The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-05

in Boston, Mass.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: 1.-THE RES.
URREcTION AND THE LIFE"
There is perhaps one basic thought
upon which all religionists agree at the
very outset, viz: Consciousness is. We
all assent to the fact that we are in
conscious state OF being or existence,
and that without such consciousness
we would cease to exist. So far. so
good. But when we attempt to call
this consciousness good, we immediate
ly plunge into an abyss OF darkness
from which the Christian world for
centuries has been struggling to extri-
cate itself, that of mingling good and
evil, calling evil good and good evil.
This dualistic concept of consciousness
has been the seeming cause of untold
suffering and torment to the human
race. 1t is evident then, that from 1t
humanity must escape if it would ever
reach what is called heaven. Hence
its need of a Saviour.
TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN
CONSCIOUSNESS.
Heaven is, always has been and al
ways will be not locality, but dl-
vine, harmonious state of conscious
ness into which no erroneous or evil
thought ever entered or ever can en-
ter. 1t therefore follows conclusively
that all wrong thought must be purged
from consciousness, and that our heaV-
en- will be found here and now just to
the extent that we reject the evil and
lay hold Of the good.
God is not revealed to humanity
through good and evil consciousness.
Whoever insists upon owning such
consciousness has not therefore par
taken of the resurrection. This fact is
one that should receive more thought
full consideration at the hands of all
Christian people, for 1t most vitality
concerns the welfare of all humanity.
GOD ALL POWER.
One of the very first things which
the student Of Christian Science does
after gaining even a faint glimpse of
the truth of his being is to give all
power to good and none to evil. The
door to the kingdom of heaven is open
ed to him the moment he does this.
Then he wonders why he spent so
many years in believing in two powers
while calling one of them omnipotent.
Wherever the Christ activity has be-
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consciousness, behold better man or
woman, one who is more practical,
more honest. more loving, more sym.
pathetic, more generous, more consid-
crate, more capable in every respect.
Disobedience to Gods law is what re-
tards normal human progress, while
obedience to it leads Immediately to a
present participation in all that makes
for the mental. moral and physical
uplift Of humanity.
MRS. EDDY
Mary Baker Eddy. the acknowledged
Discoverer and Founder of Christian
Science, was truly wonderful wom-
an. Her genuine nobility of character
her intensely religious nature, her un-
bounded love for God and humanity.
her untiring labors for the good of
mankind, her sublime courage and
trust, made her one of the worlds
greatest Of modern religious Leaders
and Teachers. The one dominating
feature OF her life was that she had
learned the meaning Of Love, and how
to reflect it toward friend and foe
alike. She claimed no infallibility nor
sought any personal aggrandizement.
Those who knew her best affirm that
she was a wise spiritual counselor and
true friend.
Christian Science did not originate
in Mrs. Eddys human mind. 1t was
the Christ idea of the oneness and all
ness of divine Mind that found express
sion in her purified mentality. She had
reached a purified mental height
which made it possible for the Christ
consciousness to assert itself as the
law and dominion of good. She yielded
willing and loving obedience to this
spiritual evangel. and as result of
this obedience Christian healing is
again an esta blished fact in our midst.
The Christian Science textbook, Sci
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures is the natural and logical
outcome of Mrs. Eddy's unsettled deVo-
ton and fidelity to the spiritual idea.
The daWning Of the spiritual idea in
Mrs. Eddy's love-chastened conscious
ness is the greatest mental phenoEe-
non that could ever be experienced
by human being. Its Importance to
the human race is beyond comparison.
1t is the resurrection and the life to
all who humbly appropriate it and be-
gin to live according to its divine re-
quirements.
LIFE HOW LEARNED.
The Christ method of learning Life
is made plain in Christian Science. 1t
is so simple ard practical that young
and old alike may readily adopt 1t.
Every kind act on our part, every low
ing sacrifice for the good of others,
means just so much of deathless Life
for US here and now. In other words,
the more good we do and embody the
more permanent becomes our sense OF
Life.
TREATMENT
1t requires honesty, humility, COM
passion, moral purity, and spiritual I'M
Outstanding to give treatment in
Christian Science. Simple though the
process is. none but a Christian can
understand it or use it. 1t is beyond