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Show THE CITIZEN They set but they were Maw of Cool, obedience to His law. n?illed mortal human beliefs f b fed on Physical sense utterly refused to or conclusive the physical senses Spguide, his only ires his onlyaction. thought and is spiritual sense? "Spi- of joy and supplying our every need even before we ask Him. lie who holds fellowship with God need not be in fear over salary or dividends. The Real versus the Unreal. that Christ kept clearly in mind the hi distinction between what is real and what is unreal. What is real? k God is real. Gods creation is real. Gods man is real. Life, Love, health, lit the holiness and justice are real. What is sin, Matter, mortality, page unreal? Mrs. Eddy-orit disease deatn and greed, fear, hate, Slice and Health, is a are .unreal. They are unreal because under-i- t to H capacity m They are they are not is the spirit that to divine the Hi nature; they opposed Jesus declared, and then of the are the k misconceptions fleeting 5 the flesh profiteth nothing." which will firt human mind, inevitably Sate let us note the manner new and when heavens the i: man a of case disappear he handled the new dweleth a wherein rightti earth, in the the palsy as recorded dawn upon human thought. eousness ee gospel, Lapter of Matthews Jesus Christ h l accept-licadestroyed the unreal and nerialist, the man who hit real. And today the exalted the sense evidence as a fact, argued that Christian ofScientist is faced with the joubtelss have keeping clearly in thought necessity Ht as an incurable disease, and a sinner this same vital distinction between the iat the man was reward of his real and the unreal. l the just At times misinformed critics seek hat is the argument of the il assumes to convey the impression that Chriscarnal mind which n tian Sicence makes a mistake in teachm is a physical organism, subThe ing that sin,- disease and death are sin, disease and death. s tot unreal, claiming that they are ter'eacher, the master metaphy-ashallow rible realities. These errors may never deceived by e dis-seem real to the uninstructed thought; and j. He knew that sin d think-6ibut of wrong both results they are not real in the sense that No man that both are healed by they are not ne method through divine unthroughout the ages has ever been of disease by declaring its realhealed He knew that despite ding. . ity. Only through spiritual perception piled up evidences of the phy-Ft man is to that disease is illusion because it is the contrary, anses not of God can it be healed. even as his Father in heaven if set; that he is upright, free, idary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and ' that he is not weak nor the Founder of Christian Science. of any hereditary .disease, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer d, they brought to him a man and Founder of Christian Science, the palsy, lying on a bed: and fleeing their faith said unto the grasped the eternal truth of existence which the great spiritual thinkct the palsy; Son, be of good of the Bible saw. She climbed ers Isjjthy sins be forgiven thee. And, 9 certain of the scribes said the mountain of holiness, that mountain "Beautiful for situation, the joy themselves. This man blas-An- d Jesus knowing their of the whole earth, and from that exalted summit there burst upon her ;s said, Wherefore think ye evil hearts? For whether is spiritual vision the absoluteness and perfection of God and the unreality .Jjjto say, Thy sins be forigven of things mortal and mundane. Beto say, Arise, and walk? cause she saw the same truth, the ye may know that the Son same pattern, the same model of 4 hath power on earth to n saith he to the sick thought, which prophet, seer and Christ Jesus saw, her writings coinjjijialsy), Arise, take up thy bed, cide with the spiritual sense of the 3 unto thine house. Scriptures; they give the same spiritual illumination as do the Bible texts If? Demonstration of Supply. bly more people worry over when understood. The result is that Sblem of the Christian Science textbook, Scisupply than over any ence and Health with Key to the Scripproblem. If a thousand people ft random were asked Wnat tures, and Christian Scientists are gives you most concern? healing the sick and freeing the sinning as did the disciples of old (a great many of them would The problem when they finally understood the imof supply. Hie Sreat strikes that port of the words and works of the luvulsed the nation? Why are blessed Master. .'fCe an(l trade sometimes cruel In 1866, Mrs. Eddy was healed of the SCraPulus? results of a serious accident through Why so much between nations for trade? . the understanding of a passage in Mas le uustion of tthews gospel. The spiritual undersupply. ? iuJiuman mind believes that standing of one passage of Scripture is limited, that there is not lifted her out of the shadow of the of clothing, food and money death valley, so omnipotent is Truth. round How did Jesus handle The light that burst upon her con&?.bleiu? He knew that all good sciousness in that hour of need was (jodf and h0 taught that the result of many years prayer, medon God their needs itation and study of the Scriptures. ied. The human mind Mrs. Eddy grasped the mighty fact He uestion of supply that God is the only Mind and cause, P If L thins- - The Christian and that there is no other mind and Wa H ' is a question cause. She saw that there is but one f ghts cause, God, one effect, man and the universe. Mrs. Eddy saw also that the exactness, logic, order, LU continuity and law of God were the yciy U1Uthe demand with only real Science, which she named Samififn S raouth When the Divine Science or Christian Science. l e8er Place were True Science is wholly spiritual, and were Ff SUP kjfrom ne(ids destroys the human counterfeit science oaves and two so far as the latter is based on matter fishes Whan spJI? aundaace remained. and mortality. Mrs. Eddy loved God, e demand and and because she loved God, she loved & wlt? supply MSnan bpnJ varyinS changes His creation, man. She saw that it was fcbt vine Love re-S-i, her duty to present this Science of same, eternally God and man to the world so clearly kIn(1- eternally that human thought could grasp it m t0 overflowing our cup and prove it, and for this purpose not supernatural. evi-Tes- us ac-fin- al n con-consta- nt God-create- d. i O' - God-create- d. she labored and loved for almost a half a century. She began her work by testing her discovery. She tested it by healing the sick many of them instantaneously by breaking the bondage of sin; she tested it by the light and freedom her followers experienced who honestly and earnestly sought to know the truth that maketh free. In 1875, nine years after her healing, she gave to the world the textbook of Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, a book that has done more to revolutionize the thoughts of men regarding the truths of the Bible than any other book that has ever been written. This book teaches the Science of Christianity. Its pages are not adulterated by the teachings of pantheism or dualism; it teaches pure (Christian meta-- , physics and its students rise to that Spiritual altitude of thought in which the sick are instantaneously healed. In speaking of her experience at this time, Mrs. Eddy wrote on page 107 of the textbook, In the year 1866, I discovered the Christ Science or divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and named my discovery Christian Science. God had been graciously preparing me during many years for the reception of this final revelation of the absolute divine Principle of scientific mental healing. This apodictical Principle points to the revelation of Immanual, God with us, the soverdelivering the eign children of men from every ill that flesh is heir to. Through Christian Science, religion nad medicine are inspired with a diviner nature and essence; fresh pinions are given to faith and understanding, and thoughts acquaint themselves intelligently with e, ever-presenc- God. The Mother Church and Its Manual. Sometimes we are asked, Why did Mrs. Eddy form a distinct church organization when there were so many denominations already established, dedicated to the extension of the reliThe answer gion of Christ Jesus? to that question is simple. Her message was refused by the established churches, and she was impelled to organize a church of her own. The Mother Church was organized in Boston in April, 1879, reorganized in September, 1892, as The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., and has been followed by a host of branch churches now scattered throughout the civilized world. Mrs. Eddy knew the nature of evil; she knew that the early Christian church had lost its healing power because the teachings of pure Christianity had become adulterated by paganism and human theories. To guide and protect the Christian Science church and to provide that never again down through the centuries should the healing power of the Christ, Truth, be lost to this world, she evolved from time to time s set forth in the Rules and the Manual of The Mother Church, the wisdom of which has been amply demonstrated in the prosperity of The Mother Church and its branches. Perhaps no stronger evidence of Mrs. Eddys profound understanding of God and her knowledge of the workings of evil can be presented than this same Manual, and Christian Scientists cherish and obey it, because it unswervingly guides them and their churches in the straight and narrow way of demonstrable truth. They know that so long as they obey the Manual, their churches will continue their healing work and their unprecedented prosperity, and they have no notion whatsoever of departing from either the letter or spirit of its requirements. On page 104 of the Manual, Mrs. Eddy speaks of it as follows: It stands alone, uniquely adapted to form the budding thought and hedge The exit about with divine Love. alted purpose of The Mother Church is definitely set forth in the Manual .i i. L I J I. 4 i i. i L i. By-law- j 1 I The Time Grows Short! for-(the- x I Only 6 days left to take advantage of our big special terms offer for The New Improved AutoMatic ELECTRIC WASHER $1 Down and $5 a Month drm This is the most wonderful electric washing machine value we have ever offered the marvelous new, improved AutoMatic more than pays for itself while you pay, and every cent it saves after you complete the payments is clear profit. The old AutoMatic has given wonderful service to more than 10,000 of our customers, and the new one with copper tub is even better. 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