10 App. XI. Page Line How shocked the world will be to find that, not only have we for centuries been firing off these mental pistols into the faces of our fellow-men, the recoil harming ourselves at the same time, but we have been constantly attempting to commit suicide as well. At last 5 we have found out that we need not even (apparently) die. What 275 fools we have been all along! cure is Dr. Carpenter says: "The confident expectation of a the most potent means of bringing it about and doing that which no medical treatment can accomplish." LOURDES. Dr. Boissarie, the Chief of the "Bureau des Constatations," at Lourdes, says that tumours, wounds, and all sorts of organic diseases in other than neurotic patients, diseases which have resisted all forms and varieties of medical and surgical treatment, are cured, 15 and cured instantaneously, at Lourdes. Some of the patients recover after drinking at the spring of the grotto, some after bathing in the baths there, some during the Eucharistic processions, others at or after attending Mass or partaking of the Holy Sacrament, and others again by praying quietly and in solitude at the shrine of the 20 Immaculate Virgin. 39 Cancers disappear, tuberculous ulcers cicatrise, perforations of 212 37 the cheek and palate are instantly and perfectly filled up, gastric ulcers heal, the blind are given sight, and suppurating joints, tuberculous peritonitis, necrosis of bones, gangrenous feet, etc., are 25 made well in the twinkling of an eye. It may be here mentioned that the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, which may be said to be the foundation of the healing done at Lourdes, was for years considered a heresy. The idea became general in the twelfth century, and was 30 not defined by the Pope until December 8th, 1854. Its dogma was then made an Article of Faith, and its denial a heresy. The freedom from sin from birth of the Virgin Mary no wonder has been a disputed point; the Virgin Birth, however, is actually scientifically correct, and quite compatible with up-to-date medical so-called 138 science. In the Chanoine Rousseil's "The Glories of Lourdes," published 35 last year, he says that on an average 1,500 cures are entered annually in the register of the bureau." H. T. Butlin, F.R.C.S., D.C.L., LL.D., President of the Royal College of Surgeons, in Remarks on Spiritual Healing," says: "There must surely be many more than 15,000 persons who visit Lourdes each year in search 40 of healing. A percentage of 10 per cent. of cures is an absolute proof that the action cannot be that of God." " "When such cures take place in the presence of vast masses of people, although it may be possible to explain all the steps through which the emotion has produced the 'cure,' how can we be surprised that the 45 people fall on their knees before God and bless His holy name for the miracle which He has wrought?" 39 APPENDIX XII. 5 It has already been pointed out that every statement of the prophets has its repeated fulfilments, each one presenting a less material rendering as matter advances to its final end. Each prophecy has also its individual as well as its collective application. Again, every statement has its significance more or less for every individual. The porter that opens the door to incoming truth is the humble servant of mankind, merely filling an appointed task. The word or term angel, means, literally, a messenger or herald of advancing truth, a similar human being to those to whom the 10 messages are declared. "HE MAY RUN THAT READETH." The Source of True Knowledge.*" And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud : . . . And he had in his hand a little book open" (Rev. 10, ver. 1, 2). "And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter" (Rev. 10, ver. 10). : 13 The Double Use to be Made of the Knowledge.-" And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this 20 roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them " (Ezek. 3, ver. 3, 4). "Behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone 25 shall be seven eyes [the fullness of spiritual perception]: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof [the signet of Truth which is stamped upon the listeners], saith the Lord of hosts" (Zech. 3, ver. 9). "From thence [Joseph] is the shepherd, the stone of Israel" (Gen. 49, ver. 24). "And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings" (Rev. 10, ver. 11). And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people" (Rev. 14, ver. 6). Material Church Experience." But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in "When mortal mind is silenced by the still small voice of Truth' that regenerates philosophy and logic; and Jesus, as the true idea of Him, is heard as of yore saying to sensitive ears and dark disciples, 'I came forth from the Father.' Before Abraham was, I am,' coexistent and coeternal with God,-and this idea is understood,-then will the earth be filled with the true knowledge of Christ" ("Science and Philosophy," Misc. Writ., p. 360, line 25. Mary Baker Eddy). 30 35 40 App. XII. their synagogues; Page Line It shall be given you in that same hour 318 21,25 what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit 327 31,35 of your Father which speaketh in you" (Matt. 10, ver. 17, 19, 20). Speaking of the end of the world, Jesus prophesies "they shall 27 5 lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up 353 16 to the synagogues.... And it shall turn to you for a testimony.... For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist (Luke 21, ver. 12, 13, 15). 318 "They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, 353 22 10 that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 353 27 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. But these things have I told you, that 353 when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them" (John 16, ver. 2-4). 15 2 "The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, 316 12 neither turned away back. . . . For the Lord God will help me ; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed" (Is. 50, ver. 5, 7). 148 "Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of 20 Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me " (Ezek. 3, ver. 17). 7 102 32 103 24 105 1 27 "The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I 166 should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear 317 25 as the learned" (Is. 50, ver. 4). The Resuit. -"And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations. . . . And I 295 will give him the morning star " (Rev. 2, ver. 26, 28). The Sequence of Events. "My people, go ye out of the midst of her 355 14 30 [Babylon, type of erroneous material church organisation], and save 524 11.26 yourselves every man from the fierce anger of the Lord. And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye for the rumour that shall be 312 29 heard in the land; for a rumour shall come one year, and after that 546 in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler 549 35 against ruler. . . . Remember the Lord from afar, and ascend to 306 Jerusalem in your hearts" * (Rev. Ver., Jer. 51, ver. 45, 46, 50). ... The First Sickle or Scientific Acceptance.+" And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand 40 a sharp sickle. *The last six words are Ferrar Fenton's translation. The time approaches when mortal mind will forsake its corporeal, structural, and material basis, when immortal Mind and its formations will be apprehended in Science, and material beliefs will not interfere with spiritual facts "(" Science 45 and Health," p. 402, line 8. Mary Baker Eddy). App. XII. "And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth [the scientific world] is ripe. "And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped [the false knowledge cut away]" (Rev. 14, ver. 14-16). "When the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come " (Mark 4, ver. 29). "Begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn" (Deut. 16, ver. 9). "Six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord" (Lev. 25, ver. 3, 4). "And the earth [the leading scientific men of the day] helped 10 the woman; and the earth opened her mouth [by stating the truth], and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth [the wrong use of this newly gained mental freedom]" (Rev. 12, ver. 16). 15 20 THE LAST SEVEN YEARS OF EVIL. The First Statement.-" And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation . . . they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. ... And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: ... And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear for they are most rebellious. But thou, son of man, 25 hear what I say unto thee; open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and 30 woe. Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest ; eat this roll, . . . and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. . . . Get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel. Then I came 35 to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwell by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days" (Ezek. 2, ver. 3, 5-10, and 3, ver. 1, 3-5, 15). "So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon.... When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and 40 shalt read all these words. And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it [attach to it the proofs that the stonest or lost ten tribes are the English-speaking race], and cast it into the midst of Euphrates [the thinkers of the world, who form the strongest channel of 45 thought]: And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall * Material confused thought the whole structure of materialism. + Israel will prove to be the foundation stone on which is built the true knowledge of God. App. XII. Page Line not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary" (Jer. 51, ver. 60, 61, 63, 64). "And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, . . the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written 5 in the book of the law" (Josh. 8, ver. 32, 34). 7 1 15 102 24 The Curse and Its Helpers.-"I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.* Then 177 said he unto me, This is the curset that goeth forth over the face 103 6 of the whole earth: I will bring it forth, saith the Lord 104 40 10 of hosts. . . . And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth . . . and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; . . . and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. To build it an house in the land of Shinar [the watching of him that sleeps]: 15 and it shall be established" (Zech. 5, ver. 2-4, 6, 9, 11). 353 15 526 35 349 10 523 13 32 36 35 "And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, 20 set thy face toward the mountains of Israel [those humanly invested with highest spiritual authority], and prophesy against them, And 526 say, . . . Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I 354 will destroy your high places. And your altars shall be desolate, 521 and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain 526 19 25 men before your idols. And I will lay the dead carcases [the 524 material organisation] of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.... And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall 30 escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. . . . Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come. .. An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. An end is come, the end is come: . . . Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee . . . and 102 17,32 35 I will judge thee . . . horror shall cover them. . . . Destruction 103 * The length of the cubit as mentioned in Smith's "Dictionary of the Bible" is "one of the most knotty points of Hebrew archæology. . . . That there was more than one cubit is clear; but whether there were three, or only two, is not so clear." Ezekiel 41, ver. 8, gives the length of the measuring reed as "six 40 great cubits," but the word "great" is a wrong translation, and Smith's Dictionary gives it as "literally a cubit to the joint.'" This would be about 11 inches. Smith also says "Saalschütz infers that the cubit . . . is less than an English foot," and points out that the cubit, instead of being about 20 inches, probably fell far below the length usually assigned to it." 45 † Ferrar Fenton translates this word as “DIVINE POWER” instead of “curse,” and puts it in capitals. Ferrar Fenton continues, "when everything will be reformed by it, like this, and every perjurer will be reformed by it, like that." 104 354 32 15 527 8 18 |