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direct opposition to them and in defiance of all material
conditions.
(No fleshly heredity)
The transmission of disease or of certain idiosyncrasies
of mortal mind would be impossible if this great fact
of being were learned, - namely, that nothing
inharmonious can enter being, for Life is God.
Heredity is a prolific subject for mortal belief to pin theories
upon; but if we learn that nothing is real but the
right, we shall have no dangerous inheritances, and fleshly
ills will disappear.
(God-given dominion)
The enslavement of man is not legitimate. It will
cease when man enters into his heritage of freedom, his
God-given dominion over the material senses.
Mortals will some day assert their freedom in
the name of Almighty God. Then they will control their
own bodies through the understanding of divine Science.
Dropping their present beliefs, they will recognize harmony
as the spiritual reality and discord as the material
unreality.
If we follow the command of our Master, "Take no
thought for your life," we shall never depend on bodily
conditions, structure, or economy, but we shall be masters
of the body, dictate its terms, and form and control it with
Truth.
(Priestly pride humbled)
There is no power apart from God. Omnipotence has
all-power, and to acknowledge any other power is to dishonor
God. The humble Nazarene overthrew
the supposition that sin, sickness, and death
have power. He proved them powerless. It should have
humbled the pride of the priests, when they saw the demonstration
of Christianity excel the influence of their dead
faith and ceremonies.
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