Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-02-14

because of the material element in their
consciousness the people were unable to
see or comprehend Spirit as substance
They could only think of matter as sub
stance. and. therefore, to them, mat
ter appeared as substance.
Knowing that there was no substance
in matter, he knew that man was not
material Mrs. Eddy pointed out many
years ago in Science and Health that
Jesus saw the real man where mortals
saw the mortal man, and that his true
view healed the sick. The more one pom
ders over this statement the more it
becomes apparent that it is necessarily
true. When there came to Jesus the
man who had been born blind, and who
had grown from infancy to mature
years without the perfect organs of
sight, Jesus healed him instantly. He
looked through the material veil and
saw the real man, who, in every case,
is perfect. Jesus knew that God had
never created one of his children with
out sight. God never made an imper-
feet man. Man being perfect has per-
feet spiritual senses, and by seeing the
perfect man, Jesus pulled away the
mask and allowed the perfect condition
to appear. When the paralytic was
brought to him, Jesus, by seeing the
real man, pulled away the mask Gre
ated by the material beliefs of the car
HeAi iIIIhO, tlluS dl1OWlHS lIo real cOnO1-
ton of harmony and perfect being to
appear and the man was instantly heal
ed. Since the real man is perfect in
every case, when the imperfect mate
rial beliefs are destroyed by the opera
ton of the Christ Truth human beings
cannot fail to manifest improved con-
ditions.
Jesus also knew that since man was
not material and did not live in mat
ter, he could not die in matter. He knew
this SO clearly that he was able to call
Lazarus back 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, so that when he
stood before the tomb of Lazarus he
knew that the only thing that had TAX
en- place there was that certain human
beings, who were governed by the car
nal mind, had accepted a changed be-
lief concerning Lazarus. They believed
that he had lived in matter and was
material, and hence that he had 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 con-
cept, and thus made it possible for the
real condition of life to appear. Hav-
ing seen the real man, who was alive
every instant, all that Jesus needed to
do was to say, Lazarus, come FORTH"
d1lu lie CAME IOTL1, awe.
Man IL Governed by Spiritual Law
Jesus also knew what was true about
law. He knew that the only law that
has any legitimate authority over man
is the law of Spirit. He likewise knew
that the carnal human mind believes
that matter possesses power and intelli-
gence apart from God, and, therefore.
that matter has power to make laws to
govern human beings. He desired to
teach mankind the truth about this,
and, for his purpose, he selected what
is called in the present day, the law Of
gravitation. He walked on the water in
strict opposition to the law of gravita-
tion He knew that the carnal human
mind, because of it's materiality, was
incapable OF comprehending spiritual
law, and could only conceive of law as
created by matter. He knew that the
so-called law of gravitation was
that this counterfeit mind believes that
law is material for precisely the same
reason that it believes that God is a
material personality, sitting upon a ma
terial throne, and that Heaven is a ma
terial place. All Of the works of Jesus
were done in opposition to material
laws. He proved that the law of Spirit
IS supreme and has power to annul ev-
cry material law. and it was this knowl-
edge that gave him power to walk on
the water, to heal the sick, and raise
the dead. contrary to material laws.
Christian Science asks those who be-
lieve In the reality and power of mate
rial laws, from what source does mat
ter derive its power to make laws?
Since matter has neither life. intelli-
gence, nor volition how can it make
laws? Has God abdicated from His
high position as the governor of the
universe. and turned over to insensible
matter the power to make laws that
shall govern and destroy His own chill
dren? Manifestly not This theory is
neither rational nor probable. Yet the
human carnal mind is so material that
people go right on blindly believing
mat material laws have more power to
destroy them than God has to save
them. In spite Of wide difference Of be-
lief as to what are material laws, when
once person believes something to be
q material law It becomes so important
in his estimation as to cause him 70
think that God Himself must act IN