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substance, and intelligence. Mortal
thought, so-called, is the general
isslmo, the supreme commander Of
suppositional evil, and its material
embodiment, which Is governed by
hatred, envy, jealousy, personal pride
of place and power, lust, self-love,
selfishness, love Of and trust in gold,
personal ambition, greed, personal ag-
grandizement and fear. Each So
called carnal thought exercises its
control over mortals, producing dis
cord and disease.
Truth arouses humanity to the
spiritual fact Of scientific being. and
convinces the seeker for eternal Life
that a discordant body and a dis
cordant universe are the result of
dreams, Authorizations, creations OF
the so-called carnal mind. Thus
Truth bids man take possession Of his
birthrlght, his spiritual senses, which
give him dominion" over all things,
through the reflection Of Truth and
Love, Spirit, Mind, which dispels the
mythical gods. that preside over the
shadow,-death.
At his first appearing, Jesus the
Christ, the masculine representative Of
the Fatherhood Of God, was the best
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world had ever known. He healed
the sick, forgave the penitent sinner,
opened the eyes Of the blind, turned
sorrow into JOY, and taught his dis
ciples to do the same. Yet for all his
loving ministrations and good works,
he received the crown of thorns, the
gall and vinegar, and the cruel cruci-
fxion. Why had he none to defend
him but a few disciples, who slum-
bered while he prayed, and who at
last left him to tread the winepress
alone? Why did not crowds fill the
temple and synagogue when he spoke,
and rejoice his heart with a recogni-
tion of the Truth, which sets men
free, and with loving appreciation of
| his unsettled efforts to bless mankind ?
Why was he left to be delivered up
TO the cruel materialists and scourged
1t was because he testified against the
carnal mind, and possessed the spirit
ual power to overcome Its hallucina-
tions of sin, sorrow and death. He
knew that the scrlbes and Pharisees
were worshippers of matter, and that
they perpetuated material genera
ton. Their blindness to the spiritual
facts of being and spiritual genera
ton, hid from them their divine birth.
right, or power to obtain harmony,
health, holiness and immortality1Cr
Dear reader, are you panied as yCu
recall the cruelty of the unbelieving
Jews toward your Saviour, at his first
appearing, who, to-day, you acknowl-
edge showed the world the way to Life
eternal, by his victory over death and
the grave? AS you recount his good
works in healing the sick and raising
the dead, do you understand why the
materialists rose in arms against himf
As you recall his sweat Of agony in
Gethsemane, as you follow him up
the hill Of Calvary, where he endured
the tortures of the Inquisition, In his
efforts to overcome the belief In a
power opposed TO eternal Life and
Love, can you believe that the carnal
mind holds within itself such bitter
hatred Of Truths exponent of God
and His ideal man? DO you not feel
that had you been there, you would
not have forsaken your Saviour? II
was indeed n battle royal between
Christ and the dragon. The evident
standardization of the dragon and
his angels" heralds the advent of the
on-comlng Christ, at whose second and
final appearing, humanity will unite
In the prayer, ".Our Father which art
In heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done
in earth, as it Is in heaven" Matthew
vi, 9-10.) "Thp Kingdom Is Gomez
Mary Baker Eddy.
Christ said, II go away, aud come
again unto you" (John xiv. 2s.) In
this twentieth century. again the spirit
Of Truth--Christ, tho divine idea
through the teachings Of Christian
Science, appears to us Mary Baker
Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of
Christian Science. was inspired by
God to search the Scriptures that she
might find eternal Life. The light of
spiritual understanding revealed TO
her the Science Of Christ Jesus power
over sin and death. and she gave TO
the world the facts Of scientific being
In the textbook Of Christian Science,
Science aud HecIth with Key TO the
Scriptures, and her other writings,
and like Christ Jesus, she will demon
strate her teachings.
| Christ Jesus was the masculine rep
resentative of the Fatherhood of God.
In this age, Mary Baker Eddy is the