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eperience the same divine results that
appeared in the career Of Jesus.
Christian Idealism.

We remember that God is infinite
mind; and we are told that God has
created all things thru the divine word.
AS the writer Of the ,eepistle to the He
brews expresses it, THE worlds were
framed by the word Of God, 50 that
Of things which do appear This being
true, the whole creation is simply the
manifestation of Gods word. Now,
word is the sign Of an idea-it is the
expression of an idea; and thus the
universe itself is Gods idea or God IS
thought expressed. God IS creating has
been by thinking all things into being,
his thought sustaina their Being. And
thus in his real nature man is God IS
thought, and it is literally true that
IN him we live and move and have our
being The understanding Of this
great thruth opens the way for mortals
to demonstrate the divine principle in
every experience and relation of life.
It shows US how, thru right thinking,
we can here and now come into such
vital immediate relation to God that his
power shall prove to be the only. power;
how all evil shall disappear before the
demonstration Of good and the. king
dom Of heaven be established on earth.
In such an understanding Of God and
his relation to man mortals will find
that the real man is inseparably linked
how they constitute the controlling ele-
ment in every experience Of life.
And so Christian Science holds that
| in its real nature the universe is spirit.
ual and not material; that every object
in God g creation is an expression OF
God g thought; that when the scriptures
say that the worlds were framed by
the word Of God SO that things which
are seem were not made of things which
do appear we are to understand that
been made is Gods thought, and that
in so far as this becomes real to us.
HWhile this idealism may seem to III
10 be hopelessly transcendental and rad
ical, is it any more. SO than the teach
ings of Jesus9 VIII anything less rad
ical explain how Jesus turned waite
into wine; walked the wave nata5 multipliet ie
sick, raised the dead, cleansed the lep
ers and cast outsdemonss Is it not evi
dent that Jesus saw things from poin
of view that is wholly different from
i that Of the world7 The vision of suc]
life and career as his cannot be mad
to fit into the scheme Of a material uni
j verse-the two things do not go int
the same picture; and if we are to tax
Il Ills WOTQS DIS CH0 StdCeIIl0lG OI GTutu oil
i his works as the demonstrations 0
j truth, we certainly gain the vision o
that truth as a revelation of the rea
universe as spiritual and not materia
1 Practical Basis Of Christian Science.
), Christian Science has won the con
J, viction Of it's followers because 1t ha
; brought practical proof. It is no
merely a philosophy bringing more Q
: less plausible and beautiful theories;
) is not merely another. creed supporte
i. Of Scriptures; it is doctrine tina
) proves it's faith by it's works. Ever
| Christian Scientist has had multiple
1 experiences Of it's power in healin
sickness, in destroying sin, in bringin
| harmony out of discord, in proving tina
/ good can overcome evil in every expe
rience Of life Christian Science is thu
in its strietestt sense scientific, becaus
it has for its foundation present pra'
j tical experience whose rational inte
' probation reveals divine principle an
spiritual law, that can be PRACTICAL
! verified.
8 The Bible and Christian Science Tex
: Books.
4 ttIn following this line Of light IL
"A Christian Scientiste-has acknowledge