Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-06


of the universe governed by this tn,
only true God. We shall very plainly
see that the kingdom OF heaven which
Jesus commanded his disciples &c
lpreach, Is indeed at hand and that
We are entitled to tho fun enjoyment
of this kingdom as the Bible teaches
for Sin him We live and move and
have our being" Recognizing this
that the place wherein we are is holy
ground" ms holy as God. how many
of us would behave uuseemly, de-
bauch ourselves or others in any way
! lie. cheat, rob, believe that there &
something I'm our environment to IN
lure, infect, or impair us? Would not
| disease or lack Of ease. which is dis
ease of every kind in the making, We
| banished, and the ease and peace 81
being in the presence Of our Father
God, have possession of us?
| Where Truth is. there Christ is. fol
| Christ is Truth oven as Jesus said
Where Christ is, there heaven is; and
since Christ Jesus said. 40, am with
/ YOU always" does not this mean ev-
erywhere? Christian Science teaches
that il does. Teaching this. II teach
es that it Is not strange that the SER
mon which Jesus bade his disciples to
preach, should heal. and there will
he nothing strange about II If many
of YOU here are healed by learning
and remembering that "the kingdom
| Of heaven is at hand, indeed, not
only at hand but, as Jesus also said,
| within YOU
Within what YOU" How many Of
each one of us are there? No one
| would think of claiming aloud, 90
| that he could hear himself do SO,
more than one of himself. Who or
what is this one? In other words.
| What is man?
If this question were asked at ram
! dom, the answer would probably be
that man is n flcshly mechanism OF
machine that walks on two feet, has
| two arms and hands a trunk sur
mounted by what is called a head,
supposed to have a little or a bis
mind inside of it, ana the whole thing,
mind and body, operated by chemical
action and reaction. This Is not a
definition OF the schools. but it
amounts to about the same thing. 1t
is no wonder that one of the ancicnts,
to be witty and concise, defined man
as Il featherless biped. Now. how
much of man is a mere featherless
biped? Not very much, all Will adj
nit
How then do we, can we. tell what
is Il man? BY how much of God one
manifests. Jesus illustrated this In
response to Philips request. SHOW ns
the Father" Jesus said. Have | been
so long time with YOU. and yet hast
thou not known me. Philip? He that
hath seen me hath seen the Father
Had Philip seen the intelligence. pow
er, Spirit, Life, Truth and Love man
Tested by Jesus, and had he not seen
a great deal Of God and great deal
of man.
Jesus showed forth illustrated the
perfect man. but not because of his
physique. He said. "The flesh profit
eth nothing" Can that which Is ttn-
Is man or woman be shown forth by
mere flesh and blood? and God tthc
all-intclligent, all-powerful, eternal
immortal, pure, and perfect Mind,
Spirit. Principle Life. Truth ana
Love- said, Let as make man in our
image, after our likeness, 50
God created man in his own image.
male and female created he
them
This godlilSe man, the man that God
created. is the only kind of man there
is. Wherever we see a man, woman,
or child we see something of this
mantle figure, the symbol of this
man--just as wherever we see figure
four. no matter how imperfect We
see that which stands for indicates,
or represents the perfect ana only
four there Is in the science of num-
bers.
am sure that as each one knows
himself better. knows that he is A
godike man, and that his first and
chief business is to be this man, he
will think better. feel better. do bet
ter. and live longer. Knowing also
who or what his neighbor really is,
he will see through the struttins,
fretting, on cringing mask of the
'featherless biped" by which all have
been deceived too long, and think
better of him, treat him better, ana
love him more
Matter.
If what has been said about man IS
plain, it must be evident that man IS
primarily spiritual, as Mrs. EDDY
teaches If this conclusion be cor
rect then any evidence which would
indicate material man must be
changed by the fact presented IN or
der that the spiritual. which is tho
real may become more and more ap-
parent.
This does not mean that Christian
Scientists claim to have no bodies, as
is often asserted, or that by accepting
the logical teaching that there is no
matter, they claim that there are no
such things as sun. moon, stars, earth,
trees, flowers, or otncr phenomena
which are called material They see
these things and enjoy them much as
others do. and indeed their vision ana
legitimate enjoyment of them have
been enhanced by Christian Science.
still they maintain that there is no
matter, and not only is this position
imprcgnablc, but so-called material
science is fast conceding II to be true.
Indeed, philosophers and scientists
although they have essayed to do 80
from time immemorial, have never
been able to explain what matter is,
and consequently have never been
SIRE that II Is matter The individuals
who are entirely certain that every
thing they cognize is matter are those
alone to whom matter Is matter be-
cause it is matter
1t has long peen recognized that
matter is merely the term used to !
designate all that is apprcciable to
the physical senses; but the nature IT |
what is called matter remains abso- |
lutely unknown. Various theories
have been advanced to explain mat |
ter, but these have always erded ~ |
explaining it away. The atom, me