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   1  deals with the real cause of disease. The material physi-
     cian gropes among phenomena, which fluctuate every in-
   3  stant under influences not embraced in his diagnosis, and
     so he may stumble and fall in the darkness.
         Teacher and student should also be familiar with the
   6  obstetrics taught by this Science. To attend properly
     the birth of the new child, or divine idea,

    Scientific
    obstetrics

     you should so detach mortal thought from its
   9  material conceptions, that the birth will be natural and
     safe. Though gathering new energy, this idea cannot
     injure its useful surroundings in the travail of spiritual
  12  birth. [[[A spiritual idea has not a single element of error,
     and this truth removes properly whatever is offensive.
     The new idea, conceived and born of Truth and Love, is
  15  clad in white garments. Its beginning will be meek, its
     growth sturdy, and its maturity undecaying. When
     this new birth takes place, the Christian Science infant
  18  is born of the Spirit, born of God, and can cause the
     mother no more suffering. By this we know that Truth
     is here and has fulfilled its perfect work.]]]
  21      To decide quickly as to the proper treatment of error--
     whether error is manifested in forms of sickness, sin,
     or death--is the first step towards destroy-

    Unhesitating
    decision

  24  ing error. Our Master treated error through
     Mind. He never enjoined obedience to the laws of nature,
     if by these are meant laws of matter, nor did he use drugs.
  27  There is a law of God applicable to healing, and it is a
     spiritual law instead of material. The sick are not healed
     by inanimate matter or drugs, as they believe that they
  30  are. Such seeming medical effect or action is that of so-
     called mortal mind.
         It has been said to the author, "The world is bene-

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