The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-18

and had doubtless gained the spiritual
Interpretation Of the Scripture, For the
law Of the Spirit Of life in Christ Jesus
hath made me free from the law OF sin
and death" Romans viii, ID
I, as a follower Of Christ Jesus, who
said: whatsoever livefh and belieVeth
In me Iunderstandcst mel shall never
die" John XII, DOL cannot accede tO
this request of the President and unite
in celebrating the so-called death OF
Thomas jefferson. IF man keep my
saying, he shall never see death. -.
Christ Jesus. John viii, SD
/ cannot accept President Coolidge's
statement that the celebration Of the
death Of Thomas jefferson viii result
il sthe re-dedication cf the American
people b The ideals and principles which
brought tie epublic INTO existence.
Whoeye ccedes request win
be held 70 ne continued drsam Of lite
III flesh. There Il 10 doth, since there
IS but one Creator, God, Spirit eternal
Life and Love, and the universe reflects
this infinite Life and Love in infinite
ideas, which compose the body Of God
and His Christ.
spirit IS infinite; therefore Spirit i
all. There IS no matter. E (Mary
Baker Eddy, Miscsllany, page 357.l
Two thousand years ago Christ, the Son
Of God, taught and demonstrated this
sbirituaI fart, through the overcoming Of
the eIairy of life In flesh and said to his
disciples, i %, but 81 will come
agair John xiv, s. and today he y
verifying Ills promise. The light Of
Spirit, eternal Life and Love Is dissoly-
| ing the fIsshIy mind and Is revealing
sbiritNd man, made iii Gods image and
Likeness, to whom He gave dominion
over al the earth. In the words Of
David, 81 shall not die, but live, and
declare the works. Of the Lord. Psalm
cxviiis ~ Christ IS again appearing,
| ia final conflict with the so-callcd dragon
and the Hesh-embodied gsbsessafdfiVes Of
the dragon.
The word "nation" comes from root,
meaning 81 am born" Christ Jesus
said 70 Nicodcmus, master il Israel,
Eye must Be born again" ye must
awake to the reality and ever-prcsence
81 God, Spirit, the only Creator, who IS
eternal Life and Love.
.Readedication" means rc-birth. Amer.
lea IS Christian nation. It was spiritu-
ally conceived, born Of God and His
| Chsisf and them that are Christ's. and
IS being revealed, in fulfillment Of Bibli-
cal prophecy, to those who are obcdient
to the law Of God, Spirit and His ever
present Christ. The makers Of America
were and continue to Be spiritually en-
dowed prophets Of God, and Of this
"great company Of preachers Thomas
jefferson was and ever will be spirit
ual luminary.
The Government Of America IS,
always has been and ever will Be, on
the shoulder Of Christ, whose repre-
sentatiyes, the founders of America,
demonstrated their Responsiveness to the
operation Of spiritual law, the law Of
life in Christ Jesus"
To those who today are spiritually
| iIIumined, who realize the allness Of
Spirit, Life and Love, Americas re
dedication" means the acceptance and
gradual demonstration Of the stiritHal
fact Of being, namely, spirit IS infinite
therefore Spirit is all. There Is no
matter" Mary Baker Eddy, MisceL-
Iany. page 357.)
This process of growth comes not
through the celebration of death but
through the anderstdnding of the. life
giving elements which are at the yqry
root and core of Americas being. As
in Adam [flesh1 all die, even g in
Christ Truth shall all Be made alive.
| Il Cor. XIV, H..
''Whosoever liveth and belicveth in
me shall never die" declared the master
metaphysician, Christ Jesus, the demons
strator over the wages of sin, which
are the belief Of life in flesh, or matter,
and produce the phenomenon OF death,
"the last enemy which is to be de-
sfroyed," not submitted to, nor even
acknowledged, as any part of spiritual
man-and there is no other man. For
to be carnally minded is death; but to
be spiritually minded is life and peace"
Romans viii, o.
John said: ''Now are we the sons Of
God, and it doth not yet appear what
we shall be: but we know that, when
He shall appear, we shall be like Him
for we shall see Him as he IS" Il John
ill.,, ~ Here we have an indisputaPle
definition of mans eternal, indestructible
selfhood, identity, as sVhOly mental and