A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE STATUTE I hereby state, in unmistakable language, the follow- ing statute in the morale of Christian Science: -
18	A man or woman, having voluntarily entered into wedlock, and accepted the claims of the marriage cove- nant, is held in Christian Science as morally bound to
21	fulfil all the claims growing out of this contract, unless such claims are relinquished by mutual consent of both parties, or this contract is legally dissolved. If the man
24	is dominant over the animal, he will count the conse- quences of his own conduct; will consider the effects, on himself and his progeny, of selfishness, unmerciful-
27	ness, tyranny, or lust. Trust Truth, not error; and Truth will give you all that belongs to the rights of freedom. The Hebrew bard Page 298
1	wrote, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." Nothing is gained
3	by wrong-doing. St. Paul's words take in the situation: "Not . . . (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come?
6	whose damnation is just." When causing others to go astray, we also are wan- derers. "With what measure ye mete, it shall be meas-
9	ured to you again." Ask yourself: Under the same circumstances, in the same spiritual ignorance and power of passion, would I be strengthened by having my best
12	friend break troth with me? These words of St. Matthew have special application to Christian Scientists; namely, "It is not good to marry."
15	To build on selfishness is to build on sand. When Jesus received the material rite of water baptism, he did not say that it was God's command; but implied that
18	the period demanded it. Trials purify mortals and deliver them from themselves, - all the claims of sensuality. Abide by the morale of absolute Christian Science, -
21	self-abnegation and purity; then Truth delivers you from the seeming power of error, and faith vested in righteous- ness triumphs! ADVICE TO STUDENTS The true consciousness is the true health. One says, "I find relief from pain in unconscious sleep." I say,
27	You mistake; through unconsciousness one no more gains freedom from pain than immunity from evil. When unconscious of a mistake, one thinks he is not mistaken;
30	but this false consciousness does not change the fact, or Page 299
1	its results; suffering and mistakes recur until one is awake to their cause and character. To know the what, when,
3	and how of error, destroys error. The error that is seen aright as error, has received its death-blow; but never until then.
6	Let us look through the lens of Christian Science, not of "self," at the following mistake, which demands our present attention. I have no time for detailed report
9	of this matter, but simply answer the following question sent to me; glad, indeed, that this query has finally come with the courage of conviction to the minds of many
12	students. "Is it right to copy your works and read them for our public services?"
15	The good which the material senses see not is the only absolute good; the evil which these senses see not is the only absolute evil.
18	If I enter Mr. Smith's store and take from it his gar- ments that are on sale, array myself in them, and put myself and them on exhibition, can I make this right
21	by saying, These garments are Mr. Smith's; he manu- factured them and owns them, but you must pay me, not him, for this exhibit?
24	The spectators may ask, Did he give you permission to do this, did he sell them or loan them to you? No. Then have you asked yourself this question on the sub-
27	ject, namely, What right have I to do this? True, it saves your purchasing these garments, and gives to the public new patterns which are useful to them; but does
30	this silence your conscience? or, because you have con- fessed that they are the property of a noted firm, and you wished to handle them, does it justify you in appro- Page 300
1	priating them, and so avoiding the cost of hiring or purchasing?
3	Copying my published works verbatim, compiling them in connection with the Scriptures, taking this copy into the pulpit, announcing the author's name, then reading
6	it publicly as your own compilation, is - what? We answer, It is a mistake; in common parlance, it is an ignorant wrong.
9	If you should print and publish your copy of my works, you would be liable to arrest for infringement of copy- right, which the law defines and punishes as theft. Read-
12	ing in the pulpit from copies of my publications gives you the clergyman's salary and spares you the printer's bill, but does it spare you our Master's condemnation?
15	You literally publish my works through the pulpit, instead of the press, and thus evade the law, but not the gospel. When I consent to this act, you will then be justified
18	in it. Your manuscript copy is liable, in some way, to be printed as your original writings, thus incurring the pen-
21	alty of the law, and increasing the record of theft in the United States Circuit Court. To The Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, which I
24	had organized and of which I had for many years been pastor, I gave permission to cite, in the Christian Science Quarterly, from my work Science and Health, passages
27	giving the spiritual meaning of Bible texts; but this was a special privilege, and the author's gift. Christian Science demonstrates that the patient who
30	pays whatever he is able to pay for being healed, is more apt to recover than he who withholds a slight equiva- lent for health. Healing morally and physically are one. Page 301
1	Then, is compiling and delivering that sermon for which you pay nothing, and which you deliver without the
3	author's consent, and receive pay therefor, the precedent for preaching Christian Science, - and are you doing to the author of the above-named book as you would
6	have others do unto you? Those authors and editors of pamphlets and periodi- cals whose substance is made up of my publications, are
9	morally responsible for what the law construes as crime. There are startling instances of the above-named law- breaking and gospel-opposing system of authorship, which
12	characterize the writings of a few professed Christian Scientists. My Christian students who have read copies of my works in the pulpit require only a word to be wise;
15	too sincere and morally statuesque are they to be long led into temptation; but I must not leave persistent plagiarists without this word of warning in public, since
18	my private counsel they disregard. To the question of my true-hearted students, "Is it right to copy your works and read them for our public
21	services?" I answer: It is not right to copy my book and read it publicly without my consent. My reasons are as follows: -
24	First: This method is an unseen form of injustice standing in a holy place. Second: It breaks the Golden Rule, - a divine rule
27	for human conduct. Third: All error tends to harden the heart, blind the eyes, stop the ears of understanding, and inflate
30	self; counter to the commands of our hillside Priest, to whom Isaiah alluded thus: "I have trodden the wine- press alone; and of the people there was none with me." Page 302
1	Behind the scenes lurks an evil which you can prevent it is a purpose to kill the reformation begun and increas-
3	ing through the instructions of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures;" it encourages infringement of my copyright, and seeks again to "cast lots for his vesture,"
6	- while the perverter preserves in his own consciousness and teaching the name without the Spirit, the skeleton without the heart, the form without the comeliness, the
9	sense without the Science, of Christ's healing. My stu- dents are expected to know the teaching of Christian Sci- ence sufficiently to discriminate between error and Truth,
12	thus sparing their teacher a task and themselves the temptation to be misled. Much good has been accomplished through Christian
15	Science Sunday services. If Christian Scientists occasion- ally mistake in interpreting revealed Truth, of two evils the less would be not to leave the Word unspoken and
18	untaught. I allowed, till this permission was withdrawn, students working faithfully for Christ's cause on earth, the privilege of copying and reading my works for Sunday
21	service; provided, they each and all destroyed the copies at once after said service. When I should so elect and give suitable notice, they were to desist from further copy-
24	ing of my writings as aforesaid. This injunction did not curtail the benefit which the student derived from making his copy, nor detract from
27	the good that his hearers received from his reading thereof; but it was intended to forestall the possible evil of putting the divine teachings contained in "Science and Health
30	with Key to the Scriptures" into human hands, to sub- vert or to liquidate. I recommend that students stay within their own fields Page 303
1	of labor, to work for the race; they are lights that can- not be hid, and need only to shine from their home sum-
3	mits to be sought and found as healers physical and moral. The kindly shepherd has his own fold and tends his
6	own flock. Christian students should have their own institutes and, unmolested, be governed by divine Love alone in teaching and guiding their students. When
9	wisdom garrisons these strongholds of Christian Science, peace and joy, the fruits of Spirit, will rest upon us all. We are brethren in the fullest sense of that word; there-
12	fore no queries should arise as to "who shall be great- est." Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each
15	and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves. If ever I wear out from serving students, it shall be in the effort to help them to obey
18	the Ten Commandments and imbibe the spirit of Christ's Beatitudes. NOTICE
21	Editor of Christian Science Journal: - You will oblige me by giving place in your Journal to the following notice. The idea and purpose of a Liberty Bell is pleasing, and
24	can be made profitable to the heart of our country. I feel assured that many Christian Scientists will respond to this letter by contributions.
27	MARY BAKER EDDY Page 304
1	COLUMBIAN LIBERTY BELL COMMITTEE, 1505 PENNA. AVE., WASHINGTON, D. C.
3	TO THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: - It has been determined to create a Columbian Liberty Bell, to be placed by the lovers of liberty and peace in
6	the most appropriate place in the coming World's Expo- sition at Chicago. After the close of the Exhibition this bell will pass from place to place throughout the world
9	as a missionary of freedom, coming first to the capital of the nation under the care of our society. Then it will go to Bunker Hill or Liberty Island, to
12	the battle-field of New Orleans ( 1812), to San Francisco, to the place where any great patriotic celebration is being held, until 1900, when it will be sent to the next World's
15	Exhibition, which takes place at Paris, France. There it will continue until that Exhibition closes. When not in use in other places, it will return to Wash-
18	ington under the care of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Washington will be its home, and from there it will journey from place to place, fulfilling its mission
21	throughout the world. The following is the proposed use of the bell: It shall ring at sunrise and sunset; at nine o'clock in the morn-
24	ing on the anniversaries of the days on which great events have occurred marking the world's progress toward liberty; at twelve o'clock on the birthdays of the "creators of
27	liberty;" and at four o'clock it will toll on the anniver- saries of their death. (It will always ring at nine o'clock on October 11th, in recognition of the organization on
30	that day of the Daughters of the American Revolution.) . . The responsibility of its production, and the direc- tion of its use, have been placed in the hands of a Page 305
1	committee of women representing each State and Ter- ritory, one representative from each Republic in the
3	world, and a representative from the patriotic societies, - Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution, the Lyceum League of America, the Society of Ger-
6	man Patriots, the Human Freedom League, and kindred organizations. The National Board of Management has placed upon
9	me the responsibility of representing the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution upon the General Committee, and this circular is sent to every
12	member of the society, asking for her personal coopera- tion in making the undertaking successful. In creating the bell it is particularly desired that the largest number
15	of persons possible shall have a part in it. For this reason small contributions from many persons are to be asked for, rather than large contributions from a few. They
18	are to be of two kinds: - First: Material that can be made a part of the bell; articles of historic interest will be particularly appre-
21	ciated - gold, silver, bronze, copper, and nickel can be fused. Second: Of money with which to pay for the bell.
24	Each member of the society is asked to contribute one cent to be fused into the bell, and twenty-five cents to pay for it. She is also asked to collect two dollars from
27	others, in pennies, if possible, and send with the amount the name of each contributor. In order that the bell shall be cast April 30th, the anniversary of the inaugu-
30	ration of George Washington as the first President of the United States, we ask every one receiving this cir- cular to act at once. Page 306
1	In forwarding material to be melted into the bell, please send fullest historical description. This will be entered
3	carefully in a book which will accompany the bell wherever it goes. . . . As the motto has not yet been decided upon, any
6	ideas on that subject will be gratefully received; we will also welcome suggestions of events to be celebrated and names to be commemorated.
9	Very cordially yours, MARY DESHA, ex-Vice-President General, D. A. R.
12	Contributions should be sent to the Liberty National Bank, corner Liberty and West Streets, New York, and a duplicate letter written, as a notification of the same,
15	to Miss Mary Desha, 1505 Penna. Ave., Washington, D. C., or to Miss Minnie F. Mickley, Mickleys, Pa. We would add, as being of interest, that Mrs. Eddy is
18	a member of the above organization, having been made such by the special request of the late Mrs. Harrison, wife of the ex-President, who was at that time the Presi-
21	dent thereof. - ED. ANGELS When angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings,
24	nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove; but we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts. Oh, may you feel this touch, - it is not the
27	clasping of hands, nor a loved person present; it is more than this: it is a spiritual idea that lights your path! The Psalmist saith: "He shall give His angels charge Page 307
1	over thee." God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies. Never ask for to-
3	morrow: it is enough that divine Love is an ever-present help; and if you wait, never doubting, you will have all you need every moment. What a glorious inheritance
6	is given to us through the understanding of omnipresent Love! More we cannot ask: more we do not want: more we cannot have. This sweet assurance is the
9	"Peace, be still" to all human fears, to suffering of every sort. DEIFICATION OF PERSONALITY
12	Notwithstanding the rapid sale already of two editions of "Christ and Christmas," and many orders on hand, I have thought best to stop its publication.
15	In this revolutionary religious period, the increasing inquiry of mankind as to Christianity and its unity - and above all, God's love opening the eyes of the blind
18	- is fast fitting all minds for the proper reception of Christian Science healing. But I must stand on this absolute basis of Christian
21	Science; namely, Cast not pearls before the unprepared thought. Idolatry is an easily-besetting sin of all peoples. The apostle saith, "Little children, keep yourselves from
24	idols." The illustrations were not intended for a golden calf, at which the sick may look and be healed. Christian
27	Scientists should beware of unseen snares, and adhere to the divine Principle and rules for demonstration. They must guard against the deification of finite person-
30	ality. Every human thought must turn instinctively to Page 308
1	the divine Mind as its sole centre and intelligence. Until this be done, man will never be found harmonious and
3	immortal. Whosoever looks to me personally for his health or holiness, mistakes. He that by reason of human love or
6	hatred or any other cause clings to my material per- sonality, greatly errs, stops his own progress, and loses the path to health, happiness, and heaven. The Scrip-
9	tures and Christian Science reveal "the way," and per- sonal revelators will take their proper place in history, but will not be deified.
12	Advanced scientific students are ready for "Christ and Christmas;" but those are a minority of its readers, and even they know its practicality only by healing
15	the sick on its divine Principle. In the words of the prophet, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord."
18	Friends, strangers, and Christian Scientists, I thank you, each and all, for your liberal patronage and scholarly, artistic, and scientific notices of my book. This little
21	messenger has done its work, fulfilled its mission, retired with honor (and mayhap taught me more than it has others), only to reappear in due season. The knowledge
24	that I have gleaned from its fruitage is, that intensely contemplating personality impedes spiritual growth; even as holding in mind the consciousness of disease prevents
27	the recovery of the sick. Christian Science is taught through its divine Prin- ciple, which is invisible to corporeal sense. A material
30	human likeness is the antipode of man in the image and likeness of God. Hence, a finite person is not the model for a metaphysician. I earnestly advise all Christian
33	Scientists to remove from their observation or study Page 309
1	the personal sense of any one, and not to dwell in thought upon their own or others' corporeality, either as good or
3	evil. According to Christian Science, material personality is an error in premise, and must result in erroneous con-
6	clusions. All will agree with me that material portraiture often fails to express even mortal man, and this declares its unfitness for fable or fact to build upon.
9	The face of Jesus has uniformly been so unnaturally delineated that it has turned many from the true con- templation of his character. He advances most in divine
12	Science who meditates most on infinite spiritual sub- stance and intelligence. Experience proves this true. Pondering on the finite personality of Jesus, the son of
15	man, is not the channel through which we reach the Christ, or Son of God, the true idea of man's divine Principle.
18	I warn students against falling into the error of anti- Christ. The consciousness of corporeality, and what- ever is connected therewith, must be outgrown. Corporeal
21	falsities include all obstacles to health, holiness, and heaven. Man's individual life is infinitely above a bodily form of existence, and the human concept an-
24	tagonizes the divine. "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," on page 229, third and fourth para- graphs, elucidates this topic.(l)
27	My Christmas poem and its illustrations are not a text- book. Scientists sometimes take things too intensely. Let them soberly adhere to the Bible and Science and
30	Health, which contain all and much more than they have yet learned. We should prohibit ourselves the (1) See the revised edition of 1890, or page 334, in editions subsequent to 1902. Page 310
1	childish pleasure of studying Truth through the senses, for this is neither the intent of my works nor possible
3	in Science. Even the teachings of Jesus would be misused by sub- stituting personality for the Christ, or the impersonal
6	form of Truth, amplified in this age by the discovery of Christian Science. To impersonalize scientifically the material sense of existence - rather than cling to per-
9	sonality - is the lesson of to-day. A CARD My answer to manifold letters relative to the return
12	of members that have gone out of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, is this: While my affec- tions plead for all and every one, and my desire is that
15	all shall be redeemed, I am not unmindful that the Scrip- tures enjoin, "Let all things be done decently and in order."
18	To continue one's connection with this church, or to regain it, one must comply with the church rules. All who desire its fellowship, and to become members of it,
21	must send in their petitions to this effect to the Clerk of the church; and upon a meeting being called, the First Members will determine the action of the church
24	on this subject. OVERFLOWING THOUGHTS In this receding year of religious jubilee, 1894, I as
27	an individual would cordially invite all persons who have left our fold, together with those who never have Page 311
1	been in it, - all who love God and keep His command- ments, - to come and unite with The Mother Church in
3	Boston. The true Christian Scientists will be welcomed, greeted as brethren endeavoring to walk with us hand in hand, as we journey to the celestial city.
6	Also, I would extend a tender invitation to Christian Scientists' students, those who are ready for the table of our Lord: so, should we follow Christ's teachings; so,
9	bury the dead past; so, loving one another, go forth to the full vintage-time, exemplifying what we profess. But some of the older members are not quite ready to take
12	this advanced step in the full spirit of that charity which thinketh no evil; and if it be not taken thus, it is impracti- cal, unfruitful, Soul-less.
15	My deepest desires and daily labors go to prove that I love my enemies and would help all to gain the abiding consciousness of health, happiness, and heaven.
18	I hate no one; and love others more than they can love me. As I now understand Christian Science, I would as soon harm myself as another; since by breaking
21	Christ's command, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," I should lose my hope of heaven. The works I have written on Christian Science con-
24	tain absolute Truth, and my necessity was to tell it; therefore I did this even as a surgeon who wounds to heal. I was a scribe under orders; and who can
27	refrain from transcribing what God indites, and ought not that one to take the cup, drink all of it, and give thanks?
30	Being often reported as saying what never escaped from my lips, when rehearsing facts concerning others who were reporting false charges, I have been sorry that Page 312
1	I spoke at all, and wished I were wise enough to guard against that temptation. Oh, may the love that is talked,
3	be felt! and so lived, that when weighed in the scale of God we be not found wanting. Love is consistent, uni- form, sympathetic, self-sacrificing, unutterably kind; even
6	that which lays all upon the altar, and, speechless and alone, bears all burdens, suffers all inflictions, endures all piercing for the sake of others, and for the kingdom
9	of heaven's sake. A GREAT MAN AND HIS SAYING Hon. Charles Carrol Bonney, President of the World's
12	Congress Auxiliary, in his remarks before that body, said, "No more striking manifestation of the interposi- tion of divine Providence in human affairs has come in
15	recent years, than that shown in the raising up of the body of people known as Christian Scientists, who are called to declare the real harmony between religion and
18	Science, and to restore the waning faith of many in the verities of the sacred Scriptures." In honest utterance of veritable history, and his own
21	spiritual discernment, this man must have risen above worldly schemes, human theorems or hypotheses, to conclusions which reason too supine or misemployed
24	cannot fasten upon. He spake inspired; he touched a tone of Truth that will continue to reverberate and renew its emphasis throughout the entire centuries, into the vast
27	forever. Page 313 WORDS OF COMMENDATION Editor of The Christian Science Journal: - Permit me
3	to say that your editorial in the August number is par excellence. It is a digest of good manners, morals, methods, and
6	means. It points to the scientific spiritual molecule, pearl, and pinnacle, that everybody needs. May the Christlikeness it reflects rest on the dear readers, and
9	throw the light of penetration on the page; even as the dawn, kindling its glories in the east, lightens earth's landscape.
12	I thank the contributors to The Christian Science Journal for their jewels of thought, so adapted to the hour, and without ill-humor or hyperbolic tumor. I
15	was impressed by the articles entitled "The New Pas- tor," by Rev. Lanson P. Norcross, "The Lamp," by Walter Church, "The Temptation," a poem by J. J.
18	Rome, etc. The field waves its white ensign, the reapers are strong, the rich sheaves are ripe, the storehouse is ready: pray
21	ye therefore the God of harvest to send forth more laborers of the excellent sort, and garner the supplies for a world. CHURCH AND SCHOOL Humbly, and, as I believe, divinely directed, I hereby ordain the Bible, and "Science and Health with Key
27	to the Scriptures," to be hereafter the only pastor of Page 314
1	The Church of Christ, Scientist, throughout our land and in other lands.
3	From this date the Sunday services of our denomina- tion shall be conducted by Readers in lieu of pastors. Each church, or society formed for Sunday worship,
6	shall elect two Readers: a male, and a female. One of these individuals shall open the meeting by reading the hymns, and chapter (or portion of the chapter) in the
9	Bible, lead in silent prayer, and repeat in concert with the congregation the Lord's Prayer. Also, this First Reader shall give out any notices from the pulpit, shall
12	read the Scriptures indicated in the Sunday School Les- son of the Christian Science Quarterly, and shall pro- nounce the benediction.
15	The First Reader shall read from my book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," alternately in response to the congregation, the spiritual interpreta-
18	tion of the Lord's Prayer; also, shall read all the selec- tions from Science and Health referred to in the Sunday Lessons.
21	The Reader of the Scriptures shall name, at each reading, the book, chapter, and verses. The Reader of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" shall
24	commence by announcing the full title of this book, with the name of its author, and add to this announcement, "the Christian Science textbook." It is unnecessary to
27	repeat the title or page. This form shall also be observed at the Communion service; the selections from both the Bible and the Christian Science textbook shall be taken
30	from the Quarterly, as heretofore, and this Lesson shall be such as is adapted to that service. On the first Sunday of each month, except Communion Sunday, a sermon Page 315
1	shall be preached to the children, from selections taken from the Scriptures and Science and Health, especially
3	adapted to the occasion, and read after the manner of the Sunday service. The children's service shall be held on the Sunday following Communion Day.
6	No copies from my books are allowed to be written, and read from manuscripts, either in private or in pub- lic assemblies, except by their author.
9	Christian Scientists, all over the world, who are let- terly fit and specially spiritually fitted for teachers, can teach annually three classes only. They shall teach
12	from the Christian Science textbook. Each class shall consist of not over thirty-three students, carefully selected, and only of such as have promising proclivities toward
15	Christian Science. The teacher shall hold himself mor- ally obligated to look after the welfare of his students, not only through class term, but after it; and to watch
18	well that they prove sound in sentiment, health, and practical Christian Science. Teaching Christian Science shall be no question of
21	money, but of morals and of uplifting the race. Teachers shall form associations for this purpose; and for the first few years, convene as often as once in three months.
24	Teachers shall not silently mentally address the thought, to handle it, nor allow their students to do thus, except the individual needing it asks for mental treatment.
27	They shall steadily and patiently strive to educate their students in conformity to the unerring wisdom and law of God, and shall enjoin upon them habitually to study
30	His revealed Word, the Scriptures, and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." They shall teach their students how to defend them- Page 316
1	selves against mental malpractice, but never to return evil for evil; never to attack the malpractitioner, but
3	to know the truth that makes free, - and so to be a law not unto others, but themselves. CLASS, PULPIT, STUDENTS' STUDENTS
6	When will you take a class in Christian Science or speak to your church in Boston? is often asked. I shall speak to my dear church at Boston very seldom.
9	The Mother Church must be self-sustained by God. The date of a class in Christian Science should depend on the fitness of things, the tide which flows heavenward,
12	the hour best for the student. Until minds become less worldly-minded, and depart farther from the primitives of the race, and have profited up to their present capac-
15	ity from the written word, they are not ready for the word spoken at this date. My juniors can tell others what they know, and turn
18	them slowly toward the haven. Imperative, accumula- tive, sweet demands rest on my retirement from life's bustle. What, then, of continual recapitulation of tired
21	aphorisms and disappointed ethics; of patching breaches widened the next hour; of pounding wisdom and love into sounding brass; of warming marble and quench-
24	ing volcanoes! Before entering the Massachusetts Meta- physical College, had my students achieved the point whence they could have derived most benefit from their
27	pupilage, to-day there would be on earth paragons of Christianity, patterns of humility, wisdom, and might for the world. Page 317
1	To the students whom I have not seen that ask, "May I call you mother?" my heart replies, Yes, if you are
3	doing God's work. When born of Truth and Love, we are all of one kindred. The hour has struck for Christian Scientists to do their
6	own work; to appreciate the signs of the times; to dem- onstrate self-knowledge and self-government; and to demonstrate, as this period demands, over all sin, disease,
9	and death. The dear ones whom I would have great pleasure in instructing, know that the door to my teaching was shut when my College closed.
12	Again, it is not absolutely requisite for some people to be taught in a class, for they can learn by spiritual growth and by the study of what is written. Scarcely a
15	moiety, compared with the whole of the Scriptures and the Christian Science textbook, is yet assimilated spirit- ually by the most faithful seekers; yet this assimilation is
18	indispensable to the progress of every Christian Scientist. These considerations prompt my answers to the above questions. Human desire is inadequate to adjust the
21	balance on subjects of such earnest import. These words of our Master explain this hour: "What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter."
24	My sympathies are deeply enlisted for the students of students; having already seen in many instances their talents, culture, and singleness of purpose to uplift the
27	race. Such students should not pay the penalty for other people's faults; and divine Love will open the way for them. My soul abhors injustice, and loves
30	mercy. St. John writes: "Whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by meas- ure unto him." Page 318 MY STUDENTS AND THY STUDENTS Mine and thine are obsolete terms in absolute Christian
3	Science, wherein and whereby the universal brotherhood of man is stated and demands to be demonstrated. I have a large affection, not alone for my students, but for thy
6	students, - for students of the second generation. I can- not but love some of those devoted students better than some of mine who are less lovable or Christly. This
9	natural affection for goodness must go on ad libitum unto the third and fourth and final generation of those who love God and keep His commandments. Hence the
12	following is an amendment of the paragraph on page 47 (1) of "Retrospection and Introspection": - Any student, having received instructions in a Primary
15	class from me, or from a loyal student of Christian Science, and afterwards studied thoroughly "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," can enter upon the gospel
18	work of teaching Christian Science, and so fulfil the com- mand of Christ. Before entering this sacred field of labor, the student must have studied faithfully the latest edi-
21	tions of my works, and be a good Bible scholar and a devout, consecrated Christian. These are the indispensable demands on all those who
24	become teachers. UNSEEN SIN Two points of danger beset mankind; namely, making
27	sin seem either too large or too little: if too large, we (1) See edition of 1909. Page 319
1	are in the darkness of all the ages, wherein the true sense of the unity of good and the unreality of evil is lost.
3	If good is God, even as God is good, then good and evil can neither be coeval nor coequal, for God is All-in- all. This closes the argument of aught besides Him, aught
6	else than good. If the sense of sin is too little, mortals are in danger of not seeing their own belief in sin, but of seeing too
9	keenly their neighbor's. Then they are beset with egotism and hypocrisy. Here Christian Scientists must be most watchful. Their habit of mental and audible
12	protest against the reality of sin, tends to make sin less or more to them than to other people. They must either be overcoming sin in themselves, or they must not lose
15	sight of sin; else they are self-deceived sinners of the worst sort. A WORD TO THE WISE
18	Will all the dear Christian Scientists accept my tender greetings for the forthcoming holidays, and grant me this request, - let the present season pass without one
21	gift to me. Our church edifice must be built in 1894. Take thither thy saintly offerings, and lay them in the outstretched
24	hand of God. The object to be won affords ample oppor- tunity for the grandest achievement to which Christian Scientists can direct attention, and feel themselves alone
27	among the stars. No doubt must intervene between the promise and event; faith and resolve are friends to Truth; seize them, Page 320
1	trust the divine Providence, push upward our prayer in stone, - and God will give the benediction. CHRISTMAS This interesting day, crowned with the history of Truth's idea, - its earthly advent and nativity, - is
6	especially dear to the heart of Christian Scientists; to whom Christ's appearing in a fuller sense is so precious, and fraught with divine benedictions for mankind.
9	The star that looked lovingly down on the manger of our Lord, lends its resplendent light to this hour: the light of Truth, to cheer, guide, and bless man as he
12	reaches forth for the infant idea of divine perfection dawning upon human imperfection, - that calms man's fears, bears his burdens, beckons him on to Truth and
15	Love and the sweet immunity these bring from sin, sick- ness, and death. This polar star, fixed in the heavens of divine Science,
18	shall be the sign of his appearing who "healeth all our diseases;" it hath traversed night, wading through darkness and gloom, on to glory. It doth meet the
21	antagonism of error; addressing to dull ears and undis- ciplined beliefs words of Truth and Life. The star of Bethlehem is the star of Boston, high in
24	the zenith of Truth's domain, that looketh down on the long night of human beliefs, to pierce the darkness and melt into dawn.
27	The star of Bethlehem is the light of all ages; is the light of Love, to-day christening religion undefiled, divine Science; giving to it a new name, and the white stone in
30	token of purity and permanence. Page 321
1	The wise men follow this guiding star; the watchful shepherd chants his welcome over the cradle of a great
3	truth, and saith, "Unto us a child is born," whose birth is less of a miracle than eighteen centuries ago; and "his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty
6	God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." My heart is filled with joy, that each receding year sees the steady gain of Truth's idea in Christian Science; that
9	each recurring year witnesses the balance adjusted more on the side of God, the supremacy of Spirit; as shown by the triumphs of Truth over error, of health over sick-
12	ness, of Life over death, and of Soul over sense. "The hour cometh, and now is, when the true wor- shippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth."
15	"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you
18	the kingdom." Press on, press on! ye sons of light, Untiring in your holy fight,
21	Still treading each temptation down, And battling for a brighter crown. CARD
24	In reply to all invitations from Chicago to share the hospitality of their beautiful homes at any time during the great wonder of the world, the World's Fair, I say,
27	Do not expect me. I have no desire to see or to hear what is to be offered upon this approaching occasion. I have a world of wisdom and Love to contemplate,
30	that concerns me, and you, infinitely beyond all earthly Page 322
1	expositions or exhibitions. In return for your kindness, I earnestly invite you to its contemplation with me, and
3	to preparation to behold it. MESSAGE TO THE MOTHER CHURCH Beloved Brethren: - People coming from a distance
6	expecting to hear me speak in The Mother Church, are frequently disappointed. To avoid this, I may here- after notify the Directors when I shall be present to
9	address this congregation, and the Clerk of the church can inform correspondents. Your dual and impersonal pastor, the Bible, and "Science and Health with Key to
12	the Scriptures," is with you; and the Life these give, the Truth they illustrate, the Love they demonstrate, is the great Shepherd that feedeth my flock, and leadeth
15	them "beside the still waters." By any personal pres- ence, or word of mine, your thought must not be diverted or diverged, your senses satisfied, or self be justified.
18	Therefore, beloved, my often-coming is unnecessary; for, though I be present or absent, it is God that feed- eth the hungry heart, that giveth grace for grace, that
21	healeth the sick and cleanseth the sinner. For this consummation He hath given you Christian Science, and my past poor labors and love. He hath shown you
24	the amplitude of His mercy, the justice of His judgment, the omnipotence of His love; and this, to compensate your zealous affection for seeking good, and for labor-
27	ing in its widening grooves from the infinitesimal to the infinite. Page 323 CHAPTER IX - THE FRUIT OF SPIRIT AN ALLEGORY PICTURE to yourself "a city set upon a hill," a
3	celestial city above all clouds, in serene azure and unfathomable glory: having no temple therein, for God is the temple thereof; nor need of the sun, neither of the
6	moon, for God doth lighten it. Then from this sacred summit behold a Stranger wending his way downward, to where a few laborers in a valley at the foot of the moun-
9	tain are working and watching for his coming. The descent and ascent are beset with peril, priva- tion, temptation, toil, suffering. Venomous serpents hide
12	among the rocks, beasts of prey prowl in the path, wolves in sheep's clothing are ready to devour; but the Stranger meets and masters their secret and open attacks with
15	serene confidence. The Stranger eventually stands in the valley at the foot of the mountain. He saith unto the patient toilers
18	therein: "What do ye here? Would ye ascend the moun- tain, - climbing its rough cliffs, hushing the hissing serpents, taming the beasts of prey, -and bathe in its
21	streams, rest in its cool grottos, and drink from its living fountains? The way winds and widens in the valley; up the hill it is straight and narrow, and few there be that
24	find it." Page 324
1	His converse with the watchers and workers in the valley closes, and he makes his way into the streets of a
3	city made with hands. Pausing at the threshold of a palatial dwelling, he knocks and waits. The door is shut. He hears the
6	sounds of festivity and mirth; youth, manhood, and age gayly tread the gorgeously tapestried parlors, dancing- halls, and banquet-rooms. But a little while, and the
9	music is dull, the wine is unsipped, the footfalls abate, the laughter ceases. Then from the window of this dwel- ling a face looks out, anxiously surveying him who waiteth
12	at the door. Within this mortal mansion are adulterers, fornicators, idolaters; drunkenness, witchcraft, variance, envy, emu-
15	lation, hatred, wrath, murder. Appetites and passions have so dimmed their sight that he alone who looks from that dwelling, through the clearer pane of his own heart
18	tired of sin, can see the Stranger. Startled beyond measure at beholding him, this mortal inmate withdraws; but growing more and more troubled,
21	he seeks to leave the odious company and the cruel walls, and to find the Stranger. Stealing cautiously away from his comrades, he departs; then turns back, - he is afraid
24	to go on and to meet the Stranger. So he returns to the house, only to find the lights all wasted and the music fled. Finding no happiness within, he rushes again
27	into the lonely streets, seeking peace but finding none. Naked, hungry, athirst, this time he struggles on, and at length reaches the pleasant path of the valley at the
30	foot of the mountain, whence he may hopefully look for the reappearance of the Stranger, and receive his heavenly guidance. Page 325
1	The Stranger enters a massive carved stone mansion, and saith unto the dwellers therein, "Blessed are the
3	poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." But they understand not his saying. These are believers of different sects, and of no sect;
6	some, so-called Christian Scientists in sheep's clothing; and all "drunken without wine." They have small con- ceptions of spiritual riches, few cravings for the immortal,
9	but are puffed up with the applause of the world: they have plenty of pelf, and fear not to fall upon the Stranger, seize his pearls, throw them away, and afterwards try to
12	kill him. Somewhat disheartened, he patiently seeks another dwelling, - only to find its inmates asleep at noontide!
15	Robust forms, with manly brow nodding on cushioned chairs, their feet resting on footstools, or, flat on their backs, lie stretched on the floor, dreaming away the
18	hours. Balancing on one foot, with eyes half open, the porter starts up in blank amazement and looks at the Stranger, calls out, rubs his eyes, - amazed beyond
21	measure that anybody is animated with a purpose, and seen working for it! They in this house are those that "provoke Him in
24	the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert." Away from this charnel-house of the so-called living, the Stranger turns quickly, and wipes off the dust from his feet as a
27	testimony against sensualism in its myriad forms. As he departs, he sees robbers finding ready ingress to that dwelling of sleepers in the midst of murderous hordes,
30	without watchers and the doors unbarred! Next he enters a place of worship, and saith unto them, "Go ye into all the world; preach the gospel, heal the Page 326
1	sick, cast out devils, raise the dead; for the Scripture saith the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath
3	made you free from the law of sin and death." And they cast him out. Once more he seeks the dwelling-place of mortals and
6	knocks loudly. The door is burst open, and sufferers shriek for help: that house is on fire! The flames caught in the dwelling of luxury, where the blind saw them not,
9	but the flesh at length did feel them; thence they spread to the house of slumberers who heeded them not, until they became unmanageable; fed by the fat of hypocrisy
12	and vainglory, they consumed the next dwelling; then crept unseen into the synagogue, licking up the blood of martyrs and wrapping their altars in ruins. "God is a
15	consuming fire." Thus are all mortals, under every hue of circumstances, driven out of their houses of clay and, homeless wan-
18	derers in a beleaguered city, forced to seek the Father's house, if they would be led to the valley and up the mount.
21	Seeing the wisdom of withdrawing from those who persistently rejected him, the Stranger returned to the valley; first, to meet with joy his own, to wash their
24	feet, and take them up the mountain. Well might this heavenly messenger exclaim, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which
27	are sent unto thee, . . . Behold, your house is left unto you desolate." Discerning in his path the penitent one who had groped
30	his way from the dwelling of luxury, the Stranger saith unto him, "Wherefore comest thou hither?" He answered, "The sight of thee unveiled my sins, and Page 327
1	turned my misnamed joys to sorrow. When I went back into the house to take something out of it, my misery
3	increased; so I came hither, hoping that I might follow thee whithersoever thou goest." And the Stranger saith unto him, "Wilt thou climb
6	the mountain, and take nothing of thine own with thee?" He answered, "I will." "Then," saith the Stranger, "thou hast chosen the
9	good part; follow me." Many there were who had entered the valley to specu- late in worldly policy, religion, politics, finance, and to
12	search for wealth and fame. These had heavy baggage of their own, and insisted upon taking all of it with them, which must greatly hinder their ascent.
15	The journey commences. The encumbered travellers halt and disagree. They stoutly belay those who, hav- ing less baggage, ascend faster than themselves, and
18	betimes burden them with their own. Despairing of gaining the summit, loaded as they are, they conclude to stop and lay down a few of the heavy weights, - but
21	only to take them up again, more than ever determined not to part with their baggage. All this time the Stranger is pointing the way, show-
24	ing them their folly, rebuking their pride, consoling their afflictions, and helping them on, saying, "He that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it."
27	Obstinately holding themselves back, and sore-footed, they fall behind and lose sight of their guide; when, stumbling and grumbling, and fighting each other, they
30	plunge headlong over the jagged rocks. Then he who has no baggage goes back and kindly binds up their wounds, wipes away the blood stains, and Page 328
1	would help them on; but suddenly the Stranger shouts, "Let them alone; they must learn from the things they
3	suffer. Make thine own way; and if thou strayest, listen for the mountain-horn, and it will call thee back to the path that goeth upward."
6	Dear reader, dost thou suspect that the valley is hu- mility, that the mountain is heaven-crowned Christianity, and the Stranger the ever-present Christ, the spiritual
9	idea which from the summit of bliss surveys the vale of the flesh, to burst the bubbles of earth with a breath of heaven, and acquaint sensual mortals with the mystery
12	of godliness, - unchanging, unquenchable Love? Hast not thou heard this Christ knock at the door of thine own heart, and closed it against Truth, to "eat and drink
15	with the drunken"? Hast thou been driven by suffer- ing to the foot of the mount, but earth-bound, burdened by pride, sin, and self, hast thou turned back, stumbled,
18	and wandered away? Or hast thou tarried in the habita- tion of the senses, pleased and stupefied, until wakened through the baptism of fire?
21	He alone ascends the hill of Christian Science who follows the Way-shower, the spiritual presence and idea of God. Whatever obstructs the way, - causing to
24	stumble, fall, or faint, those mortals who are striving to enter the path, - divine Love will remove; and up- lift the fallen and strengthen the weak. Therefore, give
27	up thy earth-weights; and observe the apostle's admoni- tion, "Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those which are before." Then,
30	loving God supremely and thy neighbor as thyself, thou wilt safely bear thy cross up to the throne of everlasting glory. Page 329 VOICES OF SPRING Mine is an obstinate penchant for nature in all her
3	moods and forms, a satisfaction with whatever is hers. And what shall this be named, a weakness, or a - virtue?
6	In spring, nature like a thrifty housewife sets the earth in order; and between taking up the white carpets and putting down the green ones, her various apartments are
9	dismally dirty. Spring is my sweetheart, whose voices are sad or glad, even as the heart may be; restoring in memory the sweet
12	rhythm of unforgotten harmonies, or touching tenderly its tearful tones. Spring passes over mountain and meadow, waking up
15	the world; weaving the wavy grass, nursing the timid spray, stirring the soft breeze; rippling all nature in ceaseless flow, with "breath all odor and cheek all bloom."
18	Whatever else droops, spring is gay: her little feet trip lightly on, turning up the daisies, paddling the water- cresses, rocking the oriole's cradle; challenging the sed-
21	entary shadows to activity, and the streams to race for the sea. Her dainty fingers put the fur cap on pussy-willow, paint in pink the petals of arbutus, and sweep in soft
24	strains her Orphean lyre. "The voice of the turtle is heard in our land." The snow-bird that tarried through the storm, now chirps to the breeze; the cuckoo sounds
27	her invisible lute, calling the feathered tribe back to their summer homes. Old robin, though stricken to the heart with winter's snow, prophesies of fair earth and sunny
30	skies. The brooklet sings melting murmurs to merry Page 330
1	meadows; the leaves clap their hands, and the winds make melody through dark pine groves.
3	What is the anthem of human life? Has love ceased to moan over the new-made grave, and, looking upward, does it patiently pray for the per-
6	petual springtide wherein no arrow wounds the dove? Human hope and faith should join in nature's grand har- mony, and, if on minor key, make music in the heart.
9	And man, more friendly, should call his race as gently to the springtide of Christ's dear love. St. Paul wrote, "Rejoice in the Lord always." And why not, since man's
12	possibilities are infinite, bliss is eternal, and the conscious- ness thereof is here and now? The alders bend over the streams to shake out their
15	tresses in the water-mirrors; let mortals bow before the creator, and, looking through Love's transparency, behold man in God's own image and likeness, arranging in the
18	beauty of holiness each budding thought. It is good to talk with our past hours, and learn what report they bear, and how they might have reported more spirit-
21	ual growth. With each returning year, higher joys, holier aims, a purer peace and diviner energy, should freshen the fragrance of being. Nature's first and last
24	lessons teach man to be kind, and even pride should sanction what our natures need. Popularity, - what is it? A mere mendicant that boasts and begs, and God
27	denies charity. When gentle violet lifts its blue eye to heaven, and crown imperial unveils its regal splendor to the sun;
30	when the modest grass, inhabiting the whole earth, stoops meekly before the blast; when the patient corn waits on the elements to put forth its slender blade, construct Page 331
1	the stalk, instruct the ear, and crown the full corn in the ear, - then, are mortals looking up, waiting on God,
3	and committing their way unto Him who tosses earth's mass of wonders into their hands? When downtrodden like the grass, did it make them humble, loving, obedi-
6	ent, full of good odor, and cause them to wait patiently on God for man's rich heritage, - "dominion over all the earth"? Thus abiding in Truth, the warmth and
9	sunlight of prayer and praise and understanding will ripen the fruits of Spirit, and goodness will have its spring- tide of freedom and greatness.
12	When the white-winged dove feeds her callow brood, nestles them under her wings, and, in tones tremulous with tenderness, calls them to her breast, do mortals
15	remember their cradle hymns, and thank God for those redemptive words from a mother's lips which taught them the Lord's Prayer?
18	O gentle presence, peace and joy and power; O Life divine, that owns each waiting hour; Thou Love that guards the nestling's faltering flight!
21	Keep Thou my child on upward wing to-night. Midst the falling leaves of old-time faiths, above the frozen crust of creed and dogma, the divine Mind-force,
24	filling all space and having all power, upheaves the earth. In sacred solitude divine Science evolved nature as thought, and thought as things. This supreme potential Principle
27	reigns in the realm of the real, and is "God with us," the I AM. As mortals awake from their dream of material sen-
30	sation, this adorable, all-inclusive God, and all earth's hieroglyphics of Love, are understood; and infinite Mind Page 332
1	is seen kindling the stars, rolling the worlds, reflecting all space and Life, - but not life in matter. Wisely
3	governing, informing the universe, this Mind is Truth, - not laws of matter. Infinitely just, merciful, and wise, this Mind is Love, - but not fallible love.
6	Spring is here! and doors that closed on Christian Science in "the long winter of our discontent," are open flung. Its seedtime has come to enrich earth and en-
9	robe man in righteousness; may its sober-suited autumn follow with hues of heaven, ripened sheaves, and harvest songs. "WHERE ART THOU?" In the allegory of Genesis, third chapter and ninth verse, two mortals, walking in the cool of the day midst
15	the stately palms, many-hued blossoms, perfume-laden breezes, and crystal streams of the Orient, pondered the things of man and God.
18	A sense of evil is supposed to have spoken, been listened to, and afterwards to have formed an evil sense that blinded the eyes of reason, masked with deformity the
21	glories of revelation, and shamed the face of mortals. What was this sense? Error versus Truth: first, a supposition; second, a false belief; third, suffering;
24	fourth, death. Is man the supposer, false believer, sufferer? Not man, but a mortal - the antipode of immortal
27	man. Supposing, false believing, suffering are not fac- ulties of Mind, but are qualities of error. The supposition is, that God and His idea are not all-
30	power; that there is something besides Him; that this Page 333
1	something is intelligent matter; that sin - yea, self- hood - is apart from God, where pleasure and pain,
3	good and evil, life and death, commingle, and are for- ever at strife; even that every ray of Truth, of infinity, omnipotence, omnipresence, goodness, could be absorbed
6	in error! God cannot be obscured, and this renders error a palpable falsity, yea, nothingness; on the basis that black is not a color because it absorbs all the rays of
9	light. The "Alpha and Omega" of Christian Science voices this question: Where do we hold intelligence to be? Is
12	it in both evil and good, in matter as well as Spirit? If so, we are literally and practically denying that God, good, is supreme, all power and presence, and are turn-
15	ing away from the only living and true God, to "lords many and gods many." Where art thou, O mortal! who turnest away from
18	the divine source of being, - calling on matter to work out the problem of Mind, to aid in understanding and securing the sweet harmonies of Spirit that relate to the
21	universe, including man? Paul asked: "What communion hath light with dark- ness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial?" The
24	worshippers of Baal worshipped the sun. They believed that something besides God had authority and power, could heal and bless; that God wrought through matter
27	- by means of that which does not reflect Him in a single quality or quantity! - the grand realities of Mind, thus to exemplify the power of Truth and Love.
30	The ancient Chaldee hung his destiny out upon the heavens; but ancient or modern Christians, instructed in divine Science, know that the prophet better understood Page 334
1	Him who said: "He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth;
3	and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou?" Astrology is well in its place, but this place is second-
6	ary. Necromancy has no foundation, - in fact, no intelligence; and the belief that it has, deceives itself. Whatever simulates power and Truth in matter, does this
9	as a lie declaring itself, that mortals' faith in matter may have the effect of power; but when the whole fabrication is found to be a lie, away goes all its supposed power and
12	prestige. Why do Christian Scientists treat disease as disease, since there is no disease?
15	This is done only as one gives the lie to a lie; because it is a lie, without one word of Truth in it. You must find error to be nothing: then, and only then, do you
18	handle it in Science. The diabolism of suppositional evil at work in the name of good, is a lie of the highest degree of nothingness: just reduce this falsity to its proper
21	denomination, and you have done with it. How shall we treat a negation, or error - by means of matter, or Mind? Is matter Truth? No! Then it
24	cannot antidote error. Can belief destroy belief? No: understanding is re- quired to do this. By the substitution of Truth demon-
27	strated, Science remedies the ills of material beliefs. Because I have uncovered evil, and dis-covered for you divine Science, which saith, "Be not overcome of
30	evil, but overcome evil with good," and you have not loved sufficiently to understand this Golden Rule and demonstrate the might of perfect Love that casteth out Page 335
1	all fear, shall you turn away from this divine Principle to graven images? Remember the Scripture: -
3	"But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; "And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to
6	eat and drink with the drunken; "The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not
9	aware of, "And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his por- tion with the hypocrites."
12	One mercilessly assails me for opposing the subtle lie, others charge upon me with full-fledged invective for, as they say, having too much charity; but neither moves
15	me from the path made luminous by divine Love. In my public works I lay bare the ability, in belief, of evil to break the Decalogue, - to murder, steal, commit
18	adultery, and so on. Those who deny my wisdom or right to expose error, are either willing participants in wrong, afraid of its supposed power, or ignorant of it.
21	The notion that one is covering iniquity by asserting its nothingness, is a fault of zealots, who, like Peter, sleep when the Watcher bids them watch, and when the
24	hour of trial comes would cut off somebody's ears. Such people say, "Would you have me get out of a burning house, or stay in it?"
27	I would have you already out, and know that you are out; also, to remember the Scripture concerning those who do evil that good may come, - "whose damnation
30	is just;" and that whoso departeth from divine Science, seeking power or good aside from God, has done himself harm. Page 336
1	Mind is supreme: Love is the master of hate; Truth, the victor over a lie. Hath not Science voiced this les-
3	son to you, - that evil is powerless, that a lie is never true? It is your province to wrestle with error, to handle the serpent and bruise its head; but you cannot, as a
6	Christian Scientist, resort to stones and clubs,-yea, to matter, - to kill the serpent of a material mind. Do you love that which represents God most, His high-
9	est idea as seen to-day? No! Then you would hate Jesus if you saw him personally, and knew your right obligations towards him. He would
12	insist on the rule and demonstration of divine Science: even that you first cast out your own dislike and hatred of God's idea, - the beam in your own eye that hinders
15	your seeing clearly how to cast the mote of evil out of other eyes. You cannot demonstrate the Principle of Christian Science and not love its idea: we gather not
18	grapes of thorns, nor figs of thistles. Where art thou? DIVINE SCIENCE
21	What is it but another name for Christian Science, the cognomen of all true religion, the quintessence of Christianity, that heals disease and sin and destroys
24	death! Part and parcel of Truth and Love, wherever one ray of its effulgence looks in upon the heart, behold a better man, woman, or child.
27	Science is the fiat of divine intelligence, which, hoary with eternity, touches time only to take away its frailty. That it rests on everlasting foundations, the sequence
30	proves. Page 337
1	Have I discovered and founded at this period Chris- tian Science, that which reveals the truth of Love, - is
3	the question. And how can you be certain of so momentous an affirmative? By proving its effect on yourself to be -
6	divine. What is the Principle and rule of Christian Science? Infinite query! Wonder in heaven and on earth, -
9	who shall say? The immaculate Son of the Blessed has spoken of them as the Golden Rule and its Principle, God who is Love. Listen, and he illustrates the rule:
12	"Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, . . . Whosoever . . . shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest
15	in the kingdom of heaven." Harmony is heaven. Science brings out harmony; but this harmony is not understood unless it produces a
18	growing affection for all good, and consequent disaffec- tion for all evil, hypocrisy, evil-speaking, lust, envy, hate. Where these exist, Christian Science has no sure foot-
21	hold: they obscure its divine element, and thus seem to extinguish it. Even the life of Jesus was belittled and belied by personalities possessing these defacing de-
24	formities. Only the devout Marys, and such as lived according to his precepts, understood the concrete char- acter of him who taught - by the wayside, in humble
27	homes, to itching ears and to dull disciples - the words of Life. The ineffable Life and light which he reflected through
30	divine Science is again reproduced in the character which sensualism, as heretofore, would hide or besmear. Sin of any sort tends to hide from an individual this grand Page 338
1	verity in Science, that the appearing of good in an in- dividual involves the disappearing of evil. He who first
3	brings to humanity some great good, must have gained its height beforehand, to be able to lift others toward it. I first proved to myself, not by "words," - these
6	afford no proof, - but by demonstration of Christian Science, that its Principle is divine. All must go and do likewise.
9	Faith illumined by works; the spiritual understanding which cannot choose but to labor and love; hope hold- ing steadfastly to good in the midst of seething evil;
12	charity that suffereth long and is kind, but cancels not sin until it be destroyed, - these afford the only rule I have found which demonstrates Christian Science.
15	And remember, a pure faith in humanity will subject one to deception; the uses of good, to abuses from evil; and calm strength will enrage evil. But the very heavens
18	shall laugh at them, and move majestically to your de- fense when the armies of earth press hard upon you. "Thou must be true thyself,
21	If thou the truth wouldst teach; Thy soul must overflow, if thou Another's soul wouldst reach;
24	It needs the overflow of heart, To give the lips full speech. "Think truly, and thy thoughts
27	Shall the world's famine feed; Speak truly, and each word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed;
30	Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed." Page 339 FIDELITY If people would confine their talk to subjects that are
3	profitable, that which St. John informs us took place once in heaven, would happen very frequently on earth, - silence for the space of half an hour.
6	Experience is victor, never the vanquished; and out of defeat comes the secret of victory. That to-morrow starts from to-day and is one day beyond it, robes the
9	future with hope's rainbow hues. In the battle of life, good is made more industrious and persistent because of the supposed activity of evil.
12	The elbowing of the crowd plants our feet more firmly. In the mental collisions of mortals and the strain of in- tellectual wrestlings, moral tension is tested, and, if it
15	yields not, grows stronger. The past admonishes us: with finger grim and cold it points to every mortal mistake; or smiling saith, "Thou hast been faithful over a few
18	things." Art thou a child, and hast added one furrow to the brow of care? Art thou a husband, and hast pierced
21	the heart venturing its all of happiness to thy keeping? Art thou a wife, and hast bowed the o'erburdened head of thy husband? Hast thou a friend, and forgettest to be
24	grateful? Remember, that for all this thou alone canst and must atone. Carelessly or remorselessly thou mayest have sent along the ocean of events a wave that will some
27	time flood thy memory, surge dolefully at the door of con- science, and pour forth the unavailing tear. Change and the grave may part us; the wisdom that
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1	backward step, one relinquishment of right in an evil hour, one faithless tarrying, has torn the laurel from many
3	a brow and repose from many a heart. Good is never the reward of evil, and vice versa. There is no excellence without labor; and the time to
6	work, is now. Only by persistent, unremitting, straight- forward toil; by turning neither to the right nor to the left, seeking no other pursuit or pleasure than that which
9	cometh from God, can you win and wear the crown of the faithful. That law-school is not at fault which sends forth a
12	barrister who never brings out a brief. Why? Because he followed agriculture instead of litigation, forsook Blackstone for gray stone, dug into soils instead of delv-
15	ing into suits, raised potatoes instead of pleas, and drew up logs instead of leases. He has not been faithful over a few things.
18	Is a musician made by his teacher? He makes him- self a musician by practising what he was taught. The conscientious are successful. They follow faithfully;
21	through evil or through good report, they work on to the achievement of good; by patience, they inherit the prom- ise. Be active, and, however slow, thy success is sure:
24	toil is triumph; and - thou hast been faithful over a few things. The lives of great men and women are miracles of pa-
27	tience and perseverance. Every luminary in the constel- lation of human greatness, like the stars, comes out in the darkness to shine with the reflected light of God.
30	Material philosophy, human ethics, scholastic theology, and physics have not sufficiently enlightened mankind. Human wrong, sickness, sin, and death still appear in Page 341
1	mortal belief, and they never bring out the right action of mind or body. When will the whole human race have
3	one God, - an undivided affection that leaves the unreal material basis of things, for the spiritual foundation and superstructure that is real, right, and eternal?
6	First purify thought, then put thought into words, and words into deeds; and after much slipping and clambering, you will go up the scale of Science to the
9	second rule, and be made ruler over many things. Fidelity finds its reward and its strength in exalted purpose. Seek- ing is not sufficient whereby to arrive at the results of
12	Science: you must strive; and the glory of the strife comes of honesty and humility. Do human hopes deceive? is joy a trembler? Then,
15	weary pilgrim, unloose the latchet of thy sandals; for the place whereon thou standest is sacred. By that, you may know you are parting with a material sense of life and
18	happiness to win the spiritual sense of good. O learn to lose with God! and you find Life eternal: you gain all. To doubt this is implicit treason to divine decree.
21	The parable of "the ten virgins" serves to illustrate the evil of inaction and delay. This parable is drawn from the sad history of Vesta, - a little girl of eight
24	years, who takes the most solemn vow of celibacy for thirty years, and is subject to terrible torture if the lamp she tends is not replenished with oil day and night, so that the
27	flame never expires. The moral of the parable is pointed, and the diction purely Oriental. We learn from this parable that neither the cares of
30	this world nor the so-called pleasures or pains of mate- rial sense are adequate to plead for the neglect of spiritual light, that must be tended to keep aglow the flame of Page 342
1	devotion whereby to enter into the joy of divine Science demonstrated.
3	The foolish virgins had no oil in their lamps: their way was material; thus they were in doubt and dark- ness. They heeded not their sloth, their fading warmth
6	of action; hence the steady decline of spiritual light, until, the midnight gloom upon them, they must borrow the better-tended lamps of the faithful. By entering
9	the guest-chamber of Truth, and beholding the bridal of Life and Love, they would be wedded to a higher understanding of God. Each moment's fair expect-
12	ancy was to behold the bridegroom, the One "altogether lovely." It was midnight: darkness profound brooded over
15	earth's lazy sleepers. With no oil in their lamps, no spiritual illumination to look upon him whom they had pierced, they heard the shout, "The bridegroom cometh!"
18	But how could they behold him? Hear that human cry: "Oh, lend us your oil! our lamps have gone out, - no light! earth's fables flee, and heaven is afar
21	off." The door is shut. The wise virgins had no oil to spare, and they said to the foolish, "Go to them that sell, and
24	buy for yourselves." Seek Truth, and pursue it. It should cost you something: you are willing to pay for error and receive nothing in return; but if you pay the price of
27	Truth, you shall receive all. "The children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light;" they watch the market,
30	acquaint themselves with the etiquette of the exchange, and are ready for the next move. How much more should we be faithful over the few things of Spirit, that are able Page 343
1	to make us wise unto salvation! Let us watch and pray that we enter not into the temptation of ease in sin; and
3	let us not forget that others before us have laid upon the altar all that we have to sacrifice, and have passed to their reward. Too soon we cannot turn from disease
6	in the body to find disease in the mortal mind, and its cure, in working for God. Thought must be made better, and human life more fruitful, for the divine energy to move
9	it onward and upward. Warmed by the sunshine of Truth, watered by the heavenly dews of Love, the fruits of Christian Science
12	spring upward, and away from the sordid soil of self and matter. Are we clearing the gardens of thought by up- rooting the noxious weeds of passion, malice, envy, and
15	strife? Are we picking away the cold, hard pebbles of selfishness, uncovering the secrets of sin and burnishing anew the hidden gems of Love, that their pure perfection
18	shall appear? Are we feeling the vernal freshness and sunshine of enlightened faith? The weeds of mortal mind are not always destroyed
21	by the first uprooting; they reappear, like devastating witch-grass, to choke the coming clover. O stupid gar- dener ! watch their reappearing, and tear them away from
24	their native soil, until no seedling be left to propagate - and rot. Among the manifold soft chimes that will fill the haunted
27	chambers of memory, this is the sweetest: "Thou hast been faithful !" Page 344 TRUE PHILOSOPHY AND COMMUNION It is related of Justin Martyr that, hearing of a Pythag-
3	orean professor of ethics, he expressed the wish to be- come one of his disciples. "Very well," the teacher replied; "but have you studied music, astronomy, and
6	geometry, and do you think it possible for you to under- stand aught of that which leads to bliss, without hav- ing mastered the sciences that disengage the soul from
9	objects of sense, so rendering it a fit habitation for the intelligences?" On Justin's confessing that he had not studied those branches, he was dismissed by the
12	professor. Alas for such a material science of life! Of what avail would geometry be to a poor sinner struggling with
15	temptation, or to a man with the smallpox? Ancient and modern philosophies are spoiled by lack of Science. They would place Soul wholly inside of body,
18	intelligence in matter; and from error of premise would seek a correct conclusion. Such philosophy can never demonstrate the Science of Life, - the Science which
21	Paul understood when he spoke of willingness "to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." Such philosophy is far from the rules of the mighty Nazarene
24	Prophet. His words, living in our hearts, were these: "Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein." Not through
27	astronomy did he point out the way to heaven and the reign of harmony. We need the spirit of St. Paul, when he stood on Mars'
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1	into Europe. The Spirit bestows spiritual gifts, God's presence and providence. St. Paul stood where Socrates
3	had stood four hundred years before, defending himself against the charge of atheism; in the place where De- mosthenes had pleaded for freedom in immortal strains
6	of eloquence. We need the spirit of the pious Polycarp, who, when the proconsul said to him, "I will set the beasts upon
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