facts of Christian Science are gathered from the supremacy

of spiritual law and its antagonism to every supposed ma-

terial law. Christians to-day should be able to say, with [20]

the sweet sincerity of the apostle, “I take pleasure in

infirmities,”—I enjoy the touch of weakness, pain, and

all suffering of the flesh, because it compels me to seek the

remedy for it, and to find happiness, apart from the per-

sonal senses. The holy calm of Paul's well-tried hope [25]

met no obstacle or circumstances paramount to the tri-

umph of a reasonable faith in the omnipotence of good,