The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

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thereby at once determined. The IN
dividual and his ideal are one and can
not be separated. Our universe is to us
lust what we bring into manifestation
to our sense of things. According to
our consciousness Of good, will we
bring its sweet harmonies into our ex-
perience.
Now let ME ask you: Are you salts
fed with the amount of knowledge you
haveq Are you content with your pres
ent conception of Beings Are you not
fearful, or at least doubtful as to
whether much that you suppose you
know is trueg Do you wish what you
believe to be the present facts about
God and man and their mutual rela-
tions, to be eternally truee
Yet Truth is Interchangeable and eter-
nal Everybody knows that.
Rest assured that what is really true
now will be so thruout the endless
ages and what is not good enough to be
and never was true So then, PLATE Is
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ton, not to be deferred to dim and
distant future, but is the all-asorbing
inquiry of today, and surely, most
cordial welcome should await whatever
may offer anything like an acceptable
answer. = 49, 4
Those who, in any degree, are read
ing the signs Of these times, know that
a marked and important change in hui
man affairs is pending-that we are
standing today in the dawning light Of
, a new era. AS to just the nature and
, meaning Of this transitional period
, there are widely divergent opinions
and much speculation. But the gen.
eral trend Of thought and expectation
is in the direction of the hopeful, the
optimistic, the triumphant view Of
things. Moreover, there is very
noticeable tendency away from. the old
, moorings, and growing favor Of meta
. physical Interpretation and research. .
. This explains why preachers who ex-
pound least of creed and dogma and
; most Of VITAL spiritual love of God,
: have the most numerous and ardent
i hearers, and the best success in their
- good works of reform. These better
y thoughts, loosening their hold upon the
- grosser commodities of~the senses: are
- able to echo somewhat the finer har-
y monies Of the supersensible and ideal.
= But the highest point yet reached OF
" =. that ever will be reached in the upward
8 flight Of the human intellect must still
be Gas far as the East is from the
- West" from the Divine Metaphysics of
eternal Mind.
And here let us note, as we have seen
{ before, that there is that native quality
- Of aspiration, inherent in humanity,
= that will never, in It's hope, and ex-
~ pectancy, and eager pursuit, stop short
g Of the absolute, the infinite, the ever.
> lasting Truth itself.
This being the case, there must be
20 an exact and unmistakable way to this
= acme Of achievement, this longed-fo1
~ goal, this "the desired of all nations, -
=, and we believe such way to have
- been discovered and revealed to this
o age, by our Revered Leader and Teach
= er, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, in what has
u been named by her, "Christian Sci
ence.' We also believe that the teach
- ings Of this Science, once thorolJ
o. .. understood, and rightly practiced, are
~ fully adequate to the accomplishment
, ~ of even so infinite an end.
.e I am well aware that this is mighty
=. assertion and that it may seem to many
- preposterous claim. But anyone who
- having ears will hear, or having eye
~ ~ will read what we have to say, will
10 find that we are ready to give many
III IL reasonable reason for the hope that i
VI in us, and, that it is simply and who'll,
J out Of deep interest in humanity IS veal
We and in loving solicitude for it's woe, tina
10 we ever offer. our doctrine for your con
H. temptation.
q First Of all, be it known that Chris
49, tian Science is not something that Mrs
=. Eddy has invented, or manufactured i
- some storehouse or workshop Of huma
'Ao conjecture. 1t is not system Of men
tai therapeutics in which the muscles 0
ne organs or elements Of mortal mentalit
he are manipulated for the benefit Of tn
us sick.
I'm Permit me to 60 back here and n
ut peat statement made few minute
Ia, ago, namely: "The whole problem @
n, life resolves itself into question q
at knowing.' To know is the main OF
ne ject in living. knowledge is general
W 1OSdAuou Cuo Ouo Iu1uS uo0OIul,
lg- good part that cannot be taken a IVA,
"a The only thing that can be known
ey Truth. We believe, and think we kno'
Id, a host of things for time, but pre-
=" emily, upon further investigation, an
ay with larger experience, we come 1
ire doubt, and question our suppose
dy knowledge, and finally to disbelie1
and to discard it altogether. The
his I'VE see that it was only belief at bes
ill. and not real knowledge, because
OF was not founded upon the rock, Trut
hat and did not bring out the desired r
nip suits. This may be said of all the 8
lay called sciences that are based upon
srl- belief in matter. As the process
revising and rejecting goes on, ca,
'elf one of these material systems unde
ice. goes such changes as to be scarce
80 recognizable from one generation
18th, another. E....
e." Their literature that is in vogue
ken one generation is quite out Of date
ave the next. The young medical stude1
ken fresh from college, turns eagerly
in the library left by his professional +
ther as to rich legacy, but finds the
ven only two or three volumes that he G.
kes use in his practice. Well did t
ase. wisest man Of his day on the materi
ing pls me say: "This much do I kno
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