Excerpt from Christian Science: The Gospel of the Kingdom The Founder of the Christian religion referred to his message as the gospel of the kingdom; and of this kingdom of heaven or kingdom of God he said much in parables but several things explicitly. He said it is at hand (that is to say, it is present and within reach); he said it is within you (which is to say, it is a state of consciousness); and he said it comes upon you as devils or evils are cast out. Heaven, therefore, is not the sequence of death; it is an active state of goodness. It is gained by over coming evil; not by dying, but by right living. The kingdom of heaven is the consciousness of good. It is the reign of Life, Truth, and Love in man. We'are in heaven here and now to the extent that we realize the actual qualities of true being. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.