The “flesh warreth against the Spirit.” They can no more unite in action, than good can coincide with evil. It is wise not to take a halting and half-way position, or to expect to work equally with Truth and error. There is but one right way, namely, Divine Science, pointing to the spiritual way. To govern the body scientifically it must be reached through Mind. It is impossible to gain control over it by any other method. On this fundamental point timid conservatism is absolutely inadmissible. Radical reliance on the spiritual can alone accomplish the healing art.
When you manipulate patients, you are trusting in electricity and magnetism, more than in Truth; and so you employ matter more than Mind. You weaken your power, if you resort to any except spiritual means. It is useless to say that you manipulate patients, but you lay no stress on manipulation. If this is the case, why manipulate? Really you do it because you are ignorant of its baneful effects, or are not sufficiently spiritual to depend on Spirit. If this be so, improve your life work till you attain to Christian Science.
If, being too material to love the Science of Mind, you are satisfied with good words instead of deeds, adhering to error and afraid to trust Truth, the question then recurs, “Adam, where art thou?” It is unnecessary to resort to aught besides Mind in order to satisfy the sick that you are doing something for them; for if cured they are generally satisfied.
“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Having more faith in drugs than in Truth, this faith will incline you to the side of matter and error. Any mesmeric power you may exercise will diminish your
