of these means, which, we affirm, can only be learned in its fullness from the laws of Correspondence and the principles of theology now opened to the church from the Word, and by means of "things heard and seen" by the servant of the Lord chosen and prepared for this very purpose. We turn now to consider, finally, in the light of these revelations the claims of Christian Science as set forth by Dr. Holcombe:
"The Christian Science cure is not an answer to the prayer of faith, nor is it only the operation of mind upon mind. It is the operation of absolute or divine truth upon the individual mind. It recognizes truth as a spiritual force to be called into activity, as any other latent force is evoked, by suitable conditions. It is based upon the idealistic interpretation of nature and the omnipresence and immanence of the divine life. Its motto is, God is the only life; Spirit is the only substance; Love working by Truth is the only law."—Page 43.
There is something attractive in this form of statement to a disciple of Swedenborg who only thinks in general ideas; for being accustomed to the thought of the supremacy of the spiritual over the natural, and of the Lord as the only life, and of His goodness and truth as the verimost substance and form, such a statement seems to be in general agreement with the truth. But the agreement disappears when it is analyzed as to the particulars involved.
