New Britain herald., 1916-12-04

evil, within a pure spiritual sense of God with Us everywhere.
 We, today, dedicate this church, in- telligently, as a-suffer- tito even as our great Master suffered, In his time, the water -baptism-the symbol of the purifcation which all mortals needs
 With joy and gratitude we conse- crate this human structure, as a wis., lple s1gn, Of, as our textbook gives 1t.
 that institution which affords proof or it's utility and is found elevating the race, rousing the dormant under standing from material beliefs to the apprehension of spiritual ideas and the demonstration of divine science, thereby casting Iout devils, or error, and healing the sick"
 The true church, then, of which all Christians are memb bers, is not a material edifice, dedicated with hu- man song and oeremon onial; but it Is, as we find it so clearly stated in Sci ence and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, "The Structure of Truth and Love; what ever rests upon and proceeds from di- vine Principle
 This true church is dedicated, wherever, on earth there is a heart pure enough to see God. In this Structure of Truth and Love" every where, and in no lesser Temple. our great Exemplar Christ Jesus, wor- shipped God alright, ass he went about preaching the Gospel, healing the sick, saving the sinner, and raising the dead. The great Masters entire earthlife illustrated his ideal of true worship, which was nothing less than an unselfshness so practically demon strating Principle, to the subordina- tion of person or the personal, as to bring to all the perpetual blessing of God with us; and to his followers he left the Scriptural word Relieve me, the hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, worship the Father Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship; but the hour com eth and now is, when the true wor- shippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. AS Christian Scientists, we are un- speakably grateful to God for our be- loved leader, Mary Baker Eddy. through whose pure, spiritual con- sciousness was revealed to the world today, Christian Science, in whose | light, Christ Jesus ideal of Christian worship becomes to every honest l seeker scientifically comprehensive and dem onstrable.
 Here, in this local structure, we are l invited then, not superstitiously to | worship an unknown God" on the 1 seventh day of every week; but, on
 that day. set apart by divine law as 1 a holy day, we may rect. with one
 accord in one place." prayerfully to
 invite the spiritual instruction. and l still more the divine uuickenine.
 which shall permeate with divine truth and love, the entire seven days: l so that the fruits of God -with-us. | honesty, steadfastness righteousness. , unselhshness, may bless the world in
 general and those in particular with
 whom duty demands, and pleasure ip-
 vites, that we commingle.
 From this standpoint of exaI4a ,,5
 true worship we shall not .thiuk ot
 hnd1ns God only in a specially pre- pared human place, nor shall ve think or Ills true worshippers in nuno. | bers; but wherever the true sense
 of God comes to us is holy grourd
 on which ground. God with ono ,s
 always in the majority for good in the world.
 l How fitting, at this time, when our l hearts go out in special gratitude to our father for a true glimpse of our