136:1 Jesus established his church and maintained his mission on a spiritual foundation of Christ-healing. He taught 136:3 his followers that his religion had a divine Principle, which would cast out error and heal both the sick and the sinning. He claimed no intelli- 136:6 gence, action, nor life separate from God. Despite the persecution this brought upon him, he used his divine power to save men both bodily and spiritually. Ancient spiritualism 136:9 The question then as now was, How did Jesus heal the sick? His answer to this question the world rejected. He appealed to his students: "Whom do 136:12 men say that I, the Son of man, am?" That is: Who or what is it that is thus identified with casting out evils and healing the sick? They replied, "Some 136:15 say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets." These prophets were considered dead, and this reply may indicate that 136:18 some of the people believed that Jesus was a medium, controlled by the spirit of John or of Elias. This ghostly fancy was repeated by Herod himself. 136:21 That a wicked king and debauched husband should have no high appreciation of divine Science and the great work of the Master, was not surprising; for how could such 136:24 a sinner comprehend what the disciples did not fully understand? But even Herod doubted if Jesus was con- trolled by the sainted preacher. Hence Herod's asser- 136:27 tion: "John have I beheaded: but who is this?" No wonder Herod desired to see the new Teacher. Doubting disciples The disciples apprehended their Master better than 136:30 did others; but they did not comprehend all that he said and did, or they would not have questioned him so often. Jesus patiently persisted in 137:1 teaching and demonstrating the truth of being. His stu- dents saw this power of Truth heal the sick, cast out evil, 137:3 raise the dead; but the ultimate of this wonderful work was not spiritually discerned, even by them, until after the crucifixion, when their immaculate Teacher stood before 137:6 them, the victor over sickness, sin, disease, death, and the grave. Yearning to be understood, the Master repeated, 137:9 "But whom say /ye/ that I am?" This renewed inquiry meant: Who or what is it that is able to do the work, so mysterious to the popular mind? In his rejection of the 137:12 answer already given and his renewal of the question, it is plain that Jesus completely eschewed the narrow opinion implied in their citation of the common report 137:15 about him. A divine response