The Detroit times., 1917-09-26
BY CHARLES |. OHRENSTEIN, c. S. B.,

Il that Jesus told them 10 preach'
Nothing worldly wise. erudite; on
the contrary, something very simple
And as ye go. preach. saying
The kingdom Of heaven n AZ hand.
The kingdom OF heaven Is az hand
Did this simple statement have the
potency 90 reform aud resenerate
men, 10 purify and heal them? What
IL the kingdom of heaven? All think
ing people would probably agree
that by the kingdom OF heaven r.
meant a happy and harmonious
state IN which God reiens
II we remind ourselves Of the
idea OF God which Christian Science
teaches, and which has just been
indicated. and Of the universe gov
erncd BY this the only true God.
We shall very plainly see that the
kingdom OF heaven which Jesus
commanded bis disciples TO preach,
II indeed at hand and that we are
entitled 10 the full enjoyment OF
this Kingdom az the Bible teaches.
for "ln him We I've, and move, and
have our being" Recognizing this,
that the place wherein we are is
holy ground. az holy as God, how
many OF us would behave unseemly,
debauch ourselves or others IN any
way lie, cheat. rob. believe that
there n something IN our environ
ment 20 iniure. Infect. or impair
u.s. Would not disease or lack OF
ease. which is disease OF every kind
hi tho making, be bRnished, and the
ease and peace Of being IN the
presence OF our Father, God. have
possession OF usl
Whore Truth is there Christ Is,
for Christ n Truth even aE Jesus
said Where Christ is. there heaven
is, and since Christ Jesus said.
10, am with you Away" does
not this mean everywhere Chris
tian Science teaches that Il does.
Teaching this. Il teaches that II IL
not strange that the sermon which
Jesus bade his disciples to preach.
should heal and there will be moth
Ing strange about Il II many OF you
here are healed by learning anc re
membering that "the kingdom OF
heaven If at hand, indeed, not
only az hand. but. az Jesus also
said, within you"--within man.
Man
What ghen is man. How DO we,
can we. tell what is mAu4 By
how much OF God one manifests.
Jesus illustrated this Ia response
TO Philips enreaty, show Us the
Father" jesus answered. Have
been 90 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 In
telligence. power. Spirit. IAfe. Truth
and Love manifested by Jesus, and
had he not seen a great deal OF God
and a great deal OF manY
Jesus showed forth. illustrated the
perfect man. but not because OF his
physique He said. The flesh prof
iteth nothing" Can that which is
truly man or woman be shown forth
BY mere flesh and blood? And
God (the all-intelligent. atpowerful.
eternal. immortal. pure, and perfect
Mind. Spirit, Principle, Life, Truth,
and Love- said. Let US make man In
our image, after our likeness.
So GOO created man IN his own
image, male and female created
! he them
This godlike man. the man that
God created. is the only kind OF
man there is Wherever we see
man. woman. or child, we see some
thing OF this man, the figure. the
symbol Of this man. Just as wher-
ever we see figure four, no mat
ter how imperfect we see that
which stand for. Indicates, or repre-
sents the perfect and only four
there is IN the science OF numbers
Matter.
II what has been said about man
ls plain. Il must be evident that
man IS primarily spiritual as Mrs.
Eddy teaches II this conclusion
be correct. then any evidence which
would indicate material man mugt
be changed by the fact presented IN
order that the spiritual. which is
the real. may become more and
more apparent
This does not mean that Christian
Scientists claim 70 have no bodies.
ss is often asserted, or that by ac-
cepting the logical teaching that
there r. no matter. they claim that
there are no such things as sun.
moon. stars, earth. trees. flowers.
or other phenomena which are
called material. They see these
things and enjoy them much as
others do, and indeed their vision
and legitimate enjoyment % them
have been enhanced by Christian
Science. Still they maintain hat
there is no matter. and not only is
this position impregnable. but 90
called material science r. fast con
ceding II 20 be true Indeed. phuos-
ophers and scientists. although they
haye essayed 20 do so from
time immemorial. have never been
able 20 explain what matter Is. and
consequently have never been sure
that Il Is matter The individuals
who gre entirely certain that every
thing they cogniEe is matter are
those alone 20 whom matter Is mat
ter because II Is matter
II has long been recognized that
matter IL merely the term used 20
designate all that IS appreciable 70
the physical senses. but the nature
OF what Is called matter remains
absolutely unknown. Various the
Dries have been advanced 70 eK-
plain matter, but these have Al
WAYS ended by explaining Il away.
The atomic theory. which was for
a long time believed 20 explain II,
was finally found 70 be absurd. be
oause the absolute mot the chemi
call atom would have 20 be an In