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men, through great purity OF spiritual
ny, a food of Light unobstructed
through the pure lens of his or her
CONSCIOUSNESS, makes an era, great
epoch, and great Leader. AS Abra-
| nam, Enoch, and Mosts whose face so
SHOWN with the light of Soul that glo-
| ilhed 1t, that the Israeiites could not
pear the brightness of it. Can we yet
pear the splendor of that spiritual de
mand, Thou shalt have no other gods
before me. Thou shalt love thy neigh
| Dor as myself"
Isaiah and the great prophets. re-
| fiecting divine Truth. made possible the
| hour in human history. when the Vir-
gin Mary, perceiving the divine origin
OF man brought into human experience
| the Son of God-the Light of the world
| This began the Christian era. and
inc lie OF Jesus became and still is the
central fact of all history This God
Ike man walked over the Judean hills
telling the beautiful lesson of the lilies.
discerning beyond the face OF the sky.
The deeper meaning of life: he looked
somewhat as other men, doubtless with
an added majesty and grace. yet he
reversed in his life every hitherto known
condition, he was subject to none of
the so-called laws of nature. With a
divine thought or spoken word he healed
the sick or raised the dead. He walked
over the waves, hid himself in the null
titude. was victorious over storm, tenn
pest. death. He left no physical body
to see corruption, Che was too holy) but
dissolving all materialty with the di-
vine alchemy Of science. assembled to
ms true spiritual individuality in God.
Would not the understanding of this
mystery of 2odlincss' be Gods best
gilt TO men? The carly disciples did
partly, if not fully understand 1t as is
evidenced by their words and deeds
| Both Peter and Paul being able to raise
| the dead. and in many ways proved the
power of Spirit over material condi-
tions, and for several centuries after
the advent of Jesus Christianity was
! marked by these proofs of disciplcship
III you believe in me, or understa nd
me. We shall do the works that l do"
They shall handle serpcnts. II they
drink any deadly thing ii shall not
hurt them they shall hay hands on the
sick and they shall recover" that is
my disciples understand the spiritual
law of Good that annus the material
law OF sin and death. AS Paul writes
in Rom. VII, For the law of the
spirit OF Life in Christ Jesus hath
made me free from the law OF sin and
DEATH" Paul boosted that he had
given proofs of his discipleship by
signs and wonders, although he had
never seen the personal Jesus.
CORRELATION OF CHRIST JESUS,
AND SCIENCE.
| While the heart overnows with graft
| ttude and love in contemplating this
| divine life, Jesus taught that il should
I
| him, atoninS in our experiences for our
own and for the sins of the world. and
! working out our at-one-ment with our
divine Principle, God-etcrnal Life,
! Truth, Love,
| Is it too good TO be true that God
| has sent His own Word to interpret
| this divine life to us? That another
Comforter has come. who fultills Jesus
promise. He shall glorify me. for he
| shall receive of mine and show it unto
YOU" John. XVI. he shall testify of
me- Even the Spirit of Truth lead
ing into all Truth" No. Nothing is
| too good Tor infinite Love to do for
mortals, and as Jesus. the pure crys-
! tai, the snless consciousness. through
| which Light and immortality were
| brought to light" or revealed. made an
| era which we call the Christian Era,
yet also in fine spiritual vision, seeing
! that the absolute transccndentalism of
| his works and words would need cen
turtles to become a part of universal
| human experience. that another Com
forter mist come. said the night
cometh when no man can work., but
/ when the Comforter will come he will
I speak OF me- This hour is here and
NOR. another crystal, clear transparency
for the Light is making another era
! for the world. an era when Wisdom,
! wedding in indiSSoluble nnion Scicl e
! and Christianity, usherS in the reign
! of spiritual law. or Christian Science.
| The Truth that has enlightened human
| sorrow in fragmcntary bits, like stray
feathers from the flight of some aerial
| bird, is now converGcd in one system
| atized and perfect whole. the Science
! OF Being. The dove OF divine under
| standing which abode or Jesus is no
| longer d Wanderer. but abides now and
/ ever III consciousness With healing on
! its wings.
Mary Baker Eddy the Founder and
! DiscoVerer of Christian Science was
endowed even from childhood with
| great spirituality. set apart as ii were
! for peculiar mission. being led in
! strange ways to learn deep and strange
things of this mortal existence, hun
| Sering and thirsting for righteousness,
! III one grand moment. on the verge OF
| the grave, God revealed Himself to her
| as the all-incusive Mind the only Gre
| ator-Cause-and all creation as mental
| phenomena. She saw the allness of
| Mind. and the unreaity of matter; this
| restored her to health. life. strength
| the Scriptures We're illumined. She re-
! mcmbered the holy prophets and the
| triumphs of Jesus over material condi-
| tons. She longed to know the Science
| OF their works. She withdrew from the
world. studying deeply. prayerfuily the
| Holy Scriptures, then her iilumined
| sense saw i'll the so-caled miracles Of
the Bible not violation of law. but
! natural demonstration of an eternal,
universal law for all men, al times. all
ages. This influx of divine light crys-
| talizad in her book Science ana
! Health. with Key TO the Scriptures"
! This book rs an inspired explanation
| OF Jesus. 1T takes of his and shows
to us enabling us to follow him so
far as We appreciate this eXpla nation in
| demonstrating this same Principle. or
Law of Good Mystery vanishes before
the teachings of this book, IS the Sci
encc of God interprets His Son. Moth