The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-20

ial need Of my personal presence at your
religious Jubilee
am quite ahle 20 take the trip TO your
shores. and If Wisdom lengthens my
sum OF years 10 four score (already
imputsd to mel l shall even then be
younger, and nearer the eternal meridian
than now, for the true knowledge and
proof Of life Is in putting off its limita-
tfons and putting on It's possibilities SIIt
permanence.
In your renowned city the genesis of
Christian Science was allied TO that olden
axiom THE blood Of the martyrs Is the
seed OF the Church" but succeeding
years show, in liyid lines. that the Great
shepherd has nurtured and nourished
this Church as a fat,ing of the flock. To-
day the glory OF His presence rtsts on IL.
the IRy of many generations awaits it.
aud ths prophecy OF Isaiah is fulfilled
in your very midst: God will direct
their work In truth. and will make an
everlasting con yenant with them. "
Your Bible-text book-pastor and
ethical Tenets, do not mislead the seeker
after Truth These unpretentious
preachers cloud not the spiritual meaning
of Holy Writ by material interpretations
nor lose the invincible process and purity
oi Christianity whereby the sick are
healed and sinners saved.
The Science OF christianity is not gen
orally understood, but hastens hourly TO
this end. This Science is the essence or
religion, distilled In the laboratory of in
finite Love and prepared for all people.
And because Science is naturally Divine,
is this natural Science less profitable or
scientific than counting the legs Of in
sectsi' The Scripture declares that God
Is All. Then all is Spirit and spiritual.
The true sense of life is lost to those who
regard Being as material. The Scripture
pronounces all that God made good,
therefore IL evil exists it exists without
God. But this Is impossible, in reality,
for He made all that was made. y Hence
the inevitable revelation of Christian
Science-that evil is unreal-and this is
the best Of il.
On April IL, 1891, the Christian Science
text boOk lay on "A table in burning
buildings Christian Scientist entered the
house through window and snatched
this book from the flames. Instantly the
table sank charred mass The covers of
the book were burned up, but not one
worG in the book was effected. If the
world were in ashes, the contents of
Science and Health With Key To the
Scriptures. would remain immortal.
1t is said that the nearest approach to
the sayings of the great Master il the
Logia OF Papias, written In li5 and that
oil else reported rs his sayings are trans
Iations. The ancient Logia or imputed
savings of Jesus ny Papias are undoubt-
edlv the beginning of the Gospel writ.
ines. IL Is also believed that the
books of Matthew and Luke were
borrowed from the book of Mark.
The svnoptic Gospels were in two Man
uscripts; the first gave an account of the
spiritual creation, and the second was an
opposite story or allegory OF material
universe and man made OF dust. In this
allegorical document the power and prero-
Rptivo Of Spirit are submerged in matter.
In otner words soul enters non intelligent
dust and man becomes both good and
evil, both mind and matter, mortal and
Immortal. All OF which Divine Science
SHOWS 60 Inc an impossi blity.
The Old and New Testament contains
self evident truths that cannot he lost.
but being translations. tie Scriptures
are criticised. Some dangerous skepticism
exists as 90 the vsriticatinn Of our Mas
tsr's sayings But Christians and Chris
tian Scientists know. II the Old Tcsta-
ment and Gospel narratives had never
teen written--that the nature OF Christian
ity, as depicted In the life Of our Lord
and the Truth In the Scriptures are
sufficient 10 authenticate them as the
rerfoct ideal. The character cf the
Nazarene Prophet illustrates the Princi-
PIE aud practice OF true Divinity and
humanity. The different renderinvs or
translntions OF Scripture affect Christian
Scionce in nowise. IL being contingent on
n thing written, and based on the divi ne
principle OF being Science must be, Is,
irrefutable and ct rnnl.
We ara indeed privileged I'm having the
untarDished revelations of Christian
Science. They AFFORD such expeditions Of
the therapeutics, ethics and Christianity
OF Christ rs nake oven God demon
strable. the divine DovU practical, and
furnish rules whereby inon can demon.
stratl Gods love healing The sick and tho
sinner
Whusoevn understands Christian Science
knows. teyOnd doubt. tnat IT. lifc-giy-
Jog trnths were preached and practiced in
the first century and 10y him who proved
their practicahlity, itrrhtrd Christ : scr
mon ON the Mount. taught his disciples
the healing Christianity which apb lies to
all ages. aud who dated time.
a spiritual understanding of the scrip
turcs restores their original tongue in the