The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-06-28
Entitled
Christian Science:
The Vision of Christ Jesus
THE REASON WHY


hone and, | trust, expect to learn
about God; how His goodness Is
available to heal sickness, forgive sm'
and relieve sorrow. This was the
Savior's mission on earth ana
Christian Science continues that
work. 1t is not only desired, but eX-
pected, that each truth seeker IN the
audience be inquiring at this time on
what authority the statement Is maze
that Christian Science, as operating
among men today, is the realization
of the vision of Christ Jesus. Inc
answer is simple and entire. A tree
is known by its fruit The destruc-
tion of sin and sickness which the
Savior accomplished and which he
foresaw and foretold would swallow
up death in victory. is beng done
through Christian Science in this gen
Grafton, That which claims to be
able to bless man, and can sustain
the claim through demonstration, IS
worthy Of full acceptation.:
Christian Science not only teaches,
Int demonstrates divine aid, thereby
adhering strictly to the declaration OF
Scripture: al will shew thee nv
faith by my works" Many thousanoS
of written testimonials OF heallng
and regeneration, covering the last oo
wears, are preserved and accessible;
current testimonials of redemption
from sickness and sin appear regular
w in The Christian Science journal
Christian Science Sentinel, and the
Christian Science Heralds IN
French and German; each Wednes-
dav evening in all Christian Science
meetings are heard the living voices
of grateful men and women testify
ing to the power of Christian Science
to heal and to save; throughout the
world, beyond broad waters and be-
hind loftv mountains, in great cues
and quiet hamlets, 'hv the domestic
freside and in trench and hospital
men and women, confident and calm
iovous and active, are found declar-
ing that through Christian Science
they have come to know, ana IN soi,e
measure have been able increasingly
to demonstrate, that God Is sure
remedy for every i'll, here and now
When one finds the correct answer u
a problem in mathematics he IS &C!
tain the rule by which he works
true. So when through the appllca
ton of the Principle of Christian
Science one sees the obstruction o
disease and mental perversltv. N
knows that the rule of healing a
taught by Marv Baker Eddy, TN
Discoverer and Founder of Christian
Science, is true. The test set up b.
Jesus the Christ is this: "By thei
fr1its We shall know them" This
the initial reply to the earnest IL.
ouirer who asks on what authority
i declared that Christian Science
the fu]fllment Of the vision OF ChrlS
Jesus.
THE VISION
What is this vision? Jesus tn
Cb,ist was pure in heart and there
fore was a seer; he saw Goa soo'
Only purity can see purity and pur
tv can see onlv purity. Inc roc ROT
meaning of vision is sight, tacul'
of seeing" The new edition
Webster gives the first man DEM
tion as "Act of seeing external o,
iects: actual sight; perception"
meaning, vision is CLOSELY allied
the Greek verbs "to see" and u
know" which indicates that really
see a thing is to know it. Inns
Tho nature of the vision of Chr
Iesns II has no connection WI
mysticism; it is supremelv natural;
is not dream, but reality; not
promise for the future, but prese
possession. There are other dcfN
tive meanings given to the Wo
"vision," such as the annroachil
shadow of events. Isaiah and oth
Old Testament prophets toreto
coming events, things afar o
Christ Jesus saw real events, t
KINGDOM of heaven at hand. On tn
Sabbath day in the synagogue
Nazareth, when he STOOD up 70 le
the Scriptures, there was, denver
unto him the book OF the prop
Esaias, and he found the place VINE
it was written: "The SPIRIT OF
Lord is upon me, because he ha
anointed me to preach the gospel
the poor; he hath sent me to neal
brokenhearted, to nreach dellVeraf
to the captives, and recovering,
sight to the blind, to set at lloe
them that are bruised, to preach
acceptable wear of the Lord. III
1.18' 10. He sat down, and as
ncople wondered at his gracious mi
ner he said to them: "This day IS t
scripture fulfilled in your ears \
at once it began to be fulfilled
their ewes also, for Gin the synago'
there was a man, which had a sp
of an unclean devil Ana 'e
rebuked him, saving, Hold thy pea
and come out of him. And
came cut of him, and hurt hlm NJ
From thence Jesus went directly !
house and healed Simon's motf
in-law. And the same day when
sun was setting, all they that
any sick with divers diseases brou
them unto him." and he healed tn
On page 313 of Science
Health with Key to the Scrlptur
Mrs. Eddy writes: "Jesus of M
reth was the most scientific man
ever trod the globe. He plunged
meath the material surface of thu
and found the spiritual cause" Ag
on page 476 of the same book
writes: "Jesus beheld in Science
perfect man, who arneared to
where SHINING mortal man annear
mortals. In this perfect man the
viour saw Gods own likeness,
Of man hp1lpd