The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-02-03

witness of me" John 1925. IF /
do not the works of my Father believe
me not, but If do, though ye believe
not me, believe the works"
The hour has come when human
need demands a more intelligent sense
of these works-when the works shall
illumine the words.
In this light Christianity is lifted to
the majesty of an universal, demon
strable Science and Jesus Is seen to
be the most scientific man that ever
walked the earth; the philosopher of
philosophers, the logician Of logicians;
the philanthropist of phllanthropists.
He said, II came not to destroy the
law, but to fulfil the law" His science
was omni-Science, which permeates
universal being, for all men and all
time. Mrs. Eddy defines Christian
Science as "the law of God. the law of
Good, Interpreting and demonstrating
the principle and rule of universal
harmony" fundamental Divine Sci
ence.)
The Ideal Man.
1t Is sometimes said Christian Sci
ence is a very beautiful religion, 'but
it is too transcendental for me-" Is 1t
not something that transcends this
poor. f1eeting. material existence, that
humanity longs for and needs? Chris
tian Science is transcendental because
never was such transcendentalist as
Jesus-His every act was transcend
ing material laws and limitations.
When he said, Before Abraham was,
l am. The Father and are one.
Glorify thou me with thine own
self, oh, my Father, with the glory
which l had with Thee before the
world was" He uttered the very acme
of characterization. Throughout
the progress of thought during the cen
turtles, the great thinkers, seers, and
the prophets, have caught glimpses of
the great fact that the spiritual alone
Is real. Kant, Fichle, Charles, all an
nounce this glorious glimpse of Truth,
but beyond this, that every ray of
light from the infinite source rarifies
the atmosphere of human thought, it
has had no practical results for hui
manity. Jesus brought His transcend
entalism down to sad humanity to
raise the dead, and, indeed, to trans
cend every sense of Loves limitations.
Take for instance, these two state
ments, Before Abraham was, l am"
and "Glorify Thou me, with thine
own self, OH, my Father, with the
glory which l had with Thee before
the world was" These two state
ments spiritually understood and held
in thought will heal an disease on
earth. AS we dwell on them, do they
not absolutely blot out this poor ma
terial sense of being, or belief of Life
! apart from God-this vapor, this
dream, this shadow-and reveal the
ideal mans indissoluble unity with his
Maker? For ideal man is forever n
priest after the order OF Melehizdec,
without father or mother, without be-
ginning or end oil days." taking away
the Sins Of the world" destroying the
illusions incident to false, material
sense of being. This ideal man dwells
even in the realm Of infinite light,
was never conscious of matter or evil
or sin or death, never separated from,
but always in the bosom of the Father
in the Christ-Mind. or divine con-
sciousness, rejecting the infinity of
love and life. and was and ever will
be the only real man.
Continuing our definition of man,
let us remember that the harmonious
and immortal man has existed forever
and is always beyond and above the
mortal illusion of any life, substance,
and intelligence as existent in matter. .
Science and Health, pages 3O2-14I.
This is the immaculate concept of man
that is the Savior of the world.
Christian Science is Jesus trans
cendentalism made practical, as He
made it.
Jesus Logic.
Tncnot l.. .nII 81
pie and powerful. He reasoned abso-
lutely from the basis of one Spirit
Father, Mother. Cause, Creator, Prin'
ciple. He appliedIIis divine logic Of
periect cause and perfect effect; per
feet God, and perfect man. to all erros
He knew that the fountain can rise nc
higher than its source. that from God
the divine Father, emanates all good