in 1866, the momentous facts relating to Mind and its

superiority over matter, and named my discovery Chris-

tian Science. Yet, there remained the difficulty of ad- [30]

justing in the scale of Science a metaphysical practice,

and settling the question, What shall be the outward [1]

sign of such a practice: if a divine Principle alone heals,

what is the human modus for demonstrating this,—in

short, how can sinful mortals prove that a divine Principle

heals the sick, as well as governs the universe, time, [5]

space, immortality, man?