The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

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| colors the blue and crimson OF our
| waving banner. a million bondmen
4 freed from the yoke OF slavery. The
| awakening OF the nations 10 calls for
universal peace. And last but by no
| means least. the piteous cry for help
! from the islands OF the sea Is heard,
and TO redeem the bondmen "a great ma
tion pledges her honor. and with boun-
! ~ and with blood wipes out the dark
| blot Of centuries, ana 10 hungry,
| eager people transforms rapacity and
| rapine 10 education and enlightenment.
| Cuba PROSTATE and cuba with it's face
| toward the rising sun OF liberty Is liv-
| ing witness of the spirit OF God which
| today abldes in the nations heart.
| GOOD ANOTHER NAME FOR GOD.
But who will tell US OF this Good
| which so moves To noble deeds?
| Whence comes il? Who Is its father,
and is its stay of long or short duration
| IL the falling OF an apple shall tell
! Newton of that iaw+~hich holds in
\ place the stars of heaven, why should
| not the discernment OF the rlpened
| fruit OF Good suggest sui grander dis-
| cOveries2 If the unknown Good snail
work such transformations among men,
! what evolutiOns might not occur II the
| unknown could indeed be made known!
In each department of life the un-
known Good is i'm operation. WhateVef
1 OF Good there is In medicine as n sys-
| tenn i'm religion or I'm humanity, is due
| 10 the unknown Good. In the system or
| medicine the individual consciousness
| finds Mind az the central note. In re-
| ligion. Spirit. and I'm humanity, tho
| Good. What Is mind? What is Spirit?
What is Good? Is each separate and
| distinct power? Have they no connec'
| tion with Him we name as GodE rms
| much we do know, that i'm healing the
| helpful Mind is present most where
| there is the most Love reflected. In re-
| ligion there is the most of Spirit whera
| love is regnant. Where there Is least tt
| Spirit there is the least OF Love mani
| tested. In humanity there is the most
| OF Good where Love is queen; there IS
the least OF Good where hatred rules.
! And this Love which is the Cause and
| Soul OF ALL can we better name it than
| to call it God? For was not he right,
| who said that God is Love-" Then
! the unknown Mind If healing, the un-
| known Spirit OF religion. the unknown
| Good OF humanity, are all made known
| in the God which is Love.
| a REVOLUTIONARY SYSTEM.
| III Christian Science went no furthe
| than To say that the good, which the
| world dimly sees, is "a promise which
! finds fulhllment in the God which -
Hove ft= would have done mitch. hut
| the discovery which Christian Science
4 has made for mankind includes vastly
| more. The world il willing to grant
! that mind may be a cause. but IL as
| serts also that il is only one of many
| causes, likewise that Spirit may be
| power. but il is only one of many pow
| ers; that good is law, but is only ono
| of many laws. ON these fundamental
| points Christian Science differs with
| the world and like Paul OF old times
| turns the world upside down, for Chris
| tian Science declares that matter is not
| and cannot be cause. that the Mind,
which is God. is the one and only
| Cause i'm all the universe. Christian
| Science affirms that evil never was, Is
| not and never can be power, for Spirit,
| which Is God is the one and only
| Power. Christian Science asserts that
| sin and sickness are not laws and make
| no laws for Good is the one and only
law which governs man and the uni
| verse
| Christian Science in taking these po-
| sitions well understands that IL is con
! trary 10 prevailing views. Christian
| Science knows that outside the Bible
| and it's own adherents there are none
| that can be quoted on it's side. But az
\ this Christian Science is not dismayed.
| for it's authority is not human opinions,
| but the understanding Of divine Pr'n-
| ciple which furnishes the incontesta-
! BILE proofs that IL is right. To adopt
| the saving OF an old philosopher. Chris
| tian Science is a flower Of heavenly
! growth. for surely earth furnishes no
| seed or soil from which 1t could spring.
| Friendly critic. you are right. Chris
| tian Science does contradict and deny
| all erroneous human beliefs. Therefore
| IL there was nothing among men to
| suggest IT, then it must have been de-
| rived from God. III neither books nor
| legends tell Of IL, then IL must have
| come to man rs divine revelation.
| ANOTHER WORLD DISCOVERED.
Christian Science has created nothing
| new; il has laid bare what eternally
! has been. Christian Science has dis
| covered a new world but il is the dis
CoVery not the creation of another con
I tinent AS every discovery has its dis
| coyerer, so Christian Science had its
| disooyerer The discoVerer whose ven
turous bark first made known the un-
| known shores OF Christian Science, was
| well fitted for tho task. From child
| hood the eye of faith OF this brave
| mariner had pcered into the vast un-
| known The old world OF matter and
! materialsm ill-suited this future dis
! coverer of the new world OF spirit. IL,
| wars and rumors OF wars. its sin and
! sickness. its trials and tribulations. it's
suffering and sorrow, suggested escape
| 60 fairer clmes rather than continued
| abode amidst it's weary scenes. And
| as this searcher for SUMMER shores
| studied the chart OF life. the family
| Bible. there were plain evidences OF an
! undiscovered world of spirit. For mora
/ than 40 y.ars this seeker sought 10 gain
| these untouched shores. but without
| success.
| Among all the sons and daughters OF
! men, the last that scholastic theology
| would have selected was the choice
| OF high heaven 60 be our greatest dis
! covcrer. But it is written the last
| shah be- first and so IL was that Mary
| Baker Eddy revealed TO. waiting
| world the long sought yet undiscovered
| country. N YOU will examine carefully
| the log az the voyage. you viii see how
| hers were the first eyes 20 see the light
upon the new shore. She lay. a help
| less invalid with the open grave before
| her. She had sought far and wide in
medicine for help. but no help sA..
| She Appealed 10 the physician, but he
| knew no drug strong enough % cause
! restoration tO health. She sought Ia
| theology for help. bat It's savior did
! not save She appealed ia her pastor.