Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-20
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enabled to perceive spiritual being and
Gods true nature as Spirit, or Mind. In
deed as Mrs. Eddy has written, his
resurrection was also their resurrection
(Scienee and Health, p. S4).
Jesus disciples then proceeded to per
form the healing and redeeming WORK
which he had declared that any one who
understood his teachings, or his reveal
ton of what God IS, should do.
As his followers turned from the mat
ter to Spirit the understanding Of spirit
ual being came to them so clearly that
il was manifested in an overwhelming
and many signs and wonders were
wrought by his followers.
Peter and John healed the lame man at
the Gate Beautiful ACTS 81. stephen II
is recorded, did grear won Gss anu q,
miracles among the people lActs o.;
Philip went down to Samaria ana
preached Christ, and 'unclean spirits,
CRYING with loud voice. came out or many
many taken with palsies. and that were
lame. were healed" (Acts SD. Peter
healed Aeness, who had been kept in bed
for eight wears with the palsy facts 81.
He also rsised Tabitha from the dead
Paul. who was not a disciple Of our
Lord. likewise gained the correct under
standing OF God and Of existence as
spiritual and perfect, and he realized
fully that this understanding would make
free from the mortal, or false, sense or
existence. He declared that "the natural
Cor materially man receiveth not the
things of the Spirit of God; for they are
= foolishness unto him II Cor . IA. Paul
healed the impotent man at Lystra who
had been a cripple from birth (Acts IA.
He raised Eutychus from the dead lActs
2O) and performed many other wonderful
works. He finally declared fearlessly.
$50 then they that are in the flesh can
not please God" CRomans S:Sl. and in
his great longing to be free from the me-
terial body he cried, Who shall deliver
me from the body OF this death
Romans : :24l. or from the material body
which is death, death to the understand
ing OF mans spiritual reality His answer
TO this question is given in the next
chapter, the eighth chapter of Romans.
re shall die: but If ye through the Spirit
q. e, the divine Mind do mortify the
deeds of the body Il. e, of She carnal
mind, ye shall live" Romans s:13l.
The truth about God and about His
creation, spiritual existence, continued to
grow in human consciousness until IN
the year 4. y. 96. st. John perceived IL 80
clearly on the Isle Of PatmOs that the
material sense Of heaven and earth passed
away 10 his resurrected thought and he
saw q new heaven and a new earth. AS
Mrs. Eddy points out, this is proof
positive that the heavens and earth TO
one human consciousness. that conscious
ness which God bestows. are spiritual.
mind. the vision is material" (Science and
Health. .. 512l
GOD FOREVER
REVEALING TO MEN.
Had God ceased then to reveal Him
self to humanity after the period re
corded IN the Scriptures How could
god ever cease to reveal Himself TO hu-
Fmanity since He is infinite in nature?
Thoughtful people realize that God has
continued TO reveal Himself to men after
the period recorded in the Scriptures
Just as He did before. and that every
step Of progress in human thought
whether 1t be liberation from the bond
age Of slavery, Of disease. Of sin. of
mans justice to man, or Of limitation
of any kind, has been simply the result
OF this progressive revelation of God to
men. It is recorded that the early Chris
tians continued 70 heal the sick to raise
the dead, and to perform many wonder
ful works through their spiritual under
standing for about 80 years after the
ministry Of Christ Jesus When. how
ever. the Emperor Constantine became a
convert to Christianity and Christianity
became popular. then the spirituality
which had accomplished these works be
gan to disappear. and creed and dogma
began to usurp the place Of spiritual
understanding. It no longer mattered
whether a man understood God Alright.
so that he could prove his understanding
in daily life by overcoming sin and
disease, as long as he believed in a doc
trine. In fact the understanding Of God
was no longer considered necessary for
a layman. but his thinking began to be
done for him by the priest. The quick
and certain healing IF all manner OF
disease, through spiritual understanding.
as Christ Jesus and his followers had
taught 1t. began to be separated from
the gospel Of Christianity, and salvation
ceased to be a practical thing of TODAY
delivering from sin, disease. and death.
but became something indefinite to be
hoped for after death. The very thought
OF overcoming death here. n Jesus and
his followers had done. became almost
blasphemous. Material existence and
all the pains acrTuing from it, again be-
gan TO be looked upon as Gods creation
and as a natural part of divine law: and
death. instead of being regarded as an
enemy to be overcome, was considered to
be the friend of man. Those who should
have brought life to mankind and 10
have brought II abundantly. were busy
putting to death others who did not
accept their particular doctrine In time
it became crime to read the Scriptures
HISTORICAL PROGRESS
IN UNDERSTANDING
> But in spite Of darkness and eeclesi- /
astical despotism, the same spiritual idea. /
or the truth OF being, which had man /
Tested itself to Enoch, to Abraham. to
Jacob, to Joseph, to Moses. to Elisha. /
and to the prophets, and which had burst
forth into fun light in the life of Christ [
Jesus, was still working silently. unseen I
BY the physical senses, and here and 1
spiritually minded enough to perceive ITS /
workings. The longing for individual /
freedom and for mans inalienable right
to know God and TO be free from the /
bondage Of mortality and despotism of 1
all kinds was repeatedly breaking forth /
in such men as John WycIfffe Martin /
Luther and John Wesley. Eventually. |
that same spiritual vision which had /
driven Abraham out of Or of the ChaI-
dees, that discernment of the eternal law
OF God that true being is Spiritual and /
perfect, and that the consciousness of 1
this fact is with power to overcome evil /
OF every kind, began to manifest itself 1
again in the thoughts of men. This same
vision drove the Pilgrim Fathers to seek
land where they could worship God ac
cording to the dictates of their CON
sciences, even as it had driven Abraham
70 seek the promised land In the wear
400 the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth
Rock, and in the year 1866 the Spirit Of
truth,' which Christ Jesus promised /
should come to humanity as a universal
truth to guide men into all righteous I
ness, manifested itself to one of their de- II
scendants. pure and exalted New Eng II
land woman To those who realize that II
Truths appearing is dependent alone on II
spirituality. It lis not surprising that
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