Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-07-16

gious systems declare that you cannot
Iget out. They hold that most of the
evil is inevitable and irresistible, and
that salvation .therefromis impossible.
They contend for the immortal contin:
uity of evil and then assume that mar
can escape that Immortality by The
%supremely evil process called death
Christian Science, which reveals the
Science, of salvation, declares that
you can get out. 1t shows that evil is
an abnormal and unlawful monstro.
sity which a be overcome, and as
soon rs people awaken to q perception
OF this, all the deadly philosophy whose
siren's song constantly allures man
kind to q dreadful and unnecessary
doom will become extinct, and the per
fectibility;of man will come to light
There is no reason in logic, science, or
sound theology for accepting Christ
as the way revealed by infinite Wisdom
and then assuming 1t to be the way of
sickness and death, in spite Of the fact
that Jesus practical example abolished
sickness and death because they were
unlike God and His law.
Christian Science promises to re-es-
tablish the natural, God-ordained do
minion of man oyer evil. The Bible
says that God made man in His own
image and likeness and gave him do
minion over all the earth.
Do you know of any man who mani
tests such dominion? On the contrary
do you not know that every creature
on earth seems to be q mere bubble,
tossed to and fro on the sea of
capricious destiny; the prey of dis
ease and the reluctant victim of "out-
rageous fortune?" a-
Many of you have heard of the con-
domed felon, who, on the day appoint,
ed for his execution, was turned over
to some students for the purpose OF
experimenting with him.
They told him that they intended to
| open an artery and bleed him to death.
They bandaged his eyes; pretended to
open an artery; allowed some luke
warm water to run over his arm and
drop into a pail, and in due time the
man, supposing he was bleeding died.
A perfectly healthy dead man! What
killed him? Certainly there was no
material cause, no violence, no abrasion
or wound. Then why did the man
die? Will you permit me to suggest
that he died simply because he did not
know enough to live? He was too lg-
norant to live. If he had known enough
to live he might have done so, and that
knowledge would have constituted
his inherent dominion over his own
life. 15 #'4 +'f
Some one has said "What is the use
of knowing a whole lot about anything
if you know it isnn't true?" This man
knew a whole lot about himself that was
not true, and what he knew that was
not true was the cause Of his death.
He belonged to a race that has not
the slightest idea that it has any do
minion over disease, and which, be-
cause of knowledge that it is not true,
is likewise submitting without neces-
sity to a veritable maelstrom of evil.
The whole world, through ignorance,
superstition, sin and ar utterly pervert-
ed sense of life has disinherited and
bereaved itself of it's birthright of
dominion. I do not know of any prev
alent philosophy or religious belief
other than Christian Science that in
duces the faintest superstition on the
part of man that he has dominion over
evil, and especially over disease.
At this point l want to say a word to
abe business men and all the practical
every day workers in this busy life.
l was for many years a successful
manufacturer, accustomed to large af-
fairs. I know that such people cannot
do business on the basis of mysticism
or blind faith. We find it necessary
to keep pretty close to the line of leg
itimate cause and effect. And yet how
often our[best plans 60 aniss! How
often our energy is wasted because of
unseen influence, or of default on the
part of some one we have relied upon.
I know that you can look in all direc-
lions; you who are merchants, teachers,
artisans, clerks, professional men or
housewives, and count q multitude of
failures, disappointed hopes and trials
that you have been unable to control.
Was it because these things we're inev-
table or part of a resistless fate? No
It was because you never understood
the mysterious hidden influences that
have beset you and your affairs, and
have not known how to cope with and
master them. w.
Christian Science reaches every nook
and corner of everyday work, duty, and
opportunity. The understanding of it
enables every man and women to &C.
complish greater results IN every Held
of endeavor.
One of the most pernicious inf1uen-
ces that prostrates the race is fear. It
palsies hope and expectation, limits
and dwarfs the capacities, impairs hu-
man judgment and reason, and opens
the door to many of the failures and
ills that harass the worlds work.
ers and shatter their hopes. I was
what is called broken down business
man because IF over-work, anxiety,
and fear, but I know that I would not
have broken down if I had had the un-
derstanding of Christian Science
which casts out fear and cancels its
penalties.
Bankers, manufacturers, merchants,
and people engaged in all kinds Of le-
gitimate business or labor are gaining
q dominion over their affairs which to
them is more wonderful than the heal
ing Of the sick, and which cannot be
comprehended by any one who is not
to some extent familiar with the limit.
less possibilities of divinely bestowed
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