The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-19


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sive to, the over-brooding touch q
divine Love that she was found fitted
to become the channel Of this great
revelation. r. "@>. =. : . .
:, 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 therefor, and whose. aspira.
ton made it possible for them to per-
ceive the truth.
1.-The belief that personal God
personally selected Mrs. Eddy and
dictated this revelation to her is sim
ply absurd. 1t was Mrs. Eddy's men
tai 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 Sci
ence movement.
Great Achievements.
"She did not simply state her dis
covery to the world: she first dem
onstrated it, and then offered it as a
demonstrable Science for all man
kind to profit by, and the great
strength of her teachings lies in the
fact that any one can prove their
truth for himself. One of Mrs. Eddy's
greatest achievements is this, that
she proved the Bible to be true. and
that it's teachings are applicable to-
day.
Salvation Progressive.
christian Scientists are not sur
prised nor discouraged if they can
not at once demonstrate the fullness
of this great truth, cannot imme-
diately witness it's full fruition, as
some Of it's opponents seemed to de-
mand as test. They realize proba,
bly, more than do others the i'm
mense work that has to be accom-
plished before the belief in material
ity, the indulgence in evil, and the
effect of the worlds hatred of spirit
ual truth are wholly overcome and
spiritual consciousness fully attained.
But they know from the great bless
ings which have already come into
their lives, that by working, watch
ing, and praying, faithfully, con-
slant, patiently, for that Mind to be
in them which was also in Christ Je-
sus, that spiritual attainments will
follow with them, as with others, in
the degree that they know God, and
demonstrate that knowing in their
daily lives.
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 elevated
them to possible atonement with
the spiritual idea of man and his d.
vine Principle. Love- ('science and
Health. page 45.)
The stone of material sense has
been rolled away. and the possible
atonement with Truth and Love has
been demonstrated. The truth about
God and man and the universe has
been revealed to the human under
standing. and the healing Christ is
at the door of every consciousness.
mo longer need we be deceived
by erroneous sin and disease, for the
possibility of intelligently and practi-
cally differentiating between what is
real and what is unreal has been
bestowed upon humanity.
"A measure of this true under
standing has already been attained
by many in all lands, and when we
enter into the closet (of Spirit) and
shut the door (of matter), as Jesus
said, thinking rightly about God and
His reflection. realizing the spiritual
fact and denying the n "torial falsity,
we shall gradually purify and spirit
ualize our consciousness, obtain
clearer, truer, and safer views Of ex-
istence, experience greater freedom
and harmony, betterhealth, improved
morals, until we shall finally attain
that pure consciousness which Jesus
called the kingdom of heaven.
In closing. let me read to you
Mrs Eddy's scientific statement of be-
ing. which optimizes the Science of
and which when under
stood will enable any one to begin to
work it OUT
There is no life, truth, intelli-
gence, nor substance in matter. All
is infinite Mind and its infinite mani
festation, for God is All-in-an. 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 ('Science
and HEALTH page $3.50"