Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15

sin and evil. healed the sick, moved noun
tains, raised the dead. raised Jesus from
the dead, abolished the law of sin and
death, brought to pass the ascension. 1t
was this mind which was "before Abra-
ham" and that sitteth at the right hand
of God. The man who is to be saved must
therefore believe in the divinity of Christ.
In order rightly to believe, one must be-
leve that Christ's coming or appearing
was in order to do the will of God, to do
according to the divine nature, and that
everything he did do was in accord with
and actually in attestation of his change
less plan and rule. He must believe that
in coming to fulfill law he came to demon
strate and enforce the law of life and
health and holiness; that it was done law
fully and not in contravention of any law
of God; that it involved no mystery or
abnormity; that it was divinely rational,
practical and natural; that it was done
because of universal impulsion that can
not change and whose eternal application
cannot lapse or be spasmodic or intermit-
tent. He must understand that Christ,
the voice of God to humanity, possessed
accurate, exact knowledge of God and of
the science of being and knew more than
all other men combined, also that every
thing was done by him in the best and
only right way, and furthermore that the
only right way to be saved from evil con-
ditions through Christ at that time is the
only right way in which to be saved now;
that because it was right to save the sim
ner and the sick man through the applica-
tion of eternal law then, 1t is right to
save the same man according to the same
law now. Indeed 1t must be perceived that
in part, the deep Significance of Jesus
work lies in the indestructiblei fact that
he proved the power and law of God to be
available to sick man and to be an ever
present help in his time of trouble more
over that this divine immanence is compe-
tent to abolish every evil that afflicts
humanity.
Christ who came to save that which was
lost overcame sin and sickness and did it
according to the will of God. 1t follows
necessarily that these things which he
overcame had neither procurement nor
sanction in God. He did not destroy any
thing that had legitimate right to exist
or to continue to overwhelm man. The
mere fact that he opposed and overthrew
them carries with it the indispensable con-
clusion that they had no basis in truth
but were fabulous and abnormal 1t is
also essential to know that when he abol-
ished or annulled the law of sin and dis
ease, he Cancelled a spurious pretense of
law, which is not law and has no legi-
innate power of enforcement Jesus knew
that disease is abnormal and durable and
he demonstrated the versity of his knowl-
edge. Concerning the sick woman he
said that satan had bound her. This
surely does not mean that God or truth
or matter had bound her.
Christian Science practice has scientific
ally proved the correctness of the disclos-
ure that the primary cause of bodily i'm
pairment is to be found in the mental
realm and that fear and sin are chief
emong the influences that procure the
sickness of humanity. Jesus understood
this and he knew that such influences
could be abolished. His frequent entreaty
to them that would be saved was, GO,
and sin no more;" fear not" 'be not
afraid
Jesus knew that the, divine volition ard
power which he manifested were uni