The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-06

cry of men for life, for love, TOT health for freedom from the bondage to evil for the coming of that day, which St. John so wonderfully describes, when God shall wipe away all tears from thelr eyes; and there shall be np-more death, neither sorrow, nor crying' (Rev. 2l:4}. It is the sweet and simple demonstrable knowledge of God which brings to human consciousness the dawning light of this great day. Since we have had revealed to us some measure of this knowledge, can you wonder that we long to share with the world the treasure that has brought peace and joy into our own lives?
 The fundamental truth of Christian Science is the fact about causation, that good Mind, Spirit, is the only active, operative intelligence, or creative energy. From this it follows logically and inev- itably that the universe, including man, the product of this intelligence, is spir- itual. Once accept this basic teaching and you are compelled to admit it's cor relative-the unreality, the impotence, the falsity and entire mortality of evil and matter. The creative power of Mind, of good-the Fatherhood and Motherhood ot God-is the primal fact of existence; the relationship between the creator and His creation, between parent and child, $ unchanging and indissoluble.
 Now. do not misunderstood me- I in way wish to minimize or ignore what the world calls evil; have no disposition to spread any mantle of charity over is- norance, inertia, discord, sickness, strife. or to cry, Peace, reace; when there is no peace.' It is undoubtedly necessary today to understand what is called evil. to deal with it radically and unfinching ly, but I earnestly maintain that no ma terial method has'ever been or ever will be devised which will so deal with the woes of the world. Christian Science does heal sickness and sin in all their myriad phases, and it does this by de- stroyng the mistaken ideas which give rise to sin and sickness: it heals by glV- ing the individual this right idea of caus- ation, this true concept of God and man which, when established, in turn makes perfectly clear the baselessness and un- reality of the appearance of evil. To go back to our definition of God; if these seven terms which Mrs. Eddy uses in de- 1ining God are synonymous, then, on the other hand, the exact opposites or these terms are SYNONYMOUS, and III group ping them together one finds himself in possession of an accurate and com prehensive definition of evil. AS one ac- customs himself to think along these lines he will soon perceive that since Spirit. Truth Love, God, mean exactly the same thing and signify that substance of things hoped for" about which Ss. Paul tells us: so matter, falsity. nate, devil mean exactly the same thing ana their fundamental unreaiity is re- vealed. You cannot logically avoid the conclusion that there is indeed no truth outside of Love and no love save the mighty Truth. which is the infinite Father Mother God. Nothing truthful can be unloving or unlovely; nothing loving car. be lacking in veracity, in tegrity C /spirituality.
 The dth is tender and gentle. ful of compassion and protection, but through its very presence and eXis- tence falsity is inevitably uncovered and destroyed. Love is the all-power- .ul, ahimating source of all the good We know, and well being. Love destroys nate; 1t is not possible to conceive. for d moment. of Love as recognizing, knowing, or being touched by hate. SD Spirit, by existing, precludes the eXis- ience of matter. Here again. as l have said before, we are>not using the word spirit in it's commonly accepted, vague. illusory and superficial nSe. but in it's true and fundamental meaning, as practically identical with substance. Our false theories about life and its origin have led us to accept material beliefs about all things. and we have named our mistaken sense of sub stance. matter and accepted as real and inevitable it's phenomena. Having accepted false premise. it is impos- sihle to make any correct or reliable deduction, and so it Is absolutely neces- sary to get back to the truth about life itself. in order to have any basis for right reasoning.
 Truly the teaching of Christian Science-this tea~aing of spiritual