The daily tribune., 1904-05-12

Il nay - saiA thss I hsss gives
yss so.s of sss pststs = dosexins
uppn which the old oharcbss end
Chriseias Scisssists asrss. bas thss
have sos told yoo asythins about
the many points spon which they DO
pos aGres. The fAilsrs 70 do this
vas 20 - evsrsishs. Il 10 . part of
the ethics of ny protsstos. that .
lawyer shall wiIlineAy. soilinsly.
svss slssfslly Iess his eass. rather
than delibsrsasly siaasntsr bis OWE
logic. I have Dsde ths s6ors Tor .
fsv noossss as lesst. TO satisfy you
shat spca the ssssstials of the religioa
of Jsses We do agsss. II 10 apparent
70 us all that II you have the eSsn-
tials of that religion. and wc have the
ssssssials of sLas religion. then We
ssch have all the gospel supplies. and
IL u Just ~ apparent to your lngtc -
70 mine that II We are in aooord re-
spsesing shs esssstials Of the rsliGion
Of Jesus. then thsrs 10 not any thing
ESSENTIAL for % 70 disagree about. and
shsre ssver 10 a. opportuss time 70
discuss non essentials.
Again you might ask "If We are In
harmony respecting the ESSENTIALS Of
religion Of Jesus. what il the necessity
for . new church. why do you. ss
nine -tenths Of the Christian Scientists
have, 20 out of the old churches p
II We really believe alike respecting
these essentials, there 10 no answer TO
the question. there would be no rea-
son for new church. or rather all the
old churches would be new. trans
formed by the renewal Of your mind. I"
all one; for when all the people
think alike and think Alright Of the
one only living and true God. there
will be and can be but one church.
the heavens is dome. the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb its temple |;
the redeemed nations shall walk in 1t.
and the glory Of God shall light it.
You will observe. however. that
in my comparison Of the old churches
belief and ours. speak of declara-
tions Of belief; and there is . vast
difference between what one says he
believes and what he really believes.
Religious belief. belief in Ged. can
not be ascertained from human speech.
What YOU do, not what you say, de-
termines the status Of your real belief
in God. your concept Of God. A
declaration Of belief in the Infinite
ia but futile attempt to express in
finite language the creatures
obedience to God, trust in God. and
reliance upon God. There is no
human language. tongue. or speech.
image. sign or character, that can ex-
press it. "God is Spirit. and they
that worship Him must worship Him
in spirit and in truth" Your wor-
ship Of God is the infallible test Of
your belief in God. Iventure to il
lustrate my position. Suppose some
gentleman should arise and say to this
splendid audience. my friends. l
believe that alcohol has brought more
SORROW into this world, more heart
ache and heartbresk, has desolated
more homes. wrecked more lives.
drawn more tears than all other things
combined. believe in my very soul
that every place where Intoxicating
liquor is sold as q beverage ia but q
ticket office to He'll and that the face
of every honest man and woman
should be turned as fine against this
horrible. ghastly practice. and hav-
ing said this, should go out of the
house ano stop at the nearest ticket
office of this character, and buy few
tickets for himself, and some for q
few dear friends, from whom he does
not wish to be separated wherever
the transportation might carry them,
would you not know, every one of
you, every child in the house know,
that that man did not state his real
belief. or il he did, that he was
amazingly attracted to the lurid ter.
minus of the transportation pur-
chased. The illustration have EN-
ployed is not fAr.fetched Few of us
indeed have escaped furnishing ex.
ample Of the same Inconsistency. Ap-
ply the test to yourselves; as the years
have come and gone. you have said
SO many times with Fsul. I'm God
we live and move and havs our be.
ing" which is simply saying and
only saying in God we have life,
health. and Immortality. Yet. you
have gone from every such declaration
to the doctor. the druggist or clim.
ate, for the life and health that you
declared you had and had only in God.
Do you then believe it? II you say
that your believe that your life and
health is in God and then go to some
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