The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-04


Ten million times ten million wear,
Before the birth OF time,
The Lord Of glory lived alone
In majesty sublime,
Eternal ages rolled along.
Before lie heard creatures song.
Ten million times ten million year,
Before God was adorcd:
Before an angel spread his wing,
Or seraph cvar scared:
Throughout ali space Cod was unknown.
All life and love were His a,one.
Impclled hv love while vet unIoved.
And while vet unrcvered,
The great Creator spoke the word.
And worlds on worlds appeared,
They circlcd round His glorious throne
And then the Lord was not alone
The doctrine OF Gods pre.c,istence. while .
prominent truth of Christian Science, Is also In
harmony with right reason II is entirely reason.
able to believe and to teach that the great First
Cause must, Himself be uncaused. and that the
great Creator must, Himself be uucreatcd
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erthecss. this is doctrine OF Christian Science
! The Bible speaks OF God as "the eternal Cod"
| and as "the high and lofty One that inhabteth
| eternity, whose name is Holy" and it speaks
| OF Jesus Christ as 1.-THE King eternal'; and it
speaks Of the Holy Ghost as "thc eternal Spirit >"
| The Bible thus characterizes the Triune God
| The doctrines OF Gods existence, and of His
| eternity, and Of His omnipotcnce are not beyond
| the range Of human reason, that is TO say, the
| light OF Nature is sufficient to force one to
| arrive at such conclusions. 'The heavens de.
| clare the glory OF God, and the armament show.
| eth his handiwork'; and "His eternal powers and
| God-head are clearly seem in His works Of
creation. But for the doctrine Of the Trinity
| we must go to the Bible. There, and there
| only, can it be found. We must consult the
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| Of the nature and the attributes OF Jehovah.
| 3. The Bible teaches us that God is our
| heavenly Father, and that He il a person az
| distinguished from principle. Chemistry, and
| gravitaton, and astronomy are principles, but
| they have no personality. To worship them, or
! to ask their pardon, or to call any OF them
father would be absurd. II, therefore, there be
| any who arc so foolish as to believe and to teach
that God is mot a person, but a principle,
we have no hesitation in saying that they have
not learned the alphabet Of true Christian Science.
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over, who speaks to us and to whom we car
speak; WHO commands us, and whose commands
we are bound to obey; who Is not iar from All,
one OF us, Tor in Him We live and move and have
our being; who calls upon all men everywhere
to repent, and to whom all are responsible fo
every thought ana word and deed. To call th
God OF whom Christ and His apostles hav'
spoken so plainly, principle but not persoi
Is not only most absurd, but most presumptuous
IL is not Christian Science, but science fslsel,
so'called that teaches that this is the Christian
God.
But, nevertheless, there are those who cal
themselves Christians who seem TO regard Coo
as great law, or force, or power, principle
rather than as living loving and most graciou
and mercifu Father We need TO be reminded
now and then that the God and Father OF on
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Is not an abstrac
principle, hut living person and full OF love
and that He speaks TO lis and that we may speal
TO HIM and tell Him all our sorrows and all gu
joys, and our hearts deepest and most tende
secrets l cannot pray to principle for tina
. would be absurd but ] can pray TO person
especially when that person is Almighty God
my heavenly Father.
GOD Is LOVE.
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