Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13

al men to understand and demonstrate.
Christian Science teaches that each
mortal must awaken and discover in
himself the spiritual idea, or Christ,
which is born, not of blood. nor of
the will of the flesh, nor of the will of
man. but of God" This idea of man
is the true man, the Christ man, the
image and likeness of God, our real
selfhood The Christ, Truth, in human
thought, in the measure that 1t IS
gained and maintained, is the same |
spiritual consciousness which enables |
one to cast out error and to heal the
sick Then it can never be said that
Christian Scientists do not recognize
Jesus, or that they do not pray to
Christ" On the contrary, Jesus is &C
cepted more clearly and gratefully than
ever before for just what he claimed
himeslf to be, and for his selfless and
matchless mission to mankind. AS for
praying to Christ, they do as Jesus did,
that is, pray through the Christ, rather
than to the Christ Every good thought
of Christian Scientists in their continu-
al prayers must reflect the Christ,
Truth, for the Christ is the active idea
of Spirit, which destroys error and in
harmony and brings an answer totheir
prayers.
The reverence which Christian Sci
ence bestows upon the ideal Christ,
and upon Jesus, the highest human eX-
ample of the perfect man, is impressive
and practical. Christian Science teach
es that the Christ is made manifest
through our improved human thoughts,
through those qualities of affection,
humility, faithfulness, patience, com
passion, temperance, morality, which
are stepping stones out of matter into
Spirit. Human thoughts must be i'm
proved, they must become wise and
constructive, and these successive
rounds of the ladder must be mounted
step by step before complete reality is
reached. 1t may be added that the
! textbook of Christian Science, Science
| and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy, mentions Jesus
| name four hundred and thirty-four
separate times and Christ two hundred
| and five additional times. Indeed Mrs.
Eddy's veneration of Jesus has been
most evident to all who have known
her, and long ago she established a rule
incorporated in the bylaws of The
Mother Church that careless compar-
ison or irreverent reference to Christ
Jesus is abnormal in a Christian Sci
enlist, and is prohibited' manual, Art
VIII, Sec. 81. The gentle, patient, com
| passionate, selfless Savior will through
Christian Science become to posterity
a mightier and more practical example,
because Christian Science is helping to
explain what Jesus meant when he
said, THAT which is born of the flesh
is flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit Science and Health
(p. 25) says, 1.-THE divinity of the Christ
was made manifest in the humanity Of
Jesus"
The Bible
It is not to be wondered at that g
. fleshly sense has during the materia
ages crept into the Bible and partially
obscured the original divinely inspired
meaning of the Scriptures. The same
scientific separation between the spir
, itual Christ and the personality O
J Jesus, which must be made when read
ing about Christ Jesus, naturally mus
| be definitely made between Spirit ant
t matter when reading the entire Bible
: Then the healing and saving current
of true spirituality will be discerned Of
every page, and the dear old Bible
} which to so many has been an ancien
writing, thought by them to be nov
inconsistent and impracticable, will b
t found to be the same inspired Word Q
: God, and it will be on every man
: table, his chief guide to eternal Life.
= Science and Health and Mrs. Eddy
d The key which unlocks the inspire
n meaning of this guide is rapidly at
d tanning its rightful place in tn
:, thoughts of men. Mrs. Eddy name
e this key Science and Health with Ke
: to the Scriptures This inspired boo
requires when reading it the same def
mite separation between Spirit an
S matter to be made as does the Bible
2, then it will be understood and this un
Z; Outstanding will heal the reader, as
e has done in innumerable cases. Som
d familiar words and terms used in Sc
IS ence and Health may at first seem ir
S, congruous, and this is, as Mrs. Edo
If has explained, because she found
d material language great scarcity
Is words to express the right spiritu
l. idea, but had to use such words as wei
k available.
ID A wrong sense has often been take
re of the true meaning of Christ jest
lie and of the Bible. This is also Il
N case with Science and Health wi
lie Key to Scriptures" for such is Il
r perversity and tenacity of the materi
I'd mind, and if this material and person
e, Judgment has influenced thought I
- ward Science and Health, it is not SUI
er prising that it has done likewise t
r ward Mrs. Eddy herself. Prelude
er ignorance and distrust, however, gi
E. way before the facts. Those so errol
ne eusly influenced, who afterward cor
er to know Mrs. Eddy, invariably exper
Id ence a total change of feeling. He
to true are her written words, 1T is sci
evident that the discoverer of an etc
n nal truth cannot be a temporal frau
u (Miscellany, p. 143).
he Salvation
it And now, my friends, for a. compile
er exposition of Christian Science, we 9
so ways recommend the inquirer to re-
ey the Christian Science textbook, "Ss
ny ence and Health with Key to t
n, Scriptures" This book can be obtain
IL at any Christian Science reading roo
n Science and Health should be read
a first slowly, and if read with a humb
or hungering and thirsting desire to KIN,
US the Truth, the accurate statemer
sh therein will quickly appeal to the re
It. son and hold the interest, until t
ct, reader gradually discovers for hims
Id the divine Principle and rules of rig
We thinking which heal and save. Heav
s. is not region nor a locality to be e
its tered physically, but it is a state