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

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II Science and Health N'ith Keb tO
the Scriptures, page $40, Mary Baker
EDDY, the Discoverer and Founder OF
Christian Science, says:
.sWhat ii. the old dragon should sand
forth new flood g drown the ne, cn ,lascs
into the deep waters Of chaos and OLD
t n1ehS woman: the spiritual idea vim Be
understood. Those ready tor the pieAe-
ing you inpart viii give thanka me
waters viii be pacified. and Christ WI!
The. Gospel according to Saint John,
begins with the following statement q
spiritual creation:
the word was with Cod. and TIC WoFd
3 W All Things were made BY him tGOd.
Spirit, eternal Life and Love, the one
and only Creator Of TIE Universe ~
not anything made that was made
IN him tGod. Spirit was life; and
fhe life was the light OF men,
aAnd the light shineth il darkness
1.-THE Aeshiy, so-called carnal or mortal
mind and the darkness comprehsndeth
it not John I. I. 3, :. 81
In the first chapter Of Genesis We
read:
IN the beginning God created the
And the spirit d COD moved upen
- And nd God = said, III thers b light
ana there was light
And God saw everything that ne haq
made. and, behold, Il was very good. -"
Genesis 4, 4, 3, q, 3i.l
Il was God, creative principle, eternal
Life and Love, which was expressed
ii infinite ideas, all reflecting their
source, and this IS the true record Of
Gods creation, the only real and eternal
universe.
The President Of our United States
issued an official proclamation for Deco
ration Day, May 81, calling for 4
nationwide cOmmemoratiOn on July 4
81 tie 1O0th anniversary Of the death IF
Thomas Jefferson, and Of the 15Oth5
anniversary Of the birth Of the American
nation, through the signing Of the Decla-
ration Of independence.
When our noble President, Calvin
Coolidge, took his oath as the Chief
Executive Of our nation, rejoiced that
God had given US worthy represents
tive Of American ideals, one who had
inherited Christly qualities from his Pill
grim ancestors. /, who am 4 lincaI
descendant Of Miles Standish, have de-
tended and preserved the spiritual quali-
ties Of the Christ-mind, which ] IN
herited; therefore, protest against
obedience to these demands to celebrate
the dsafh Of Thomas Jefferson. This
request, coming from our President, has
panied me beyond expression, because /
do not believe in the death of man, who
was created by God, Spirit, eternal Life
and Love, the only Creator Of man and
the universe, and every man was created
BY God, since there is but one Creator.
'Tor the grave can not praise thse.
death can not celebrate thee; they that
go down into the pit can not hope for
thy truth
s"rne living. the living. he shall
xxxviM, Is. 1917
Gle Is not 4 God OF the dead. but
Of the living: for all live unto him"
The official statement of President
Coolidge reads:
@By coincidence, the sesquicentennial
Of the Declaration of Independence falls
upon the the centennial Of the death Of
Thomas Jefferson. who wrote It"
There is no death. In Gods uni
verse there is no past, present nor
future. There is eternity, in which
dwell forever the eternal individualities
Of Gods children. Americas great his
toric characters are not dead. Though
the human form vanish, the mental,
spiritual individual man of God lives.
Through his official proclamation,
President Coolidge speaks also as the
voice of the Sesquicentennial of
American Independence and the Thomas
Jefferson Centennial Commission of the
United States" and asks for the CO..
operation of State and civic officials
and patriotic, civil and fraternal socie.
ties" and urges THAT in every COM
munity arrangements be made for a
proper observance of these two ami
versaries.'
The Presidents manifesto then con-
tinues, with record Of certain acts,
by which Thomas Jefferson further
assisted in the embodiment of the divine
or spiritual destiny of America, which
Jefferson knew would mean to genuine
Americans, followers of Christ Jesus,
children of light" the enjoyment under
spiritual law-"the laaO of life in Christ
Jesus''-of the royal birthright of life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. :"
Thomas Jefferson had often repeated