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  	     IS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE FROM BENEATH, AND NOT
  	                                           FROM ABOVE? 

18	    Hear the words of our Master: "Go ye into all the
  	world"! "Heal the sick, cast out devils"! Christian
  	Scientists, perhaps more than any other religious sect, are
21	obeying these commands; and the injunctions are not
  	confined to Jesus' students in that age, but they extend
  	to this age, — to as many as shall believe on him. The
24	demand and example of Jesus were not from beneath. 
  	Are frozen dogmas, persistent persecution, and the doc-
  	trine of eternal damnation, from above? Are the dews
 
   
No and Yes by Mary Baker Eddy                                                 15


 1	of divine Truth, falling on the sick and sinner, to heal
  	them, from beneath? "By their fruits ye shall know
 3	them." 
  	    Reading my books, without prejudice, would convince
  	all that their purpose is right. The comprehension of my
 6	teachings would enable any one to prove these books to
  	be filled with blessings for the whole human family. Fa-
  	tiguing Bible translations and voluminous commentaries
 9	are employed to explain and prop old creeds, and they
  	have the civil and religious arms in their defense; then
  	why should not these be equally extended to support the
12	Christianity that heals the sick? The notions of person-
  	ality to be found in creeds are far more mystic than
  	Mind-healing. It is no easy matter ...to believe there are
15	three persons in one person, and that one person is cast
  	out of another person. These conceptions of Deity and
  	devil presuppose an impotent God and an incredible
18	Satan. 
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