"There is one body, and one Spirit, ... one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all" (Eph. 4:4, 6). In these words the Apostle Paul shows how clearly he understood the oneness of divine Principle and its idea and the allness of God, whose reflection is man and the universe. His further words to the Ephesians that the old man must be put off, and "the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness" (4:24), must be put on, reveal the divine method of salvation. It is the mental process of putting off the mistaken material sense concept of man as mortal, sick, sinful, and limited and replacing it with the true spiritual sense of man as perfect and harmonious, made in the image of God.

Mary Baker Eddy, also, clearly saw the distinction between so-called mortal man and the perfect man of God's creating. She understood Paul's explanation of the method by which we attain salvation. In the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," she writes (p. 476): "God is the Principle of man, and man is the idea of God. Hence man is not mortal nor material. Mortals will disappear, and immortals, or the children of God, will appear as the only and eternal verities of man."

We turn confidently to the principle of mathematics to guide us in erasing and correcting mistakes which may have entered into a mathematical problem. So we can turn with still greater assurance to divine Principle, God, and demonstrate that "the only and eternal verities of man" are forever present to erase the mistaken concepts called sin, sickness, lack, or discord of any kind.

The writer has been helped to see more clearly the indissoluble relationship of God and man by a thoughtful contemplation of the relationship existing between the sun and its rays. The sun is constantly expressing itself through its countless rays, and these rays all reflect the sun as their only source of light and identity. Separated from the sun, a ray of light would have no identity; but there is no power inherent in the ray, and none from without, to effect such separation. In a similar way, man has no inherent power, no life, no substance, of his own, but he possesses by reflection all the glorious qualities of divine Mind, his perfect Principle.

Man is spiritual and can no more manifest sin, sickness, or limitation than a ray of light can reflect darkness. Man, therefore, cannot possibly separate himself from God, and surely there is no power out-side the divine All-power that could effect such a result.

Mrs. Eddy tells us in the Christian Science textbook (p. 400), "Mortals obtain the harmony of health, only as they forsake discord, acknowledge the supremacy of divine Mind, and abandon their material beliefs." When Moses perceived the true idea of God, he saw Mind as "I AM THAT I AM" (Ex. 3:14), and this recognition of the one Ego removed the fear and limitations which were imposed by material sense, enabling him to lead the children of Israel out of the wilderness of mortal beliefs.

In the degree that we replace in our consciousness the beliefs and opinions which material sense calls law with the divine law of Principle, we find that we become conscious of the allness of God and His creation. This spiritual knowing operates as law in every case of sickness, sin, or inharmony and erases the false concepts of mortal mind. It operates as law because it is the truth.

In the first chapter of Revelation we read (verse 8), "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." This statement shows that mortal measurements of time have no place in infinity, and therefore in reality. No time element enters between the starting point of God's allness and the manifestation of perfect being in man. To maintain this fact in consciousness results in instantaneous healing, and we see more clearly why Jesus did not require time to bring healing to those who sought his help.

It is wise to avoid an undue amount of probing in trying to discover the error underlying some discordant condition. As we hold thought unwaveringly to the truth of being, the error is exposed; it will stand out in contrast through its very unlikeness to Truth. Then we recognize evil's false nature and have the privilege of exercising our divine right to deny it and cast it out of thought. Error's claim to be causative is no more than a suggestion of mortal mind, or evil, and recognizing this, we shall not be tempted to endow error with power to do something harmful to us.

Our work in healing is always to know God better and to see man as His image and likeness, spiritual and perfect; then to stand fast in the conscious realization of this fact. Thus we let Truth operate as the law of elimination to every mesmeric suggestion of discord. Then we reap the rich rewards of loving God supremely and our neighbor as ourself.