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1910 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is the Final Edition authorized by Mary Baker Eddy.
Bible Verses: Genesis 4 verses 3 and 4

  	      Genesis iv. 3, 4.  Cain brought of the fruit of the ground
  	an offering unto the Lord [Jehovah].  And Abel, he also
27	brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. 

  	    Cain is the type of mortal and material man, conceived
  	in sin and "shapen in iniquity;" he is not the	                                      Spiritual and
30	type of Truth and Love. Material in origin	                                      material 
  	and sense, he brings a material offering to God. Abel
 1	takes his offering from the firstlings of the flock. A lamb
  	is a more animate form of existence, and more nearly re-
 3	sembles a mind-offering than does Cain's fruit. Jealous
  	of his brother's gift, Cain seeks Abel's life, instead of mak-
  	ing his own gift a higher tribute to the Most High.