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or rcclalming the lost.

for rcclaimng the lost.
Christian Science suggests that
reason for this dissatisfaction in
medicine and theology. 1t afiirms
that the premises of both systems are
false. Sickness and sin are not
entities; they are nonentitics. The
evidence that this is so, is the uncer-
tain and unsatisfactory results from
these mistaken systems. The present
method in the dragging systems are
as if a mistake were to he corrected by
giving treatment to the figures or
like attempting 10 silence the discord
by giving coat of varnish to the
case of the instrument. Instead. the
Scientific method is to correct the mis-
take and the discord by the under
standing of divine Principle. Tho
methods in theology are as II the dis
cord was to be healed by praying the
maker to take something out of tho
instrument, which was not. Is not, and
can never be there. Instead the
scientific method is to put the performer
in tune with the musical principle.
THE SCIENCE OF PRAYER.
The method of Christian Science. of
/ the Bible. and Of Christ Jesus IN heal
| ing sin and sickness is the scientific
method. Declares the Bible, The
prayer OF faith shall save the sick"
Christ Jesus said. whatsoever ye
shall ask the father in my name, he
will give it to you" Yet prayer is
so seldom answered that there has
grown up a belief that God does not
answer prayers. 1t is seen that the
most devout are too often the mos; un-
fortunate; disaster, sickness and sor-
row follow the good, Why are not
their prayers answered? The Bible
gives the true reply, "Te ask and re-
ceive not, because ye ask amiss."
Then you shall ask and receive, when
you ask Alright. Christian Science is
the Science of asking Alright, Con-
slider thcn, the Christian Science view
of prayer. You have your problem
of human life to work out AS you
find this problem there is error in it;
mistakes have been made which arc
to be eliminated before your problem is
correctly demonstrated.
In mathematics the process is simple;
you have the principle and the numbers
for which the figures stand: through
ignorance the figures have been wrongly
combined, and error has crept in. You
do not ask the principle of mathcma tics
to blindly give YOU the right answer; You
work it out yourself; You examine more
closely the problem your eyes open to the
Truth. and then the error is eliminated.
SO with II discord in music; you 10 not
ask the principle of harmony to 40 the
work that Ignorance is misdoing. bat YOU
acquaint yourself with the truth Ct Ear-
mony, and after more or less practice the
discord vlnishes, Why not let his good
rule work with your other problem? In
mathematics and music you free yourself
from error and discord by tho prayer Of
understanding. In these absolute sciences
the PRAYER which heals error and discord
is the cioar-eycd discernment Of the truth.
SO with the problem of human life. In il
Is found the error of sin, and the disCord
of sickness. Tho correct solution never
can be gained by begging Principle to do
the work. Instead, work out your own
salvation" Apply your Principle. open
your eyes to the Truth, ana this prayer
viii eliminate the error, silence the dis
cord, and heal sickness. and sin.
know tho Truth and the truth shall
make YOU free" This, then, is true pay
er, the working out of our life problem
through divine understanding, Where
fore spake the wise man, "N lth all thy
getting, get understanding"
Christian Science then, is Il religion of
reason, Its basis is demonstrabla knowl-
edge. Its God is movable and pro Taable,
Its man the true image and likeness Of
the infinite Principle of Good. Its prayer
tho effective, workable undcrst lndng
possessed 10y Christ Jesus ana commend
ed by him to all believers. Its primal Of
ject Is tho euro Of sin ana sickness, the
cessation of sorrow and suffering. Its So
cial and civil purpose is the establishment
of the brotherhood Of man within the
commonwealth of God, Its appeal IS made
to all in the words of the APOSTLE. "Show
me thy faith without thy works, and !
will show thee my faith by my works"
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