The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-21
rsan Science-Gods Law"-Lecme By Wm D. Fitzpatrick C.

| outward appearances, was a worthy
 example of its species. but which. on
 intimate acquaintance proved to be 1 entirely devoid of fruit but profuse
 in beautiful and promising foliage.
 Jesus taught that his works of heal l ing and regeneration were not of a
 miraculous nature, but were indigen-
 ous to the correct understanding of God which he came to give us. Jesus came to establish the kingdom of | heaven on earth for all mankind throughout all time--for you and for f me. right here and now. In that mighty prayer, given us in his Ser
 non on the Mount, we find these words: Thy kingdom come. Thy
 will be done in earth. as it Is in ! heaven" That which enabled the dis ciples of Jesus time to heal the sick,
 cast out demons and even raise the dead was intended for you and for
 me just as much as for the disciples, otherwise the marvellous works and l teachings of Jesus are Of no avail as our Savior. There is nothing In the Bible and in the teachings and
 works of the Master to excuse us in 1 the least for not healing the sick by prayer and spiritual means In ac- cord with the commands of Jesus. In | the sixteenth chapter of St. Marks Gospel, Jesus gave this explicit com mand to all mankind, through the
 medium of his disciples: These signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing 1t shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall re- cover" And Is 1t not a glorious thing
 to know that at last we have peen awakened, through Christian Science' to the recognition of the fact that
 that command was for you and Tor me and that we have been given. through Christian Science, tnat un- derstanding of Jesus teachings
 which makes the fulfillment of this command a present and immediate possibility, and that you and may know enough right. here and now 10 assist in establishing the kingdom of heaven on earth?
 Spiritual vs- Material Law
 If YOU will carefully follow the life of Jesus as given in the New Testa- ment and consider his works Tn con nection with what he taught you VIII discover that what he did was mere ly to establish as demonstraoie fact what he taught, and that what ne taught and did were said and done in accord with. and in explanation of. some immutable ever present, uni versal law. You will see, in other words. that his words and works
 were looking to the establishment
 with men of a divine, omniponent' spiritual law which will eventuaiy rule all mankind to the complete ex- tinction of any so-called opposed law and it's effects The world had al ways been accounting law 10 De that which had to do with the ma terial universe and had looked anu still does look, upon law 10 pc lha'
 which has to do with materiality or
 r,attsr Tn fact. if you will con s;xIer for q moment, you will agree that we have never associated law with anything but with matter All matarial or physical manifestations of whatever name or nature--aii ma tcrtal phenomena-claim to De the ! oduct or outcome of some ma ,srial law. Everything cognized III
 tba experience of mortais rom n l cradle to the grave IS claiheo "
 ax;st or to transpire because oi flaw of matter. and 1T we WI.
 fpllv analyze our concept or tn.s eh
 fire material existence we WI. nnu that have dLlitDN'S~
 eanditions. phenomena and maniies-
 to,ions to God. Have we not! Have
 ws not always looked upon every
 thine%of which we have been cog
 niza1t through the medium oi h senses of seeing. hearing leehns'
 tasting and smelling to be c2d-or-
 dained and manifestations or diyIne
 cause of which we have had no Par,
 ticular knowledge? We have mercy taken these apparent materiai eonu, question. and have submitted 10 tns misery and want and woe resultant therefrom as inevitable visitations oi
 divine providence of which we were l supposed to know little or nothing until, perhaps. we had passed tne 1 portals of another existence. Wei
 have hardly once stopped to- consider
 what Jesus said and did about these conditions which we have so long attributed. in our ignorance. to God i But when. by Christian Science, We have been called to halt ,in our loose and reckless methods of think
 ing about God and men. and about