The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-07

believe it. If the question were asked,
every one of you would say that you
believe that Jesus was sincere in his
every declaration, said exactly what he
said. Do you really believe it? Jesus
said to his disciples, The works that
do We shall do also, and greater Do
you believe it? If you do you will
prove your belief in his sincerity by
doing these works. He said to the
eleven when giving them the great
commission to carry the gospel to
every creature, in order that they
might know whether they were
preaching effectively or not. certain
signs shall follow them that believe; in
my name they shall cast out devils, in
my name they shall speak with new
tongues. in my name they shall lay
hands on the sick and the sick shall
recover Do you believe that he meant
this, and yet have you never put II to
the test?
What will you do, good people with
the sweetest and tenderest words that
ever fell from the lips of God upon the
ears of men: Come unto Me all We that
are weary and heavy laden, and L Will
give you rest?' What does it mean? Is
there one anywhere who will say that
Jesus did not mean in their simplicity,
sweetness and love the very words he
spoke, that the blessed Masters inV1-
tation to his disciples was but a prom
Use to the ear to be ruthlessly and
wicked broken to the hope? No! no!
no! Then what do the sweet words
mean, unless as we believe, exactly
what they say? Indeed the promise
has been kept. Hundreds of thousands
of happy men and women testify to it
and blind, they touched the hem of His
garment, laid the burdens at his feet
and bore song away
Christian Scientists have radically
changed their thought of God, they no
longer attribute to God qualities that
no man among civilized people any
where could acknowledge in himself
and not meet the ostracism he deserv-
ed. We no longer indulge the belief
that God makes us sick, or lame, or
blind for some mysterious purpose of
His own. 1t is not within the range
of a reasonable concept of an infinitely
good God. that He would deliberately
hold in torture, and crush in despair
pure sweet mother for the purpose
of making some bad man better. Be
ing infinitely just. if He were admins
tering punishment for reform, and dis
pensing rewards for virtue, He would
cruelty the bad man, and enthrone the
good woman.
I'VE believe that God is not only the
embodiment of good, but that He is
good; the Great Physician, Who
heals all our Diseases Who gives sur
cease to sorrow, Who literally wipes all
tears away; and we confidently go to
and joy for redemption from every i'll
that comes to humanity.
1T is not difficult, i am sure, to I'M
derStand that one who believes that
God makes him sick, would hesitate to
go to the provoking cause for relief
from the i'll he suffers. If you believe
that God fills your life with grief, for
some wise purpose, believing in His
goodness, justice and power, you
Should bear whatever aff1iction come
to you without a murmur, and should
,be reasonable and logical enough not
to attempt to balk the purpose of the
infinite God by seeking the service of
some doctor. druggist or climate to
make you we'll If God makes you
sick. when His purpose of doing so is
subserved, He will make you well
again. and your little children will tell
you that until his purpose is subserved
no medicine of man will make you
well.
christian Scientists believe that
when Jesus went into the synagogue
on the Sabbath day, and read from the
prophesy of Esaias concerning him
self. a prophesy written hundreds of
years before of His coming, telling of
His coming, and of the Office He
should hold when he came. wherein it
is written, The spirit of the Lord is