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History repeats itself.

Along the track of centuries hath flown rivers of blood, all because he or she did or said something that another had not said or done. No matter how good so'er that something was it had the fate to be new, and the old must crush it. When Aristotle was asked "what hath a man gained by telling a falsehood he replied not to be believed when he speaks the truth." Have we gained as much of [*]Archival Note: A series of metamarks that look like Xs appear at this point in the manuscript. history when the old hath served us badly should we go on trusting it ? [*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.learn that whatever theory or doctrine beareth not the fruits of harmony to both body and mind hath not the signet of Truth and by their fruits they shall be knownMatt 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? . When we build on Soul instead of sense or the hearing of the ear the seeing of the eyeMatt 13:15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. and the soiled sanctum of an educated conscience we shall start right and shall bring out the science of christianity in healing the sick and casting .[*]Archival Note: End crossed out text. How would civilization have advanced if the thinker and discovererAs Written:discoerer, the philosopher and artisan As Written: artizan had kept silence? we have to thank them for every step whereby progress has brought out the benefits of Truth Those are the men of Soul stimulated by Spirit Gen 32:24 ¶And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. Gen 32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. Gen 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Gen 32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. Gen 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Gen 32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. they have painted with the fingers of light artist's pictures, have spoken to the opposite hemisphere in submarine As Written: submorine whisper's; yea they have brought out the higher demonstration, of a nobler humanity, in love to man and a better understanding of God.

[*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.For whatever good it hath done let us reverence the old and dismiss it with our blessing We let the past bury its own dead and let us follow the livingMatt 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. , let matter fade out and let us find Truth Life[*]Archival Note: End crossed out text.

Handshift:Mary Baker EddyThe religions As Written: relegions and laws of sense yield slowly but Soul finally establishes the counter truth of being through immortal evidences and proof. Ignorance creates prejudice, popularity begets temptation and much learning is madnessActs 26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. when it saith I have too much to leave to leave all for ChristMatt 19:16 ¶And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? Matt 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. Matt 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Matt 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matt 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? Matt 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. Matt 19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. Matt 19:23 ¶Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matt 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Matt 19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? Matt 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Matt 19:27 ¶Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? Matt 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Matt 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. Matt 19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. Mark 10:17 ¶And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? Mark 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. Mark 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. Mark 10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. Mark 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. Mark 10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. Mark 10:23 ¶And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! Mark 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Mark 10:26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? Mark 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. Mark 10:28 ¶Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. Mark 10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, Mark 10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. Mark 10:31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. Luke 18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Luke 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. Luke 18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. Luke 18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. Luke 18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. Luke 18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. Luke 18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! Luke 18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Luke 18:26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? Luke 18:27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. Luke 18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. Luke 18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, Luke 18:30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. . But what if a stray sunbeam from earth seldom falls athwart the way of the pilgrim making his cour[*]Gap: letters.Reason: page cut. direct for heaven and the goal of his hopes seemeth afar off let the stranger who is astray from the privileged clans of earth behold the shepherd and his hope As Written: hop of Soul waiting to welcome him when the rich man shall knock in vain at the golden gate — the man who hath laid up his treasures on earthMatt 6:19 ¶Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Matt 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: hath no oil in his lampMatt 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Matt 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Matt 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: Matt 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Matt 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Matt 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Matt 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. Matt 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. Matt 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. to light his way to heaven and the pleasures and pursuitsAs Written:persuits of sense will fade into nothingness when Soul shall finally make its demands on our affections and pursuits As Written: persuits and the proud retinue shall go into outer darkness who have followed their sense of material treasures and are poor in the priceless gems of Soul. [*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.O for the pen of an angel the point of a diamond to trace in luminous lines the m that Man's freedom was to sin! the liberty of the sons[*]Archival Note: End crossed out text. Rom 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. Rom 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Rom 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Soul offers nor accepts a single excuse for the errors of sense immortality As Written: inmortality hath nothing in common with mortality God's sovereignty As Written: sovreignty is the supremacy of Spirit over matter and if we must submit to this govern Spirit will be found to give man only the ability to do good and to deprive him of the power of evil The self-contradictionsAs Written:self contradictions of formulated Souls the interlaced ambiguities of Spirit and matter are but myths of sense, God never made a sensualist a hypocrite a sinner or a sick man God has naught to do with creating the wrongs and abuses of being neither will God forgive them Error in man is as unpardonable as error in numbers that the science of numbers demands to be corrected The science of being cannot be mockedGal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. , it hath its demands, and man can never be found harmonious until these moral demands are obeyed. This is a law of of metaphysics that altereth not The lawgiver is God and the law cannot be annulled.

The Hebrew lawgiver from a deserted babe in the rushes rescued by the daughter of a KingEx 2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. Ex 2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. Ex 2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. Ex 2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. Ex 2:5 ¶And the daughter of
Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Ex 2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children. Ex 2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? Ex 2:8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother. Ex 2:9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. Ex 2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
became the valient deliverer of the oppressedEditorial Note: The story of Moses delivering the Children of Israel from bondage in Egypt is found in the book of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). God appointed and equipped As Written: equiped he was the utterance for sinai, nation's own him, and time casts her tributes at his feet Yet this inspired lawgiver leading on the law of God had no reward from earth even the people whom he rescued from captivity were not satisfied for the man of Soul was taking away the things of sense and the slaves of Pharaoh would carry the hod uncomplainingly for a king but would cry out against their deliverer, "he taketh from us the cucumber the garlicNum 11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: and the flesh potEx 16:3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. "

The gospel fulfilleth the law; Love and Truth as explained by Jesus comes with the gentle voice of a shepherd calling his flocks saying I will give you the joys of Soul and deliver you from your Masters sin sickness and death and carry you safely through the red sea of fear if you will turn away from the errors of sense and listen to the voice of Soul

Are we willing to change Masters even for the promised land? are not the fleshpotsAs Written:flesh pots and the golden calfEx 32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. Ex 32:4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. arguing strongly todayAs Written:to day against a modern Moses? hindering our journey accusing meekness and doubting the might of the arm omnipotent. What need hath christendom of a creed when Jesus left us all the necessary directions on our way in these words Go ye into all the world heal the sick cast out error preach the gospel to the poor Now if that leader of christianity was on earth and should take up one of our garrulous newspapers in this century he would read this notice The Rev. Dr. Broadway has a palatial As Written: pallatial church and last Sabbath preached to a very fashionable audience What would Jesus say to this? would he inquire about the rent of the pews and finding the poor were shut out of that church go into it himself with a lash of small cords and drive out the money changers and overthrow the seats of them that sold dovesMatt 21:12 ¶And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, . I wish the means were in my power to build a church for the poor, the sensitive, the refined, the proud who earn their bread by the sweat of honest toil, and I would have for them a change from gloomy walls to frescoed ceiling, gilded balconies, hung with the burnished cages of bright-wingedAs Written:bright winged warblers singing as if at heaven's gate the soft glamor of fair-leafedAs Written:fair leafed flowers filling the air with a flood of beauty and perfume, music (here I confess a passion) O the music! it should come from the Soul singers and a deep-throatedAs Written:deep throated organ pealing, reverberating, fading in soft cadence sinking into the enchantment of sound, until heaven seemed coming to earth and the heart beat time with the angels. Does brother Broadway preach to fashionable audiences then he preaches to wolves in sheep's clothingMatt 7:15 ¶Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. and of how much more value is man than a sheep! he preaches to the lion of the tribes of sense, a lion in wait for a lamb he preaches to men with long ears, and to men of Mark 12:40 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. broad phylacteriesMatt 23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, who have their prices, men who are sold at the shambles set up in the markets for manhood and set off to the highest bidder

O! For a sunbeam from out the eternal to pierce with one ray of light the cloud of corruption darkening over this land An honest man in public life! why, I remember of seeing one once and tis sweet to remember such a man walketh a prince among men he hath saved his heritage of heaven is just amid lawlessness unsoiled amid corruption true to his calling; such a man though he sweeps the streets of our city is the richest the wisest the highest man in Massachusetts — Not unfrequently we hear it said that such or such an one is a good man he has some Soul. Well, we rejoice to know this and will consider briefly what the Soul is that having even a little of it makes a good man

If it was a sinning Soul such a result could not follow the voice of the people is the voice of God, if the people think their own thoughts, The sense is universal that Soul softens, quickens, enlarges, makes mighty; and this is the correct view of Soul Spirit would not survive matter if it was no better than matter error hath only the elements of weakness and mortality. Truth hath none of them Soul is the Truth of man personal sense or any supposed Life or Intelligence in matter is the error of man, Soul is saved already, for Soul is immortal and immortality belongs not to error it is the indestructible As Written: indistructible element of Truth Sense, personal sense is already proved error in its conclusions and is the only sinner it is all that is sick or that dies We hope the period advances when we shall virtually have but one God, one perfect Principle of being, and the next step of science would be taken readily to love our neighbor as ourselfMark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Mark 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. . [*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.then would our thoughts or prayers heal the sick and cast out error Metaphysical science is for the healing of the nationsRev 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Rev 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. , how long shall it be rejected for a drug, or misinterpreted as mediumship that heathen philosophy of this period. [*]Archival Note: End crossed out text.

when the senses of Spirit hush the senses of matter, then shall appear a worthy manhood and womanhood, true, high, self-sacrificingAs Written:selfsacrificing, loving; [*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines. then would man be reckoned from the standpoint of Soul and not sense, and our villainies that stand in holy places be trampled under the foot of human and [*]Archival Note: End crossed out text. Like the musician who Like the musician who is the master of sweet sounds the man of Soul brings out the harmony of being here and the hereafter opens upon his spiritual senses with deeper, broader, higher meanings Without the science of sound tones would lose their power and completeness. Without the science of Soul the objects of sense are discordant having a wrong interpreter, without the science of Christianity religion lacks the divine power that casts out error and heals the sick, Without science Christopher Columbus would never have sailed east to reach the opposite point of compass and have discovered the western hemisphere As Written: hemishphere But how did this man of Soul suffer for taking sense by the beard chains and starvation rewarded him; they bound the brave navigator who for them had ungirdled the half globe to unite it to its better half and bind it with the sweet influence of the PleiadesJob 38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of
Orion?
Did the new half of a world harm the old half rather did not science unite the two hemispheres As Written: hemishpheres into one grand sphere to harmonize the races

The touch of science illuminated chaos launched the earth in its orbit holds it in the grasp of Intelligence and saith to the proud wave here shalt thou be staidJob 38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? Thus God is united with science in all harmonious action and by Christian science will unite mankind in one grand unite of brotherhood. In every instance of science personal sense hath been contradicted and put to silence. Knowing this, wherefore start when I say, [*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.the material and mortal mind and is only what it seemeth to this mind also that Spirit hath no recognition of matter The infinite [*]Archival Note: End crossed out text.; Soul is an Omnipresent As Written: Omipresent consciousness or Spirit and never a spirit in chains or fetters of personality Soul is not confined, freedom is the element of Spirit , then how can Soul be in a body? Moral as well as physical science contradicts personal sense tells you there is but one Intelligence or Soul insomuch as Soul is Spirit and Spirit is God and there is but one God Tells you that personal sense is an error of statement because the five personal senses are matter or nerves dependent on structure and matter has no sensation, it neither hears, sees, nor feels; mind or Soul is alone is capable of feeling seeing etc Soul stands supreme the Principle of all sight and sense and if you will distrust matter, when it saith I am sick, I am inflamed I am 'weak' I am dying, I am sinning As Written: sinnig etc and trust Soul that remains untouched and eternal in its harmony and look to Spirit and not matter for life and happiness then will you be destroying these errors of sense and bringing out the Truth of being, and this Truth will restore your body to harmony, and bring out the perfection and immortality As Written: innortality of all that God hath created. But truth destroys error only, it does not destroy the individuality or identity of all things but perpetuates all from the atom to immensityAs Written:imminsity, from the tiny spray that buddeth within the vale up to the infinite; Spirit that hath created all, holds and governs all in order beauty and immortality.

The modest daisy that lifts its early tints above the snow to greet the sunbeam hath no cause to question the notice of God whoLuke 12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. clothes the lillyLuke 12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. . The careful sparrow with household As Written: houshold furniture in her bill fashions her house wisely and shelters herself from the sly cat that would catch her in his velvet paw like a dishonest

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History repeats itself.

aAlong the track of centuries hath flown rivers of blood, all because he or she did or said something that another had not said or done. No matter how good so'er that something was it had the fate to be new, and the old must crush it. When Aristotle was asked "what hath a man gained by telling a falsehood he replied not to be believed when he speaks the truth." Have we gained as much of [*]Archival Note: A series of metamarks that look like Xs appear at this point in the manuscript. history when the old hath served us badly should we go on trusting it badly should should we trust it still? poorly and things are at worst aught they not to mend aught we we shall yet not to [*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.learn that whatever theory or doctrine beareth not the fruits of harmony to both body and mind hath not the signet of Truth and by their fruits they shall should be knownMatt 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? . When we build on Whenever we start from Soul instead of sense or the hearing of the ear the seeing of the eyeMatt 13:15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. and or the soiled sanctum of an educated conscience we shall start right and shall bring bring out the science of christianity that shall healing the sick and casting ity in healing the sick and casting out out error If Truth is not to be spoken at all times it must be spoken at some time.[*]Archival Note: End crossed out text. How would civilization have advanced if the thinker and discoererCorrected:discoverer, the philosopher and artizan Corrected: artisan had kept silence? we have to thank them for every step whereby progress has brought out the benefits of Truth Those were are the men of Soul that have courage;; being stimulated by Spirit [*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.they have taken matter by the beard and closed with her in deadly combat over mental and physical discord have[*]Archival Note: End crossed out text. wrestled with the error of sense and said to sSoul I will not let the go except thou bless meGen 32:24 ¶And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. Gen 32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. Gen 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Gen 32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. Gen 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Gen 32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. they have painted with the fingers of light artist's pictures, have spoken to the opposite hemisphere in submorine Corrected: submarine whisper's; yea and they have brought out the higher demonstration, of a nobler humanity, in love to man and a better the understanding of God.

[*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.For whatever good it hath done let us we reverence the old and but shall dismiss it with our blessing We shall let the past bury its own dead and let us shall follow the livingMatt 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. , shall let matter fade out and let us of being and find Truth and Life[*]Archival Note: End crossed out text.

Handshift:Mary Baker EddyThe relegions Corrected: religions and laws of sense yield slowly but to Soul that finally establishes the counter [?] Unclear or illegible truth of being through immortal evidences and proof. Ignorance creates prejudice, popularity begets temptation and much learning makes is madnessActs 26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. when it saith I have too much to leave to leave all for ChristMatt 19:16 ¶And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? Matt 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. Matt 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Matt 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matt 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? Matt 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. Matt 19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. Matt 19:23 ¶Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matt 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Matt 19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? Matt 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Matt 19:27 ¶Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? Matt 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Matt 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. Matt 19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. Mark 10:17 ¶And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? Mark 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. Mark 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. Mark 10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. Mark 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. Mark 10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. Mark 10:23 ¶And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! Mark 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Mark 10:26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? Mark 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. Mark 10:28 ¶Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. Mark 10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, Mark 10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. Mark 10:31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. Luke 18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Luke 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. Luke 18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. Luke 18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. Luke 18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. Luke 18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. Luke 18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! Luke 18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Luke 18:26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? Luke 18:27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. Luke 18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. Luke 18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, Luke 18:30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. . But what if a stray sunbeam from earth seldom falls athwart the way of the pilgrim making his cour[*]Gap: letters.Reason: page cut. direct for heaven and the goal of his hopes seemeth afar off let the stranger who is look up dear wanderer astray from the privileged clans of earth and behold the shepherd and his hop Corrected: hope of Soul waitsing to welcome him thee when and the rich man old shall knock in vain at the golden gate — the man who hath laid up his treasures on earthMatt 6:19 ¶Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Matt 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: hath no oil in his lampMatt 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Matt 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Matt 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: Matt 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Matt 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Matt 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Matt 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. Matt 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. Matt 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. to light his way to heaven and the pleasures and rewards and the pleasures and persuitsCorrected:pursuits of sense will fade into nothingness when Soul shall finally make its demands on our affections and persuits Corrected: pursuits and the proud retinue of shall sense shall go into outer darkness the senses that (who have followed their sense who have followed their sense their senses love of material treasures and so are poor in the priceless gems of Soul. [*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.O for the pen of an angel and the point of a diamond to trace in luminous lines thise mistakes of the senses cannot does not m eternity outweigh an hour? that Man's freedom w was not to sin! the liberty freedom of the sons[*]Archival Note: End crossed out text. of GodRom 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. Rom 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Rom 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. is to be perfect even as the Father the PrincipleMatt 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. of man is perfectMatt 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Soul offers nor accepts a single no excuse for the errors of sense inmortality Corrected: immortality hath nothing in common with mortality tGod's sovreignty Corrected: sovereignty is the supremacy of Spirit fover matter and if we must submit to this government and then Spirit it will be found to give man only the ability to do good and to deprive him of the power of evil The self contradictionsCorrected:self-contradictions of formulated Souls the interlaced ambiguities of Spirit and matter are but the myths of sense, God never made a sensualist a hypocrite or a sinnrer or a sick man God has naught to do with creating the wrongs and abuses of being neither will and God cannot forgive them Error in man is as unpardonable as error in numbers that the science of numbers demands to be corrected The science of being cannot be mockedGal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. , it hath its demands, and man can never be found harmonious until these moral demands are obeyed. This is a the law of of metaphysics Mind that altereth not The lawgiver is God and the law cannot be annulled.

The Hebrew lawgiver from a deserted babe in the rushes rescued by the daughter of a KingEx 2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. Ex 2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. Ex 2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. Ex 2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. Ex 2:5 ¶And the daughter of
Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Ex 2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children. Ex 2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? Ex 2:8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother. Ex 2:9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. Ex 2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
became the valient deleiverer of the oppressedEditorial Note: The story of Moses delivering the Children of Israel from bondage in Egypt is found in the book of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). God appointed and equiped Corrected: equipped he was the utterance for sinai, and nation's own him, and time casts her tributes at his feet A Yet this inspired lawgiver leading on the law of God had no reward from earth even the people whom he [?] Unclear or illegible  rescued from captivity were not satisfied for the man of Soul had [?] Unclear or illegible was taking away the things of sense and how did the these slaves of Pharaoh would carry the haod uncomplainingly for a king but would cry out of against their deliverer, "he taketh from us away the cucumber the garlicNum 11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: and the flesh potEx 16:3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. "

The gospel fulfilleth the law; Love and Truth as explained by Jesus comes with the gentle voice of a shepherd calling his flocks saying I will give you the joys of Soul and deliver you from your Masters sin sickness and death and carry you over safely through the red sea of fear if you will turn away from the errors of sense and listen to the voice of Soul

Are we willing to change Masters even for the promised land? are not the flesh potsCorrected:fleshpots and the golden calfEx 32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. Ex 32:4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. arguing strongly to dayCorrected:today against a modern Moses? hindering your journey and accusing his the meekness of and doubt [?] Unclear or illegible ing the might of the arm omnipotent. What need hath christendom of a creed when Jesus left us all the necessary directions ion the our way in these words Go e ye into thall the world heal the sick cast out error preach the gospel to the poor Now if thisat leader of christianity was on earth to day and should to take up one of our garrulous newspapers in this century he would read this notice Brother The Rev. Dr. Broadway has a pallatial Corrected: palatial church and last Sabbath he preached to a very fashionable audience What would Jesus say to this? would he inquire about the rent of the pews and finding the po [?] Unclear or illegible or were shut out of that church go into it himself with would he make a lash of small chords and drive out the money changers and overthrow the seats of them that sold dovesMatt 21:12 ¶And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, . I wish the means were in my power to build a church for and invite to the feast of Truth the poor, the sensitive, the refined, the proud who have to earn their daily bread by the honest sweat of honest toil, and I would have for them but not for the rich a change from gloomy walls to frescoed cieeiling, gilded balconies, hung with the burnished cages of bright wingedCorrected:bright-winged warblers singing as if at heaven's gate the soft glamor of fair leafedCorrected:fair-leafed flowers filling the air with a flood of beauty and perfume, music (here I confess a passion) O the music! it should come from the Soul singers and the a deep throatedCorrected:deep-throated organ pealing, [?] Unclear or illegible  reverberating, [?] Unclear or illegible fading in soft cadence and dying in the sinking into the into the very enchantment of sound, until heaven seemed coming to earth and the heart beat time with the angels. Does brother Broadway preach to fashionable audiences then he preaches to wolves in sheep's clothingMatt 7:15 ¶Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. and of how much more value is man than a sheep! he preaches to the lion of the tribes of sense, a lion in wait for a lamb he preaches to men with of long ears, and to men of long prayersMark 12:40 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. broad phylacteriesMatt 23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, who have their prices, men who are sold at the shambles set up in the markets for manhood and set off to the highest bidder

O! For a sumnbeam from out the eternal to pierce with one ray of lighting the cloud of corruption [?] Unclear or illegible darkening over this land An honest man in public life! why, I remember of seeing one once and tis sweet to remember such a man walketh a prince among men he hath saved his heritage of heaven is just amid lawlessness unsoiled amid corrupt [?] Unclear or illegible ion true in to his calling; such a man though he sweeps the streets of our city is the richest the wisest the highest man in Massachusetts — Not unfrequently we hear it said that such or such an one is a good man he has some Soul. Wiell, we rejoice to know this and will consider briefly what the Soul is that having even a little of it makes a good man

If it was what we term a sinning Soul such a result could not follow it the voice of the people is the voice of God, if the people think their own thoughts, The sense is universal that Soul softens, quickens, enlarges, makes mighty; and this is the correct view of Soul Spirit Soul would not survive matter if it was no better than matter error hath only the elements of weakness and mortality. Truth hath none of them Soul is the Truth of man personal sense o [?] Unclear or illegible r any supposed Life or Intelligence in matter is the error of man, Soul is saved already, [?] Unclear or illegible for Soul is immortal and immortality belongs not not to error it is the indistructible Corrected: indestructible element of Truth Sense, personal sense is already proved an error in its conclusions and is the only sinner ist is all that is sick or that dies We hope the period advances when we shall virtually have but one God, one Soul or perfect Principle of being, and then the next step of science would be is taken readily to love our neighbor as ourselfMark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Mark 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. . [*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.then would shall our thoughts or and prayers heal the sick and cast out error This is mMetaphysical science is science given for the healing of the nationsRev 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Rev 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. , how long shall it be rejected for a drug, or misinterpreted as mediumship that the that heathen philosophy of this period. God is Spirit and Spirit is Soul therefore spirit or Soul cannot sin there is no plurality of Gods Souls or or Spirits is as term as incorrect as gods.[*]Archival Note: End crossed out text.

O for that sacred sense of truth that science gives when the senses of Soul Spirit hush the senses of matter, then shall will would there appear a worthy manhood and womanhood, true, high, selfsacrificingCorrected:self-sacrificing, loving; [*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.then would the religious change to christianity, and hypocrisy would disappear, then would man be reckoned from the standpoint of Soul and not sense, and our villainies that stand in holy places be trampled under the foot of human and divine law[*]Archival Note: End crossed out text. Like the musician who L [?] Unclear or illegible ike the musician who is the master of sweet sounds the man of Soul would brings brings out the out the harmony of being here and the the that hereafter it would open [?] Unclear or illegible s upon the his spiritual senses with deeper, broader, higher meanings even those tones that are immortal Without the science of sound those tones would lose their power and completeness. Without the science of Soul the objects of sense are discordants having a wrong interpreter, without the science of Christianity religuion lacks hath not the divine power that casts out error and heals the sick, Without the science that goes higher than personal sense Christopher Columbus would not never have sailed east to reach the opposite point of compass and have discovered the western hemishphere Corrected: hemisphere But how did this man of Soul suffer for taking sense by the beard chains and starvation rewarded him; they bound the brave navigator who for them had ungirdled the half globe to unite it to its better half and bind it with the sweet influence of the PleiadesJob 38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of
Orion?
Did the new half of a world harm the old half rather did not science unite the two hemishpheres Corrected: hemispheres into one grand spphere to harmonize the races

The touch of science could illuminatesd chaos science launchesed the earth in its orbit holds it in the grasp of Intelligence and saith say to the proud wave here shalt thou be staidJob 38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? Thus God is united with science in all harmonious action and by Christian science will unite mankind in one grand unite of brotherhood. In every instance of science personal sense hath been contradicted and put to silence. [?] Unclear or illegible Knowing this, wherefore start when I say, matter is a thing of the belief a creation of [*]Archival Note: The following text has been crossed out with vertical lines.the material or and mortal mind and is only what it seemeth to this mind also that Spirit hath no recognition of matter The infinite is an to infinite sense that [?] Unclear or illegible admits of no limits or barriers to mind[*]Archival Note: End crossed out text.; Soul is an Omipresent Corrected: Omnipresent consciousness or that is Spirit and never a spirit in chains or fetters of personality Soul is not confined, freedom is its the element of Spirit This consciousness is Soul, then how can Soul be in a body? Thus mMoral as well as physical science contradi [?] Unclear or illegible cts personal sense tells you there is but one Intelligence or Soul insomuch as Soul is Spirit and Spirit is God and there is but one God Tells you that personal sense is an error of statement because the five personal senses are matt [?] Unclear or illegible er or nerves dependent on structure and matter has no sensation, it neither hears, sees, nor feels; mind or Soul only belief is alon [?] Unclear or illegible e is capable of feeling seeing etc this for Soul stands supreme as the Principle of all sight and sense and if you will distrust matter, when it saith I am sick, I am inflamed I am 'weak' I am dying, I am sinnig Corrected: sinning etc and trust Soul that remains untouched and eternal in its harmony and looking to Spirit and not matter for life and happiness then will you be destroying these the errors of sense and bringing out the Truth of being, and this Truth will restore your body to harmony, the so fast as your allow it to take pass and bring out the perfection and innortality Corrected: immortality of all that God hath created. and But the truth that destroys error only, it does not destroy the individuality or identity of all things but perpetuates man all and from an the atom to imminsityCorrected:immensity, from the tiny spray that buddeth wit [?] Unclear or illegible hin [?] Unclear or illegible  the vale up to the eternal Principle infinite; Spirit that hath created all, holds and governs all in this order and beauty and makes immortality.

The modest daisy that lifts its early tinsts above the snow and to greets the early sunbeams hath no cause to question this the notice of God whoLuke 12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. thatLuke 12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. clothes the lilylyLuke 12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. . The careful sparrow with houshold Corrected: household furniture in hiser bill fashions hiser house builds above the cat above wisely [?] Unclear or illegible and shelters herself from the sly cat that would catch himer in heris velvet paw like a mean with sly dishonest

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