The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-20
Language of Spirit. that primordlal stand /.

whatever OF hypnotism or animal mag
netism. IL appeals alone To God, Co the
divine Principle OF Life Truth, and Love
20 whom all things are possibe-and this
Principle heals SIN, sickness, disease and
death. IL meets error with Truth death
with Life, hate with Love, and thus, and
only thus, docs II overcome evil and heal
disease. The obstinate sinner, however.
refuses to see this grand verify or To ac-
know ledge il: for be knows not that in
justice, as we'll as in mercy, God is Love.
In our struggles with sin apu sinners,
when we drop compliance with their de-
sires. insist on what We know Is right
and act accordingly, then the disguised
or the self satisfied mind not ready TO be
upliited, rebels, misconstrues our best mo-
tives and calls tnem unkind. But this is
the cross, take IL up; 10 wins the crown;
and in the spirit OF our great Exeinpiar
pray; Father, forgive them, for they
know not wha' they do
No warfare exists between Divine
Theology and Christian Science, for the
latter solves the whence and why OF the
cosmos and defines noumena and phe-
nomena spiritually, not materially. lhe
specific quest OF Christian Science Is 10
settle ali points beyond cavil on tho bibli
cal basis that God Is All-ln-all. whereas
philosophy and natural science. so-called
dealings with human hypothesis or
IL aterial uanse and effect are aided only
at Tong intervals with elementary truths,
and ultimate in unsolved problems and
outgrown proofless positions.
p,opress Ia spiritual. IL is the maturing
copception of Divine Love; IL demon
strntes the scientific sinless life OF man;
and mortals. painless departure from mat
ter to Spirit, not through death but tue
true idea of Life, and Life not in matter,
bat Mind.
The Purltans possessed the motive OF
true religion, which. demonstrated on
the Golden Rule would have solved ere
this the problem OF religious liberty and
human rights 1t is "a consummation
deyoutly TO be wished that all nations
shall speedily learn and practice the inter
mediate line OF Justice between the
classes ana masses OF mankind, and thus
exemplify in all things the univeisal
equity OF Christianity.
Thirty years ago Christian Science was
discovered In America. Within those
years il is estimated that Chicago has
gained from population OF 23S, 600. to
mum ber 600 600 Inhabitants.
The statistics of mortality show that
thirty years ago the death rate was at its
maximum. Since that time it has
steadily decreased. 1t is authenticity SAID
that one expositor OF Daniels dates
| fixed the year 1866 or 1867, Tor the return
| of Christ-the return Of the Spiritual
| Idea TO the material earth, or antipode
| of Heaven. IL Is marked coincidence
| that those dates were the two first years OF
my discovery of Christian Science
Thirty years ago Chicago had few Con
| pregationai churches. Today IL is said to
have majority OF these Churches over
! any other city in the United States.
| Thirty years ago, at my request, / re-
| ceiyed from the Congregational church
| letter of dismissal and recommendation to
| evangelical churches thencefortb to ex-
emplify my carly love for this church
, and mem bership of forty years-by es-
| oil oh hos
| iations are the same, even Christ, Truth
! as the chief cornerstone
| In 1884 taught a class in Christian
| Science and formed Christian Scientist
| Association in Chicago Frcm this small
sowing of the seed of Truth, which. when
/ sn4yn scanned the least among seeds
| through Gods blessing and the fsi thful
labor of loyal students. sprang immortal
! fruits-the healing OF the sick, reforming
| the sinner, and the First Church Of
| Christ. Scientist, with its large mem.
| bership and majestic cathedral
| Humbly gratefully, trustnRly, dedi-
! cate this beautiful house of worship TO the
! God OF Israel, the divine Love that reign
| eth above the shadow, that launched the
earth in its orbit, that created and gov
! erns the Understanding, guiding.
giving grace. health and immortality to
man.
May the wanderer in the wilderness Of
mortal beliefs and fears turn hither with
| satisfied hope May tho birds of massage
! rest their weary wins mid the fair foil
| age of this vine of His husbanding, find
shelter from the storm, and a covert
| from the tempest. Nav this beloved
| church adhere TO its tenet abound i'm
| the righteousness OF Love honor the
name of Christian Science. provo the
| practicality of perfection and press on
| to ,the infinite uses of Christ's creed
namely, Thou shalt love The Lord thy
| God with all thy heart. and with all thy
| soul, and with all thy mind, and thy
neighbor as thysef.' Thus may the
| First Church OF Christ Scientist in this
| great city of Chicago verify what John
Robinson wrote i'll 1920 TO our Pilgrim
Fathers :..'When Christ reigns. and not
| till then, will the world bave rest -
AHYMN BY MRS BAKER.
The hymn by Mrs. Baker (No. l6l in
| the Christian Science Hymn Book,
which was sung by the congregation is as
| follows
| Shepherd, show me how 10 60
Ger the hillside steep,
How TO gather, how TO sow,
How to feed Thy sheep;
/ will listen TO Thy voice
Lest my footsteps stray;
will follow and rejoice
All the rugged way.
Thou wilt bend the stubborn will,
Wound the callous breast;
Make self Righteousness be still,
Break oarth's stupid rest;
Strangers on a barren shore,
Lab'ring long and lone
We would enter 10y the door,
And Thou know 81 Thine own.
So when day grows dark and cold,
Tear or triumph harms,
Lead Thy lambltins TO the fold,
Take them in Thine arms;
Feed the hungry, heal the heart,
Till the mornings beam
White as wool, ere they dcpart-
Shepherd, wash them clean.
Charles Wesley's famous Jesus Lover
of My Soul, was also conspicuous
among the selections in the musical SER
vices.
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