The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-09-17

slider his use of the word Father,
for each of these words is the counter
part and complement of the other. Ii
the gospel we find that he spoke moi
only of my Father, but of the Father
your Father and our Father, and that
he used these titles interchangingly
This fact Of itself proves that he did
not regard himself as a member OF
a trinity with the Father.
But there is further proof from his
own lips. Several of his utterances
plainly imply that the same relation
to God in which he stood is the di
vine birhtright of other men. Thus
he spoke of other men as sons or
children of God and he expressed his
whole aim and object in the words,
that where I am, there We may be
Also"
1t is to be observed, moreover, that
the words Father" and "Son" as
Jesus used them expressed both kin
ship and likeness, both relation and
kindred nature. They denoted that
the nature of God is imaged or re-
fected by man; that is. by the real
man. This is what Jesus meant
when he said: "He that hath seen me
hath seen the Father" AS Mrs. Eddy
has explained, "His mission was to
reveal the Science of celestial being,
to prove what God is and what He
does for man." (Science and Health.
p. 26.)
That Jesus did not teach that he
was identical with Pod is again clear
ly shown by what he said in prayer
for other men: "The glory which thou
gavest me l have given them; that
they may be one. even as we are one
The unity with God which he claimed
was therefore a relation with the d.
vine spirit or mind which belongs
to every man. 1t was evidently the
mental and spiritual unity 81 all men
with their divine Principle, which he
had given them to understand and
dem onstrate.
From these premises the conclusion
inevitably follows that the belief in
Jesus as God is not merely academ-
ic error; it is not a mere question
of theory or doctrine. For those who
maintain or accept it, the dedication
of Jesus obstructs the very way OF
salvation. For those who entertain
it, this belief constitutes an obstacle
in "the new and living way" the
way of the truth" which he showed.
The essence of his work was the
illustration or eXemplification of what
lis practicable for us; but his life
would furnish no example unless he
were human person lin all points
tempted like as we are" 1t was es-
sential to all that he sought to ac-
complish that we should follow his
steps,; that we should overcome evil
and rise above discordant conditions
as. he did; that is, from the same
plane or status of being and by virtue
of the same law and power.
The end and aim of his entire en-
deavor was to serve his fellow men,
and there ought to be no doubt as
to the nature and method OF his serv-
ice. We have his own authority for
saying that it was teaching; it was
enlightening the world; it was bear
ing witness unto the truth. His en-
tire ministry was concrete lesson
by which he objectified the truth or
leality of mans being.
Such a service would have been vain
and useless, indeed it would have been
impossible, if the truth which he
proved were not rs true for us, as it
was and is for him. Happily for US.
it was the reality of mans being
brought to light Hence it was that
Jesus said Because ! live, We shall
live Also
Jesus, therefore, must have been hui
man; but the Christ is divine. A SEN
tence written by Mrs. Eddy will ex-
plain our view of his dual personality.
'"This Christ. or divinity of the man
Jesus, was his divine nature, the god
iness which animated him." (Sci-
ence and Health, p. 20,
There is another point that needs
to be emphasized in this connection.
1t is this: The belief that Jesus was
able to do what he did because he was
God not only tends to perpetuate
mortal and material concept of man.
but it also tends to limit and obscure
the knowledge of the only true God.
To understand the love which Jesus
manifested one must understand that
Love is God: that is, divine Love, or
10 oOu. " tohipi
bend the life which Jesus reflected one
must perceive that divine Life is God.
To appreciate the intelligence which
Jesus showed forth one must see that
God is Mind and that divine Mind is
God. TO grasp the spirituality and
truth which he expressed one must
apprehend that God is Spirit and is
Truth.
To get the meaning of the SO
called miracles which Jesus wrought
one must know the divine law and
power which made them possible. To
understand whatever he did or was,
one must understand that God is the
Principle of every right action and
of all true being. Every evidence
of good is a witness to the Principle
of goodness, and this divine Principle
is God. Hence, it was that Jesus said
"He that seeth me seeth Him that
sent me-"
The object then of what is called
the incarnation was fulfilled when
God was made manifest to human
thought through man; and the atone
ment or at-one-ment was revealed