Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-04-15

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
it 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 accepted more clearly and
gratefully than ever before for just
what he claimed himself to be, and for
his selfleSs and matchless mission to
mankind. AS for praying to Christ,
they do as Jesus did, that is,
to the Christ. Every good thought of
Christian Scientists in their continual
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 to their
prayers.
The reverence which Christian
Science bestows upon the ideal Christ,
and upon Jesus, the highest human ex-
ample of the perfect man, is impress
sive and practical. Christian Science
teaches that the Christ is made mani
fest through our improved human
| thoughts, through those qualities of
affection, humility, faithfulness, pa
thence, compassion, temperance, NOR
tally, which are stepping stones out
/ of matter into Spirit. Human thoughts
must be improved, they must become
wise and constructive, and these sue
cesive 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, men
| tions Jesus name four hundred and
thlrty-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 estab-
llshed rule incorporated in the by
| laws of The Mother Church that
careless comparison or irreyerent
reference to Christ Jesus is abnormal
in a Christian Scientist, and is pro-
hibited" manual, Art. VIII, Sec. 81
Fhe gentle, patient, compassionate,
selfiess Savior will through Christian
Science become to posterity 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. PSI
says, "The divinity of the Christ was
made manifest in the humanity of
Jesus"
THE BIBLE
1t is not to be wondered at that a
1eshly sense has during the material
ages crept into the Bible and PARTIAL
obscured the original divinely inspired
meaning of the Scriptures. The same
scientific separation between the spir-
ltual Christ and the personality of
Jesus, which must be made when read
ing about Christ Jesus, naturally must
be definitely made between Spirit and
matter when reading the entire Bible.
Then the healing and saving currents
Oh true spirituality will be discerned
on every page, and the dear old Bible.
which to so many has been an ancient
writing, thought by them to be now
inconsistent and impracticable, will be
found to be the same inspired Word
OF God, and it will be on every mans
table, his chief guide to eternal Life
SCIENCE AND HEALTH AND
MRS. Teddy
The key which unlocks the inspired
meaning of this guide is rapidly at
tanning its rightful place in the
thoughts of men. Mrs. Eddy named
this key Science and Health with Kew
to the Scriptures" This inspired |
book requires when reading it the
same definite separation between Spirz
1t and matter to be made as does the
Bible; then it will be understood and |
this understanding will heal the read
or, as it has done in innumerable cas-
es. Some familiar words and terms
used in Science and Health NAV AFT
hrst seem incongruous, and this is as
Mrs. Eddy has explained, because she |
found in material language a great
scarcity of words to express the right
spiritual idea, but had to use snch
words as were available.
A wrong sense has often been taken
OF the true meaning of Christ Jesus
and OF the Bible. This is also the
case with Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" for such is the
preversity and tenacity of the material
mind, and if this material and personal
judgment has Influenced thought to-
WARD Science and Health, it is not
surprising that it has done likewise
toward Mrs. Eddy herself. Prejudice.
ignorance, and distrust, however, give
way before the facts. Those so err
roneously influenced, who afterward
come to know Mrs. Eddy, invariably
experience total change of feeling.