Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-05

realized that Jesus was the best friend
 mankind ever had on this earth.
 When the first positive conviction
 dawned- upon me that Jesus came to
 present to the world a Cody wisdom
 by which sin, disease and death could
 be eliminated and when l realized
 how patient, meek, loving. kind and
 forgiving he was through all his suf-
 | fering, I was touched first With a deep
 eense of shame and remorse, and then
 by a sense of love and gratitude. In
 that moment of awakening found the
 | real Christ, the true Son of God. | That there is a divine law, wisdom l and power which was a secret from
 the world. is evident by the marvellous | demonstrations of Jesus. Such wis | dom is referred to in the Scriptures | <s the wisdom of God. against Wnlcn | worldly wisdom is called "foolishness." | The entire Bible teens with references | pertaining to such wisdom, such as 1 the Proverbs-"Happyi is the man that | findeth wisdom, and the man that get | teth understanding. She is tree | of life to them that lay hold upon | her: and happy is every one that re- | taineth her." and, "Get wisdom: and
 with all thy getting get understand l ing"
 | Christian Science shows that Jesus
 comprehended this Godiy wisdom With ! it he was enabled to prove the vast | difference between the mortal mind and immortal Mind. His mission was, | first to demonstrate his own under standing of divine power and law, and second. to teach all men that the same power and law was universally avail able He understood the law which leads man to the realization or eter- nal life. The world only knew the CT | roneous mortal mind law which leads | to death, These laws are contrary | the one to the other. as St Paul re- | lates in his letter to the Romans: For the law of the Spirit of life in | Christ Jesus hath made me free from | the law of sin and death.
 Jesus Overcome All Material Laws.
 Jesus overcame the so-called law or material force by calming a raging sea. and stilling a violent storm. He oyercame the laws of physiology, an aiomy. pathology, and mater1a meolca | by healing the sick, the lame. the | blind. the deaf. and by raising the dead. He overcame the laws of pro- drction by turning water into wlne, | and feeding the thousands with Few l loayes and fishes-concluding with more than the original supply. He overcame the law of gravity by Walho | iing on the water. He overcame the | law of mortality by overcoming death I for himself and others, finally, ne ox- | ercame the law of material or physi- cal existence by his ascension. Is it not overwhelmingly eeIuehe  the superiority of divine power anu ! law over the mortal and material law
 The same law which Jesus used cen ! turies ago is operative ana aVallaoie aVa. today Divine law is always pressn' psIa and universal, because 1t IS lnnnlle' That it is not circumscribed to per, sonal possession is verified by Jesus "Je that believeth on me, the worKs | that do shall he do also; ana @ @srearea cha11 he do. because I 20 unto my father" (John xiv. lZ.l Re came showing the way, the truth. and the life" He came 10 priIlS to light the ideal man-the man Wlln wisdom and power, the man Wnoui God creates. and the only kind or man Cod ever created. Jesus desired that humanity should know the true status of being, and sought to teach them how to reject the eVll ana tile erroneous conditions which mae the real man.. Paul glves a stlthli" tha Enbe- monition in his epistle to the hphe- sians: e,,,,a,. con- versation the old man, which IS cor r11pt according to the decelt1ul lusls, and be renewed in the spirit or your
 mind: and that ye put on the new
 man which after God is created ln righteousness and true holiness
 Jesus Not God.
 No reference can be found in the scriptures wherein Jesus ever clallileo cl to he God. Indeed, quite the reverse is true, as is evident rom lhe s'A'e ment: s ,o+b q can of mine own self do notu- ing" ,,.,, ;,, ,,,e he doeth the works" His saying, T and my isa+aT,ce Faenei a,e one' referred to mans coexlstence with God. the union of cause ana eHecl. If a ray of light could express us re, lation to the sun, it would say, l a;iu the sun are one," not one anu to t.io same. but atone. linked together the reflection of the sun. hath seen me hath seen the Father, evidently referred to the quaIlly oI cause and effect as identical Ine con- text shows that he had no intention | conveving the idea that those who saw his physical structure had seen Cou. What he clearly conveyed was Inas those who discerned the quallty oI godliness, the good, the life, the truth, the love, the power which ne nau shown forth had seen the same quality which comprises the allness of God.
 From the same reasoning one Wno mas seen the smallest measure Of water mas
 really seen the quality of the m1ghtiest ocean.
 God can only be known and seen m quality. never in respect to quantity. God is infinite, and no man can ever comprehend or include infinity, but may continue to understand infinity more and more forever.
 Jesus came to bring Good tidlnss of great joy, which shall be to all peo- ple On earth peace, good will toward men," q am come that they might have life, and that they might
 have it more abundantly,' were his
 words.
 Healing by the Early Christians. Jesus taught his disciples how to heal the sick and reform sinners, and they in turn taught others, so that, as history records, the healing was prac- ticed nearly three centuries after the crucifiHon, and then it became so densely overshadowed by the evil In mortal mind that the human con-
 sciousness could not longer retain it. By departing from the law of Moses and his trust ins God, and falling to heed the fulfilment of the law, as ex- pounded by Christ Jesus, mankind per yerted spirituality to materialism; true religion to superstition; religious zeal l to fanaticism; divine wonders to nee romancy and black art; divine science | to occultism; divine influence to ami nal magnetism and hypnotism; spirit ual joys to physical pleasures; spirit ual desires to lust for material things, the help of God in time of sickness to drugs and other material means.
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