The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-10

Know that He dbIdeth In US, Dy the spirit
which He hath given US"
What thoughtful person is there who has
not felt at times a nearby yet an un-
known presence Who Of US has not caught
glimpses OF d power that we knew not, but
which we felt might be the central power
of all that lives, and moves, and has be-
ing? Seldom is He felt amidst the busy
throng, but sometimes in the silence of the
forest He is felt. Sometimes. beside the
oceans wide expanse, sometimes in the
calm and quiet of ones own fireside. where
love and harmony abide, there He appears.
Out of such deep experiences the great
apostle spoke concerning mans noble
search TO make the unknown known. "That
they should seek the Lord, If haply they
might feel after Him, and find Him. though
He be not far from every of u.s." And
an earnest thinker of our kin felt this all
inclusive spirit as ''the power not ourselves
which makes for righteousness" And the
master of all announced that "God is
spirit; and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth"
If we shall divorce ourselves from pref
udice and superstition we shall confess
that this unknown power has been re-
ligions chief concern. The worthy aim and
purpose of the church has been to impress
man with the power Of Spirit. Such is the
meaning of lofty spire and vaulted arch,
Of ancient prayer book and melodious
litany. Such. is the story of Angeles fair
est marbles and RaphaeIs marvellous
a bright promise awaiting fulfilment.
AS the thoughtful beholds the
church's form and ceremony, he will see
in them something more than antiquated
instruments long since out of date; he sees
seed of truth, like the lilies OF Easter,
a fair flower, emblem Of the resurrection
to eternal life
Who that has pondered we'll this problem
Of the unknown Spirit, who that beholds
the eager effort to make the unknown
known and sees the fields white for the
harvest, who is there that will not welcome
the scientific discovery which. transform
ing the sickle of theology into self-bind-
ing reaper, shall gather the waiting grain
of ripened character and harvest the golden
sheaves of loving lives?
THE WORLD ADVANCING.
But you are saying, humanity at large
has been growing, better. You affirm there
never was time when the spirit of brother
hood and universal good will was so much
in evidence as in our own golden age. And
over this great fact Christian Science re-
joices with you. Your pride is also our
glory. No longer marble shafts alone at
test mans great achievements. Their
monuments are noble charities, universities
endowed and libraries established. Their
memory lives in minds enriched and hearts
ennobled rather than in cold and pulseless
stone.
Nor is this spirit of good will the posses
sion of the few; in it the Nation shares.
Behold the illustrious history which has
added new stars to our heavenly firma-
ment and dyed in deeper colors the blue
and crimson of our waving banner. A mil
lion bondmen freed from the yoke of slav-
cry. The awakening of the nations to 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 re-
deem the bondmen a great Nation pledges
her honor, and with bounty and with blood
wipes out the dark blot of centuries, and
to a hungry, eager people transforms ra-
pacity and rapine to education and enlight-
eminent Cuba PROSTATE and Cuba with Its
face toward the rising sun of liberty Is
living witness of the spirit of God which
to-day abides 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
it? Who is its father, and is it's stay of
long or short duration? If the falling of an
apple shall tell Newton of the law which
holds in place the stars of heaven, why
should not the discernment of the ripened
fruit of Good suggest still grander discov-
cries? If the unknown Good shall work
such transformations among men, what
evolutions might not occur If the unknown
could indeed be made known?
In each department of life the unknown
Good is in operation. What is mind? What
is spirit? What is good? Is each a sepa-
rate and distinct power? Have they no
connection with Him We name as God?
This much we do know. that in healing
there is the most love reflected. In re-
ligion there is the most of spirit where love
is regnant. Where there is least of spirit
there is the least of love manifested. In
humanity there is. the most of good where
love is queen; there is the least of go1d
where hatred rules. And this love, Which
is the cause and soul of all, can We better
name it than to call ii God? FOr was not
he right who said that God is fove? Then
the unknown mind of healing, the unknown
spirit of religion, the unknown good of
humanity are all made known in the God
who is love.
This power of love as applied in this
healing religion has cured more than a
million cases of sickness and sin, has
established 600 churches in this and for
eign lands, and enabled thousands to bear
grateful testimony to hearts enriched and
lives ennobled
Christian science has created nothing
new; it has laid bare what eternally has
been. 1t has discovered a new world. but
IL is the discovery, not the creation OF an
other continent.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Christian scientists regard Christ Jesus
as the crown and glory of Gods creation.
In Him all that it worthy among men finds
complete fulfllment. He is the great ply
stefan who, through the understanding of
infinite mind, healed all manner Of dis
eases. He is the good Samaritan who. real
izing the infinite resources of omnipotent
good, with scientific certainty, first bound
| up the gaping wounds of his loved hu-
mainly.
What to the building is it's foundation.
| what to the ripening clusters is the parent
vine, what TO the temple is its fair en-
| trance, that Christ Jesus is to Christian
| science. He is the cornerstone of the god
| like structure that, in His name, we are
striving to rear aloft. He Is the vine We
are the branches which, with their ripen-
| ing fruit, draw their strength and life from
| Him. He is the door through which we
would enter and abide within the holy of
holes.
All that Christian science has, Christ
Jesus possessed. He healed the sick, and
| commanded His disciples to do likewise.
When. therefore, we heal the sick and SIM
| ful. we are simply obedient to his COM
mands and following his example. The
commandments of Jesus to his followers
| are plain and explicit: Heal the sick.
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