trusts, and is going to work with you and me."

Work with her! Heavens! had he done aught of late but work against her
by his constant harboring of fears, of doubts, and his distrust of
spiritual power?

"Padre," she resumed, "I want you to promise me that every day you
will thank God that the babe really sees. And that you will turn right
on every thought of blindness and know that it is a part of the lie
about God, and put it right out of your mind. Will you?"

"But--child--if my mind tells me that the babe is blind, how can I--"

"I don't care what your mind tells you about the babe! You are to
listen to what God tells you, not your human mind! Does God tell you
that the babe is blind? Does He?" she repeated, as the man hesitated.

"Why, no, _chiquita_, He--"

"Listen, Padre," she interrupted again, drawing closer to him. "Is God
good, or bad, or both?"

"He is good, _chiquita_, all good."

"Infinite good, then, no?"

"Yes."

"And we have long since proved by actual reasoning and demonstration
that He is mind, and so infinite mind, no?"

"It must be conceded, Carmen."

"Well, an infinite mind has all power. And an infinite, all-powerful
mind that is all good could not possibly create anything bad, or sick,
or discordant--now could He?"

"Utterly impossible, little girl."

"The Bible says so. Our reasoning tells us so. But--the five physical
senses tell us differently. Don't they?"

"Yes."

"And yet, we know that the five physical senses _do not tell us
truth_! We know that when the human mind thinks it is receiving
reports about things through the five physical senses it is doing
nothing more than looking at its own thoughts. Now isn't that so?"

"It certainly seems so, little one."

"The thoughts of an infinite and good mind must be like that mind, all
good, no? Well, then, thoughts of discord, disease, blindness, and
death--do they come from the infinite, good mind? No!"

"Well, _chiquita mia_, that is just the sticking point. I can see all
the rest. But the mighty question is, where _do_ those thoughts come
from? I am quite as ready as you to admit that discord, sin, evil,
death, and all the whole list of human ills and woes come from these
bad thoughts held in the human mind and so externalized. I believe
that the human man really sees, feels, hears, smells, and tastes these
thoughts--that the functioning of the physical senses is wholly
mental--takes place in mind, in thought only. Tha