and goodness is more natural than evil. The marvellous

healing-power of goodness is the outflowing life of Chris- [30]

tianity, and it characterized and dated the Christian era.

It was the consummate naturalness of Truth in the [1]

mind of Jesus, that made his healing easy and instan-

taneous. Jesus regarded good as the normal state of man,

and evil as the abnormal; holiness, life, and health as

the better representatives of God than sin, disease, and [5]

death. The master Metaphysician understood omnipo-

tence to be All-power: because Spirit was to him All-