The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-09

. is not Cfr4turC ~ HiuHfanar Un
I u hrTcdity. boz 90 DTS thoughts. aut
these DO can. with divine hrip. CON
troll until DIS thinking EiHr7 way {,
The thinking, Indeed b che thiukiuI
I ~ the one Mind which ia God thai
Mind which was in Christ Jesus ans
. which produced ln him. and as FjyrI
opportunity VIII produce bon othcrr
the man without sickness. Elm, o.
impCffcctian,
Tor centuries Hebrew prophrrI
f1ratall the coming ~ this perfect
mantle Messiah OF Christ. Hut IN,
prophecy was seldom correctly inter,
pretrd and eventually came 20 mean
with tho generality Of Jews. that ID
course Of time "a great warrior com
parable 10 Joshua, would appear aud
deliver thrm from their enemies and
opprcssurs. uut iu the fiilurs1 OF
time there appeared one pyrroH
among tho Hebrews a woman. whs
was able 20 glimpse. 10 40 least faint,
ly conceive tho true man. Her con,
ccpiiun was mental or spiritual, quite
apart from mortal usage. and uhs
named her child Ir7ua=all % which
Mrs. Eddy explains To her writings
Matter ana material laws appear
creative or causat,yr only because
human BELIEF seems 20 invest them
with this power. True causatlon Il
mental an dsplritual, and. when fully
recognized. needs no material accom-
pauimsnta,
in this Incident the Word. 20 us,
The language of S. John, wns made
flesh, that r., spiritual law was made
operative IN the material realm 10
the elimination % physical law and
belief And this process continued
throughout the earthly career 81
Jesus. when twelve years - age.
for example while 40 tho feast ~ Tho
Passover Ia Jerusalem. he became
absorbed in discussions with tho
learned doctors, engaged In bis Path,
cr's business. a. DC put d. "All that
heard him. 20 tho Scriptural uarm-
tive runs, were astoulahsd at hiz
understanding and answer" The
Word was made flesh on that oeca.
sion. IN that divine intelligence found
expression in him 10 tho exclusion OF
the humanity childish thought which
might have been expected az hla age
Then there was that moral sante
which made him a dut,fui son and "a
E0od carpenter before hr became tho
Teacher and Savior uut more cone
spicuously was the Word made nssh
Ia those remarkable deeds 81 his later
years, often mistakenly called mir.
nc'es, when the supposed laws Of dis
Ease and % matter generally were
made 10 yield 90 tho hlshrr law %
Spirit, and people wcrs healed u all
manner q sickuras and even raised
from tho dead
Jesus did not mako hiu rompistr
demonstration az once. il~ did not
escape from materially aud mortal.
~ az n single bound. bat step By
step Tempted az Bll points Ike as
We arc, he began. M We begin. with
The easier demonstrations. resisting
tho ordinary mortbi-mlnd argument
Of sickness, Eslf.shncss. aud sensual.
ity, Thereby tho human gave way
before tho divine IN him something
as il docs ln other Individuals Re
Isrtiug na unreal and none of HE. an
thoughts but those cmanatlnE from
the divine Mind. no gradually -.
capped from the confusion OF n dual
sense Of man and OF things a. both
good and evll and became eosnlrant
only Of the good. the rsal. tho spirit.
uaI. AZ last camn tho ascension.
when tho humanity Of Jesus gave
place entirely 10 tho divinity OF tho
Christ. Then he entered Into tho un.
obstrueisd sphere Of Spirit. where
the Ili4 and tho bonds OF tho ntsh
relax their hold and slip away into
Oblivion.
II So reasonably certain that jesus
followers did not fully understand the
Science involved In Ills supreme
denomination. In fact they looked
for his early return 10 complete his
work OF bringing tho world 10 an end
They did not realize that nc had lin.
ishcd his course and brought an end
70 earthly things so far M they
touched him. Thereby he gained his
own freedom and showed othcrs how
10 secure theirs. II remained for
Mrs. Eddy. eighteen centuries later
10 discover and state in terms intsll.
sihle to tho mnEseB. tho divine law
underlying Jesus teachings and prnc.
tlcc. Mary. tho earthly mother OF
Jesus. discerncd tho true man: Jesus
demonstrated tho presence OF that
man, demonstrated his own identity
with tho Christ: while Mary Baker
Eddy made the basic science OF II ali
30 plain that he who runs may read.
The practical importance Of all this
IL, that the way is made clear for
every individual In these times to
put into effect tho Science which
Jesus employed and thereby bring
out In himself tho true man, that Ia
establish a state Of consciousness
which knows only unbounded good
and life harmonious. For spiritual
law can be made operative with men
today as certainly as IL was in the
case OF Jesus. Students OF tho Bible
there are. IL Is true. who doubt
whether Jesus birth, his wonderful
works, his resurrection and ascension
took place as recorded In tho Gospels.
But no who denies the possibility OF
these things denies, does he not, tho
possibility of escape from materially
and mortality? II Christ Jesus did
not master disease and death, how
can others hope 10 master them? Yet
master them tho individual must II
he would attain immortality. Sub.
uniting TO them means annlhilatlon.
not the resurrection and tho life.
Few things are more pathetic, few
more obstructive Of spiritual growth.
than the disposition to reject portions
OF the Scripture which run counter
to those human opinions and specu-
latiOrp which nj host orn a,t,, ,.,,.