Rev. Mrs. Eddy officiated July 29, at the last service before the August vacation. Chickering Hall was filled with an audience large for the season, and very attentive.
The text was Matthew xxii. 21: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's."
The Roman Emperor ruled three-hundred-millions, yet there was one born in Galilee who was to rule a larger and diviner kingdom. Today there is a similar contrast between the world and Christian Science, for whose advent spiritual nature has prepared the way. The chemist may cut his hand with the broken retort, but not with the whole vessel. So if we break the command which bids us love our brother, this error in the premise will lead to lack of love toward God, and therefore to self-inflicted wounds. Popular Christianity is fragmentary, omitting the healing principle. Jesus healed out of the spontaneity of his divine nature. The Christian Scientist must learn this Science, which Jesus had no need to learn, because it was in him; but when the understanding of God is reached, the Principle is the same in Jesus and the believer. True work is in the Spirit, not the letter.
