Evening star., 1926-06-18
Mrs. Eddy also averred:

Mrs. Eddy also averred:
when you can waken yourself or
others out of the belief that all must
die, you can then exercise Jesus spir-
itual power to reproduce the presence
of those who have thought they died
but not otherwise (ScteHce and
Health, p 75)
"To God alone belong the indispu-
table realities OF being. Death is a con-
tradiction Of Life. or God therefore, il
is not in accordance with His law, but
antagonstc thereto. . 1t is TN
Christian to believe in the transition
called material death, since matter has
no life, and such nisbelef must enthrone
another power, an imaginary life. above
the living and true God. . As SOL
diers of the cross we must be brave and
let Science declare the immortal status
of man, and deny the evidence OF the
material senses, which testify that man
dies.
Resurrection from the dead Chat is,
from the belief in DEATH must come TO
all sooner or later; and they who have
part in this resurrection are they upon
whom the second death has no power.
The sweet and sacred sense of the
permanence of mans unity with his
Maker can illun1ine our present being
with a continual presence and power of
good. opening wide the portals from
death into Life; and when this Life
shall appear we shall be like Him and
we shall go to the Father, not through
death. but through Life: not through
error. but through Truth" Unity of
4
Permit me to quote this trumpet cal
Of Truth from Joseph A. Seiss, D. D.
in his Lectures on the Apocalypse, Vol
?. p. 354:
There is reason to believe that
Moses is not dead He did indeed die
in the mount (according to the mate
rial senses of the people of that day)
-. but he was seen alive in the days
Of the Saviour on the mount of the
TRANSPORTATION, seen in glory hence
in resurrection life. He must. there
fore, have been raised again from the
state of death Enoch and Elijah
were translated before the general
translation OF Gods waiting and
watching ones, at the coming of the
Lord. The dispute between the
archangel Michael and the devil about
the body of Moses was a contention
about his resurrection, the one stand
ing up for the recovery of that body
from death. and the other resisting.
II was the resurrection and glori-
hcation of Moses, which was the sub
ject of collision then. and it is the
resurrection and glorifcaton OF the
saints in general which is the subject
and occasion of the war here. 1t is
Michael again. joined now by all his
angels, that here stands up in behalf
of the true people of God emerging
into resurrection life and glory: and
it is the same Old Serpent, stirring
up now all the power of his kingdom
to hinder and prevent the sacred seed
of faith from attaining their promised
exaltation
with the domination Of death
broken. the whole empire of darkness
breaks with it. the reign of hell is dis
solved and the victory OF redemption
is complete. With the curse OF NOR
tality and corruption thus swallowed
I'D of life the devils sway is gone.
his kingdom mutilated. and all his ma
lgnant hopes against the Church over
whelmed.'
Let me conclude with the words o
Mary Baker Eddy:
There is no life, truth. intelligence.
nor substance in matter. All is inh-
mite Mind and all is infinite manifestation,
for God is All jn-all. Spirit is immor-
tai Truth: matter is mortal error.
Spirit is the real and eternal; matter
is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is
God and man is His image and like
ness Therefore man is not material:
he is spiritual (Seienee and Health,
p 4oS)
These are the latter days and fore
shadow the second and imminent ap
pearing of Christ. Not death. but tn
fear of death, holds humanity in menta
bondage. We must fulfill the law of low
for God and for our brother man-fo
every man is child of God and is ou
brother. The fulfilling of this law o
Love is the only way to health, holmes
and immortality, which is heaven.
Christ's disciples of today, like hi
beloved disciple John, who at Christ
first appearing cried out, Come. Lore
Jesus" "-Christ's disciples of today a