The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19


with what God had done, correcting Gods
mistakes CD explaining wherein God had
erred ~?
Such questions seem monstrous, and
vet IL God was the creator of sin. sick
ness and death. then Jesus was by his
actions. undoing what God had done,
putting out of the way Gods creations.
and assduously instructing men to re-
gard them as naught.
III Mrs. Eddys Interpretation OF Jesus
actions be taken as true, how apparent IL
becomes that men have brought upon
themselves their Affections, never to be
free from them uptil what he so patiently
taught and demonstrated is recognized,
and until their lives are shaped accord
ingly-that God, Spirit, so far from being
tho cause OF mems suffering. is the only
power that can make them free
Though Jesus was assaiied with all
temptations that beset men,, he never
sinned. God kept him from yielding.
God = son could not SIN. lie was OF Goa.
fered from sickness, Gods son could not
be sick We know that men thought
they could Kill Gods son. We Know that
they ignominiousiy failed. that death for
feet man. Would he have told men to be
perfect as their Father in heaven was
perfect had he not known that with
Gods help men could become perfect?
become the sons OF God." The apostle
Paul wrote. It'll we all come I'm the
unity OF the faith. and OF the knowledge
Of the Son OF God, unto perfect man.
unto the measure OF the stature of the
fullness OF Christ
lis . sinner son OF God-a perfect
man? is a sick man a son OF God-a
perfect man? Is dead man a son, of
Coda perfect man? Everything that
Jesus said and did was prophetic OF
mems attainment 10 perfection through
the overcoming OF sin. sickness and
of
the subJugation OF those three sad NOR
talities. was, az he taught and his deeds
explained. through exercise OF Spirit 3
mastery over All that is material.
men must be born anew, must ''wor-
ship the Father I'm spirit and In truth"
must do His will; must love their neigh
bors; must love their enemies must
walk in Jesus steps must deny them
selves. take up the cross and follow Him
Now. In most brief form YOU have what
Christian Science II as II is proffered TO
the world by Mrs. Eddy In her wondrous
book-an acknowledgment and obsery-
ance of Jesus teachings as a whole; an
exception to the Interpretation placed up
OF the Bible for hundreds OF years past.
In that that Interpretation has limited the
power OF God to the reformation OF sin
ners. and made OF Him the author the
creator OF SHINING. sickly. dying men: an
application, through at first faint and
into acknowledge -of-the Son-of-God un-
derstanding., OF Gods all-power, all
presence and all-love, TO the healing. the
destruction. of humantys woes. sin dis
ease and death: choice. deliberately
made and resolutely adhered TO. whereby
as between God and the world, God Us
chosen; "a selection OF God rs the healing
power I'm preference 10 anything that the
Ingenuity of men may invest with RENE
dial properties: an observance. 80 FAR as
mortals by strenuous effort can. OF God =
commandments In their entirety and
vi entr l.l ll.ksef he
precepts embodied In the Sermon on the
Mount knowledge OF God and man. Of
real existence. ~ real being-in two
words, self denial: In -four words Cruel
tixion OF the Flesh DO not suppose that
for such self-denial no return is had
The kingdom ~ heaven Is at hand for
YOU. The Kingdom OF God H. come nigh
unto YOU who are willing to give up
As one who has little more than EN-
barked for the Christian Science voyage.
I can speak with the knowledge OF per
sonaI experience, as FAR as J have gone.
To God and to Mrs. Eddy His servant.
who gave me the Key thar opens the
doors OF Heaven, that never Till ' learned
what Christian Science was, and began
under its practice. the task OF self-de-
NAL, of sef-immoiatlon, OF surrender OF
the world for God. did I know what ~
meant 10 be a really happy man, or TO
have any expectation 0f happiness; that
I. just beginner. have had moments OF
such inerable ioy-through faint un-
derstanding OF God. of real l4ife-as
would. anv one OF them. dwarf into alb
solute nothingness all the worldly pleas
ures that could by any possibility be eX-
tracted from the earthly grsb-bag though
the bag were thousand times as large
and a Thousand times as full as ~ is OF
ailurine. deceiving. disappointing iIlu-
sions. that ! have been made healthier.
hsppier. more honest. more pure. moro
corteuted: have been lifted from o. state
OF thorough indifference iowa r,is God. or
ANYTHING pertaining to- Ills kingdom. into
an ardent desire FOR more and more
knowledge OF God az the only know le,lge
worth the acquiring have harmed that
Col loyes us. cares for us, serves ~.
answers our prnverS. and answering otir
prayers comes closer End closer to us un-
tii We recognize in Him our eternal ref
uEs the healer of all oar miseries Inn
measurable and innumerable. until ave
recognize that Christian Science pfactice.
in its uerfection, is never ending prayer
t. God that the hnIuan tia tGte may be
supp,anted by he Itvine that evil NAV
give place 20 doCd-GOd until We recOg-
rlf1e thar Ursctl~e 20 bs an arplicatiOn 10
mems daily nesds pf the saving suFtain-
lne heallnr rsweileratiuG. spifltualizine
principle -fbe Fath-r ln Heaven the