Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-26
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
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personal but not corporeal; that He
IL to every consciousness that is ready
to receive him. the tender Father of
love and goodness; that He is DivlEe
Principle and governs all; that &c is
Infinite and. therefore, not limited
or bounded by finite conception and
We deny that he is personal only in
the sekse that We deny He possesses
thofe attributes Of hate. discord, re-
venge. Injustice and oil other wrong
full passions or. propensities that are
usually associated with tho idea of
personality. -,.
Christian Science 10 scientific be-
cause it 10 . systematic, exact and
demonetrable statement and CLASH ca.
ton of the truth concerning God and
man. It does not claim to be new
truth. Truth has always existed and
always will continue to exist. Being
ct God. it is with Him, without be.
ginning and without end. But truth,
like every other principle, to be
effective. must be understood and ap-
piled. It must be revealed and
brought to the understanding of man.
kid, even as the Bible says-"Ye
shall know truth and the truth shall
make you free." And this has been
the Office and the fruit of Christian
Science. To Mrs. Eddy was revealed
the truth in this century. and through
Christian Science she has proclai med
it to the world, and by proof and de.
monstration she and her followers
have shown that it is indeed potent
to make free from sorrow, Sickness
and sin.
What Christian Science is In all
its comprehensive features, as well as
tire meaning Of it's terms and it's ex-
plantations Of God, Spirit, matter,
reality. unreality, and the phenome-
"a Of life and the universe. can be
learned only through the earnest and
conscientious study of its text book,
f'science ard Bealth with Key to the
Scriptures by Mary Baker e. Eddy,
in connection with the Bible. Wien
that is done and understood and the
practical application made thereof,
more will Iced ask for shy other ex-
plsn"tion of, or answer to, the criti-
cisms OF cur fFiend. But like any
ether Science. or Art. it wonld be
, futile to attempt to explain Christian
Science in . limited space or to de-
fire intelligently its higher calculus
and ultimate principles, to those who
have not as yet approached its numer-
alton tables. The understanding of
its principles. with the ability. to
prove them by demonstration, is open
to all who honestly seek them: and
prove themselves, in the life of every
One ttat applits them: and until he
has so learned ard applied them, one
ia not qualified to pass honest judg-
ment upon their merits.
That there may be sporadic in.
etances wherein Christian Scientists
have been indiscreet is not denied
but that Dies not affect the principle
or nullify the proven experiences Of
thousands of others, who have sue
ceeded, any more than the history
Of the Spanish Irquisition destroyed
the entire effect and force of Chris
tianity. All know that the world has
not yet been wholly regenera!ed. but
! the work will progress faster when
We learn to look with the optimism
Of faith and hope towards those who
have succeeded, rather than to fetter
humanity with the d'scouraging pes
simism arising from the example Of
those who have failed.
1t Is true that Christian Scientists
still eat food, drink water and
breathe cir. So did our Master until
Re attained to that Spirituality that
enabled him to demonstrate in it's
| fullness, that the Lord feeds and
clothes men even az he does the lilies
Of the field" and ''tsketh care of the
sparrow, that falleth not without His
| notice. Because We have not proven
the whole OF the principle. must we
cease cur labors and discontinue striv-
ing to ''be perfect even as our Father
In Heaven is perfect''2 Must we
give up all hope of Heaven because
we cannot NOW see that 1.-The
Kingdom Of God is at our hand and is
within us'2 In all realms of known
knowledge was perfection a.tainahle
at bound-by revolution instead of
evolution? Should research for wireless
telegraphy have ceased because at first,
there was, and still is, the necessity for
wiree1 Shall Christian Scientists be
condemned for what they have not
attained and their present works be dis
1ikoI ke1 w.