Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-10
"MANY MANSIONS''

written for The Christian Science (
Monitor)
In the present hour when soaring |
rents and independent landlords have
taxed the purse and patience of the
jewellers in the land, and the belief of
stagnation and unrest in building chan
nels has seemed to unbalance the equi-
librium of demand and supply, it is
but natural that a mortal fear which
grips the populace should find express
sion in the anxious cry, Where shall
we live?" In order to answer the
question in a practical manner, men
have resorted to almost every eXpedi-
ent but the right one. They have fol-
lowed procedure, custom and practice,
but generally, like Martha, being cum
bered with materialism, they have ne
elected to strive for the spiritual I'M
derstanding of Principle as chosen by
Mary, which occupation Jesus com
mended as being the one thing need
full. In other words, men have over
looked the spiritual truths contained
IN the Bible. truths which Paul ex-
plains must be Spiritually discerned.'
Christian Science teaches its follow
ers that the Bible, when understood
and correctly applied, furnishes the
solution to every problem and assures
a right adjustment of every discordant
condition within the experience Of men.
In the textbook Of Christian Science,
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" Up. 406), Mrs. Eddy writes,
THE Bible contains the recipe for all
healing. THE leaves of the tree were
for the healing Of the nations" The
question of living, or the lack Of living
accommodations. should not dismay
the seeked for truth, for thus said Paul
to the men of Athens: They should
seek the Lord. if haply they might feel
after him, and find him, though he be
not far from every one of US; for in
him we live, and move, and have our
being" In God, Principle, we live
eternally. This is spiritual existence,
without beginning, and without end.
To live is TO be conscious. and as God
is good, to live in Him as Paul affirms,
is to be conscious of good. 1t is OBJ
vious that man does not live in matter.
fer man lives because God is his life
and mans life is spiritual because God
is Spirit.
Jesus, comforting his disciples with
words of heavenly promise, said. "In
my Fathers house are many man
sions.' This passage, in its literal
viewpoint is confusing, for, argues the
reader, how could a house contain
many pretentious homes or mansions
Through the light thrown upon the
Scriptural pages of Christian Science
the student learns that house" is con-
seriousness, a definition given by Mrs
Eddy and used by her in its spiritual
sense in a citation which illumines the
twenty third Psalm: Surely good
ness and mercy shall follow me all the
days of my life: and / will dwell in
the house (the cons iousness) of dove
for ever (Science and Health p. 57S.)
Christian Science explains that all ma
terial objects are but counterfeits OF
true spiritual ideas, existing in Mind
God. Thus mansion is understood as g
divine idea and not as a material struc.
ture. BY this scientific reasoning, ont
may truthfully translate the Master.
words to mean, In my Fathers con.
seriousness (the consciousness of good
are many spiritual ideas. What rev.
elation this is to the progressive think
eri What day star to the weary an(
heavy laden wanderer in the night o
mterialism! Here is a definite conclu
sion, which brings thought to the yer.
threshold of the font of all substance
Man, the image of God, whose birth
right is dominion, lives in the univers
of Spirit. lie has no other home ant
needs no other.
But how is this reasoning, logica
as it seems, going to supply me with
! physical dwelling place, when the bes
of human endeavors have found n
available homer" pleads the discour
aged seeker. Christian Science an
swers his cry with the comfortin
message, Fear not" He that dwell
eth in the secret place of the mos
| High shall abide under the shadow G
! the Almighty. | will say of the LorC
He is my refuge and my fortress: m
Cod in him will / trust" Humanit
| has been so long imersed in the con
temptation of material causation, tina
| the attainment of spiritual thinkin
and its attendant blessings seems
| remote possibility to those unacquaint
ted with the demonstrable teachings {
Christian Science. However, MT
Eddy's great discovery has made
possible for all mankind to learn no
to know God as "a very present hel
in trouble" and to prove the truth {
its doctrine with signs following
Christian Science imparts the under
standing of God as a living Father
Mother, available to His children at a
times and bringing surcease from ever
/ woe that comes to the flesh. In ar
swer to the prayer of right desire, Go
rewards us openly. He provides a
good to man. but mortal beliefs Of ie
norance and fear have blinded mar
kind to this great fact. Christian Sc