Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26

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, do not even know that there are two
, laccounts OF the creation in the bible.
I The first account Is to be- found in the
first chapter OF Genesis. and extends
/ down to and includes IN third verse
of the second chapter Beginning
with the fourth verse VI the second
chapter, there follows another account
that Is wholly different from the first
In the tifst account. we are told
that God created tho universe. and
that everything made by Him was
good. and lastly, hat Tie created man,
in His image, and after His own like
ness. and that he was good: while an
the second account. We have the allie
CORY about God coming down 10 earth,
and mixing up dust and calling i man.
Then follows the story OF Adam am
Eve and the Garden of Eden, and we
are told that deep sleep fell upon
Adam, and that then sin appeared
and that brother murdered brother
and from that day TO this that tho
man made of dust has been sinner
and has been Mt enmity with God
Christian Science accepts the frs.
account Of the creation as the splri-
ltual and real creation and upon this
foundation and basis il builds Re-
lllgious teachers throughout the cen
turtles have enormously regarded the
Adam man as being the real man
made in the image and likeness %
God, and yet the Bible nowhere saws
lso. The Bible nowhere says that the
Adam-man was made in Gods imare
OF likeness. That statement was mad,
concerning the real man described ir
an account OF the real creation. And
religious teachers have vainly striven
to make the wisdom and the love df
God lit the creation of a sinner.
Such q doctrine as that is impos-
slbie. II dlshonors Cod and degradcs
man. II makes God responsible for
all Of the sin and all OF the misery
from the beginning Of time. and the
best proof that IL is not true is thnt
III has never delivered Those who be-
illeved II from evih
How perfectly the name "morta!
man fits him. Have you ever thought
of IL? Mortal-mort- death, for that Is
what the word means. \ death-man
having eath-hodN and a death
mind Does any one believe that God
ever created a dcath-man or gave him
death mind or a eath-body: And
Is II not plain that so long as people
conceive of themselves as being NOR
/ tails, or the mortal. or death-man, so
/ long will they continue To remain
in partnership with death. Chris
tian Science makes plain that men
and women can be emancipated from
that enemy when they shall have
learned the truth of their own being.
and Of their own true relationship TO
God
Christian Science teaches that man
Is Just what the Bible says he is; that
he is spiritual; that God made him "
His own image and after Ills own
likeness; that He made him perfect
and that what God made perfect has
never possessed the capacity To be-
come imperfect.
Christian Science is the only sys-
tenn of teaching, either religious or
secular. that .eyen makes an attemp.
TO explain the. difference between man
and the Adam-man. and Christian Sci
ence does explain 1t and make IL per-
fectly plain by pointing out that the
Adam man---the -man---the NOR
tai or death man. is nothing more or
less than the false mortal concept u
mantle mis-concept of man. II is
precisely as though one should put on
"a pair of green eyeglasses. lie would
then look out upon green universe.
He might scrub and scour some OBJ (
ject all he pleased, but could never re-
move the green from IT, because the I
green would not be in the object I
though appearing to be there for II T
would be in the lens through which |
he looked az it. The only thing nee
essary for the man to do In order to !
translate the entire universe back into
its normal aspect would be for him
merely to take off the green lenses
through which he was looking. In like I
manner, the only thing necessary for I
us to do in order to translate what
seems to be q material universe and 7
material man back into the spiritual
is to take off the false, mortal eye.
glasses.
Christian Science Is making plain
in many ways that so long as people 4
continue to look through mortal eye
glass through lenses that are com
posed Of superstition, false beliefs
human will, pride. self-righteousness
and the like. they will continue to see I
man and the universe az material in
stead of spiritual, they will continue
to see a defQrmed and diseased man
and a distorted universe. But when {
they shall begin to lay aside the NOR /
tai eyeglasses and shall begin to TOOK i
through the lenses Of the spirit II
lenses that are composed of truth, Il
spiritual understanding, meckness, q
humility, love, faith and purity-they {
will then see a constantly improving I
man and universe. AS this mental |
transformation progresses, disease, {
sin. sorrow, poverty ana the limite- /
tons Of old age will disappear and /
n appear When this Transformation /
shall have been completed we shall a
then see man and the universe as /
wholly spiritual as they now appear |
70 God and as they have always APP q
peared to God for God has never seen i
His children nor His creation through Il
mortal eyeglasses. He has always seen n
us as spiritual, and hence TO Him we G
have always been perfect. In that n
day we shall know, as in fact we r
have now learned, that nothing that 4,
God made is material or ever needs
to be healed, and that the only thing u