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reed And now in this age, this material
worshipping age, which in spite
If its wonderful material inventions and
achievements is SO hungering after spir-
tuality, after healing, bodily and men
al, in this age that Love divine which
always has met and always will meet
very human need tScience and Health,
}. 494) has spoken again, proclaiming to
he sons of men that there is balm in
Iilead, and that Gilead is not afar off,
tut within our very reach, here and now
And should it be surprising that it was
he gentle voice of woman that was
appointed to bring this message, assur-
ng the saddened and fearful children of
,arth, with all the tenderness of the
mother, that God is indeed able TO care
'or His creation, to heal and to save?
Mrs. Eddy.
As to that revered gentewoman,
through whose spiritual vision the sim
Die, healing truths of the Bible are to-
lay made available for those who sit in
darkness, ] may say only this; Her
character needs no defense at human
hands. By her fruits shall she be known.
History is replete with annals wherein
ire recorded the unreasoning and I'M
founded misrepresentation which has in
pursued the apostle Of a new
dea. Even the immaculate Jesus did
lot escape.
Christian Scientists know that Mrs.
Eddy did not originate Christian Sci
,nce; she discovered it, brought it to
light. The balm of Gilead which she has
revealed for the healing of the nations is
not OF her creating, nor is il a restate-
nent of ancient or modern material phi
osophy. 1t is the simple, unauthorized
spiritual teaching Of Jesus and the
who preceded him. To this as
sertion some may say, But / believe,
md have been endeavoring to follow, the
teachings of Jesus all my life" Yes,
his is unfortunately the remarkable pre-
licament of Christian peoples to-day;
lhndreds of differing sects acknowledge
Jesus as their guide and their king, and
then Proceed to place their human inter-
upon his words and works.
This leads TO endless diversity of opin-
on and the sad differences among Chris
.ians, causing one TO say, 81 believe
his" another, "My belief is that" Yet
.he plain fact of the matter is this: IL
matters not what any man or set OF
men believes about Jesus teaching The
al important point is, What was Jesus
actual teaching What did he believe
and teaehg Is there to be found in his
word practical present day salvation
Tor you and me-
Jesus Definite Instructions.
Is it not strange, this seemingly uni
Sersal Misunderstanding among profess
ing Christians regarding the teachings
If Jesus upon this vital pointf
"The kingdom of heaven is at hand!
In the Christian Science textbook we
,ead that heaven is harmony, Therefore
he message of the Savior, which indeed
Is good tidings of great Joy to the bound
md afflicted of earth, is that harmony,
salvation, are at hand, and
are to be realized in the proportion that
we lift our thought from the material
and lay hold on the spiritual facts of
being.
Eternal Punishment Unthinkable.
The notion of place Of eternal tor
nent is absolutely foreign TO the teach
ngs of him whose keynote was Love
divine. In the parable of the prodigal
ION Christ Jesus shows that the suffer
ng and punishment of the Maynard boy
we're not inflicted by the father, but
we're the results of sin, and lasted only
while the sin lasted.
Definition of He'll.
$50" SAYS someone, "the Christian
Scientists do not believe in helll" I'm
most of them do, and they
ire trying hard to get out of it. Let us
-ead the Christianity scientific definition
If hell: Mortal belief; error; lust; re-
hatred; revenge; sin; sickness;
leath; suffering and self destruction;
self imposed agony; effects of sin; that
which 'worketh abomination or maketh
/ lie" Science and Health, p. 1881. Now
most Of us find ourselves in one or more
IF the conditions of thought Just de-
scribed, and the insistent yearning of all
mankind is for deliverance, for harmony,
or heaven. How is this to be attained 2
rhe remedy lies in the simple rule left
by the Master, This is life eternal, that
hey might know thee the only true God,
ind Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent"
Salvation then is matter of knowing
,he truth about God and the son of God,
md as Jesus says in another place, when
you know the truth, the truth shall
make you free.
Let no one think, however, that the
out of ones salvation through
the truth is always along
oath of flowers. Spiritual embodiment,
ike child's material education, involves
with self-will, battlings with
Encouragement, and even the encounter
ng of temporary defeats until the hui
nan is brought into subsection to the
livine. But in our spiritual education
we have the comforting assurance that
{ is not human will but God that work
It'll in us botn to will and to do of His
good pleasure.
Basis of Christian Science.
Let us now consider the basis of Chris
ian Science; let us find the truth about
Tod and man which it reveals-that
ruth which is destined to liberate the
ace. Science and Health in few words
sums up the remarkable discovery of the
ruth of being. We read: "The Christ
ike understanding of scientific being
md divine healing includes perfect
Principle and idea, perfect God and per-
ect man, as the basis of thought and
Up. 259).
This teaching is founded squarely on
he opening chapter of the Bible, the
irst chapter of Genesis. 1t will be re-
Rendered that this chapter contains
ecord of Gods creation. This creation
S depicted by successive steps of un-
oldment, symbolized by the appearing
If light, the heavens, the earth, the