Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15

was lis rather, the source OF his
being and the Author Of his mighty
works. During his earthly mission
he had destroyed the false claim of
power opposed to eternal Life, God,
for Others, and had executed the law
Of God in the raising of Lazarus from
his dream Of death: in the calming
OF the angry waves, which were the
phenomena Of the fear that was con-
trolling his disciples: in the feed
ing of the five thousand with five
loaves and two fishes: in the lesson
which he taught Peter. when he sent
him to the fish's mouth for the money
with which to pay his taxes, and in
his continual proofs of the power of
his divine selfhood, as the executor
of the law Of God; and at last having
met the foe, the enemy of God, in a
combat on the cross, he triumphed
over the materialists' claim to life,
truth. intelligence, and substance in
matter. His divine presence at this.
his second appearing. will forever
destroy for his faithful disciples Of
all ages, the false claim of power
opposed to God and His Christ, the
evil belief that man enanates from
dust and returns to dust, nothing
ness. At his first appearing. Christ
proved for himself his eternal one
ness with God, eternal Life and Love.
the Principle Of existence, and he
left to the world the rich legacy of
his teaching and demonstration.
After the personal absence Of the
Son Of God, 1.-The light of the world"
darkness, or separation from God,
again covered "the earth, and gross
darkness the people," <1o) His faithful
disciples struggled to demonstrate
the teaching Of their Master. and as
scribes Of Spirit. they left. in the
New Testament. a record of their f.
deity to their Shepherd and Way
shower to eternal Life. The majority
Of the people continued to worship
material gods. They conceived in sin,
and ignored the commandments Of
Omnipotence, and brought forth sins
wages, so-called sorrow, sickness, and
death.
During all this time the Invisible.
eternal Christ. the Son of God. has
been on earth,-for "the earth is the
Lords, and the fulness thereof" He
has been actively engaged in his war
fare against the prince Of the power
Of darkness" antichrist. in fulhlment
Of his mission, his final victory over
the material world and evil. The
manifestation Of the Son of God, in
verification Of his promise, II will
come again." is imminent. His dis
ciples Of the first century accepted
his pledge and looked for him to COM
plete his work, in the destruction of
the so-called dragon. They believed
that their Wayshuwer to Immortality
would demonstrate his teaching and
manifest his spiritual presence, his
forever oneness with eternal Life,
the omnipotent, omniscient, and om-
nipresent 1 AM.
To-day the tares are being bundled
to be burned. Humanity considered
the war at an end when the Armistice
was signed, but the spiritually IL
lumined, the present-day disciples of
Christ. Truth, know that all hate,
malice, envy. jealousy, greed. al
workers Of iniquity. al who bow to
other gods, ignoring the law Of eter-
nal Life and Love, God, Thou shalt
have no other gods before Mel
repeat, the followers Of Christ. the
Christian Americans. know that these
.(f0J Isaiah L.. Z