Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-12
ADDRESS on CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AT SHRINE AUDITORIUM

vision realize in some degree what an
extraordinary woman she is.
Her spirituality her love to God and
her desire to be obedient only to Him,
and to follow the example of the Mas
ter-these characteristics make her the
great Leader that she is.
Preparedness for Mission
That Mrs Eddy became the discov-
erer of Christian Science is unques-
tionably explained by the fact that she
was so earnest and faithful in her
ruth-seeking, and so responsive to the
overbrooding touch of divine Love that
she was found fitted to become the
channel of this great revelation.
Important discoveries in the worlds
development have always been made,
not by accident and not by miraculous
Intervention, but by those who were
morally and mentally equipped there
for, and whose aspiration made it pos
sible for them to perceive the truth.
The belief that personal God per-
sonally selected Mrs. Eddy and die
tated this revelation to her is simply
absurd. 1t was Mrs. Eddys mental
alertness. spiritual attainment and
earnest truth seeking which made it
possible for her to discern the spiritual
idea and establish the stately goings
of the Christian Science movement.
Mrs. Eddy did not simply state her
discovery to the world; she first dem
onstrated it and then offered it as a
demonstrable Science for all mankind
to profit by. This Science overcomes
evil by giving true knowledge of God
and His Christ, it enables all human
ity to work out their own salvation and
reach that pure consciousness, which
Jesus called the Kingdom of heaven"
Closing Appeal
GLORY be to God, and peace to
the struggling hearts! Christ hath
rolled away the stone from the
door of human hope and faith, and
through the revelation and demon
stration of life in God, hath e1e-
waited them to possible atone
ment with the spiritual idea of
man and his divine Principle,
Love-" (Science and Health, p. 45.)
The stone of material sense has been
rolled away and the possible atone
ment with Truth and Love has been
demonstrated. The truth about God
and man and the universe has been
revealed to the human understanding,
and the healing Christ is at our door.
No longer need we be deceived by
physical sense testimony, for the pos
sibility of practically differentiating
between what is real and what is I'M
real has been bestowed upon human
ity. We may now know the truth of
being! No matter what our condition,
circumstance or situation, we can prove
what is true, and escape deception.
A measure of this true understand
ing has already been attained, and by
entering into the closet and closing the
door of material Sense-by thinking
rightly about God and his reflection,
realizing the spiritual fact and deny
ing matter and all evil, we can purify
consciousness, obtain clearer and safer
views, experience greater freedom and
harmony, better health, improved NOR
ais, and final overcoming of all evil.
Should we not pray earnestly for
this spiritual understanding? Is there
anything else worth striving for? viii
anything aid US more effectively to
work out our salvation?
How glorious to know that we do not
have to remain under the bondage of
matter! That we can experience the
liberty of the Sons of God now! We
know that 1.-THE Lord God omnipotent
reigneth," that He is a good God,
wise God, a loving God, just God,
whom we can all know and love and
obey.
In closing let me read to you Mrs.
Eddy's scientific statement Of being,
which epitomizes the Science of Sal
Walton:
There is no life, truth, intelli-
| gence nor substance in matter. All
is infinite Mind and it's infinite
manifestation, for God is AIl-in-all
Spirit is immortal Truth; matter
is mortal error. Spirit is the real
and eternal; matter is the unreal
and temporal Spirit is God, and
man is His image and likeness.
Therefore man is not material; he
is spiritual