The daily tribune., 1907-12-10
"EvIL IS NOT POWER"
A Reprint from Christian Science sentine

An article In the October Arena
has unwittingly exploited the suppos-
cd power Of evil, so.called. and has
conceded to this self asserted and self
asserting phenomenon Of mortal
mind . place in human experience
which 1t could not occupy without
dethroning God, good. and robbing
Him Of His place as the one supreme
infinite Mind who governs and guides
the universe according to His will
and pleasure, which will and pleasure
must of necessity be in accord with
His own divine nature.
The belief Of power in evil is be-
lief IL the power to harm yourself and
to harm Others, to lie, to steal. to
murder, to break all the command
ments Of God. That this belief
should prevail Is posi- BILE only be-
cause the truth Of being Is not clearly
understood. That 1t is a mistaken
belief is easily seen from its own
contradictory character. Jesus said.
IA good tree cannot bring forth evil
fruit, neither can corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit" and II we start
with the admitted fact that God is
omnipotent, that He is infinite good.
we can never admit that there is
power opposed td| Him and to His
nature. The evil is real or has power
is an unthinkable proposition un.
less we absolutely deny the inflnitude
Of God. good. No form Of evil can
do the work Of Truth. or have power
or entity; evil can do nothing but
destroy itself. II evil with its train
Of sin, sickness and death could have
power, God, good would be dethron-
ed-would not be omnipotent. Such
. proposition must be rejected by
every Christian, by every monotheist.
Evil is no more real. because 1t seems
to be real, than a wicked or a pain.
full dream in sleep 10 real.
But the Individual who attempts
mentally or physically to produce
tho belief Of sin, disease. or death, is
guilty Of the attempt to commit .
murder. and Mrs. Eddy says scienti-
aoally and prophetically that at no
distant day the mental assassin will
be punished legally AZ certainly As
the man or woman who sends q bullet
into . mans heart. Today even
the mental Asaaain IL punished moral
ly, for NO one can desire to commit
murder without mourning the penalty
named In the Scripture. "Ye know
that no murderer hath eternal life
abiding In him. In other words.
that the criminal can experience no
harmony unless he repents and 10.
forms. In Divine Science Life is
God. and God 10 infinite, all; but to
the personal senses the belief Of death
IL as real As the fact of life. hence
the belief that says, ~ eau kill a
man mentally and not suffer for it,"
may be father TO the thought Of
committing tie crime Of trying to
kill = man. since ~ = man "think-
9th In his heart. 20 10 he.''
Christian Science combats the
false belief Of power In evil. and
frees mankind from the effects Of
this delusion. Its leading postulAtes
are that God is the only power. that
evil il not power. The perverted be-
liefs which nnd their foundation In
the supposed reality of matter and
godlessness do disappear when the
truth Of being Is understood. Mrs.
Eddy writes In Science and Health.
page lSs. EVIL is a negation because
IL 10 the absence OF truth. II is moth.
ing because II Ii the absence Of some.
thing. II IL unreal. because II pre-.
supposes tho absence Of the omnipo.
tent and omuiprcsent God. Mortals
must learn that neither power nor
reality belongs 70 evil;" and again
on page lSs. ITO suppose that God
constitutes laws of inhArmony ID .
mistake; disoords have no support
from nAturu or dixina laM. hoxsYar