Part 16 (1/2)

_Is there infinite progression with man after the destruc-_ _tion of mortal mind?_

Man is the offspring and idea of the Supreme Being, [15]

whose law is perfect and infinite. In obedience to this law, man is forever unfolding the endless beat.i.tudes of Being; for he is the image and likeness of infinite Life, Truth, and Love.

Infinite progression is concrete being, which finite [20]

mortals see and comprehend only as abstract glory. As mortal mind, or the material sense of life, is put off, the spiritual sense and Science of being is brought to light.

Mortal mind is a myth; the one Mind is immortal. [25]

A mythical or mortal sense of existence is consumed as a moth, in the treacherous glare of its own flame- the errors which devour it. Immortal Mind is G.o.d, immortal good; in whom the Scripture saith ”we live, and move, and have our being.” This Mind, then, is not [30]

subject to growth, change, or diminution, but is the divine

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intelligence, or Principle, of all real being; holding [1]

man forever in the rhythmic round of unfolding bliss, as a living witness to and perpetual idea of inexhaustible good.

_In your book, Science and Health,_(_3_)_ page 181, you_ [5]

_say: __”__Every sin is the author of itself, and every_ _invalid the cause of his own sufferings.__”__ On page_ _182 you say: __”__Sickness is a growth of illusion, spring-_ _ing from a seed of thought,-either your own thought_ _or another's.__”__ Will you please explain this seeming_ [10]

_contradiction?_

No person can accept another's belief, except it be with the consent of his own belief. If the error which knocks at the door of your own thought originated in another's mind, you are a free moral agent to reject or [15]

to accept this error; hence, you are the arbiter of your own fate, and sin is the author of sin. In the words of our Master, you are ”a liar, and the father of it [the lie].”

_Why did Jesus call himself __”__the Son of man__”__?_ [20]

In the life of our Lord, meekness was as conspicuous as might. In John xvii. he declared his sons.h.i.+p with G.o.d: ”These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee.” [25]

The hour had come for the avowal of this great truth, and for the proof of his eternal Life and sons.h.i.+p. Jesus'

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wisdom ofttimes was shown by his forbearing to speak, [1]

as well as by speaking, the whole truth. Haply he waited for a preparation of the human heart to receive start- ling announcements. This wisdom, which character- ized his sayings, did not prophesy his death, and thereby [5]

hasten or permit it.

The disciples and prophets thrust disputed points on minds unprepared for them. This cost them their lives, and the world's temporary esteem; but the prophecies were fulfilled, and their motives were rewarded by [10]

growth and more spiritual understanding, which dawns by degrees on mortals. The spiritual Christ was infal- lible; Jesus, as material manhood, was not Christ. The ”man of sorrows” knew that the man of joys, his spiritual self, or Christ, was the Son of G.o.d; and that the mor- [15]

tal mind, not the immortal Mind, suffered. The human manifestation of the Son of G.o.d was called the Son of man, or Mary's son.

_Please explain Paul's meaning in the text, __”__For to me_ _to live is Christ, and to die is gain.__”_ [20]

The Science of Life, overshadowing Paul's sense of life in matter, so far extinguished the latter as forever to quench his love for it. The discipline of the flesh is designed to turn one, like a weary traveller, to the home of Love. To lose error thus, is to live in Christ, Truth. [25]

A true sense of the falsity of material joys and sorrows, pleasures and pains, takes them away, and teaches Life's lessons aright. The transition from our lower sense of Life to a new and higher sense thereof, even though it be through the door named death, yields a clearer and [30]

nearer sense of Life to those who have utilized the present,

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and are ripe for the harvest-home. To the battle- [1]

worn and weary Christian hero, Life eternal brings blessings.

_Is a Christian Scientist ever sick, and has he who is_ _sick been regenerated?_ [5]

The Christian Scientist learns spiritually all that he knows of Life, and demonstrates what he understands.