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¡self, are included in the revelation to virgin. He was appointed to speak to receive a revelation of God, the was suffering from the result of an
God’s word and to appear to mortals revelation appears.
accident,
which
her
physician
Jesus reiterated these command«, in such a form of humanity as they
So Mary Baker Eddy, one of our thought would be fatal, she turned
and explained their spiritual basis could understand as well as perceive” own countrywomen, proved to be to her Bible for comfort and strength
and proved their applicability at all (Science and Health, p.- 332). He | the one ready to receive this revela- and read the account Matthew gives
Entitled
times to huipan needs.
knew that the age in which he lived , tion of divine Science, which is the of Jesus' healing of the man sick
Christian Scianca: Tha Kava-
As the Apostle John writes. “The was grossly material and idolatrous, promised Comforter. Mrs. Eddy was with the palsy
She found herself
at Gad’s HaaMng
law was given by Moees. but grace and so he appealed to his listeners an earnest, devoted student of the suddenly healed and recognized
and truth came by Jesus, Christ.’’ through parables and healings. He
l»v Bible, ■■ a »■■■««
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firm « believer
in God, auu
and nun
that me
the iieaung
healing ws
was due to God’s
by
The earthly experience of Christ promised his followers 'that, though »he was particularly impressed with presence and power, Wouldn’t you
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Jesus impressed " humanity in two he must leave them, his word and 'the healing works of Jesus and his like to heat; the story?
ways: first, through his teachings works would live, and they that be disciples. At u time when Mrs. Eddy i
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Member of the Board of Lecture
which have endured throughout lieved on him the works which he
ship of The Mother Church. The
twenty centuries and are still as true did they would do, also, and even
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
and Inspiring, as pertinent as when greater works. And, most important
in Boston, Massachusetts
Jesus was here among men; second, of all, he pepphesied the coming of
that he brought to the human con the Comforter or Christ, Truth,
sciousness such an understanding which he said the Father would send,
There was a good attendance in
and realization of the presence of which would show men all things
the Washington School auditorium
God that many felt its healing pow that he had taught—in other words,
Tuesday evening when B. J. Connarn
er, freeing them from sin, disease, Se healing of sin and sickness
introduced Mr. Browne, whose ad
rough understanding God and the !
and even death.
dress was as follows:
Under new Jaw to become effective Jane 10, IMS.
Jesus understood Qbd. This un fact» of spiritual being
. The safety responsibility act requires that any driver involved in
derstanding
was
due
to
his
clear
re
The-intervening years have shown
an accident that results in injury, death or property damage mu«»
To be brought into a clearer and
within 10 days present proof of <11,000 worth of financial respon
alization of spiritual'being, for he a gradual, steady growth in the app,
closer realization uf tiiat presence of
sibility or have his driver’s license and ear registration cancelled
was endowed with Die Christ from preciatidn of his teachings and of
God which heals humanity's ills is a
At any time afterwards his license and registration would be re
God. The name “Christ,", which is liis unbounded love for humanity.
happy as well as a sacred experi-
voked immediately if his insurance policy expired or his bond was
cancelled.
-
so
often
associated
with
Jesus,
was
Men
and
women
have
voiced
their
once. Your being here this evening
The act applies whether, or not the driver was at fault, excepUon
really the divine nature of God which admiration of him and attested their
indicates that you are searchers for
being allowed only in the cast of a car legally parked at the time of
our Master expressed,
Mrs. Eddy faith in grand and glorious lives de
this presence with which Ood has al
the accident. After two years, if the driver paid no damages and
defines “Christ” as, “The divine voted to the advancement of the
no suit was brought against him, he would be permitted to drive
ready blessed us. He has brought
and own a car again.
manifestation of God, which comes Christian religion. But, not under
us together for our common. good.
Now the average citizen would rather play safe and place insur
to the flesh to destroy incarnate er- standing his teachings sufficiently
Did not Jesus say, “For where two or
ance an his ar her car than to take a chance with FATE. With a
ror"
(Science
and
Health,
p,
583).
to
do
the
healing
works,
men
have,
three are gathered together in my
tew like the above in force there la not much choice. BUT IT 18
And ''Jesus" is defined by her as, for the most part, relied upon ma
NOT COMPUL8ORT. The coat for »15,000 Insurance la not high.
name, there am I in the midst of
From »14.00 to »10.25 per year—depending on the kind of Gas Ration
“The highest human corporeal con, terial remedies for correcting the ills
them”? And as Jesualfttame or na
Book
yon have,
r
cept of the divine idea rebuking and of the body. But the great fact of
ture was certainly good, we may
tU ME FOR FULL DETAILS
destroying error anod bringing to Goa's presence, power, and Intelli
PlVMACS
rightly believe that he referred to
the Christ, the manifestation of God.
At this point in the unfoldment of light man's immortality” (Science gence could not be denied a place
as being present with thorn. Chris our subject, the question might be and Health, p. 589), Mrs. Eddy also id human affairs and. as has always
The Office Where Accommodation Is A Pleasure
tian Science enables us to be aware asked, “Why are there not more who
states:
“Jesus was the son of a been the case when one is prepared
of Ood as ever-present; It shows us know and feel God’s presence?"
how to think and Uve in the way Mrs. Eddy answers the question in
pointed opt by Christ Jesus,
He thte Christian Science textbook. “Sci
overcame the material evidences of ence and Health with Key to the
sin. Sickness, and death because he Scriptures." Let me read what »hi*
understood God as ever-present, and says (p. M»>; “I© divine Science,
so, here and now, brought freedom the material man is shut out from
from suffering.
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the presence of God. The five cor
Nd doubt there are some here. to- poreal senses cannot lake cognizance
night who are hearing of Christian of Spirit. They cannot come into
Science for the first time, and possi His presence, and must dwell in
bly others who are just becoming dreamland, until mortals arrive at
interested. Some of you may be the understanding that material life,
members of other Christian denom with all its sin, sickness, and death,
inations, and some may have never is an illusion; against which divine
belonged to any church. But let I •clone» is engaged in a warfare of
p>r assure you all that, as the Dta- •Xtermlnatjun*’
roverer and Founder of Christian
It la seen froff) these statements
fkMnce. Mery Bafcar Eddy, has writ that the testimony of the five physi
ten "God explains Himself In Chris cal senses arguing for the mortal
yiri
tian Science" (Message for 1901, p- j-. .-»fl «-»a <»1 iVslnws
tritrtjpi ta
it* A/it
rtesv be«»«
i-s-izv q
«»u
ft), and if you are here with expec can only be considered in the light
tation and sincerity, looking for that of r dream. And that <11 sickness,
larger understanding of God which failure, sin," death, calamity, war,
will eventually enahta you to beat and famine must be intelligently
yourself and others, you will not be dealt with as Illusion, and destroyed
disappointed.
When < we < team in by scientific reasoning based on the
Christian Monee that God is All- eternal, unchangeable, invariable,
in -elk as the •erlptwa» deslartoHim invincible, and indestructible facte
to be, and that sH evH, si «. disease, of Spirit, which is God. Surely none
snd death pre not real but only of us behove that the experiences of
suppositions of the absence of Ood. a sleeping dream are real, and w*
or good, we ean begin to demonstrate know When we awaken the memory
what we team. However, as to other of the experience will soon fade
fleidpot endeavor, your sueeess will awpy. ,We know II was a dream
depend largaly upon your faithful and we are not disturbed by it.
ness, your poraevsranee, steadfast- And »a. as we discover in Science
ness, and honestryr
that the whole material experience
A writer once set down'these stir we are going through la a waking
ring words regarding religion. He dream of belief of life, intelligence
wrote: “Heiigton Is not ait escape and substance In matter, we shall
nor an insurance
It is conquest give less attention to material evi
For man is In touch with such amaz dences and think more of spiritual
ing resource» that, no matter what facte,
H
happens, nothing oan destroy his
Naturally we do not see Ood with
spirit! What matters Is, how does he the physical senses, neither can we
take what happens. The man who see our real spiritual selfhood with
has found God has found one who these senses
After admitting that
will enable him to turn calamity into God is Spirit, we must conclude that
triumph” (The Christian Science men must be apiritiftil, too. This is
journal )•
the most important fact for us to
Christian Science beipgs to us the know G«d made mgn In His image
message of spiritual healing which and likeness, according to the Bible's
Jesus proved in his Ufa, making it first chapter of Genesis.
clear that al) disease and suffering,
The question next arises; How oan
incapacity and disability are the re this illusion ar dream of material
sults of false education, culminating existence, the presence of "evil and
in fear and helpiexsnes«. The argu abeenc* of God, be broken’ For the
Even tough, two-fisted sergeants go into chants of
ment Of the human Mind is, “This answer let me read again from the
¡light when they first sight west coast forests after
is a case that is Incurable;“ again, Christian Science textbook (p, 596):'
rvTce over-seas or on barren islands. We know—we’vs
• Heredity makes it futile for me to “The Illuminations at Science give
heard
’em I We’ve read dozens of letters of longing for
expect to get help." Otlwrs argue us a sense of the nothingness of
evergreens, the smell of forests and fresh-cut lumber!
that their condition has made them
error, and they show the spirtual
u.seies. and a burden, but these »re Inspiration of ¿ove and Truth to be
Don't let 'em down I Our forests must be kept green 1
<>n|y arguments pf human belief the only fit preparation for admis
Every man, woman and child is a Forest Fire Warden
Which can be suveewduliy denied
now. The first wisp of smoke is your signal for action.
sion to. the presence and power of
Rush to the nearest telephone and tell the operator you
Christian Science is the Science of
the M*»t High ” Here, then, la the
want to report a fire. It's as simple as that!
God, of man, and the upiverae, help
way to awaken from the dream. The
ing u» to find our spiritual selfhood,
And look what your action does: It eaves the woods
mortal or human conaclouaneas must
as God’s image, poaseasing by re
for our boys! It saves wood and manpower for war! It
be prepared to let go of Its material,
flection Hi» qualities at wisdom, darkened sense of things, through
saves wood for future payrolls and building when the
Vigor.' strength,
purity.
health,
the light of spiritual understanding
boys come home!
|>eauty, and unhampered
of the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's teach
As a “warden" you should know that 9 out of 10
Now, Christian Science not only ings.
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f
YKS, BILL —You take care of the fighting front, and
man-caused forest fires are started through carelessness.
heals the sick but It exposes snd
we'll take care of the trees at homo.
The
Revelation
of
Lqve
and
Troth
Watch
matches,
cigarettes,
camp
fires!
SO
—
ON
GUARDI
denounces the fraudulent beliefs and
In the Holy Bible, Moses cornea
Caution others! We must keep the forests greenl
claims of materialistic theories re
lating to man’s existence by giving first M the one to whom Ood re-
us the facta of being, th» »ruth about vealed His great name, Hla nature.
Christian Science
,
that? God's presence would go with
him, and give him rest. In ail his
walks and doings God would be
ever-pvooeqt, ever with him to guide
him in all his steps—the light con
tinually before him.
This was
enough for Moses, and it is enough
for you and me in our seemingly
perilous journey through the wilder
ness of human beliefs or, in other
words, the journey out of the ma
terial into the spiritual. If we walk
with God—that is, if we are con
scious of good and live it, if we enjoy
His presence in all our ways—it will
be well with us. The great fact of
being is that we are forever in His
presence.
We have always been
there, are there now and will always
continue to. be there, for spiritual
man is God's reflection or witness.
Man then must, of necessity, express
all of the qauiities of God or God
would be unexpressed. Man is Gods
idea ever dwelling in Mind. But we
mus^awaken to the fact that God is
Spirit, and the one and only pres
ence. Moat of us have given little
attention to this, because we were
not aware of the spiritual facte of
our being, but every time we have
had a desire to be good, every time
, we have felt a great sense of com-
passion or love for mankind, renewed
faith and confidence, we have felt
the angels of His presence.
Becoming Aware of the Divine
1
Not Compulsory
Fred R. Bull
«
referred to as preeenoe.
Wtte»
M om « toll the need of God'» help to
bring up th* children of Israel from
the wilderness he said to God, “See,
thou sayest unto me. Bring UP this
people: and thou hast not Jet me
know whom thou wilt »end with
me." And God said. “My presence
shall go with thee, and F will give
thee rest."
What did M
mandments. Upon some understaud-
ing of these commands has been
based all suceeaaful government of
both individual and state since
Moses' time. Jesus of Nazareth, who
■poke “as never man spake” taught
■nd demonstrated his «piritual un
derstanding of God’« law. The com
mands to love God supremely and
one’s neighbor, and even the “stran
that is within thy gates” as him-
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