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Christian Science

by Mark Twain
a.k.a. Samuel Clemens
(1835-1910)

Preface | Book 1: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Book 2: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C | Appendix D | Appendix E | Appendix F | Conclusion
APPENDIX C

The following is the spiritual signification of the Lord's Prayer:

Principle, eternal and harmonious,
Nameless and adorable Intelligence,
Thou art ever present and supreme.
And when this supremacy of Spirit shall appear, the dream of matter will disappear.
Give us the understanding of Truth and Love.
And loving we shall learn God, and Truth will destroy all error.
And lead us unto the Life that is Soul, and deliver us from the errors of
sense, sin, sickness, and death,
For God is Life, Truth, and Love for ever.
--Science and Health, edition of 1881.

It seems to me that this one is distinctly superior to the one that was inspired for last year's edition. It is strange, but to my mind plain, that inspiring is an art which does not improve with practice.--M. T.


Preface | Book 1: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Book 2: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C | Appendix D | Appendix E | Appendix F | Conclusion

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