The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-13
MANY HEAR JUDGE SMITH s
LECTURE AT OPERA HOUSE
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taken out of the world, but that they
should be kept from the evil.
According to these sayings heaven
is not the sequence of death: it is
an active and living state of good
ness. 1t is to be gained. not by diving.
but by right living. It must be at
tanned by expelling evil from human
consciousness so that the Individual
may reflect the Life that is God. I'm
mortality is the manifestation by man
Of the divine Life. 1t is the reflection
by man of the divine Mind. st. Paul
stated the necessity of the case when
he said, "Let this Mind be in you
which was also in Christ Jesus.
From these premises the conclusion
follows that the way to heaven is not
through death, but through spiritual
development and mental embodiment.
Salvation is progressive and its day is
now. To be born again is to awaken
from the dream of life in matter. 1T
is to forsake material belief and gain
spiritual understanding. 1t IS to gain
that freedom of thought and action
which constitutes full and perfect
manhood. IT occurs and goes on as
the darkness of evil is dispelled by
the light of Truth and Love until the
mortal element Of the so-called hui
man mind is completely displaced by
the divine consciousness.
Our present situation was stated by
st. John in these words: "Behold,
now are we the sons Of God, and it
doth not vet appear what we shall
be-" He did not mean that we shall
ever be different from what We really
are. He meant hat we are the sons
of God, though the reality of being
doth not yet appear. He did not fore
see a loss of identity; he discerned
the realization Of true identity. With
entire consistency Mrs. Eddy has
said: "The real, ideal man appears
in proportion as the false and mater
ial disappears. - ''Mortals will disap-
pear, and immortals, or the children of
God. will appear as the only and
eternal v~erities of man. (Science
and Health, PIP. 6. Q, 476.)
The facts of Mrs. Eddy's personal
history are simply told in a biography
by Sibyl Wilbur, which can be found
in NEST of the public libraries. As
an authentic account of an illustrious
woman this book is well worth a
thoughtful reading. I shall not try
to sun it up here, but will be content
with quoting what was said Of Mrs.
Eddy by one Of those who observed
her in her youth. From the time
when she was a girl of fifteen until
she married at the age of twenty
two, Mrs. Eddy resided with her
parents at Tilton, New Hampshire,
where the Rev. Enoch Corser was
pastor of the Congregational church.
He received her into this church when
she was seventeen, and five years
later offieiated at her wedding Mean
while he was her pastor and to some
extent her tutor. Himself n man of
mature years and liberal culture, be
once said Of her to his son, with such
earnestness and emphasis that the
words were never forgotten: bright,
good, pure, aye, Brilliant | never
before had a pupil with sueh depth
and independence Of thought. She
has some great future, marx that.
She is an intellectual and spiritual
genius
Showing this promise in her youth,
Mrs. Eddy was at the age Of - when
she discovered Christian Science and
began her wonderful career Of service
to mankind. Spiritual growth and
scientific attainment had, meanwhile,
prepared her to receive and impart
this comprehensive view of divine
reality.
Mrs. Eddy was fully aware Of the
Importance of Christian Science. No