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PHYSIOLOGY

CHAPTER VIII
- FOOTSTEPS OF TRUTH

CHAPTER IX
- CREATION

CHAPTER X
- SCIENCE OF BEING

CHAPTER XI
- SOME OBJECTIONS ANSWERED

CHAPTER XII
- CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRACTICE

CHAPTER XIII
- TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

CHAPTER XIV
- RECAPITULATION
KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES

CHAPTER XV
- GENESIS

CHAPTER XVI
- THE APOCALYPSE

CHAPTER XVII
- GLOSSARY

CHAPTER XVIII
- FRUITAGE

PREFACE
vi:1 To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with
blessings. The wakeful shepherd beholds vi:3 the first faint morning
beams, ere cometh the full radiance of a risen day. So shone the pale
star to the prophet- shepherds; yet it traversed the night, and came
where, in vi:6 cradled obscurity, lay the Bethlehem babe, the human
herald of Christ, Truth, who would make plain to be- nighted
understanding the way of salvation through Christ vi:9 Jesus, till across
a night of error should dawn the morn- ing beams and shine the guiding
star of being. The Wise- men were led to behold and to follow this
daystar of vi:12 divine Science, lighting the way to eternal harmony.
The time for thinkers has come. Truth, independent of doctrines and
time-honored systems, knocks at the vi:15 portal of humanity.
Contentment with the past and the cold conventionality of materialism
are crumbling away. Ignorance of God is no longer the stepping- vi:18
stone to faith. The only guarantee of obedience is a right apprehension
of Him whom to know aright is Life eternal. Though empires fall, "the
Lord shall vi:21 reign forever." A book introduces new thoughts, but it
cannot make them speedily understood. It is the task of the sturdy vi:24

pioneer to hew the tall oak and to cut the rough granite. Future ages
must declare what the pioneer has accomplished.
vi:27 Since the author's discovery of the might of Truth in vii:1 the
treatment of disease as well as of sin, her system has been fully tested
and has not been found wanting; but vii:3 to reach the heights of
Christian Science, man must live in obedience to its divine Principle.
To develop the full might of this Science, the discords of corporeal
sense vii:6 must yield to the harmony of spiritual sense, even as the
science of music corrects false tones and gives sweet con- cord to
sound.
vii:9 Theology and physics teach that both Spirit and matter are real
and good, whereas the fact is that Spirit is good and real, and matter is
Spirit's oppo- vii:12 site. The question, What is Truth, is answered by
demonstration, by healing both disease and sin; and this demonstration
shows that Christian healing con- vii:15 fers the most health and makes
the best men. On this basis Christian Science will have a fair fight.
Sickness has been combated for centuries by doctors using ma- vii:18
terial remedies; but the question arises, Is there less sickness because of
these practitioners? A vigorous "No" is the response deducible from
two connate vii:21 facts, - the reputed longevity of the Antediluvians,
and the rapid multiplication and increased violence of diseases since
the flood.
vii:24 In the author's work, RETROSPECTION AND INTROSPEC-
TION, may be found a biographical sketch, narrating experiences
which led her, in the year 1866, to the dis- vii:27 covery of the system
that she denominated Christian Science. As early as 1862 she began to
write down and give to friends the results of her Scriptural study, for
vii:30 the Bible was her sole teacher; but these compositions were
crude, the first steps of a child in the newly dis- covered world of
Spirit.
ix:1 She also began to jot down her thoughts on the main subject, but
these jottings were only infantile ix:3 lispings of Truth. A child drinks
in the outward world through the eyes and rejoices in the draught. He is
as sure of the world's existence as he is of his own; yet ix:6 he cannot
describe the world. He finds a few words, and with these he
stammeringly attempts to convey his feeling. Later, the tongue voices
the more definite ix:9 thought, though still imperfectly. So was it with

the author. As a certain poet says of himself, she "lisped in numbers,
for the numbers ix:12 came." Certain essays written at that early date
are still in circulation among her first pupils; but they are feeble
attempts to state the Principle and practice of ix:15 Christian healing,
and are not complete nor satisfac- tory expositions of Truth. To-day,
though rejoicing in some progress, she still finds herself a willing dis-
ix:18 ciple at the heavenly gate, waiting for the Mind of Christ. Her
first pamphlet on Christian Science was copy- ix:21 righted in 1870;
but it did not appear in print until 1876, as she