d it has the grandeur of the loyal, self-forgetful, faith-
ful Christian Scientists to overbalance this foul stuff.

When the Mother's love can no longer promote peace
in the family, wisdom is not "justified of her children."
When depraved reason is preferred to revelation, error [10]
to Truth, and evil to good, and sense seams sounder than
Soul, the children are tending the regulator; they are
indeed losing the knowledge of the divine Principle and
rules of Christian Science, whose fruits prove the nature
of their source. A little more grace, a motive made pure, [15]
a few truths tenderly told, a heart softened, a character
subdued, a life consecrated, would restore the right action
of the mental mechanism, and make manifest the move-
ment of body and soul in accord with God.

Instead of relying on the Principle of all that really [20]
exists,--to govern His own creation,--self-conceit, igno-
rance, and pride would regulate God's action. Expe-
rience shows that humility is the first step in Christian
Science, wherein all is controlled, not by man or laws
material, but by wisdom, Truth, and Love. [25]

Go gaze on the eagle, his eye on the sun,
Fast gathering strength for a flight well begun,
As rising he rests in a liberty higher
Than genius inflated with worldly desire.

No tear dims his eye, nor his pinions lose power [30]
To gaze on the lark in her emerald bower--
Whenever he soareth to fashion his nest,
No vision more bright than the dream in his breast.

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The Way

The present stage of progress in Christian Science pre- [2]
sents two opposite aspects,--a full-orbed promise, and
a gaunt want. The need, however, is not of the letter,
but the spirit. [5]

Less teaching and good healing is to-day the acme of
"well done;" a healing that is not guesswork,--chronic
recovery ebbing and flowing,--but instantaneous cure.
This absolute demonstration of Science must be revived.
To consummate this _desideratum_, mortal mind must pass [10]
through three stages of growth.

First, self-knowledge. The physician must know him-
self and understand the mental state of his patient. Error
found out is two-thirds destroyed, and the last third
pierces itself, for the remainder only stimulates and gives [15]
scope to higher demonstration. To strike out right and
left against the mist, never clears the vision; but to lift
your head above it, is a sovereign panacea. Men