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ra II drop can be separated from the
ocean. but the man cannot be separat
ed from God. Who shall separate us
from God? Who shall separate us
from the love of God? If the thought
is divine when Paul states it, What
ail1 it. withal, when Mrs. Eddy
glories in IT,
Christian Science is idealism
enthroned A mans spirit is the man,
and the spirit of man is as vast. as
deep as wide, as long, and as uDiyer.
sal as the spirit of God. The essence
of Christian Science is expressed in
one sentence-you are on the inside
of God-"In him we live and move
and have our being God is light,
liquid light, universal light, eternal
light. Open the windows of your soul
and let the glory in.
Scarcely the first chapter of Christ.
ian Science has been written. Christian
Science must grow, develop and
change, Christian Science must grow
because those in charge OF directing
this phase of thought have establish
ed a iectureship and every lecturer
sent forth WILL unconsciously, stamp
the new thought Cor rather the new
emphasis on an old TRUTH with the
Signature of his own individuality.
For instance, the Christian Science
lecturer explains that the nothingness'
lof matter does not mean that matter
is non existent but only that matter
is not eternal. Matter will pass away
while God, the eternal spirit. will abide
ever and always Again" SAYS the
Lecturer Sickness and evil are not
real because they are not part of the
fundamental order of the universe.
and in the final perfection Of God
plan they must disappear.
am Christian Scientist but not a
good Christian Scientist because /
could not promise, even Mrs Eddy.
that | would read nothing but Christ.
ian Science literature. find good
honey in ali kinds Of strange places.
Emerson brings me a rose, Calvin
brings me star, Wesley brings me
a method Swedenborg brings me a
vision, Emmanuel Kant brings me a
great thought Ralph Waldo Urine
brings me an illustration Shakespeare
brings me constellation in thought
and character, and Christian Science
an epigram, stepped in spiritual
suggestlyeuess. must wander IN an
helds OF thought and drink of every
silver stream that crosses my path.
like the Christian Scient ST be
cause he looks like Christian if NOT
like a scientist. Emerson, in his old
age. was taken to the funeral of
Henry W. Longfellow the poet. Absent
mlndedly he looked down into the
FACE OF his old friend and remarked:
y 90 not remember his name. but he
had beautiful soul We have a
poor memory for ecclesiastical names
but we have great admiration for a
beautiful soul A church must be
judged by the type Of character which
1t produces or attracts. We have made
rather thorough inspection of the
followers OF Mrs. Eddy and they look
good to us.
! Ike the Christian Scientist be.
cause he has the glow fervor and
enthusiasm Of deep religious ex,
perlehce John Stuart Mill once said
Beware of the man with an expert.
ence and Harriet Beecher stowe
once remarked. What you have once
seen you can never unsee." You
VIII recall also the words of the young
evangelist who affirmed. dogmatically.
III you've got religion you will know
1T. If you don't know it you haven't
got i. If you've got 1t, YOU will live
IT, This is little too positive. but
not too bad.
| like the Christian Scientist be.
cause he ignores the fact of death
iand emphasizes the fact of life. They
nave. for themselves, if not for others.
by their unique Interpretation of
scripture, killed death and buried the
graye, Death is merely an Incident
land not an event. This is in harmony
with the best thought and Christian
experience in all the ages. John
Pawson said when passing, II know
that ! am dying, but my deathbcd is
a bed Of roses And the sainted Ed.
ward Paysou said in the hour of his
coronation, If men only know the
glory the honor the grandeur. and
the spIendor which awaits them. they
would 80 through the streets shout
ing I'm Christian, I'm Christian
ike the Christian Scientist be.
cause he brings us new signs of life
and vitality. Have you read the
great fob.e of the Empress Helena ?
How she went to the Holy Land to
find the Cross, and she found three
crosses. Query. which was the cross
iof Jesus In her dilemma the queen
Iordered a dead body to be brought and
laid on each cross, separately and
the moment the dead body touched
the Cross of Jesus, it sprang into life
and leaped with vitality. The illust.
ration needs no application. Whore
there Is vitality there is life and a
sign Of spiritual life attests the pres
'once Of God. 1t is better to have
divinity in your life than to be
sound on the doctrine of the divinity
Iof Jesus and be lacking IN the cred.
Ientials OF Christian character. by
their fruits we shall know them
like the Christian Scientist be
cause he seems to suggest u healthy
mental mood Christian Science
induces mood which looks toward
health. 1t helps, even when IT does
net heal. behold a dear old soul
of seyentye|ght Her face Is We low
with age, her physiognomy wrinkled
by the touch of time, her back bent by
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