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those who discern Christian Science will hold crime in
check. They will aid in the ejection of error. They
will maintain law and order, and cheerfully await the
certainty of ultimate perfection.
(Dangerous resemblances)
In reality, the more closely error simulates truth and
so-called matter resembles its essence, mortal mind, the
more impotent error becomes as a belief. According
to human belief, the lightning is fierce
and the electric current swift, yet in Christian Science
the flight of one and the blow of the other will become
harmless. The more destructive matter becomes, the
more its nothingness will appear, until matter reaches
its mortal zenith in illusion and forever disappears. The
nearer a false belief approaches truth without passing
the boundary where, having been destroyed by divine
Love, it ceases to be even an illusion, the riper it becomes
for destruction. The more material the belief, the more
obvious its error, until divine Spirit, supreme in its domain,
dominates all matter, and man is found in the likeness
of Spirit, his original being.
The broadest facts array the most falsities against
themselves, for they bring error from under cover. It
requires courage to utter truth; for the higher Truth
lifts her voice, the louder will error scream, until its inarticulate
sound is forever silenced in oblivion.
"He uttered His voice, the earth melted." This Scripture
indicates that all matter will disappear before the
supremacy of Spirit.
(Christianity still rejected)
Christianity is again demonstrating the Life that is
Truth, and the Truth that is Life, by the apostolic
work of casting out error and healing the
sick. Earth has no repayment for the persecutions which
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