The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-27

II that Jesus told them 20 preach?
Nothing worldly wise. erudite. on
the contrary. something very simple
And ar ye go, preach, saying,
Tie kingdom OF heaven IL at hand
The kingdom OF heaven rs AZ hand
Did this simple statement have the
potency Ca reform and regenerate
men. 20 purify and heal them What
is the kingdom Of heaven, All think.
INK people would probably agree
that by the kingdom OF heaven II
meant a happy and harmonious
state In which God reigns.
II we remind ourselves OF the
idea OF God which Christian Science
teaches. and which has just been
| indicated. and OF the universe gov
erned by this the only true God.
We shall very plainly see that the
| kingdom OF heaven which Jesus
commanded his disciples 10 preach.
! Is indeed at hand, and that we are
| entitled 10 the full enjoyment OF
this kingdom as the Bible teaches.
for lin him we live. and move, and
have our being" Recognizing this,
! that the place wherein we are Is
holy ground" as holy as God. how
many OF us would behave unseemly.
/ dobauch ourselves or others in any
way. lie, cheat. rob. believe that
there Is something in our environ
ment 20 injure. infect, or impair
| US? Would not disease or lack OF
ease. which is disease OF every kind
! In the making, be banished. and the
ease and peace OF being IN tho
presence OF our Father, God, have
possession OF us?
Where Truth is, there Christ is.
for Christ Is Truth even as Jesus
said Where Christ il, 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 Is
not strange that the sermon which
Jesus babe his disciples 10 preach.
I should heal and there viii be moth
| ing strange about II II many OF you
here are healed by learning and re.
Wondering that "the kingdom OF
heaven is at hand. indeed. not
only at hand, but, as Jesus also
said, within you within man.
Man
What then is man. How do We
can We. tell what rs a man? BY
how much OF God one manifests
Jesus illustrated this In responst
20 Philips entreaty, show US thc
Father" Jesus answered 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 in.
telligence. power. Spirit, Life. Truth
and Love manifested by Jesus. and
! had he not seen a great deal OF God
| and a great deal OF MANI
Jesus showed forth, illustrated the
perfect man but not because OF his
! physique He said. The flesh prof
teeth nothing" Can that which is
| truly man or woman be shown forth
| by mere flesh and blood? And
God Ohe all-intelligent. all-powerful,
eternal. immortal, pure, and perfect
| Mind. Spirit, Principle. Life, Truth
nd Love- said. Let VS. make man In
our image. after our likeness.
So God created man in his own
| mage, 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 a
man. woman. or child, We see some
| hing OF this man.--the figure. the
| -ymbol OF this man.-just as wher-
ever we see a figure four, no mat
ter how imperfect, we see that
Which stand for, indicates or repre-
ents the perfect and only four
there is in the science Of numbers
Matter.
n what has been said about man
is plain. n must be evident that
man is primarily spiritual, az Mrs
Eddy teaches II this conclusion
be correct. then any evidence which
| would indicate material man must
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 10 have no bodies.
! a. Is often asserted, or that by ac-
ceptinc the logical teaching that
| there is no matter, they claim that
| there are no such things as sun,
moon, stars. earth. trees. flowers,
or other phenomena which arc
! called material They see these
! things and enjoy them much as
others do. and indeed their vision
and legitimate enjoyment OF them
| have been enhanced by Christian
| Science. Still they maintain that
there is no matter. and not only is
| this position impregnable. but so
| called material science Is fast con
cedlng II TO be true Indeed. philos-
ophers and scientists. although they
have essayed TO do 40 from
time immemorial. have never been
! able 10 explain what matter IL, and
consequently have never been sure
that Il is matter The individuals
who are entirely certain that every
thing they cognize is matter are
those alone TO whom matter r. mat
| ter because II is matter
II has long been recognised that
| matter is merely the term used to
| designate all that Is appreciate TO
| the physical senses: but the nature
OF what r. called matter remains
absolutely unknown Various the
Dries have been advanced 10 ex.
| plain matter. but these have al
ways ended by explaining II away
| The atomic theory. which was for
a long time believed 20 explain IT,,
was finally found 10 be absurd. be
| cause the absolute mot the chemi-
cali atom would have 10 be An In
\ divisiblp particle. having AN under