Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-30
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strate the teachings of Christ Jesus,
according to their obedience to the
law Of God. Love is the fulfilling of
the law" (Romans ill.,, 10O. Christ
Jesus, the divine Metaphysieian,
said, HE that believeth on me, the
works that do shall he do also !;
and greater works than these shall
he do; because go unto my Faith.
Err" Uohn xiv, 12). The desire of
the true Christian Scientist is to re-
ceive Christ, to follow and obey the
guidance of the spiritual, ideal man,
and to wait for his temperance.
This apprehension of the. reality of
being breaks the bonds of material
sense and time-honored ecelesiasti-
cal authority, which have held NOR
tails in darkness, and buried them
under the debris of error-false
thinking, or the belief of life in mat
ter. In the apprehension of his one
ness with the Father, man hath "life
in himself" He communes with God
in silent alteration, and a touch of
love. JOY, and peace assures him that
he has found "the secret place OF
the most High" and is safe in his
Fathers loving care.
Like a fash of lightning, that for
an instant dispels the darkness, re-
vealing the surroundings, so Truth
lights the pathway as the disciples
Of Christ journey from sin to holi-
ness, from the material to the spir-
itual senses, from earth to heaven.
This ascending, omnipotent power
of Life and Love will impe1 humani-
ty onward, outward, upward till it
leads into all Truth, and man finds
himself one with God. as His child
While yet in the flesh, man has
caught glimpses of heaven, while on
the mount of spiritual vision. There
the atmosphere of divine Love and
Life surrounds him, and he may
family realize that his life is indeed
hid with Christ in God" that he is
immortal.
As humble followers of the meek
and Holy One, but mighty in refiec-
ton Of Spirit, Life and Love, Chris
tan Scientists must follow Christ
and continually unfold in spiritual
understanding and demonstration
Thus walking in the footsteps OF
Truth, mankind will be gradually
transformed by the renewing of the
mind.
Human consciousness is passing
through one of the greatest mental
revolutions the world has ever
known. The power of the approach
ing Christ is felt, as his words re-
sound through thought, "Verily, YER
lily, / say unto you, The hour is COM
ing, and now is, in the
which all that are in the graves 1.-THE
belief of life, truth, intelligence, and
substance in matter] shall hear his
voice" In this condition of Stygiau
mental darkness, human hands are
reaching out for the Father. Their
spiritual longings must and will be
met. The weary seareher for Truth
cries: s.,h.
,es ,cr d
LET cannot stand, nor go alone, y
- o Father! take my hand.
And from the night.
Lead to the light
Thy child!''
The hour has struck. In this era
humanity is listening for the voice
Of the Son of God, who said, 81
will come again" Uohn xiv, 3
Genuine Christian Scientists have
heard the glad tidings; they have
come forth from dead faith to q
living understanding, and their feet
are planted upon the rock of Truth
above the clamoring cries of dis.
turbed mankindI whose voices have
again rung out, Cruelty him +
Adam, error, screams from the
mountain of the mortal sense Of
pleasure and from the valley of the
mortal sense Of sin. 1--WE will moi
have this Mind to reign over u.s.
But, unmoved, following the imper-
sonal guidance of their great Lead
err and Teacher, Mary Baker Eddy
who bids Christian Scientists to fol-
low her "as she follows Christ" the
Christian Scientists who are build
ing on a wholly spiritual founda-
ton, viz, Spirit is infinite; there
fore Spirit is all. There is no mat
ter.'"-(Mary Baker Eddy)-these
march calmly on, as did the chill
dren of Israel, declaring that Life
is real. Love is real, Truth is real
Mind is real, God is All, and there is
none beside Him and His Christ, OF
! the spiritual universe, peopled with
His infinite ideas.
"He = whose right it is shall
reign" Life will vanquish the illu-
sion of death, Love will cast out
fear, Truth will destroy the false
claim of life in matter, and man at
last will find himself perfect and
immortal, with dominion" over all
things. THE cradle song of Christ
was never sung in vain" Love will
fulfil Her law. It was divine Love
that moved the blessed Christ Jesus
to urge humanity to awake from
the dream, that the so-called car
nal mind and its feshly embodi-
ment is real, and babe them learn
that man was, is, and ever will be
q son of God, spiritual, mental
expression of Mind. Divine Love
impelled Christ Jesus to declare to a
sin-bound world the grand verities
of being-eternal Life and the
brotherhood of MANN opposition
to its belief that matter is real and
that sin and death are inevitable.
It was divine Love that made Him
appear severe to those who were
obeying their own carnal desires and
following their own erroneous meth
DDS. It was divine Love that COM
PEELED the stern rebuke to the gen