Arizona republican., 1920-11-08

what they have been. Instead of hav- ing an ephemeral existence, without any certainty except that of death, mankind will begin to show forth the divine nature, and the divine nature lives forever,
 This science of living. this Science of Life, was illustrated by Christ Jesus, but as a science it could not be given to the world in his time. It has come in ours. Think of that Think of what it means to have the privilege of studying and demonstrating the Science of Life, a science for which the world had to wait thousands of years before its mentality could lose enough darkness to even perceive such Science. Think what 1t means that a person could have been awake enough, free enough. clear enough mentally. spiritually, to discover such a Science as this, the science of all sciences. This is exactly what Mary Baker Eddy did. and she did something more than that: her discernment extended to the facts of being and revealed them, but it also descended to the present needs of man. kind and met them. She saw that the omnipresence of God would have to be affirmed before it could be realized and she also knew and taught that the re- 1 jection of all other seeming power
 would have to be persisted in before
 full proof that good is all powerful and Life is immortal could be obtained. l Mrs. Eddy's teachings constantly ad-
 monish us not to claim for ourselves
 or for our understanding anything be- yond what we can subStantiate by actual proof. Therefore we, your | friends, who have invited you here to
 a lecture, and who welcome you upon all occasions when Christian Science | fc hAfv
 claim to have attained the fuIlness of this. Science. We are trying to be
 worthy of this gift of God to men We
 would be unworthy of it if we did not here and upon all other proper occas-
 ions express our gratitude. love and
 reverence for the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary | Baker Eddy. She established the cause of Christian Science on the en- during foundation of Christ healing, l where 1t stands and will continue to
 stand, a living and an ever rising monument to a character and to a
 career of achievement absolutely
 unique in history.
 God is Life and perpetuates His own
 creation Jesus said. "The words that | I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" Mrs. Eddy says in
 Science and Health, Gods thoughts
 are perIeCL ana cJerudis arc SupsIdLlCp and Life" We have been considering
 those thoughts here. They are easy to
 understand when sought in sincerity,
 because they are more natural to us
 than other thoughts. nearer to our real being than any other thoughts could be. The Bible is the original revelation of the immortal relationship of God
 and man. Christian Science makes
 this relationship understood, and in do- i, ing this 1t removes condemnation and . establishes redemption in its stead. 1t shows beyond all doubt that the only
 final or possible sequence to a mistake i Is loving and complete correction
 Sometimes our own shortcomings may , have retarded the fruition of the desire
 to have this Science universally under
 stood. and we can only say to you that f we hourly repent of them in sacxcloth 1 and ashes. But the Science itself. the Science of Christianity. discovered by
 Mary Baker Eddy, has no shortcom- { ings. It's possibilities for good are i'm | measurable as its divine Principle, God.
 is, and we ourselves, though offering
 no excuses for our failure to be fully worthy, beg you to consider that we are moving in the right direction. that is. onward and upward. With arms extended to encompass mankind. in $ reverence and adoration to the God who is Love, and in devotion to His Christ. we give you this message of Life, of health. of peace, and we aim ? to express and make daily more prac- tical in behalf of ourselves and for all | mankind the compassion of Him who 2 said, fI am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more ' abundantly.