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SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

there is an opposite of Spirit, or Good, termed matter, or evil; the first authority that error exists as fact, instead of fable; the first claim that sin, sickness, and death are the realities of Life.

The Serpent was the first creature to claim that Being, God, is not Omnipotent, and that there is another power, named Evil, that is as real and eternal as Good, or God.


Sheep. Innocence; inoffensiveness; those who follow their Leader.


Shem (Noah's son). A personal belief; kindly affection; Love rebuking error; reproof of sensualism.


Spirit. Divine Substance; Mind; Principle; all that is good; God; that only which is perfect, infinite, everlasting; omnipresence and omnipotence.


Spirits. Mortal beliefs; mortal men and women; supposed intelligences, or gods; the opposites of God; errors; hallucinations.


Sun. The symbol of Soul governing man, — of Truth, reflecting Life and Intelligence.


Sword. The idea of Truth; two-edged justice; revenge; anger.


Tares. Mortality; error; sin; sickness; death.


Temple. Body; the idea of Life, Substance, and Intelligence; the superstructure of Truth; the shrine of