Evening star., 1924-06-29
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tlslng Christian Science iur II, !
~ a year, in the healing OF dis
ease, attended a second, or
Normal Class of twelve lessons,
which Mrs. Eddy also taught, and
which qualified me, as teacher
OF Christian Science, with the de-
gree of Doctor OF Christian Sci
enre. &C. S. d. conferred upon
me by Mrs Eddy. Several years
later, | accepted Mrs. Eddy'> in
vltatlon to 60 through Il review
cla>S of eight lessons. given By
her.
During the first course, l
grasped the spiritual fact, that
eternal Life and Love is the great
first and only Source of being, the
creative Principle, from which
Spirit, Mind, eternal Life and
Love, our Creator, or Father
Mother God, expresses His-Her
individual ideas, from the infinite
to the infinitesimal, which con>ti-
tute the spiritual and only real
universe; for God being All, there
Is none beside Him. Therefore,
He suStalnS every idea of His ere
atlng, for they compose His uni
verse. or Christ.
In the first chapter of Genesis,
God expressed all that was in the
infinite Mind, or Spirit, and called
the expression of His infinite self
hood good" like Himself. Grasp
ing this fact, which Jesus pro-
claimed throughout his mission,
and which he proved in hi> spirit
ual power over the foes of Christ,
went forth to battle with the
false teaching, which is found in
the second chapter of Genesis,
and which scholastic thcologians
have accepted as the record Of
Gods man. They have pcoplcd
the universe with the concepts of
the carnal, >o-called Adam-Evc
mind. which conccives in the be-
lief OF pleasure in matter, and
brings forth ficShly clnbodimcnts,
which sin, suffer, and die. For
generations the offspring of
Adam-t.vc have ended in sickness.
>orrow. and death. They have
claimed. that the progeny OF
Adam-Evc are Gods man and
universe. They are blind to
Chrl>t$ teaching and dcmon>tra-
tlon> over the wages of ~in->u-
called dc;,th-a> taught me by
Mary Baker Eddy.
Since | apprehcndcd the Sci
cncc OF Spirit, l have never had Il
doubt of the Source OF my being,
eternal Life and Lovc,-and
gradually | have gained an under
standing of the law of God. which
Christ Jesus understood and
provcd.-namcly, that | am It
child of the great Source of being.
called eternal consciousness,
Spirit, the one and only Gre
;tor. in whom there Is no evil =
no -in. nor death, to Subdivldc or
CjGtm to create 4 universe, which
has beginning. and which always
terminates in sclf-extinction.
concluded quickly, that light
never was expressed in darkness;
that eternal Life, having no be-
ginning and no end, must con-
tinuc to exist in its phenomena. or
ideas. which express II Principle,
us figures express the principle OF
mathematics. All that proceeds
from this divine Source, eternal
Spirit. or Mind, must manifest the
nature of it. Source, and continue
to exist. | understood that Life
and Love, the Creator, possessed
no element of hate. and that ctcr-
nal Life could not terminate i'll
death. which Paul declared was
the wages of sin.
With this foundation. | began
the work of finding my real self,
my oneness with eternal Lifc and
Love, my Fathcr-Mothcr God.
Christ Jesus says. "ic must be
born again" tJohn ill.,. y. |
began the work of di>pclling the
mc~mcric dream of Adam-Evc. or
the bcllci of life and intelligence
i'll matter. Following Christ Jesus
and h;> disciples. in their holy en-
ample. IT. recorded in the Bible.
the Word of God. and adhcring
strictly to Srnnrc ami HtnlH
'rth krY 10 th' ScriptW'S. by
Mary Baker Eddy. and her other
writings. | have discovered my
original >clfhon,l. and understand.
that before Abraham WAS. | am
Ijohn viii. 5S.' have found my
Source Of being, which supplies