The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-17

ing to appear and the man was in
stantly healed. Since the real man
Is perfect in every case, when the
stroyed by the operation of the truth,
human beings cannot fail to manifest
improved conditions.
Jesus also knew that since man
| was not material and does not live
in matter, he could not die in mat
| ter. He knew this so clearly that he
was able to call Lazarus forth after
his body had been in the tomb four
days. Jesus knew that the real man.
being spiritual, can never die, for God
is his Life. When he stood before
the tomb Of Lazarus he knew that
the only thing that had taken place
there was that certain human beings,
who were governed by the carnal
concerning Lazarus. They believed
that he had lived in matter and was
material, and hence that he died in
matter. Jesus looked through the
mask and saw the real man who was
alive all OF the time. and by seeing
/ the real man, Jesus destroyed the
false concept, and thus made IL pos
slble for the real condition of Life to
appear. Having seen the real man,
who was alive every instant, all that
Jesus needed to do was to say,
Lazarus, come forth and he came
forth, alive.
Man ls Now Immortal.
The belief that man Is now mater
ial, but that his Immortality will ap-
pear after the death of his physical
body, Is rapidly giving place to a
better understanding. Il Is begin
nj fn faf
many people that death is not the
doorway through which human be-
iEgs pass from material state Of ex-
isteEce into the kingdom of heaven.
st. Paul taught and declared that
death is an enemy that can and will
be destroyed Enoch got rid of his
physical body without dying. Elijah
did the same. Obviously they de-
stroyed and got rid OF every material
and erroneous mental quality. This
evangelization went on until there
was nothing left In their conscious
ness but the spirttualized thought
They brought every material thought
into obedience to Christ, and when
the last mortal thought had thus been
conquered and destroyed there was
nothing Of the carnal mind left in
their consciousness TO throw a ma
terial concept over them. People were
then no longer able TO see them as
material men. They literally walked
with God, as the Bible states, for
material beliefs Of the carnal mind
no longer interviewed TO separate
them from Him.
Jesus submitted TO the crucifixion
Of his body on the cross in order that
he might be the Wayshowef He
had already raised from the dead,
Lazarus, and the daughter OF Jairus.
and the son OF the widow Of Main,
but he wanted TO go further and
prove for the benefit Of mankind that
death ID not q divine necessity and
that IL is possible for one to conquer
Ii for himself through his own under
standing OF the law OF Life. He
wanted 20 prove that man Is now im-
mortal and that his immortality is
brought to light not by the death Of
the physical body but BY demonstrat-
ing the power of Spirit He. there
fore, resuscitated His own body after
Il had been in the tomb until the
third day. He brought It back and
exhibited e TO hundreds Of people. 50
that there might not be any question
or dispute about It. Thereafter he
got rid Of hts body precisely as Enoch