The various mortal beliefs formulated in human philoso- 144:9 phy, physiology, hygiene, are mainly predicated of matter, and afford faint gleams of God, or Truth. The more material a belief, the more obstinately 144:12 tenacious its error; the stronger are the manifestations of the corporeal senses, the weaker the indications of Soul. Will-power detrimental Human will-power is not Science. Human will belongs 144:15 to the so-called material senses, and its use is to be con- demned. Willing the sick to recover is not the metaphysical practice of Christian Science, but 144:18 is sheer animal magnetism. Human will-power may in- fringe the rights of man. It produces evil continually, and is not a factor in the realism of being. Truth, and 144:21 not corporeal will, is the divine power which says to disease, "Peace, be still." Conservative antagonism Because divine Science wars with so-called physical 144:24 science, even as Truth wars with error, the old schools still oppose it. Ignorance, pride, or prejudice closes the door to whatever is not stereotyped. 144:27 When the Science of being is universally understood, every man will be his own physician, and Truth will be the universal panacea. Ancient healers 144:30 It is a question to-day, whether the ancient inspired healers understood the Science of Christian healing, or 145:1 whether they caught its sweet tones, as the natural musician catches the tones of harmony, without being 145:3 able to explain them. So divinely imbued were they with the spirit of Science, that the lack of the letter could not hinder their work; and that 145:6 letter, without the spirit, would have made void their practice. The struggle and victory The struggle for the recovery of invalids goes on, not 145:9 between material methods, but between mortal minds and immortal Mind. The victory will be on the patient's side only as immortal Mind 145:12 through Christ, Truth, subdues the human belief in disease. It matters not what material method one may adopt, whether faith in drugs, trust in hygiene, or reliance 145:15 on some other minor curative. Mystery of godliness Scientific healing has this advantage over other meth- ods, - that in it Truth controls error. From this fact 145:18 arise its ethical as well as its physical ef- fects. Indeed, its ethical and physical effects are indissolubly connected. If there is any mystery 145:21 in Christian healing, it is the mystery which godliness always presents to the ungodly, - the mystery always arising from ignorance of the laws of eternal and unerr- 145:24 ing Mind.