Part 17 (2/2)
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tian Scientists celebrate in commemoration of the Christ. [1]
This ordinance is significant as a type of the true wors.h.i.+p, and it should be observed at present in our churches.
It is not indispensable to organize materially Christ's church. It is not absolutely necessary to ordain pas- [5]
tors and to dedicate churches; but if this be done, let it be in concession to the period, and not as a per- petual or indispensable ceremonial of the church. If our church is organized, it is to meet the demand, ”Suffer it to be so now.” The real Christian compact [10]
is love for one another. This bond is wholly spiritual and inviolate.
It is imperative, at all times and under every cir- c.u.mstance, to perpetuate no ceremonials except as types of these mental conditions,-remembrance and [15]
love; a real affection for Jesus' character and example.
Be it remembered, that all types employed in the ser- vice of Christian Science should represent the most spir- itual forms of thought and wors.h.i.+p that can be made visible. [20]
_Should not the teacher of Christian Science have our_ _textbook, __”__Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,__”_ _in his schoolroom and teach from it?_
I never dreamed, until informed thereof, that a loyal student did not take his textbook with him into the cla.s.s- [25]
room, ask questions from it, answer them according to it, and, as occasion required, read from the book as au- thority for what he taught. I supposed that students had followed my example, and that of other teachers, sufficiently to do this, and also to require their pupils to [30]
study the lessons before recitations.
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To omit these important points is anomalous, con- [1]
sidering the necessity for understanding Science, and the present liability of deviating from Christian Science.
Centuries will intervene before the statement of the inex- haustible topics of that book become sufficiently under- [5]
stood to be absolutely demonstrated. The teacher of Christian Science needs continually to study this textbook.
His work is to replenish thought, and to spiritualize human life, from this open fount of Truth and Love.
He who sees most clearly and enlightens other minds [10]
most readily, keeps his own lamp trimmed and burning.
He will take the textbook of Christian Science into his cla.s.s, repeat the questions in the chapter on Recapitula- tion, and his students will answer them from the same source. Throughout his entire explanations, the teacher [15]
should strictly adhere to the questions and answers con- tained in that chapter of ”Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.” It is important to point out the lesson to the cla.s.s, and to require the students thor- oughly to study it before the recitations; for this spirit- [20]
ualizes their thoughts. When closing his cla.s.s, the teacher should require each member to own a copy of the above-named book and to continue the study of this textbook.
The opinions of men cannot be subst.i.tuted for G.o.d's [25]
revelation. It must not be forgotten that in times past, arrogant ignorance and pride, in attempting to steady the ark of Truth, have dimmed the power and glory of the Scriptures, to which this Christian Science textbook is the Key. [30]
That teacher does most for his students who most divests himself of pride and self, spiritualizes his own
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thought, and by reason thereof is able to empty his stu- [1]
dents' minds, that they may be filled with Truth.
Beloved students, _so_ teach that posterity shall call you blessed, and the heart of history shall be made glad! [5]
_Can fear or sin bring back old beliefs of disease that have_ _been healed by Christian Science?_
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