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was a ruler of Body, in which province Mortal Man resides.
He also testified that he was on intimate terms with the
plaintiff, and knew Personal Sense to be truthful; that he
knew Man, and that Man was made in the image of God,
but was a criminal. This is a foul aspersion on man's
Maker. It blots the fair escutcheon of omnipotence. It indicates
malice aforethought, a determination to condemn
Man in the interest of Personal Sense. At the bar of Truth,
in the presence of divine Justice, before the Judge of our
higher tribunal, the Supreme Court of Spirit, and before
its jurors, the Spiritual Senses, I proclaim this witness,
Nerve, to be destitute of intelligence and truth and to be
a false witness.
Man self-destroyed; the testimony of matter respected;
Spirit not allowed a hearing; Soul a criminal though
recommended to mercy; the helpless innocent body tortured, - these
are the terrible records of your Court of
Error, and I ask that the Supreme Court of Spirit reverse
this decision.
Here the opposing counsel, False Belief, called Christian
Science to order for contempt of court. Various
notables - Materia Medica, Anatomy, Physiology, Scholastic
Theology, and Jurisprudence - rose to the question
of expelling Christian Science from the bar, for such
high-handed illegality. They declared that Christian Science
was overthrowing the judicial proceedings of a regularly
constituted court.
But Judge Justice of the Supreme Court of Spirit overruled
their motions on the ground that unjust usages
were not allowed at the bar of Truth, which ranks above
the lower Court of Error.
The attorney, Christian Science, then read from the
supreme statute-book, the Bible, certain extracts on the
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