Chapter VI. Sermons.

Chapter VI. Sermons.A Christmas SermonDelivered in Chickering Hall, Boston, Mass., on theSunday Before Christmas, 1888Subject:The Corporeal and Incorporeal SaviourText:For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the[5]government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be calledWonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, ThePrince of Peace.—Isaiahix. 6.To the senses, Jesus was the son of man: in Science,man is the son of God. The material senses could [10]not cognize the Christ, or Son of God: it was Jesus'approximation to this state of being that made him theChrist-Jesus, the Godlike, the anointed.The prophet whose words we have chosen for ourtext, prophesied the appearing of this dual nature, as [15]both human and divinely endowed, the personal and theimpersonal Jesus.The only record of our Master as a public benefactor,or personal Saviour, opens when he was thirty years ofage; owing in part, perhaps, to the Jewish law that none [20]should teach or preach in public under that age. Also,it is natural to conclude that at this juncture he wasspecially endowed with the Holy Spirit; for he was giventhe new name, Messiah, or Jesus Christ,—the God-[pg 162]anointed; even as, at times of special enlightenment, [1]Jacob was called Israel; and Saul, Paul.The third event of this eventful period,—a period ofsuch wonderful spiritual import to mankind!—was theadvent of a higher Christianity. [5]From this dazzling, God-crowned summit, the Naza-rene stepped suddenly before the people and their schoolsof philosophy; Gnostic, Epicurean, and Stoic. He muststem these rising angry elements, and walk serenely overtheir fretted, foaming billows. [10]Here the cross became the emblem of Jesus' history;while the central point of his Messianic mission was peace,good will, love, teaching, and healing.Clad with divine might, he was ready to stem the tideof Judaism, and prove his power, derived from Spirit, to [15]be supreme; lay himself as a lamb upon the altar ofmaterialism, and therefrom rise to his nativity in Spirit.The corporeal Jesus bore our infirmities, and throughhis stripes we are healed. He was the Way-shower, andsuffered in the flesh, showing mortals how to escape from [20]the sins of the flesh.There was no incorporeal Jesus of Nazareth. Thespiritual man, or Christ, was after the similitude of theFather, without corporeality or finite mind.Materiality, worldliness, human pride, or self-will, by [25]demoralizing his motives and Christlikeness, would havedethroned his power as the Christ.To carry out his holy purpose, he must be oblivious ofhuman self.Of the lineage of David, like him he went forth, simple [30]as the shepherd boy, to disarm the Goliath. Panopliedin the strength of an exalted hope, faith, and understand-[pg 163]ing, he sought to conquer the three-in-one of error: the [1]world, the flesh, and the devil.Three years he went about doing good. He had forthirty years been preparing to heal and teach divinely;but his three-years mission was a marvel of glory: its [5]chaplet, a grave to mortal sense dishonored—from whichsprang a sublime and everlasting victory!He who dated time, the Christian era, and spannedeternity, was the meekest man on earth. He healedand taught by the wayside, in humble homes: to arrant [10]hypocrite and to dull disciples he explained the Wordof God, which has since ripened into interpretationthrough Science.His words were articulated in the language of a de-clining race, and committed to the providence of God. [15]In no one thing seemed he less human and more divinethan in his unfaltering faith in the immortality of Truth.Referring to this, he said,“Heaven and earth shallpass away, but my words shall not pass away!”andthey have not: they still live; and are the basis of divine [20]liberty, the medium of Mind, the hope of the race.Only three years a personal Saviour! yet the founda-tions he laid are as eternal as Truth, the chief corner-stone.After his brief brave struggle, and the crucifixion of [25]the corporeal man, the incorporeal Saviour—the Christor spiritual idea which leadeth into all Truth—mustneeds come in Christian Science, demonstrating the spir-itual healing of body and mind.This idea or divine essence was, and is, forever about [30]the Father's business; heralding the Principle of health,holiness, and immortality.[pg 164]Its divine Principle interprets the incorporeal idea, or [1]Son of God; hence the incorporeal and corporeal aredistinguished thus: the former is the spiritual idea thatrepresents divine good, and the latter is the humanpresentation of goodness in man. The Science of Chris- [5]tianity, that has appeared in the ripeness of time, re-veals the incorporeal Christ; and this will continueto be seen more clearly until it be acknowledged, under-stood,—and the Saviour, which is Truth, be compre-hended. [10]To the vision of the Wisemen, this spiritual idea of thePrinciple of man or the universe, appeared as a star. Atfirst, the babe Jesus seemed small to mortals; but fromthe mount of revelation, the prophet beheld it from thebeginning as the Redeemer, who would present a wonder- [15]ful manifestation of Truth and Love.In our text Isaiah foretold,“His name shall be calledWonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlastingFather, The Prince of Peace.”As the Wisemen grew in the understanding of Christ, [20]the spiritual idea, it grew in favor with them. Thus itwill continue, as it shall become understood, until manbe found in the actual likeness of his Maker. Theirhighest human concept of the man Jesus, that portrayedhim as the only Son of God, the only begotten of the [25]Father, full of grace and Truth, will become so magnifiedto human sense, by means of the lens of Science, as toreveal man collectively, as individually, to be the son ofGod.The limited view of God's ideas arose from the testimony [30]of the senses. Science affords the evidence that God is theFather of man, of all that is real and eternal. This spir-[pg 165]itual idea that the personal Jesus demonstrated, casting [1]out evils and healing, more than eighteen centuries ago,disappeared by degrees; both because of the ascensionof Jesus, in which it was seen that he had grown beyondthe human sense of him, and because of the corruption of [5]the Church.The last appearing of Truth will be a wholly spiritualidea of God and of man, without the fetters of the flesh, orcorporeality. This infinite idea of infinity will be, is, aseternal as its divine Principle. The daystar of this appear- [10]ing is the light of Christian Science—the Science whichrends the veil of the flesh from top to bottom. The lightof this revelation leaves nothing that is material; neitherdarkness, doubt, disease, nor death. The material cor-poreality disappears; and individual spirituality, perfect [15]and eternal, appears—never to disappear.The truth uttered and lived by Jesus, who passed onand left to mortals the rich legacy of what he said anddid, makes his followers the heirs to his example; butthey can neither appreciate nor appropriate his treasures [20]of Truth and Love, until lifted to these by their owngrowth and experiences. His goodness and grace pur-chased the means of mortals' redemption from sin; but,they never paid the price of sin. This cost, none but thesinner can pay; and accordingly as this account is settled [25]with divine Love, is the sinner ready to avail himself ofthe rich blessings flowing from the teaching, example,and suffering of our Master.The secret stores of wisdom must be discovered, theirtreasures reproduced and given to the world, before man [30]can truthfully conclude that he has been found in theorder, mode, and virgin origin of man according to divine[pg 166]Science, which alone demonstrates the divine Principle [1]and spiritual idea of being.The monument whose finger points upward, commemoratesthe earthly life of a martyr; but this is not all ofthe philanthropist, hero, and Christian. The Truth he [5]has taught and spoken lives, and moves in our midst adivine afflatus. Thus it is that the ideal Christ—orimpersonal infancy, manhood, and womanhood of Truthand Love—is still with us.And what ofthischild?—“For unto us a childis[10]born, unto us a sonisgiven: and the government shallbe upon his shoulder.”This child, or spiritual idea, has evolved a more readyear for the overture of angels and the scientific under-standing of Truth and Love. When Christ, the incor- [15]poreal idea of God, was nameless, and a Mary knew nothow to declare its spiritual origin, the idea of man wasnot understood. The Judæan religion even required theVirgin-mother to go to the temple and be purified, forhaving given birth to the corporeal child Jesus, whose [20]origin was more spiritual than the senses could inter-pret. Like the leaven that a certain woman hid in threemeasures of meal, the Science of God and the spiritualidea, named in this century Christian Science, is leaven-ing the lump of human thought, until the whole shall [25]be leavened and all materialism disappear. This actionof the divine energy, even if not acknowledged, hascome to be seen as diffusing richest blessings. Thisspiritual idea, or Christ, entered into the minutiæ of thelife of the personal Jesus. It made him an honest man, [30]a good carpenter, and a good man, before it could makehim the glorified.[pg 167]The material questions at this age on the reappearing [1]of the infantile thought of God's man, are after the man-ner of a mother in the flesh, though their answers per-tain to the spiritual idea, as in Christian Science:—Is he deformed? [5]He is wholly symmetrical; the one altogether lovely.Is the babe a son, or daughter?Both son and daughter: even the compound idea ofall that resembles God.How much does he weigh? [10]His substance outweighs the material world.How old is he?Of his days there is no beginning and no ending.What is his name?Christ Science. [15]Who are his parents, brothers, and sisters?His Father and Mother are divine Life, Truth, andLove; and they who do the will of his Father are his isbrethren.Is he heir to an estate? [20]“The government shall be upon his shoulder!”Hehas dominion over the whole earth; and in admirationof his origin, he exclaims,“I thank Thee, O Father, Lordof heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these thingsfrom the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto [25]babes!”Is he wonderful?His works thus prove him. He giveth power, peace,and holiness; he exalteth the lowly; he giveth liberty[pg 168]to the captive, health to the sick, salvation from sin to [1]the sinner—and overcometh the world!Go, and tell what things ye shall see and hear: howthe blind, spiritually and physically, receive sight; howthe lame, those halting between two opinions or hob- [5]bling on crutches, walk; how the physical and morallepers are cleansed; how the deaf—those who, havingears, hear not, and are afflicted with“tympanum on thebrain”—hear; how the dead, those buried in dogmasand physical ailments, are raised; that to the poor— [10]the lowly in Christ, not the man-made rabbi—thegospel is preached. Note this: only such as are purein spirit, emptied of vainglory and vain knowledge, re-ceive Truth.Here ends the colloquy; and a voice from heaven seems [15]to say,“Come and see.”The nineteenth-century prophets repeat,“Unto us ason is given.”The shepherds shout,“We behold the appearing ofthe star!”—and the pure in heart clap their hands. [20]Editor's Extracts From SermonText:Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power ofGod.—Matt.xxii. 29.The Christian Science Journalreported as follows:—The announcement that the Rev. Mary B. G. Eddy [25]would speak before the Scientist denomination on theafternoon of October 26, drew a large audience. Haw-thorne Hall was densely packed, and many had to goaway unable to obtain seats. The distinguished speakerbegan by saying:— [30][pg 169]Within Bible pages she had found all the divine Science [1]she preaches; noticing, all along the way of her researchestherein, that whenever her thoughts had wandered intothe bypaths of ancient philosophies or pagan literatures,her spiritual insight had been darkened thereby, till [5]she was God-driven back to the inspired pages. Earlytraining, through the misinterpretation of the Word,had been the underlying cause of the long years of in-validism she endured before Truth dawned upon herunderstanding, through right interpretation. With the [10]understanding of Scripture-meanings, had come physicalrejuvenation. The uplifting of spirit was the upbuild-ing of the body.She affirmed that the Scriptures cannot properly beinterpreted in a literal way. The truths they teach must [15]be spiritually discerned, before their message can beborne fully to our minds and hearts. That there is adual meaning to every Biblical passage, the most eminentdivines of the world have concluded; and to get at thehighest, or metaphysical, it is necessary rightly to read [20]what the inspired writers left for our spiritual instruction.The literal rendering of the Scriptures makes them noth-ing valuable, but often is the foundation of unbelief andhopelessness. The metaphysical rendering is health andpeace and hope for all. The literal or material reading is [25]the reading of the carnal mind, which is enmity towardGod, Spirit.Taking several Bible passages, Mrs. Eddy showed howbeautiful and inspiring are the thoughts when rightlyunderstood.“Let the dead bury their dead; follow[30]thou me,”was one of the passages explained metaphysi-cally. In their fullest meaning, those words are salvation[pg 170]from the belief of death, the last enemy to be overthrown; [1]for by following Christ truly, resurrection and life im-mortal are brought to us. If we follow him, to us therecan be no dead. Those who know not this, may stillbelieve in death and weep over the graves of their beloved; [5]but with him is Life eternal, which never changes todeath. The eating of bread and drinking of wine at theLord's supper, merely symbolize the spiritual refresh-ment of God's children having rightly read His Word,whose entrance into their understanding is healthful life. [10]This is the reality behind the symbol.So, also, she spoke of the hades, or hell of Scripture,saying, that we make our own heavens and our own hells,by right and wise, or wrong and foolish, conceptions ofGod and our fellow-men. Jesus interpreted all spirit- [15]ually:“I have bread to eat that ye know not of,”hesaid. The bread he ate, which was refreshment of divinestrength, we also may all partake of.The material record of the Bible, she said, is no moreimportant to our well-being than the history of Europe [20]and America; but the spiritual application bears uponour eternal life. The method of Jesus was purely meta-physical; and no other method is Christian Science. Inthe passage recording Jesus' proceedings with the blindman (Mark viii.) he is said to have spat upon the dust. [25]Spitting was the Hebrew method of expressing the utmostcontempt. So Jesus is recorded as having expressedcontempt for the belief of material eyes as having anypower to see. Having eyes, ye see not; and ears, ye hearnot, he had just told them. The putting on of hands [30]mentioned, she explained as the putting forth of power.“Hand,”in Bible usage, often means spiritual power.[pg 171]“His hand is not shortened that it cannot save,”can [1]never be wrested from its true meaning to signify humanhands. Jesus' first effort to realize Truth was not whollysuccessful; but he rose to the occasion with the secondattempt, and the blind saw clearly. To suppose that [5]Jesus did actually anoint the blind man's eyes with hisspittle, is as absurd as to think, according to the reportof some, that Christian Scientists sit in back-to-backseances with their patients, for the divine power to filterfrom vertebræ to vertebræ. When one comes to the age [10]with spiritual translations of God's messages, expressedin literal or physical terms, our right action is not to con-demn and deny, but to“try the spirits”and see whatmanner they are of. This does not mean communingwith spirits supposed to have departed from the earth, [15]but the seeking out of the basis upon which are accom-plished the works by which the new teacher would provehis right to be heard. By these signs are the true disciplesof the Master known: the sick are healed; to the poorthe gospel is preached. [20]Extract From A Sermon Delivered In Boston, January 18, 1885Text:The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a womantook, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.—Matt.xiii. 33.Few people at present know aught of the Science ofmental healing; and so many are obtruding upon thepublic attention their ignorance or false knowledge inthe name of Science, that it behooves all clad in the shin-ing mail to keep bright their invincible armor; to keep [30][pg 172]their demonstrations modest, and their claims and lives [1]steadfast in Truth.Dispensing the Word charitably, but separating thetares from the wheat, let us declare the positive andthe negative of metaphysical Science; what it is, and [5]what it is not. Intrepid, self-oblivious Protestants ina higher sense than ever before, let us meet and defeatthe claims of sense and sin, regardless of the bans orclans pouring in their fire upon us; and white-wingedcharity, brooding over all, shall cover with her feathers [10]the veriest sinner.Divine and unerring Mind measures man, until thethree measures be accomplished, and he arrives atfulness of stature; for“the Lord God omnipotentreigneth.”[15]Science is divine: it is neither of human origin nor ofhuman direction. That which is termed“natural science,”the evidences whereof are taken in by the five personalsenses, presents but a finite, feeble sense of the infinitelaw of God; which law is written on the heart, received [20]through the affections, spiritually understood, and dem-onstrated in our lives.This law of God is the Science of mental healing,spiritually discerned, understood, and obeyed.Mental Science, and the five personal senses, are at [25]war; and peace can only be declared on the side of im-mutable right,—the health, holiness, and immortalityof man. To gain this scientific result, the first and funda-mental rule of Science must be understood and adheredto; namely, the oft-repeated declaration in Scripture [30]that God is good; hence, good is omnipotent andomnipresent.[pg 173]Ancient and modern philosophy, human reason, or [1]man's theorems, misstate mental Science, its Principleand practice. The most enlightened sense herein seesnothing but a law of matter.Who has ever learned of the schools that there is but [5]one Mind, and that this is God, who healeth all our sick-ness and sins?Who has ever learned from the schools, pagan phi-losophy, or scholastic theology, that Science is the law ofMind and not of matter, and that this law has no relation [10]to, or recognition of, matter?Mind is its own great cause and effect. Mind is God,omnipotent and omnipresent. What, then, of an oppo-site so-called science, which says that man is both matterand mind, that Mind is in matter? Can the infinite [15]be within the finite? And must not man have preexistedin the All and Only? Does an evil mind exist withoutspace to occupy, power to act, or vanity to pretend thatit is man?If God is Mind and fills all space, is everywhere, matter [20]is nowhere and sin is obsolete. If Mind, God, is all-powerand all-presence, man is not met by another powerand presence, that—obstructing his intelligence—pains, fetters, and befools him. The perfection of manis intact; whence, then, is something besides Him that [25]is not the counterpart but the counterfeit of man's creator?Surely not from God, for He made man in His ownlikeness. Whence, then, is the atom or molecule calledmatter? Have attraction and cohesion formed it?But are these forces laws of matter, or laws of [30]Mind?For matter to be matter, it must have been self-created.[pg 174]Mind has no more power to evolve or to create matter [1]than has good to produce evil. Matter is a misstatementof Mind; it is a lie, claiming to talk and disclaim againstTruth; idolatry, having other gods; evil, having presenceand power over omnipotence! [5]Let us have a clearing up of abstractions. Let uscome into the presence of Him who removeth all iniqui-ties, and healeth all our diseases. Let us attach our senseof Science to what touches the religious sentiment withinman. Let us open our affections to the Principle that [10]moves all in harmony,—from the falling of a sparrowto the rolling of a world. Above Arcturus and his sons,broader than the solar system and higher than the at-mosphere of our planet, is the Science of mentalhealing. [15]What is the kingdom of heaven? The abode of Spirit,the realm of the real. No matter is there, no night isthere—nothing that maketh or worketh a lie. Is thiskingdom afar off? No: it is ever-present here. Thefirst to declare against this kingdom is matter. Shall [20]that be called heresy which pleads for Spirit—the All ofGod, and His omnipresence?The kingdom of heaven is the reign of divine Science:it is a mental state. Jesus said it is within you, andtaught us to pray,“Thy kingdom come;”but he did [25]not teach us to pray for death whereby to gain heaven.We do not look into darkness for light. Death can neverusher in the dawn of Science that reveals the spiritualfacts of man's Life here and now.The leaven which a woman took and hid in three [30]measures of meal, is Divine Science; the Comforter;the Holy Ghost that leadeth into all Truth; the“still,[pg 175]small voice”that breathes His presence and power, cast- [1]ing out error and healing the sick. And woman, thespiritual idea, takes of the things of God and showeththem unto the creature, until the whole sense of beingis leavened with Spirit. The three measures of meal [5]may well be likened to the false sense of life, substance,and intelligence, which says, I am sustained by bread,matter, instead of Mind. The spiritual leaven of divineScience changes this false sense, giving better views ofLife; saying, Man's Life is God; and when this shall [10]appear, it shall be“the substance of things hoped for.”The measure of Life shall increase by every spiritualtouch, even as the leaven expands the loaf. Man shallkeep the feast of Life, not with the old leaven of thescribes and Pharisees, neither with“the leaven of malice[15]and wickedness; but the unleavened bread of sincerityand truth.”Thus it can be seen that the Science of mental healingmust be understood. There are false Christs that would“deceive, if it were possible, the very elect,”by institut- [20]ing matter and its methods in place of God, Mind. Theirsupposition is, that there are other minds than His; thatone mind controls another; that one belief takes theplace of another. But this ism of to-day has nothingto do with the Science of mental healing which acquaints [25]us with God and reveals the one perfect Mind and Hislaws.The attempt to mix matter and Mind, to work bymeans of both animal magnetism and divine power, isliterally saying, Have we not in thy name cast out devils, [30]and done many wonderful works?But remember God in all thy ways, and thou shalt[pg 176]find the truth that breaks the dream of sense, letting the [1]harmony of Science that declaresHim, come in withhealing, and peace, and perfect love.

A Christmas SermonDelivered in Chickering Hall, Boston, Mass., on theSunday Before Christmas, 1888Subject:The Corporeal and Incorporeal SaviourText:For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the[5]government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be calledWonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, ThePrince of Peace.—Isaiahix. 6.To the senses, Jesus was the son of man: in Science,man is the son of God. The material senses could [10]not cognize the Christ, or Son of God: it was Jesus'approximation to this state of being that made him theChrist-Jesus, the Godlike, the anointed.The prophet whose words we have chosen for ourtext, prophesied the appearing of this dual nature, as [15]both human and divinely endowed, the personal and theimpersonal Jesus.The only record of our Master as a public benefactor,or personal Saviour, opens when he was thirty years ofage; owing in part, perhaps, to the Jewish law that none [20]should teach or preach in public under that age. Also,it is natural to conclude that at this juncture he wasspecially endowed with the Holy Spirit; for he was giventhe new name, Messiah, or Jesus Christ,—the God-[pg 162]anointed; even as, at times of special enlightenment, [1]Jacob was called Israel; and Saul, Paul.The third event of this eventful period,—a period ofsuch wonderful spiritual import to mankind!—was theadvent of a higher Christianity. [5]From this dazzling, God-crowned summit, the Naza-rene stepped suddenly before the people and their schoolsof philosophy; Gnostic, Epicurean, and Stoic. He muststem these rising angry elements, and walk serenely overtheir fretted, foaming billows. [10]Here the cross became the emblem of Jesus' history;while the central point of his Messianic mission was peace,good will, love, teaching, and healing.Clad with divine might, he was ready to stem the tideof Judaism, and prove his power, derived from Spirit, to [15]be supreme; lay himself as a lamb upon the altar ofmaterialism, and therefrom rise to his nativity in Spirit.The corporeal Jesus bore our infirmities, and throughhis stripes we are healed. He was the Way-shower, andsuffered in the flesh, showing mortals how to escape from [20]the sins of the flesh.There was no incorporeal Jesus of Nazareth. Thespiritual man, or Christ, was after the similitude of theFather, without corporeality or finite mind.Materiality, worldliness, human pride, or self-will, by [25]demoralizing his motives and Christlikeness, would havedethroned his power as the Christ.To carry out his holy purpose, he must be oblivious ofhuman self.Of the lineage of David, like him he went forth, simple [30]as the shepherd boy, to disarm the Goliath. Panopliedin the strength of an exalted hope, faith, and understand-[pg 163]ing, he sought to conquer the three-in-one of error: the [1]world, the flesh, and the devil.Three years he went about doing good. He had forthirty years been preparing to heal and teach divinely;but his three-years mission was a marvel of glory: its [5]chaplet, a grave to mortal sense dishonored—from whichsprang a sublime and everlasting victory!He who dated time, the Christian era, and spannedeternity, was the meekest man on earth. He healedand taught by the wayside, in humble homes: to arrant [10]hypocrite and to dull disciples he explained the Wordof God, which has since ripened into interpretationthrough Science.His words were articulated in the language of a de-clining race, and committed to the providence of God. [15]In no one thing seemed he less human and more divinethan in his unfaltering faith in the immortality of Truth.Referring to this, he said,“Heaven and earth shallpass away, but my words shall not pass away!”andthey have not: they still live; and are the basis of divine [20]liberty, the medium of Mind, the hope of the race.Only three years a personal Saviour! yet the founda-tions he laid are as eternal as Truth, the chief corner-stone.After his brief brave struggle, and the crucifixion of [25]the corporeal man, the incorporeal Saviour—the Christor spiritual idea which leadeth into all Truth—mustneeds come in Christian Science, demonstrating the spir-itual healing of body and mind.This idea or divine essence was, and is, forever about [30]the Father's business; heralding the Principle of health,holiness, and immortality.[pg 164]Its divine Principle interprets the incorporeal idea, or [1]Son of God; hence the incorporeal and corporeal aredistinguished thus: the former is the spiritual idea thatrepresents divine good, and the latter is the humanpresentation of goodness in man. The Science of Chris- [5]tianity, that has appeared in the ripeness of time, re-veals the incorporeal Christ; and this will continueto be seen more clearly until it be acknowledged, under-stood,—and the Saviour, which is Truth, be compre-hended. [10]To the vision of the Wisemen, this spiritual idea of thePrinciple of man or the universe, appeared as a star. Atfirst, the babe Jesus seemed small to mortals; but fromthe mount of revelation, the prophet beheld it from thebeginning as the Redeemer, who would present a wonder- [15]ful manifestation of Truth and Love.In our text Isaiah foretold,“His name shall be calledWonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlastingFather, The Prince of Peace.”As the Wisemen grew in the understanding of Christ, [20]the spiritual idea, it grew in favor with them. Thus itwill continue, as it shall become understood, until manbe found in the actual likeness of his Maker. Theirhighest human concept of the man Jesus, that portrayedhim as the only Son of God, the only begotten of the [25]Father, full of grace and Truth, will become so magnifiedto human sense, by means of the lens of Science, as toreveal man collectively, as individually, to be the son ofGod.The limited view of God's ideas arose from the testimony [30]of the senses. Science affords the evidence that God is theFather of man, of all that is real and eternal. This spir-[pg 165]itual idea that the personal Jesus demonstrated, casting [1]out evils and healing, more than eighteen centuries ago,disappeared by degrees; both because of the ascensionof Jesus, in which it was seen that he had grown beyondthe human sense of him, and because of the corruption of [5]the Church.The last appearing of Truth will be a wholly spiritualidea of God and of man, without the fetters of the flesh, orcorporeality. This infinite idea of infinity will be, is, aseternal as its divine Principle. The daystar of this appear- [10]ing is the light of Christian Science—the Science whichrends the veil of the flesh from top to bottom. The lightof this revelation leaves nothing that is material; neitherdarkness, doubt, disease, nor death. The material cor-poreality disappears; and individual spirituality, perfect [15]and eternal, appears—never to disappear.The truth uttered and lived by Jesus, who passed onand left to mortals the rich legacy of what he said anddid, makes his followers the heirs to his example; butthey can neither appreciate nor appropriate his treasures [20]of Truth and Love, until lifted to these by their owngrowth and experiences. His goodness and grace pur-chased the means of mortals' redemption from sin; but,they never paid the price of sin. This cost, none but thesinner can pay; and accordingly as this account is settled [25]with divine Love, is the sinner ready to avail himself ofthe rich blessings flowing from the teaching, example,and suffering of our Master.The secret stores of wisdom must be discovered, theirtreasures reproduced and given to the world, before man [30]can truthfully conclude that he has been found in theorder, mode, and virgin origin of man according to divine[pg 166]Science, which alone demonstrates the divine Principle [1]and spiritual idea of being.The monument whose finger points upward, commemoratesthe earthly life of a martyr; but this is not all ofthe philanthropist, hero, and Christian. The Truth he [5]has taught and spoken lives, and moves in our midst adivine afflatus. Thus it is that the ideal Christ—orimpersonal infancy, manhood, and womanhood of Truthand Love—is still with us.And what ofthischild?—“For unto us a childis[10]born, unto us a sonisgiven: and the government shallbe upon his shoulder.”This child, or spiritual idea, has evolved a more readyear for the overture of angels and the scientific under-standing of Truth and Love. When Christ, the incor- [15]poreal idea of God, was nameless, and a Mary knew nothow to declare its spiritual origin, the idea of man wasnot understood. The Judæan religion even required theVirgin-mother to go to the temple and be purified, forhaving given birth to the corporeal child Jesus, whose [20]origin was more spiritual than the senses could inter-pret. Like the leaven that a certain woman hid in threemeasures of meal, the Science of God and the spiritualidea, named in this century Christian Science, is leaven-ing the lump of human thought, until the whole shall [25]be leavened and all materialism disappear. This actionof the divine energy, even if not acknowledged, hascome to be seen as diffusing richest blessings. Thisspiritual idea, or Christ, entered into the minutiæ of thelife of the personal Jesus. It made him an honest man, [30]a good carpenter, and a good man, before it could makehim the glorified.[pg 167]The material questions at this age on the reappearing [1]of the infantile thought of God's man, are after the man-ner of a mother in the flesh, though their answers per-tain to the spiritual idea, as in Christian Science:—Is he deformed? [5]He is wholly symmetrical; the one altogether lovely.Is the babe a son, or daughter?Both son and daughter: even the compound idea ofall that resembles God.How much does he weigh? [10]His substance outweighs the material world.How old is he?Of his days there is no beginning and no ending.What is his name?Christ Science. [15]Who are his parents, brothers, and sisters?His Father and Mother are divine Life, Truth, andLove; and they who do the will of his Father are his isbrethren.Is he heir to an estate? [20]“The government shall be upon his shoulder!”Hehas dominion over the whole earth; and in admirationof his origin, he exclaims,“I thank Thee, O Father, Lordof heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these thingsfrom the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto [25]babes!”Is he wonderful?His works thus prove him. He giveth power, peace,and holiness; he exalteth the lowly; he giveth liberty[pg 168]to the captive, health to the sick, salvation from sin to [1]the sinner—and overcometh the world!Go, and tell what things ye shall see and hear: howthe blind, spiritually and physically, receive sight; howthe lame, those halting between two opinions or hob- [5]bling on crutches, walk; how the physical and morallepers are cleansed; how the deaf—those who, havingears, hear not, and are afflicted with“tympanum on thebrain”—hear; how the dead, those buried in dogmasand physical ailments, are raised; that to the poor— [10]the lowly in Christ, not the man-made rabbi—thegospel is preached. Note this: only such as are purein spirit, emptied of vainglory and vain knowledge, re-ceive Truth.Here ends the colloquy; and a voice from heaven seems [15]to say,“Come and see.”The nineteenth-century prophets repeat,“Unto us ason is given.”The shepherds shout,“We behold the appearing ofthe star!”—and the pure in heart clap their hands. [20]

Delivered in Chickering Hall, Boston, Mass., on theSunday Before Christmas, 1888

Delivered in Chickering Hall, Boston, Mass., on the

Sunday Before Christmas, 1888

Subject:The Corporeal and Incorporeal Saviour

Text:For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the[5]government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be calledWonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, ThePrince of Peace.—Isaiahix. 6.

Text:For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the[5]

government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called

Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The

Prince of Peace.—Isaiahix. 6.

To the senses, Jesus was the son of man: in Science,man is the son of God. The material senses could [10]not cognize the Christ, or Son of God: it was Jesus'approximation to this state of being that made him theChrist-Jesus, the Godlike, the anointed.

To the senses, Jesus was the son of man: in Science,

man is the son of God. The material senses could [10]

not cognize the Christ, or Son of God: it was Jesus'

approximation to this state of being that made him the

Christ-Jesus, the Godlike, the anointed.

The prophet whose words we have chosen for ourtext, prophesied the appearing of this dual nature, as [15]both human and divinely endowed, the personal and theimpersonal Jesus.

The prophet whose words we have chosen for our

text, prophesied the appearing of this dual nature, as [15]

both human and divinely endowed, the personal and the

impersonal Jesus.

The only record of our Master as a public benefactor,or personal Saviour, opens when he was thirty years ofage; owing in part, perhaps, to the Jewish law that none [20]should teach or preach in public under that age. Also,it is natural to conclude that at this juncture he wasspecially endowed with the Holy Spirit; for he was giventhe new name, Messiah, or Jesus Christ,—the God-

The only record of our Master as a public benefactor,

or personal Saviour, opens when he was thirty years of

age; owing in part, perhaps, to the Jewish law that none [20]

should teach or preach in public under that age. Also,

it is natural to conclude that at this juncture he was

specially endowed with the Holy Spirit; for he was given

the new name, Messiah, or Jesus Christ,—the God-

anointed; even as, at times of special enlightenment, [1]Jacob was called Israel; and Saul, Paul.

anointed; even as, at times of special enlightenment, [1]

Jacob was called Israel; and Saul, Paul.

The third event of this eventful period,—a period ofsuch wonderful spiritual import to mankind!—was theadvent of a higher Christianity. [5]

The third event of this eventful period,—a period of

such wonderful spiritual import to mankind!—was the

advent of a higher Christianity. [5]

From this dazzling, God-crowned summit, the Naza-rene stepped suddenly before the people and their schoolsof philosophy; Gnostic, Epicurean, and Stoic. He muststem these rising angry elements, and walk serenely overtheir fretted, foaming billows. [10]

From this dazzling, God-crowned summit, the Naza-

rene stepped suddenly before the people and their schools

of philosophy; Gnostic, Epicurean, and Stoic. He must

stem these rising angry elements, and walk serenely over

their fretted, foaming billows. [10]

Here the cross became the emblem of Jesus' history;while the central point of his Messianic mission was peace,good will, love, teaching, and healing.

Here the cross became the emblem of Jesus' history;

while the central point of his Messianic mission was peace,

good will, love, teaching, and healing.

Clad with divine might, he was ready to stem the tideof Judaism, and prove his power, derived from Spirit, to [15]be supreme; lay himself as a lamb upon the altar ofmaterialism, and therefrom rise to his nativity in Spirit.

Clad with divine might, he was ready to stem the tide

of Judaism, and prove his power, derived from Spirit, to [15]

be supreme; lay himself as a lamb upon the altar of

materialism, and therefrom rise to his nativity in Spirit.

The corporeal Jesus bore our infirmities, and throughhis stripes we are healed. He was the Way-shower, andsuffered in the flesh, showing mortals how to escape from [20]the sins of the flesh.

The corporeal Jesus bore our infirmities, and through

his stripes we are healed. He was the Way-shower, and

suffered in the flesh, showing mortals how to escape from [20]

the sins of the flesh.

There was no incorporeal Jesus of Nazareth. Thespiritual man, or Christ, was after the similitude of theFather, without corporeality or finite mind.

There was no incorporeal Jesus of Nazareth. The

spiritual man, or Christ, was after the similitude of the

Father, without corporeality or finite mind.

Materiality, worldliness, human pride, or self-will, by [25]demoralizing his motives and Christlikeness, would havedethroned his power as the Christ.

Materiality, worldliness, human pride, or self-will, by [25]

demoralizing his motives and Christlikeness, would have

dethroned his power as the Christ.

To carry out his holy purpose, he must be oblivious ofhuman self.

To carry out his holy purpose, he must be oblivious of

human self.

Of the lineage of David, like him he went forth, simple [30]as the shepherd boy, to disarm the Goliath. Panopliedin the strength of an exalted hope, faith, and understand-

Of the lineage of David, like him he went forth, simple [30]

as the shepherd boy, to disarm the Goliath. Panoplied

in the strength of an exalted hope, faith, and understand-

ing, he sought to conquer the three-in-one of error: the [1]world, the flesh, and the devil.

ing, he sought to conquer the three-in-one of error: the [1]

world, the flesh, and the devil.

Three years he went about doing good. He had forthirty years been preparing to heal and teach divinely;but his three-years mission was a marvel of glory: its [5]chaplet, a grave to mortal sense dishonored—from whichsprang a sublime and everlasting victory!

Three years he went about doing good. He had for

thirty years been preparing to heal and teach divinely;

but his three-years mission was a marvel of glory: its [5]

chaplet, a grave to mortal sense dishonored—from which

sprang a sublime and everlasting victory!

He who dated time, the Christian era, and spannedeternity, was the meekest man on earth. He healedand taught by the wayside, in humble homes: to arrant [10]hypocrite and to dull disciples he explained the Wordof God, which has since ripened into interpretationthrough Science.

He who dated time, the Christian era, and spanned

eternity, was the meekest man on earth. He healed

and taught by the wayside, in humble homes: to arrant [10]

hypocrite and to dull disciples he explained the Word

of God, which has since ripened into interpretation

through Science.

His words were articulated in the language of a de-clining race, and committed to the providence of God. [15]In no one thing seemed he less human and more divinethan in his unfaltering faith in the immortality of Truth.Referring to this, he said,“Heaven and earth shallpass away, but my words shall not pass away!”andthey have not: they still live; and are the basis of divine [20]liberty, the medium of Mind, the hope of the race.

His words were articulated in the language of a de-

clining race, and committed to the providence of God. [15]

In no one thing seemed he less human and more divine

than in his unfaltering faith in the immortality of Truth.

Referring to this, he said,“Heaven and earth shall

pass away, but my words shall not pass away!”and

they have not: they still live; and are the basis of divine [20]

liberty, the medium of Mind, the hope of the race.

Only three years a personal Saviour! yet the founda-tions he laid are as eternal as Truth, the chief corner-stone.

Only three years a personal Saviour! yet the founda-

tions he laid are as eternal as Truth, the chief corner-stone.

After his brief brave struggle, and the crucifixion of [25]the corporeal man, the incorporeal Saviour—the Christor spiritual idea which leadeth into all Truth—mustneeds come in Christian Science, demonstrating the spir-itual healing of body and mind.

After his brief brave struggle, and the crucifixion of [25]

the corporeal man, the incorporeal Saviour—the Christ

or spiritual idea which leadeth into all Truth—must

needs come in Christian Science, demonstrating the spir-

itual healing of body and mind.

This idea or divine essence was, and is, forever about [30]the Father's business; heralding the Principle of health,holiness, and immortality.

This idea or divine essence was, and is, forever about [30]

the Father's business; heralding the Principle of health,

holiness, and immortality.

Its divine Principle interprets the incorporeal idea, or [1]Son of God; hence the incorporeal and corporeal aredistinguished thus: the former is the spiritual idea thatrepresents divine good, and the latter is the humanpresentation of goodness in man. The Science of Chris- [5]tianity, that has appeared in the ripeness of time, re-veals the incorporeal Christ; and this will continueto be seen more clearly until it be acknowledged, under-stood,—and the Saviour, which is Truth, be compre-hended. [10]

Its divine Principle interprets the incorporeal idea, or [1]

Son of God; hence the incorporeal and corporeal are

distinguished thus: the former is the spiritual idea that

represents divine good, and the latter is the human

presentation of goodness in man. The Science of Chris- [5]

tianity, that has appeared in the ripeness of time, re-

veals the incorporeal Christ; and this will continue

to be seen more clearly until it be acknowledged, under-

stood,—and the Saviour, which is Truth, be compre-

hended. [10]

To the vision of the Wisemen, this spiritual idea of thePrinciple of man or the universe, appeared as a star. Atfirst, the babe Jesus seemed small to mortals; but fromthe mount of revelation, the prophet beheld it from thebeginning as the Redeemer, who would present a wonder- [15]ful manifestation of Truth and Love.

To the vision of the Wisemen, this spiritual idea of the

Principle of man or the universe, appeared as a star. At

first, the babe Jesus seemed small to mortals; but from

the mount of revelation, the prophet beheld it from the

beginning as the Redeemer, who would present a wonder- [15]

ful manifestation of Truth and Love.

In our text Isaiah foretold,“His name shall be calledWonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlastingFather, The Prince of Peace.”

In our text Isaiah foretold,“His name shall be called

Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting

Father, The Prince of Peace.”

As the Wisemen grew in the understanding of Christ, [20]the spiritual idea, it grew in favor with them. Thus itwill continue, as it shall become understood, until manbe found in the actual likeness of his Maker. Theirhighest human concept of the man Jesus, that portrayedhim as the only Son of God, the only begotten of the [25]Father, full of grace and Truth, will become so magnifiedto human sense, by means of the lens of Science, as toreveal man collectively, as individually, to be the son ofGod.

As the Wisemen grew in the understanding of Christ, [20]

the spiritual idea, it grew in favor with them. Thus it

will continue, as it shall become understood, until man

be found in the actual likeness of his Maker. Their

highest human concept of the man Jesus, that portrayed

him as the only Son of God, the only begotten of the [25]

Father, full of grace and Truth, will become so magnified

to human sense, by means of the lens of Science, as to

reveal man collectively, as individually, to be the son of

God.

The limited view of God's ideas arose from the testimony [30]of the senses. Science affords the evidence that God is theFather of man, of all that is real and eternal. This spir-

The limited view of God's ideas arose from the testimony [30]

of the senses. Science affords the evidence that God is the

Father of man, of all that is real and eternal. This spir-

itual idea that the personal Jesus demonstrated, casting [1]out evils and healing, more than eighteen centuries ago,disappeared by degrees; both because of the ascensionof Jesus, in which it was seen that he had grown beyondthe human sense of him, and because of the corruption of [5]the Church.

itual idea that the personal Jesus demonstrated, casting [1]

out evils and healing, more than eighteen centuries ago,

disappeared by degrees; both because of the ascension

of Jesus, in which it was seen that he had grown beyond

the human sense of him, and because of the corruption of [5]

the Church.

The last appearing of Truth will be a wholly spiritualidea of God and of man, without the fetters of the flesh, orcorporeality. This infinite idea of infinity will be, is, aseternal as its divine Principle. The daystar of this appear- [10]ing is the light of Christian Science—the Science whichrends the veil of the flesh from top to bottom. The lightof this revelation leaves nothing that is material; neitherdarkness, doubt, disease, nor death. The material cor-poreality disappears; and individual spirituality, perfect [15]and eternal, appears—never to disappear.

The last appearing of Truth will be a wholly spiritual

idea of God and of man, without the fetters of the flesh, or

corporeality. This infinite idea of infinity will be, is, as

eternal as its divine Principle. The daystar of this appear- [10]

ing is the light of Christian Science—the Science which

rends the veil of the flesh from top to bottom. The light

of this revelation leaves nothing that is material; neither

darkness, doubt, disease, nor death. The material cor-

poreality disappears; and individual spirituality, perfect [15]

and eternal, appears—never to disappear.

The truth uttered and lived by Jesus, who passed onand left to mortals the rich legacy of what he said anddid, makes his followers the heirs to his example; butthey can neither appreciate nor appropriate his treasures [20]of Truth and Love, until lifted to these by their owngrowth and experiences. His goodness and grace pur-chased the means of mortals' redemption from sin; but,they never paid the price of sin. This cost, none but thesinner can pay; and accordingly as this account is settled [25]with divine Love, is the sinner ready to avail himself ofthe rich blessings flowing from the teaching, example,and suffering of our Master.

The truth uttered and lived by Jesus, who passed on

and left to mortals the rich legacy of what he said and

did, makes his followers the heirs to his example; but

they can neither appreciate nor appropriate his treasures [20]

of Truth and Love, until lifted to these by their own

growth and experiences. His goodness and grace pur-

chased the means of mortals' redemption from sin; but,

they never paid the price of sin. This cost, none but the

sinner can pay; and accordingly as this account is settled [25]

with divine Love, is the sinner ready to avail himself of

the rich blessings flowing from the teaching, example,

and suffering of our Master.

The secret stores of wisdom must be discovered, theirtreasures reproduced and given to the world, before man [30]can truthfully conclude that he has been found in theorder, mode, and virgin origin of man according to divine

The secret stores of wisdom must be discovered, their

treasures reproduced and given to the world, before man [30]

can truthfully conclude that he has been found in the

order, mode, and virgin origin of man according to divine

Science, which alone demonstrates the divine Principle [1]and spiritual idea of being.

Science, which alone demonstrates the divine Principle [1]

and spiritual idea of being.

The monument whose finger points upward, commemoratesthe earthly life of a martyr; but this is not all ofthe philanthropist, hero, and Christian. The Truth he [5]has taught and spoken lives, and moves in our midst adivine afflatus. Thus it is that the ideal Christ—orimpersonal infancy, manhood, and womanhood of Truthand Love—is still with us.

The monument whose finger points upward, commemorates

the earthly life of a martyr; but this is not all of

the philanthropist, hero, and Christian. The Truth he [5]

has taught and spoken lives, and moves in our midst a

divine afflatus. Thus it is that the ideal Christ—or

impersonal infancy, manhood, and womanhood of Truth

and Love—is still with us.

And what ofthischild?—“For unto us a childis[10]born, unto us a sonisgiven: and the government shallbe upon his shoulder.”

And what ofthischild?—“For unto us a childis[10]

born, unto us a sonisgiven: and the government shall

be upon his shoulder.”

This child, or spiritual idea, has evolved a more readyear for the overture of angels and the scientific under-standing of Truth and Love. When Christ, the incor- [15]poreal idea of God, was nameless, and a Mary knew nothow to declare its spiritual origin, the idea of man wasnot understood. The Judæan religion even required theVirgin-mother to go to the temple and be purified, forhaving given birth to the corporeal child Jesus, whose [20]origin was more spiritual than the senses could inter-pret. Like the leaven that a certain woman hid in threemeasures of meal, the Science of God and the spiritualidea, named in this century Christian Science, is leaven-ing the lump of human thought, until the whole shall [25]be leavened and all materialism disappear. This actionof the divine energy, even if not acknowledged, hascome to be seen as diffusing richest blessings. Thisspiritual idea, or Christ, entered into the minutiæ of thelife of the personal Jesus. It made him an honest man, [30]a good carpenter, and a good man, before it could makehim the glorified.

This child, or spiritual idea, has evolved a more ready

ear for the overture of angels and the scientific under-

standing of Truth and Love. When Christ, the incor- [15]

poreal idea of God, was nameless, and a Mary knew not

how to declare its spiritual origin, the idea of man was

not understood. The Judæan religion even required the

Virgin-mother to go to the temple and be purified, for

having given birth to the corporeal child Jesus, whose [20]

origin was more spiritual than the senses could inter-

pret. Like the leaven that a certain woman hid in three

measures of meal, the Science of God and the spiritual

idea, named in this century Christian Science, is leaven-

ing the lump of human thought, until the whole shall [25]

be leavened and all materialism disappear. This action

of the divine energy, even if not acknowledged, has

come to be seen as diffusing richest blessings. This

spiritual idea, or Christ, entered into the minutiæ of the

life of the personal Jesus. It made him an honest man, [30]

a good carpenter, and a good man, before it could make

him the glorified.

The material questions at this age on the reappearing [1]of the infantile thought of God's man, are after the man-ner of a mother in the flesh, though their answers per-tain to the spiritual idea, as in Christian Science:—

The material questions at this age on the reappearing [1]

of the infantile thought of God's man, are after the man-

ner of a mother in the flesh, though their answers per-

tain to the spiritual idea, as in Christian Science:—

Is he deformed? [5]

He is wholly symmetrical; the one altogether lovely.

Is the babe a son, or daughter?

Both son and daughter: even the compound idea ofall that resembles God.

Both son and daughter: even the compound idea of

all that resembles God.

How much does he weigh? [10]

His substance outweighs the material world.

How old is he?

Of his days there is no beginning and no ending.

What is his name?

Christ Science. [15]

Who are his parents, brothers, and sisters?

His Father and Mother are divine Life, Truth, andLove; and they who do the will of his Father are his isbrethren.

His Father and Mother are divine Life, Truth, and

Love; and they who do the will of his Father are his is

brethren.

Is he heir to an estate? [20]

“The government shall be upon his shoulder!”Hehas dominion over the whole earth; and in admirationof his origin, he exclaims,“I thank Thee, O Father, Lordof heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these thingsfrom the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto [25]babes!”

“The government shall be upon his shoulder!”He

has dominion over the whole earth; and in admiration

of his origin, he exclaims,“I thank Thee, O Father, Lord

of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these things

from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto [25]

babes!”

Is he wonderful?

His works thus prove him. He giveth power, peace,and holiness; he exalteth the lowly; he giveth liberty

His works thus prove him. He giveth power, peace,

and holiness; he exalteth the lowly; he giveth liberty

to the captive, health to the sick, salvation from sin to [1]the sinner—and overcometh the world!

to the captive, health to the sick, salvation from sin to [1]

the sinner—and overcometh the world!

Go, and tell what things ye shall see and hear: howthe blind, spiritually and physically, receive sight; howthe lame, those halting between two opinions or hob- [5]bling on crutches, walk; how the physical and morallepers are cleansed; how the deaf—those who, havingears, hear not, and are afflicted with“tympanum on thebrain”—hear; how the dead, those buried in dogmasand physical ailments, are raised; that to the poor— [10]the lowly in Christ, not the man-made rabbi—thegospel is preached. Note this: only such as are purein spirit, emptied of vainglory and vain knowledge, re-ceive Truth.

Go, and tell what things ye shall see and hear: how

the blind, spiritually and physically, receive sight; how

the lame, those halting between two opinions or hob- [5]

bling on crutches, walk; how the physical and moral

lepers are cleansed; how the deaf—those who, having

ears, hear not, and are afflicted with“tympanum on the

brain”—hear; how the dead, those buried in dogmas

and physical ailments, are raised; that to the poor— [10]

the lowly in Christ, not the man-made rabbi—the

gospel is preached. Note this: only such as are pure

in spirit, emptied of vainglory and vain knowledge, re-

ceive Truth.

Here ends the colloquy; and a voice from heaven seems [15]to say,“Come and see.”

Here ends the colloquy; and a voice from heaven seems [15]

to say,“Come and see.”

The nineteenth-century prophets repeat,“Unto us ason is given.”

The nineteenth-century prophets repeat,“Unto us a

son is given.”

The shepherds shout,“We behold the appearing ofthe star!”—and the pure in heart clap their hands. [20]

The shepherds shout,“We behold the appearing of

the star!”—and the pure in heart clap their hands. [20]

Editor's Extracts From SermonText:Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power ofGod.—Matt.xxii. 29.The Christian Science Journalreported as follows:—The announcement that the Rev. Mary B. G. Eddy [25]would speak before the Scientist denomination on theafternoon of October 26, drew a large audience. Haw-thorne Hall was densely packed, and many had to goaway unable to obtain seats. The distinguished speakerbegan by saying:— [30][pg 169]Within Bible pages she had found all the divine Science [1]she preaches; noticing, all along the way of her researchestherein, that whenever her thoughts had wandered intothe bypaths of ancient philosophies or pagan literatures,her spiritual insight had been darkened thereby, till [5]she was God-driven back to the inspired pages. Earlytraining, through the misinterpretation of the Word,had been the underlying cause of the long years of in-validism she endured before Truth dawned upon herunderstanding, through right interpretation. With the [10]understanding of Scripture-meanings, had come physicalrejuvenation. The uplifting of spirit was the upbuild-ing of the body.She affirmed that the Scriptures cannot properly beinterpreted in a literal way. The truths they teach must [15]be spiritually discerned, before their message can beborne fully to our minds and hearts. That there is adual meaning to every Biblical passage, the most eminentdivines of the world have concluded; and to get at thehighest, or metaphysical, it is necessary rightly to read [20]what the inspired writers left for our spiritual instruction.The literal rendering of the Scriptures makes them noth-ing valuable, but often is the foundation of unbelief andhopelessness. The metaphysical rendering is health andpeace and hope for all. The literal or material reading is [25]the reading of the carnal mind, which is enmity towardGod, Spirit.Taking several Bible passages, Mrs. Eddy showed howbeautiful and inspiring are the thoughts when rightlyunderstood.“Let the dead bury their dead; follow[30]thou me,”was one of the passages explained metaphysi-cally. In their fullest meaning, those words are salvation[pg 170]from the belief of death, the last enemy to be overthrown; [1]for by following Christ truly, resurrection and life im-mortal are brought to us. If we follow him, to us therecan be no dead. Those who know not this, may stillbelieve in death and weep over the graves of their beloved; [5]but with him is Life eternal, which never changes todeath. The eating of bread and drinking of wine at theLord's supper, merely symbolize the spiritual refresh-ment of God's children having rightly read His Word,whose entrance into their understanding is healthful life. [10]This is the reality behind the symbol.So, also, she spoke of the hades, or hell of Scripture,saying, that we make our own heavens and our own hells,by right and wise, or wrong and foolish, conceptions ofGod and our fellow-men. Jesus interpreted all spirit- [15]ually:“I have bread to eat that ye know not of,”hesaid. The bread he ate, which was refreshment of divinestrength, we also may all partake of.The material record of the Bible, she said, is no moreimportant to our well-being than the history of Europe [20]and America; but the spiritual application bears uponour eternal life. The method of Jesus was purely meta-physical; and no other method is Christian Science. Inthe passage recording Jesus' proceedings with the blindman (Mark viii.) he is said to have spat upon the dust. [25]Spitting was the Hebrew method of expressing the utmostcontempt. So Jesus is recorded as having expressedcontempt for the belief of material eyes as having anypower to see. Having eyes, ye see not; and ears, ye hearnot, he had just told them. The putting on of hands [30]mentioned, she explained as the putting forth of power.“Hand,”in Bible usage, often means spiritual power.[pg 171]“His hand is not shortened that it cannot save,”can [1]never be wrested from its true meaning to signify humanhands. Jesus' first effort to realize Truth was not whollysuccessful; but he rose to the occasion with the secondattempt, and the blind saw clearly. To suppose that [5]Jesus did actually anoint the blind man's eyes with hisspittle, is as absurd as to think, according to the reportof some, that Christian Scientists sit in back-to-backseances with their patients, for the divine power to filterfrom vertebræ to vertebræ. When one comes to the age [10]with spiritual translations of God's messages, expressedin literal or physical terms, our right action is not to con-demn and deny, but to“try the spirits”and see whatmanner they are of. This does not mean communingwith spirits supposed to have departed from the earth, [15]but the seeking out of the basis upon which are accom-plished the works by which the new teacher would provehis right to be heard. By these signs are the true disciplesof the Master known: the sick are healed; to the poorthe gospel is preached. [20]

Text:Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power ofGod.—Matt.xxii. 29.

Text:Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of

God.—Matt.xxii. 29.

The Christian Science Journalreported as follows:—

The announcement that the Rev. Mary B. G. Eddy [25]would speak before the Scientist denomination on theafternoon of October 26, drew a large audience. Haw-thorne Hall was densely packed, and many had to goaway unable to obtain seats. The distinguished speakerbegan by saying:— [30]

The announcement that the Rev. Mary B. G. Eddy [25]

would speak before the Scientist denomination on the

afternoon of October 26, drew a large audience. Haw-

thorne Hall was densely packed, and many had to go

away unable to obtain seats. The distinguished speaker

began by saying:— [30]

Within Bible pages she had found all the divine Science [1]she preaches; noticing, all along the way of her researchestherein, that whenever her thoughts had wandered intothe bypaths of ancient philosophies or pagan literatures,her spiritual insight had been darkened thereby, till [5]she was God-driven back to the inspired pages. Earlytraining, through the misinterpretation of the Word,had been the underlying cause of the long years of in-validism she endured before Truth dawned upon herunderstanding, through right interpretation. With the [10]understanding of Scripture-meanings, had come physicalrejuvenation. The uplifting of spirit was the upbuild-ing of the body.

Within Bible pages she had found all the divine Science [1]

she preaches; noticing, all along the way of her researches

therein, that whenever her thoughts had wandered into

the bypaths of ancient philosophies or pagan literatures,

her spiritual insight had been darkened thereby, till [5]

she was God-driven back to the inspired pages. Early

training, through the misinterpretation of the Word,

had been the underlying cause of the long years of in-

validism she endured before Truth dawned upon her

understanding, through right interpretation. With the [10]

understanding of Scripture-meanings, had come physical

rejuvenation. The uplifting of spirit was the upbuild-

ing of the body.

She affirmed that the Scriptures cannot properly beinterpreted in a literal way. The truths they teach must [15]be spiritually discerned, before their message can beborne fully to our minds and hearts. That there is adual meaning to every Biblical passage, the most eminentdivines of the world have concluded; and to get at thehighest, or metaphysical, it is necessary rightly to read [20]what the inspired writers left for our spiritual instruction.The literal rendering of the Scriptures makes them noth-ing valuable, but often is the foundation of unbelief andhopelessness. The metaphysical rendering is health andpeace and hope for all. The literal or material reading is [25]the reading of the carnal mind, which is enmity towardGod, Spirit.

She affirmed that the Scriptures cannot properly be

interpreted in a literal way. The truths they teach must [15]

be spiritually discerned, before their message can be

borne fully to our minds and hearts. That there is a

dual meaning to every Biblical passage, the most eminent

divines of the world have concluded; and to get at the

highest, or metaphysical, it is necessary rightly to read [20]

what the inspired writers left for our spiritual instruction.

The literal rendering of the Scriptures makes them noth-

ing valuable, but often is the foundation of unbelief and

hopelessness. The metaphysical rendering is health and

peace and hope for all. The literal or material reading is [25]

the reading of the carnal mind, which is enmity toward

God, Spirit.

Taking several Bible passages, Mrs. Eddy showed howbeautiful and inspiring are the thoughts when rightlyunderstood.“Let the dead bury their dead; follow[30]thou me,”was one of the passages explained metaphysi-cally. In their fullest meaning, those words are salvation

Taking several Bible passages, Mrs. Eddy showed how

beautiful and inspiring are the thoughts when rightly

understood.“Let the dead bury their dead; follow[30]

thou me,”was one of the passages explained metaphysi-

cally. In their fullest meaning, those words are salvation

from the belief of death, the last enemy to be overthrown; [1]for by following Christ truly, resurrection and life im-mortal are brought to us. If we follow him, to us therecan be no dead. Those who know not this, may stillbelieve in death and weep over the graves of their beloved; [5]but with him is Life eternal, which never changes todeath. The eating of bread and drinking of wine at theLord's supper, merely symbolize the spiritual refresh-ment of God's children having rightly read His Word,whose entrance into their understanding is healthful life. [10]This is the reality behind the symbol.

from the belief of death, the last enemy to be overthrown; [1]

for by following Christ truly, resurrection and life im-

mortal are brought to us. If we follow him, to us there

can be no dead. Those who know not this, may still

believe in death and weep over the graves of their beloved; [5]

but with him is Life eternal, which never changes to

death. The eating of bread and drinking of wine at the

Lord's supper, merely symbolize the spiritual refresh-

ment of God's children having rightly read His Word,

whose entrance into their understanding is healthful life. [10]

This is the reality behind the symbol.

So, also, she spoke of the hades, or hell of Scripture,saying, that we make our own heavens and our own hells,by right and wise, or wrong and foolish, conceptions ofGod and our fellow-men. Jesus interpreted all spirit- [15]ually:“I have bread to eat that ye know not of,”hesaid. The bread he ate, which was refreshment of divinestrength, we also may all partake of.

So, also, she spoke of the hades, or hell of Scripture,

saying, that we make our own heavens and our own hells,

by right and wise, or wrong and foolish, conceptions of

God and our fellow-men. Jesus interpreted all spirit- [15]

ually:“I have bread to eat that ye know not of,”he

said. The bread he ate, which was refreshment of divine

strength, we also may all partake of.

The material record of the Bible, she said, is no moreimportant to our well-being than the history of Europe [20]and America; but the spiritual application bears uponour eternal life. The method of Jesus was purely meta-physical; and no other method is Christian Science. Inthe passage recording Jesus' proceedings with the blindman (Mark viii.) he is said to have spat upon the dust. [25]Spitting was the Hebrew method of expressing the utmostcontempt. So Jesus is recorded as having expressedcontempt for the belief of material eyes as having anypower to see. Having eyes, ye see not; and ears, ye hearnot, he had just told them. The putting on of hands [30]mentioned, she explained as the putting forth of power.“Hand,”in Bible usage, often means spiritual power.

The material record of the Bible, she said, is no more

important to our well-being than the history of Europe [20]

and America; but the spiritual application bears upon

our eternal life. The method of Jesus was purely meta-

physical; and no other method is Christian Science. In

the passage recording Jesus' proceedings with the blind

man (Mark viii.) he is said to have spat upon the dust. [25]

Spitting was the Hebrew method of expressing the utmost

contempt. So Jesus is recorded as having expressed

contempt for the belief of material eyes as having any

power to see. Having eyes, ye see not; and ears, ye hear

not, he had just told them. The putting on of hands [30]

mentioned, she explained as the putting forth of power.

“Hand,”in Bible usage, often means spiritual power.

“His hand is not shortened that it cannot save,”can [1]never be wrested from its true meaning to signify humanhands. Jesus' first effort to realize Truth was not whollysuccessful; but he rose to the occasion with the secondattempt, and the blind saw clearly. To suppose that [5]Jesus did actually anoint the blind man's eyes with hisspittle, is as absurd as to think, according to the reportof some, that Christian Scientists sit in back-to-backseances with their patients, for the divine power to filterfrom vertebræ to vertebræ. When one comes to the age [10]with spiritual translations of God's messages, expressedin literal or physical terms, our right action is not to con-demn and deny, but to“try the spirits”and see whatmanner they are of. This does not mean communingwith spirits supposed to have departed from the earth, [15]but the seeking out of the basis upon which are accom-plished the works by which the new teacher would provehis right to be heard. By these signs are the true disciplesof the Master known: the sick are healed; to the poorthe gospel is preached. [20]

“His hand is not shortened that it cannot save,”can [1]

never be wrested from its true meaning to signify human

hands. Jesus' first effort to realize Truth was not wholly

successful; but he rose to the occasion with the second

attempt, and the blind saw clearly. To suppose that [5]

Jesus did actually anoint the blind man's eyes with his

spittle, is as absurd as to think, according to the report

of some, that Christian Scientists sit in back-to-back

seances with their patients, for the divine power to filter

from vertebræ to vertebræ. When one comes to the age [10]

with spiritual translations of God's messages, expressed

in literal or physical terms, our right action is not to con-

demn and deny, but to“try the spirits”and see what

manner they are of. This does not mean communing

with spirits supposed to have departed from the earth, [15]

but the seeking out of the basis upon which are accom-

plished the works by which the new teacher would prove

his right to be heard. By these signs are the true disciples

of the Master known: the sick are healed; to the poor

the gospel is preached. [20]

Extract From A Sermon Delivered In Boston, January 18, 1885Text:The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a womantook, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.—Matt.xiii. 33.Few people at present know aught of the Science ofmental healing; and so many are obtruding upon thepublic attention their ignorance or false knowledge inthe name of Science, that it behooves all clad in the shin-ing mail to keep bright their invincible armor; to keep [30][pg 172]their demonstrations modest, and their claims and lives [1]steadfast in Truth.Dispensing the Word charitably, but separating thetares from the wheat, let us declare the positive andthe negative of metaphysical Science; what it is, and [5]what it is not. Intrepid, self-oblivious Protestants ina higher sense than ever before, let us meet and defeatthe claims of sense and sin, regardless of the bans orclans pouring in their fire upon us; and white-wingedcharity, brooding over all, shall cover with her feathers [10]the veriest sinner.Divine and unerring Mind measures man, until thethree measures be accomplished, and he arrives atfulness of stature; for“the Lord God omnipotentreigneth.”[15]Science is divine: it is neither of human origin nor ofhuman direction. That which is termed“natural science,”the evidences whereof are taken in by the five personalsenses, presents but a finite, feeble sense of the infinitelaw of God; which law is written on the heart, received [20]through the affections, spiritually understood, and dem-onstrated in our lives.This law of God is the Science of mental healing,spiritually discerned, understood, and obeyed.Mental Science, and the five personal senses, are at [25]war; and peace can only be declared on the side of im-mutable right,—the health, holiness, and immortalityof man. To gain this scientific result, the first and funda-mental rule of Science must be understood and adheredto; namely, the oft-repeated declaration in Scripture [30]that God is good; hence, good is omnipotent andomnipresent.[pg 173]Ancient and modern philosophy, human reason, or [1]man's theorems, misstate mental Science, its Principleand practice. The most enlightened sense herein seesnothing but a law of matter.Who has ever learned of the schools that there is but [5]one Mind, and that this is God, who healeth all our sick-ness and sins?Who has ever learned from the schools, pagan phi-losophy, or scholastic theology, that Science is the law ofMind and not of matter, and that this law has no relation [10]to, or recognition of, matter?Mind is its own great cause and effect. Mind is God,omnipotent and omnipresent. What, then, of an oppo-site so-called science, which says that man is both matterand mind, that Mind is in matter? Can the infinite [15]be within the finite? And must not man have preexistedin the All and Only? Does an evil mind exist withoutspace to occupy, power to act, or vanity to pretend thatit is man?If God is Mind and fills all space, is everywhere, matter [20]is nowhere and sin is obsolete. If Mind, God, is all-powerand all-presence, man is not met by another powerand presence, that—obstructing his intelligence—pains, fetters, and befools him. The perfection of manis intact; whence, then, is something besides Him that [25]is not the counterpart but the counterfeit of man's creator?Surely not from God, for He made man in His ownlikeness. Whence, then, is the atom or molecule calledmatter? Have attraction and cohesion formed it?But are these forces laws of matter, or laws of [30]Mind?For matter to be matter, it must have been self-created.[pg 174]Mind has no more power to evolve or to create matter [1]than has good to produce evil. Matter is a misstatementof Mind; it is a lie, claiming to talk and disclaim againstTruth; idolatry, having other gods; evil, having presenceand power over omnipotence! [5]Let us have a clearing up of abstractions. Let uscome into the presence of Him who removeth all iniqui-ties, and healeth all our diseases. Let us attach our senseof Science to what touches the religious sentiment withinman. Let us open our affections to the Principle that [10]moves all in harmony,—from the falling of a sparrowto the rolling of a world. Above Arcturus and his sons,broader than the solar system and higher than the at-mosphere of our planet, is the Science of mentalhealing. [15]What is the kingdom of heaven? The abode of Spirit,the realm of the real. No matter is there, no night isthere—nothing that maketh or worketh a lie. Is thiskingdom afar off? No: it is ever-present here. Thefirst to declare against this kingdom is matter. Shall [20]that be called heresy which pleads for Spirit—the All ofGod, and His omnipresence?The kingdom of heaven is the reign of divine Science:it is a mental state. Jesus said it is within you, andtaught us to pray,“Thy kingdom come;”but he did [25]not teach us to pray for death whereby to gain heaven.We do not look into darkness for light. Death can neverusher in the dawn of Science that reveals the spiritualfacts of man's Life here and now.The leaven which a woman took and hid in three [30]measures of meal, is Divine Science; the Comforter;the Holy Ghost that leadeth into all Truth; the“still,[pg 175]small voice”that breathes His presence and power, cast- [1]ing out error and healing the sick. And woman, thespiritual idea, takes of the things of God and showeththem unto the creature, until the whole sense of beingis leavened with Spirit. The three measures of meal [5]may well be likened to the false sense of life, substance,and intelligence, which says, I am sustained by bread,matter, instead of Mind. The spiritual leaven of divineScience changes this false sense, giving better views ofLife; saying, Man's Life is God; and when this shall [10]appear, it shall be“the substance of things hoped for.”The measure of Life shall increase by every spiritualtouch, even as the leaven expands the loaf. Man shallkeep the feast of Life, not with the old leaven of thescribes and Pharisees, neither with“the leaven of malice[15]and wickedness; but the unleavened bread of sincerityand truth.”Thus it can be seen that the Science of mental healingmust be understood. There are false Christs that would“deceive, if it were possible, the very elect,”by institut- [20]ing matter and its methods in place of God, Mind. Theirsupposition is, that there are other minds than His; thatone mind controls another; that one belief takes theplace of another. But this ism of to-day has nothingto do with the Science of mental healing which acquaints [25]us with God and reveals the one perfect Mind and Hislaws.The attempt to mix matter and Mind, to work bymeans of both animal magnetism and divine power, isliterally saying, Have we not in thy name cast out devils, [30]and done many wonderful works?But remember God in all thy ways, and thou shalt[pg 176]find the truth that breaks the dream of sense, letting the [1]harmony of Science that declaresHim, come in withhealing, and peace, and perfect love.

Text:The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a womantook, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.—Matt.xiii. 33.

Text:The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman

took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.—Matt.

xiii. 33.

Few people at present know aught of the Science ofmental healing; and so many are obtruding upon thepublic attention their ignorance or false knowledge inthe name of Science, that it behooves all clad in the shin-ing mail to keep bright their invincible armor; to keep [30]

Few people at present know aught of the Science of

mental healing; and so many are obtruding upon the

public attention their ignorance or false knowledge in

the name of Science, that it behooves all clad in the shin-

ing mail to keep bright their invincible armor; to keep [30]

their demonstrations modest, and their claims and lives [1]steadfast in Truth.

their demonstrations modest, and their claims and lives [1]

steadfast in Truth.

Dispensing the Word charitably, but separating thetares from the wheat, let us declare the positive andthe negative of metaphysical Science; what it is, and [5]what it is not. Intrepid, self-oblivious Protestants ina higher sense than ever before, let us meet and defeatthe claims of sense and sin, regardless of the bans orclans pouring in their fire upon us; and white-wingedcharity, brooding over all, shall cover with her feathers [10]the veriest sinner.

Dispensing the Word charitably, but separating the

tares from the wheat, let us declare the positive and

the negative of metaphysical Science; what it is, and [5]

what it is not. Intrepid, self-oblivious Protestants in

a higher sense than ever before, let us meet and defeat

the claims of sense and sin, regardless of the bans or

clans pouring in their fire upon us; and white-winged

charity, brooding over all, shall cover with her feathers [10]

the veriest sinner.

Divine and unerring Mind measures man, until thethree measures be accomplished, and he arrives atfulness of stature; for“the Lord God omnipotentreigneth.”[15]

Divine and unerring Mind measures man, until the

three measures be accomplished, and he arrives at

fulness of stature; for“the Lord God omnipotent

reigneth.”[15]

Science is divine: it is neither of human origin nor ofhuman direction. That which is termed“natural science,”the evidences whereof are taken in by the five personalsenses, presents but a finite, feeble sense of the infinitelaw of God; which law is written on the heart, received [20]through the affections, spiritually understood, and dem-onstrated in our lives.

Science is divine: it is neither of human origin nor of

human direction. That which is termed“natural science,”

the evidences whereof are taken in by the five personal

senses, presents but a finite, feeble sense of the infinite

law of God; which law is written on the heart, received [20]

through the affections, spiritually understood, and dem-

onstrated in our lives.

This law of God is the Science of mental healing,spiritually discerned, understood, and obeyed.

This law of God is the Science of mental healing,

spiritually discerned, understood, and obeyed.

Mental Science, and the five personal senses, are at [25]war; and peace can only be declared on the side of im-mutable right,—the health, holiness, and immortalityof man. To gain this scientific result, the first and funda-mental rule of Science must be understood and adheredto; namely, the oft-repeated declaration in Scripture [30]that God is good; hence, good is omnipotent andomnipresent.

Mental Science, and the five personal senses, are at [25]

war; and peace can only be declared on the side of im-

mutable right,—the health, holiness, and immortality

of man. To gain this scientific result, the first and funda-

mental rule of Science must be understood and adhered

to; namely, the oft-repeated declaration in Scripture [30]

that God is good; hence, good is omnipotent and

omnipresent.

Ancient and modern philosophy, human reason, or [1]man's theorems, misstate mental Science, its Principleand practice. The most enlightened sense herein seesnothing but a law of matter.

Ancient and modern philosophy, human reason, or [1]

man's theorems, misstate mental Science, its Principle

and practice. The most enlightened sense herein sees

nothing but a law of matter.

Who has ever learned of the schools that there is but [5]one Mind, and that this is God, who healeth all our sick-ness and sins?

Who has ever learned of the schools that there is but [5]

one Mind, and that this is God, who healeth all our sick-

ness and sins?

Who has ever learned from the schools, pagan phi-losophy, or scholastic theology, that Science is the law ofMind and not of matter, and that this law has no relation [10]to, or recognition of, matter?

Who has ever learned from the schools, pagan phi-

losophy, or scholastic theology, that Science is the law of

Mind and not of matter, and that this law has no relation [10]

to, or recognition of, matter?

Mind is its own great cause and effect. Mind is God,omnipotent and omnipresent. What, then, of an oppo-site so-called science, which says that man is both matterand mind, that Mind is in matter? Can the infinite [15]be within the finite? And must not man have preexistedin the All and Only? Does an evil mind exist withoutspace to occupy, power to act, or vanity to pretend thatit is man?

Mind is its own great cause and effect. Mind is God,

omnipotent and omnipresent. What, then, of an oppo-

site so-called science, which says that man is both matter

and mind, that Mind is in matter? Can the infinite [15]

be within the finite? And must not man have preexisted

in the All and Only? Does an evil mind exist without

space to occupy, power to act, or vanity to pretend that

it is man?

If God is Mind and fills all space, is everywhere, matter [20]is nowhere and sin is obsolete. If Mind, God, is all-powerand all-presence, man is not met by another powerand presence, that—obstructing his intelligence—pains, fetters, and befools him. The perfection of manis intact; whence, then, is something besides Him that [25]is not the counterpart but the counterfeit of man's creator?Surely not from God, for He made man in His ownlikeness. Whence, then, is the atom or molecule calledmatter? Have attraction and cohesion formed it?But are these forces laws of matter, or laws of [30]Mind?

If God is Mind and fills all space, is everywhere, matter [20]

is nowhere and sin is obsolete. If Mind, God, is all-power

and all-presence, man is not met by another power

and presence, that—obstructing his intelligence—

pains, fetters, and befools him. The perfection of man

is intact; whence, then, is something besides Him that [25]

is not the counterpart but the counterfeit of man's creator?

Surely not from God, for He made man in His own

likeness. Whence, then, is the atom or molecule called

matter? Have attraction and cohesion formed it?

But are these forces laws of matter, or laws of [30]

Mind?

For matter to be matter, it must have been self-created.

Mind has no more power to evolve or to create matter [1]than has good to produce evil. Matter is a misstatementof Mind; it is a lie, claiming to talk and disclaim againstTruth; idolatry, having other gods; evil, having presenceand power over omnipotence! [5]

Mind has no more power to evolve or to create matter [1]

than has good to produce evil. Matter is a misstatement

of Mind; it is a lie, claiming to talk and disclaim against

Truth; idolatry, having other gods; evil, having presence

and power over omnipotence! [5]

Let us have a clearing up of abstractions. Let uscome into the presence of Him who removeth all iniqui-ties, and healeth all our diseases. Let us attach our senseof Science to what touches the religious sentiment withinman. Let us open our affections to the Principle that [10]moves all in harmony,—from the falling of a sparrowto the rolling of a world. Above Arcturus and his sons,broader than the solar system and higher than the at-mosphere of our planet, is the Science of mentalhealing. [15]

Let us have a clearing up of abstractions. Let us

come into the presence of Him who removeth all iniqui-

ties, and healeth all our diseases. Let us attach our sense

of Science to what touches the religious sentiment within

man. Let us open our affections to the Principle that [10]

moves all in harmony,—from the falling of a sparrow

to the rolling of a world. Above Arcturus and his sons,

broader than the solar system and higher than the at-

mosphere of our planet, is the Science of mental

healing. [15]

What is the kingdom of heaven? The abode of Spirit,the realm of the real. No matter is there, no night isthere—nothing that maketh or worketh a lie. Is thiskingdom afar off? No: it is ever-present here. Thefirst to declare against this kingdom is matter. Shall [20]that be called heresy which pleads for Spirit—the All ofGod, and His omnipresence?

What is the kingdom of heaven? The abode of Spirit,

the realm of the real. No matter is there, no night is

there—nothing that maketh or worketh a lie. Is this

kingdom afar off? No: it is ever-present here. The

first to declare against this kingdom is matter. Shall [20]

that be called heresy which pleads for Spirit—the All of

God, and His omnipresence?

The kingdom of heaven is the reign of divine Science:it is a mental state. Jesus said it is within you, andtaught us to pray,“Thy kingdom come;”but he did [25]not teach us to pray for death whereby to gain heaven.We do not look into darkness for light. Death can neverusher in the dawn of Science that reveals the spiritualfacts of man's Life here and now.

The kingdom of heaven is the reign of divine Science:

it is a mental state. Jesus said it is within you, and

taught us to pray,“Thy kingdom come;”but he did [25]

not teach us to pray for death whereby to gain heaven.

We do not look into darkness for light. Death can never

usher in the dawn of Science that reveals the spiritual

facts of man's Life here and now.

The leaven which a woman took and hid in three [30]measures of meal, is Divine Science; the Comforter;the Holy Ghost that leadeth into all Truth; the“still,

The leaven which a woman took and hid in three [30]

measures of meal, is Divine Science; the Comforter;

the Holy Ghost that leadeth into all Truth; the“still,

small voice”that breathes His presence and power, cast- [1]ing out error and healing the sick. And woman, thespiritual idea, takes of the things of God and showeththem unto the creature, until the whole sense of beingis leavened with Spirit. The three measures of meal [5]may well be likened to the false sense of life, substance,and intelligence, which says, I am sustained by bread,matter, instead of Mind. The spiritual leaven of divineScience changes this false sense, giving better views ofLife; saying, Man's Life is God; and when this shall [10]appear, it shall be“the substance of things hoped for.”

small voice”that breathes His presence and power, cast- [1]

ing out error and healing the sick. And woman, the

spiritual idea, takes of the things of God and showeth

them unto the creature, until the whole sense of being

is leavened with Spirit. The three measures of meal [5]

may well be likened to the false sense of life, substance,

and intelligence, which says, I am sustained by bread,

matter, instead of Mind. The spiritual leaven of divine

Science changes this false sense, giving better views of

Life; saying, Man's Life is God; and when this shall [10]

appear, it shall be“the substance of things hoped for.”

The measure of Life shall increase by every spiritualtouch, even as the leaven expands the loaf. Man shallkeep the feast of Life, not with the old leaven of thescribes and Pharisees, neither with“the leaven of malice[15]and wickedness; but the unleavened bread of sincerityand truth.”

The measure of Life shall increase by every spiritual

touch, even as the leaven expands the loaf. Man shall

keep the feast of Life, not with the old leaven of the

scribes and Pharisees, neither with“the leaven of malice[15]

and wickedness; but the unleavened bread of sincerity

and truth.”

Thus it can be seen that the Science of mental healingmust be understood. There are false Christs that would“deceive, if it were possible, the very elect,”by institut- [20]ing matter and its methods in place of God, Mind. Theirsupposition is, that there are other minds than His; thatone mind controls another; that one belief takes theplace of another. But this ism of to-day has nothingto do with the Science of mental healing which acquaints [25]us with God and reveals the one perfect Mind and Hislaws.

Thus it can be seen that the Science of mental healing

must be understood. There are false Christs that would

“deceive, if it were possible, the very elect,”by institut- [20]

ing matter and its methods in place of God, Mind. Their

supposition is, that there are other minds than His; that

one mind controls another; that one belief takes the

place of another. But this ism of to-day has nothing

to do with the Science of mental healing which acquaints [25]

us with God and reveals the one perfect Mind and His

laws.

The attempt to mix matter and Mind, to work bymeans of both animal magnetism and divine power, isliterally saying, Have we not in thy name cast out devils, [30]and done many wonderful works?

The attempt to mix matter and Mind, to work by

means of both animal magnetism and divine power, is

literally saying, Have we not in thy name cast out devils, [30]

and done many wonderful works?

But remember God in all thy ways, and thou shalt

find the truth that breaks the dream of sense, letting the [1]harmony of Science that declaresHim, come in withhealing, and peace, and perfect love.

find the truth that breaks the dream of sense, letting the [1]

harmony of Science that declaresHim, come in with

healing, and peace, and perfect love.

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