The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-17

official organ Ihc christian Science
Journal. as branches 90 The Mother
Church. and about eight thousand
recognised practitioners.
The completion Of Tho Mother
Church cdlnoe IN 1894 marked an
epoch and was followed by greatly
increased growth In 1905 an ex.
tension OF this cdlfcc seating over
five thousand was dedicated There
are now hundreds OF church edlfiees
belonging 20 the Christian Science de.
nomination and many moro arc in
course OF construction.
Mn Eddy established tho first
periodical. The Christian Science
Journal. in 1858. and 90 this have
since hoen added two other monthlies.
one quarterly. ono weekly, and tho
daily newspaper Tho Christian Sci,
oneS Monitor. with an aggregate cir
culatlon OF many hundreds OF thou.
sands.
similar growth has been made IN
the Board OF Lccturcship. inauEur-
a,ed hy AIRS Eddy In 1885. and also
In tho Publishing Society. which
began In a very humble way.
RESULT or SPIRITUAL WORK
IL must DC evident 10 any unproj.
udlced thinker that this phenomenal
growth % the Christian Science
movement has been fundamentally a
spiritual one. and that tho outward
material evidences Simply represent
an GENERALIZATION OF It's acceptance
and practice A largo proportion OF
its followers first became interested
In Christian Science through the
healing They had been ill.--in many
instances had been glvop up by
physicians IS hopeless cases. Chris
,ian Science healed them and they
began TO read and study tho subject.
This IS the usual story.
The Christian Science movement
therefore Is tho results OF works.
the progressive works OF Christian
Scientists who are continually heal
ing themselves and others and thus
working out their spiritual salvation
Having now seen why Christian
Science is subject OF great aud
growing interest In the world, and IL
50 firmly established ia human cx-
perlencc. let US next mako brief
survey or review OF the development
OF religious thought through the
ages and SEQ the position that tho
Christian Science movement occupies
in the spiritual evolution which has
taken place. as shown In tho history
Of salvation
HISTORY or SALVATION
The nature Of human existence and
the history OF spiritual development
may DO traced both in the Bible mar.
ratiyes and In subsequent events.
There are two records Of creation
given in Genesis. Tho first. as de,
scribed In tho opening chapter. tells
OF tho perfect. spiritual. and complete
creation made BY tho infinite and
perfect God. called Elohlm. In which
creation there Is no matter. no evil.
and hence no need OF salvation.
In tho second record. beginning
with chapter two. verse six. {, Is the
Lord God or tribal Jehovah who II
credited both with creating all things
on n material basis out Of dust and
with introducing owl. with this
Adam and Eve Concept. which Mrs
Eddy calls the Adam.drsAm. begins
the history Of human error and hu.
manity's consequent need OF saliva
ton.
This Adam and Eve record predl-
Gates a different God. man. and uni.
verse from those described IN the
first chapter. The mesmeric state OF
thought which believed in material
God and a material creation Is the
so.called original sin. which led 20
disobedIence. suffering. and loss.
Salvation from this Adam and Eve
belief. therefore. requires an awak-
ening from this material mosmerism
into the consciousness OF tho real.
spiritual man as recorded In tho first
chapter Of Genesis.
Tho Scriptures narrate how. at
every crisis in humanjty's history, a
saving thought found n hearing In
some advanced mentality. which mp
pcaled to tho people Of its time and
led them out Of ignorance and dark.
ness into better state. thus bright
cniug and thinning the clouds OF ma
terial sense which INSTRUCTED their
View OF God as divine Spirit.
Thus. Noah at one crisis savsd n
remnant Of tho people from utter de.
struciiou. Abraham later. through
his sense Of fidelity and obedience.
turned from idolatry TO the Worship
Of one God and became the father OF
n nation through whom spiritual de.
velopment could advance on the basis
Of monotheism.
Then followed Jacob. who wrestled
with material sense and overcame II.
and who was given the new namo OF
Israel: Joseph. who was able to bless
his enemies; Moses. who separated
good from evil and gave his people
the moral Law; later. prophets who
could see and announce successive
steps out OF tho material darkness
of their day. and 40 lessen the dark
ness Of tho clouds Of sense; until IL
nally a mentality appeared, OF such
exceptional purity and spirituality.
that actual spiritual communion with
God was posables a contamination
which resulted in what is termed the
immaculate conception OF Jesus. Here
was a complete rift In the clouds, for
God was seen clearly. and thereby the
first coming Of tho Christ was rem.
dered possible.
JESUS AND CHRISTIANITY
Christ Jesus came. then, because
tho spiritual embodiment 10 the hu.
man consciousness made IL possible,
because the rift in the mental clouds
clearly revealed the divine light. IL
was thus that he was sent" by God.
just as the sunlight comes directly
from the sun into the room when tho
shades are lifted. II is evident that
the infinite God has always been
ever-present, but II required much
Qualification Of consciousness TO bring
this fact to human apprehension.
Christ JeBus was therefore Gods
reflection, expression, yea, His repre-
i A.