pass on to their state [20]

      of existence, but they cannot return to ours. Man is

      im-mortal, and there is not a moment when he ceases to

      exist. All that are called “communications from spirits,”

      lie within the realm of mortal thought on this present plane

      of existence, and are the antipodes of Christian Science; [25]

      the immortal and mortal are as direct opposites as light

      and darkness.

      Who is the Founder of mental healing?

      The author of “Science and Health with Key to the

      Scriptures,” who discovered the Science of healing em- [30]

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      bodied in her works. Years of practical proof, through [1]

      homœopathy, revealed to her the fact that Mind, in-

      stead of matter, is the Principle of pathology; and

      subsequently her recovery, through the supremacy of

      Mind over matter, from a severe casualty pronounced [5]

      by the physicians incurable, sealed that proof with the

      signet of Christian Science. In 1883, a million of peo-

      ple acknowledge and attest the blessings of this mental

      system of treating disease. Perhaps the following

      words of her husband, the late Dr. Asa G. Eddy, [10]

      afford the most concise, yet complete, summary of the

      matter:—

      “Mrs, Eddy's works are the outgrowths of her life.

      I never knew so unselfish an individual.”

      Will the book Science and Health, that you offer for sale [15]

      at three dollars, teach its readers to heal the sick—or is

      one obliged to become a student under your personal in-

      struction? And if one is obliged to study under you, of

      what benefit is your book?

      Why

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