Arizona republican., 1908-02-10

clared at the tomb of Lazarus. 'I knew
 that thou nearest me always" No
 one should think that the works of
 Jesus could be disassociated from ab-
 solute truth and therefore from sci-
 ence. His gospel is unquestionably
 the gospel of truth and must there
 fore be in the nature of scientific
 knowledge. He proved himself 10 be
 the only certain healer of disease that
 has ever lived upon the earth. Was
 his method less scientific than others
 because 1t combined the compassion of
 love with the accuracy of truth? The
 world has been taught to believe that
 his works were miraculous, and no
 doubt they were SO to those who did
 not understand or have not under
 stood them. Science is always won
 derful or miraculous to ignorance. We
 daily do many things which would be
 miraculous to the savage. It is not
 in the nature of absolute Truth. not
 in the nature of God, to set aside His
 immutable and eternal law. No such
 demand was made upon Him in the
 righteous prayers of Jesus: rather
 were they recognition of the avail
 ability of divine power. of the presence
 and omnipotence of good. He did
 not set aside law. but he fulfilled the
 law of health and harmony to man. a
 law which Is ever powerful in right
 thought and right thinking. the right
 eous prayer which availeth much"
 the method of Jesus Christ. Thus
 we begin to see what is meant by the
 mind which was in Christ Jesus. since
 We recognize that Mind must be the
 healing and saving power. Jesus nev-
 CT said that Christ would leave the
 earth when he left it, but declared the
 eternity of Christ in such words as
 these. Before Abraham was, am" 'I will not leave You comfortleSs:
 To. I am with you always, even unto
 the end of the world" Misunderstand-
 ing as to Christ has led to the belief that the personality of Jesus consti- tuted the saving power. and yet he was always instructing his disciples tO turn away from personality. their own as well as his. He said. f"Deny thy self" and again, for if go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you" showing clearly that the need is always for individual understanding. This must be the reflection of the d. vine Mind. and it constituted the mind of Jesus the Christ. Its nature is ever that of absolute Truth. IL could not leave the earth since there is no place where omnipresent Truth Is not. Do Christian Scientists love Jesus less be- cause they discern more of the facts in relation to him and comprehend more fully his sublime self sacrifice for us? He gave one rule by which He did not say. "Grow emotional over my name. or take op-a state of ex- citement concerning me or my teach ings." but he did say. If ye love me. keep my commandments" and all of those commandments were equally in tended for all time. To heal the sick is to prove that one understands the of Jesus. Without a doubt. all Christians will eventually recognize this fact and avail themselves of the natural right involved fin it.
 SAlVATION-Thns in Christian salvation becomes not a mat ter of belief, dependent upon disaster or death. but rather Q process of dem nnstration. Necessarily 1t involves a change from sin to holiness. and Chris tian Science provides a method where by the sinner is enabled to prove his rightful dominion over sin. That sin in some form and in some way. either or racially, is the cause of human suffering is self-evident. If sin should suddenly cease. disease would soon vanish from the earth. Therefore the overcoming of sin is a part of the overcoming of suffering. but salvation in Christian Science in- cludes exemption from want, worry. sickness and all woe. as we'll as from sin. fragrant sinner. if touched with heartfelt regret, desires to be free. but finds himself unable to cope with sinful tendencies. All religious has habitually buffeted the sinner with the demand that he cease but has not given him any certain method by which he can do so. Christian Science shows him the way to cease shining. It declares that God
 Is sinless. and that sin, therefore. has no natural existence in God or truth pr science Generally when this de- claration is made it arouses violent Op- position. and especially from the pull pit Those who do not fully under stand it. or who have not proven it is correct or not. at once say, awful awful" and aver that if the Christian Science doctrine as to the unreality of sin were to become prevalent, that people would feel themselves justified in shining with impunity. Well let us see about that. that Christian Science is not theoretical. It is either science or nothing. It operates by means of the law of Truth or God. or not at all. Its can be proven. Before one criticises a statement in Christian he should try 1t according to the absolute rule laid down in Chris tian Science teaching in order that he may see whether this statement is in the nature of truth or error. l do not pretend to give any formula for treat ment To do so would not be in ac- cordance with Christian Science, but one may indicate a line of thought which would enable critic of the of Christian Science as to the of sin, to test that doctrine. Let him daily declare the fact, reveal ed in Christian Science. that God is sinless, that sin therefore has no divine authority and consequently no real power, that it has no intelligence or mind. no natural being or ex-