The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-12-31


demonstrate these glorious facts <or
themselves.
Christian Science has as its mission
to the world. not ignorance. but knopr1-
edge; not a mere belief. but a deep
and sound and convincing understand
ing; an understanding that is frau<nt
with demonstration.
1t has for its mission to the world
not Incidence. laziness, slaekness nor
sloth: but work. energy. thrift. accom-
plishment and advancement No one
can be a Christian Scientist and be
lazy.
Christian Science has for its mission.
everything that is elevating In its ten
dency and uplifting in its character. It
is not one-sided religion. nor a relf-
gion of one thought only. being based
on Divine principle it reaches out and
takes in all that is good and pure ana
purifying 1t cieanses from all hlth
Of body and mind
Christian Science has for its mission
not only the correcting OF the evils
and wrongs. the sickness and the sins
in the world today, but 1t has also
for its mission the purifying and eIe-
waiting OF all that is called good ana
right and beneficial In the world
Christian Scientists are not found to be
lawless and lawbreaking society OF
people. but on the other hand they up
lift the standard of morality, law and
order
Christian Science has for its mission
to raise the standard Of health in the
world. For not only the sick are heal
ed and raised to health, but the health
full learn what true health Is; learn
that it is not Of matter but Of mind-
learn that it is not Of man but OF God-
learn that it is not of the body but
of the spirit: learn that health Is not
physical law or a law OF the physical.
but an eternal spiritual scientific Iaw-
that is as Interchangeable as the eternal
God, who is the same yesterday, today
and forever.
Christian Science does not come as
an iconoclast: it does not come break
ing images and giving nothing in re-
turn, 1t does not come tearing down
churches and breaking up societies: IL
has for its mission not to tear down
but to build UP; not to separate but
to unite.
Christian Science gives the Bible to
the world as it never had it before. 1t
has restored the Bible to thousands OF
families and tens of thousands of in
dividuals who had long ago laid It ON
the shelf in encouragement, because
they could not understand 1t.
But in the light of Divine Science as
taught in its textbook. Science and
Health. by Mary Baker Eddy. the BIZ
Bile is Illuminated. is no longer a sealed
book. but is a wide-open book, a book
upon whose sacred pages Christian
Scientists find. as adherents Of truth.
how ''to take the Scriptures as their
guide to eternal life."
Christian Scientists have also been
accused of being prayerless people,
but Christian Scientists, while they are
not found on their fieshly knees in long
verbal prayers to a personals deity.
are learning more and more how to
pray always, and in every thing give
thanks, how to pray with that sincere
hearts desire to know him whom to
know Alright is life eternal''
Christian Scientists are not street
tent shouters or camp-meeting zealots.
they will always DE found at the prop
er time in their own proper and pri-
vate place of worship, carrying on their
mode of worship in their own most
quiet and private yet public manner.
Christian Scientists buy property and
build churches, and seldom If ever go
in debt. When they buy property for
a church edifice they pay as they go,
so when the church edifce Is COM
pleted it is ready to be dedicated free
of debt
Christian Science brings TO the world
one Principle, one Mind, one God and
Father, and that must of necessity es-
tahlish harmony, peace and brotherly
love; and this must be the Millennium.
Christian Science must of necessity
between the true and the
false, and nothing but science can
do it.
The physicians little know when they
denounce Christian Science that they
are rejecting the very thing they need
TO heal their sick, where medic ines fail,
FOR medicines must fail, since every
hing mortal and material has failure
written on it. And right here 4: Is
1ut just to ask, do Christian Scientists
ever fail? Yes. they do sometimes fan.
ind If they fail at all they fail too
But Christian Science it
'elf can never fail. 1t Is founded on
he rock of self existent, self-evident,
lemonstrable and undying Life, Truth
Ind Love, and therefore can never fail
Christian Science will stand unmOv-
d and unchanged when the cons Of
ime shall have rolled into oblivion
When yonder sun shall have set never
o rise any more, Divine Science the
light of the world, will shine In its
plendor, dispelling the darkness, with
brilliancy all it's own.
The Science of Being brings to the
world the answer to that prayer Chris
ians so long have prayed. Thy king
Iom come, they will be done, on earth
s it is in heaven
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