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which is Life. Jesus said, This is life
eternal, that they might know thee, the
only true God, and Jesus Christ whom
thou hast sent So the attainment of
immortality does not depend upon
dying and going to far-of heaven or
to any other place. 1t depends upon
knowing the Truth, right here and
now the truth about God who Is Life.
1t is probably true that thousands
have approached the transition known
as death In doubt as to whether they
would reach heaven, II not In positive
fear that they would go to hell. This
doubt and fear were due to the be
lief that both heaven and hell are
places to which one may go after
passing through the experience called
death. Christian Science teaches that
the experience of death is only mo
| ment OF extreme fear, and that one
does not necessarily become less ma.
terial or more spiritual by passing
through that experience. Even after
that he Will have to 80 on working out
his salvation until, through education
and enlightenment. he IS gradually
freed from the Illusions of matter and
evil. Christian Science shows that the
only hell Is belief in the reality Of
evil, matter, disease, and death.
This hell, obviously Is not in one place
more than another, and the way for
me eto keep out of hell is to keep hel.
out Of him--out of his thinking.
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II this Is true then It cannot be
place to which one may 90 through
The valley OF the shadow" Jesus said
again, speaking OF heaven, neither
shall yon say 10 here. or, 10 there!
for, behold, the kingdom OF God t.
within You If IL Is true that the
Sinsdom Of heaven Is within. then it
must be cond ton of thought, or
consciousness, and not place. Chris
tan Science teaches that heaven Is
harmony, and that 1t is wherever d
vine Principle Is understood and dem.
)nst7at"d. II cannot be attained by
dying and going somewhere or any.
where. 1t can only lie realized as a
state of divine Mind Thus Christian
Science establishes, through right
thinking, the Kingdom of heaven. and
destroys the only hell that ever ex.
sted, even to human sense, the hell
II wrong thinking. There Is nothing
either good or bad says Shakespeare,
but thinking makes IL So And even
before that the writer OF Proverbs
sa d, "As a man thnketh In his heart,
is he" Mrs Eddy write ,. "Sin
makes its own hell, and goodness its
)wn heaven Is. G. H. 1856 is and
1917.
= Christian Science brings health and
happiness to mankind by removing
from human con ciousness the belief
j n disease and sin. Jesus said, IF
by the finger 1.-THE power Of God cast
out devils (evils). then is the kingdom
Of God come nigh unto you" The
finger of Cod has not in the cen
turtles that have interviewed since the
time Of Jesus. lost its power to cast
devils (evils) from the human mind
Therefore. the kingdom OF God is
brought night unto us In Christian
Science. Jesus healed all manner OF
J l.seasc nineteen hundred years age
through the activity of the Christ
? mind He paid no attention to physi
al symptoms or cond tons. but con
/, fined his attention entirely to the
. | mental state OF the one who was In
need Of healing. To the man sick Of
the pal y. he said. son, be of goot
,heer Thy sins be forgiven thee,
recognizing that this mans dsablit,
vas due to an evil mental state. ana
that when the Sin was forgiven. OF
Destroyed, lie would I've we'll. And 81
le was
Today. Chr stan Scincc, the Chris
cience disrcgarding matter and L
uppo, Cd laws, hea S sickness and sii
through the rCwer Of thrs same Christ
mind. The work Of healing, ref)rma
ION, and regeneration. which Chris
tian Science Is accomplish 'ng, re ult
rom Truths appearing and errors dis
appearing. II Is natural and beautiful
Is spontaneous and harmonious. Xix
the appearance OF light dspellin
larkncss. Real Christian healing doe
not. therefore, involve a fight or strua
,'e In order TO demonstrate the real
~ and power OF good. and the cons,
luent unrealty and powerlessness q
evil, II is not necessary to mental
beat the air" Indeed. II may be trul
said that the more ,trugg.e there is |
prayer, or treatment, the less res
Science there Is in II.
Because the practice of Chrlsta
Science Is identical with primitiv
Christian healing. II + not Ike me'
, merism, hypnotism, mental suggestion
Dr any form OF so-called "drugles
, healing" Christian Scientists do NJ
depend in healing upon the use
human wi,l-power nor upon any kin
Of mental manipulation. There Is n
, effort on the part Of the Chrlstia
Science practitioner to control h
, patient mentally. On the contrary, h
effort is to convince the patient Thu
there Is in reality but one controllr
. influence or powcr-that OF divir
Mind. Jesus said, II can of mine ow
= ELF do nothing. The Father TIL
iwelleth In me. he doth the works
Christian Science claims no other hes