Dedication
of Mrs. Eddy's
Gift "The
general thought chiefly
regards material things,
and keeps Mind much out
of sight. The Christian,
however, strives for the
spiritual; he abides in
a right purpose, as in
laws which it were
impious to transgress,
and follows Truth
fearlessly."
Transformation "In
direct line with this
teaching of the Master
we find St. Paul saying,
'Be ye transformed by
the renewing of your
mind,' and in this
statement we have a hint
of both process and
result."
"As
an eagle stirreth up her
nest"
"The observant may learn
many useful lessons from
nature, and the Bible
abounds with similes and
metaphors taken from the
daily lives of plants
and animals."
Transformed "Before
Christian Science found
me I was unhappy and
miserable. My trouble
was not so much physical
as mental, although
heart disease had been
growing worse for
several years, and I
felt my end drawing
nearer from day to day.
Then something wonderful
occurred.
"The
power of
God" "I
can bring many witnesses
to vouch for the truth
of this wonderful
healing; for it
attracted a great deal
of attention, and is
still often spoken of
among those who, though
not Scientists, were
convinced witnesses of
the power of
God."
"Christian
Unity"
From Christ and
Christmas
by Mary Baker Eddy
.
NEW
FEATURE
An
Informal Audio Analysis
of this week's Lesson
We
are sorry there is no
audio analysis available
for this week's lesson
on
Spirit. _______
These
informal analyses were
prepared and recorded by
Stanley C. Larkin in
1985. His purpose, as
outlined by Mrs. Eddy in
Pulpit and Press,
p.22, was as follows:
"When the doctrinal
barriers between the
churches are broken, and
the bonds of peace are
cemented by spiritual
understanding and Love,
there will be unity of
spirit, and the healing
power of Christ will
prevail."
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analyses were prepared
using old cassette
technology, so please
allow for the directions
to start and stop the
tape player. To study
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be helpful to have the
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available.
Mary
Baker
Eddy's
Teaching
"Divinity
Embracing
Humanity"
The
Christian
Science
Standard
Vol. 14, No.
4
"The
more I
understand
true
humanhood,
the
more I
see it
to be
sinless,
-- as
ignorant
of sin
as is
the
perfect
Maker."
--
Mary
Baker
Eddy
_____
The
teaching of
"divinity
embracing
humanity" is
essential to
our salvation,
our
transfiguration,
in the endtime.
A
misunderstanding
of Mary Baker
Eddy's teaching
on this subject
impedes and
retards
individual and
collective
spiritual
growth. It
would prevent
Christian
Scientists from
understanding
and
demonstrating
the human and
divine
coincidence
which is the
way of escape
from the
material sense
of things.
In
Volume 4 we
read,
"How do drugs
and hygiene and
animal
magnetism heal?
They don't
heal. It is
only the faith
in them which
brings about a
result
which
they call healing. In
reality they only
exchange a belief in
disease for another
belief called health.
Materia medica
classifies health as the
absence of disease from
the body. Mrs. Eddy
tells us that 'Health is
the consciousness of the
unreality of pain and
disease; or, rather, the
absolute consciousness
of harmony and of
nothing else.' (Rud.
11:13-15)"
"In
this age the
earth will help
the woman; the
spiritual idea
will be
understood."
--
Mary
Baker Eddy,
Science and
Health, p.
570
_____
The
very real, but
unrecognized questions
agitating the world in
this endtime are not
those issues and events
reported in the press.
Rather, they are those
questions relating to
the second coming of
Christ and the place of
Mrs. Eddy in Scriptural
prophecy.
"Health
is not a condition of
matter, but of Mind; nor
can the material senses
bear reliable testimony
on the subject of
health. The Science of
Mind-healing shows it to
be impossible for aught
but Mind to testify
truly or to exhibit the
real status of man.
Therefore the divine
Principle of Science,
reversing the testimony
of the physical senses,
reveals man as
harmoniously existent in
Truth, which is the only
basis of health; and
thus Science denies all
disease, heals the sick,
overthrows false
evidence, and refutes
materialistic
logic."
— Mary Baker
Eddy
"Whatever
may be the prevailing
opinion as to the tenets
of her faith and its
lasting benefit to the
great cause of
religion,
none
can deny that Mrs. Eddy was a
remarkable personality, one of
the great characters which stand
out in bold relief in the history
of the nineteenth century in
spiritual affairs."
".
. . In the secret of His presence / All
the seeming fades away, / All the shadows,
all the dreaming, / As we wake to God's
own day — / Wake to man as His
reflection, / Safe in Love, reality; / In
the secret of His presence / We shall find
eternity." — Mabel A.
Birdno
