Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-05


the work of GodR If sickness is the
work of the devil, then is God for or
against iti If His laws are against
and contrary to it, are His laws for or
against itl If His laws are against it,
are they available to mani Has God.
| created man who is without possible
recourse to His law and powerq If He
has, then why pray for an impossible
| ity2
Complete Salvation. Through Christ.
"We believe that Christ Jesus was
the representative of God to humanity;
that He was the voice of wisdom and
intelligence, and that He knew more
about God, man and the universe than
all other people combined. We believe
He came to do the will of God and to
fulfill law. What God, and what law9
The God that is good and whose law is
the law of life, health, harmony and
holiness. We believe He came TO seek
and to save that which was lost, and
that He found that (which was lost,
when He found the sinner and the sick
man. We believe that He came to de-
stroy the works of the devil, and that
| He was 'about His Fathers business
while He was doing it. Unless He was
destroying the works of the devil when
He healed the sick, there must have
been time when He was not in the
fulfillment of his mission, for He gave
much attention to the cure of diseases,
and Himself declared that such healing
was part of His works. We believe
this healing was natural and lawful;
that all his works were done in exquis-
1 ite accord with the eternal law of
changeless God We believe that the
teaching Of Christian Science through
Mrs Eddy removes the ministry of
Jesus from the realm of mystery and
brings it within the range Of law, order
and scientific mOdus opeTandi. We
believe that God and His Christ are
too wise to be unlawful or to procure
or induce or make use of that which is
in eontravention of law. We believe
that the unlimited divine volition does
not need to upset or undo any natural
law in order to do good.
"We believe that the Christ ministry
is an obieetlesson in demonstration Of
the imminent, ever'present and ever
available power of spirit God, TO destroy
evil. We believe that Jesus manifested
the supremacy of spiritual law, which
is the law of life, and its power over
the fictitious law Of sin and death
The Key TO the Scriptures.
''Mrs. Eddy answers all these ques-
tions and hundreds of others in her
Textbook, Science and Health with
Key TO the Scriptures, and thereby
reeoneiles reason TO God and dispels
the mystery which has obseured the
science Of life.
"People throughout all the Chris
titan centuries have differed concerning
the meaning Of the Bible, indeed, in
behalf Of the quarrel about the Bible
aud of the conflict Of ereeds, millions
have gone down to violent death. Our
Itenets declare, we take the inspired
word Of the Bible as our sufficient
guide 70 eternal life Like many 9th
ers, we believe that the Bible has not
been dictated word for word by God.
We believe with Paul that the things
of God and the real substance Of the
Bible must be spiritually diseerned.
"MOst people have commentaries or
helps TO the study OF the Bible. We
have a commentary, or key, in our text
hook. With historic and characteristic
instinct the people whose love is for
their own alone do not like ours, and
even say il is dangerous will not
llinger long 70 discuss the merits Of this
book now. Since studying the Bible In
its light we have no desire 20 Kill any
one or quarrel with any one about re-
'ligion. We have learned 20 love the
right Of every man 10 strive for heaven
according 20 his own inspiration. We
are taught that il Is abOminabie in the