cause, in harmony with the Divine laws of creation and manifestation." Precisely that evil and disease are; and their existence, manifestation, control, subordination and removal, are dependent upon the "divine laws of permission which are also laws of divine Providence."
The fifth "Error" to be repudiated, upon the repudiation of which the whole scheme of Christian Science rests, is not an error according to Swedenborg. The Doctor states it thus:
5th Error.—That evil, sin, suffering and sickness are real things, genuine entities and existences, involving the whole world in mental and physical conditions of disorder and wretchedness; and to be resisted and combatted by all the means, internal and external, which we can command, and not to be destroyed, as Christ demonstrated, by the word of truth."—Page 20.
The only way in which Christ "destroyed" evil, sin, suffering, and sickness by the "Word of truth" was through man's co-operation, in the acknowledgment of them and in repentance and faith by obedience. Such is the teaching of Swedenborg throughout. He says:
"He who would be saved must confess his sins, and do the work of repentance. To confess sins, is to know evils, to see them in our-
