From the earliest steps of a child to the more assured ones of the adult, men have recognized more or less that all footsteps are in a way mental ones.
In
that familiar passage from John's gospel, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," it is to be observed that the gaining of the truth which makes free was contingent upon the circumstance of continuing in the Master's word.
The
belief in heredity has held mankind in bondage probably since ever the human race began to reason about its problems; and to-day it is very widespread.
From
the time in human history when men believed they were expelled from the garden of Eden,—were separated from God, good,—they have been seeking establishment.
The
student of Christian Science learns that fundamentally health is spiritual harmony, and, accordingly, that it is in no measure dependent upon material conditions.
