is not an argument either for pessimism or for optimism,

but is a plea for free moral agency,—full exemption

from all necessity to obey a power that should be and is [20]

found powerless in Christian Science.

Insubordination to the law of Love even in the least,

or strict obedience thereto, tests and discriminates be-

tween the real and the unreal Scientist. Justice, a

prominent statute in the divine law, demands of all [25]

trespassers upon the sparse individual rights which one

justly reserves to one's self,—Would you consent that