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with mental action and its effect in order to judge the case
according to Christian Science.
(Appetites to be abandoned)
If a man is an inebriate, a slave to tobacco, or the special
servant of any one of the myriad forms of sin, meet and
destroy these errors with the truth of being, -
by exhibiting to the wrong-doer the suffering
which his submission to such habits brings, and by convincing
him that there is no real pleasure in false
appetites. A corrupt mind is manifested in a corrupt body.
Lust, malice, and all sorts of evil are diseased beliefs, and
you can destroy them only by destroying the wicked
motives which produce them. If the evil is over in the
repentant mortal mind, while its effects still remain on the
individual, you can remove this disorder as God's law is
fulfilled and reformation cancels the crime. The healthy
sinner is the hardened sinner.
(Temperance reform)
The temperance reform, felt all over our land, results
from metaphysical healing, which cuts down every tree
that brings not forth good fruit. This conviction,
that there is no real pleasure in sin,
is one of the most important points in the theology of
Christian Science. Arouse the sinner to this new and
true view of sin, show him that sin confers no pleasure,
and this knowledge strengthens his moral courage and
increases his ability to master evil and to love good.
(Sin or fear the root of sickness)
Healing the sick and reforming the sinner are one and
the same thing in Christian Science. Both cures require
the same method and are inseparable in Truth.
Hatred, envy, dishonesty, fear, and so forth,
make a man sick, and neither material medicine
nor Mind can help him permanently, even in body,
unless it makes him better mentally, and so delivers him
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