Evening star., 1924-06-29

am with YOU ;llw;tv. even unto the
end oi the world" Matthew
xviii. 20,
Again Christ has manifested
himself the second time, in Il star
He comes To make his final demon
>.ratlon over the material world
the freshly mind. and all >uppo>i-
tltlou> claims to liic and intclli-
gcncc IN matter. Christ affirmed,
Il am the bright and morn
ing star Revelation xii. l6. i,
This star has appeared in New
York City, which is the battle
field OF Armagcddon, where the
final conflict is raging between
Christ and the dragon. The
prophets of today hail this phc-
nomenon, Eternal Light" As the
onrolnlng Christ, the Son of God.
at whose rcappearlng, the torch OF
spiritual illumination, which Is the
light OF the world. i> held high.
A. Christ approaches, humanity
l. awakening to receive the King
of glory. who will demonstrate the
lower OF eternal Life, Spirit, in
il> final proof of his onenc>, with
the Father, as the tir>t-born Son.
or idea of iod-the eternal l AM,
whose offspring are an cmanation.
or expression of eternal conscious
nc>s-Splrlt.
The universe of Spirit land
there Is but one universe), is peo-
Piled with infinite ideas, which
compose the eternal God and His
Christ-for God fills all space
with His spiritual ideas. Gods
man was not made to till the
ground, and earn his bread bv
the sweat of his brow, and from
the ground to produce "thorns and
thl>tle>,' y and finally 10 return to
the ground, from whence he
came. This is the doom of Adam :
progeny, a> found III the second
chapter OF Genesis. As Christ, the
Son OF God, at this, his second
and final appearing, illumine<
the world with the effulgencc OF
spiritual light, as he reflects
Principle, the eternal God, who
IS Light, he is di>pelling the re-
malnder of the Adam-Eve genera
ton. His first demonstration
WAS a victory over Adam; the
second. and final, will be the self
extinction of Adam-Eve and their
Issue, which l. doomed to SELF
humiliation. The offspring OF
AdamEvc l. illegitimatc.
counterfeit OF the real r.ul, or
manifestation of Spirit, God.
eternal Life and Love.
Man di~ccrns the creation OF
Spirit, only through the spiritual
senses; and it is reason for re-
lolclng, that humanity is fast
awaklng to the truth, which
Christ Jesus demonstrated. name
". that God created man and the
universe in His own Image" and
likeness" that He governs every
child. or idea. which emanate,
from Hl> own scli-containment,
- found III the first chapter OF
Genesis, wherein is recorded Gods
"mnilntence. omnipresence. and
'mnl>rlenrc. IT. the only Cause
"nd Creator.
Under the rays OF spiritual il
Elimination. the material. feshlv
concept OF creation disappears,
ard the spiritual. real, and only
genuine universe becomes appar-
tnt. together with the spir. .tual
individual man, or idea, mad" in
the image" and likeness" Of
our Fathcr-Mothcr God, rejecting
the spiritual nature Of God, IL
expressed i'll His Son. Christ.
At the age of fourteen. united
with Il scholastic protestant,
church. OF which my parents were
artivc members. My spiritual
senses wlth>tood the material in
depreciation OF mans origin. which
i found in the second chapter of
Genesis. | saw the second chap
ter oi Genesis aS II contradiction
6l the first chapter, where God i
recorded a> the Creator OF man
and the universe, and aS the great
first Cause, eternal Life. Love and
Truth, that He finished His work,
and called it good, or the cXprc~-
sion of His own infinite >elfhood
A. | pondcrcd on this problem. |
could not reconcile the account OF
creation i'll the second chapter,
with that given in the first chap
ter OF Genesis. since the second Is
Il reversal of the first; and | con-
tlnued to resist all scholastic re-
llglou> teaching. Something within
ne. which must have been my
spiritual sense. declared that an
effect entirely unlike it cause.
could not issue from eternal
Life and Love. the creative Prin-
ciple of all real phenomena. which
must be like their Cause. since
that which reflects Life and Love.
must be an cmanation OF creative
Spirit.
ln>tinctivclv I clung to my
Bible, the Word OF God, which
Tie eternal Principle, or great first
and only Cause. God, voiced
through Hi prophets and scer>,
through Christ Jesus. and his dis
riplcS and apostles. | had not
then an understanding of Chris
tian Science. but | recognized a
{ au>c. called Father, or Creator.
whom Christ Jesus di>ccrncd and
proclaimed. and whose power and
presence he demonstrated. in his
victory over >o-callcd death and
the grave.
Some wears later. my ut cntion
Il.