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CHAPTER 10 - Science of Being
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we
have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands
have handled, of the Word of life, . . . That which we have seen
and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship
with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with
His Son Jesus Christ. - John, First Epistle.
Here I stand. I can do no otherwise; so help me God! Amen!
- Martin Luther.
(Materialistic challenge)
In the material world, thought has brought to light
with great rapidity many useful wonders. With
like activity have thought's swift pinions been rising
towards the realm of the real, to the spiritual
cause of those lower things which give impulse
to inquiry. Belief in a material basis, from
which may be deduced all rationality, is slowly yielding
to the idea of a metaphysical basis, looking away from
matter to Mind as the cause of every effect. Materialistic
hypotheses challenge metaphysics to meet in final
combat. In this revolutionary period, like the shepherd-boy
- with his sling, woman goes forth to battle with
Goliath.
(Confusion confounded)
In this final struggle for supremacy, semi-metaphysical
systems afford no substantial aid to scientific metaphysics,
for their arguments are based on
the false testimony of the material senses as
well as on the facts of Mind. These semi-metaphysical
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