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Ps. 141:1–3
  3  Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my
     voice, when I cry unto thee. Let my prayer be set forth before
     thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening
     sacrifice. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of
     my lips.
Prov. 18:20, 21
  21  A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and
      with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death and life
      are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat
      the fruit thereof.
Prov. 1:7 (to :)
  7  ¶ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge:
Prov. 4:7, 10
  10  Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all
      thy getting get understanding. Hear, O my son, and receive my
      sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
II Pet. 1:5
  5  And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue;
     and to virtue knowledge;
Acts 18:1–9 Paul
  9  ...Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; And found a
     certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy,
     with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all
     Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. And because he was
     of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their
     occupation they were tentmakers. And he reasoned in the synagogue
     every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. And when
     Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in
     the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. And
     when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his
     raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I
     am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. And he
     departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named
     Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the
     synagogue. And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue,
     believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the
     Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. Then spake the
     Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak,
     and hold not thy peace:
II Tim. 2:1–16
  16  Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ
      Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many
      witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be
      able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a
      good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth
      himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who
      hath chosen him to be a soldier. And if a man also strive for
      masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. The
      husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
      Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all
      things. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was
      raised from the dead according to my gospel: Wherein I suffer
      trouble, as an evildoer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is
      not bound. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes,
      that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus
      with eternal glory. It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead
      with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall
      also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we
      believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. Of
      these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the
      Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the
      subverting of the hearers. Study to shew thyself approved unto
      God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
      the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they
      will increase unto more ungodliness.
Isa. 26:3, 4, 8 (to ;), 10 (to :), 11 (to 3rd ,), 12
  12  Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on
      thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever:
      for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: Yea, in the way
      of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; Let favour be
      shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: Lord,
      when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall
      see, ¶ Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast
      wrought all our works in us.
Gen. 1:31 God (to .); 2:1
  1  ...God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very
     good. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the
     host of them.
SH 397:8, 23–28
          Suffering is no less a mental condition than is enjoy-
  9   ment. You cause bodily sufferings and increase them
      by admitting their reality and continuance,                       Remedy for accidents
      as directly as you enhance your joys by be-
  12  lieving them to be real and continuous. When an ac-
      cident happens, you think or exclaim, “I am hurt!”
      Your thought is more powerful than your words, more
  15  powerful than the accident itself, to make the injury
      real.     To heal the sick, one must be familiar with the great
  24  verities of being. Mortals are no more material in their
      waking hours than when they act, walk, see,                       Independent mentality
      hear, enjoy, or suffer in dreams. We can
  27  never treat mortal mind and matter separately, because
      they combine as one.
SH 3:12–20
  12      The Divine Being must be reflected by man, — else
      man is not the image and likeness of the patient,
      tender, and true, the One “altogether lovely;” but to
  15  understand God is the work of eternity, and demands
      absolute consecration of thought, energy, and desire.
          How empty are our conceptions of Deity! We admit
  18  theoretically that God is good, omnipotent, omni-
      present, infinite, and then we try to give              Prayerful ingratitude
      information to this infinite Mind.
SH 3:4
         Who would stand before a blackboard, and pray the
     principle of mathematics to solve the problem? The
  6  rule is already established, and it is our               The spiritual mathematics
     task to work out the solution. Shall we
     ask the divine Principle of all goodness to do His own
  9  work? His work is done, and we have only to avail
     ourselves of God's rule in order to receive His bless-
     ing, which enables us to work out our own salvation.
SH 3:20–24; 4:3–9, 12
                                         We plead                                           Prayerful ingratitude
  21  for unmerited pardon and for a liberal outpouring of
      benefactions. Are we really grateful for the good
      already received? Then we shall avail ourselves of the
  3   blessings we have, and thus be fitted to receive more.     What we most need is the
      prayer of fervent desire
      for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness,
      love, and good deeds. To keep the com-
  6   mandments of our Master and follow his                                                Efficacious petitions
      example, is our proper debt to him and the only
      worthy evidence of our gratitude for all that he has
  12  done.     The habitual struggle to be always good is unceas-
      ing prayer. Its motives are made manifest in the
      blessings they bring, — blessings which, even if not
  15  acknowledged in audible words, attest our worthiness
      to be partakers of Love.
SH 391:18–393:11
  18                               When the body is supposed
      to say, “I am sick,” never plead guilty. Since                 Contradict error
      matter cannot talk, it must be mortal mind
  21  which speaks; therefore meet the intimation with a pro-
      test. If you say, “I am sick,” you plead guilty. Then
      your adversary will deliver you to the judge (mortal
  24  mind), and the judge will sentence you. Disease has
      no intelligence to declare itself something and announce
      its name. Mortal mind alone sentences itself. Therefore
  27  make your own terms with sickness, and be just to yourself
      and to others.
          Mentally contradict every complaint from the body,
  30  and rise to the true consciousness of Life as                  Sin to be overcome
      Love, — as all that is pure, and bearing the
      fruits of Spirit. Fear is the fountain of sickness,
  1   and you master fear and sin through divine Mind; hence
      it is through divine Mind that you overcome disease.
  3   Only while fear or sin remains can it bring forth death.
      To cure a bodily ailment, every broken moral law should
      be taken into account and the error be rebuked. Fear,
  6   which is an element of all disease, must be cast out to
      readjust the balance for God. Casting out evil and fear
      enables truth to outweigh error. The only course is to
  9   take antagonistic grounds against all that is opposed to
      the health, holiness, and harmony of man, God's image.
          The physical affirmation of disease should always be
  12  met with the mental negation. Whatever benefit is pro-
      duced on the body, must be expressed men-
      tally, and thought should be held fast to this                 Illusions about nerves
  15  ideal. If you believe in inflamed and weak nerves, you
      are liable to an attack from that source. You will call it
      neuralgia, but we call it a belief. If you think that con-
  18  sumption is hereditary in your family, you are liable to
      the development of that thought in the form of what is
      termed pulmonary disease, unless Science shows you
  21  otherwise. If you decide that climate or atmosphere is
      unhealthy, it will be so to you. Your decisions will mas-
      ter you, whichever direction they take.
  24      Reverse the case. Stand porter at the door of thought.
      Admitting only such conclusions as you wish realized in
      bodily results, you will control yourself har-
  27  moniously. When the condition is present                       Guarding the door
      which you say induces disease, whether it be air, exercise,
      heredity, contagion, or accident, then perform your office
  30  as porter and shut out these unhealthy thoughts and fears.
      Exclude from mortal mind the offending errors; then the
      body cannot suffer from them. The issues of pain or
  1   pleasure must come through mind, and like a watchman
      forsaking his post, we admit the intruding belief, forget-
  3   ting that through divine help we can forbid this entrance.
          The body seems to be self-acting, only because mortal
      mind is ignorant of itself, of its own actions, and of their
  6   results, — ignorant that the predisposing, re-
      mote, and exciting cause of all bad effects is a               The strength of Spirit
      law of so-called mortal mind, not of matter. Mind is the
  9   master of the corporeal senses, and can conquer sickness,
      sin, and death. Exercise this God-given authority. Take
      possession of your body, and govern its feeling and action.
SH 15:15–21; 16:2
  15                            We must close the lips and
      silence the material senses. In the quiet                                           Effectual invocation
      sanctuary of earnest longings, we must
  18  deny sin and plead God's allness. We must resolve to
      take up the cross, and go forth with honest hearts to
      work and watch for wisdom, Truth, and Love. We
  21  must “pray without ceasing.”                                   The highest prayer
  3   is not one of faith merely; it is demonstra-
      tion. Such prayer heals sickness, and must                                          Loftiest adoration
      destroy sin and death. It distinguishes between Truth
  6   that is sinless and the falsity of sinful sense.
SH 181:2–6
                                                Before decid-
  3  ing that the body, matter, is disordered, one             The important decision
     should ask, “Who art thou that repliest to
     Spirit? Can matter speak for itself, or does
  6  it hold the issues of life?”
SH 153:21–8
  21                                                        The
      fact that pain cannot exist where there is no mortal mind
      to feel it is a proof that this so-called mind makes its
  24  own pain — that is, its own belief in pain.
          We weep because others weep, we yawn because they
      yawn, and we have smallpox because others have it; but
  27  mortal mind, not matter, contains and carries                  Source of contagion
      the infection. When this mental contagion is
      understood, we shall be more careful of our mental con-
  30  ditions, and we shall avoid loquacious tattling about
      disease, as we would avoid advocating crime. Neither
      sympathy nor society should ever tempt us to cherish
  1   error in any form, and certainly we should not be error's
      advocate.
  3       Disease arises, like other mental conditions, from as-
      sociation. Since it is a law of mortal mind that certain
      diseases should be regarded as contagious, this law ob-
  6   tains credit through association, — calling up the fear that
      creates the image of disease and its consequent manifes-
      tation in the body.