TO THE COLLEGE ASSOCIATION


Letter read at the meeting of the Massachusetts Metaphysical
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College Association, June 3, 1891

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS' ASSOCIATION OF
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THE MASSACHUSETTS METAPHYSICAL COLLEGE

My Beloved Students: - You may be looking to see me
in my accustomed place with you, but this you must no

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1 longer expect. When I retired from the field of labor,
it was a departure, socially, publicly, and finally, from
3 the routine of such material modes as society and our
societies demand. Rumors are rumors, - nothing more.
I am still with you on the field of battle, taking forward
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marches, broader and higher views, and with the hope
that you will follow.

The eternal and infinite, already brought to your
9 earnest consideration, so grow upon my vision that I
cannot feel justified in turning aside for one hour from
contemplation of them and of the faith unfeigned.
12 When the verities of being seem to you as to me, - as
they must some time, - you will understand the neces-
sity for my seclusion, and its fulfilment of divine order.
15

"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye sepa-
rate, saith the Lord."

All our thoughts should be given to the absolute
18 demonstration of Christian Science. You can well
afford to give me up, since you have in my last re-
vised edition of Science and Health your teacher and
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guide.

I recommend that the June session of this honorable
body shall close your meetings for the summer; also, that
24 hereafter you hold three sessions annually, convening
once in four months; oftener is not requisite, and the
members coming from a distance will be accommodated
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by this arrangement.

Yours affectionately,

MARY B. G. EDDY

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TO THE NATIONAL CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST ASSOCIATION

My Dear Students and Friends: - Accept my thanks
3

for your card of invitation, your badge, and order of exer-
cise, all of which are complete.

When I gave you a meagre reception in Boston at the
6 close of the first convention of the National Christian
Scientist Association, it was simply to give you the privi-
lege, poor as it was, of speaking a few words aside to your
9 teacher. I remember my regret, when, having asked in
general assembly if you had any questions to propose, I
received no reply. Since then you have doubtless realized
12

that such opportunity might have been improved; but
that time has passed.

I greatly rejoice over the growth of my students within
15 the last few years. It was kind of you to part so gently
with the protecting wings of the mother-bird, and to spread
your own so bravely. Now, dear ones, if you take my
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advice again, you will do - what?

Even this: Disorganize the National Christian Scien-
tist Association! and each one return to his place of
21

labor, to work out individually and alone, for himself and
for others, the sublime ends of human life.

To accomplish this, you must give much time to self-
24 examination and correction; you must control appetite,
passion, pride, envy, evil-speaking, resentment, and each
one of the innumerable errors that worketh or maketh
27 a lie. Then you can give to the world the benefit of all
this, and heal and teach with increased confidence. My
students can now organize their students into associa-
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tions, form churches, and hold these organizations of their

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1 own, - until, in turn, their students will sustain them-
selves and work for others.
3 The time it takes yearly to prepare for this national
convention is worse than wasted, if it causes thought to
wander in the wilderness or ways of the world. The de-
6 tail of conforming to society, in any way, costs you what
it would to give time and attention to hygiene in your
ministry and healing.
9 For students to work together is not always to co-
operate, but sometimes to coelbow! Each student should
seek alone the guidance of our common Father - even
12 the divine Principle which he claims to demonstrate, -
and especially should he prove his faith by works, ethi-
cally, physically, and spiritually. Remember that the
15

first and last lesson of Christian Science is love, perfect
love, and love made perfect through the cross.

I once thought that in unity was human strength; but
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have grown to know that human strength is weakness, -
that unity is divine might, giving to human power, peace.

My counsel is applicable to the state of general growth
21 in the members of the National Christian Scientist Asso-
ciation, but it is not so adapted to the members of
students' organizations. And wherefore? Because the
24 growth of these at first is more gradual; but whenever
they are equal to the march triumphant, God will give
to all His soldiers of the cross the proper command, and
27 under the banner of His love, and with the "still, small
voice" for the music of our march, we all shall take step
and march on in spiritual organization.
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Your loving teacher,
MARY BAKER G. EDDY

CONCORD, N. H., May 23, 1890

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1 N. B. I recommend this honorable body to adjourn,
if it does not disorganize, to three years from this date;
3

or, if it does disorganize, to meet again in three years.
Then bring your tithes into the storehouse, and God will
pour you out a blessing such as you even yet have not

received.

M. B. G. E.

TO THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, BOSTON

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down

12 imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the
knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ. - 2 COR. x. 4, 5.
15 In April, 1883, I started the Journal of Christian
Science, with a portion of the above Scripture for its
motto.
18

On December 10, 1889, I gave a lot of land - in

Boston, situated near the beautiful Back Bay Park, now
valued at $20,000 and rising in value - for the purpose
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of having erected thereon a church edifice to be called The
Church of Christ, Scientist.

I had this desirable site transferred in a circuitous,
24 novel way, at the wisdom whereof a few persons have
since scrupled; but to my spiritual perception, like all
true wisdom, this transaction will in future be regarded
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as greatly wise, and it will be found that this act was in
advance of the erring mind's apprehension.

As with all former efforts in the interest of Christian
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Science, I took care that the provisions for the land and

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1 building were such as error could not control. I knew
that to God's gift, foundation and superstructure, no one
3 could hold a wholly material title. The land, and the
church standing on it, must be conveyed through a type
representing the true nature of the gift; a type morally
6 and spiritually inalienable, but materially questionable
- even after the manner that all spiritual good comes
to Christian Scientists, to the end of taxing their faith
9

in God, and their adherence to the superiority of the
claims of Spirit over matter or merely legal titles.

No one could buy, sell, or mortgage my gift as I had
12 it conveyed. Thus the case rested, and I supposed the
trustee-deed was legal; but this was God's business, not
mine. Our church was prospered by the right hand of
15 His righteousness, and contributions to the Building Fund
generously poured into the treasury. Unity prevailed, -
till mortal man sought to know who owned God's temple,
18

and adopted and urged only the material side of this
question.

The lot of land which I donated I redeemed from under
21 mortgage. The foundation on which our church was to
be built had to be rescued from the grasp of legal power,
and now it must be put back into the arms of Love, if we
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would not be found fighting against God.

The diviner claim and means for upbuilding the Church
of Christ were prospered. Our title to God's acres will
27 be safe and sound - when we can "read our title clear"
to heavenly mansions. Built on the rock, our church
will stand the storms of ages: though the material super-
30

structure should crumble into dust, the fittest would sur-
vive, - the spiritual idea would live, a perpetual type of
the divine Principle it reflects.

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1 The First Church of Christ, Scientist, our prayer in
stone, will be the prophecy fulfilled, the monument up-
3 reared, of Christian Science. It will speak to you of the
Mother, and of your hearts' offering to her through whom
was revealed to you God's all-power, all-presence, and
6 all-science. This building begun, will go up, and no one
can suffer from it, for no one can resist the power that
is behind it; and against this church temple "the gates
9

of hell" cannot prevail.

All loyal Christian Scientists hail with joy this pro-
posed type of universal Love; not so, however, with
12 error, which hates the bonds and methods of Truth, and
shudders at the freedom, might, and majesty of Spirit,
- even the annihilating law of Love.
15 I vindicate both the law of God and the laws of our
land. I believe, - yea, I understand, - that with the
spirit of Christ actuating all the parties concerned about
18 the legal quibble, it can easily be corrected to the satis-
faction of all. Let this be speedily done. Do not, I im-
plore you, stain the early history of Christian Science by
21 the impulses of human will and pride; but let the divine
will and the nobility of human meekness rule this busi-
ness transaction, in obedience to the law of Love and the
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laws of our land.

As the ambassador of Christ's teachings, I admonish
you: Delay not longer to commence building our church
27 in Boston; or else return every dollar that you yourselves
declare you have had no legal authority for obtaining, to
the several contributors, - and let them, not you, say
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what shall be done with their money.

Of our first church in Boston, O recording angel!
write: God is in the midst of her: how beautiful are her

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1 feet! how beautiful are her garments! how hath He en-
larged her borders! how hath He made her wildernesses
3

to bud and blossom as the rose!
With love,
MARY BAKER EDDY

TO DONORS OF BOAT, FROM TORONTO, CANADA

Written on receipt of a beautiful boat presented by Christian
Scientists in Toronto, for the little pond at Pleasant View. The
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boat displays, among other beautiful decorations, a number of
masonic symbols.

Beloved Students and Friends: - Accept my thanks
12 for the beautiful boat and presentation poem. Each day
since they arrived I have said, Let me write to the donors,
- and what?
15 My first impression was to indite a poem; my second,
a psalm; my third, a letter. Why the letter alone? Be-
cause your dear hearts expressed in their lovely gift such
18 varying types of true affection, shaded as autumn leaves
with bright hues of the spiritual, that my Muse lost her
lightsome lyre, and imagery of thought gave place to
21

chords of feeling too deep for words.

A boat song seemed more Olympian than the psalm in
spiritual strains of the Hebrew bard. So I send my
24

answer in a commonplace letter. Poor return, is it
not?

The symbols of freemasonry depicted on the boat
27 wakened memory, touched tender fibres of thought, and
I longed to say to the masonic brothers: If as a woman
I may not unite with you in freemasonry, nor you with
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me in Christian Science, yet as friends we can feel the

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1 touch of heart to heart and hand to hand, on the broad
basis and sure foundation of true friendship's "level"
3

and the "square" of moral sentiments.

My dear students may have explained to the kind par-
ticipants in beautifying this boat our spiritual points,
6 above the plane of matter. If so, I may hope that a
closer link hath bound us. Across lakes, into a kingdom,
I reach out my hand to clasp yours, with this silent bene-
9 diction: May the kingdom of heaven come in each of
your hearts!
With love,
12

MARY BAKER EDDY

ADDRESS, - LAYING THE CORNER-STONE

Beloved Students:-On the 21st day of May, A. D.
15 1894, with quiet, imposing ceremony, is laid the corner-
stone of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist," in
Boston.
18 It gives me great pleasure to say that you, principally
the Normal class graduates of my College, well known
physicians, teachers, editors, and pastors of churches,
21 by contributions of one thousand dollars each, husband
and wife reckoned as one, have, within about three
months, donated the munificent sum of forty-two thou-
24 sand dollars toward building The Mother Church. A
quiet call from me for this extra contribution, in aid of
our Church Building Fund, found you all "with one
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accord in one place." Each donation came promptly;
sometimes at much self-sacrifice, but always accompanied
with a touching letter breathing the donor's privileged joy.

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1 The granite for this church was taken from the quar-
ries in New Hampshire, my native State. The money
3 for building "Mother's Room," situated in the second
story of the tower on the northeast corner of this build-
ing, and the name thereof, came from the dear children
6

of Christian Scientists; a little band called Busy Bees,
organized by Miss Maurine R. Campbell.

On this memorable day there are laid away a copy of
9 this address, the subscription list on which appear your
several names in your own handwriting, your textbook,
"Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and
12 other works written by the same author, your teacher,
the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science; (1) with-
out pomp or pride, laid away as a sacred secret in the
15 heart of a rock, there to typify the prophecy, "And a man
shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert
from the tempest; . . . as the shadow of a great rock in
18 weary land:" henceforth to whisper our Master's
promise, "Upon this rock I will build my church; and
the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
21 To-day, be this hope in each of our hearts, - precious
in God's sight as shall be the assembling of His people
in this temple, sweet as the rest that remaineth for the
24 righteous, and fresh as a summer morn, - that, from
earth's pillows of stone, our visible lives are rising to
God. As in the history of a seed, so may our earthly
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sowing bear fruit that exudes the inspiration of the wine
poured into the cup of Christ.

To-day I pray that divine Love, the life-giving Prin-
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ciple of Christianity, shall speedily wake the long night
of materialism, and the universal dawn shall break upon
the spire of this temple. The Church, more than any

(1) A copy of the Bible was included among the books placed in the corner-stone.

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1 other institution, at present is the cement of society, and
it should be the bulwark of civil and religious liberty.
3 But the time cometh when the religious element, or Church
of Christ, shall exist alone in the affections, and need no
organization to express it. Till then, this form of godli-
6

ness seems as requisite to manifest its spirit, as individ-
uality to express Soul and substance.

Does a single bosom burn for fame and power? Then
9 when that person shall possess these, let him ask him-
self, and answer to his name in this corner-stone of our
temple: Am I greater for them? And if he thinks that
12 he is, then is he less than man to whom God gave "do-
minion over all the earth," less than the meek who "in-
herit the earth." Even vanity forbids man to be vain;
15 and pride is a hooded hawk which flies in darkness. Over
a wounded sense of its own error, let not mortal thought
resuscitate too soon.
18 In our rock-bound friendship, delicate as dear, our
names may melt into one, and common dust, and their
modest sign be nothingness. Be this as it may, the visible
21 unity of spirit remains, to quicken even dust into sweet
memorial such as Isaiah prophesied: "The wolf also shall
dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with
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the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling
together; and a little child shall lead them."

When the hearts of Christian Scientists are woven to-
27 gether as are their names in the web of history, earth will
float majestically heaven's heraldry, and echo the song
of angels: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
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peace, good will toward men."

To The Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, and to
the dear children that my heart folds within it, let me

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1 say, 'Tis sweet to remember thee, and God's Zion, with
healing on her wings. May her walls be vocal with sal-
3

vation; and her gates with praise!

TO THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, BOSTON
6 My Beloved Students: - I cannot conscientiously lend
my counsel to direct your action on receiving or dismiss-
ing candidates. To do this, I should need to be with
9 you. I cannot accept hearsay, and would need to know
the circumstances and facts regarding both sides of the
subject, to form a proper judgment. This is not my
12 present province; hence I have hitherto declined to be
consulted on these subjects, and still maintain this
position.
15 These are matters of grave import; and you cannot
be indifferent to this, but will give them immediate at-
tention, and be governed therein by the spirit and the
18

letter of this Scripture: "Whatsoever ye would that men
should do unto you, do ye even so to them."

I cannot be the conscience for this church; but if I
21 were, I would gather every reformed mortal that desired
to come, into its fold, and counsel and help him to walk
in the footsteps of His flock. I feel sure that as Chris-
24 tian Scientists you will act, relative to this matter, up to
your highest understanding of justice and mercy.
Affectionately yours,
27

MARY BAKER EDDY
Feb. 12, 1895

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THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST,

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
3 My Beloved Students: - Another year has rolled on,
another annual meeting has convened, another space of
time has been given us, and has another duty been done
6 and another victory won for time and eternity? Do you
meet in unity, preferring one another, and demonstrating
the divine Principle of Christian Science? Have you
9 improved past hours, and ladened them with records
worthy to be borne heavenward? Have you learned
that sin is inadmissible, and indicates a small mind?
12

Do you manifest love for those that hate you and de-
spitefully use you?

The man of integrity is one who makes it his constant
15 rule to follow the road of duty, according as Truth and
the voice of his conscience point it out to him. He is not
guided merely by affections which may some time give
18

the color of virtue to a loose and unstable character.

The upright man is guided by a fixed Principle, which
destines him to do nothing but what is honorable, and to
21 abhor whatever is base or unworthy; hence we find him
ever the same, - at all times the trusty friend, the affec-
tionate relative, the conscientious man of business, the
24

pious worker, the public-spirited citizen.

He assumes no borrowed appearance. He seeks no
mask to cover him, for he acts no studied part; but he
27 is indeed what he appears to be, - full of truth, candor,
and humanity. In all his pursuits, he knows no path
but the fair, open, and direct one, and would much rather
30

fail of success than attain it by reproachable means. He

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1 never shows us a smiling countenance while he meditates
evil against us in his heart. We shall never find one part
3 of his character at variance with another.
Lovingly yours,
MARY BAKER EDDY
6

Sept. 30, 1895

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER

The Rules and By-laws in the Manual of The First
9 Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, originated not in
solemn conclave as in ancient Sanhedrim. They were
not arbitrary opinions nor dictatorial demands, such as
12 one person might impose on another. They were im-
pelled by a power not one's own, were written at differ-
ent dates, and as the occasion required. They sprang
15 from necessity, the logic of events, - from the immedi-
ate demand for them as a help that must be supplied to
maintain the dignity and defense of our Cause; hence
18 their simple, scientific basis, and detail so requisite to
demonstrate genuine Christian Science, and which will
do for the race what absolute doctrines destined for future
21

generations might not accomplish.

TO THE MOTHER CHURCH

Beloved Brethren: - Until recently, I was not aware
24 that the contribution box was presented at your Friday
evening meetings. I specially desire that you collect no
moneyed contributions from the people present on these
27

occasions.

Let the invitation to this sweet converse be in the words
of the prophet Isaiah: "Ho, every one that thirsteth,

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1 come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come
ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without
3

money and without price."

Invite all cordially and freely to this banquet of Chris-
tian Science, this feast and flow of Soul. Ask them to
6 bring what they possess of love and light to help leaven
your loaf and replenish your scanty store. Then, after
presenting the various offerings, and one after another
9 has opened his lips to discourse and distribute what God
has given him of experience, hope, faith, and under-
standing, gather up the fragments, and count the baskets
12

full of accessions to your love, and see that nothing has
been lost.

With love,
15

MARY BAKER EDDY

TO FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN OCONTO
18 My Beloved Brethren: - Lips nor pen can ever ex-
press the joy you give me in parting so promptly with
your beloved pastor, Rev. Mr. Norcross, to send him to
21 aid me. It is a refreshing demonstration of Christianity,
brotherly love, and all the rich graces of the Spirit. May
this sacrifice bring to your beloved church a vision of the
24 new church, that cometh down from heaven, whose altar
is a loving heart, whose communion is fellowship with
saints and angels. This example of yours is a light that
27

cannot be hid.

Guided by the pillar and the cloud, this little church
that built the first temple for Christian Science worship
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shall abide steadfastly in the faith of Jesus' words: "Fear

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1 not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to
give you the kingdom." May He soon give you a pastor;
3 already you have the great Shepherd of Israel watch-
ing over you. Give my forever-love to your dear church.
Yours in bonds of Christ,
6

MARY BAKER G. EDDY

Boston, Mass., 1889

TO FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN SCRANTON

Beloved Brethren: - Space is no separator of hearts.
Spiritually, I am with all who are with Truth, and whose
12 hearts to-day are repeating their joy that God dwelleth
in the congregation of the faithful, and loveth the gates
of Zion.
15 The outlook is cheering. We have already seen the
salvation of many people by means of Christian Science.
Chapels and churches are dotting the entire land. Con-
18 venient houses and halls can now be obtained wherein, as
whereout, Christian Scientists may worship the Father
"in spirit and in truth," as taught by our great Master.
21 "If God be for us, who can be against us?" If He
be with us, the wayside is a sanctuary, and the desert a
resting-place peopled with living witnesses of the fact
24

that "God is Love."

God is universal; confined to no spot, defined by no
dogma, appropriated by no sect. Not more to one than
27 to all, is God demonstrable as divine Life, Truth, and
Love; and His people are they that reflect Him - that
reflect Love. Again, this infinite Principle, with its uni-
30

versal manifestation, is all that really is or can be;
hence God is our Shepherd. He guards, guides, feeds,

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1 and folds the sheep of His pasture; and their ears are
attuned to His call. In the words of the loving disciple,
3 "My sheep hear my voice, . . . and they follow me;
neither shall any man pluck them out of my
hand."
6 God is a consuming fire. He separates the dross from
the gold, purifies the human character, through the
furnace of affliction. Those who bear fruit He purgeth,
9 that they may bear more fruit. Through the sacred law,
He speaketh to the unfruitful in tones of Sinai: and, in
the gospel, He saith of the barren fig-tree, "Cut it down;
12

why cumbereth it the ground?"

God is our Father and our Mother, our Minister and
the great Physician: He is man's only real relative on
15 earth and in heaven. David sang, "Whom have I in
heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I
desire beside thee."
18 Brother, sister, beloved in the Lord, knowest thou
thyself, and art thou acquainted with God? If not, I
pray thee as a Christian Scientist, delay not to make Him
21

thy first acquaintance.

Glorious things are spoken of you in His Word. Ye
are a chosen people, whose God is - what? Even All.
24 May mercy and truth go before you: may the lamp of
your life continually be full of oil, and you be wedded
to the spiritual idea, Christ; then will you heal, and
27 teach, and preach, on the ascending scale of everlasting
Life and Love.
Affectionately yours in Christ,
30

MARY BAKER EDDY

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TO FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN DENVER
3 Beloved Pastor and Brethren: - "As in water face
answereth to face," and in love continents clasp hands, so
the oneness of God includes also His presence with those
6 whose hearts unite in the purposes of goodness. Of this
we may be sure: that thoughts winged with peace and
love breathe a silent benediction over all the earth, co-
9

operate with the divine power, and brood unconsciously
o'er the work of His hand.

I, as a corporeal person, am not in your midst: I, as a
12 dictator, arbiter, or ruler, am not present; but I, as a
mother whose heart pulsates with every throb of theirs
for the welfare of her children, am present, and rejoice
15

with them that rejoice.

May meekness, mercy, and love dwell forever in the
hearts of those who worship in this tabernacle: then
18 will they receive the heritage that God has prepared for
His people,-made ready for the pure in affection, the
meek in spirit, the worshipper in truth, the follower of
21

good.

Thus founded upon the rock of Christ, when storm
and tempest beat against this sure foundation, you,
24 safely sheltered in the strong tower of hope, faith, and
Love, are God's nestlings; and He will hide you in His
feathers till the storm has passed. Into His haven of
27 Soul there enters no element of earth to cast out angels,
to silence the right intuition which guides you safely
home.
30

Exercise more faith in God and His spiritual means

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1 and methods, than in man and his material ways and
means, of establishing the Cause of Christian Science.
3 If right yourself, God will confirm His inheritance. "Be
not weary in well doing." Truth is restful, and Love is
triumphant.
6 When God went forth before His people, they were
fed with manna: they marched through the wilderness:
they passed through the Red Sea, untouched by the bil-
9 lows. At His command, the rock became a fountain;
and the land of promise, green isles of refreshment. In
the words of the Psalmist, when" the Lord gave the word:
12

great was the company of those that published it."

God is good to Israel, - washed in the waters of
Meribah, cleansed of the flesh, - good to His Israel
15 encompassed not with pride, hatred, self-will, and self-
justification; wherein violence covereth men as a gar-
ment, and as captives are they enchained.
18 Christian Scientists bring forth the fruits of Spirit,
not flesh; and God giveth this "new name" to no man
who honors Him not by positive proof of trust worthiness.
21

May you be able to say, "I have not cleansed my heart
in vain."

Sir Edwin Arnold, to whom I presented a copy of
24 my first edition of "Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures," writes: -

Peace on earth and Good-will!
27 Souls that are gentle and still
Hear the first music of this
Far-off, infinite, Bliss!
30

So may the God of peace be and abide with this church.
Affectionately yours,

MARY BAKER EDDY

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TO FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN LAWRENCE
3 Beloved Brethren: - The spreading branches of The
Church of Christ, Scientist, are fast reaching out their
broad shelter to the entire world. Your faith has not
6 been without works, - and God's love for His flock is
manifest in His care. He will dig about this little church,
prune its encumbering branches, water it with the dews
9 of heaven, enrich its roots, and enlarge its borders with
divine Love. God only waits for man's worthiness to
enhance the means and measure of His grace. You
12 have already proof of the prosperity of His Zion. You
sit beneath your own vine and fig-tree as the growth
of spirituality - even that vine whereof our Father is
15

husbandman.

It is the purpose of divine Love to resurrect the under-
standing, and the kingdom of God, the reign of har-
18 mony already within us. Through the word that is
spoken unto you, are you made free. Abide in His word,
and it shall abide in you; and the healing Christ will
21

again be made manifest in the flesh - understood and
glorified.

Honor thy Father and Mother, God. Continue in
24 His love. Bring forth fruit - "signs following" - that
your prayers be not hindered. Pray without ceasing.
Watch diligently; never desert the post of spiritual ob-
27 servation and self-examination. Strive for self-abnega-
tion, justice, meekness, mercy, purity, love. Let your
light reflect Light. Have no ambition, affection, nor
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aim apart from holiness. Forget not for a moment, that

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1 God is All-in-all-therefore, that in reality there is but
one cause and effect.
3 The pride of circumstance or power is the prince of
this world that has nothing in Christ. All power and
happiness are spiritual, and proceed from goodness.
6 Sacrifice self to bless one another, even as God has
blessed you. Forget self in laboring for mankind; then
will you woo the weary wanderer to your door, win the
9 pilgrim and stranger to your church, and find access to
the heart of humanity. While pressing meekly on, be
faithful, be valiant in the Christian's warfare, and peace
12

will crown your joy.

Lovingly yours,

MARY BAKER EDDY

TO CORRESPONDENTS

Beloved Students: - Because Mother has not the time
even to read all of her interesting correspondence, and
18 less wherein to answer it (however much she desires
thus to do), she hereby requests: First, that you, her
students' students, who write such excellent letters to
21 her, will hereafter, as a general rule, send them to the
editors of The Christian Science Journal for publication,
and thereby give to us all the pleasure of hearing from you.
24 If my own students cannot spare time to write to God,
- when they address me I shall be apt to forward their
letters to Him as our common Parent, and by way of
27 The Christian Science Journal; thus fulfilling their moral
obligation to furnish some reading-matter for our denomi-
national organ. Methinks, were they to contemplate the
30

universal charge wherewith divine Love has entrusted us,

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Miscellaneous Writings
1 in behalf of a suffering race, they would contribute oftener
to the pages of this swift vehicle of scientific thought;
3

for it reaches a vast number of earnest readers, and seek-
ers after Truth.

With love,

MARY BAKER EDDY

TO STUDENTS

Beloved Christian Scientists: - Please send in your
contributions as usual to our Journal. All is well at head-
9 quarters, and when the mist shall melt away you will see
clearly the signs of Truth and the heaven of Love within
your hearts. Let the reign of peace and harmony be
12

supreme and forever yours.

I proposed to merge the adjourned meeting in the one
held at Chicago, because I saw no advantage, but great
15 disadvantage, in one student's opinions or modus oper-
andi becoming the basis for others: read "Retrospection"
on this subject. Science is absolute, and best under-
18 stood through the study of my works and the daily Chris-
tian demonstration thereof. It is their materiality that
clogs the progress of students, and "this kind goeth not
21 forth but by prayer and fasting." It is materialism through
which the animal magnetizer preys, and in turn becomes
a prey. Spirituality is the basis of all true thought and
24 volition. Assembling themselves together, and listening
to each other amicably, or contentiously, is no aid to
students in acquiring solid Christian Science. Experi-
27

ence and, above all, obedience, are the aids and tests of
growth and understanding in this direction.

With love,
30

MARY B. G. EDDY

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TO A STUDENT

My Dear Student: - It is a great thing to be found
3 worthy to suffer for Christ, Truth. Paul said, "If we
suffer, we shall also reign with him." Reign then, my
beloved in the Lord. He that marketh the sparrow's fall
6

will direct thy way.

I have written, or caused my secretary to write, to Mr.
and Mrs. Stewart, of Toronto, Canada (you will find their
9 card in The C. S. Journal), that you or your lawyer will
ask them all questions important for your case, and re-
quested that they furnish all information possible. They
12 will be glad to help you. Every true Christian Scientist
will feel "as bound with you," but as free in Truth and
Love, safe under the shadow of His wing.
15 Yes, my student, my Father is your Father; and He
helps us most when help is most needed, for He is the
ever-present help.
18 I am glad that you are in good cheer. I enclose you
the name of Mr. E. A. Kimball, C. S. D., of Chicago, -
5020 Woodlawn Ave., - for items relative to Mrs. Steb-
21

bin's case.

"Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him;
and He shall bring it to pass. And He shall bring forth
24

thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the
noonday." This I know, for God is for us.

Write me when you need me. Error has no power
27 but to destroy itself. It cannot harm you; it cannot stop
the eternal currents of Truth.
Ever with love,
30

MARY B. G. EDDY

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TO A STUDENT

My Beloved Student: - In reply to your letter I will
3 say: God's ways are not as our ways; but higher far
than the heavens above the earth is His wisdom above
ours. When I requested you to be ordained, I little
6 thought of the changes about to be made. When I in-
sisted on your speaking without notes, I little knew that
so soon another change in your pulpit would be demanded.
9 But now, after His messenger has obeyed the message
of divine Love, comes the interpretation thereof. But you
see we both had first to obey, and to do this through faith,
12

not sight.

The meaning of it all, as now shown, is this: when
you were bidden to be ordained, it was in reward for your
15 faithful service, thus to honor it. The second command,
to drop the use of notes, was to rebuke a lack of faith in
divine help, and to test your humility and obedience in
18

bearing this cross.

All God's servants are minute men and women. As
of old, I stand with sandals on and staff in hand, wait-
21 ing for the watchword and the revelation of what, how,
whither. Let us be faithful and obedient, and God will
do the rest.
24 In the April number of The Christian Science Journal
you will find the forthcoming completion (as I now think)
of the divine directions sent out to the churches. It is
27 satisfactory to note, however, that the order therein given
corresponds to the example of our Master. Jesus was
not ordained as our churches ordain ministers. We
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have no record that he used notes when preaching. He

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1 spake in their synagogues, reading the Scriptures and
expounding them; and God has given to this age "Science
3

and Health with Key to the Scriptures," to elucidate
His Word.

You may read this letter to your church, and then
6 send it to Rev. Mr. Norcross, and he will understand.
May the God of all grace give you peace.
With love,
9

MARY BAKER EDDY

EXTRACT FROM A CHRISTMAS LETTER

Beloved Students: - My heart has many rooms: one
12 of these is sacred to the memory of my students. Into
this upper chamber, where all things are pure and of
good report, - into this sanctuary of love, - I often
15 retreat, sit silently, and ponder. In this chamber is
memory's wardrobe, where I deposit certain recollec-
tions and rare grand collections once in each year. This
18 is my Christmas storehouse. Its goods commemorate,
- not so much the Bethlehem babe, as the man of God,
the risen Christ, and the adult Jesus. Here I deposit
21 the gifts that my dear students offer at the shrine of
Christian Science, and to their lone Leader. Here I talk
once a year, - and this is a bit of what I said in 1890:
24 "O glorious Truth ! O Mother Love ! how has the sense
of Thy children grown to behold Thee! and how have
many weary wings sprung upward! and how has our
27

Model, Christ, been unveiled to us, and to the age!"

I look at the rich devices in embroidery, silver, gold,
and jewels,-all gifts of Christian Scientists from all
30

parts of our nation, and some from abroad, - then al-

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1 most marvel at the power and permanence of affection
under the régime of Christian Science! Never did grati-
3 tude and love unite more honestly in uttering the word
thanks, than ours at this season. But a mother's love
behind words has no language; it may give no material
6

token, but lives steadily on, through time and circum-
stance, as part and paramount portion of her being.

Thus may our lives flow on in the same sweet rhythm
9 of head and heart, till they meet and mingle in bliss super-
nal. There is a special joy in knowing that one is gaining
constantly in the knowledge of Truth and divine Love.
12 Your progress, the past year, has been marked. It satis-
fies my present hope. Of this we rest assured, that every
trial of our faith in God makes us stronger and firmer in
15

understanding and obedience.

Lovingly yours,

MARY BAKER G. EDDY

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CHAPTER VI - SERMONS

A CHRISTMAS SERMON

DELIVERED IN CHICKERING HALL, BOSTON, MASS., ON THE

SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS, 1888

SUBJECT: The Corporeal and Incorporeal Saviour

TEXT: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the
6 government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace. - ISAIAH ix. 6.
9 TO the senses, Jesus was the son of man: in Science,
man is the son of God. The material senses could
not cognize the Christ, or Son of God: it was Jesus'
12

approximation to this state of being that made him the
Christ-Jesus, the Godlike, the anointed.

The prophet whose words we have chosen for our
15 text, prophesied the appearing of this dual nature, as
both human and divinely endowed, the personal and the
impersonal Jesus.
18 The only record of our Master as a public benefactor,
or personal Saviour, opens when he was thirty years of
age; owing in part, perhaps, to the Jewish law that none
21 should teach or preach in public under that age. Also,
it is natural to conclude that at this juncture he was
specially endowed with the Holy Spirit; for he was given
24

the new name, Messiah, or Jesus Christ, - the God-

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1 anointed; even as, at times of special enlightenment,
Jacob was called Israel; and Saul, Paul.
3 The third event of this eventful period, - a period of
such wonderful spiritual import to mankind! - was the
advent of a higher Christianity.
6 From this dazzling, God-crowned summit, the Naza-
rene stepped suddenly before the people and their schools
of philosophy; Gnostic, Epicurean, and Stoic. He must
9

stem these rising angry elements, and walk serenely over
their fretted, foaming billows.

Here the cross became the emblem of Jesus' history;
12

while the central point of his Messianic mission was peace,
good will, love, teaching, and healing.

Clad with divine might, he was ready to stem the tide
15 of Judaism, and prove his power, derived from Spirit, to
be supreme; lay himself as a lamb upon the altar of
materialism, and therefrom rise to his nativity in Spirit.
18 The corporeal Jesus bore our infirmities, and through
his stripes we are healed. He was the Way-shower, and
suffered in the flesh, showing mortals how to escape from
21

the sins of the flesh.

There was no incorporeal Jesus of Nazareth. The
spiritual man, or Christ, was after the similitude of the
24

Father, without corporeality or finite mind.

Materiality, worldliness, human pride, or self-will, by
demoralizing his motives and Christlikeness, would have
27

dethroned his power as the Christ.

To carry out his holy purpose, he must be oblivious of
human self.
30

Of the lineage of David, like him he went forth, simple
as the shepherd boy, to disarm the Goliath. Panoplied
in the strength of an exalted hope, faith, and understand-

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1 ing, he sought to conquer the three-in-one of error: the
world, the flesh, and the devil.
3 Three years he went about doing good. He had for
thirty years been preparing to heal and teach divinely;
but his three-years mission was a marvel of glory: its
6

chaplet, a grave to mortal sense dishonored - from which
sprang a sublime and everlasting victory!

He who dated time, the Christian era, and spanned
9 eternity, was the meekest man on earth. He healed
and taught by the wayside, in humble homes: to arrant
hypocrite and to dull disciples he explained the Word
12

of God, which has since ripened into interpretation
through Science.

His words were articulated in the language of a de-
15 clining race, and committed to the providence of God.
In no one thing seemed he less human and more divine
than in his unfaltering faith in the immortality of Truth.
18 Referring to this, he said, "Heaven and earth shall
pass away, but my words shall not pass away!" and
they have not: they still live; and are the basis of divine
21

liberty, the medium of Mind, the hope of the race.

Only three years a personal Saviour! yet the founda-
tions he laid are as eternal as Truth, the chief corner-
24

stone.

After his brief brave struggle, and the crucifixion of
the corporeal man, the incorporeal Saviour - the Christ
27 or spiritual idea which leadeth into all Truth - must
needs come in Christian Science, demonstrating the spir-
itual healing of body and mind.
30

This idea or divine essence was, and is, forever about
the Father's business; heralding the Principle of health,
holiness, and immortality.

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1 Its divine Principle interprets the incorporeal idea, or
Son of God; hence the incorporeal and corporeal are
3 distinguished thus: the former is the spiritual idea that
represents divine good, and the latter is the human
presentation of goodness in man. The Science of Chris-
6 tianity, that has appeared in the ripeness of time, re-
veals the incorporeal Christ; and this will continue
to be seen more clearly until it be acknowledged, under-
9

stood, - and the Saviour, which is Truth, be compre-
hended.

To the vision of the Wisemen, this spiritual idea of the
12 Principle of man or the universe, appeared as a star. At
first, the babe Jesus seemed small to mortals; but from
the mount of revelation, the prophet beheld it from the
15

beginning as the Redeemer, who would present a wonder-
ful manifestation of Truth and Love.

In our text Isaiah foretold, "His name shall be called
18

Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace."

As the Wisemen grew in the understanding of Christ,
21 the spiritual idea, it grew in favor with them. Thus it
will continue, as it shall become understood, until man
be found in the actual likeness of his Maker. Their
24 highest human concept of the man Jesus, that portrayed
him as the only Son of God, the only begotten of the
Father, full of grace and Truth, will become so magnified
27 to human sense, by means of the lens of Science, as to
reveal man collectively, as individually, to be the son of
God.
30

The limited view of God's ideas arose from the testimony
of the senses. Science affords the evidence that God is the
Father of man, of all that is real and eternal. This spir-

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1 itual idea that the personal Jesus demonstrated, casting
out evils and healing, more than eighteen centuries ago,
3 disappeared by degrees; both because of the ascension
of Jesus, in which it was seen that he had grown beyond
the human sense of him, and because of the corruption of
6

the Church.

The last appearing of Truth will be a wholly spiritual
idea of God and of man, without the fetters of the flesh, or
9 corporeality. This infinite idea of infinity will be, is, as
eternal as its divine Principle. The daystar of this appear-
ing is the light of Christian Science - the Science which
12 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-
15

poreality disappears; and individual spirituality, perfect
and eternal, appears - never to disappear.

The truth uttered and lived by Jesus, who passed on
18 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
21 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,
24 they never paid the price of sin. This cost, none but the
sinner can pay; and accordingly as this account is settled
with divine Love, is the sinner ready to avail himself of
27

the rich blessings flowing from the teaching, example,
and suffering of our Master.

The secret stores of wisdom must be discovered, their
30

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

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1 Science, which alone demonstrates the divine Principle
and spiritual idea of being.
3 The monument whose finger points upward, commem-
orates the earthly life of a martyr; but this is not all of
the philanthropist, hero, and Christian. The Truth he
6 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
9

and Love - is still with us.

And what of this child? - "For unto us a child is
born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall
12

be upon his shoulder."

This child, or spiritual idea, has evolved a more ready
ear for the overture of angels and the scientific under-
15 standing of Truth and Love. When Christ, the incor-
poreal idea of God, was nameless, and a Mary knew not
how to declare its spiritual origin, the idea of man was
18 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
21 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 God and the spiritual
24 idea, named in this century Christian Science, is leaven-
ing the lump of human thought, until the whole shall
be leavened and all materialism disappear. This action
27 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
30

life of the personal Jesus. It made him an honest man,
a good carpenter, and a good man, before it could make
him the glorified.

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1 The material questions at this age on the reappearing
of the infantile thought of God's man, are after the man-
3 ner of a mother in the flesh, though their answers per-
tain to the spiritual idea, as in Christian Science: -

Is he deformed?
6 He is wholly symmetrical; the one altogether lovely.

Is the babe a son, or daughter?
Both son and daughter: even the compound idea of
9 all that resembles God.

How much does he weigh?
His substance outweighs the material world.
12 How old is he?
Of his days there is no beginning and no ending.
What is his name?
15 Christ Science.

Who are his parents, brothers, and sisters?
His Father and Mother are divine Life, Truth, and
18 Love; and they who do the will of his Father are his
brethren.

Is he heir to an estate?
21 "The government shall be upon his shoulder!" He
has dominion over the whole earth; and in admiration
of his origin, he exclaims, "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord
24 of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these things
from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto
babes !"
27

Is he wonderful?
His works thus prove him. He giveth power, peace,
and holiness; he exalteth the lowly; he giveth liberty

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1 to the captive, health to the sick, salvation from sin to
the sinner - and overcometh the world !
3 Go, and tell what things ye shall see and hear: how
the blind, spiritually and physically, receive sight; how
the lame, those halting between two opinions or hob-
6 bling on crutches, walk; how the physical and moral
lepers are cleansed; how the deaf - those who, having
ears, hear not, and are afflicted with "tympanum on the
9 brain" - hear; how the dead, those buried in dogmas
and physical ailments, are raised; that to the poor -
the lowly in Christ, not the man-made rabbi - the
12 gospel is preached. Note this: only such as are pure
in spirit, emptied of vainglory and vain knowledge, re-
ceive Truth.
15

Here ends the colloquy; and a voice from heaven seems
to say, "Come and see."

The nineteenth-century prophets repeat, "Unto us a
18

son is given."

The shepherds shout, "We behold the appearing of
the star!" - and the pure in heart clap their hands.

EDITOR'S EXTRACTS FROM SERMON

TEXT: Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of
God. - MATT. xxii. 29.
24

The Christian Science Journal reported as follows: -

The announcement that the Rev. Mary B. G. Eddy
would speak before the Scientist denomination on the
27 afternoon of October 26, drew a large audience. Haw-
thorne Hall was densely packed, and many had to go
away unable to obtain seats. The distinguished speaker
30

began by saying: -

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1 Within Bible pages she had found all the divine Science
she preaches; noticing, all along the way of her researches
3 therein, that whenever her thoughts had wandered into
the bypaths of ancient philosophies or pagan literatures,
her spiritual insight had been darkened thereby, till
6 she was God-driven back to the inspired pages. Early
training, through the misinterpretation of the Word,
had been the underlying cause of the long years of in-
9 validism she endured before Truth dawned upon her
understanding, through right interpretation. With the
understanding of Scripture-meanings, had come physical
12

rejuvenation. The uplifting of spirit was the upbuild-
ing of the body.

She affirmed that the Scriptures cannot properly be
15 interpreted in a literal way. The truths they teach must
be spiritually discerned, before their message can be
borne fully to our minds and hearts. That there is a
18 dual meaning to every Biblical passage, the most eminent
divines of the world have concluded; and to get at the
highest, or metaphysical, it is necessary rightly to read
21 what the inspired writers left for our spiritual instruction.
The literal rendering of the Scriptures makes them noth-
ing valuable, but often is the foundation of unbelief and
24 hopelessness. The metaphysical rendering is health and
peace and hope for all. The literal or material reading is
the reading of the carnal mind, which is enmity toward
27

God, Spirit.

Taking several Bible passages, Mrs. Eddy showed how
beautiful and inspiring are the thoughts when rightly
30

understood. "Let the dead bury their dead; follow
thou me," was one of the passages explained metaphysi-
cally. In their fullest meaning, those words are salvation

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1 from the belief of death, the last enemy to be overthrown;
for by following Christ truly, resurrection and life im-
3 mortal are brought to us. If we follow him, to us there
can be no dead. Those who know not this, may still
believe in death and weep over the graves of their beloved;
6 but with him is Life eternal, which never changes to
death. The eating of bread and drinking of wine at the
Lord's supper, merely symbolize the spiritual refresh-
9 ment of God's children having rightly read His Word,
whose entrance into their understanding is healthful life.
This is the reality behind the symbol.
12 So, also, she spoke of the hades, or hell of Scripture,
saying, that we make our own heavens and our own hells,
by right and wise, or wrong and foolish, conceptions of
15 God and our fellow-men. Jesus interpreted all spirit-
ually: "I have bread to eat that ye know not of," he
said. The bread he ate, which was refreshment of divine
18

strength, we also may all partake of.

The material record of the Bible, she said, is no more
important to our well-being than the history of Europe
21 and America; but the spiritual application bears upon
our eternal life. The method of Jesus was purely meta-
physical; and no other method is Christian Science. In
24 the passage recording Jesus' proceedings with the blind
man (Mark viii.) he is said to have spat upon the dust.
Spitting was the Hebrew method of expressing the utmost
27 contempt. So Jesus is recorded as having expressed
contempt for the belief of material eyes as having any
power to see. Having eyes, ye see not; and ears, ye hear
30

not, he had just told them. The putting on of hands
mentioned, she explained as the putting forth of power.
"Hand," in Bible usage, often means spiritual power.

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1 "His hand is not shortened that it cannot save," can
never be wrested from its true meaning to signify human
3 hands. Jesus' first effort to realize Truth was not wholly
successful; but he rose to the occasion with the second
attempt, and the blind saw clearly. To suppose that
6 Jesus did actually anoint the blind man's eyes with his
spittle, is as absurd as to think, according to the report
of some, that Christian Scientists sit in back-to-back
9 seances with their patients, for the divine power to filter
from vertebrae to vertebrae. When one comes to the age
with spiritual translations of God's messages, expressed
12 in literal or physical terms, our right action is not to con-
demn and deny, but to "try the spirits" and see what
manner they are of. This does not mean communing
15 with spirits supposed to have departed from the earth,
but the seeking out of the basis upon which are accom-
plished the works by which the new teacher would prove
18

his right to be heard. By these signs are the true disciples
of the Master known: the sick are healed; to the poor
the gospel is preached.

EXTRACT FROM A SERMON DELIVERED IN BOSTON,

JANUARY 18, 1885

TEXT: The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman
24

took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- MATT. xiii. 33.

Few people at present know aught of the Science of
27 mental healing; and so many are obtruding upon the
public attention their ignorance or false knowledge in
the name of Science, that it behooves all clad in the shin-
30

ing mail to keep bright their invincible armor; to keep

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1 their demonstrations modest, and their claims and lives
steadfast in Truth.
3 Dispensing the Word charitably, but separating the
tares from the wheat, let us declare the positive and
the negative of metaphysical Science; what it is, and
6 what it is not. Intrepid, self-oblivious Protestants in
a higher sense than ever before, let us meet and defeat
the claims of sense and sin, regardless of the bans or
9 clans pouring in their fire upon us; and white-winged
charity, brooding over all, shall cover with her feathers
the veriest sinner.
12 Divine and unerring Mind measures man, until the
three measures be accomplished, and he arrives at
fulness of stature; for "the Lord God omnipotent
16

reigneth."

Science is divine: it is neither of human origin nor of
human direction. That which is termed "natural science,"
18 the evidences whereof are taken in by the five personal
senses, presents but a finite, feeble sense of the infinite
law of God; which law is written on the heart, received
21

through the affections, spiritually understood, and dem-
onstrated in our lives.

This law of God is the Science of mental healing,
24

spiritually discerned, understood, and obeyed.

Mental Science, and the five personal senses, are at
war; and peace can only be declared on the side of im-
27 mutable right, - the health, holiness, and immortality
of man. To gain this scientific result, the first and funda-
mental rule of Science must be understood and adhered
30

to; namely, the oft-repeated declaration in Scripture
that God is good; hence, good is omnipotent and
omnipresent.

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1 Ancient and modern philosophy, human reason, or
man's theorems, misstate mental Science, its Principle
3

and practice. The most enlightened sense herein sees
nothing but a law of matter.

Who has ever learned of the schools that there is but
6

one Mind, and that this is God, who healeth all our sick-
ness and sins?

Who has ever learned from the schools, pagan phi-
9 losophy, or scholastic theology, that Science is the law of
Mind and not of matter, and that this law has no relation
to, or recognition of, matter?
12 Mind is its own great cause and effect. Mind is God,
omnipotent and omnipresent. What, then, of an oppo-
site so-called science, which says that man is both matter
15 and mind, that Mind is in matter? Can the infinite
be within the finite? And must not man have preexisted
in the All and Only? Does an evil mind exist without
18

space to occupy, power to act, or vanity to pretend that
it is man?

If God is Mind and fills all space, is everywhere, matter
21 is nowhere and sin is obsolete. If Mind, God, is all-power
and all-presence, man is not met by another power
and presence, that - obstructing his intelligence -
24 pains, fetters, and befools him. The perfection of man
is intact; whence, then, is something besides Him that
is not the counterpart but the counterfeit of man's creator?
27 Surely not from God, for He made man in His own
likeness. Whence, then, is the atom or molecule called
matter? Have attraction and cohesion formed it?
30

But are these forces laws of matter, or laws of
Mind?

For matter to be matter, it must have been self-created.

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1 Mind has no more power to evolve or to create matter
than has good to produce evil. Matter is a misstatement
3 of Mind; it is a lie, claiming to talk and disclaim against
Truth; idolatry, having other gods; evil, having presence
and power over omnipotence!
6 Let us have a clearing up of abstractions. Let us
come into the presence of Him who removeth all iniqui-
ties, and healeth all our diseases. Let us attach our sense
9 of Science to what touches the religious sentiment within
man. Let us open our affections to the Principle that
moves all in harmony, - from the falling of a sparrow
12 to the rolling of a world. Above Arcturus and his sons,
broader than the solar system and higher than the at-
mosphere of our planet, is the Science of mental
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healing.

What is the kingdom of heaven? The abode of Spirit,
the realm of the real. No matter is there, no night is
18 there - nothing that maketh or worketh a lie. Is this
kingdom afar off? No: it is ever-present here. The
first to declare against this kingdom is matter. Shall
21

that be called heresy which pleads for Spirit - the All of
God, and His omnipresence?

The kingdom of heaven is the reign of divine Science:
24 it is a mental state. Jesus said it is within you, and
taught us to pray, "Thy kingdom come;" but he did
not teach us to pray for death whereby to gain heaven.
27 We do not look into darkness for light. Death can never
usher in the dawn of Science that reveals the spiritual
facts of man's Life here and now.
30

The leaven which a woman took and hid in three
measures of meal, is Divine Science; the Comforter;
the Holy Ghost that leadeth into all Truth; the "still,

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1 small voice" that breathes His presence and power, cast-
ing out error and healing the sick. And woman, the
3 spiritual idea, takes of the things of God and showeth
them unto the creature, until the whole sense of being
is leavened with Spirit. The three measures of meal
6 may well be likened to the false sense of life, substance,
and intelligence, which says, I am sustained by bread,
matter, instead of Mind. The spiritual leaven of divine
9 Science changes this false sense, giving better views of
Life; saying, Man's Life is God; and when this shall
appear, it shall be "the substance of things hoped for."
12 The measure of Life shall increase by every spiritual
touch, even as the leaven expands the loaf. Man shall
keep the feast of Life, not with the old leaven of the
15 scribes and Pharisees, neither with "the leaven of malice
and wickedness; but the unleavened bread of sincerity
and truth."
18 Thus it can be seen that the Science of mental healing
must be understood. There are false Christs that would
"deceive, if it were possible, the very elect," by institut-
21 ing matter and its methods in place of God, Mind. Their
supposition is, that there are other minds than His; that
one mind controls another; that one belief takes the
24 place of another. But this ism of to-day has nothing
to do with the Science of mental healing which acquaints
us with God and reveals the one perfect Mind and His
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laws.

The attempt to mix matter and Mind, to work by
means of both animal magnetism and divine power, is
30

literally saying, Have we not in thy name cast out devils,
and done many wonderful works?

But remember God in all thy ways, and thou shalt

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1 find the truth that breaks the dream of sense, letting the
harmony of Science that declares Him, come in with
3

healing, and peace, and perfect love.

SUNDAY SERVICES ON JULY FOURTH

- EXTEMPORE REMARKS
6 The great theme so deeply and solemnly expounded
by the preacher, has been exemplified in all ages, but
chiefly in the great crises of nations or of the human race.
9 It is then that supreme devotion to Principle has espe-
cially been called for and manifested. It is then that we
learn a little more of the nothingness of evil, and more
12

of the divine energies of good, and strive valiantly for the
liberty of the sons of God.

The day we celebrate reminds us of the heroes and
15 heroines who counted not their own lives dear to them,
when they sought the New England shores, not as the
flying nor as conquerors, but, steadfast in faith and love,
18 to build upon the rock of Christ, the true idea of God -
the supremacy of Spirit and the nothingness of matter.
When first the Pilgrims planted their feet on Plymouth
21 Rock, frozen ritual and creed should forever have melted
away in the fire of love which came down from heaven.
The Pilgrims came to establish a nation in true freedom,
24

in the rights of conscience.

But what of ourselves, and our times and obligations?
Are we duly aware of our own great opportunities and
27

responsibilities? Are we prepared to meet and improve
them, to act up to the acme of divine energy wherewith
we are armored?

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1 Never was there a more solemn and imperious call
than God makes to us all, right here, for fervent de-