The New York herald., 1921-05-15
By AUGUSTA E. STETSON, C. S. D.

And so when weary and burdened
And know not which way to 60,
l know that He lovingly leads me
And tits all that need to know.
And vet another was moved by
spiritual impulsion to utter the 1oiioW-
ing:
Sweeter than lullabies, sung by the
mother;
Clearer than oceans roar, heard
in the shell;
Softer than zephyrs, the voice OF
the Father
"Child, am with thee, fear not
all is WELL"
Genuine Christian Scientists are
rising. in this hour, to a demonstration
of their spiritual individuality, their re-
Election of omnipotent Life and Love:
The radium of Love is dissolving and
dispensing the seeming mental darkness,
which hides from mankind its birthrlght,
dominion" over all things. Mrs. Eddy
says:
Creation is ever appearing, and
must ever continue to appear from
the nature Of its ineXhaustible
source.
(Science and Health. p. 507)
Christ's offspring, they who have
Rrasped the Science Of spiritual ex-
istence, are attaining unto the 'per1ecs
man, unto the measure of the stature OF
the fulness of Christ" Truth. (Ephc-
siGns iv., 1877 Divine illumination has
enabled them to apprehend the spiritual
fact of their relation TO the source and
supply of their being,-eternal Life and
Love. At times, through the flesh-veil,
they family glimpse the face of their
,, Father Mother God, in their brother and
sister, whose real "image" and like
ness" when seen through the lens OF
perfect love, will be revealed.
Obedience to the law OF God was de-
marded by Moses and by all the
prophets, up to the time when the wise
men were led to behold the Bethlehem
babe, the Christ idea, and Mary, his
mother, was obliged to hide her child
from Herod, who sought to destroy him.
Christs mission qcus to depriue Herod.
the carnol so-caIled man, Of has cr0aOn,
or po,cer to create that aDicict sins, s7t-
fers, and dies,-the Adan-EUe genera
tiom- The ideal man, Christ, the off
spring of Spirit, triumphed over the
Adan,-Eue generators and established
eternal being, 'his Father, God, thus
verifying his statements, II and my
Father are one" "My father is greater,
than l." (John X, 80; xvi, 2S.l He de-
clared: "Heaven and earth shall. pass
away; but my words shall not pass
away" MARK xiii, 31.) Nor has the
voice, the spiritual mental message, been
silenced. Mary Baker Eddy, who looked
and longed for God to manifest His pres
ence and fulfil His promise to His chill
dren,--this seeker for the fulfilment of
T. C4J @h~ ~ <>f
Christ, Truth, and became the scribe of
Spirit, emitting the light of spiritual
life into the "chaos and old night" of
materialism. Thousands upon thousands
to-day are realizing the import of her
words:
The time for thinkers has come.
Truth, independent of doctrines
and time-honored systems, knocks
at the portal of humanity. Con-
tentment with the past and the
cold conventionality Of materialism
are crumbling away. Ignorance of
God 10 no longer the stepping-stone
to faith. The only guarantee of
obedience is a right apprehension
Of Him whom to know Alright is
Life eternal. Though empires fall,
"the Lord shall reign forever"
(Science and Hedlth, p. viii
The hour for decision has arrived.
Which chapter of Genesis, the first, or
the second, will humanity accept rs the
true creation of an eternal Principle,
God? Both cannot be true, for they are
antagonistic, the one to the other. In
the first chapter God made man in His
| God's-own Image" and likeness" and
gave him dominion" over all things.
He made, or expressed, His fatherhood
and motherhood, the life and love, of His
begetting and conceiving selfhood, in all
that He created; male and female
created He thern," TO multiply, and re-
of His crcatice lao of eternal Life and
Love. Paul discerned this spiritual
| Wilderness Of Gods man and declared,
"There is neither male nor female: for
| ye are all one in Christ Jesus" (GdtG-
tidns ill.,, 49, Each individual idea of
God reflects both the life and love of
| omnipotent Spirit. This compound ideal
man reflects a compound Principle, or
cause, eternal Life and Love, our Father
Mother God.
The first chapter of Genesis concludes
with Gods approval of His creation. or
| His infinite manifestation. He finished
| His work, and called it "very good" or
! very God. God and His Christ, with the
| infinite ideas, or children, which con-
stitute the body Of God, are appearing,
as the Head of the body, Christ, is ap-
pretended and his imminence discerned.
Christ Is faithful He will verify his
word. He left this rich legacy to his
followers.
Heaven and earth shall pass
away: but my words shall not pass
away. (Mdrk xiii, 31.)
| have yet many things to say
unto you. but We cannot bear them
now. (John xvi, 12.)
/ go and :. will come
again. (John xiv, 3.)
At this, his second and final appear
ing, he is turning the light of revelation
on the first chapter of Genesis, and this
light exposes, as lie, the legendary