Arizona republican., 1920-02-23
BROTHERHOOD

1Writteu for The Christian Science Monitor)
 The recognition of the brotherhood of man is an ancient as are the claims of civilization. of the viewpoints as to how this brotherhood is 10 be eN- pressed, including as they do every thing from a lodge to d great republic. one may say that they differ much even as do the individuals who main tain them. Nevertheless it must be admitted that in spite of all personal differences the subjecS itself remains one of the most attractive, coming as 1t does perennially before the attention of humanity. Broadly speaking, then. there is to be found everywhere this outcropping Of faith iG a brotherhood Of man. thus proving conclusiVely that there is some basic fact involved which cannot be set aside with impunity. Examining more closely our present belief in the brotherhood of man We find that we really only bezleNe m T brotherhood which includes similarity Of thought and desire. This does not mean, of course. that We may not have deceived ourselves into subscrIb- ing to some very broad material theo- ries upon the subject but it does mean that in so far as we are actually will rfng to live up 10 our beliefs we have faith only in' q brotherhood of similar tastes, education. and desires. In other words, we really believe only in brotherhood of the unity of ideals. No
 matter what We say of' think or be- lieve the result of any examination of purpose and achievement has always brought to light the great fact that the brotherhood Of man is entirely q men tai one--a brotherhood of ideals and not Of flesh and bones.
 Now the moment we speak of the brotherhood Of man as mental and
 Tl1XrSiCuf q of ideals her than one of lineage, we take it out or the realm of the material and physical into the mental realm of the spiritual and actual We also see at once why this subject has been so prolific in mis
 understandings@v bitter ones at that-for so long as any attempt is made to have the brotherhood of man consist only of flesh and blood tho utter impossibility of a unity of ideals becomes clearly apparent. Yet is not that exactly what every material the ory of creation aSSuT1eS2 And because the world at large assumes creation to be material, has it any logical basis upon which humanity may woiI< out in practice the true brotherhood of man As Mrs. Eddy makes plain to us on page 541 of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures The erro- neous belief that life. substance. and intelligence can be material ruptures the life and brotherhood of man at the very outset It is impossible. then to find material. that is to say, q super ficial answer to the question:: What constitutes the true brotherhood of man and how shall we accomplish il here upon earth2 Neither shall We find the solution in the wise deductions of social economists for all of these sources only give us a stone when we ask for bread. The substance. there fore. as we shall find. of the brother hood Of man is not in matter but in Spirit
 First of all, then. the brotherhood of man is not mere belief or a vague theory. but the expression of d great scientific fact. It should be thor oughly understood, we read on page 467 of Science and Health .-that all men have one Mind. one God ,and Father one Life. Truth, and Love Mankind will become perfect in pro- portion as this fact becomes apparent war will cease and the true brother hood of man will be established"