is erring, sinful, sick, and dying, termed material or [1] mortal man, is neither God’s man nor Mind; but to be understood, we shall classify evil and error as mortal mind, in contradistinction to good and Truth, or the Mind which is immortal.” [5] _Do animals and beasts have a mind?_ Beasts, as well as men, express Mind as their origin; but they manifest less of Mind. The first and only cause is the eternal Mind, which is God, and there is but one God. The ferocious mind seen in the beast is [10] mortal mind, which is harmful and proceeds not from God; for His beast is the lion that lieth down with the lamb. Appetites, passions, anger, revenge, subtlety, are the animal qualities of sinning mortals; and the beasts that have these propensities express the lower [15] qualities of the so-called animal man; in other words, the nature and quality of mortal mind,—not immortal Mind. _What is the distinction between mortal mind and immortal_ _Mind?_ [20] Mortal mind includes all evil, disease, and death; also, all beliefs relative to the so-called material laws, and all material objects, and the law of sin and death. The Scripture says, “The carnal mind [in other words, mortal mind] is enmity against God; for it is not sub- [25] ject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” Mortal mind is an illusion; as much in our waking moments as in the dreams of sleep. The belief that intelligence, Truth, and Love, are in matter and separate from God, is an error; for there is no intelligent evil, and no power [30] [Page 37.] besides God, good. God would not be omnipotent if [1] there were in reality another mind creating or governing man or the universe. Immortal Mind is God; and this Mind is made manifest in all thoughts and desires that draw man- [5] kind toward purity, health, holiness, and the spiritual facts of being. Jesus recognized this relation so clearly that he said, “I and my Father are one.” In proportion as we oppose the belief in material sense, in sickness, sin, and death, [10] and recognize ourselves under the control of God, spiritual and immortal Mind, shall we go on to leave the animal for the spiritual, and learn the meaning of those words of Jesus, “Go ye into all the world ... heal the sick.” [15] _Can your Science cure intemperance?_ Christian Science lays the axe at the root of the tree. Its antidote for all ills is God, the perfect Mind, which corrects mortal thought, whence cometh all evil. God can and does destroy the thought that leads to moral [20] or physical death. Intemperance, impurity, sin of every sort, is destroyed by Truth. The appetite for alcohol yields to Science as directly and surely as do sickness and sin. _Does Mrs. Eddy take patients?_ [25] She now does not. Her time is wholly devoted to in- struction, leaving to her students the work of healing; which, at this hour, is in reality the least difficult of the labor that Christian Science demands. [Page 38.]