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obedience to it.

obedience to it.
What, then, is the truth about these
so-called material laws? Christian
Science shows that Gods universe is
governed entirely by spiritual law, and
that there are no other laws in reality
Material laws are nothing more nor
less than material beliefs emanating
from the material or carnal mind. which
is opposed to God and is "enmity
against God" They are not laws at all,
for when they are examined under the
light of Science, they are found to be
only laws of material belief, and when
the belief is corrected by spiritual
truth that which appeared to be mate
rial law disappears. Whenever a per-
son believes a thing to be a material
law it will bind him as long as his be-
lief lasts just the same as if it wore a
real law, while others who do not be-
lieve or fear it are not governed by it,.
The only power possessed by material
laws is the power that comes from err
ing human belief in them. If every per-
son in the world should cease believing
in the power Of material laws, through
the understanding of their falsity and
of the supremacy of the laws of spirit,
as Jesus understood all material laws
would disappear, and humanity would
instantly be emancipated from the suf-
fering and death which they produce
come to every one. Christian Science is
teaching and helping people to rise
above their fears and material beliefs
by giving to them an understanding of
the omnipotence of Spirit, and, as they
learn, their human conditions improve.
Man IL Now Immortal
The belief that man is now material,
but that his immortality will appear
after the death of his physical body, is
n rSv,S,,
standing. 1t is beginning to become toll
erably clear to many people that death
is not the doorway through which HUI
man beings pass from a material state
of existence into the kingdom of
Heaven.
St. Paul taught and declared that
death is an enemy that can and will he
destroyed. Enoch got rid of his phys
ical body without dying. Elijah did the
same. Obviously they destroyed and
got rid of every material and erron-
eous mental quality. This evangeli-
cation went on until there was nothing
left in their consciousness but the spir-
itualiZed thought. They brought every
material thought into obedience to
Christ, and when the last mortal thot
had thus been conquered and destroyed
there was nothing Of the carnal mind
left in their consciousness to throw a
material concept over them. People
were then no longer able to see them
as material men. They literally walked
with God, the Bible states, for mate
rail beliefs of the carnal mind no long,
er interviewed to separate them from
Him.
Jesus submitted to the death Of his
body on the cross in order that he
might be the Wayshower He had al
ready raised from the dead, Lazarus.
and the 0anShter of JairnS and Sor
of the widow of Main, but he wanted to
go further and prove for the benefit of
mankind that death is not divine ne
cessity and that it is possible for one
to conquer it for himself through his
own understanding of the law of Life.
He wanted to prove that man is now
immortal and that his immortality is
brought to light not by the death of the
physical body but by demonstrating the
power of Spirit He. therefore, resusci-
tated his own body, after it had been in
the tomb until the THIRD day. He
brought it back and exhibited it to hum
dreds of people, so that there might not
be any question or dispute about it.
Thereafter he got rid of his body pre-
cisely as EnOch and Elijah had done. He
thus proved the omnipotence of Spirit
and its availability to meet the last and
final human need. He proved that God
is Life, and that man is now Immortal
oiA Sdll never Ole, ana Il6t even the he
lief in death, that exists nowhere ex
cept in the carnal mind, can be DESTROY
ed by the Christ Truth which he taught.
Man IL NOW the Son Of God
Do you think it is arrogating too much
Tor us to claim that we are now the
children of God? If so, then read what
st. John says mi. John ill., 2. Beloved,
now are we the sons of God, and it doth
not yet appear what we shall be; but
we know that. when he shall appear.
we shall be like him; for we shall see
him as he isl
In making this statement it was as
though John had said, Jesus has now
taught me the truth about myself. II
now know that we are spiritual and not
material. I cannot tell you what nv
spiritual self looks like, for cannot
see the spiritual man through .material
eyes, but know that when he shall an
pear we shall be like him."
st. Paul has said substantially rfha
same thing In Romans viz &c and. ~ !