The daily tribune., 1904-05-12

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thaf day by day and hour you may ksov
and your neighton may know = veil,
shas you 10 isdssd sslisvs what yos
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sivsa wAersAy yos ~ kpow uhas
| - shtnk a sesssal sAiaO. whss
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Father ". By what Joe do. asd rot
By whss you say. The greet Assssr
laid devn the rsle long years ago in
his pilsrinase among Dsu. sod 1t
must b. equally gratifying IN us all.
Whatever our dsnomiaatiopai name. to
know that Jesus nsvsr sssAblished .
rule for the governments OF your con.
duct and nine. that be did pos apply
70 his own. Repeatedly he ssid 70 his
disciples-and when he spoke 70 them
he - certainly and directly spoke to
you and ms-"By their works - shall
know them." And with stirling
fidelity and picturesque force. Jesus
applied this ssverc test to himself.
In . crucial period OF his mission, ons
OF his own. raised the startling and
impious question ~ 70 whether He
was the Christ or . pretender? Then
your human judgment and mine wouId
have said. now, now II the auspici.
ous moment. when this Messenger Of
God. this master Of all learning. all
logic, and the master Of all minos Of
men, too. may easily make an Argu-
ment that will satisfy the learned and
unlearned world alike. that he 10 the
Christ, the son OF the living God.
It 10 the moment OF all the centuries
The world stands aghsst with the
.tupendous Issue Of its redemption
hinged upon the answer What shall
1t be-. Listen! Men and women
hush the beating of their hearts to
hear 1.-THE mightiest speech of all
tho ages, spoken with the simplicity
of . child. the sublime assurance OF
God: go tell John that the
| lame do walk and the blind do see. "
That was all, it was not more brief
than conclusive; it touched the high
level of the momentous occasion. and
hushed to silence through all the
march Of the years. every impious
questioning Of the Christ's divinity.
Have you ever thought of 1t for =
moment that this Is the only argument
that Jesus ever made in this world to
establish His divinity? Think Of now
He said. indeed. He was the Christ.
that He was in the Father and the
Father In Him, but the only argument
He ever made to establish the truth
Of his declaration is found in the
simple assertion Of the patent fact.
1.-THE lame do walk and the blind do
see. - And this is the argument. the
impregnAbls argument Of Christian
Scientists to the doubling Johns of the
world today. "The lame do walk and
the blind do see" today. as they
did walk and see nineteen hundred
years ago. and by the virtue Of the
same limitless power and the same
boundless love that they did walk and
see then; and 90 long as we can say
this In truth, as in truth we can say 1t
tonight. just so long every shaft aimed
at Christian Science. coming from
whatsoever source it may, will fall
harmless to the ground.
From what have said, it is Ap.
parent that sour contention is that
Christian Science ID . religion pure
and simple, religion Of works q
nearer approach than men have known
for seventeen hundred years to the
religion that Jesus taught in the
temple, that He preached throughout
all JudeA. that He 80 lovingly and
tenderly praotioed among all His peo-
pie; and IL it is all Of this. then you
want it, everyone in the world wants
it; and il it is lees than all Of this. we
do not want it, no one in the world
wants it. Wherefore this contention
Of ours is the only debatable ques-
tion respecting Christian Science
Is it the religion Jesus brought.
taught, ana pracGlceo!
In the discussion of this question
we are somewhat embarrassed by in.
herited religious opinions; by that
peculiar and almost universal con-
dition of mind. best known as pride
in ancestral religions belief. 1t is 30
mrch easier to have someone think for
| Won than tn think for vourseIf. tn do
for you than to do for yourself; to
have religious belief, doctrine, or
creed handed down to you as gar
ment. decoration title, ,or jewel might
descend from father to son. instead
of earning your own garment. winning
your own decoration, deserving yoor
title. It is go very easy and therefore
| inviting, to put aside the whole
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