The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-13


evil with good.
Christian Science maintains that the
eternal principle underlying all reality
is God Does anyone naturally con-
ceiVe of this principle being manifested
in any condition which is admittedly
adverse 10 good? Can condition en-
titled "a murderer from the beginning
or "A liar and the father OF IT. be eX-
pressiye of Gods nature or be the agent
of Gods will? We must be careful
then, 10 deny PHILOSOPHERS which make
evil the agent of good and give deYll an
equivalent existence with Deity.
Evil Is Not a eenefieent Reality.
some teachers who are selfless and
sincere argue that moral eVh anu
physical pain are not only realities DuL
bene ficent realities. Observing now a
good deed shines in a naughty Worlu'
they seem to think the good deed 1 IlNi
its lustre to the surrounding wicked
ness. They infer that the patience OF
the bedridden invalid is the product OF
his pain. and that the moral courage OF
the worlds TefOrmers Is due TO tlc
wickedness they opposed. But II IS ms
vision Of God that inspires the SAINT 10
be meek and the reIormer 10 De IedI
less. and in that vision physical pam
and moral evil have no part. lhe beau-
i'm Christ Jesus who sad; tie Iidt
hath seen me hath seen the Father !
have never heard il argued that MS
goodness and power to bless had any
other source than the Father-GOd with
whom he was one He was recognized
as the expressed image of God char-
acter but who would say that the ny =
poCTigy Of the Phlrtsees the envy OF
the priests. the tTc1ChCry OF a dlSciPI''
We're agencies i'm forming the Christly
nature? Why, then, viii men argue
FOR the beneficcnt reality Of eVilF II
evil works good then its agents are our
beuefactors; and why should the most
active doors of evil be restrained from
their bcnelicent activity by our prisons
II physical pain is the teacher OF lortl-
tudc. why build hospitals and permit
attempts 10 heal pain? The philosophy
which declares for benehCent evil IS, in
consistent and what if il has arisen be
cause of the failure of it's adherents 10
prove Christianity? Today signs fol-
lowing" are not considered essential eN-
cent by Christian Scientists, Today men
have named many iucurablc diseases
This would imply that there are eNllS
which good cannot overcome DiSdSIeI9
which bring ruin to some men and are
due to lack OF integrity IN others are
broadly described as acts of Providence.
W
power, and good unproVen, he tries "a
the inscrutable plan of God, and that
the inscruiable plan Of God. and that
the rampant evil is somehow to be a
SchoolmaSter for his virtue. The phil
oSOphy of contrast is also urged. How
are We to value honesty II thieves do
not help as; how appreciate truth II no
liars abound. how he grateful for the
ease Of health if il be not offset by dis
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Of error is in any way conceived OF as
having place in the plan Of God; be
cause ii would include in that plan all
the workers of iniquitY. If lying lips
We're ordained TO teach us 10 value
truth. they could not then be 'abOm-
ination TO the Lord If it is only by
meeting offenses that we grow in grace
then blessed is the man by whom the
offense cometh-blessed be Ahab and
Jezebel blessed be Judas! But this We
do not believe. When we say. Blessed
is he that cometh in the name of the
Lord" We mean one that bringeth
good tidings, that publisheth peace"
II ought 10 be universally clear 10 HUI
man comprehension that evil in belief
constitutes a condition of perversenesS
of reversal from which conversion must
be gained before what is true and nor
mai can be known at all, or man be ap-
llctl r4lb elo II AlhttlNS0 VI NIfAs uCsaA7
represents [ Son of God. Judas pre-
sents the reversal of true manhood or
integrity and in that condition of mind
misrepresents both man and God. II
ought to be clear. also. that the process
of overcoming evil with good is not
struggle with adverse environment, but
a contest with wrong habits Of thinking.
The kingdom of heaven must first be
established within. Goodness or good
las ny
lessness.
sin.
Here we are confronted with d condi-
ton which seems TO be a cOncomitant
part of mans history, which theolog-
ians discuss under the name Of sin.
Some teachers claim this 10 be the great
actuality of the present life. and some
believe its disastrous effects to be
eternal. But if we scientifically exam
inc the claims OF sin, we see how they
can be overcome and annulled as they
were by the Master who was in all
points tempted like as We are yet with
out sin"
The first axiom regarding man i'm
Scripture is that he was made in the
image and after the likeness of God.
Jesus reminded his disciples Of what
this implied, saying, BE We therefore
perfect, even as your Father which is
IN heaven is perfect What then is
SIM It Is any theory. belief thought
or action which misrepreSents the like
ness Of God. Per contra. what is right
eOusness but right action. correct con-
duct truthful thinking. whereby man
expresses as Gods image the beauty
OF holiness To say that two plus two
EQUALS five misrepresents the relation
Of numbers il is i'm mathematics an er-
ror or sin; bat does il not vanish. being
overcome by the truth. when the rela-
tionship is truly expressed? We have a
right 10 expect Of men that they will
express Gods likeness. Is il not so that
the faith ana trust Of almost every
child asks this of us? The child ex-
poets truthfulness, relies upon kindness.
trusts 10 goodness, has faith i'm love.
Why is dcfalcatiOn and graft SO severe
" condemnedP Not only because the
breach OF trust disappointS our eEpec-
tdtion regarding the one man who is
untrue, bat because il pOiSOuS Us with
suspicion of others and makes us doubt
tul regarding manhood On the other
hand. why is 1t that true man helps
us and gives AS JOY and hope? He lifts
up again the fallen ideal of man: he
restores our trust i'm manhood. he eX-
presses Gods likeness and treasures us
OF good
Christian Science deals successfully
with sin as with sickness. healing both
conditions Of distress. overcoming moral
evil with spiritual good. Men fall into
sin because they seek for good from
wrong basis. Christian Science shows
that what is good comes from God pri-
marily and that men need not hurt nor
destroy other men in order TO find good
il reveals the fact that good comes ac-
cording 10 infleNible Principle. change
less from age 70 age. ever providing
blesSedneSS for the pure the honest. the
chaste, the truthful. tho loving.
DeliVerance From Evil.