The New York herald., 1921-01-16

iAhoSC dhu iiheucoos DO tucy HoL
teach life and death, good and evil,
love and fear and hate, truth and
error, and that one is as real as the
other? Do these professed followers
Of Christ obey the command, "Thou
shalt have no other gods [powerl be-
fore Me-? From Science and Health,
page 132, we quote:
The Pharisees of old thrust the
spiritual idea and the man who
lived It out of their synagogues.
and retained their materialistic be-
liefs about God. To-day,
as OF yore. unconscious OF the reap
pearing Of the spiritual idea, blind
belief shuts the door upon 1t, and
condemns the cure of the sick and
SHINING II 1t Is wrought on any
but a material and doctrinal theory.
Anticipating this rejection of ideal
ism, of the true idea OF God,-this
salvation from all error. physical
and mental.-Jesus 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 age Christianity Is again
demonstrating the power of divine
Principle. as 1t did over nineteen
hundred years ago by healing the
sick and triumphifg over death.
Jesus never taught that drugs, food,
air, and exercise could make a man
healthy. or that they could destroy
human life nor did he Illustrate
these errors by his practice. He re-
ferred mans harmony 10 Mind, not
to matter, and never tried to make
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-
demonstrable theories The twentieth
century thinker will not continue to
accept traditional forms of worship.
which never proves the promise, IF
ye shall ask anything in my name, l
Will do it," John xiv, 14) or Pauls
words, THE law Of the Spirit of life
III Christ Jesus hath made me free
from the law of sin and death"
(Romans viii, 2.) Pastors and peo-
pie repeat, year after year, prayers
and Christ's promises, while humanity
cries in vain for deiverance from the
bondage Of sin, sorrow. and death.
These supplicatlons reach the depths
OF human sympathy with their pa
thetic appeal, Have mercy on me.
O Lord. thou son Of David" Matthew
xv., 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-
claring, ''Lo, l am with you alway,
even unto the end of the world"
Matthew xviii, 20.)
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 icith Ken to the
Scriptures. and Mrs. Eddy's other
writings, humanity Is learning the
potency Of Christian Mind-healing.
Through an understanding of the
cause Of disease and so-called death,
the sick are being healed. devils (evil
thoughts) are being cast out, and a
dead faith Is giving place to an appre-
hension OF the Chris t-mind power and
Its possibilities Mrs Eddy says.
"God will heal the sick through man.
whenever man Is governed by God"
(Science and Health. page 1851
It Is more than nineteen centuries
since Christ said, "I go I.
Tbutl I will come again." (John
xiv, 81 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. eternal Life and
Love. This is the Science of Christ
Jesus demonstration over the ilu-
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 glimpse of his
reality, his God-given blrthright,
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-
ties OF his Father-Mother God, In
whom he lives and moves, and has
his being. (Acts xviii, 2S.) He is
beginning to verify the promises. He
Is standing face TO face with himself,
In Truth, and Is under the guidance
of the spiritual Teacher. - Christ,
the impersonal idea, the head of the
body, the frst-born OF creation, the
king of kings, and Lord OF lords"
Through overcoming the false claims
of physical sense, the belief of life
and sensation. main and plapetfra fn