Divine metaphysics 269:9 Human philosophy has made God manlike. Christian Science makes man Godlike. The first is error; the latter is truth. Metaphysics is above physics, and 269:12 matter does not enter into metaphysical prem- ises or conclusions. The categories of metaphysics rest on one basis, the divine Mind. Metaphysics resolves 269:15 things into thoughts, and exchanges the objects of sense for the ideas of Soul. These ideas are perfectly real and tangible to spiritual 269:18 consciousness, and they have this, advantage over the ob- jects and thoughts of material sense, - they are good and eternal. Biblical foundations 269:21 The testimony of the material senses is neither abso- lute nor divine. I therefore plant myself unreservedly on the teachings of Jesus, of his apostles, of 269:24 the prophets, and on the testimony of the Science of Mind. Other foundations there are none. All other systems - systems based wholly or partly on 269:27 knowledge gained through the material senses - are reeds shaken by the wind, not houses built on the rock. Rejected theories The theories I combat are these: (1) that all is matter; 269:30 (2) that matter originates in Mind, and is as real as Mind, possessing intelligence and life. The first theory, that matter is everything, is quite as 270:1 reasonable as the second, that Mind and matter coexist and cooperate. One only of the following statements can 270:3 be true: (1) that everything is matter; (2) that every- thing is Mind. Which one is it? Matter and Mind are opposites. One is contrary to 270:6 the other in its very nature and essence; hence both can- not be real. If one is real, the other must be unreal. Only by understanding that there is but one power, - not two 270:9 powers, matter and Mind, - are scientific and logical conclusions reached. Few deny the hypothesis that in- telligence, apart from man and matter, governs the uni- 270:12 verse; and it is generally admitted that this intelligence is the eternal Mind or divine principle, Love. Prophetic ignorance The prophets of old looked for something higher than 270:15 the systems of their times; hence their fore- sight of the new dispensation of Truth. But they knew not what would be the precise nature of the 270:18 teaching and demonstration of God, divine Mind, in His more infinite meanings, - the demonstration which was to destroy sin, sickness, and death, establish the definition 270:21 of omnipotence, and maintain the Science of Spirit.