What is the kingdom of heaven? The abode of Spirit, the realm of the real. No matter is there, no night is there—nothing that maketh or worketh a lie. Is this kingdom afar off? No: it is ever-present here. The first to declare against this kingdom is matter. Shall [20] that be called heresy which pleads for Spirit—the All of God, and His omnipresence? The kingdom of heaven is the reign of divine Science: it is a mental state. Jesus said it is within you, and taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come;” but he did [25] not teach us to pray for death whereby to gain heaven. We do not look into darkness for light. Death can never usher in the dawn of Science that reveals the spiritual facts of man’s Life here and now. The leaven which a woman took and hid in three [30] measures of meal, is Divine Science; the Comforter; the Holy Ghost that leadeth into all Truth; the “still, [Page 175.] small voice” that breathes His presence and power, cast- [1] ing out error and healing the sick. And woman, the spiritual idea, takes of the things of God and showeth them unto the creature, until the whole sense of being is leavened with Spirit. The three measures of meal [5] may well be likened to the false sense of life, substance, and intelligence, which says, I am sustained by bread, matter, instead of Mind. The spiritual leaven of divine Science changes this false sense, giving better views of Life; saying, Man’s Life is God; and when this shall [10] appear, it shall be “the substance of things hoped for.” The measure of Life shall increase by every spiritual touch, even as the leaven expands the loaf. Man shall keep the feast of Life, not with the old leaven of the scribes and Pharisees, neither with “the leaven of malice [15] and wickedness; but the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” Thus it can be seen that the Science of mental healing must be understood. There are false Christs that would “deceive, if it were possible, the very elect,” by institut- [20] ing matter and its methods in place of God, Mind. Their supposition is, that there are other minds than His; that one mind controls another; that one belief takes the place of another. But this ism of to-day has nothing to do with the Science of mental healing which acquaints [25] us with God and reveals the one perfect Mind and His laws. The attempt to mix matter and Mind, to work by means of both animal magnetism and divine power, is literally saying, Have we not in thy name cast out devils, [30] and done many wonderful works? But remember God in all thy ways, and thou shalt [Page 176.] find the truth that breaks the dream of sense, letting the [1] harmony of Science that declares _Him_, come in with healing, and peace, and perfect love. Sunday Services on July Fourth EXTEMPORE REMARKS