CHAPTER X
SCIENCE OF BEING
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we
have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have
handled, of the Word of life, . . That which we have seen and heard
declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and
truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. — John, First Epistle.
Here I stand. I can do no otherwise; so help me God! Amen! — Martin Luther.
IN the material world, thought has brought to light
with great rapidity many useful wonders. With
like activity have thought's swift pinions been rising
Materialistic challenge
towards the realm of the real, to the spiritual
cause of those lower things which give
impulse to inquiry. Belief in a material basis, from
which may be deduced all rationality, is slowly yielding
to the idea of a metaphysical basis, looking away from
matter to Mind as the cause of every effect. Materialistic
hypotheses challenge metaphysics to meet in final
combat. In this revolutionary period, like the shepherd-boy
with his sling, woman goes forth to battle with
Goliath.
In this final struggle for supremacy, semi-metaphysical systems afford no substantial aid to scientific Confusion confounded metaphysics, for their arguments are based on the false testimony of the material senses as well as on the facts of Mind. These semi-metaphysical
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