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and set the captive free. Swift on the wings of divine
Love, there comes a despatch: "Delay the execution;
the prisoner is not guilty." Consternation fills
the prison-yard. Some exclaim, "It is contrary
to law and justice." Others say,
"The law of Christ supersedes our laws; let us follow
Christ."
(Counsel for defence)
After much debate and opposition, permission is obtained
for a trial in the Court of Spirit, where Christian
Science is allowed to appear as counsel for
the unfortunate prisoner. Witnesses, judges,
and jurors, who were at the previous Court of Error,
are now summoned to appear before the bar of Justice
and eternal Truth.
When the case for Mortal Man versus Personal Sense
is opened, Mortal Man's counsel regards the prisoner
with the utmost tenderness. The counsel's earnest,
solemn eyes, kindling with hope and triumph, look
upward. Then Christian Science turns suddenly to the
supreme tribunal, and opens the argument for the
defence:-
The prisoner at the bar has been unjustly sentenced.
His trial was a tragedy, and is morally illegal. Mortal
Man has had no proper counsel in the case. All the testimony
has been on the side of Personal Sense, and we shall
unearth this foul conspiracy against the liberty and life of
Man. The only valid testimony in the case shows the
alleged crime never to have been committed. The prisoner
is not proved "worthy of death, or of bonds."
Your Honor, the lower court has sentenced Mortal Man
to die, but God made Man immortal and amenable to
Spirit only. Denying justice to the body, that court commended
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