The sweet, sacred sense and permanence of man’s unity with his Maker, in Science, illumines our present existence with the ever-presence and power of God, good. It opens wide the portals of salvation from sin, sickness, [20] and death. When the Life that is God, good, shall ap- pear, “we shall be like Him;” we shall do the works of Christ, and, in the words of David, “the stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner,” because the “I” does go unto the Father, the ego does [25] arise to spiritual recognition of being, and is exalted,— not through death, but Life, God understood. _Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved._—ACTS xvi. 31. The Scriptures require more than a simple admission [30] and feeble acceptance of the truths they present; they [Page 197.] require a living faith, that so incorporates their lessons [1] into our lives that these truths become the motive-power of every act. ur chosen text is one more frequently used than many others, perhaps, to exhort people to turn from sin [5] and to strive after holiness; but we fear the full import of this text is not yet recognized. It means a _full_ salva- tion,—man saved from sin, sickness, and death; for, unless this be so, no man can be wholly fitted for heaven in the way which Jesus marked out and bade his followers [10] pursue. In order to comprehend the meaning of the text, let us see what it is to believe. It means more than an opinion entertained concerning Jesus as a man, as the Son of God, or as God; such an action of mind would be of no more [15] help to save from sin, than would a belief in any historical event or person. But it does mean so to understand the beauty of holiness, the character and divinity which Jesus presented in his power to heal and to save, that it will compel us to pattern after both; in other words, to “let [20] this Mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. ii. 5.) Mortal man believes in, but does not understand life in, Christ. He believes there is another power or intelli- gence that rules over a kingdom of its own, that is both [25] good and evil; yea, that is divided against itself, and there- fore cannot stand. This belief breaks the First Command- ment of God. Let man abjure a theory that is in opposition to God, recognize God as omnipotent, having all-power; and, [30] placing his trust in this grand Truth, and working from no other Principle, he can neither be sick nor forever a [Page 198.] sinner. When wholly governed by the one perfect Mind, [1] man has no sinful thoughts and will have no desire to sin.