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One Mind, EPHESIANS iv. 13 In this day of contending forces, Truth bruises the serpent's head; while error, ignorance, and superstition are like a wounded rattlesnake at bay, who first strikes at the heel of Truth, and then, turning upon itself the poisonous fangs, dies the victim of its own venomous error.

Let thy Speech be short, comprehending much. ECCLESIASTICUS.

Among the various erroneous beliefs which, according to the teachings of Science and Health, constitute all the sin there is, the first and fundamental error appears to be, that man is composed of both mind and matter. Christian Science affirms that Mind, or "Spirit, is immortal Truth, and matter is mortal error,"—entire opposites, which, from the law of Being, can neither blend nor work together.

Who was Jesus? Jesus was the Son of God, conceived by the Virgin Mary. He was the mediator between divinity and humanity.

We read in the Gospel according to John ( viii. 36 ) that Jesus once said: "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

In reality, what is the difference between 1888 and 1889? None. With God "one day is as a thousand years.

Let us now suppose that the stimulus comes from the outer world, instead of from the brain of the sleeper, and we have precisely what happens in hypnotism. Suggestibility is by no means peculiar to hypnotized persons.

A pretty Western editress runs an Express pouring out threatenings against the author of Science and Health, whence she seeks the little she knows of Christian Science. She is glaringly on the wrong track for driving by this author, whose way is the highway of holiness, which leads to harmony, light, and Love; while her critic's is the byway of envy, jealousy, and hate.

Surprising as it seems, I believe it to be true that not a little positively false morality is taught children by respectable and educated persons, — not consciously, of course, but through want of thought as to the impression made upon the child's mind by the words and actions of its elders. It is not only ignorant and irresponsible nurses, but too commonly the child's own mother who confuses its sense of right and wrong, by putting the expedient before it in the place of the right.

One of our present recollections of childhood is that it was a time when we were confident of being taken care of. We took no thought for raiment, but to wear it when it was provided.