Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-07-22

II these days. While 1T is entirely
based on the truth unfolded in the
Bible and fully exemplified in the
words aid works of Jesus, yet its
understanding in modern times is
through new discovery of this
new-told truth. This discovery came
through a spiritual healing which
occurred in Lynn, Mass, in 1866.
This healing was the case Of the lady
who is now the Rev. Mary BAKER
Eddy; and in this discovery from
what, to all human resources was
fatal ininry, the portals of tie un-
seen swung open, and new realm
of spirital possibility was revealed.
Mrs. Eddy is the diseoverer of the
principle and the founder of the
movement of Christian Science, and
IS its natural and necessary leader
By birth, by education, by native
endowment, by the training that has
come through experience, she has
been fitted to bring to the world a
message of truth. Born of an illus.
trlous ancestry, reared in 3 home
whose intellectual ideals were the
highest, living in time and an en-
vironment that was intense in its
striving for ideals of freedom and
truth, all influences converged in her
character and career. With e1cep-
tional intellectual abilities, with
a nature intensely spiritual, in all its
motives aud tendencies, trained in
the school of adversely, purified in
the furnace of affection, her chasten-
ed consciousness was all prepared for
the experience that came to her in
the death valley, when upon her
awakened thought the Sun of Right
eousness arose with healing in his
wings.
Chistian Scientists, then, LOOK to
Mrs. Eddy with confdece. gratitude,
and love. for the good that has come
to them through her teaching and
work. ! need not affront the incl
ligence of his auience by deeming it
necessary to do more than emphasize
that Christian Scientists do not in
any wise defy Mrs. Eddy, they do
not worship her pesonality, they do
not in any wise accord her divine
honors, they do not regard her as
another Christ. They simply accord
to her the honor and confidence and
love that are her need as the discov-.
ere" of Christian Science; and as
being today the logical. fitting, and
necessary leader of the movement that
is carrying on its work.
Now Christian Scientists have
reached the full conviction that this
teaching and this movement that.is
revolutionizing human thought. that
has carried its message to the four
corners of the earth and the isles of
the sea, is simply revival of print
tive Christianity, and is tc usher in
the kingdom of God that was pro-
claimed and promised by Jesus The
announcement Of John the Baptist
was that "the kingdom of heaven is
at hand. - This was the proclama-
ton of Jesus in the beginning of his
preaching, this was the message that
his disciples heralded in their early
work. This kingdom Jesus later
instructed his disciples is the king
dom of God which is within you, and
go this kingdom of God is a spiritual
kingdom that is to be established here
and now, kingd ON that Jesus and
his followers ushered in by their
teaching and works. Jesus promises
give assurace that the full and final
establishment of this kingdom des-
troys all evil, Will Danish all sorrow,
sin, sickness, and death, and will
finally bring to the light a new
heaven and new earth, wherein
dwelleth ighteouspesss. Such a.
kiredom constituted the Master s
ideal, and the Truth which will bring
its demonstration was the Master 8
idealism. Jesus mission was to de-
clare the Truth, ana his assurance
was that to know this Truth would
make men free. What then is the
Truth that Jesus revealed It could
not have been anything vague, mys
terious or difficult, for it's early stud
ents and teachers were plain, I'M
lettered fishermen. It must have
been practical. demonstrate under,
standing, for it enabled these dis
ciples to practically apply it in works
Of healing the sick, reforming the
sinner. and even raising the dead.
Now what shall be our de6nation of
Truth today2 Whatever our final
conception of it, Truth must be that
which represents things as they are;
and the Truth in every phase of sx-
perience is practical to US only as it
is revealed to os in law Of cause and