The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-16

1.-The work of regeneration and
reformation left unfinished here Will
have to be done hereafter. The STIR
ring command, Work out your own
salvation follows US wherever we may
be and through whatever changes we
may pass Death does not silence it
nor modify its demands. Love of life,
not fear of death, is in Christian
Science the great incentive 20 action
and achievement
THE isles of the bleSt of the an
clients, the Elysian fields of Greek and
Latin mythology, the seven heavens of
Hebrew cabalism. the battle plains of
the belligerent NOrSemen, tne happy
hunting grounds of the American m
dian all express belief in a place of
happiness after death portrayed in
widely differing imagery.
-'AI1 of them, Pagan and Jew, Greek
and barbarian, Norsenan and Indian,
Mohammedan and Hindu. unite in
maintaining that heaven stands for fu-
turity. that its portal is death. it's
threshold is mystery. And n0w comes
Christian Science proclaiming in the
words of Jesus that the kingdom of
heaven is at hands here and now at
tainab1e. 1t declares that We do not
gain heaven by dying. but by right
living: that death is not the gate to a
far-off paradise, but that heaven is
within our reach today and that we
get little or much of it as we conform
our lives. our thoughts and deeds, 70
Gods eternal laws.
christian Science puts aside tre
neurological idea of heaven as place,
and shows it to be state or condluon
of mind 1t follows, therefore, that its
attainment depends upon the mental
processes of the individual. In ether
words it affirms that right thinking
leading to right living is the sure pass
port to heaven. Turning to the lire
Of the great exemplar, Jesus the Christ,
we find in him the ideal thinker
whose thoughts and actions 2onformed
invariably to the laws of Goc-Splilt
touching lightly upon matter ana
things material only as tolerated con-
comitants of his dwelling on eartn
among men.
s'Rut his heavenward thoughts were |
not those of the inert mystic, or the
ceIl-bound monk. They ripened quick |
" into action and touched his fellow |
men with the ardor of regeneration |
His thoughts were about God. hence |
thev brought lasting good to man. !
T1bev we're of heavenly law and so |
brought order out OF earthly chaos;
They were of holiness, Wilderness ana
hence health attended his footsteps NO
surer road to heaven can pe ioujlu |
than the trail he blazed for US in the
wild of human beltets, or
though narrow it is straight and there |
IS shelter all along the way
Most men have found they can gel
all they want of heaven an
he'll. right here on earth, and there are |
many who believe they have alreadE
1ad more than their share of it, and !
TerbaDs they have. But they should [
know that IT does not come from the |
hand TO God Sin brings its own punish
ment It has been truly said that man
is not punished for his sins. but by
his sins BY sin is meant what PAU /
defines as transgression of the law,
whether due to mans ignorance OF
Gods law or to his wilful disobedience /
of it. The child who, through ignor-
ance OF disobedience, picks up piece
of hot iron suffers because of his lG-
norance or disobedience- His loving |
father has had nothing to do with his
suffering. and Our Father which art il
heaven. loving every one of His chill
dren. sends upon them neither pain nor
penalty. From Him cometh only the
good and perfect gift
''How necessary, then, it is for our
for our health. for orr safe
~ and our well-being to understand
Gods spiritual laws that may obey
them. Many of us for years sought
this understanding in the churches and
cut of them, seeking peace of mind and
health of body and finding neither un-
til we turned to Christian Science, !
where we found them both and with
them gained a measure of the under
of God that has transformed
our lives
Love VS.. Fear.
There is a short and cheering mes