The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-10
"CHR|ST|AN SCIENCE
AND IT'S D|SCOVERER." !"

Christ-His Son Christ Jesus; the Holy
Ghost or the divine Comforter; and man
His divine image and likeness.
g. We acknowledge Gods forgiveness or
sin in the destruction or sim and In the
understanding that evil and sin are un-
real, hence not eternal But the love or
sin is punished. so long as IL lasts.
T. We acknowledge Chrlsts atonement
as the evidence OF divine and efficacious
Love, unfolding mans unity with God
through Jesus Christ the Wayshower.
g. We acknowledge that man is saved
through Christ-through divine Truth,
Life, and Love, as demonstrated by the
Galilean Prophet in the healing OF the
sick and the overcoming OF sin and death.
Also, that the crucihxion OF Jesus and
his resurrection were designed to elevate
human faith and understanding 10 the
spiritual perception OF the eternal exist
ence Of the good and the real in man.
8. We solemnly promise TO strive
watch and pray for that Mind to be In
us which was also In Christ Jesus; to
love one another: and to be meek, merci-
full, just and pure.
copyrighted and used by permission
OF Reverend Mary Baker @. Eddy, the
author)
These tenets are contained In the text
book OF the denomination. Science and
Health with Key TO the Scriptures
written by Mrs. Eddy. and are therein
fully explained. What I herein say is
gained from a study OF this book.
With all believers. the Christian Scien-
lists most precious book Is the Holy Bi-
BILE One OF the most priced gifts OF their
religion In the bestowal 90 a deeper love
for the sacred Scriptures. and closer
study thereof. Unbelievers. who had re-
iected the Old and New Testaments be-
cause OF their apparent Inconsistencies,
are now constant readers through the new
light given them by the study OF their
text book, which Is indeed the Key 10
the Scriptures" Others. who had thrown
aside the inspired Word as mpracttcable
for this age through their new under
standing make the Bible their daily COM
panion. In adversely and In sorrow. this
precious Book lifts the clouds. and let's
I'm the sunlight OF Love divine. In sin and
I'm sickness IL restores the wanderer 10
his fathers house and bestows the heal
ing balm OF Life Eternal OF the Bible.
Mrs. Eddy says ut is my only text
book" And again she declares that " Is
10 her "the chart Of life" These believers
rejoice with the Rev. r. S. Macarthur.
who says Of the Bible that 1T never had
so mighty grip alike on the educated
classes and the simple minded folk as at
this hour"
AS taught in Christian Science. God Is
the God OF the Bible He Ia the Almighty
the Father which art In heaven OF the
Master: He Is 1.-The God OF our fathers"
who gave them a home in this favored
and promised land who bestowed upon
them the priceless Inheritance OF civil
and religious liberty. who brought them
triumphant through fraternal strife and
hath made them one nation. and one
brotherhood. from the Atlantic 10 the
Pacific, and from the Lakes 10 the Gulf.
He IL more and more becoming TO them
the Giver OF a home OF peace and good
will upon earth. He Is bestowing here
and now upon them freedom from pain
and sorrow, sickness and sin. He II
bringing them through the struggle with
self. and giving them that tender sym
pathy and love which makes them teef
their kinship with all the sons and daugh-
ters of men.
In company with all Christian people
Christian Scientists hold that their So
viour Is the one Christ Jesus, foreto,d
by the prophets and revealed In the New
Testament He stands alone, their Lord
and Master than whom there is none
other. He Ia the foundation OF their
church; for with Paul they say. "Other
foundation can no man lay than that Is
laid. which is Jesus Christ" Helped by
the deeper experiences they have felt.
they recognize the greater worker of good
deeds in Palestine as the worker OF guou
deeds I'm their own homes. He healed
the sick and raised the dead: he de-
clared OF every follower THE works that
do shall he do also" Recognizing his
presence with them here, knowing that
they are nothing themselves. but that TO
him belongeth all power. they rejoice to
see the brokenhearted healed. the blind
recovering their sight. ana the sick and
SHINING set AT liberty. Why should not
their faith and their fruits proving that
Gods words are true, give JOY TO all His
church?
They recognize the presence OF the Holy
Ghost. the divine comforter, leading into
all Truth They understand that, TO pe
without the presence OF the Holy Spirit.
is to be without the living God and the
healing Chi at. In the unmerited abuse
which I'm the past has sometimes been an
Justly heaped upon them. they are com
forted by the Masters words They
hated me, without a cause. But when the
Comforter Is come. He shall tes-
tlfy OF me: and We also shall bear wit
ness because we have been with me-"
In company with the higher insight OF
all religious peoples, these believers think
or man as more than a creature OF the
flesh lis type is not the Egyptian Pha-
raoh expressing the children OF Israel
I'm cruel bondage, but rather he appears
I'm Moses, escaping from seffdom into the
promised land OF freedom. The true man
"a revealed to them Is not material,
Sensua amman man, ne lS seen rather
n the youthful David with fun faith In
God going forth to destroy the Goian
of sin and sickness. disease and death.
The man they strive to know Is found in
Christ Jesus. Son OF the heavenly Par
ent. the perfect ii,ffge and likness OF in
finite Spirit They are grateful because
they are discover ng through the light OF
Christian Science that their natural heri-
tage IL not weakness and weariness. nut
rather strength and health, peace and Joy.
the gift OF their loving father. They are
learning that the laws which govern them
come not from an evil power but that
God and us laws alone govern men. As
Il Is written" rhe gitt of God Is Eternal
Life" and they are beginning TO under
stand the words Of the apostle, Now
are we the sons of God"
The third tenet speaks clearly as "a the
Christian Science position concerning sin.
u declares IN unmstakable terms that
this religion docs not ignore evil Its de-
termined purpose II TO destroy sin and put
an end q iis reign. The textbook. on
paCe S21. declares. "Sin is tho image OF
tho beast, 20 be effaced by the sweat or