Mower County transcript., 1903-11-25

ft is the idea Of Christian Science
and all that is akin to it, that gives the
strongest impulse to all modern inven.
tion; for human thought, liberated
from the belief tnat it is encast9d and
entombed in matter, at once begins ito
shake off its sel-imposed limitations,
! and lOl the wonders of inventive genius
that with less and less dependenc up
on matter tend to overcome time and
space and dispense with servile toll.
Christian Science inculcates and prac-
tices the broadest philanthropy, even
that implied by the meaning of the term
| philanthropy, Glove of mankind" "lf
man love not his brother whom he hath
seen, how can he love God whom he
hath not seen?" Christian Science has
no interest in cheap charity that lavishes
material goods indiscriminately on the
so-called poor, thus emphasizing their
sense Of lack and inability; but it rather
endorses that wise saying of the ancient
philosopher-"the noblest charity is to
prevent man from accepting charity,
and the best aims is to enable man to
dispense with aims.
Real love is too wise and kind to pour
out unearned benefits upon the unworthy;
rather does it, through its profound sur.
gerry, remove the abnormal growths OF
avarice, of dishonesty, of hypocrisy. of
all unhely motives and actions, AID so
saves mortal thought from itself and its
self-imposed poverty. 1t has been said
that Christian Science is anti-educatlon-
al. Not so. 1t is true our text book
says: "Mind is not necessarily depend
ent upon educational processes. 1t pos.
sesses of itself all beauty and poetry, and
the power of expressing them:' Yet it
also teaches to Emerge. gently from
matter into Spirit: We know we can
never get the perfect flower by ruthless
ly tearing open the bud. The tender
petals must unfold naturally in Gods
sunlight and air. We would not close
the schools, but would permeate them
with higher ideals. We would foster a
preference for those studies and pursuits
the body, and to devote attention to the
contemplation of the deathless, limitless
Soul.
In view of the fact that alchemy and
astrology, once rated branches of higher
education. have long since been relegat~
ed to the shades of oblivion, we should
not hesitate to let anatomy, physiology,
hygine and kindred subjects follow in
their train, as these too are shown to be
equally allied to superstitions outgrown;
and so gain time and opportunity to in
stitute instead, a research among the i'm
perishable resources OIL Mind.
The very best training the hand can
have to make it skilltul in expressing
the beautiful and useful in art, is the
habitual remembrance that God is the
only Power, who is all and does all. True
mental discipline lies not at all in the
laborious conjugation of the verbs Of
dead language, but in the living con-
sciousness that God is the only Mind,
and that divine Intelligence, rather than
human intellect. is the great thought
force that moves the universe in paths
of harmony, health and success. Surely
that knowledge which results in peace,
freedom, health and Immortality, has
strong claim to the name of the higher
education capable of bringing into mani
festaton the noblest possibilities of man.
! Christian Science ands fo1 all that
is highest and best. Its lofty ideals are
attracting and holding the purest and
noblest Of the earth. "They shall bring
the glory and the honor of the nations
into it I"
The fact that our adherents, though
numbered by many thousands, are still
few IN comparison with the hosts of
earth, is no argument against our cause,
for, "Strait is the gate and narrow is
the way that leadeth unto Life, and few
there be that find it." Neither is the fact
that our doctrine is often scorned and
rejected by the intellectual element of
our day. derogatory to our Interpretation
of Truth. The wisdom of the world,
which is foolishness with God, has ever
been barrier to the ready acceptance
of the simple logic of the gospel of
Christ. 1t is recorded of its best ex-
FOUNDER, that he was despised and re-
jected of this same class, but that the
common people heard him gladly. But,
Truth is sure and can afford to wait
Our slow perception.
| Her essence is eternal, and she knows
The world must swing round to her
soon or late"
! Every advancing step, even along the
most material lines of discovery or in
vention, has to slowly work its way into
popular favor, and the more radically
new and different it is, the more of
human incredulity, and prejudice, and
Opposition it has to encounter, until it has
had sufficient opportunity to prove itself
useful and indispensable to human needs.
| What shall we say then of this revela-
ton which is at the same time such reve-
lation in the realm of mind, the coming
of which is the marking Of so distinctive
an era in the growing conception of
Truth? No wonder the thought that
challenges each onward move OF its fel-
lows on the lower plane, is capable only
of disdain, or ridicule, or malice, when a
CLEAN of the eternal Light breaks
through its cloudy sense. and reveals it's
own impotence and absurdities. But
even yet those words Of loving tolerance
re-echo from the cross: "They know not
what they do.' 1t is human ignorance
that incites most OF the opposition and
persecution that Truths advance guard
always must needs encounter. The peo-
J. pie impose and fight their own miscon!
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