The  New  Testament  of  Jesus  Christ
is  the  Life  and  Manifestation  of  the
Old ;  the  great,  inclusive  Incarnation ;
the  evangel  of  the  "  Word  made  flesh,
and  dwelling  among  us."

Where,  if  not  in  these  two  books
of  inspiration  and  fulfillment,  shall  we
find  testimony  of  the  true  relation  of
Life  and  life ;  of  Reality  and  the  real-
ities ;  of  the  Essential  and  the  evi-
dent?

No  study  of  such  a  subject  would
be  complete  or  satisfying  without  re-
ference to  these.    "  Christian  Science  "


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was  wise  in  its  generation  in  claiming
the  Sacred  Record  as  its  own  basis ;
in  offering  its  own  exegesis  as  deepest
recognition  of  its  truth.  To  many
minds,  who  in  the  latter-day  neglect
of  Scripture  research,  or  in  carelessness
of  any  but  the  most  superficial  accept-
ance of  a  Book  not  to  be  ignored,  but
nevertheless  under  process  of  super-
sedure  by  a  later  practical  wisdom,  —
or  in  earthly  absorption  in  the  very
"  things  "  they  now  so  glibly  declare
non-existent,  —  have  been  in  blind-
ness to  the  whole  world  of  truth  under
language  and  form,  this  new  opening
up  of  something  in  the  Bible  which
is  to  set  free  from  the  "body  of  sin
and  death,"  and  give  dominance  over


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the  material  by  the  very  refusal  of
matter,  has  come  with  a  wonderful
awakening  of  interest.  In  so  far  as  it
may  be  the  beginning  of  the  real
"hunger  and  thirst"  which  shall
surely  be  satisfied,  it  may  have  its
errand  and  initial  work.  This  we
would  not  hinder.  "  Search  the  Scrip-
tures, for  in  them  ye  think  ye  have
(already)  eternal  life ;  and  they  are  they
which  testify  of  Me,"  were  the  words
of  the  Lord  of  Truth  to  the  pharisaic
sense-and-ordinance  worshipers  in  law
and  ceremony.  Sooner  or  later,  the
real  light  will  shine  forth.  It  is  much
to  have  opened  the  eyes,  and  to  be
looking  toward  the  east.
