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which constituted his Christianity. This Christianity was no mere ceremonial living and of living more abundantiy; the science of health, of peace. of bless edncss; the science that made Jes,'s the Saviour. deliverer, redeemer; the kind In word. it was the under standing of God, the supreme power that is all good and always with us
 GOD
 Must not we then in order to be Christians, to benefit by this Chris. God? Must not we ask who or, what is this God of whom Jesus had such intimate. exact knowledge or science?
 Going to this master Jew. this mas, ter Christian. what do we learn God is? Something different from what was in the beginning? Not at all.
 It should be remembered that Jesus did not write; he spoke. He spoke to who heard him gladly; and he spoke in their tongue. The only instance preserved to us of what he said in that tongue is in the words which the mere semblanee of life. which he said he could lay down and could take up again, as. he later proved These words. all will remember, were "Eloi' Icloi. lama sabachthani?" which are translated, My. God, my God. why hast thou forsaken me?" The word Eloi. which Jesus used. is the Old Tes- lament Chaldean word for what in Eng or power. meaning which is en- tirely devoid of anthropomorphism or corporeality. According to Jesus, then, God was his power, the power upon he accomplished everything. Nor did he leave us in the dark as to just what this power is. In speaking to bis, disciples he said. Call no man your fo thn notfh ic other words. there is only one creator or cause. and the universe including
 oi tss is it's product or,t the product we'll Jesus said. God is Spirit which would certainly mean that his power, the cause of only that which is true. was Spirit or Mind, not matter of any kind or physique. And looking at the words and at his works-words and works due to. impelled by emanating from this Eloi or power. Spirit, Mind, or intelligence-are we no bound to conclude that this power, Spirit. Mind. was infinite Love, and that this divine Love was the very life of Jesus which nothing could destroy and which was able to raise him up at the last day? This one powsrwtthen, this one Spirit. Soul or MinaFths one existence or Life, this one reality or Truth. this one infinite Love, this divine Princi- nlc, was all that constituted the Sa- viour who is the same yesterday, to- day. and forever, with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turn inE.' who is with us alway. This is God to be. as will be seen from the following passage: God is incorpo real divine, supreme, infinite Mind SSnirit, Soul. Prncirle. Life, Truth. Love" Science and Health, p. 465). onlv does Christian Science teach what God is. but in doing this Jesus illus trated and Christian Science teaches what man is.
 Does not the father want the son to be like himself. and does not son want to be like his father? So true read that "God created man in his own image male and female created he them" In other words. He created them just like Himself. Now: how do not know it by what he expresses? Was it not the manifestation. the ex- nression of the power. the Mind, the Spirit the Life. the Truth. and the that made Jesus the best prepared. the safest. the most efficient. the most able or powerful. the most godlike man that ever lived? Did it not make
 
 has called him God, worshiped him as God? It has done this. too, not withstanding the fact that Jesus re- 5uked the man for calling him.: not is none good but one, that is, God He did this because he recognized, as no one else ever has, that even all that he manifested of God did not begin finite good that is God. This is shown by the fact that he expected not only the emulation of his example by his aNeth on bu the worts tsat tnat es so shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do: because I go unto my Father" because I illustrate the WAY. and show. as he again said. self. but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth. these also doeth the Son likewise"
 MAN AND MANKIND
 We have seen what the power, the Life the Mind. the whole reality or Truth. the Love that animated ,en- nghtened. impeiled. capacitated. and that it was omnipotence. omniscience. God, and that the expression of this made him the godlike and true man
 The man whom Jesus presented is spiritual, and spiritually minded. the real man. The man that humanity in sisits upon as real. the kind that is iVHhN no man, lS IieSnly or cdTntiiy minded. Yet Christianity teaches that Ito be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is anmty against God; for it is not sub. ject to the law of God, neither indeed can be- To be the one kind of nan. then. is to be the son of God. To be the other kind of man is to be like those of whom Jesus spoke when he said. ''Ye are of your father the devil.'' and the devil be called "a mur- dcrer." that which is destructive, and .'a liar" that in which there is no truth.
 All Christians have c9rteinly called Jesus their pattern ana their guide: and he spoke of himself as the. way. the truth. and the life.'' All Chris tians are also instructed, Let this mind be in you. which was also in Christ Jesus" If this teaching be correct should not every Christian claim for himself and for others the spiritual power intelligence. Life Truth. and Love which constitute the one true good of all. eternal. indestruc- tible. incapable of impairment. loss. or lack? And should not every one dis claim a limited material power, mind life. truth. leve. subject to disease decay. and death? Can one be g Christian without claiming the former and disclaiming the latter?
 THE BEGINNER
 Now let us take one who is learnlnf ming to walk in it. What effect hal He has been believing. like every one