IF mankind could be convinced that there is a practical, definite, and provable way out of sickness, out of the ills which they believe must go along with material living, they would certainly hasten to find out what that way is, and no longer depend upon human ways and means for liberation from the burdens imposed by a belief of existence in matter. Indeed, even the so-called mortal mind, which claims to assume a directing hand over the destiny of humanity, and which thinks so much of itself and what it can do in the affairs of men, is not satisfied with its past achievements in relieving itself and the immediate object of its care and solicitude—the mortal body —from its pains and heartaches.
Need mankind continue in bondage to such conditions or surrender itself to a belief in death? Is there a way out of all evil? Jesus of Nazareth has shown humanity such a way. His mission on earth was to lead mortals out of the belief that sin, sickness, and death are a part of man's heritage as the child of God, and to reestablish the kingdom of God. How well Jesus fulfilled his mission is evident from the fact that every kind of abnormal condition, whether mental, moral, or physical, yielded to his ministry.
Jesus found the world submerged in materiality, attempting to serve God through matter, with material offerings and sacrifices, dwelling in the belief that men were allsufficient of themselves to reach that perfect state of being promised to the fathers, and by human measures to heal the ills of the mortal body. It was to deliver men from this state of thought that he did his great healing and redemptive work. He performed his work properly; in all ways he expressed God's will. He understood his God-given power to destroy all that was not good, taught his disciples the source of this power, and by demonstration proved to them its efficacy. He taught them that all who would follow his teaching would be able to do similar works. This incomparable legacy of truth and love he left for the salvation of all mankind.
