The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-26

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pfehensive statement this IS. II
means Perfect God and perfect man.
the kingdom Of heaven at hand; ii
means divine reality all. and human
Gellef nothing. To Christian Scien-
lists 1t is abundantly manifest that
this revelation OF God. and of what
being really is. alone can free man
Kind from its superstitious fears and !,
beliefs about God and His creation.
Unreliability and Origin of Physical
Sense
well. some one may say. And how
Will this help me. and what about
tn creation We see all around us as
material objects?' Here let me re-
mind you again that Christian
Science teaches, in complete accord
lance with the Scriptures. that
knowledge Of what is true alone can
help mankind permanently, and also
taai 10 arrive at a perception of
What is true il is necessary to look
not at the things which are seen by
the physical senses. for the things
which are seen by these senses are
temporal; hut al the things which
are not seen, for the things which
lare not seen are eternal. that is, are
lsair.tual and indestructihle and
therefore all important In fact.
lChrlstian Science insists that to un-
derstand God and spiritual being enc
must rely NTH lly on right thinkin
or spiritual sense, ana never on
ply steal sens testimony
Even for the things which are
seen, however Christian Science has
| an explanation, and this the explana
| ton given by Christ Jesus himself. II
eordance with which Christian Sci
ence states, and proves through heal
ing the sick and the SHINING, that thu
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material creation with all its woe
and discord. is a false sense of crea
ton. and is based on a misundei
standing OF God and His creation; tha
: this false sense of being has neithe
permanence nor reality, that II
A the supposed activity Of the socalle
carnal mind opposed to the one ini
mite Mind, God, which is OF course a
impossibility. since infinite Mind ca
have no opposite. 1t explains thi
this spurious mind is, in the words
Jesus. "a murderer from the begi
ming" that he abode not in II
= truth, because there is no truth
him." that when he speaketh II
he speaketh of his own for he Is
, liar. and the father of it"
Christian Science does not, howeve
in any way teach any such nonsen
as that creation is non-existent, as
so often misstated, but it does tea
that the mortal or mistaken sense
creation is false, and is the result
the testimony of that falsely edueat
: consciousness termed the five pi
steal senses. which senses We ha
iust seen could not even percel
l God and therefore certainly col
moi perceive His creation or true
ing. II is to these five physi
. senses. or false sense OF
ing derived from false Sc
Of God. that the whole of ~
! kind has been in bondage, althot
tho evidence of these senses
wholly unreliable. When mortal
horn he can hardly use these sens
so little are they developed. but
he is educated along certain n
-. lines. and is taught to use tn
. eenses in certain defined directit
= then these so-called senses are
veloped according to his environm
and education, and from their
dence or testimony mortals atte
Ia understand God and His Great
Yet the unreliability of these
sical senses is shown TO US frequ
ly even in everyday experience
according to their testimony the e
stands still and the sun rises, WI