New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
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ne best sermon ever preached is Truth practised and
by the destruction of sn Sickness and death

fmaxs and hkenem7 Do they not
teach life emd death, good and evil
love s'sd fear and hate, truth and
error and that ono is as real as the
other7 Do these professed followers
Of Christ obey the command. ~Thou
snaif have no other gods [power] be.
fore Me-? From Science and Hso,th
page 1872, We quote:
Tho Pharisees Of old thrust the
spiritual idea and the man who
uved It out OF their synasogues.
and retained their material!stio be-
Hefs about God TODAY.
as OF yore unconscious Of the reap
pearing Of the spiritual idea. blind
oei1et shuts the door upon 1t, and
condemns the cure Of the sick and
SHINING IL 1t Is wrought on any
but material and doctrinal theory.
Anticipating this rejection Of IDEAL
ism, OF the true idea Of God,-this
salvation from all error. physical
ana mentalCJesus asked, When
the Son OF man cometh, shall he
find faith on the earth"
And also on page 232 we find the
following:
In our ago Christianity Is again
demonstrating the power OF divine
Principle. as 1t did over nineteen
hundred years ago, by healing tho
sick and trlumphing over death.
Jesus never taught that drugs, food,
air, and exercise could make 4 man
hcalthy, or that they could destroy
human life; nor did he illustrate
these errors by his practice He re-
ferred mans harmony to Mind, not
to matter. and never tried to mako
Of none effect the sentence OF God,
which sealed Gods condemnation Of
sin, sickness, and death
This Is no. longer an age of passive
acquiescence In time-honored and un-
demonstra BILE theories. The twentieth
century thinker will not continue to
accept traditional forms Of worship
which never prove the promise, III
ye shall ask anything in my name,
viii do it, (John xiv, 14) or Pauls
words, The law Of the Spirit Of life
IN Christ Jesus hath made me free
from the law of sin and death. :"
tRomans viii, p Pastors and peo-
pie repeat, year after year, prayers
and Christs promises, while humanity
cries In vain for deliverance from the
bondage Of sin, sorrow, and death
These supplications reach the depths
OF human sympathy with their pa-
thetic appeal, Have mercy on me,
0 Lord, thou son Of David" Matthew
XIV, 22) and with thousands of
prayers ascending from those who
profess to be Christ's disciples, hu-
manity surges on past the church
doors, never entering and demanding
relief from the suffering to which
flesh is heir, and which Is offered by
the promise, ASK, and We shall re-
ceive," nor the Christliness to be ex-
pected from those who profess to obey
the command, Love thy neighbor as
thyself." Humanity carries the burden
Of sin and sickness, ever seeking the
relief promised by Christ. and demon
strated by his early disciples To-day
the ever-present Christ is heard de-
clarfng, 10, l am with you alway.
even unto the end of the world"
(Matthew xviii, 2O.)
The longing for Truth and Love
and the pressure Of prayer, has at
last reached the ear of infinite Love,
and through the spiritual discernment
OF Mary Baker Eddy, who long has
been standing upon the watch towers
Of Zion, and who as spiritual idea, is
still keeping untiring vigil over Israel,
the Science of being has been given to
the world. Through the teachings Of
Science and Health uith Key to the
Scriptures, and Mrs Eddy's other
writings, humanity is learning the
potency Of Christian Mind healing.
Through an understanding of the
ccuse Of disease and .so-called death.
the sick are being healed. devils (evil
thoughts) are being cast out, and q
dead faith is giving 3lace to an appre-
hension Of the Christ-mind power and
Its possibilities. Mrs. Eddy says,
God will heal the sick through man,
whenever man is governed by God"
(Sc'ence and Health. page 1867
1t Is more than nineteen centuries
since Christ said, II go -. :.
(but] l will come again. (John
xiv, 3D. In this generation the
voice of the impersonal Christ, or
Spirit Of truth. the Comforter, is
heard, and mankind is awaking from
the long dream Of life, substance, and
Intelligence as existent in matter.
He is apprehending his divine pos
sibilities, his individuality, as the
reflection Of God, G. ernal Life and
Love. This Is the Science Of Christ
Jesus demonstration over The illu-
sion or dream Of death and a tomb.
To-day the spiritually illumined
strive to possess more Of the Mind of
Christ, and they yield loving obedi-
ence to the law Of God. They refuse
longer to attempt to unlock the fu-
ture's portals with the past's blood
rusted key"
Man is gaining a glimpse of his
reality, his God-given birthright.
dominion over all the
earth" through the understanding
and exercise Of his spiritual senses,
his Individual reflection Of Spirit,
God, the Principle Of eternal being.
He is entering into the heritage of
his Christ-mind and Is radiating, In
some degree, the power and possibili-
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