Part 33 (1/2)

The last appearing of Truth will be a wholly spiritual idea of G.o.d and of man, without the fetters of the flesh, or corporeality. This infinite idea of infinity will be, is, as eternal as its divine Principle. The daystar of this appear- [10]

ing is the light of Christian Science-the Science which rends the veil of the flesh from top to bottom. The light of this revelation leaves nothing that is material; neither darkness, doubt, disease, nor death. The material cor- poreality disappears; and individual spirituality, perfect [15]

and eternal, appears-never to disappear.

The truth uttered and lived by Jesus, who pa.s.sed on and left to mortals the rich legacy of what he said and did, makes his followers the heirs to his example; but they can neither appreciate nor appropriate his treasures [20]

of Truth and Love, until lifted to these by their own growth and experiences. His goodness and grace pur- chased the means of mortals' redemption from sin; but, they never paid the price of sin. This cost, none but the sinner can pay; and accordingly as this account is settled [25]

with divine Love, is the sinner ready to avail himself of the rich blessings flowing from the teaching, example, and suffering of our Master.

The secret stores of wisdom must be discovered, their treasures reproduced and given to the world, before man [30]

can truthfully conclude that he has been found in the order, mode, and virgin origin of man according to divine

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Science, which alone demonstrates the divine Principle [1]

and spiritual idea of being.

The monument whose finger points upward, commemorates the earthly life of a martyr; but this is not all of the philanthropist, hero, and Christian. The Truth he [5]

has taught and spoken lives, and moves in our midst a divine afflatus. Thus it is that the ideal Christ-or impersonal infancy, manhood, and womanhood of Truth and Love-is still with us.

And what of _this_ child?-”For unto us a child _is_ [10]

born, unto us a son _is_ given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder.”

This child, or spiritual idea, has evolved a more ready ear for the overture of angels and the scientific under- standing of Truth and Love. When Christ, the incor- [15]

poreal idea of G.o.d, was nameless, and a Mary knew not how to declare its spiritual origin, the idea of man was not understood. The Judaean religion even required the Virgin-mother to go to the temple and be purified, for having given birth to the corporeal child Jesus, whose [20]

origin was more spiritual than the senses could inter- pret. Like the leaven that a certain woman hid in three measures of meal, the Science of G.o.d and the spiritual idea, named in this century Christian Science, is leaven- ing the lump of human thought, until the whole shall [25]

be leavened and all materialism disappear. This action of the divine energy, even if not acknowledged, has come to be seen as diffusing richest blessings. This spiritual idea, or Christ, entered into the minutiae of the life of the personal Jesus. It made him an honest man, [30]

a good carpenter, and a good man, before it could make him the glorified.

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The material questions at this age on the reappearing [1]

of the infantile thought of G.o.d's man, are after the man- ner of a mother in the flesh, though their answers per- tain to the spiritual idea, as in Christian Science:-

Is he deformed? [5]

He is wholly symmetrical; the one altogether lovely.

Is the babe a son, or daughter?

Both son and daughter: even the compound idea of all that resembles G.o.d.

How much does he weigh? [10]

His substance outweighs the material world.

How old is he?