and the father of it.” God warned man not to believe
the talking serpent, or rather the allegory describing
it. The Nazarene Prophet declared that his followers
should handle serpents; that is, put down all subtle falsi- [30]
ties or illusions, and thus destroy any supposed effect
arising from false claims exercising their supposed power
on the mind and body of man against his holiness and [1]
health.
That there is but one God or Life, one cause and
one effect, is the multum in parvo of Christian Science;