Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26
Published by request of
Mrs, Homer X. Galpin, Phelps, Wis

The invitation includes a great prom.
Use. These are his words, Come unto
me, all We that labour and are heavy
laden, and | will give you rest. The
Mesiah's promise, OF which Christian
Science is reminding men, is to all
who will come to that true knowledge
of God, and the understanding of life
taught by Christ Jesus. To all such,
without Partially, here is an unquali-
fled promise of relief and rest. Are
you wondering where lies the path Of
truth Christian Science will show
you. Are you weighed down with sick,
ness? Christian Science will lift the
burden with Gods healing law. : Are
you heavy-laden with a sense of grief
or despair? Christian Science will
bring to your heart joy which earth
cannot steal Understanding, health,
gladness,- these are the gifts of God
which Christian Science is bringing to
men.
Heaven Is At Hand
The Roman Empire held under it's
control nearly all the civilized world
when John the Baptist began, some
twenty centuries ago, to preach to his
countrymen, Repent We: for the king
dom of heaven is at hand" A, simple
statement heard but by Few, and under
stood by still fewer The brief minis,
try of John the Baptist was quickly
followed by the public appearance OF
Christ Jesus, who began his epoch
making ministry with this same inn
perative command, Repent: for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand"
Do you believe that Jesus knew
what he was talking about when he
stated that heaven is here? Do you
believe he would have repeatedly made
this statement if he had not known
it to be- absolutely true? Yet Jesus
looked out upon the same world as
those about him. He knew that Caeser
reigned in Rome and that the world
lay at his feet But still he said, The
kingdom of heaven is at hand" | feel
sure NO one will contend that the ma
terial world with it's Roman Empire,
it's Pharisees, it's PHILOSOPHERS and
magic it's sickness and death, was the
order of things Jesus had in mind
when he said Gods kingdom is here.
Jesus made any such conclusion i'm
possible by indicating during his min
istry that the things of Caesar and the
things of God are opposites, by con
demning all that the Pharisees stood
for, and by overcoming sin, sickness
and death. He whose life-work was to
inform men about God and His king
dom would neither condemn nor de-
stroy anything which belonged to that
Kingdoms
Repent: Think Differently
Please note that preceding Jesus
startling statement that the kingdom
of heaven is here was the command,
Repent" The Greek word translated
repent" means ito think differently"
So the command is, Think different
ly, for the kingdom of heaven, the
kingdom of good, is here, and by
thinking correctly you will be able to
find it," That which Christ Jesus pro,
claimed in the first century of the
Christian era Christian Science pro
claims in the twentieth Repent: for
the kingdom Of heaven is at hand. =
Change your thinking, gain the true
concept of God and of yourself, and
you will find right here the harmoni-
Gus order of existence for which God
is responsible.
You and l are here this evening be-
cause a noble and devout woman,
Mary Baker Eddy, was willing to
obey Jesus command and think diff
ferently from the common course OF
human thought AS the result of
many years of prayerful study Of the
Scriptures, investigation, and expert
ment, she came to the place where
she was able to discern the divine
concept of creation and man, and
then set forth what she perceived in
the Christian Science textbook
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy did not discov
er new truth, but she did discover
the full import, and the law of ap
plication of the mighty truths taught
and used by Christ Jesus. She first
discovered this Science, then through
her writings and wisely ordered
church organization she founded it in
the consciousness of men,
Spiritual Sense Finds God
Let us note that Jesus statement
concerning the presence of God and
His kingdom could not have been
made if he had had no other evidence
of existence than that which his eyes
saw and his ears heard. These
senses saw an order wherein his
countrymen were under the Roman
yoke, the Pharisees were in Moses
seat, and the human race. was i'll sub
lection to sin, disease, and death
Jesus gave no weight to this order
but with his thought fixed on a high
er order of existence he confidently