In Egypt, it was Mind which saved the Israelites from 133:9 belief in the plagues. In the wilderness, streams flowed from the rock, and manna fell from the sky. The Israelites looked upon the brazen serpent, and straightway believed 133:12 that they were healed of the poisonous stings of vipers. In national prosperity, miracles attended the successes of the Hebrews; but when they departed from the true 133:15 idea, their demoralization began. Even in captivity among foreign nations, the divine Principle wrought wonders for the people of God in the fiery furnace and 133:18 in kings' palaces. Judaism antipathetic Judaism was the antithesis of Christianity, because Judaism engendered the limited form of a national or 133:21 tribal religion. It was a finite and material system, carried out in special theories concern- ing God, man, sanitary methods, and a religious cultus. 133:24 That he made "himself equal with God," was one of the Jewish accusations against him who planted Christianity on the foundation of Spirit, who taught as he was in- 133:27 spired by the Father and would recognize no life, intelli- gence, nor substance outside of God. Priestly learning The Jewish conception of God, as Yawah, Jehovah, 133:30 or only a mighty hero and king, has not quite given place to the true knowledge of God. Creeds and rituals have not cleansed their hands of 134:1 rabbinical lore. To-day the cry of bygone ages is re- peated, "Crucify him!" At every advancing step, truth 134:3 is still opposed with sword and spear. Testimony of martyrs The word /martyr/, from the Greek, means /witness/; but those who testified for Truth were so often persecuted 134:6 unto death, that at length the word /martyr/ was narrowed in its significance and so has come always to mean one who suffers for his convictions. 134:9 The new faith in the Christ, Truth, so roused the hatred of the opponents of Christianity, that the followers of Christ were burned, crucified, and otherwise persecuted; 134:12 and so it came about that human rights were hallowed by the gallows and the cross. Absence of Christ-power Man-made doctrines are waning. They have not waxed 134:15 strong in times of trouble. Devoid of the Christ-power, how can they illustrate the doctrines of Christ or the miracles of grace? Denial of the possi- 134:18 bility of Christian healing robs Christianity of the very element, which gave it divine force and its astonishing and unequalled success in the first century. Basis of miracles