St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-11
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ON LIBERTY.
AnInstructive Address by a Chris
tian Scientist.

An InseruCtive Address by Chris
tian Scientist.
''Liberty" was the subject of the SER
mon delivered by j. w. Jaynes before
the Christian Scientists at the Hotel
Barteau. His text were these words:
''Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty
wherewith Christ has made us free, and
be not again eDtangled in the yoke of
bondage. Gal. ", l. He said:
1.-The text gives us to understand that
the church to whom these words were
addressed were III need of being re-
minded that they were not ENJOYING the
liberty that the gospel of Jesus Christ,
as presented by Paul. had extended to-
them. 1t they were enjoying these
privileges the admOnition was uncalled
for. But the language is very emphatic:
Stand fast in the liberty wherewith
Christ has made you free The liberty,
then, that Paul would have them so
zealously guard, was the freedom gained
through the preaching of the gospel of
Jesus Christ. He had instructed them
i'll all the essentials of the Christ truth.
Viewed from the worlds attitude of
thought, liberty is freedom. immunity,
elf-government.
Liberty loves her VOtarles, and bleSSeS
those that live for freedom. Liberty is
a goddess. She is the nations god, and
dwells IN the unseen of every thought,
and can be discerned by every one that
worshIps at her shrine, She is the I'M
mortal, the ever present spirit Of peace
and love, without beginning OF end of
days. She is the friend of man and the
savior of the nation.
The saying of the Master. "That the
pure i'll heart alone see God" is just as
applicable when we say the free in
mind alone see freedom.
Paul knew that man could not be
worshiper of God, follower of Christ,
and at the same believe in the testimony
of the senses. He believed in the teach
ingS of Christ, wherein he said that
1.-The flesh wareth against the spirit, and
the spirit against the flesh, and these
are contrary the one to the other"
Therefore. the liberty that Paul
preached to the Galatians was to liber-
ate them from the belief of physical ex-
istence. This must be accomplished
through the spiritual rege neration Of
thought.
Paul supposed he had accomplished
this work in them, but in this he was
mistaken. On learning that an enemy
had appeared in Galatia. he lays before
them the folly Of believing that the
teachings of Jesus could in any way be
propagated by any ceremonial law,
either of Moses or of Abraham. They
were not willing to be governed by the
spiritua! law as given by prophet. Jesus
and Paul. 1t must be doetOred by the
scribes. Thus the prophecy as handed
down must be made to cpnform to the
subject. and not the subject to the
prophecy.
Substantially this is what Jesus said
of them: '.Ye have set at naught the
command Of God by following after the
command of men,
They had not only crucified every per-
feet thought that had come to them, but
were carrying the warfare against truth
tO4the mind of the GentileS that would
be- conveEGed. ~
This sounds like many of the leading
lights III the world of material religion
today. They are willing to admit that
there is hidden mystery connected
with the Scriptures that they do not uif-
this, they are not willing to accept any
translation that does not ratity what
they think ought to be right. Their
opinions of Gods law must be honored
or you are pantheist, especially if you
mention the name of Christian science
as giving, new life and light to the
Scriptures.
| 1t matters not if you can prove your
| position true by every statement made
by the Master, backed up by the
apostle demonstrations and teachings:
| i'll fact, the more positive the truth you
| bring TO establish your position true. the
more aggressive this Jewish thought. :