Unity of Good by Mary Baker Eddy
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or foreknow evil, there would be sin in Deity, and this would be the end of
infinite moral unity. "If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!" On the contrary, evil is only a delusive deception, without any actuality which Truth can know. Rectifications How is a mistake to be rectified? By reversal or revision,--by seeing it in its proper light, and then turning it or turning from it. We undo the statements of error by reversing them. Through these three statements, or misstatements, evil comes into authority:-- _First:_ The Lord created it. _Second:_ The Lord knows it. _Third:_ I am afraid of it. By a reverse process of argument evil must be dethroned:-- _First:_ God never made evil. _Second:_ He knows it not. _Third:_ We therefore need not fear it. Try this process, dear inquirer, and so reach that perfect Love which |
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