Arizona republican., 1921-01-31

They have generally assumed that man must first die and be resurrected and then be invested with his spiritual na- ture. They have scarcely dared to 1 hope that this life could be other than the generally accepted vale of tears. Christian Science shows that the truth concerning spiritual man is cientiftc truth, and through Christian Science
 may be understood and become oper- ative in behalf of humanity. It teaches | that tho presence of God in our lives i is not and should not be a vague or ! far off uncertain thing, but living, throbbing vital presence on which man
 may and should rely in all circum- stances. and under all conditions.
 This will be a wonderful world
 when more men and women realize | their God given heritage and posses sion. There will he less envying. hat ing judging, killing, and more Of what Paul calls "the fruit of the sprits' Hove, joy. peace long suffering gen tleness, goodness, for man is the re- Iflection of Gods goodness. Of Gods love, indeed of all the qualities of God: and it is only in the perfect re- iflection that God is expressed in the
 world. Was not this spiritual man
 what Jesus had fin mind when he said, Be ye therefore perfect. even as your
 Father in Heaven is perfect?"
 Now let us consider the other ac- count of creation. In the second chap
 ter of Genesis the record runs, And
 the Lord God formed man of the dust
 of the ground. and breathed Into his
 nostrils the breath of life; and man
 became a living soul" And then how
 woman was created. how God caused
 q deep sleep to fall upon man and from his side He took a rib and of the : rib, woman was made. Ever since that
 concept of man created from the dust ne has been the victim of sin, sickness. sorrow and death. The historical parf
 Of the Old Testament is filled with an , account of the sin. failures. destruction
 of this man of the dust Earth's se4
 cular history today and for generations
 has been largely an account of the disappointments and disasters of this man of the dust Has not the world been recently convulsed with it's great est tragedy all because of the false E aims. hopes and ambitions of this | man of the dust?
 z Woman through the centuries has ; been regarded as an inferior creature
 often slave, all because of this false < theory, that man Is of the dust. and < woman of his rib. 1t is only as Trutf ! is enlightening the world that woman e is achieving her rightful place as man, : equal; and 1t will only be as tht
 1 truth covers the earth, even as tn, i. waters cover the sea, that the work ' will come to know and understand tn, !, male and female" of Gods creation N as revealed in the first chapter o :. Genesis.
 .t With these two pictures before us a man of the earth, earthly. bowed be !, heath the weight of human miser, n and woe, and man in Gods image ant a likeness. reflecting the Godlike. tn, d spiritual, the perfect, why do we hesi a tate to proclaim ourselves and our raci -e of tn true type with God given powe
 and dominion over every living thing s for God has ordained this power an, 's dominion in the first chapter of Gen !. ests, the 2Sth verse. Is it not. too fl c harmony with the promise of Jesu n quoted in the beginning of this lecture ,i Behold I give unto you power over al . the power of the enemy" Does ! = not occur to you that when Jesus cam '. to his earthly ministry and found ma s sick, shining, sorrowing and dying, h ,e remembered this early ordinance c 'b God and re-enac.ed it in those stirrin . words. calling. the world to action on = basis of spiritual power with ne' = promise; and then proceeded to dem ,9 onstrate by so-called miracles, step b = step, mans power and ability to over i. come all the power Of the enemy? .o Mortal Mind
 stI What is the enemy over which Jesu ~ says we have power? Paul says: ''T
 be carnally minded is death. but to
 spiritually minded is life and peac
 because the carnal mind is enmit or against God" The enemy is. there 10 fore the carnal or fleshly mind, or a re Mrs. Eddy calls it in Science Gu Health. the mortal mind" as or
 l posed to the divine Mind
 ah Mortal mind. as it is understood an 'n used in Christian Science. IS not a a- entity. but is rather the absence of th
 reflection Of the divine Miad. It ne in other words. a state of ignoranS III and when il is the only mind that 'd' human being has or knows anythir Q about 1t subjects him to every III ce which the flesh is heir and this sul C jection is not decreased but is rath' LII increased by what is ordinarily calls ah education. unless this education ,hs carried on with an understanding ce the truth about God as revealed d- Christian Science. For instance, q se man who knows most and is the be
 educated on the subject of so-call' a. symptoms Of disease. is soonest q ut victim of some disease. or the ms CT who is best informed on the subje en Of human anatomy is oftenest findtI