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conclusion also follows that they
have no actual reality.


In this connection | wish 70 call
to your attention the life OF the
great Master, Christ Jesus, Did ne
accept the verdict that men are NOR
tai, the victims Of sin and diseaseY
Did he submit to the fiat that death
is inevitable? By no means. lie
thrust aside these human Illusions
and proved for all time the divine
status Of men as the perfect sons OF
God, forever free from mortal Ills.
ono demonstration OF the power ot
divine Mind to heal men Of disease
ia sufficient to show that it Is pos.
slble for all men TO destroy disease
hrough spiritual understanding One
demonstration Of overcoming death
through the power Of divine Mind IS
sufficient to show the fallacy Of the
last enemy and the nothnEncss OF
the greatest fear that besets men.
Jesus destroyed disease. raised the
dead, burst for himself ,hH bonds OF
the tomb, ana thus pointed the way
Of spiritual freedom Tor al men.
What a world Of woe and despair
he lifted from the hearts Of men by
his glorious career, and what en-
couraPement and inspiration he gave
us by his words. u am the resurrec-
ton, and the life; he that belieycth
in me. though ne were dead, yet
shall he live; and whosooycg llyeth,
and bclieveth il me shall never die.
(John 11:2j) with the record Of cen
turies Of suffering behind III, :; ii
..rFR "a
the siren voices Of the material
senses which argue continually for
the pcrmancnCe and reality Of evil,
and instead give earnest heed To
Christian Science, which teaches rs
the way by which Christ Jesus de-
stroycd sin disease, and death, and
how We, too can destroy them if
we follow faithfully the palh he bla2.
ed for us
Christian Science and the War
Now, what is the attitude of Chria'
tain Scientists toward the srcat up.
heaval that has conyuscd the world?
Christian Scientists have recognized
that oppression, autocracy, and pride
Of power are products Of the carnal
mind, which must be auuihilatcd II
democracy is TO endure among men.
Christian Scientists are firm boliev-
crs in democracy. Democracy is q
manifestation Of q trucr understand
ing of God. because in the sight Of
God al men ara equal. Christian
Scientists accept The Declaration of
independence, that all men are Gre
ated equal; that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain inalieE-
able rights; that among these are
life, liberty, ANA the pursuit Of hnp-
pncss" and they know that thlt i'm
sprcd declaration lived and loved
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men. Christian Scientists, therefore,
are loyal and ardent defenders OF de-
mocracy and they did their duty 10y
ally and devCtedly, either in the
holding the nation in its day of trial.
But more than their activities in a
material way, they were knowing
and declaring daily and hourly, that
God reigns, that divine justice is
nvincible. that socaued human eff
cheney and physical force can never
dominate the world, and they see
that these evils are being uncovered
only TO be destroyed. Christian Scien.
fists see that rs Il result of this un'
precedcnted destruction of evil, hu.
man thought is being purified, and
the fact is being recognized that di-
vine Principle governs man and the
universe, and that the brotherhood
of man and the Fatherhood and
Motherhood of God are actual reali.
ties. instead of mere Utopian dreams.
Christian Scientists, who entered
the war and those who remained at
home, calmly trusted in the protect
ing power of everprcsent Love, and
their confidence was not found want
ing. They proved during the great
war that God is the only power and
that evil is powerless, and so Chris.
tian Science soldiers have returned
TO tell us that they escaped scathe-
less when menaccd by shells, bullets.
gas and submarines, and they os-
capped these dangers because they
knew increasingly that "The great l
AM" the omnipotent God OF Israel,
protects His own and rules the uni
verse in Righteousness.
At this time is it not q matter
Of congratulation that the great de-
mocracies of the earth are united
as never before 10 uphold the rights
of humanity, and it is indeed an ad-
ded cause of rejoicing that the Eng
lish speaking nations are united on
the basis OF Principle never to be
dlsunited. The boar fight" is for,
gotten in the JOY of cooperative serv-
ice for humanity. Mrs. Eddy prophe-
sled the reunion OF Britain and Am
erica on the basis OF universal broth
erhood, when she said:
Brave Britain, blest America
Unite your battle.plan.
Victorious, all who live it,
The love for God and man."
Poems p. 10).
But above the ruins OF autocratic
governments that have fallen in their
struggle against the Principle arises
the rainbow promise Of a Federation
OF men and nations based on divine
Justice, Federation where right not
might prevails. The covenant Of ma
tiuns to prevent wars and to relieve
the oppressed has its conception on
right basis and is long step to-
ward that divine unity Of men and
nations of which the multitude Of the
heavenly host sang above the hills Of
Judea, GLORY to God in the highest,
and on earth peace, good will toward
men, likewise, did not the English
poet foresee this coming event OF ma
tons when he sang,
"Men, my brothers, men the workers,
ovar roaming something new: