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Show THE ~R~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~a~*B~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~rn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~rn~~~~rn~rn~~~~~~ * ~ By PAUL STARK SEELEY, C. S.B. ,, - ffiB§BffiB~IDBIDB!ill!ililffiB!iill!ilil!llil!ililffiBffill~lilil~ffiB~~:moo~~~~~~~~~~~liffilfillEffiE§l~~~~~i*lllli!~~!II~ffiB~ImiliDE!llilffiB!illlilll ~: "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN" Member Of The Board Of Lectureship Of The.- MOTHER Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. I ~ ;.: lillffiBI*l!*l~3EO mind in this contradictory sense, to Christian Science places no reliance Lord out of matter which had pre-! bad, or sick, man as constituting tht of God, the proof that God is? Try designate that which claims to be upon this fragile troublesome piece viously been made out of nothing. real order of existancc. 'l'his is like it, and if you keep trying ~ou will mental activity, yet has no kinship of mechani3m called thv physical body. E\·idently the matter-man is of doubt-~· rea:;oning thai the sun sends out find that a new sense of manhood wdth intelligence. This is the evil, or Paul wisely said that he <lid not con- ful lineage! This Adam-man, Christ- shadows instead of rays of iight. negative, sense of mind, named by fer with flesh and blood, for the rea- pan Science teaches, is the counterfeit. Reason is abandoner! when we • ay will presently begin to appear· PinChristian Science, mortal mind . .Mor- son, stated by him on another occa- of misconception of the true man. that an altogether good cause can dar has well sa:d, "Learn what you tal mind is God's opposite. For a~ sion, that flesh and blood cannot en- The real man is spiritual and Godlike. create an inharmon.ous and ,inful are and become it." Christian Science God is true Mind, the source of every ter into the kingdom, or creation, of His body is not material and destruc- man. We shall have to learn some- says, "!..earn that you exist to be the wise and good thougilt, so mortal God. Christian Science shows that tible, but spiritual and indestructible. time, and the soo1wr the uett( r for e>idence of God, and be it." And bemind is the origin of all evil and of many of our troubles come from hold· At the last supper Jesus said, "Take, our own happines:;, to think from the ing the witnes, of God is not a seaevery evil thought. God, divine Mind, too many conferences with the body eat: thi:; is my bod~'," referring not standpoint of a goou God, an 1 a God- sonal occupation. It has the continis the foundational fact. Evil, or mor.._ and allowing it to manage us instead to the flesh, which he had previously like man. That is, we must come to ..1ily of rtemity .. ~t..rem. is true mantal mind, is the basic lie. of our mana<ring it. ".Mortals " writd said profited nothing but +o his think of •man the repre cntative of hood, to bear hvmg witness to the ... " . , • ' G 1 . I 1\K' d d Lif True Mind is the same as true Love, Mrs. Eddy on page 214 of Science and spiritual body, the embod.iJment of. God, as possessing a nature anrl qual- Ot wh 0 ~s our r~a ·~11 an e. for Mind, or intelligence, always ex- Health, ".are inclined to fear and to right ideas, which we partake of and· itics that arc consistent with tne 1 0 We LIVe ~ Give, Not _to Get presses love and consideration. Sup- obey what they consider a material manifest in proportion as we think j nature of God. ]:; there anything 11- . The ~orld IS bu=>y gettmg. Some pose, :for instance, that you were chos- body more than they do a spiritual divinely. • •logical in asserting that a good Gou are getbng wealth, so~e fa_me, some en to rule over a large kingdom. God." Th ·h . · · th must make a good man and not an power, ome are gettmg Sick, some ose w o were m au thon·t Y m e . ' getting discouraged. Christian Science Would you not endeavor to see .that Physical Body Not Man · J esus , t·1me b e11evet 1 t h at 1evil one?• . . . ch urc h m • is pointing the way to a truer order lci.ndness and J~tice were mamfest We say, Well, body, how am I to- man lives 10 a material body. AnIn the human order men are desir- th d" · 1 · t Ir t ·d he ~ toward your subJects? Would you not . . . e tvme Y m e Igen or er, w re d ll . ·t . te th .. day? Were you hurt by the north tagomzed by the words and works of ous .of representm then· govern·· in it is seen that man exists only to ho a. m yo~ Pc;;er odpiOm~ be' ei; wind that blew upon you yesterday, Jesus they ]lailed his body to a cross, ments as ambas,udors, or their fellow- •give, to g.ve forth what God has 1 ;ppmes~,d f eal • an we - 1 ~g -~or did the rain on your feet produce i' thinking that thus they could silence citizens in legislative assemblies. B.r:>·: given him even joy he·dth and use?u wou d ~ tefr?u ~tre govern~ng a cold il' your th1·oat? Fudthermorc this man who taught that God had iness men wbh to b~come reprc:;en;;a- · ful being' As the 'sur: pr~vides all 1 ;r.sedy a~ m Jgen y-e~p~es:mg the body is a bothersome partner. more power than matter, and that tives of reputable firm"· A ;,ati..;far- 'that eaoh. sun bean needs to be a sunm C--onlty ast you governde<. ?" 1tr;g-~ It insists on time to sleep, time to be man with God's help could set aside tory representative intelligently pre· •beam as the principle of mathematics 1y. Ice f cu, -' t'nne t o b e a d orne d , an d 1s · 1oca 1- th e d es t 1-ucti' ve process of ph y:;rca ld rueff y, d yranny, an fInJUS · I sen t s th e H· Iea~, or· tl1e goous, . tell" -' of t h e prov1.'des all that each number needs 0 etnh wou Your sen~e ~K- md th 1t- . izes our range of activity. It become . force. They tried their theory out, one he represents. Have you evrr con-· to be a number so :\lind provides for 8 o e a 11 -goverrung •·~m genee. a 1sic · k , mcapact · ·tat ed , and parts so:11e- b ut 1·t f a1·1e d, mrsera · . G d . bly f a1·1 ed . Ancl s1'd ered th at we ex1s Ill . d . · t f or t h e express I man as His represe:1tative the health 1s 1s a. - ovmg no· t•1mes get b ro k en wh'tc h arc not• ea;,;Jly . I t h e reason was t h at h e wit · h w h om, purpose of represt.ntmg ts' o that . t an concerves · k' d · 1acttvJty · '· • ' he needs' supreme 111" and understanding 111 mg lS unJUS or un • replaced. Is it not time for us to dis- they dealt und 1·stood God and they telligence in thought ami. deed? How to be a~ individual expression of inMan Represents God cover that man has an individuality did not. So well did Jesus understand well are we representing our Prin- telligencc. God alone i:> responsible Now let us consider what the Scrip- superior to a physical body? Mater- his individuality to be the destructible ciple, God? Is the .;ick man, the . in- for man and He fulfills His respontures have to say about you and me ial sense says, I collect and blend expression of eternal Mind that in ner, the unhappy man, a good repre- ' sibility. All we need to do is to be and what we really are, from God's together by physical forces, for a few less than seventy hours he brought sentative of the all-1m ing M"nt! '? willing to thing and live as the sons standpoint. Right at the beginning 1 )'Cars, some twenty chemieal elements,: forth from the sepulchre, by the Surely not. When we are display ;ng and daughters not of men but of God· of the Bible we read that man is the and behold this is man! Do you be- power of divine thinking, the same such goods wie have forsaken our Some months ago I w~s motoring image of Go~i. ~.he word dmage means 'lieve_ th~t? Do Y?U believe~ th~t this body whi~h the forces. of evil cla.iJ:ned true occupation and have become with a party of friend>; through "representatiOn. Then our true self unthmking chemical combme IS the to have killed. Thus did he prove that agents for Satan, o1· mortal mind, beautiful section of Pennsylvania. a It is a representation of ~d, that is, a rep•:esentative of divine intelligence, man, endowed with an understanding dealing in such ·worthle;;s goods as was a spring dav full of glory. All representation of true Mmd. We live true Mind? So far as God is con- of Mind, God, is superior to the phy- fear, sickne,;s, and poverty, ju. t the nature sang a ~ilent symphony of ~o represent, that is, re-~resent, the cern~~· the mortal body is a vacant sic~l body and ~he physic~! fore~ opposite of t~e . good things ~hich praise to the creator. Everything was mtelligenee or good that IS God. Do domicile. wh1ch would as:;a1l and termmate his God has commiSSione,[ us to exhib.t. giving! The :;un above was giving you feel that the coll~tion of fle§h Natural_ science, ~e: called, asserts life. I~aiah expresses God's concept ofjlight and ·varmth; the road beneath and blood( called body, rs r~presenta- that phystcal man nas evolved from God's Man is Godlike us m the words, "Ye are my witness wa!> providin/t an easy way of travel; tive of God? Can eternal Mind be ~e- tadpoles and monkeys. Orthorlox theThe t1·ouble is that men have been es, saith the Lord." A witness is one the car was giving transportation and presented by that which is often d1s-j ology holds, according to a recent de- tr)'ing to solve their human problems who furnishes evidence or proof. comfo1t; the friends were giving of eased, crippled, and always tempor· clarati~n by our Presbyterian brothers by clinging in thought t? a sup~sed- Have ~·ou_ ~ver th?ught of y~urself their hospitality and kindness; the ary! I that th1s Adam-m~an was made by the ly good God and a frarl, oftent1me!; as the mdtvidual Witness, or ev1dence, trees were giving grace and beauty; A large audience enjoyed listening ious order of existence for which God to a lecture on Christian Science this is responsible. evening by Paul Stark Seeley, C. S. You and I are here this evening beB. of Portland, Oregon, a :\!ember of cause a noble, and devout wccman the Board of Lectureship of The Mary Baker Eddy, was willing to obey Mother Church, The Firt Church of Jesus' command and think differently Christ, Scientist in Boston, Mass. from the common course of human 'fhe lecturer was introduced by l\Irs. thought. As the •result of many years Laura M. Howell, Second Reader of of prayerful study of the Scriptures, Second Church, who sa1u:-"ln be- investigation, and experiment, she half of Seconu Church of Chri::;t, came to the place where she was able Scientist, of this city, it is my great to discern the divine concept of creapleasure and privilege to bid you wel- tion and man, and then set forth what she perceived in the Christian come. "Throughout all its history, man- Science textbook, Science an-d Health kind has looked to the symbol of light with Key to the Scriptures." Mrs. as expre::;smg God's presence anu Eddy did not discover a new truth, guidance. Du.ring a long mght of but she did discover the full import, matenalism, manKind's apprehen:siou and the law of application of the of its pre,;ence has vaned, but not mighty truths taught ~nd used by withstandmg, it has gUided and di- Christ Jesus. She first discovered thi• rected man in his Jeg1timate <.lesne Science, then through her writings and prayer to know God aright. St. and a wisely ordered church organiPaul says (Rom. 14:1:).) "Tne night zation she founded it in tha conis far spent the. <lay i;, at hand: let sciousness of men. Spiritual Sense Finds God us therefore cast off the_ works of Let us note that Jesus' statement darkness anti let us put on the armq_ur of hght." 'l'hls light is still guid;ng concerning the presence of God and mank.md and a fulle1· under;,;tanding His kingdom could not have been of it has come to the world today, made if he had had no other evidence through the revelation of Ghnstmn of existence than that which his eyes saw and his ears heard. ';I.'hese senses SCience. .saw an order wherein his countrymen "Our revered Leader, 1\lary Baker were under the Roman yoke, the PharEddy, in her great love for all mankind, instituted as a part of the ac- i ee~ were in Moses' seat, and the tivities of the church of Christ, human race was in subjection to sin, Science, a Board of Lectureship, disease, and death. Jesus gave no through whose ministiations much -..veight to this order, but with his spintual illumination has come to thought fixed on a higher order of existence he confidently said, "Rehuman consciousness, "I now have the pleasure of intro- pent: for the kingdom of heaven is ducing to you, Mr. l'aul Stark Seeley, at hand." Je:ous well knew the truth, C. S. B. of Portland. Oregon, A mem- later declared by Paul, "Eye hath not ber of the Board of Lectureship of seen, nor ear heard ..the things which The .Mother Church, The First Church God hath prepared.'' If, then, we canof Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass .. not perceive God and His kingdom with our eyes and ears, how are we who will now address you." Mr. Seeley then spoke substantially to find Him and His creation? Through spiritual sense. as follows:Perhaps we have never thought of In the eleventh chapte1· of the gospel of Mathew, Christ Jesus gives to having a spiritual sense. Neverthe-the human race an invitation of hop&. less we have, and it is the most reThe invitation includes a great pro- liable sense we possess. This sense mise. These are his words, "Come perceives the things that endure. The unto me, all ye thai labor and are practice of kindness, honesty, or jusheavy ladenJ and I ~will give you tice, if without selfish motive, is the rest." The Messiah's promise, of activity of spiritual sense. So Vie see , which Christian Science is reminding that every right thinking person is men, is to all who will come to that using sph·itual sense in some measure true knowledge of God, and the under- every day. None of these God-qualitstanding of life taught by Christ ies can be seen, heard, tasted, or felt Jesus. To all such, without partial- with the material senses. The phyity, here is an unqualified promise of sical senses discern only our temporelief and rest. Are you wondering rarly material surroundings, whereas where lies the path of truth? Christ- spiritual sense acquaints us with the ian Science will show you. Are you ideas of Mind. There is within us this weighed down with sickness? Christ- j>ense which discerns good and clings ian Science will lift the burden with to it, and there is nothing about the God's healing law. Are you heavy- operation that is physical in any way. laden with a sense of grief or des· By this spiritual, or right mental, pair? Christian Science will bring to 3ense, God, Spirit, is discerned and your heart a joy which earth cannot His laws understood. And it was besteaL Understan<l.ing, health, glad· cause of what he discerned through ness,-these are the gifts of God which Bpiritual sense that Jesus could say Christian Science is bringing to men. without qualification, in the face of a material world, "The kingdom of Heaven is at Hand The Roman Empire held under iti' heaven is at hand.'' What is God? "~ control nearly all the civilized world Since we are to reas.on concerning when John the Baptist began, some twenty centuries ago, to preach to his God and His heaven, or creation, let countrymen, "Repent ye: for the king- us begin by considering first of all the dom of heaven is at hand." A ~imple question, What is God? If we are to • statement heard but by few, and un- have a God who is to be available to derstood by still fewer. The brief all He must be everywhere, not someministry of John the Baptist was where. For what good would anyquickly followed by the public appear- thing be to you or to me if it hapance of Christ Jesus, ·who began hi~: pened to be in South America when epoch-making ministry with this same we needed it very much in the United imperative commarid, "Repent: for the States? God must als.o possess the intelligence which can master evil. kingdom of heaven is at hand." Do you believe that Jesus lmew For how would we be benefited if we what he was talking about when he were to call upon Him and find He stated that heaven is Lere? Do you did not possess sufficient intelligence believe he would have repeatedly made to help us overcome some perplexing this statement if he had not known it phase of human discord? The only to be absolutely true? Yet Jesus conceivable concept of God that shows looked out upon the .':iame world as Him to be everywherll, and to possess those about h.iJm.. He knew that Caesar all intelligence, is the concept of God - ._ reigned in Rome and that the world as Mind. Intelligence resides only in lay at his feet. But still he said, "ThP 1\tind, and for Mind there are no kingdom of heaven is at hand." I feel boundaries. Therefore Mind is everysure no one will contend that the ma- where. For example, if we &it in our homes erial world with its Roman Empire, and think intelligently Mind is thus · s Pharisees, its philosophies and illagic, its sickness and death, wa~ proved to be there; if we travel across the order of things Jesus had in mind land or sea and think good thoughts when he said God's kingdom is here :\1ind is thus shown to be with us all Jesus made any such conclusion im- the way. One of the happy things possible by indicating during his min- about Chri!rtian Science is that it existry that the things of Caesar and plains how near God is simply by the things of God a1·e oppos.ites, by showing that God is Mind, the author condemning all that the Pharises of every good thought. We do not stood for, and by overcoming sin, have to take a single step in order tQ sickness, and death. He whose life- find God and His heaven. Our bodies work was to inform men about God do not have to move an inch. But we and His kingdom would neither con- do have to III!.ake a tmove in our demn nor destroy an)thing which be- thought. The move is from the wrong to the right point of view of existence, longed to that kingdom. from the material to the spiritual Repent: Think Differently Please note that preceeding Jesus' basis of thought. One mentally emi· startling statement that the kingdofYI grates from the Land of Bad, where of heaven, is here was the command, the giants of Poverty, Fear, Hate, and •Repent." The Greek word translatecl Sickness, seem to rule, to the Land "repent" means "to think differently." of Good, where the only lawgiver is So the command is, "Think different- the all-loving and· all-wise God. Mind is Love l.Jy, for the kingdom of heaven, the In the everyday use of words much kingdom of good, is here, and by thinking correctly yo11 will be able that is designated mind is wholly lackto find it.'' That which Christ Jesus ing in intelligence, and so is not really proclaimed in the fh·st century of the entitled to be regarded as mind. For Christian era Christian Science pro- example, there is no intelligence in claims in the twentieth. "Repent: for hatred or fear, though these are oftlJe kingdom of heaven is at ihand." ten referred to as states of mind. The Change your thinking, gain the tmc use of the word mine! in this way is concept of God and of yourself, and a misuse, though for lack of soane ytm will flnd Tight here the ha.nnon- other word we almost have to '11M I I . ------ I I A FEW HINTS--Electric Ranges Electric Washers Vacuum Cleaners Simplex Ironers Electric Toasters Waffle Irons Percolators Curling Irons Heaters Heating Pads Bridge Lamps Floor Lamps Table Lamps Boudoir Lamps Toy Ranges Toy Trains Coffee Urns Tree Lights Tree Reflectors |