Article January 5, 1899 Issue

Is Heaven a Condition?

New York World

John Carroll Lathrop, Reader in one of the Christian Science Churches, criticises the statement that heaven is a locality as belonging to an outdated school of thought. This is the Christian Science view of heaven as Mr. Lathrop gave it yesterday to a World reporter:—

"Christian Scientists understand heaven to be a condition of mind, a realization of the omnipresence of the divine Mind, God, attainable by each and all here and now, in perfect accord with Jesus' reply to the Pharisees: 'The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.'

"Christian Science teaches that the ever-presence of the Kingdom of Harmony is not affected by or related to the mortal mind's belief termed death, but that through a perfect understanding of the former the latter is met and overcome, as are death's partners—sin, sorrow, suffering and all manner of inharmony."

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