The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-23
Like Golden Chain.

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Ion runs like a fine golden chain through
out the entire scriptures, linking all its
eras of development in one perfect de-
sign, eliminating in Christ Jesus
ITO the Christian Scientist these So
called miracles are not infractions of
law but utilization of an ever-operative
divine principle. God and Christian
Scientists accept them. not only because
they are in the inspired writings, but
understandingly because they can be.
and are demonstrated again by the appli-
cation of the same eternal truth or prin-
ciple, thus scientifically proving them
scientific.
THE watch-word of modern progress is
science humanity is looking to science as
the emancipator of the race. In the realm
of materialism these laws are changing
and fieeting as clouds In a summer sky.
There is so-called science of his
tory. of medicine. chemistry. electricity,
sociology and through these human
thought Is breaking its own letters and
limitations, for the Christ Idea Is back
of 1t all, turning and overturning, until
He whose right II Is shall reign In
this grand stir of human energy, God
gives the One Science which demon
strates only His own infinite omnpo-
tent laws OF life and good. the science
which reveals the indissouble atone
ment of God and man, which Jesus
showed us how to realize. That they
may be one as we are one.
The Comforter In Christian Science,
Illuminating the scriptures in flood of
light shows us that this science has BEEN
and is from the beginning the word of
God. reconciling man to spiritual law.
1t shows Jesus to have been at the same
time the most transcendental and the
most practical of men; in him the ideal
became the real, and the acme of philoso-
phlc aspiration was reached He brought
the kingdom of God to human consci-
BUSINESS and the Christ manifest In the
ilt sh' harmonious phenomenon here and
now through subjugation of the faith.
Paul. who had a clear spiritual sense
of Jesus mission, strove for this mastery
of the body matter and evil. and under
stood it as primary step in the practi-
cal Christianity thar he brought TO the
world
Christian Healing.
"The healing of Christian Science being
the work of breaking the letters of ma
terialistic law its philanthropy Is broad
ms the heavens and deep as the oceans
1t has limits. little child when re-
deemed from a law of suffering. that re-
demption. to some degree, reaches the
child on the Ganges river. and indeed all
children.
"What is 1t that makes a material law?
The consensus of human opinions makes
a law. If physicians or others believe In
contagious diseases that makes a law, and
we have the results In eontagion. But
let united Christian thought declare,
and hold TO 1t steadfastiy that Gods
law never ordained disease and suffering,
but that there is an omnipotent, omni-
present law of the spirit of life in Christ
Jesus. that hath made us free from the
law of sin and death, and humanity will
gradually be redeemed from all evil and
the sin that brings discord and death. 1t
is for this that Christian Science is striv-
| ing.
christian Science is in full sympathy
with every movement towards purity be-
nevolence, education, law and order. Its
basis is love-
This love Is no respector of persons,
hut is universal as the sunlight. and ten
der as the dew 1t teaches that the ten
commandments and sermon on the mount
will solve all problems, and shows us that
the ever present Christ has never left
us but is here to redeem humanity from
all sin and sorrow. Its church govern