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Half-way success

The "flesh lusteth against the Spirit." The flesh and Spirit can no more unite in action, than good can coin- cide with evil. It is not wise to take a halt- ing and half-way position or to expect to work equally with Spirit and matter, Truth and error. There, is but one way - namely, God and His idea - which leads to spiritual being. The scientific government of the body must be attained through the divine Mind. It is im- possible to gain control over the body in any other way. On this fundamental point, timid conservatism is abso- lutely inadmissible. Only through radical reliance on Truth can scientific healing power be realized.

Substituting good words for a good life, fair seeming

for straightforward character, is a poor shift for the weak and worldly, who think the standard of Christian Science too high for them.