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From the May 1885 issue of The Christian Science Journal

This article was later republished in Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896:  Mis. 55:16-56:24


"Is Christian Science based on the facts of both Spirit and matter?"

It is based on the facts of Spirit and its forms and representations, but these facts are the direct antipodes of the so-called facts of matter; and the eternal verities of Spirit assert themselves over their opposite, or matter, in the final destruction of all unlike Him.

Man can have one God only as he regards God the only Mind, Life and substance. If God is Spirit and "all in all," as Scripture declares, matter is mythology, and its laws mortal beliefs.

If Mind is in matter beneath a skullbone, it is in something unlike Him, and either a godless and material mind, or it is God in matter; these are theories of Agnosticism and Pantheism, the very antipodes of Christian Science.

"What is organic life?"

Life is inorganic Spirit, alias Deity; if Spirit was organic, disorganization would destroy it.

If Mind is not substance, form and tangibility, God is substanceless, for the substance of Spirit is Mind. If Life is non-intelligent, God is not the Creator, and Life is apart from Mind.

Every indication of matter constituting life is mortal, the direct opposite of Life or immortality, and infringes upon the rights of Spirit. Then, to conclude that Spirit constituted laws to that effect, is a mortal error, a human conception opposed to the divine government. Mind and matter mingling in perpetual warfare is a kingdom divided against itself that shall be brought to desolation. The final destruction of this false belief of matter will come at the full revelation of Spirit —one God and the brotherhood of man. Organic life is an error of statement that Truth destroys. The science of Life needs only to be understood; its demonstration proves the correctness of my statements and brings blessings infinite.

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