Evening star., 1926-06-18

suit of happiness Thomas Jefferson
had often repeated and had doubtless
gained the spiritual Interpretation Of
the Scripture, For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made
nre free from the law of sin and death ="
(Romans viii, H.
!. as follower of Christ Jesus, who
said "Whosoever liveth and believeth
in me [understandeth me shall never
die" (John XII. 26)--I cannot .accede
TO this request Of the President and
unite in celebrating the so-called death
OF Thomas Jefferson III man keep
my SAYING. he shall never see death. .
Christ Jesus. Uohn viii, SD
cannot accept President Coolidge's
statement that the celebration OF the
death of Thomas Jefferson will result
in "the re-dedication Of the Amer1-
can people to the ideals and principles.
which brought the Republic into eN-
istence"
Whoever accedes to this request
will be held to the continued dream OF
life in flesh. There is no death. since
there is but one Creator, God, SPIRIT,
eternal Life and Love. and the uni
verse reflects this infinite Life and
Love in infinite ideas, which compose
the body of God and His Christ.
spirit is infinite; therefore Spirit
is ali. There is no matter. MARY
Baker Eddy, Miscellany, page 55ID
Two thousand years ago Christ. the
Son of God. taught and demonstrated
this spiritual fact, through the over
coming Of the Claim of life in flesh
and said to his disciples. Il 60 but
81 will come again" John xiv. -
and today he is verifying his promise.
The light OF Spirit, eternal Lie and
Love, is dissolving the feshly mind
and is revealing spiritual man, made
in Gods image and likeness, to whom
He gave "dominion" over all the earth.
In the words Of David. 81 shall not die,
but live, and declare the works of the
Lord psalm cxviii.. ~ Christ is
again appearing, in final conflict with the
so-called dragon and the hesh-embodied
REPRESENTATIVES of the dragon
The word nation" comes from a
root, meaning II am born. Christ
Iesus said to Nicodemus, master III
Israel. "Ye must be born again" -ye
must awake to the reality and ever
presence OF God, Spirit the only Creator,
who is eternal Life and Love.
"Re-dedication" means re-birth.
America is a Christian nation. 1t was
spiritually conceived, born of God and
His Christ and them that are ChriSt's,
and is being rcueoled, in fulflllment OF
Biblical prophecy, to those who are
obedient to the law of God, Spirit, and
His ever-present Christ. The makers Of
America were and continue to be Sfsritn-
aUy cndo7ccd prophets of God; and OF
this great company of preachers,
Thomas Jefferson was and ever will be
a spiritual luminary.
The. government of America is. al
ways has been and ever will be, "on
the shoulder of Christ whose repre-
sentatives, the founders of America,
demonstrated their responsiveness to the
opration of spiritual law, "the law of
life in Christ Jesus
To those who today are spiritually
llumined. who realize the allness of
Spirit. Life and Love, Americas ere
4 Ajan
gradual demonstration of the spiritual
fact OF being. namely, spirit is infinite !;
therefore Spirit is all. There is no mat
ter MARY Baker Eddy, Miscellany,
page 357.)
This process of growth comes not
through the celebration of death but
through the understanding of the life
giving elements which are at the very
root and core of Americas being. CAS-
in Adam flesh all die, even SO i'll Christ
Truth shall all be made alive" G
Cor. XIV, ~
"Whosoever liveth and bclicveth in me
shall never die" declared the master
Metaphysician, Christ Jesus, the demon
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 Destroy
cd, not submitted to, nor even acknowl-
edged, 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 ill.,, 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" John ill.,,
~ Here we have an indisputable def