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Thanks- »ome one o of the men of 3 us it is d appre- g to giv'o as to the lencea in thin in debt "It! mks for i all join 1e whole sun. and o Mtend one that. in North \ksgiflng kc must, olden}, of men when .’ by cele- Taberna- .imflu- t0 ‘ Thsnkr u: won- reparidg without. 1 it pome s bills it 880 same one bit; doetor's on the :n toduy, I ysiciuns :1 its bit.- pleasant ,3 10: r 2. ~35 a .525. so 5. 1... i5 33 50 feet. lupmso, «ion was bismut- ‘ooks fol- ; who r:- Purim ‘ hungry Euro- Fathers he habit. mks for I under- iving If- Hoilnnd inc and . 1 shall next speak of the Church Tenéts. There is in Boston a Mother Church, organiwd a. number ofy'cnrs since, having a. membership of nearly forty thoiiss‘nd, composed of persons residing in almost churches and societies to the number of nearly one thousand, also situated in nearly every part of this country'lmd of other countries. Some years since the Mother Church ad'opteah set of Church Tencts. stance. They acknowledge the Scriptures to be the - inspired word of God. ‘They acknowledge the supremacy and infinity 0! God. They acknowledge Christ end his divinit , and declare there is but one Christ. They inculcate the omnipotence, omnipres- ence and omniscience of God; that God is Spirit: that manâ€"the reel. spiritual menâ€"is mode in the image snd likeness of God according to the tench- ingof Genesis. and thst this real men must. by the necessity of his relationship to God, reflect, or im- age forth.‘ the divine character. The real and im~ mortal msn. therefore. does-reflect. God. and is not. therefore His imsge and likeness. “fl"...u v. vul‘lublfln nving. Yet, no-twi’thstanding her highly spiritual mature. the is withul an intensely practical person. ....v. -u _y attainments. Spanking from thievnntnge ground, I can truth. fully any that intellteuelly, she is one of the most alert persons I hove ever known{ that she lsbors incessantly sud nnselflshly for the cause to which she has devoted hen-lite. and that, notwithstanding her yenrs{ehe performs on smou'nt of Inbor each dny which; it known. would seem incredible, even if done by one yet in' the sdoleecenoe of life. As to her religious chsmter,.l sped: my profoundest conviction when I my I believe; ltto be in accord with the higheet standsrd of Christian living. Yet. nntmln‘-4- _ .n _ xor nesrly ten years, as former First. Readgr in the Moshe:- Church .in Boston and editor of the official periodicals, I hue had opportunitie: which emble- me to‘np'eik intelligolitly or her life :nd character n W.” n of her labors and literary tttninments. Eddy. It may not. be union for for for nest-1y ten years. as former Fir: Masher Church ,in Begum nnd Min Mam An Wanâ€"l name um. there (nu-bunny. It then he n mu ,0. this such b mac-o here who we mtmllinr with Chi-hum day who on truly be ll‘fl to have in him-.1! the hemâ€"Ion. who have come for the first time to am I‘m! that In. tho In Christ. Jesus. that pea-o ' . Ion it a Christian. If than no MI who are l “am my the: Chflsthn Science has a text- sincerely striding. washing nd paying to have book 0.“th "Science and dennh with Key to the that Mind. they a; Sol-Imam,” lad It] nuthor is the Rev. Mury Baker. Christian life. Tho. Chm. sebum. who In G. Eddy, It WI. Int published in 1875. it. is it thus urnestly “thing no true to ghe Ehurch tep- tuuhe on healing-through the powe- of God, or ets and to their teaching. I! more 3:. those who tho-did!» mind. Or. am; claim :9 3g - ”munâ€"L ~~ ‘ ‘ ‘ I shall ,- to them the Emit}; of .mhh. praying to rave in themselves (I . 0r. awe claim. it is the Scripts-l method of Tm: anms {vantage ground, I can trutho anally, she is one: of the most ever known: that she Inbors “0‘0 9nd of filue is a. ml Kind. In short, the Bible; hence upon :1! who mfictcr of Mn, me to say 'thlt t is a thorough of heuling ull mnuer of tin u “Mutant. it. watch- the sumo . therefore I “Bless the Lord, '0 my soul. his benefits. Who forgiven: all who huleth all thy diseaoes; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth-thee with low in; kindness and tendgr mercies: who utiafleth my mouth with good ihings. so that. .thy youth in no gonad like the eagle”: " And listen to the prophet. ond forget not .11 ,,, _....,,..., .m ...r mmge mu likeness of G1 v 5f thisficripture in m be taken at its pl in; we have mm the foundation for him tare which shows God’s power and to transform the false into the truth, l stmction of the fnlse. This is the only :- formation. Hear the v... f}-â€" -w yucca Here is distinctly shown the difierence‘ between the-true mun and the false, the immortal and the mortal, the pergcct and the imperfect. Jesus ‘re- ferred to nhie digerence when he mid: "Ye must be born again." or “ye must be born anew," as it {a in the revised vet-sign. He also referred to the true man when he said: "‘He ye perfect, even as your Father'wh‘ich is in hemed is perfect" This is, ye must be borne out of sin- and imperfection into sin- lt'unos \ um! perfection. for'this is the necessity of birthright as the image end likpnpu at am: ' Paul expressed a clear discernment of the dis- tinction bet'ween the reel man end the Mu when. as recorded in 001.3. he said: “But noév ye aleo put. of! all these; anger. wnth, malice, blasphemy, fllthyvcommnnication out 'of your mouth. Lie net to one another, seeing ye have put of the old Inn: with his deeds: and have put on the new men Which is renewed in knowledge attenthe image ‘01 of him that. created him . Pub on therefoi-e, as- the elect of God,. holy and beloved, bov'Vels of mer- cies, kindness and humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suflering. . .« .. and above all these things put. on’ charity which is the bond of perfectness.” [1... n z.‘ -_ __, ova-BUD” le‘ ets sad to their teaching. it there‘sre those who are not so striving, they. like all others. have yet to sttain to s higher stsndand of living. Tn: Bounce“. Bars The foregoing indicates, in general terms. the Citristisnity of our fsith. No nnbissed mind will any that, in statement‘snd theory. it does not eni- brsoe sll the essentisls oi Bible teaching: but let In be more specific. All who believe in tied st all sgree that He is all-powerful. all-present. Ill-wise. All Who believe in the Bible sceept'the statetnent o! them-st ehspter of Genesis that God nude man in His own image and likeness. We should en- desvor to give these Bible trnths their full weight. their deep significance. it we do so. we must be- lieve that with God-all things sre possible. 'We must believe thst it God is whole.llis image and likeness refl’er wholeness We must believe that if God is pure. His image and likeness reflects purity. We must believe that if God is good, ills image and likeness reflects goodness. We must believe tbst it Gorl is Love. His imsge sod likeness reflects love. We nanst believe that it God is Life, His imsge and likeness reflects life._ (We must be- lieve thst if God. in his" wholeness, is free from sin, sickness sod death. His image and likens. is like- wise tree. Otherwise the words “image and like- ness" ware false and “meaningless-m misnomer. A full belief in the first chapter of Genesis, which is the record 01 the true, spiritual creation. puts upon us the necessity of recognizing" God as , the only creator of. man. sud man ‘u the imsge and likeness of his creator torever and forever. HIGHLAND PAR‘K‘ NEWS-LETTER “sweet ginKer of Intuit“ pter of Ge‘ne'sis thit God madégnn use and likeness. We should en- tbuo BlBle truths their lull weight. -vvw- NJ on image ma likenessâ€"g)! God.‘ re is m be taken at it: phln mean- the faundntion for flirther Scrip- mm- n_.u; 30. If we do no. we nannie- all things no possible. 1W0 God is wholeflis innge and K- I! therein-e those write ‘. like ell othen. hue yet the truth, by mi de- is the only reul trans' in the103 purpose ucu w mum m say manner. by Jesus 'or7 any qne else of‘thoee hgving bibicnl unthoflty to tench t . , This language is broad a] pr‘ebends all the commandn to his dieciples, and this of c greet commandment. It is able direction or instruction When was it ever repealed. fled or chnliged in say man “Temhing ihem to observe all things wham' ever] have commanded you: and. lo. I am with you “W‘ys, even unto the end of the warld.”,' Thin I‘_‘.-_,, . . ‘ , ing was to be perpetuated, but the part relating to healing the sick was to be put aside, as having re. ference only to the time in which, and those to whom, it vflvasgiven. Even if, for the sake of argu‘ ment, the kind of preaching mentioned in the com- mandment had been practiced, and a present king- dom of heaven had been preached, we yet mainâ€" tain that the part relating to healing "sickness is as plain and imperative as that pertaining to preach- ing. We should thus maintain if We rested the question alone upon the words I have quoted; but we are not compelled to do this. After his resur- rection and just before his ascension Jesus gave to - the same'diseiples to whom he gave‘his first cem- mondment (except J udas [sear-int who had betrayed ‘ him) a final commandment. This constitutes the tyvo Last verses of the Book of Matthew-l- “Go ye therefore, and teach in nations, baptizo‘ ing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. K “Nor yet ,scrip fair your coats; nefither shoes, nor yet nun is worthy of his meat." “Provide neither gold your purse. “And In ye 8’0 Weill; iélying‘ haven is at. hand. Jesus sent fez-3,11 his twelve disciples to preach ugd heel the sick. He gave them e commandment, celled by some Bible commentators bl- Gmt Com- 1nieelon. In Matthew 10th, this oommndment 1: thin reeorded:â€" . “Ge not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Sunni-lune enter ye mt; but go vu-uuxu we mnne law. and especislly the teach- ing sngl works of Jesus. I might quote extensiv- ely from the New Testament did time permit. but I shell confine the quotations to the sayings end pmoepu of the founder of the Christian religion. This shonld he snflcient suthority toi- every pro- fessing Christina. Jenni-h (a): o.“ Heal the 'aick,‘ , cut out devils; In oroaa and unqualified. It conl~ commandmenth previously given Hi this of course. includes his first mt. It is : plain and unmistak- nstrnccion. Let 'me plninly uk: repealed. oonnlermnnded, qnulii led to do this. After his resur- nfoge his mansion Jesus gave to to whom he gnvé‘his first 06m- J udu Iscariot who had betrayal .__j - '. cleanse the lepers. raise the a; {reply ye have reached, freely The , nqr silver, nor brass iii jouy-ney, neither twd stung; for the work- kingdom of