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ments hat have been uttered publicly,
or by publishing ORIGINAL material TO
correc, false impressions before they
are publicly disseminated.
Another agency for the practical
preaching Of the gospel. is The Chris
tian science Publishing Society which
issues the strictly religious periodicals
Of The movement and the great daily
newspaper. The Christian Science
Monitor. founded by Mrs. Eddy. dedi-
Gated to truth in narratine the worlds
news. and inpuhlishing the advertising
II merchants and others. This news
paper is generally acclaimed rs a
brilliant beacon in the field Of i%ourna-
ism The Publishing Society also pub
fishes. from time TO time. books n
pamphlets which come within the
scope OF its functioning and are ap-
proved by The Christian Science
Board Of Directors.
Mrs. Eddy also provided practically
for the perpetual availability OF all
her works and for the enlightened
promotion Of the sale of them. TINS
she did hy creating a Board OF Trus-
tees under her Will which. through
its direction Of its Publishers Agent,
DISCHARGES the responsibilities involv
ed.
And the most important. the most
practical method of preaching the Cos
pei is urged by her as Leader upon
every individual Christian Scientist.
1t is stated or implied in every line,
as it were. of her writings. II is so to
live the religion in sincerity and fl
deity that. to ~paraphrase the words OF
Christ Jesus. men may see our good
works and glorify our Father in heav-
en-.
Relation to Other Churches
Christian Science does not differ
from other Christian denominations in
purpose. 1t differs only in its concept
of the importance of obtaining all the
results. which Christ Jesus demanded,
and in its understanding of how to
achieve them. All Christian denomina-
tons are agreed on the necessity for
destroying sin and the desirahility Of
reaching what is called the kingdom
Of heaven. Christian Science teaches
us to love all Christian denominations
for this aereeemnt and for the unity
it seals between all who name the
name Of Christ. But Christian Science
emphasizes that'the founder of Chris
tianity demanded the destruction of
disease and death as well as Of sin.
and it is so flawless and spiritually
scientific that ii is able to destroy all
of these errors. even as Jesus destroy
ed them. Mrs. Eddy makes a chal-
longing observation in her book, Mis-
cellaneous Writings. She writes: AS
the ages advance in spirituality, Chris
tian Science will be seen to depart
from the trend Of other Christian de-
nominations in no wise except by in
crease of spirituality"
What does she mean. by increase
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thought must be identified with that
which emanates from divine Spirit
She means that we must vigorously
claim the divine Mind as our Mind I'm
til we express it so completely that i
will be clear that we are indeed tn
ideas of divine Love. This claimin,
of divine Mind as our Mine mean
that we will resist all suggestion o
another mind and of another creator
in short, we will not accept the sc
called evidences Of sin. disease, ant
death, and this refusal to accept o
believe in them because Of the trutl
we know and express means their an
utilization.
WARFARE AGAINST SIN
To the Christian Scientist. sin i
any unspiritual thought. In the large
sense. sin is having another God BIZ
fore the one true God. or having anotl
erMind than the divine Mind. Sin !
the lying suggestion that there is
state Of consciousness not created b
divine Mind and over which divin
Mind is not controller and goyerno
Christian Science is metaphysics.
is spiritually mental. not materia
The metaphysics Of Christian Scienc
resolves all seeming materialitv int
false mental concepts by replacin
them with spiritual ideas. These spi
itual IDEAS are substantial and avai
able in whatever ways are immediat
ly understandable. Christian Scient
does not recognize sin as condu
apart from thought. Sin is thought
false thought, to be sure, but neve
theless in the realm of the ment;
Jttering great and fundamental trut
the Christian Science textbook d
clares in the scientific statement
being -. 1861; "All is infinite Nil
and its infinite manifestation, +
God is All-in.all." That which Won
deny this all-inclusiye truth must |
il il could be at all, a mental deni
albeit false. Sin is a denial OF that q
inclusive truth 1t is not somebody
denial 1t is denial presented by lyi
sense Sin is the denial. the sinner
lying since neither sin nor sinner
you or !. although sin may seem IN,
merically to lodge in our thought a
the sinner may seem mesmerically
identify himself as our selfhood s
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