{
    "name": "eddy",
    "lang": "eng",
    "title": "Mary Baker Eddy",
    "description": "An abridg­ment of Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy",
    "sample-verse": "1:6",
    "books": [
        {
            "sections": [
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "1:1",
                                    "translation": "The pray­er that reforms the sin­ner and heals the sick"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "1:2",
                                    "translation": "is an absolute faith that all things are pos­si­ble to God."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "1:6",
                                    "translation": "Pray­er, watching, and work­ing, combined with self-sacrifice,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "1:7",
                                    "translation": "are Godʼs gra­cious means for accomplishing"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "1:8",
                                    "translation": "what­ev­er has been suc­cess­ful­ly done for man­kind."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "1:11",
                                    "translation": "De­sire is pray­er; and no loss can occur from trusting God with our desires,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "1:12",
                                    "translation": "that they may be moulded and ex­alt­ed"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "1:13",
                                    "translation": "be­fore they take form in words and in deeds."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "2:8",
                                    "translation": "God is­nʼt moved by the breath of praise to do more than He has al­ready done."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "2:11",
                                    "translation": "We can do more for our­selves by hum­ble fervent petitions,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "2:12",
                                    "translation": "but the All-loving does­nʼt grant them"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "2:13",
                                    "translation": "sim­ply on the ground of lip ser­vice."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "2:15",
                                    "translation": "Pray­er can­not change the Science of be­ing,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "2:16",
                                    "translation": "but it tends to bring us in­to har­mo­ny with it."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "2:24",
                                    "translation": "God is intelligence. Can we in­form the infinite Mind of"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "2:25",
                                    "translation": "any­thing He does­nʼt al­ready com­pre­hend?"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "2:26",
                                    "translation": "Do we ex­pect to change perfection?"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "2:27",
                                    "translation": "Shall we plead for more at the o­pen fount,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "2:28",
                                    "translation": "which is al­ready pouring forth more than we ac­cept?"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:4",
                                    "translation": "Who would stand be­fore a blackboard,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:5",
                                    "translation": "and pray the principle of mathematics to solve the problem?"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:6",
                                    "translation": "The rule is al­ready es­tab­lished,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:7",
                                    "translation": "and it is our task to work out the solution."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:21",
                                    "translation": "We plead for unmerited par­don and for a liberal outpouring of benefactions."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:22",
                                    "translation": "Are we re­al­ly grate­ful for the good al­ready re­ceived?"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:23",
                                    "translation": "Then we shall avail our­selves of the blessings we have,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:24",
                                    "translation": "and thus be fitted to re­ceive more."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:25",
                                    "translation": "Grat­i­tude is much more than a verbal ex­pres­sion of thanks."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:26",
                                    "translation": "Ac­tion expresses more grat­i­tude than speech."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:27",
                                    "translation": "If we are un­grate­ful for Life, Truth, and Love,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:28",
                                    "translation": "and yet re­turn thanks to God for all blessings,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:29",
                                    "translation": "we are insincere and in­cur the sharp censure our Mas­ter pronounces on hypocrites."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "3:30",
                                    "translation": "In such a case, the on­ly ac­cept­a­ble pray­er is to put the finger on the lips."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "5:3",
                                    "translation": "Sor­row for wrong­do­ing is but one step to­wards re­form and the very easiest step."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "5:4",
                                    "translation": "The next and great step"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "5:5",
                                    "translation": "is the test of our sin­cer­i­ty —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "5:6",
                                    "translation": "namely, reformation."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "5:25",
                                    "translation": "If pray­er nourishes the be­lief that sin is cancelled,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "5:26",
                                    "translation": "and that man is made bet­ter mere­ly by praying, pray­er is an evil."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "5:27",
                                    "translation": "He grows worse who continues in sin"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "5:28",
                                    "translation": "be­cause he fancies him­self for­giv­en."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "6:7",
                                    "translation": "Call­ing on Him to for­give our work badly done or left un­done,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "6:8",
                                    "translation": "implies the vain supposition that"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "6:9",
                                    "translation": "we have noth­ing to do but to ask par­don,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "6:10",
                                    "translation": "and that af­ter­wards we shall be free to re­peat the offence."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "8:31",
                                    "translation": "If a friend informs us of a fault,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "8:32",
                                    "translation": "do we lis­ten pa­tient­ly to the re­buke and cred­it what is said?"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "9:2",
                                    "translation": "Dur­ing many years I have been most grate­ful for merited re­buke."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "9:3",
                                    "translation": "The wrong lies in unmerited censure."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "10:29",
                                    "translation": "It is­nʼt al­ways best for us to re­ceive what we de­sire and what we ask for."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "10:30",
                                    "translation": "In this case infinite Love wonʼt grant the re­quest."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:5",
                                    "translation": "In pub­lic pray­er we of­ten go be­yond our convictions,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:6",
                                    "translation": "be­yond the hon­est standpoint of fervent de­sire."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:7",
                                    "translation": "If we arenʼt se­cret­ly yearning and openly striving for"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:8",
                                    "translation": "the accomplishment of all we ask,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:9",
                                    "translation": "our prayers are “vain repetitions.”"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:10",
                                    "translation": "If our petitions are sin­cere, we la­bor for what we ask;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:11",
                                    "translation": "and our Fa­ther, who sees in se­cret, will re­ward us openly."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:13",
                                    "translation": "Do we gain the omnipotent ear sooner by words than by thoughts?"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:16",
                                    "translation": "If we cher­ish our de­sire hon­est­ly and si­lent­ly and hum­bly,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:17",
                                    "translation": "God will bless it,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:18",
                                    "translation": "and we shall in­cur less risk of overwhelming our re­al wishes"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "13:19",
                                    "translation": "with a torrent of words."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "15:7",
                                    "translation": "The Fa­ther is un­seen to the phys­i­cal sen­ses,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "15:8",
                                    "translation": "but He knows all things and rewards ac­cord­ing to motives,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "15:9",
                                    "translation": "not ac­cord­ing to speech."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "18:6",
                                    "translation": "Jesus did lifeʼs work aright"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "18:8",
                                    "translation": "to show mortals how to do theirs, but not to do it for them"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "18:9",
                                    "translation": "nor to re­lieve them of a sin­gle re­spon­si­bil­i­ty."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "18:10",
                                    "translation": "He acted bold­ly, against the accredited ev­i­dence of the sen­ses,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "18:11",
                                    "translation": "against Pharisaical creeds and practices."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "19:5",
                                    "translation": "E­ven Christ can­not rec­on­cile Truth to er­ror,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "19:6",
                                    "translation": "for Truth and er­ror are irreconcilable."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "19:23",
                                    "translation": "Prac­ti­cal re­pent­ance reforms the heart"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "19:24",
                                    "translation": "and enables man to do the will of wis­dom."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "20:10",
                                    "translation": "Jesus es­tab­lished no ritualistic wor­ship."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "20:11",
                                    "translation": "He knew that men can be bap­tized, par­take of the Eucharist, sup­port the cler­gy,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "20:12",
                                    "translation": "ob­serve the Sabbath, make long prayers,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "20:13",
                                    "translation": "and yet be sen­su­al and sin­ful."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "20:25",
                                    "translation": "The truth is the center of all re­li­gion."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "21:12",
                                    "translation": "If hon­est, the dis­ci­ple will be in earnest from the start,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "21:13",
                                    "translation": "and gain a lit­tle each day in the right direction,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "21:14",
                                    "translation": "un­til at last he finishes his course with joy."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "29:7",
                                    "translation": "Christian ex­pe­ri­ence teaches faith in the right and disbelief in the wrong."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "29:8",
                                    "translation": "It bids us work the more ear­nest­ly in times of per­se­cu­tion,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "29:9",
                                    "translation": "be­cause then our la­bor is more needed."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "40:9",
                                    "translation": "Science removes the pen­al­ty on­ly by first removing the sin which incurs the pen­al­ty."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "40:10",
                                    "translation": "This is my sense of divine par­don,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "40:11",
                                    "translation": "which I un­der­stand to mean Godʼs method of destroying sin."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "40:14",
                                    "translation": "An­oth­erʼs suf­fer­ing can­not lessen our own liability."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "40:25",
                                    "translation": "Our heav­en­ly Fa­ther demands that all men"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "40:26",
                                    "translation": "should fol­low the ex­am­ple of Jesus and his apos­tles,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "40:27",
                                    "translation": "not mere­ly wor­ship his personality."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "40:28",
                                    "translation": "Itʼs sad that the phrase “divine ser­vice” has come so generally to mean pub­lic wor­ship in­stead of dai­ly deeds."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:4",
                                    "translation": "Union of the masculine and feminine qualities constitutes completeness."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:8",
                                    "translation": "These dif­fer­ent elements conjoin naturally with each oth­er,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:9",
                                    "translation": "and their true har­mo­ny is in spir­it­u­al oneness."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:10",
                                    "translation": "Both sexes should be lov­ing, pure, ten­der, and strong."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:15",
                                    "translation": "Beau­ty, wealth, or fame is in­com­pe­tent to meet the demands of the affections be­tween the sexes,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:16",
                                    "translation": "and should nev­er weigh against the bet­ter claims of"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:17",
                                    "translation": "in­tel­lect, good­ness, and vir­tue."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:22",
                                    "translation": "Hu­man af­fec­tion is­nʼt poured forth vainly, e­ven though it meets no re­turn."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:23",
                                    "translation": "Love enriches the na­ture,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:24",
                                    "translation": "en­larg­ing, purifying, and el­e­vat­ing it."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:25",
                                    "translation": "The wintry blasts of earth may uproot the flowers of af­fec­tion, and scat­ter them to the winds;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:26",
                                    "translation": "but this severance of fleshly ties"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:27",
                                    "translation": "serves to unite thought more closely to God,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:28",
                                    "translation": "for Love supports the struggling heart"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "57:29",
                                    "translation": "un­til it ceases to sigh over the world and begins to unfold its wings for heav­en."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "58:16",
                                    "translation": "The narrowness and jeal­ou­sy which would confine a wife"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "58:17",
                                    "translation": "or a hus­band for­ev­er with­in four walls"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "58:18",
                                    "translation": "wonʼt pro­mote a sweet interchange of con­fi­dence and love."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "58:19",
                                    "translation": "On the oth­er hand, a wan­der­ing de­sire for incessant a­muse­ment out­side the home"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "58:20",
                                    "translation": "is a poor indicator for the hap­pi­ness of wedlock."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "58:21",
                                    "translation": "Home is the dearest spot on earth,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "58:22",
                                    "translation": "and it should be the center,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "58:23",
                                    "translation": "though not the bound­a­ry, of the affections."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "58:26",
                                    "translation": "A wife ought not to court vul­gar ex­trav­a­gance"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "58:27",
                                    "translation": "or stupid ease be­cause an­oth­er supplies her wants."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "59:17",
                                    "translation": "Ten­der words and unselfish care that pro­mote the wel­fare and hap­pi­ness of your wife"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "59:18",
                                    "translation": "will prove more salutary in prolonging her health and smiles"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "59:19",
                                    "translation": "than stolid indifference or jeal­ou­sy."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "59:20",
                                    "translation": "Husbands, re­mem­ber"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "59:21",
                                    "translation": "how slight a word or deed may renew"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "59:22",
                                    "translation": "the old trysting times."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "60:4",
                                    "translation": "Kindred tastes, motives, and aspirations are nec­es­sary to"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "60:5",
                                    "translation": "a hap­py and per­ma­nent com­pan­ion­ship."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "60:16",
                                    "translation": "Mar­riage should im­prove the hu­man species,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "60:17",
                                    "translation": "be­com­ing a barrier against vi­ce, a pro­tec­tion to wom­an,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "60:18",
                                    "translation": "strength to man, and a center for the affections."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "60:19",
                                    "translation": "This, how­ev­er, in a majority of cases, is­nʼt its pres­ent ten­den­cy, and why?"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "60:21",
                                    "translation": "Be­cause oth­er considerations —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "60:22",
                                    "translation": "pas­sion, friv­o­lous amusements, per­son­al adorn­ment, dis­play, and pride —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "60:23",
                                    "translation": "occupy thought."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "61:24",
                                    "translation": "Is­nʼt the propagation of the hu­man species a greater re­spon­si­bil­i­ty,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "61:25",
                                    "translation": "a more sol­emn charge, than the cul­ture of your gar­den"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "61:26",
                                    "translation": "or the raising of stock to in­crease your flocks and herds?"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "61:27",
                                    "translation": "Noth­ing un­wor­thy of perpetuity should be transmitted to chil­dren."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "63:12",
                                    "translation": "Civil law establishes very un­fair dif­fer­ences be­tween the rights of the two sexes."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "63:13",
                                    "translation": "Christian Science furnishes no precedent for such in­jus­tice."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "64:8",
                                    "translation": "Pride, en­vy, or jeal­ou­sy seems on most occasions to be the mas­ter of ceremonies,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "64:9",
                                    "translation": "rul­ing out primitive Christianity."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "64:10",
                                    "translation": "When a man lends a help­ing hand to some no­ble wom­an,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "64:11",
                                    "translation": "struggling a­lone with ad­ver­si­ty, his wife should not say,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "64:12",
                                    "translation": "“It is nev­er well to in­ter­fere with your neighborʼs busi­ness.”"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "64:13",
                                    "translation": "A wife is some­times debarred"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "64:14",
                                    "translation": "by a covetous domestic ty­rant"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "64:15",
                                    "translation": "from giv­ing the ready aid her sympathy and char­i­ty would af­ford."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "68:2",
                                    "translation": "At pres­ent mortals prog­ress slowly"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "68:3",
                                    "translation": "for fear of be­ing thought ridiculous."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "68:4",
                                    "translation": "They are slaves to fash­ion, pride, and sense."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "68:6",
                                    "translation": "We ought to wea­ry of the fleet­ing and false"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "68:7",
                                    "translation": "and to cher­ish noth­ing which"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "68:8",
                                    "translation": "hinders our highest selfhood."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "68:9",
                                    "translation": "Jeal­ou­sy is the grave of af­fec­tion."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "68:10",
                                    "translation": "The pres­ence of mistrust, where con­fi­dence is due,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "68:11",
                                    "translation": "scatters loveʼs petals to de­cay."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "71:10",
                                    "translation": "Close your eyes, and you may dream that you see a flow­er —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "71:11",
                                    "translation": "that you tou­ch and smell it."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "71:12",
                                    "translation": "Thus you learn that the flow­er is a product of the mind,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "71:13",
                                    "translation": "a formation of thought rath­er than of mat­ter."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "72:19",
                                    "translation": "Er­ror is­nʼt a sieve"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "72:20",
                                    "translation": "through which truth can be strained."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "80:1",
                                    "translation": "We have strength in pro­por­tion to our un­der­stand­ing of the truth."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "80:3",
                                    "translation": "A cup of coffee or tea is­nʼt e­qual to truth"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "80:4",
                                    "translation": "for the inspiration of a sermon"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "80:5",
                                    "translation": "or for the sup­port of bod­i­ly en­dur­ance."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "87:19",
                                    "translation": "The mine knows noth­ing of the emeralds with­in its rocks;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "87:20",
                                    "translation": "the sea is ig­no­rant of the gems with­in its caverns,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "87:21",
                                    "translation": "of the corals, of its sharp reefs, of the tall ships that float on its bos­om,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "87:22",
                                    "translation": "or of the bodies which lie bur­ied in its sands:"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "87:23",
                                    "translation": "yet these are all there."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "87:24",
                                    "translation": "Do not sup­pose that any men­tal concept is gone be­cause you do not think of it."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "87:25",
                                    "translation": "The true concept is nev­er lost."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "87:26",
                                    "translation": "The strong impressions pro­duced on mor­tal mind by friendship"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "87:27",
                                    "translation": "or by any intense feel­ing are last­ing."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "96:1",
                                    "translation": "Humanity ad­vanc­es slowly out of sinning sense in­to spir­it­u­al un­der­stand­ing;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "96:2",
                                    "translation": "unwillingness to learn all things right­ly"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "96:3",
                                    "translation": "binds Christendom with chains."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "104:8",
                                    "translation": "An author has wisely said:"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "104:9",
                                    "translation": "“Eve­ry great scientific truth goes through three stages."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "104:10",
                                    "translation": "First, peo­ple say it conflicts with the Bible."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "104:11",
                                    "translation": "Next, they say it has been discovered be­fore."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "104:12",
                                    "translation": "Lastly, they say they have al­ways be­lieved it.”"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "104:31",
                                    "translation": "Is it not clear that the hu­man mind must move the body to a wick­ed act?"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "104:32",
                                    "translation": "Is­nʼt mor­tal mind the mur­der­er?"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "105:1",
                                    "translation": "The hands, with­out mor­tal mind to di­rect them,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "105:2",
                                    "translation": "could not com­mit a mur­der."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "109:2",
                                    "translation": "Mind is All and mat­ter is noth­ing."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "109:11",
                                    "translation": "For three years af­ter my discovery,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "109:12",
                                    "translation": "I sought the solution of this problem of Mind-healing,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "109:13",
                                    "translation": "searched the Scrip­tures and read lit­tle else,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "109:14",
                                    "translation": "kept a­loof from so­ci­e­ty, and de­vot­ed time and energies to discovering a positive rule."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "109:15",
                                    "translation": "The search was sweet, calm, and buoyant with hope,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "109:16",
                                    "translation": "not selfish nor depressing."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "111:28",
                                    "translation": "Mind governs the body, not partially but whol­ly."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "119:25",
                                    "translation": "In viewing the sunrise, one finds that it"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "119:26",
                                    "translation": "con­tra­dicts the ev­i­dence be­fore the sen­ses to be­lieve that"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "119:27",
                                    "translation": "the earth is in motion and the sun at rest."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "119:28",
                                    "translation": "As astronomy reverses the hu­man perception of"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "119:29",
                                    "translation": "the movement of the solar system,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "119:30",
                                    "translation": "so Christian Science reverses the seem­ing relation of Soul and body"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "119:31",
                                    "translation": "and makes body tributary to Mind."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "121:17",
                                    "translation": "The earthʼs diurnal rotation is invisible to the phys­i­cal eye,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "121:18",
                                    "translation": "and the sun seems to move from east to west,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "121:19",
                                    "translation": "in­stead of the earth from west to east."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "121:20",
                                    "translation": "Un­til re­buked by clearer views of the ev­er­last­ing facts,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "121:21",
                                    "translation": "this false tes­ti­mo­ny of the eye de­lud­ed the judg­ment and induced false conclusions."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "121:22",
                                    "translation": "Science shows appearances of­ten to be erroneous."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "122:18",
                                    "translation": "The barometer,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "122:19",
                                    "translation": "denying the tes­ti­mo­ny of the sen­ses,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "122:20",
                                    "translation": "points to fair weather in the midst of murky clouds and drenching rain."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "122:21",
                                    "translation": "Ex­pe­ri­ence is full of sim­i­lar illusions,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "122:22",
                                    "translation": "which eve­ry thinker can recall for him­self."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "125:2",
                                    "translation": "What is now con­sid­ered the best con­di­tion for"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "125:3",
                                    "translation": "health in the hu­man body"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "125:4",
                                    "translation": "may no long­er be found indispensable."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "125:5",
                                    "translation": "Mor­al conditions will be found al­ways"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "125:6",
                                    "translation": "har­mo­ni­ous and health-giving."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "128:4",
                                    "translation": "The term Science, prop­er­ly un­der­stood, refers on­ly to the laws of God"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "128:5",
                                    "translation": "and to His gov­ern­ment of the universe."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "129:22",
                                    "translation": "We must look deep in­to realism"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "129:23",
                                    "translation": "in­stead of accepting on­ly the outward sense of things."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "129:24",
                                    "translation": "Can we gath­er peaches from a pine tree,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "129:25",
                                    "translation": "or learn from dis­cord the concord of be­ing?"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "130:18",
                                    "translation": "Ma­te­ri­al beliefs must be cast out to make place for truth."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "130:19",
                                    "translation": "You can­not add to the contents of a ves­sel al­ready full."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "130:20",
                                    "translation": "Laboring long to shake the adultʼs faith in mat­ter,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "130:23",
                                    "translation": "the author has of­ten re­mem­bered our Masterʼs love for lit­tle chil­dren,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "130:24",
                                    "translation": "and un­der­stood how tru­ly they"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "130:25",
                                    "translation": "be­long to the heav­en­ly king­dom."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "131:4",
                                    "translation": "Our lives must be governed by reality in or­der to be"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "131:5",
                                    "translation": "in har­mo­ny with God."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "134:31",
                                    "translation": "A mir­a­cle fulfills Godʼs law, but does­nʼt violate that law."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "135:7",
                                    "translation": "The mir­a­cle introduces no dis­or­der, but unfolds the primal or­der."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "135:26",
                                    "translation": "Christianity as Jesus taught it was not a creed,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "135:27",
                                    "translation": "nor a system of ceremonies,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "135:28",
                                    "translation": "nor a special gift from a ritualistic Jehovah."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "141:10",
                                    "translation": "The pop­u­lar thought is that all rev­e­la­tion"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "141:11",
                                    "translation": "must come from the schools and a­long the line of scholarly and ecclesiastical descent,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "141:12",
                                    "translation": "as kings are crowned from a roy­al dynasty."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "141:13",
                                    "translation": "In heal­ing the sick and sinning,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "141:14",
                                    "translation": "Jesus elaborated the fact that the heal­ing ef­fect"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "141:15",
                                    "translation": "followed the un­der­stand­ing of the divine Principle."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "141:17",
                                    "translation": "For this Principle there is no dynasty, no ecclesiastical monopoly."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "141:19",
                                    "translation": "Its on­ly priest is the spiritualized man."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "142:11",
                                    "translation": "If the soft palm upturned to a lordly salary"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "142:12",
                                    "translation": "and architectural skill mak­ing dome and spire tremulous with beau­ty"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "142:13",
                                    "translation": "turn the poor and the strang­er from the gate,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "142:14",
                                    "translation": "they at the same time shut the door on prog­ress."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "143:1",
                                    "translation": "Truth is Godʼs remedy for er­ror of eve­ry kind,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "143:2",
                                    "translation": "and Truth destroys on­ly what is untrue."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "144:27",
                                    "translation": "When the Science of be­ing is universally un­der­stood,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "144:28",
                                    "translation": "eve­ry man will be his own physician,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "144:29",
                                    "translation": "and Truth will be the universal panacea."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "147:15",
                                    "translation": "Nev­er be­lieve that you can absorb the whole mean­ing"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "147:16",
                                    "translation": "of the Science by a sim­ple perusal of this book."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "147:17",
                                    "translation": "The book needs to be studied."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "149:7",
                                    "translation": "The pre­scrip­tion which succeeds in one instance fails in an­oth­er,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "149:8",
                                    "translation": "and this is owing to the dif­fer­ent men­tal states of the pa­tient."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "151:26",
                                    "translation": "All that re­al­ly exists is the divine Mind and its idea,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "151:28",
                                    "translation": "The straight and narrow way is to see and ac­knowl­edge this fact,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "151:29",
                                    "translation": "yield to this pow­er,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "151:30",
                                    "translation": "and fol­low the leadings of truth."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "152:9",
                                    "translation": "Truth has a heal­ing ef­fect, e­ven when not ful­ly un­der­stood."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "153:25",
                                    "translation": "We weep be­cause others weep, we yawn be­cause they yawn,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "153:27",
                                    "translation": "but mor­tal mind, not mat­ter, contains and carries the infection."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "153:28",
                                    "translation": "When this men­tal contagion is un­der­stood,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "153:29",
                                    "translation": "we shall be more care­ful of our men­tal conditions,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "153:30",
                                    "translation": "and we shall a­void loquacious tattling about dis­ease,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "153:31",
                                    "translation": "as we would a­void advocating crime."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "154:26",
                                    "translation": "“You look sick,” “You look tired,” “You need rest,” or"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "154:27",
                                    "translation": "“You need med­i­cine.”"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "154:28",
                                    "translation": "Such a moth­er runs to her lit­tle one,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "154:29",
                                    "translation": "who thinks he has hurt his face by fall­ing on the carpet, and says,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "154:30",
                                    "translation": "“Mamma knows you are hurt.”"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "154:31",
                                    "translation": "The bet­ter and more suc­cess­ful method for any moth­er to adopt is to say:"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "154:32",
                                    "translation": "“Oh, nev­er mind!”"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "155:1",
                                    "translation": "Presently the child forgets all about the accident, and is at play."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "157:26",
                                    "translation": "Narcotics qui­et mor­tal mind, and so re­lieve the body;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "157:27",
                                    "translation": "but they leave both mind and body worse for this submission."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "165:18",
                                    "translation": "You con­sult your brain in or­der to re­mem­ber what has hurt you,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "165:19",
                                    "translation": "when your remedy lies in for­get­ting the whole thing."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "166:3",
                                    "translation": "As a man thinketh, so is he."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "166:4",
                                    "translation": "Mind is all that feels, acts, or impedes ac­tion."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "166:5",
                                    "translation": "Ig­no­rant of this, or shrinking from its implied re­spon­si­bil­i­ty,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "166:6",
                                    "translation": "the heal­ing ef­fort is made on the wrong side,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "166:7",
                                    "translation": "and thus con­scious con­trol over the body is lost."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "167:30",
                                    "translation": "On­ly through radical reliance on Truth"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "167:31",
                                    "translation": "can scientific heal­ing pow­er be re­al­ized."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "168:10",
                                    "translation": "When sick (ac­cord­ing to be­lief) you rush af­ter drugs,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "168:11",
                                    "translation": "search out the so-called ma­te­ri­al laws of health,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "168:12",
                                    "translation": "and de­pend up­on them to heal you,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "168:13",
                                    "translation": "though you have al­ready brought your­self in­to the quagmire of dis­ease"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "168:14",
                                    "translation": "through just this false be­lief."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "168:24",
                                    "translation": "I have discerned dis­ease in the hu­man mind,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "168:25",
                                    "translation": "and rec­og­nized the patientʼs fear of it,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "168:26",
                                    "translation": "months be­fore the so-called dis­ease made its ap­pear­ance in the body."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "168:27",
                                    "translation": "Dis­ease be­ing a be­lief,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "168:28",
                                    "translation": "the sensation would not ap­pear if the er­ror of be­lief was"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "168:29",
                                    "translation": "destroyed by truth."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "174:4",
                                    "translation": "Is civilization on­ly a higher form of i­dol­a­try,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "174:5",
                                    "translation": "that man should bow down to an exfoliating brush, to flannels,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "174:6",
                                    "translation": "to baths, diet, ex­er­cise, and air?"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "174:20",
                                    "translation": "Truth is revealed. It needs on­ly to be prac­tised."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "175:17",
                                    "translation": "Our fore­fa­thers"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "175:19",
                                    "translation": "had less time for"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "175:20",
                                    "translation": "self­ish­ness, coddling, and sick­ly after-dinner talk."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "175:21",
                                    "translation": "The exact a­mount of food the stom­ach could di­gest"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "175:22",
                                    "translation": "was not discussed nor referred to sanitary laws."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "175:23",
                                    "translation": "A manʼs be­lief in those days was not so se­vere up­on the gastric juices."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "176:7",
                                    "translation": "The primitive cus­tom of tak­ing no thought about food"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "176:8",
                                    "translation": "left the stom­ach and bowels free to act in o­be­di­ence to na­ture,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "176:9",
                                    "translation": "and gave the gos­pel a chance to be seen"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "176:10",
                                    "translation": "in its glorious effects up­on the body."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "176:11",
                                    "translation": "A ghastly array of diseases was not paraded be­fore the imagination."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "176:17",
                                    "translation": "Hu­man fear of miasma would load with dis­ease the air of Eden,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "176:18",
                                    "translation": "and weigh down man­kind with conjectural evils."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "176:19",
                                    "translation": "Mor­tal mind is the worst foe of the body,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "176:20",
                                    "translation": "while divine Mind is its best friend."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "179:32",
                                    "translation": "Descriptions of dis­ease giv­en by physicians,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "180:1",
                                    "translation": "and advertisements of quackery are both sources of sick­ness."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "183:16",
                                    "translation": "The sup­posed laws which result in wea­ri­ness"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "183:17",
                                    "translation": "and dis­ease arenʼt His laws."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "184:6",
                                    "translation": "Be­lief produces the results of be­lief,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "184:7",
                                    "translation": "and the penalties it affixes last so long as the be­lief and are inseparable from it."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "184:8",
                                    "translation": "The remedy consists in probing the trou­ble to the bottom,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "184:9",
                                    "translation": "in find­ing and cast­ing out"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "184:10",
                                    "translation": "the er­ror of be­lief which produces a mor­tal dis­or­der,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "184:11",
                                    "translation": "nev­er honoring erroneous be­lief with the title of law"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "184:12",
                                    "translation": "nor yield­ing o­be­di­ence to it."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "184:20",
                                    "translation": "Mat­ter can­not suf­fer."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "184:21",
                                    "translation": "Mor­tal mind a­lone suffers —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "184:22",
                                    "translation": "not be­cause a law of mat­ter has been trans­gressed,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "184:23",
                                    "translation": "but be­cause a law of this so-called mind has been disobeyed."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "188:24",
                                    "translation": "The soil of dis­ease is mor­tal mind,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "188:25",
                                    "translation": "and you have an abun­dant or scanty crop of dis­ease"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "188:26",
                                    "translation": "ac­cord­ing to the seedlings of fear."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "188:27",
                                    "translation": "Sin and the fear of dis­ease must be uprooted and cast out."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "192:4",
                                    "translation": "We are Christian Scientists, on­ly as we quit our reliance"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "192:5",
                                    "translation": "up­on what is false and grasp the true."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "192:23",
                                    "translation": "The good you do and embody gives you the on­ly pow­er obtainable."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "192:24",
                                    "translation": "Evil is­nʼt pow­er."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "192:25",
                                    "translation": "Itʼs a mockery of strength, which soon betrays its weak­ness and falls,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "192:26",
                                    "translation": "nev­er to rise."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "196:4",
                                    "translation": "The pow­er of mor­tal mind over its own body is lit­tle un­der­stood."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "196:20",
                                    "translation": "Books that rule dis­ease out of mor­tal mind"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "196:21",
                                    "translation": "and re­move the images and thoughts of dis­ease —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "196:22",
                                    "translation": "in­stead of impressing them"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "196:23",
                                    "translation": "with forcible descriptions and medical details —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "196:24",
                                    "translation": "will help to abate sick­ness and to de­stroy it."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "196:31",
                                    "translation": "The press un­wit­ting­ly sends forth many sorrows"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "196:32",
                                    "translation": "and diseases a­mong the hu­man fam­i­ly."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "197:1",
                                    "translation": "It does this by giv­ing names to diseases"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "197:2",
                                    "translation": "and by printing long descriptions which mirror images of dis­ease distinctly in thought."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "197:3",
                                    "translation": "A new name for an ailment affects peo­ple"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "197:4",
                                    "translation": "like a Parisian name for a novel garment."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "197:5",
                                    "translation": "Eve­ry­one hastens to get it."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "197:6",
                                    "translation": "A minutely de­scribed dis­ease costs many men their earthly days of com­fort."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "199:21",
                                    "translation": "The de­vo­tion of thought to an hon­est achievement makes the achievement pos­si­ble."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "199:32",
                                    "translation": "When Homer sang of the Grecian gods, Olympus was dark,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "200:1",
                                    "translation": "but through his verse the gods be­came a­live"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "200:2",
                                    "translation": "in a nationʼs be­lief."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "201:1",
                                    "translation": "The best sermon ev­er preached is Truth prac­tised and demonstrated."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "201:7",
                                    "translation": "We can­not build safe­ly on false foundations."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "201:13",
                                    "translation": "We can­not fill vessels al­ready full. They must first be emptied."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "208:28",
                                    "translation": "A mor­tal man makes his body har­mo­ni­ous or discordant ac­cord­ing to"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "208:29",
                                    "translation": "the images of thought impressed up­on it."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "208:31",
                                    "translation": "You should delineate up­on your body thoughts of health, not of sick­ness."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "208:32",
                                    "translation": "You should banish all thoughts of dis­ease and sin."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "209:2",
                                    "translation": "It is the mor­tal be­lief which makes the body discordant and diseased"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "209:3",
                                    "translation": "in pro­por­tion as ig­no­rance,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "209:4",
                                    "translation": "fear, or hu­man will governs mortals."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "220:18",
                                    "translation": "Mor­tal mind produces its own phenomena,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "220:19",
                                    "translation": "and then charges them to some­thing else —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "220:20",
                                    "translation": "like a kitten glancing in­to the mirror at it­self and"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "220:21",
                                    "translation": "think­ing it sees an­oth­er kitten."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "221:19",
                                    "translation": "God nev­er ordained a law that"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "221:20",
                                    "translation": "fasting should be a means of health."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "221:21",
                                    "translation": "Hence semi-starvation is­nʼt ac­cept­a­ble to wis­dom."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "222:14",
                                    "translation": "Take less thought about what you should eat or drink,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "222:15",
                                    "translation": "con­sult the stom­ach less about "
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "222:16",
                                    "translation": "the economy of liv­ing and God more."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "225:5",
                                    "translation": "You may know when Truth first leads by the fewness"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "225:6",
                                    "translation": "and faithfulness of its followers."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "225:8",
                                    "translation": "The powers of this world will fight,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "225:9",
                                    "translation": "and will com­mand their sentinels not to let truth pass the guard"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "225:10",
                                    "translation": "un­til it subscribes to their systems;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "225:11",
                                    "translation": "but Science, heeding not the pointed bayonet, marches on."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "225:12",
                                    "translation": "There is al­ways some tu­mult, but there is a rallying to truthʼs standard."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "232:5",
                                    "translation": "The beliefs we commonly entertain about hap­pi­ness and life af­ford"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "232:6",
                                    "translation": "no per­ma­nent ev­i­dence of ei­ther."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "233:7",
                                    "translation": "Godʼs law demands of us on­ly what we can cer­tain­ly ful­fill."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "233:8",
                                    "translation": "In the midst of imperfection, perfection is seen and ac­knowl­edged on­ly by degrees."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "233:9",
                                    "translation": "The ages must slowly work up to perfection."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:4",
                                    "translation": "What­ev­er inspires with wis­dom, Truth, or Love —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:5",
                                    "translation": "be it song, sermon, or Science — blesses the hu­man fam­i­ly"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:6",
                                    "translation": "with crumbs of com­fort."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:9",
                                    "translation": "We should be­come more fa­mil­iar with good than with evil,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:10",
                                    "translation": "and guard against false beliefs as watch­ful­ly"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:11",
                                    "translation": "as we bar our doors against the ap­proach of thieves and murderers."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:12",
                                    "translation": "We should love our enemies"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:13",
                                    "translation": "and help them on the ba­sis of the Golden Rule;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:14",
                                    "translation": "but a­void cast­ing pearls be­fore those who trample them un­der foot,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:15",
                                    "translation": "thereby robbing both them­selves and others."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:17",
                                    "translation": "If mortals would keep prop­er ward over mor­tal mind,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:18",
                                    "translation": "the brood of evils which infest it would be cleared out."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:19",
                                    "translation": "We must be­gin with this mind"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:20",
                                    "translation": "and emp­ty it of sin and sick­ness,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:21",
                                    "translation": "or sin and sick­ness will nev­er cease."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:25",
                                    "translation": "Sin and dis­ease must be thought be­fore they can be manifested."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:26",
                                    "translation": "You must con­trol evil thoughts in the first instance,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "234:27",
                                    "translation": "or they will con­trol you in the second."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "235:1",
                                    "translation": "Evil thoughts, lusts, and ma­li­cious purposes can­not go forth, like wan­der­ing pollen,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "235:2",
                                    "translation": "from one mind to an­oth­er, find­ing an unsuspected foothold,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "235:3",
                                    "translation": "if vir­tue and truth build a strong defense."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "235:7",
                                    "translation": "The teachers of schools and the readers in churches"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "235:8",
                                    "translation": "should be selected with as di­rect reference to their morals"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "235:9",
                                    "translation": "as to their learn­ing or their cor­rect read­ing."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "235:28",
                                    "translation": "Clergymen, occupying the watchtowers of the world,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "235:29",
                                    "translation": "should uplift the standard of Truth."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "235:30",
                                    "translation": "They should so raise their hearers spir­it­u­al­ly,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "235:31",
                                    "translation": "that their listeners will love to grapple with"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "235:32",
                                    "translation": "a new, right idea, and broaden their concepts."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:2",
                                    "translation": "Truth should emanate from the pulpit,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:3",
                                    "translation": "but nev­er be strangled there."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:12",
                                    "translation": "A moth­er is the strongest educator."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:13",
                                    "translation": "Her thoughts form the embryo of an­oth­er mor­tal mind,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:14",
                                    "translation": "and unconsciously mould it."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:21",
                                    "translation": "Chil­dren should o­bey their par­ents;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:22",
                                    "translation": "insubordination is an evil, blighting the buddings of self-government."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:23",
                                    "translation": "Par­ents should teach their chil­dren"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:24",
                                    "translation": "at the earliest pos­si­ble period the truths of health and ho­li­ness."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:25",
                                    "translation": "Chil­dren are more tractable than adults,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:26",
                                    "translation": "and learn more readily to love the sim­ple verities"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:27",
                                    "translation": "that will make them hap­py and good."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:28",
                                    "translation": "Jesus loved lit­tle chil­dren be­cause of their free­dom from wrong"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:29",
                                    "translation": "and their receptiveness of right."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:30",
                                    "translation": "While age is halting be­tween two opinions or battling with false beliefs,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "236:31",
                                    "translation": "youth makes easy and rapid strides to­wards Truth."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "237:10",
                                    "translation": "The more stub­born beliefs"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "237:11",
                                    "translation": "and theories of par­ents of­ten choke the good seed in the minds"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "237:12",
                                    "translation": "of them­selves and their off­spring."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "237:13",
                                    "translation": "Superstition, like “the fowls of the air,” snatches a­way the good seed be­fore it has sprouted."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "238:1",
                                    "translation": "Motives and acts arenʼt right­ly valued be­fore they are un­der­stood."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "238:2",
                                    "translation": "It is well to wait un­til those you would ben­e­fit"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "238:3",
                                    "translation": "are ready for the bless­ing."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "238:6",
                                    "translation": "To o­bey the Scriptural com­mand,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "238:7",
                                    "translation": "“Come out from a­mong them, and be ye sep­a­rate,” is to in­cur societyʼs frown;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "238:8",
                                    "translation": "but this frown, more than flatteries, enables one to be Christian."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "238:27",
                                    "translation": "Peo­ple with men­tal work be­fore them"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "238:28",
                                    "translation": "have no time for gos­sip about false tes­ti­mo­ny."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "238:29",
                                    "translation": "To place the fact above the false­hood"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "238:30",
                                    "translation": "is the work of time."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:5",
                                    "translation": "Take a­way wealth, fame, and so­cial organizations,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:6",
                                    "translation": "which weigh not one jot in the bal­ance of God,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:7",
                                    "translation": "and we get clearer views of Principle."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:8",
                                    "translation": "Break up cliques, lev­el wealth with honesty, let worth be judged ac­cord­ing to wis­dom,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:9",
                                    "translation": "and we get bet­ter views of humanity."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:12",
                                    "translation": "Let it be un­der­stood that suc­cess in er­ror is de­feat in Truth."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:13",
                                    "translation": "The watchword of Christian Science is Scriptural:"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:14",
                                    "translation": "“Let the wick­ed for­sake their way,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:15",
                                    "translation": "and the un­righ­teous their thoughts.”"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:16",
                                    "translation": "To ascertain our prog­ress, we must learn where our affections are placed"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:17",
                                    "translation": "and whom we ac­knowl­edge and o­bey as God."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:18",
                                    "translation": "If divine Love is be­com­ing nearer,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:19",
                                    "translation": "dearer, and more re­al to us, mat­ter is then sub­mit­ting to Spir­it."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:20",
                                    "translation": "The objects we pur­sue and the spir­it we manifest"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:21",
                                    "translation": "re­veal our standpoint,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "239:22",
                                    "translation": "and show what we are winning."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "240:3",
                                    "translation": "Arctic regions, sunny tropics, giant hills, winged winds,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "240:4",
                                    "translation": "mighty billows, verdant vales, festive flowers, and glorious heavens"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "240:5",
                                    "translation": "all point to Mind, the spir­it­u­al intelligence they re­flect."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "240:6",
                                    "translation": "The floral apos­tles are hieroglyphs of De­i­ty."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "240:7",
                                    "translation": "Suns and planets teach grand lessons."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "240:8",
                                    "translation": "The stars make night beau­ti­ful,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "240:9",
                                    "translation": "and the leaflet turns naturally to­wards the light."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "240:27",
                                    "translation": "In try­ing to undo the errors of sense"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "240:28",
                                    "translation": "one must pay ful­ly and fair­ly the utmost farthing,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "240:29",
                                    "translation": "un­til all er­ror is fi­nal­ly brought in­to subjection to Truth."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "240:30",
                                    "translation": "The divine method of pay­ing sinʼs wages involves unwinding oneʼs snarls."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "241:10",
                                    "translation": "False­hood, en­vy, hy­poc­ri­sy, mal­ice, hate, revenge, and so forth,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "241:11",
                                    "translation": "steal a­way the treasures of Truth."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "241:17",
                                    "translation": "The er­ror of ages is preaching with­out prac­tice."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "241:23",
                                    "translation": "Oneʼs aim should be to find the footsteps of Truth,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "241:24",
                                    "translation": "the way to health and ho­li­ness."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "243:2",
                                    "translation": "We can nev­er suc­ceed in the Science and demonstration of"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "243:3",
                                    "translation": "spir­it­u­al good through ig­no­rance or hy­poc­ri­sy."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "247:10",
                                    "translation": "Beau­ty, as well as truth, is e­ter­nal;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "247:11",
                                    "translation": "but the beau­ty of ma­te­ri­al things passes a­way, fading and fleet­ing as mor­tal be­lief."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "247:12",
                                    "translation": "Cus­tom, education, and fash­ion"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "247:13",
                                    "translation": "form the transient standards of mortals."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "248:25",
                                    "translation": "We must first turn our gaze in the right direction,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "248:26",
                                    "translation": "and then walk that way."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "248:27",
                                    "translation": "We must form per­fect models in thought and look at them con­tin­u­al­ly,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "248:28",
                                    "translation": "or we shall nev­er carve them out in grand and no­ble lives."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "248:29",
                                    "translation": "Let unselfishness, good­ness, mer­cy, jus­tice, health, ho­li­ness, and love"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "248:30",
                                    "translation": "reign with­in us,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "248:31",
                                    "translation": "and sin, dis­ease, and death will di­min­ish"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "248:32",
                                    "translation": "un­til they fi­nal­ly disappear."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "250:12",
                                    "translation": "Man is­nʼt God, but like a ray of light which co­mes from the sun,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "250:13",
                                    "translation": "man reflects God."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "252:7",
                                    "translation": "When false hu­man beliefs learn e­ven a lit­tle of their own falsity,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "252:8",
                                    "translation": "they be­gin to disappear."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "252:9",
                                    "translation": "A knowl­edge of er­ror and of its operations must precede"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "252:10",
                                    "translation": "that un­der­stand­ing of Truth which destroys er­ror."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "253:18",
                                    "translation": "If you be­lieve in and prac­tice wrong know­ing­ly,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "253:19",
                                    "translation": "you can at once change your course and do right."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "254:2",
                                    "translation": "Individuals are consistent who,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "254:3",
                                    "translation": "watching and praying, can “run and not be wea­ry;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "254:4",
                                    "translation": "walk and not faint,” who gain good rap­id­ly"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "254:5",
                                    "translation": "and hold their po­si­tion,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "254:6",
                                    "translation": "or at­tain slowly and donʼt yield to discouragement."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "254:7",
                                    "translation": "God requires perfection, but not un­til the bat­tle be­tween Spir­it and flesh is fought."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "256:1",
                                    "translation": "Prog­ress takes off hu­man shackles."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "260:15",
                                    "translation": "Distrust of oneʼs abil­i­ty to gain the good­ness de­sired and"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "260:16",
                                    "translation": "to bring out bet­ter and higher results,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "260:17",
                                    "translation": "of­ten ensures fail­ure at the outset."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "266:20",
                                    "translation": "The sin­ner makes his own hell by do­ing evil,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "266:21",
                                    "translation": "and the saint his own heav­en by do­ing right."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "270:24",
                                    "translation": "Mortals think wickedly; consequently they are wick­ed."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "270:25",
                                    "translation": "They think sick­ly thoughts, and so be­come sick."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "281:30",
                                    "translation": "The old be­lief must be cast out"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "281:31",
                                    "translation": "or the new idea will be spilled,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "281:32",
                                    "translation": "and the inspiration, which is to change our standpoint, will be lost."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "284:21",
                                    "translation": "The phys­i­cal sen­ses can ob­tain no proof of God."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "284:22",
                                    "translation": "They can nei­ther see Spir­it through the eye nor hear it through the ear,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "284:23",
                                    "translation": "nor can they feel, taste, or smell Spir­it."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "285:16",
                                    "translation": "The be­lief that a ma­te­ri­al body is man"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "285:17",
                                    "translation": "is a false conception of man."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "295:1",
                                    "translation": "The be­lief that a severed limb is aching in the old lo­ca­tion,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "295:2",
                                    "translation": "the sensation seem­ing to be in nerves which are no long­er there,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "295:3",
                                    "translation": "is an added proof of the unreliability of phys­i­cal tes­ti­mo­ny."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "295:16",
                                    "translation": "The manifestation of God through mortals is as light"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "295:17",
                                    "translation": "pass­ing through the windowpane."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "295:18",
                                    "translation": "The light and the glass nev­er mingle,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "295:19",
                                    "translation": "but the glass is less o­paque than the walls."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "295:20",
                                    "translation": "The mor­tal mind through which Truth ap­pears most vividly"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "295:21",
                                    "translation": "is that one which has lost much er­ror"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "295:22",
                                    "translation": "in or­der to be­come a bet­ter transparency for Truth."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "295:23",
                                    "translation": "Then, like a cloud melting in­to thin va­por, it no long­er hides the sun."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "296:4",
                                    "translation": "Prog­ress is born of ex­pe­ri­ence."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "296:16",
                                    "translation": "Mor­tal be­lief must lose all sat­is­fac­tion in er­ror and sin"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "296:17",
                                    "translation": "in or­der to part with them."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "296:28",
                                    "translation": "An improved be­lief is one step out of er­ror,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "296:29",
                                    "translation": "and aids in tak­ing the next step."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "296:32",
                                    "translation": "Mor­tal be­lief says, “You are wretch­ed!” and mortals think they are so;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "297:1",
                                    "translation": "and noth­ing can change this state, un­til the be­lief changes."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "297:2",
                                    "translation": "Mor­tal be­lief says, “You are hap­py!” and mortals are so;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "297:3",
                                    "translation": "and no circumstance can alter the situation,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "297:4",
                                    "translation": "un­til the be­lief on this sub­ject changes."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "297:5",
                                    "translation": "Hu­man be­lief says to mortals,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "297:6",
                                    "translation": "“You are sick!” and this tes­ti­mo­ny manifests it­self on the body as sick­ness."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "320:7",
                                    "translation": "The Scrip­tures have both a spir­it­u­al and a lit­er­al mean­ing."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "322:24",
                                    "translation": "A man who refrains from wrong on­ly through fear of con­se­quenc­es"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "322:25",
                                    "translation": "is nei­ther a tem­per­ate man nor a re­li­a­ble religionist."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "322:32",
                                    "translation": "It is eas­i­er to de­sire Truth than to rid one­self of er­ror."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:1",
                                    "translation": "Mortals may seek the un­der­stand­ing of Christian Science,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:2",
                                    "translation": "but they wonʼt be able to glean from Christian Science"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:3",
                                    "translation": "the facts of be­ing with­out striving for them."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:4",
                                    "translation": "This strife consists in the endeavor to for­sake er­ror of eve­ry kind"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:5",
                                    "translation": "and to pos­sess no oth­er con­scious­ness but good."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:13",
                                    "translation": "In or­der to apprehend more,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:14",
                                    "translation": "we must put in­to prac­tice what we al­ready know."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:15",
                                    "translation": "We must recollect that Truth is demonstrable when un­der­stood,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:16",
                                    "translation": "and that good is­nʼt un­der­stood un­til demonstrated."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:30",
                                    "translation": "We are ei­ther turn­ing a­way from the “still, small voice” of Truth,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:31",
                                    "translation": "or we are listening to it and go­ing up higher."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "323:32",
                                    "translation": "Willingness to leave the old for the new"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "324:1",
                                    "translation": "renders thought receptive to the ad­vanced idea."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "324:2",
                                    "translation": "Glad­ness to leave the false landmarks"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "324:3",
                                    "translation": "and joy to see them disappear"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "324:4",
                                    "translation": "— this dis­po­si­tion helps to precipitate the ul­ti­mate har­mo­ny."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "324:13",
                                    "translation": "Be watch­ful, so­ber, and vig­i­lant."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "324:14",
                                    "translation": "The way is straight and narrow."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "327:1",
                                    "translation": "Re­form co­mes by un­der­stand­ing that there is no abiding pleas­ure in evil,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "327:2",
                                    "translation": "and al­so by gaining an af­fec­tion for good."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "327:8",
                                    "translation": "What a pitiful sight is mal­ice, find­ing pleas­ure in revenge!"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "327:9",
                                    "translation": "Evil is some­times a manʼs highest conception of right,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "327:10",
                                    "translation": "un­til his grasp on good grows stronger."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "327:11",
                                    "translation": "Then he loses pleas­ure in wick­ed­ness, and it be­comes his tor­ment."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "327:12",
                                    "translation": "The way to es­cape the mis­ery of sin is to cease sinning."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "327:13",
                                    "translation": "There is no oth­er way."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "327:22",
                                    "translation": "Fear of pun­ish­ment nev­er made man tru­ly hon­est."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "327:23",
                                    "translation": "Mor­al cour­age is requisite to meet the wrong and to pro­claim the right."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "329:14",
                                    "translation": "One should not tarry in the storm if the body is freezing,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "329:15",
                                    "translation": "nor should he re­main in the devouring flames."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "329:16",
                                    "translation": "Un­til one is able to pre­vent bad results, he should a­void their oc­ca­sion."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "330:3",
                                    "translation": "Un­til I learn­ed the vast­ness of Christian Science,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "330:4",
                                    "translation": "the fixedness of mor­tal illusions,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "330:5",
                                    "translation": "and the hu­man ha­tred of Truth,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "330:6",
                                    "translation": "I cherished sanguine hopes that Christian Science would meet with im­me­di­ate and universal acceptance."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "339:31",
                                    "translation": "You con­quer er­ror by denying its verity."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "339:32",
                                    "translation": "Our var­i­ous theories will nev­er lose their imaginary pow­er for good or evil,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "340:1",
                                    "translation": "un­til we lose our faith in them."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "341:1",
                                    "translation": "The criticisms of this volume would con­demn to oblivion the truth,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "341:2",
                                    "translation": "which is raising up thousands from helplessness to strength"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "341:3",
                                    "translation": "and el­e­vat­ing them from a theoretical to a prac­ti­cal Christianity."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "349:13",
                                    "translation": "The chief dif­fi­cul­ty in conveying the teachings of divine Science accurately"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "349:14",
                                    "translation": "to hu­man thought lies in this,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "349:15",
                                    "translation": "that like all oth­er languages, English is inadequate."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "355:11",
                                    "translation": "Let dis­cord of eve­ry name and na­ture be heard no more."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "361:21",
                                    "translation": "I have revised Science and Health on­ly to give a clearer"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "361:22",
                                    "translation": "and fuller ex­pres­sion of its orig­i­nal mean­ing."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "361:23",
                                    "translation": "Spir­it­u­al ideas unfold as we ad­vance."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "366:25",
                                    "translation": "The sick are ter­ri­fied by their sick beliefs,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "366:26",
                                    "translation": "and sinners should be affrighted by their sin­ful beliefs;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "366:27",
                                    "translation": "but the Christian Scientist will be calm in the pres­ence of"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "366:28",
                                    "translation": "both sin and dis­ease."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "372:27",
                                    "translation": "A denial of Truth is fatal,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "372:28",
                                    "translation": "while a just acknowledgement of Truth and"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "372:29",
                                    "translation": "of what it has done for us is an effectual help."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "372:30",
                                    "translation": "If pride, superstition, or any er­ror prevents the hon­est recognition of benefits re­ceived,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "372:31",
                                    "translation": "this will be a hindrance to the recovery of the sick."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "377:6",
                                    "translation": "Invalids flee to tropical climates in or­der to save their lives,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "377:7",
                                    "translation": "but they come back no bet­ter than when they went a­way."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "377:8",
                                    "translation": "Then is the time to cure them,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "377:9",
                                    "translation": "and prove that they can be healthy in all climates,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "377:10",
                                    "translation": "when their fear of climate is exterminated."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "382:8",
                                    "translation": "Con­stant bathing and rub­bing to alter the secretions"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "382:10",
                                    "translation": "receives a use­ful re­buke from Jesusʼ precept,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "382:11",
                                    "translation": "“Take no thought ... for the body.”"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "382:12",
                                    "translation": "We must be­ware of mak­ing clean mere­ly the out­side of the plat­ter."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "383:3",
                                    "translation": "We need a clean body and a clean mind —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "383:4",
                                    "translation": "a body rendered pure by Mind as well as washed by wa­ter."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "383:8",
                                    "translation": "The Christian Scientist takes the best care of his body"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "383:9",
                                    "translation": "when he leaves it most out of his thought."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "384:3",
                                    "translation": "We should re­lieve our minds from the depressing thought"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "384:4",
                                    "translation": "that we have trans­gressed a ma­te­ri­al law"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "384:5",
                                    "translation": "and must of necessity pay the pen­al­ty."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "386:16",
                                    "translation": "A blundering dispatch, mistakenly announcing the death of a friend,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "386:17",
                                    "translation": "occasions the same grief that the friendʼs"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "386:18",
                                    "translation": "re­al death would bring."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "386:19",
                                    "translation": "You think that your anguish is occassioned by your loss."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "386:20",
                                    "translation": "An­oth­er dispatch, correcting the mis­take, heals your grief,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "386:21",
                                    "translation": "and you learn that your suf­fer­ing was mere­ly the result of your be­lief."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "386:22",
                                    "translation": "Thus it is with all sor­row, sick­ness, and death."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "386:23",
                                    "translation": "You will learn at length that there is no cause for grief,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "386:24",
                                    "translation": "and divine wis­dom will then be un­der­stood."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "386:25",
                                    "translation": "Er­ror, not Truth, produces all the suf­fer­ing on earth."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "391:14",
                                    "translation": "It is er­ror to suf­fer for any­thing but your own sins,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "391:16",
                                    "translation": "and re­al suf­fer­ing for your own sins will cease in pro­por­tion as the sin ceases."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "392:24",
                                    "translation": "Stand guard at the door of thought."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "392:25",
                                    "translation": "If you ad­mit on­ly such conclusions as you wish re­al­ized in bod­i­ly results,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "392:26",
                                    "translation": "you will con­trol your­self harmoniously."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "392:27",
                                    "translation": "When the con­di­tion is pres­ent"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "392:28",
                                    "translation": "which you say induces dis­ease,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "392:29",
                                    "translation": "wheth­er it be air, ex­er­cise, heredity, contagion, or accident,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "392:30",
                                    "translation": "then per­form your of­fice as guard and shut out these unhealthy thoughts and fears."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "392:31",
                                    "translation": "Exclude from mor­tal mind the offending errors;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "392:32",
                                    "translation": "then the body can­not suf­fer from them."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "393:32",
                                    "translation": "It is well to be calm in sick­ness;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "394:1",
                                    "translation": "to be hopeful is still bet­ter;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "394:2",
                                    "translation": "but to un­der­stand that sick­ness is­nʼt re­al and that Truth can de­stroy its seem­ing reality, is best of all,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "394:3",
                                    "translation": "for this un­der­stand­ing is the universal and per­fect remedy."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "395:17",
                                    "translation": "An ill-tempered, com­plain­ing, or de­ceit­ful per­son"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "395:18",
                                    "translation": "should not be a nurse."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "395:19",
                                    "translation": "The nurse should be cheer­ful, or­der­ly, punctual, pa­tient, full of faith —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "395:20",
                                    "translation": "receptive to Truth and Love."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:1",
                                    "translation": "One should nev­er hold in mind the thought of dis­ease,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:2",
                                    "translation": "but should efface from thought"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:3",
                                    "translation": "all forms and types of dis­ease,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:4",
                                    "translation": "both for oneʼs own sake and for that of the pa­tient."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:5",
                                    "translation": "A­void talking ill­ness to the pa­tient."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:6",
                                    "translation": "Make no unnecessary inquiries rel­a­tive to feelings or dis­ease."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:7",
                                    "translation": "Nev­er startle with a discouraging remark about recovery,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:8",
                                    "translation": "nor draw at­ten­tion to cer­tain symptoms as unfavorable,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:9",
                                    "translation": "a­void speak­ing a­loud the name of the dis­ease."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:10",
                                    "translation": "Nev­er say be­fore­hand how much you have to con­tend with in a case,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:11",
                                    "translation": "nor en­cour­age in the patientʼs thought"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "396:12",
                                    "translation": "the ex­pec­ta­tion of growing worse be­fore a crisis is passed."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "397:8",
                                    "translation": "Suf­fer­ing is no less a men­tal con­di­tion than is en­joy­ment."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "401:28",
                                    "translation": "It is bet­ter for Christian Scientists to leave surgery"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "401:29",
                                    "translation": "and the adjustment of bro­ken bones and dislocations"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "401:30",
                                    "translation": "to the fingers of a surgeon,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "401:31",
                                    "translation": "while the men­tal healer confines him­self chiefly to men­tal reconstruction."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "403:14",
                                    "translation": "You com­mand the situation if you un­der­stand that"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "403:15",
                                    "translation": "mor­tal ex­ist­ence is a state of self-deception and not the truth of be­ing."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "403:16",
                                    "translation": "Mor­tal mind is con­stant­ly producing on mor­tal body"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "403:17",
                                    "translation": "the results of false opinions."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "405:5",
                                    "translation": "Christian Science commands man to mas­ter the propensities —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "405:6",
                                    "translation": "to hold ha­tred in abeyance with kind­ness,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "405:7",
                                    "translation": "to con­quer lust with chas­ti­ty, revenge with char­i­ty,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "405:8",
                                    "translation": "and to over­come de­ceit with honesty."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "405:22",
                                    "translation": "It were bet­ter to be exposed to eve­ry plague on earth"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "405:23",
                                    "translation": "than to en­dure the cumulative effects of a guilty con­science."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "405:24",
                                    "translation": "The abiding con­scious­ness of wrong­do­ing"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "405:25",
                                    "translation": "tends to de­stroy the abil­i­ty to do right."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "405:28",
                                    "translation": "You are conquered by the mor­al penalties you in­cur"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "405:29",
                                    "translation": "and the ills they bring."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "406:19",
                                    "translation": "Re­sist er­ror of eve­ry sort and it will flee from you."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "406:28",
                                    "translation": "The depraved ap­pe­tite for alcoholic drinks, tobacco,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "406:29",
                                    "translation": "tea, coffee, and opium is destroyed on­ly by Mindʼs mastery of the body."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "407:6",
                                    "translation": "Manʼs enslavement to the most relentless masters —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "407:7",
                                    "translation": "pas­sion, self­ish­ness, en­vy, ha­tred, and revenge —"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "407:8",
                                    "translation": "is conquered on­ly by a mighty strug­gle."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "407:9",
                                    "translation": "Eve­ry hour of de­lay makes the strug­gle more se­vere."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "409:29",
                                    "translation": "We can­not spend our days here in ig­no­rance,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "409:30",
                                    "translation": "and ex­pect to find be­yond the grave"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "409:31",
                                    "translation": "a re­ward for this ig­no­rance."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "409:32",
                                    "translation": "Death wonʼt make us har­mo­ni­ous and im­mor­tal as a rec­om­pense for ig­no­rance."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "416:29",
                                    "translation": "Assure the sick that they think too much about their ailments,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "416:30",
                                    "translation": "and have al­ready heard too much on that sub­ject."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "416:31",
                                    "translation": "Turn their thoughts a­way from their bodies to higher objects."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "417:3",
                                    "translation": "Give sick peo­ple cred­it for some­times know­ing more than their doctors."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "419:1",
                                    "translation": "A mor­al ques­tion may hin­der the recovery of the sick."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "419:2",
                                    "translation": "Lurking er­ror, lust, en­vy, revenge, mal­ice, or hate"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "419:3",
                                    "translation": "will perpetuate or e­ven cre­ate the be­lief in dis­ease."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "419:18",
                                    "translation": "Think less of ma­te­ri­al conditions and more of spir­it­u­al."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "420:10",
                                    "translation": "In­struct the sick that they arenʼt help­less victims,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "420:11",
                                    "translation": "for if they will on­ly ac­cept Truth,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "420:12",
                                    "translation": "they can re­sist dis­ease and ward it off,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "420:13",
                                    "translation": "as positively as they can the temp­ta­tion to sin."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "426:5",
                                    "translation": "I find the path"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "426:6",
                                    "translation": "less dif­fi­cult when I have the high goal al­ways be­fore my thoughts"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "426:7",
                                    "translation": "than when I count my footsteps"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "426:8",
                                    "translation": "in endeavoring to reach it."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "443:10",
                                    "translation": "All are privileged to work out their own sal­va­tion"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "443:11",
                                    "translation": "ac­cord­ing to their light."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "443:12",
                                    "translation": "Our motto should be the Masterʼs coun­sel,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "443:13",
                                    "translation": "“Judge not, that you might not be judged.”"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "443:14",
                                    "translation": "If patients fail to ex­pe­ri­ence the heal­ing pow­er of Christian Science,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "443:15",
                                    "translation": "and think they can be benefited by"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "443:16",
                                    "translation": "ordinary phys­i­cal methods of medical treatment,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "443:17",
                                    "translation": "then the Mind-physician should give up such cases,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "443:18",
                                    "translation": "and leave invalids free to re­sort to what­ev­er oth­er systems they fancy will af­ford re­lief."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "444:13",
                                    "translation": "I ad­vise students to be char­i­ta­ble and kind,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "444:14",
                                    "translation": "not on­ly to­wards differing forms of re­li­gion and med­i­cine,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "444:15",
                                    "translation": "but to those who hold these differing opinions."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "445:19",
                                    "translation": "Christian Science silences hu­man will, quiets fear with Truth and Love,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "445:20",
                                    "translation": "and illustrates the unlabored motion"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "445:21",
                                    "translation": "of the divine en­er­gy in heal­ing the sick."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "445:22",
                                    "translation": "Self-seeking, en­vy, pas­sion, pride, ha­tred, and revenge"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "445:23",
                                    "translation": "are cast out by the divine Mind which heals dis­ease."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "447:1",
                                    "translation": "The heav­en­ly law is bro­ken by trespassing up­on"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "447:2",
                                    "translation": "manʼs individual right of self-government."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "447:6",
                                    "translation": "You must not for­get that erring hu­man opinions,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "447:7",
                                    "translation": "conflicting selfish motives,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "447:8",
                                    "translation": "and ig­no­rant attempts to do good may render you in­ca­pa­ble of"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "447:9",
                                    "translation": "know­ing or judg­ing accurately the need of your fellow-men."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "447:10",
                                    "translation": "There­fore the rule is, heal the sick when called up­on for aid."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "447:27",
                                    "translation": "The sick arenʼt healed mere­ly by declaring there is no sick­ness,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "447:28",
                                    "translation": "but by know­ing that there is none."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "448:9",
                                    "translation": "When needed, tell the truth concerning the lie."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "448:10",
                                    "translation": "Evasion of Truth cripples in­teg­ri­ty"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "448:11",
                                    "translation": "and casts you down from the pinnacle."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "448:30",
                                    "translation": "To talk the right and live the wrong is fool­ish de­ceit,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "448:31",
                                    "translation": "do­ing one­self the most harm."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "449:7",
                                    "translation": "The wrong done an­oth­er reacts most heavily against one­self."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "449:8",
                                    "translation": "Right adjusts the bal­ance sooner or lat­er."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "449:9",
                                    "translation": "It is “eas­i­er for a cam­el to go through the eye of a nee­dle”"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "449:10",
                                    "translation": "than for you to ben­e­fit your­self by injuring others."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "452:4",
                                    "translation": "Incorrect reasoning leads to prac­ti­cal er­ror."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "452:5",
                                    "translation": "The wrong thought should be ar­rested be­fore it has a chance"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "452:6",
                                    "translation": "to manifest it­self."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "452:7",
                                    "translation": "Walk­ing in the light, we are accustomed to the light and re­quire it;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "452:8",
                                    "translation": "we can­not see in dark­ness."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "452:9",
                                    "translation": "But eyes accustomed to dark­ness are pained by the light."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "452:10",
                                    "translation": "When outgrowing the old, you should not fear to put on the new."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "453:16",
                                    "translation": "Honesty is spir­it­u­al pow­er."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "453:17",
                                    "translation": "Dis­hon­es­ty is hu­man weak­ness, which forfeits divine help."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "458:23",
                                    "translation": "The Christianly scientific man"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "458:25",
                                    "translation": "does vi­o­lence to no man. Nei­ther is he a false accuser."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "458:26",
                                    "translation": "The Christian Scientist wisely shapes his course,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "458:27",
                                    "translation": "and is hon­est and consistent in fol­low­ing the leadings of divine Mind."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:14",
                                    "translation": "Sick­ness is nei­ther imaginary nor unreal"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:15",
                                    "translation": "to the fright­ened, false sense of the pa­tient."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:16",
                                    "translation": "Sick­ness is more than fancy; it is sol­id con­vic­tion."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:17",
                                    "translation": "It is there­fore to be dealt with"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:18",
                                    "translation": "through right ap­pre­hen­sion of the truth."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:19",
                                    "translation": "If Christian heal­ing is abused by mer­e smatterers in Science,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:20",
                                    "translation": "it be­comes a tedious mischief-maker."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:21",
                                    "translation": "In­stead of scientifically effecting a cure, it starts a petty crossfire over eve­ry cripple and invalid,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:22",
                                    "translation": "buffeting them with the superficial and cold assertion,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:23",
                                    "translation": "“Noth­ing ails you.”"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:24",
                                    "translation": "When the Science of Mind was a fresh rev­e­la­tion to me,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:26",
                                    "translation": "I had to impart the hue of spir­it­u­al ideas from my own spir­it­u­al con­di­tion,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:27",
                                    "translation": "and I had to do this orally"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:28",
                                    "translation": "through the meager channel afforded by lan­guage"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:29",
                                    "translation": "and by my manuscript circulated a­mong students."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:30",
                                    "translation": "As for­mer beliefs were grad­u­al­ly expelled from my thought,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:31",
                                    "translation": "the teach­ing be­came clearer,"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "460:32",
                                    "translation": "un­til fi­nal­ly the shad­ow of old errors was no long­er cast up­on divine Science."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "paragraphs": [
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "482:26",
                                    "translation": "Sick­ness is part of the er­ror which Truth casts out."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "482:27",
                                    "translation": "Er­ror wonʼt expel er­ror."
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "verses": [
                                {
                                    "ref": "495:2",
                                    "translation": "Truth casts out er­ror now"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "495:3",
                                    "translation": "as sure­ly as it did centuries a­go."
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "495:4",
                                    "translation": "All of Truth is­nʼt un­der­stood;"
                                },
                                {
                                    "ref": "495:5",
                                    "translation": "hence its heal­ing pow­er is­nʼt ful­ly demonstrated."
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}