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GERMAN SCIENCE Wen-1PM A. Hench; introduced by Ila. my W. who aid: In the Bible we read. “He that dwelleth In fluencretplaceoftheuoetmth Church o! m. scientist. in m. abide undcr the shadow at the A]- mighty." (15.9121) In the Christian Science Textbook, Science and Health with Key to the ‘Tofithoae leaning on the sustaining in- finite today is big with blessings." (Preface VII) I have every reason to be grateful to Christina Science. It has given me of wearing glasses. Christian Science Defined To begin with the definition. let me reed Mrs. Eddy’s own words from thej book just named to which the words; “with Key to the Scriptures” were 31-“. terward added. At page 127 she ex- plains that she employs certain tenns interchangeably to define her discovery; _These she ‘lists as “Divine Science,‘ Spiritual Science. Christ Science ' or' Wormnmrddwmmp peace: 10:! and the assurance of God’s; ever present love. From childhood I suffered severe headaches. Medical and surgical skill felled to heal me and through the study and application of Christlan Science I have found great relief and have been healed of the need You have come here today to hear] about Christian Science. Some of you know a great deal about it already. butl want to know more. To others of you it will be a new story which you will want from the beginning. For the benefit of this second group particularly. . I am golng to give you first a definition of christian Science in terms or what‘ its Founder. Mary Baker Eddy, declared; it to be and its adherents today stead- fastly assert it to be. Then, for the same reason that Christianity itself can be fully appre- ciated. only if the explanation of it includes the marvelous story or its Founder. Jesus. I am going to tell you something of the woman who, in 1666 rediscovered primitive Christiantiy and in 1875 gave her discovery to the world in the form of a book which she named “Science and Health." ‘ Christian Science. or Science alone.” She adds. "These synonymous terms stand for everything relating to God. the infinite. supreme. eternal Mind. It may be said, however.” she continues. ' “that the term Christian Science re-‘ lates especially to Science "as applied. inhumanity. Christian Science reveals God, not as the author of sin. sickness, and death, but as divine Principle. Su- preme Being. Mind, exempt from all; evil. It teaches that matter is the fal- sity. not the fact, of existence; that. nerves. brain. stomach, lungs. and so tonth, haveâ€"as matterâ€"no intelligence. lift. nor sensation." Because dhristian Science has thus revealed God to humanity and exposed the nothingneas of matter and all material beliefs. it is unquestionably the gift of God to a world weary with its“ unanswered prayers and questionings, and its ceaseless struggle for emanci- pation from a bandage it has heretofore and, was the introduction of lightâ€"â€" “Let there be light." Where the dark- ness of chaos seemed to be. there the light of reality, of divine order and perfection, prevailed. Abraham- saw and «talked with the angels under the great oaks at Mamre, and gained un- doubtedly a vision of the true light, the light of divine Truth. 'Dher'e is, however, another instance I wish to recall. This time the light came suddenly and blindingly. It left the one to whom it came stunned as by a physical blow. It came in the broad glare of midday on a heavily ' traveled highway. It penetrated and dissipated the mental darkness and cruelty of one bent on a destructive errand. ’upbn a mountainside, disintegrates, re- duces. and removes it in somewhat the A stream of water. played same fashion. A three-day period of actual physical blindness followed this _.-emm of Saul of Tarsus on the been nimbie to define or underwent}. Christian Science is the full and final revelation of divine Principle. God, what. He is and how 'He may be under- says, “O'er thé grim night bf chins shone. " As this light of Christian Science penetratea the darkened con- sciousness of many 8 mm (at revelation of divine Principle. God, what, He is and how ’He may be under: stood. ‘ y. , “One use. have star" _ Christian Sciencehas been likened by Mrs. Eddy in one of her ”pummel! poems. “Christ and airistmas” (p. 7). to “One lone. brave star” which.. she says, "O'er the grim night bi chaos shone." As, this light of Christian Science penetrates the darkened con-‘ seiousness of many a “wanderer far from the heaven of his, hopes and dreamdteeemsindeed likesuehastar Later. when in its light the.sz one has found his lmedom. he rejoices that he has been led by its bright beam.not only to the Bethlehem manger with all its deep significance. but tlu'oush theexperience oi theone Who" was Wthem. into a new and. brighterworldotpeaoeandhope.a world newly rediscovered for him By” Mrs. Eddy-the mum 0! Christian ’ ment, retn05pe0tion now carried on in the white light of Spirit, hatred. resent- self-wili, intolerance, human pride of. intellect. race. and traditionâ€" all faded away. With thém went, also 'a-.‘ialee.aense of loyalty to old asso- ciates still satisfied with the darkness. ' What a glorious vision the shining. snow-capped summits oi the Lebanon Range must have appeared to this one. spiritually reborn and later to be re- naihed Paul. on the glad morning when, 1mm: Damascus behind him, he turn- ed his‘iace to the rising sun and the phone and quiet of the Arabian Desert. thereto seek for three years the inner mum of the revelation which had (Seine~ to him in such a- marvelous way but a few duo's belore. Divine-Ideas, Supply Human Needs In eachone of these instances of, me! comm-or spiritual light to men there is a' lessOn of compelling import- .m. m i: this: that God supplies His “Ono fine. brave star" Christian Science has been likenEd by Mrs. Eddy in one of her pubusmd poems. ‘Christ and MW” (p. 7), to “One lone, brave star” which. she Science. fascinating atoms or mouth m‘ Moreover. it is a story essential to; E s. E natal”. Rum (immorwmmm mmhradywdmemdotmm- one mulling under the Max 0! for m to an whom v w _â€" -,__ thee. lit is this that God supplies His children unfailingly with ideas. and hummmmo‘mm these idea. in turn, furnish maddy’acomcioumessaslt didthat .0! 13am. comes alike to all whose cm- sebum is open to perceive it. In ‘ this Wing light. the idea or ideas whichwillmeetthehumanneedd "the mm. must appear. covers: and Founder um. A. amen. c. a. a. u wanna. omo r53. period of darkness, the blind 87091118 “a"! mankind to teeth! It went on cw- m 0! en mm glimpse. caught from time to time. the lluhtm mlost from the world Students of religious history. mtdh- ins the development of the divine idea in human éoneéiouaneu throughout the wee. otter many different explanations for thh phenomenon. None alters the (not that the light was. to all practical purposes. lost to the comprehension of light was to be Mrs. Eddy's high dis- tlnation. For years she had vainly sought through many long-tried human avenues for peace. health. and spiritual understanding. The clouds seemed only to settle more deeply. Then. when all' seemed utterly lost and her friends be- lieved She was about to pass from their sight. the light of understanding broke. It brought healing on its wings, healing that could only be divine, for it came through no human channel. The beau y. the clarity. and naturalness of divine Truth, the Christ. Truth, break- ing in human consciousness often does bring healing in just this way. The next nine years she spent in testing and proving her discovery. Nor was it an easy task to find words and phrases to suitably express her newly-’ discoveredunderstanding to those about her. These years were ones of seem- ing struggle and trial as she sought to blaze a spiritual trail through the deep tangle of materiality, a trail which others might more easily follow. At last these years bore rich fruit in the form of the Christian Science textbook which, as we have seen, was given to the world in 1875. Thus was Christian ScienCe formally and officially present- ied to humanity. Ever-Presence of the Christ-Light _ That which took place in the experi- ence of Mrs. Eddy when the light came to hereâ€"the incident we spoke of a clearly the true path before them. The first great essential. then, for mankind must and ever will be light. ”3137.13 recovery was of incalculeble importance. for it is cnly when the clear light. of divine Truth breaks in upon the seeming darkness that the endlas moving ends and men see mm A' '5ng ashriefltsc omyL was-inch; thing new. or unusual. The Bible, on Which Christian Science is based, pro- vides many examples of this penetra- tion of light into human consciousness, the process of revelation. On the open- ing page of that book we find that the first recorded act of creative Mind, God, was the introduction of lightâ€" “;Let there be light.” Where the dark- ness of chaos seemed to be. there the light of reality, of divine order and perfection, prevailed. Abraham- sum and «talked With the angels under the greet oaks at Mamre, and gained un- doubtedly a vision of the true light, the light of .divine Truth. In that. interval of introspectign' Christian sum W. page 7) that “It is the ell-hearing and ell-knowing Mind. towhomeudineedofmenisnl- ways mimdby whom itwill be supplhd.” When the full significance of this statement breaks in upon a? human consciousness groping in the dark. it may for a moment seem like a blinding glare of light: yet it is in? exactly‘ such revealing. regenerating light that all true spiritual growth must? be made. .Without material. physical light no so-cailed natural growth can mmnumm.m book explains the remarkable ability l of Jesus when it tells us at page 639; that "The divine origin of Jesus. gave‘ 'him more than human power to ex-gi pound the facts of creation.» and de-7 monstrate the one Mind which makes: and governs man and the universe." But there. were. in the early childhood.- of both these unusual characters, cer- tain facts of interesting similarity. Both were born in deeply religious homes” Both were surrounded with an atmos~ phere of love and devotion to the things: of Spirit. Mrs. Eddy was reared inra home in which there was abundance. Her father was an educated man, and. according to the economic standards of‘ his day. a well- to-do landed proprietor. His five hundred fertile acres which he; had inherited from his father were. ample to care for and educate his family of six children. There is no- thing to indicate that Jesus was not adequately provided for, both as child and man. _ take place. So it is mgm mortals: Mthom the light of smut. they must ever grape muorkness. Eu-ly Bookma- The background of Mrs. Eddy‘s eariy life, as well as that of June, is ex- tremely impontant to an understanding of why they succeeded so signally where many others before them had failed. Our Christian Science text- There was another point of similarity in the childhood experience of these two spiritual leaders. The . scenes which met the gaze of the boy Jesus as- he watched ‘from a commanding hill- top at ~the edge of Nazareth were . un- usual. Wha-t he saw there rivaled for magnificence and variety anything to be seen in the world of his time. There were imposingr mountains and green valleys. to be sure, but the thing which held the rapt attention Of the boys of: Nazareth was the great highway which *sivept up from the ’sea fitness thQ pinn' of Esdraelon, one of the greatest coin- mercial and military roads in the world of Jesus’ time. It bore a constant stream of commerce. There were great caravans coming and going from the. Far East to the waiting ships at the seaside. There were Roman legions. priests. actors, and laymen in endless variety ‘ Mrs. Eddy’s home faced a. vastly dif- ferent scene but also one of unusual in- terest. At the foot of the gently'slop'ing hill, on whose crest the homest was. located. and along the winding streams there passed a roadway. 'I-t was then. one of the heavily-traveled highways of her sta:teâ€"a. hi'ghWay crowded with the acmlvlty of a commonWealth then. in its most vigorous stage. Thus her childhood, like that of Jesus._wes spent. not as many think. in an isolated and obscure place, but rather where she could watch the world go by. and learn in the matching much about its daily problems. What she then learned - of the world and its ways may well have aided her later in making her discovery. quickly intelligible, phrasing it in prec- ticsl.. terms and proving it in daily demonstration. There is- one more aspect ‘of Mrs. Eddy’s childhood environment - that. mustbe noted. Her early life was set in an atmosphere of great physical beauty. From the dooryard of her com- forteble farm home, with its abundant homely duties. stretched a broad panor- ama of mountains and valleys almost poignant in their charm and endless in variety. Rugged hills, a noble river. brooks and forests, orcherds and culti- vated fields, churches. schools, and vil- lages, spread out before her in a grand, and inspiring vista. To look upon this scene today. not greatly changed, is to be reminded inevitably o: 'e phrase M13. Eddy used long afterward to describe the infinite range of a consciousness liberated by divine Science; namely. “eonception unconfined. ” . y were strangers to the ways of the world. Both, as children. were familiar with a great variety of human aflairs. ‘ Bothfeltasohildren the trjagicneedof the world for spiritual light. {Between her childhood days and the discovery of Christian Science the human ex- perieneesofm‘S. Eddytend'edtoim- periods of mahy months. turned her thoughts to various healing systems, andactedasagoadtodriv‘eheron from chem an‘otheruntilallhad failed. Thenlnherhourotsorestneed sheeameupon theoneandohlytm‘e armâ€"mat of (mine Mind. Revelation m lie-an: Neither Jesus nor Mrs. mammammmmu mm 6 quick 1a! “m healing. mt.uherwfimm.uauneot mwlerhoodol'OodL-ctendermom- hook deep root in an. iddy's consciou- nea. It braver replaced that sense of God which prevdled no generally in her chtfl'uood'deyvâ€"me sense of God "as e stern, humanly Just. unyielding Fewer; a. God who mulled “an eye for an eye. um a. tooth for a tooth.” a God who demanded m Isaac as His forever, though not the righteous sense that evil must and ever does destroy iweli. The'gb'eloved disciple had de- clared that God was Love. and Mrs. Eddy now began to understand what these words meant. , Yet the full vision was not vouch- safed to her at once. As it came to the great Nazarene, it came also to uer. Her own recovery from the effects of an injury received in an accident was immediate“ Yet the years of patient prayer and search which followed. for a larger understanding .of what had really occurred on that day of her de- liverance. would indicate that the vision was an unfolding and enlarging one. The early rose- -tints in‘ the east foretell the 'ooming dawn and always precede the glory of the noonday sun. All Bible eVldence points to the conclusion that Jesus’ understanding of God as infinite Spirit grew naturally and nor- many in this way. Every recorded act of the Master. beginning with the proof of his divine authority as ex-i pressed at Cana of Galilee until the resurrection morn, supports this deduc- tion. Christian Science insists. as we have already seen. upon “Jesus’ spiritu- al origin and understanding." and “the history of Jesus." it points out “shows him to have been more spiritual than all other earthly personalities” (Sci- 'ence and Health, p. 315). Yet from. Gena to" Calvary more than one step was required. . Does not the growth in. understand- ing of" the Christ, Truth, in human conSciousness confirm the normality of this unfolding and enlarging process? To one" a "bright gleam may appear instantaneously; to another, it may seem like a very tiny glint indeed, com- ing grudgingly through some narrow chink; but in every instance it en- larges as consciousness becomes more accustomed to the light and more in- clined to Welcome its fuller appearing. The glad eXperience of her own healing. perhaps, quite filled Mrs. Eddy’s con- sciousness at first. But this was not for long As the true meaning of the light bééfi'i‘n'e clearer t‘d her, an under-.: standing or what had actually taken .Blace in her human life began to uni fold. Then she realised its import to others. To pass on this light, this re- vealing Truth which had come to her so naturally and yet in such an amaz- ing way,‘now became her all-absorbing lifework. " ' From the very beginning of her dis- coveijy.‘ Mrs. Eddy knew intuitively, as Jesus did. that men could be convinced- of the truth of the message she felt impelled to bring to them only by demonstnation. Would the revealed Truth now do what it had done in the days of‘ the Master? Would it heal? That was, the question. Mrs. Eddy. re-‘ cognized that a, provable or demonstr- able subject must be scientific; it must reset..onasolid basis of fact. from which unassailable deductions might be drawn. Reversing this reasoning: if physical healin-gs resulted from her ap- plication of the truth about God and man; the truth Which she had dis- cemed in the bright light of revelation, then it must follow that discovery based on' fact; solid fact, must be scientific. Hence. the name Science: and because this'ScienCe was to be ap- plied to human needs, it was essentially Christian; in other words.- it was an exnression of the Christ. This is why The goal of proof which Mrs. Eddy now set for herself was healing. She proved the correctness. that is. the- Science and the Christianity of her revelation, by healing others. She heal- ed those who came to her, and on oc- cagion went voluntarily to those of Whose need she learned. Such help was even 'exiended to those who had been given .up to die by attending physicians. Thus, from the very begin- ning. Mrs. {Eddy's enlarging under- standing at the truth she had discov- cred wss. based on- a solid foundation of proof. She inter wroce in regard to this vital point (Science and Health. p. 147): “The danonstrahon of the rues of scientific healing will plant you firm- ly on the spiritual groundwork of Christian Science. This proof lifts you high above the p'erishing fossils of '0: being hitherto Mined and seem- finely dim” Accumulating prom during that eeriy period of development of her dis- gem-tam. Inthispartectmsn mafiavmspwaodsmumand tliii wpnctviewotmnnhesled the flick.” 616 am m m me- odvery mm not beyond question that th'o' method she was employing was the- W0! the Master Christian. It, mfim because b had in it no The Goal of Proof men of God. m exact end nee- mmmnmmmmm. In. lady was convinced um her am: and (he method of betting mum (tom it were divine. Christin. end scientific. m It coincided so per- fectly with this Christ-method of What is this amumeuaod which Mrs. Eddy rediscovered and used to new the sick in the nineteenth century. as Jesus did in the first mu century of the Christian era? This question is no doubt very much in the minds of those among you who are hearing about Christian Science for the first time. You probably also wantito know the difference between what Christian Science considers the Christ-method to be and that which Christians generally consider it to be. The diaerence is this: while all genuine Christians believe im- plicity in the healings of'Jesus. many. it not most of them, consider these healings to have been miraculous: that is. contrary to. or above those sb-calied laws which seem to govern humans and their activities. They believe these healings to have been part of a dis- pensation which ended with the pre- sence of the Master and his immediate followers. Christian Science takes an opposite view. It says that the marvelous ability of Jesus lay in his knowledge of' a superior law, the law of God. the Christ-law, his knowledge that there was in reality no other law, his know- ledge that the presence of that Christ- law is constant, that it existed from the beginning. and that its presence must. inevitably continue for all time to come. Christian Science declares that Jesus’ knowledge of the ever- presence of this divine law enabled him to annul on many occasions, the false so-called laws of the human or mortal mind. Thus the Christian Science viewpoint in regard to Jesus’ healings, and that held by those who believe such healings to have been minaculous. is entirely different, because based on an altogether different premise. No darkness could obscure." Christian Science declares that Jesus understanding of the all-presence and all-power of divine law was the Christ. This Chflst-;uncierstarid«ing of divine law as utilized by Jesus and now em- ployed by Christian Science, is the ex- pression or manifestation of omnipo- tent God Himself. It is. this God-power, this ChristvmanifestaitziOn, which heals disease, discord, and lack. God is Truth and the Christ expresses God as Truth in a. form which montals can and do recognize. When this recognition dawns in human consciousness, healings result, because this very Christ, 'I‘r‘uth, this ever-operative, ever-present div'ine la'w, dispels ’iihose faisities of human belief which seem so constantly to confront! Now as for the method itself. When in each recurring year the deep snow- drifts on the high Alps beg-in to dis- appear, the mountaineer knows that the winter frosts and cold are over. He. sees the rich green of springtime blan- keting and beautifying the landscape. Responding to the warmth Which first dispels the cold, this glowing trans- formation takes place. Christian Science teaches that mortals who ceme voluntarily. or through necessity, into the sunlight of God’s invigorating Truth, experience the same transfer-V mation‘; and Christian, Science also teaches that ,-this change may come quite as gerittly. Jesus stood forever in the ' warmth of this divine Love.‘ He knew that God was. Love; because 'he never moved outside the circle where the warmth of His, God’s. love. might be felt. Besides dwelling always in the warmth of divine Love, Jesus remained perpetually in the light of Truth. Therefore. the shadows and the black foreboding clouds of hate, ignorance, superstition, rituallSm and creed, only delayed, never prevented, the comple- tion of his work. No lie of disease. of. hunger, of want or failure, ever crossed the line of his vision unchallenged. The white light of the Christ, Truth, the eternal truth of being. so filled ihis consciOusness that naught else could remain there.- ~ That is what Christian Science means by the Christ-method which, it insists. can be and is being used today. quite as eflectively as it wasmused by Jesus on the shores of the Galilean Sea. 'But there must be kept in thought constantlir a clear sense of what this ever-presentChrist .13. Listen to Mrs. Eddy. In a chapter of her textbook called “Science of Being,” she portrays the Christ in words so simpfe and di- rect, that once heard and comprehend- ed the picture they create must re- main in thought forever. “The invisible Christ was imperceptible to the so- called personal senses, whereas Jesus appeared as a bodily existence. This dml personality of the unseen and the seen. the spiritual and material; the eternal Christ and the corporeal Jesus manifest in flash. continued until the Master's ascension, when the hunnm. material concept. or Jesus. disappeared while the spiritual self, or Christ. con.- tinues to exist in the eternal 'order oi divine Science. taking away the sins of that. saves; . \ The Prayer of Animation Because .the Christ tun always oper- ated in human consciousness according W‘- Waltheever-prm and" sn-povsr of this (must-13w. rather mwuammmm mmmmm. mm» filmmmpkwuagd; the world. as the Christ has always done. even before the human Jesus was incarnate to mortal em" (Science and ina'defiuinifest to humans. the 0mm The Christ-Hm of will exist as not. that they «3 sppeered to e m human sense to red. Seeing this. she quickly reeiind Ind afterward unsht. thet the meet eflec- tive preyer consisted oi dew. Wt earnest emanation; of God‘s diam ms goodness. His iovim'cere of nil children. She coupled this prayer with another. eiso one of silirmstion. neme'o 1y: that evil. sin. disease. deem m unreal. powerless, end mums of destroying the'hsrmony 0: being. Oi means she once ssid. that his “humble ;preyers were deep and conscientious protests oi Tru " (Science and health. p. 152). This was her method and the method she taught consistently. Truth must. because, of its very nature. un- cover and destroy every falsity which confronts it. Mrs. Eddy as leader We have now looked critically at Christian Science as a divine revelation and at Mrs. Eddy as revelator. Wehave seen. as well. how Mrs. Eddy founded Christian Science as a world religion by demonstration, and thereby demon-. strated her right to be known as Found- er. We have yet, however, to consider her as Leader. In what way was 3113 Leader as well as Founder, and why does she still continue to he. in the most positive sense. the Leader of the Christian Science movement? This question is easily answered by anyone familiar with her life and her writings. Again and again personally, and through the printed page. Mrs. Eddy. enjoined upon her students and mem- bers of her church that they follow her only so far as she followed Ghrist. It‘ was. and continues to -,be therefore, an impersonal leadership which she ex- ercised and continues to exercise. Be- cause this leadership is based upon the impersonal and ever-present Cmrist. Truth, it will continue to be the guiding star of all those who comprehend and love the Christ. Therefore, in examin- ing Mrs Eddy's leadership, we must constantly look as she did to the Christ, in order to find the motive that actu- ated each move She made frOm the moment of her first vision of that healing Christ. The Christ is universal, confined to no special group, no favored spot, no golden age. I-ts power can never be- shared in the sense of being divided but may be enjoyed by all alike in equal measure. Its mission is to estab- lish mankind its rightful place of dominion. thet minion over all the beliefs of a material existence which was promised-tamer; in the beginning . Mrs. Eddy saw all this with the clarity of vision which the Christ itself alone supplies. Obedience to the Christ-vision.~ implicit and unwavering, was the neXt outstanding quality which character- ized. her leadership. Thus impelled by the Christ, she proceeded to share, with all those who would listen, the healing and regenerating mewage she saw it was her great privilege and duty ‘to pass along to others. Broadcasting the Healing Message To carry «the message by word 015 mouth was far too slow. a method in a ; day and age so full of activity and; mental virility as the late nineteenthi century; _ so she wrote it down and and published it in 1875, as we have , seen. The many thousands of copies of that: book which have since been. sold, attest‘beyond reasonable question, . the universality of its appeal and the inherent power of the word which it contains. The hunger of humanity for more, and still. more. of the Christ3 and its appealing demand round? its resp'onse again when Mrs. Eddy, obeying her high sense of the challenge; of the Christ for a fuller and larger world recognition. established a church. - This church, be it understood. was not to glorify persons, herself or others, nor- did it provide a vehicle for indi-E} vidwal ambition. It was designed as a: nucleus, around which those who loved,“ and wished to know more of the uni-i; f versal Christ, Truth, might rally. , Mrs. 'Eddy declared that “me 88:? tablished his church and maintained; his mission on a spiritual foundation ofi Christ-healing” (Science and Health}. p. 136), and her pyrpose was to re- establish exactly such a church -' ;~ This purpose was fulfilled» when in; September of 1892 The Firstflhurch of: Christ. Scientist. was organized and named. In the Manual of this church? containing its By-Laws and written by 1 Mrs. Eddy, there occurs a. brief histor-jf‘ iml sketch. .Here is declared the basis; and object of this church. It “is tie-g signed to be built on the Rock. Christr even the understanding and denionâ€"j situation of divine Truth. Life. and Love”; healing and saving the, worid (mm. sin and death; thus to reflect in atom.4 degree the Church Universe! and Tri- 3 Christian Sci’e’nceSoéiety, Timmins SERVICES: Sunday Mormng at 11 a. m. Sunday Selma at 9. 45 a. m. Wed. Evenmg Meeting at 8 p. m. MWymmaWMomcvmWMy ‘ ”ammunition. ._ Meet-‘1': the. 1.0.045; HALLSPRUCE ST. N. “mumsummoneoi ”We“ oft-need name for 9? § § S 5 8 S m in Christ. Jesus.” Became it modlvlneldueheknewmeoould rely anon its divine source. God. in m it. advance it. establish it in human consciousness. Therefore. the 'm em mutant to remain behind the ides. ever willing to subordinate hereon. howling learned the lesson well {that Principle.enother of her much- ilo‘vofl names for Deity. could always be relied upon to one for its own. . In this fashion there was given to mankhxd this astonishing organisation which we know as the Christian Sci- ence movement. with itsmany churches its numerous publications.“ its varied activities for the promulgation and spread of the Christ-message which cache to the Leader in that Soul-filled year of 1868. Then does it not seem very clear to us all. that only one demina-ted byâ€"and the word is used here in the sense of being completely controlled or ruled byâ€"the impersonal Olu'iat could by any possibility have ac- complished what Mrs. Eddy did? Be- cause it was ever the Christ. Truth, expressing itself constantly and im- pe'rsonally through her. Mrs. Eddy be- came the unquestioned Leader of . the Christian Science movement. As an gunde'rstanding of the Christ grows in ghuman consciousness resulting ‘fr’mn ga larger and clearer concept of her rteachlngs. Mrs. Eddy's position of con- tinuing leadership must become ever more secure. -~ Honor to Whom Honor ls Due Together we have now mentally climbed hill after hill from which we have gained more distinct views of Christian Science and its Discoverer. We, now see that the whole story ,of Christian Selence is one of the coming again of the loving Christ-idea 'in- a form men and women of today can comprehend. We see, that the messen- ger who received this message, bravely carried it. and finally. through great tribulation, and infinite joy as. well, established it in human consciousness, is entitled to all the credit men can bestow. But above all is thispheering thought, the presence. of fihe Christ, mm, in human Consciousness, very largely n0w is a fact; This wide dissemination is due 120 the labors of Mrs. Eddy and her loyal and faithful associates and fol- lowers. Thus we stand today in the sbmng fight of the revealed Christ. Truth, confidently. We both work and patiently wait for that time to come when all mankind shall measure up to the standard so superbly pictured .by Thomas Moor, in words which. Mrs. Eddy undoubtedly loved, for she quoted them many years ago: - “When from the lips of Truth one _ The Immutable Vision What more remains to be said? We have envisioned together today 'the breaking of the glorious light of Truth. we have seen it grow stronger and brighter in human consciousness. We have realized more than ever before met mortal man does become. as he opens his eyes more widely to the ever- present Christ. a greater transparency for good. ' We‘ are convinced that as he becomes more arid more such a transparency, he Robert. Browning voiced his thought, of this vision in words I wish tq, leaye with you in parting: ' “I am a wanderer: I remember 'weii One journey. how I feared the track was missed. 80 long the city I desired to reach Lay hid; when suddenly its spires _- may and does bring into his own ex- perience and that. of .those with whom he; comes in contact, a larger and Inner. a richer sense of health, Vigor. JOY. harmtmy, and abundance. This vision is one we cannot 10313.11}; will abide With us forever. migh-ty- breath Shall.’ like a whirlwind,. scatter In its breeze The whole dark pile of human mockerles; - Then shall the reign of Mind com- menu: on earth, ' «And starting fresh, as from a second Miln- in the sunshine of the world’s new spring, Shall .walk transmmnt like some holy afar Flashed through the circling clouds; you may conceive 01;;an min. I had seen the ’clty. such glance I.) . the