The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-07

Here rs letter from an asylum in
| distant state; the medical superintend-
cnt had said nothing could he done for
the patient; ana on the request being
| urged for Christian Science treatment,
said: Yes. that gentleman in New
York NAV do what he likes, | will not
interfere, it will do no good she is past
doing anything for" Thank God, Chris
tan Science demonstrated omnipotent
and omnipresent truth, and she is now
perfectly sane.
GRAPES FROM THE QUEEN.
The double event i'm London on Nov.
was the Prince of Wales birthday,
and the gorgeous pageant of the lord
mayors show. At the lord mayors
dinner the premier and other poll
ticians make speeches, outlining the
policy of the party i'm power, and as a
token of the queens great favor, grapes
are sent to that table from the royal
vine at Hampton Court Palace. These
grapes are the most luscious in the
world and are sometimes sent to the
crowned heads of Europe by courier as
an expression of the queens affection.
Sometimes we have stood in that royal
winery. wondering why the vine dresser
should clip off every one of its huge
leaves and growing slips. 1t was that
none of its nutriment should go for
anything but the formation of grapes.
Inside that winery every inch of space
Centuries have passed since it began
its useful career as a slender saping,
planted beside the palace wall. 1t
struck root. Then, inStinctiVely, ii
reached out under the beautiful garden,
and the high wall with its deep founda
tion, thence across the paddock where
the royal steeds are reared. and push
ing farther, It went underneath the
meadows where the cattle Craze. until
II is found imbedded beneath the con-
stantly flowing river Thames, whence
II draws its vitality, which 1t converts
into those splendid grapes!
Thus. an unpretentious New England
woman, q sincere seeker for the source
of all good-that which alone can sat
isfy the insa bic desires of a humble.
delicate, yet highly refined. truth-lov-
ing, God-hOnoring Student-delved be-
meath the flOwery gardens of human
praise, the thick walls of deep-rOoted
prejudice and difficulty, the paddoclis
of vain glory. and the meadows of ami
mality, and rested not until she reached
the ineXhaustiblc source of eternal
vitality, the pure River of the Water
of Life. the streams whereof make glad
the City of God" Suppose you were
the roots of that vine! Would you be
concerned about what was on the sur
face? In the gardens, walls, founda-
tons paddoCkS or meadows? Certain
ly not, So long as YOU got to the whole
river to supply your Unsuitable thirst.
Now, Mary Baker G. Eddy. by diligent.
loving perseverance. reached that In
finite Source. and has an understand
ing clear as crystal" 1t proceeds
from the Throne of God,and the Lamb"
that is. it emanates from Divine Love.
To which we are reconCiled by the
Lamb" which indicates sacrifice. She,
thus discovering our atOnement with
Our Father and Mother, God. like the
other Mary" ''pondcred these things
in her heart" until with her clear
understanding she brought forth the
Christ-truth to this age. as ImpcrSOnal
Truth. This Christ-Truth is His sec
ond coming which is mentioned and
referred to in the Bible over 800 times
In Paurs Epistles he speaks about the
return of our Lord fifty times. No doc
trine has suffered more from its friends
than this one has. Some people say it
means death. But Death is our en-
emy. He has conquered death, hell and
the grave. Christ is the Prince of Life
There is no death where he is. Death
ilees at His coming. Dead bodies
sprang to life when he touched them or
spoke to them. His coming is not
death. Look at that account of the
last hours with His disciples What
does He say to them? If I go away, I
will send death after YOU to bring you
to me" Not at all. He says. II will
come again and receive you unto my
self"
WHAT MEN LOOK FOR.
AS aforetime. the Israelites did not.
or would not recognize Him, because
they We're looking for n material king
dom. SO today men are looking for a
material bodily manifestation which is
forever done away with, for we are to
see Him so i. e., in the flesh--no more
forever. I'm like manner" Uhat isl
las He was blessing them, He was
parted from them" He has come the
second time, blessing, enveloping or
baptizing US with Spirit, once for all.
We read of Spirit assuming the bodily
form of dove and abiding on Jesus
He so delighted to do Gods will that
Spirit was undisturbed. therefore
abode" on Him. He promised to send,
and has sent Spirit to "abide with us
forever" This absolutely disproves the
error of the second personal coming.
Hear the following plain statements,
seven wonderful verses:
Ffrst-"We shall never know Christ
after the flesh any more forever"
Second-'He has sent Spirit to abide
with us forever"
Third-In Christ, Truth. "dwelleth all
the fullnesS of the Godhead bodily, and
we are complete in Him."
Fourth-Christ, Truth, hath "abol-
ished death and brought life and i'm
mortality to light by the Gospel"
t1tth-That, "as He is, so are we in
this world"
Sixth-That the same works that He
did, and even greater tor fraught with
greater seeming difficulty and at greater
distance). shall we do also"
SeVenth-As we rise out of a seem
ing selfhood apart from God, and see
our atonement with God, we manifest
that we have the mind which was in
Christ Jesus"
We conscientiously declare that Sci
ence and Health, with Key to the Scrip
lures now in its one hundred and
fifty-iifth thousand, is seen to be fore
told, as well as its author, Mary Baker
Eddy, in Revelation, X. She is the
mighty angel" or Gods highest
thought to this age Cverse y, giving us
the spiritual Interpretation of the Bible
in the little book open" (verse p. Thus
we prove that Christian Science is the
second coming Of Christ, Truth, Spirit.
As was promised, this is the Spirit
which should testify of the Truth We
glory in it's having been demonstrated
To sick and SHINING people, by Spirit,
through her, whom we do not worship
as some state, but whom We love, and
call "MOther"-the tenderest word in
any language. Three years after her
recovery from an injury pronounced
fatal, she seached for the Great Cause
of All Good The further period of six
years was the furnace of patience
when. like refiner of silver, she pa
tiently toiled To separate spurious NOR
tai thought from the priceless princi-
pie of INFINITE Mind. This principle she
discovered to be the solution Of that
problem, and a definite science. and,
therefore, impressed il with the in
sigma Science and Health, with Key
to the Scriptures" Many have been
healed by its perusal alone, to my per-
sOnal knowledge. our Bible, Gods
Book on Wilderness" covers a history
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