Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-30

The experiences of Christ Jesus
are being repeated in this, his sec.
ond manifestation, and though the
position to him at his second ap-
pearing is less material in its phe-
non1ena, lis none the less cruel in
its mental assassination, its hatred
of the Messiah and Christ's disci-
Pies In its attitude and resistance
to the Truth Of being. the suprem-
acy of good, which Christ Jesus, the
divine Metaphysieian, demonstrated
for all who would follow him, schol-
astic theology today is but little
more impbued with the true sense
Of the power, of Mind, and mans
relation to God, which Christ
taught and proved, than was the
church at Jerusalem, when he said
to the multitude, Except your
Righteousness shalt exceed the right
eousness of the scribes and Phari-
sees, We shall in no case enter into
the kingdom of heaven" Matthew
", N). In this age. the voice of
immutable, eternal Truth, the law of
God--Life and Eove, cannot again
be hushed. 1t never again can be
silenced by the deafening clamor
Of uateriality, the false claim of
power called evil, and opposed to
God. The voice of the ever-present
Christ is heard today by some, and
his pulsating presence is arousing
humanity from the deep sleep Of
Adam. He is awakening mankind
to their spiritual dominion, despite
the resistance of the materialists,
and is hushing their cry, Cruelty
himi Cruelty himw He is speaking
to the world as when he spake to
the multitudes, on that Sabbath day
at Jerusalem, by the pool of Bethes-
da, within whose porches lay a
great number of impotent folk,
blind, halt, and withered,-and this
is the condition of poor humanity
today. He declared, Heaven and
earth shall pass away: but my
words shall not pass away" duke
xxi, 33). He stands, an invisible
presence as yet, but the voice of this
divine Metaphysician, and the pow
er of his Christ-mind, is heard bid
ding the helpless to "Arise, and take
up thy bed and walk" mark H., 81.
The ever-present spiritual idea,
Christ, the Son of God, is heard,
mentally and audibly, by his disci-
pies in this age, as he was on that
Sabbath morn, when, moved to the
intensity of spiritual realization, he
exclaimed:
Verify. verify. I say unto you, Tho
the dead lin belief Of life in matterJ
shall hear the voice Of the Son OF
God: and they that hear shall live.
For az the Father hath life in him.
self 30 hath He given to the Son to
have life in himself. tJohn ". rs.
2s).
These words express Christ Jesus
sublime realization of the allness of
God and mans oneness with the
Principle Of being, divine Mind. The
Principle Of being is as demonstra-
bic as the principle Of mathematics
Gods law, if obeyed, can be proved,
and this knowledge, or understand
ing, is the Science of being, by
which Jesus made his scientific DEM
onstrations. The Galilean prophet
understood God, good, as eternal
Life, Love, and Truth.-the only
real power. He understood mans
spiritual individuality, made in the
image and likeness of God, Gods
idea or child, expressing Him who
made man like Himself.
With the law of Spirit, or the
Word of God, this divine Metaphy-
sician, the Son of God, dispeiled ma
terial sense and destroyed sin and
its consequences,-so-called disease
and death, the effects of the carnai
nnind-the lie, which deceives the
whole world with its claim of mat
ter as sentient substance. There
is but one Life, one Love, one Truth,
and this is our God, who is omnipo-
tent. omniseient, and omnipresent
good; our Father and Mother in
heaven, harmony, whom true Chris
tan Scientists are striving to wor-
ship in Spirit and in Truth. There
is but one sun of our solar system,
but many rays which proceed from
it. Likewise man is the expression
of God, and reflects eternal Life.
Christ Jesus prayed for his follow
ers, that they may be one, with
the Fatherl as we are" He knew
that as the Father is eternal Life,
50 man, the son or idea of God, has
life in himself. He acknowledged
no other Source Of being, no other
God. He looked to this Source of
eternal Life and Love, his Father
Mother God, Spirit, Mind, to sup
ply His every need, and spiritual phe-
nomena appeared, as in the case of
feeding the FIVE thousand with "the
FIVE loaves and the two fishes"
Matthew xiv, 1917. Mrs. Eddy says.
Divine Love always has met and
always will meet every human
need" ..-.,.,...z
AS Truth, in Christian Science,
arouses the material world worship
ers to the verify of, spiritual being,
their divine identity, they awake
from the material senses,-the belief
of life and substance in matter;-and
the inspiration of Life.~and Love,
spiritual sense, pour itself forth in
the glad exuberanee Of healing pow
er, with its elevatinG, quickening,
satisfying peace and strength. which
is,the operation of spiritual thought,
the Truth of being, that every man
possesses. Iii his royal birthright.
Love is the solvent whose operation
will finally dissolve the cold, cruel
belief of malice, hate, and fear,-the
cause of all suffering and seeming
death. As the sun dispels the early
dew, so will sin, sickness and death