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4 LECTURE ON
 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
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as the wisdom of God, against which worldly wisdom is called "foolishness." The entire Bible teens [. ith references pertaining to such wisdom, such as the Proverbs:-
 Happy is the man that findeth wis dom, and the man that getteth under standing"
 'she is a tree of life to them that day hold upon her, and happy is every 5bne that rctaineth her" Also, "Get wisdom; and whh all thy get ting, get understanding
 Christian Science shows that Jesus comprehended this godly wisdom. With it he was enabled to prove the vast difference between 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 is universally available. He understood the law which leads men to the realization of eternal life. The world only knew the erroneous mortal mind law which leads to death. These laws are con- trary one to the other, as St. Paul relates 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 OVERCAME MATERIAL
 LAW
 Jesus overcame the so-called law of material force by calming a raging sea, and stilling violent storm. He overcame the laws of physiology, ;n- atomy, pathology, and materia medca by healing the sick, the lame, the blind, the deaf, and by raising the dead. He overcame the laws of pro- duction by turning water into wine, and feeding the thousands with few loaVes,, and ,fishes-concluding with more than the original supply. He overcame' the law of gravity by walk ing on the water. He. oyercame the law of mortality by overcoming death for himself and others. Finally, he overcame the law of material or phys ical existence by his ascension.
 Is it not overwhelmingly evident that his mission was to demonstrate the superiority of divine power and flaw over the mortal and material Nav?
 ! The same law which Jesus used cen- stElies; ago is operative and available today: .Divine law is always present, and universal, because it is infinite. That it is not circumscribed to person. al possession is verified by Jesus own words:
 "He that beleveth on me, the works that I do shall he do so also; and greater works than these shall he do; because 1 go unto my Father" He came showing "the way, the truth, and the life' He came to bring to light the ideal man, the man with wisdom and power, the man whom God creates and the only kind of man God ever created Jesus desired that humanity should know the true status of being and sought to teach them how to re- ject the evil and the erroneous con ditions which hide the real man. Paul gives a similar admonition Tn hls epistle to the Ephesians:
 "Put off concerning the former con- versation the old man, which IS cor rupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and put on the new man, which after God is created in right eousness and true holiness.
 JESUS NOT GOD
 No reference can be found in the Scriptures wherein Jesus ever claimed to be God Indeed, quite the reverse is true, as is evident from the state ments: q can of mine own self do nothing" "The Father that dWelleth in me, he doeth the works" His say ing, "I and my Father are one," re- ferred to mans coeXistence with God, the union of cause and effect. Ii a ray of light could express it's relation to the sun it would say, "I and the sun are one," not one and the same, but atone, linked together, the re- flection of the sun.
 Jesus further statement, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father. evidently referred to the quality of cause and effect as identical. The con- text shows that he had no intention of conveying the idea that those who saw his physical structure had seen God. What Jesus wished to convey was that those who discerned the quality of godliness, the good, the Life, the Truth. the power which he had shown forth. had seen the same quality which comprises the allness of God: From the same reasoning one who has seen the smallest measure of water has really seen the quality of the mightiest ocean.
 God can only be known and seen Ill quality, never in respect to quantity. God is infinite, and no man can ever comprehend or include intinity. but may continue to understand inflnlty more and more, forever.
 Jesus came to bring "good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all peo-. ole. .. On earth peace, good will toward men," "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly," were his words.
 HEALING BY EARLY CHRIS
 TIANS x Jesus taught his disciples how to heal the sick and reform sinners, and they inturn taught others, so that, as history records, the healing was prac- ticed nearly three centuries after the .crucifixion, and then it became so densely overshadowed by the evil in mortal mind that the human consci- ousness could no longer retain it. By departing from the law of Moses and his trust in God, and failing to heed the fulfillment of the law, as ex- pounded by Christ Jesus, mankind perverted spirituality to materialism; true religion to superstition; religious