The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-13

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lecturer took up the p%racticability OF
Tie ideal saying in substances;
The public attitude OF thought
regarding Christian Science is TODAY
one OF Increasing friendliness. The
one objection that constantly recurs
Is, You 20 too far. But does
Christian Science go any farther
than the teachings of Jesus? Could
any doctrine be more racical than
that OF the Master? And the same
objection was brought against Him.
Every Que who ever brought to the
world any innovation that should
mark one distinct march in the line
OF progress Fin any direction, has
been greeted by the same old Oh
lection. "You 90 too far" When
the Inventor Of the steam locomotive
apps AIRED before a committee of Par
lament to explain his new invention,
he was asked if it would be possible
TOUR coaches, drawn by a steam
locomotive, to ufavel as fast as ten
miles an hour, and his answer was
That 1T would. Then he was cues
toned as to the possibility of travel
ING at the rate of twelve, fifteen.
wv nty, twenty-five and even thirty
miles an hour, and he averred that
this would all be possible. This was
all SO FAR beyond the range OF any
rational acceptance for these wise
men, that they wanted nothing more
to do with such an impracticable
dreamer. He event too far" So
OF the steamship, the telegraph, the
telephone: the NEE who first believed
aud advocated the possibility OF these
things were met by the same old
object'on-they we're going too far.
And far more strenuously has this
objection been urged against the
philosophers and prophets who have
dared to think ahead Of their gener-
alton and urge their people to higher
Ideals. The hemlock cup, the cross,
the stake, have been among the
penalties that have awaited such as
these. Strangely, inevitably has it
ever been the case that one who has
brought to his generation a heaven
born truth that would lift them to
higher levels of thinking and living,
has awlays been met, not only by the
worlds scorn and derision, but by its
malice and persecution; and even his
brethren have greeted him with the
biting glbe, "Behold this dreamer
cometh." and then have sold him
into Egypt. But the one who, with
the conviction of a divine ideal, is
Egypt's bondman today stands next
TO the throne tomorrow; and his
brethren come to his feet to buy the
bread that will save their lives. The
worlds light-bringe1s and light
bearers have all beer the dreamers,
the idealists, whose only transgres-
sion was that they went too far.
"Ihe Christian Scientist has
adopted the ideal of Jesus, an ideal
that incudGs all the possibilities OF
good aud excludes all..the elements
OF the flesh and Of evil; and he finds
the practical application and demon
stration OF this ideal in affirming the
constant healing, guiding, sustaining
presence of Divine Love and in deny
in! any principle, power or reality
to evil. This affirmation OF good
aud denial Of evil gain beneficent
results, just to the degree of the
clearliess OF the understanding and
the faithfulneSs OF the application OF
the iHeal. and herein is found the
only needed mans and mode by which
to prove Gods love and power to be
fot every need. A multi
tude stand forth today ana bear glad
witness that they have proven the
ideal true; that when it bids US
trust God entirely, as the one "Who
forpiveth all thine iniquities and
who healeth all thy diseases: who
redermeth thy life from destruction:
who rrowneth thee with loving kind
ness and tender mercies: who satisfied
thy mouth with good THINGS: so
that they youth is renewen like the
eagles; In all this it is not bid
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