The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-11-25


of God to their Understandings and
when Christ Jesus took up the thread
of this progressive reVelati and car
ried it on to completion, that unbroken
highway to the Fathers kingdom was
established on earth. The vindication
was in his works, for he said. though
ye believe not me believe the works"
Indeed these works of healing and ref
ormatioil were precisely what Moses
and the prophets had foretold Ii the
mission of Christ Jesus is to point the
Way by manifesting the works of heal
lns. then the Intelligence or spiritual
understanding which removes the
scales of sin aud disease ia every age
must be the same Christ Truth. for IT
was declared mo man cometh unto
the Father. but by me- that is by these
signs of hcaliEG
Now the scriptures imply that what
the lsraelites lacked was the Christian
teaching that God is love" for The
That ioveth not: knoweth not God; for
God Is love Moreover Paul declared
that love is the fulfilling of the law"
Thus we learn that divine Love is the
benign presence that heals the sick re-
forms the sinner and fulfils the law.
Scientific Discovery.
have briefly presented this idea of
divine law. fulfilled in Love, by way O :
anticipating that frequent remark that
Christian Science is neither Christian
nor scientific What does it mean to
nave science? You well know that
ing; It REQUIRES a law which must be
presented in its unity order and svs-
tenn This is precisely what Christian
science does. 1t presents this divine
law IN its unity. order and system. with
such precision and accuracy that
Christian healing prevails by way of
proof. 1t is therefore eminently scien-
tine; moreover 1t is Christian because
this law is not physical but divine.
compassionate and helpful
Everyone would enjoy to have the
power to do the good that Jesus did:
everyone would be glad to understand
the divine law well enough to heal and
reform men rs did the primitive Christ
ians' and when one does understand
TINS law in its spiritual sense. he Is in =
deed Christian Scientist. as truly as
one who understands the mathematical
law is mathematical scientist
The works of Jesus were lost
through, the idolatry and materialism
of the dark ages that followed: but no
further discovery could be made until
he rediscovery of these same works.
Jesus had promised to send another
Comforter who should guide us into all
truth. but this Comforter could not
appear without first manifesting these
proofs of healing. When Mrs Eddy
rediscovered primitive Christian heal
ing. she made the further discovery Of
It's Science. and called it Christian Sci
encc 1t is indeed the spirit of truth
or Comforter which opens the way to
all Truth by revealing the practical
Science of Christian healing. SO that all
may follow in the way of Christ Jesus
Spiritual Activity.
When a man is suffering the burden
of disease. he wants to know directly
wherein is the practical application OF
this law to his needs-how it is that
ne may have the assurance that God
Is indeed "a very present help in from
BILE" Now student never prays to
have his problem i'm mathematics work
ITSELF out through vain wish. for this
would do away with the spirit ~ un-
Outstanding. He has the rule and so
the problem. but he must act in obedi-
ence to the rule. There must be a
mental activity on his part. and as that
activity obeys the mathematical rule
the correct solution is inevitable In
Christian Science we have this divine
law. We are also confronted by the
problems of sin and disease. Our next
important step IS to act or demonstrate
that law. and that which actuates the
divine law. that which gives to it a
healing effect. is the energy of 4 ornal
spirit, The prophet Zechariahf, diced
this Christian idea when he said Not
by might. nor By power. but by nv
spiit. smith the Lord" For the hour
cometh.' said Jesus, 'and now is. when
the true worshippers shall worship the
Father in spirit and in truth
Then as our spiritual sense. by which
we worship God. is guided by the di-
vine law-that is scentifically-Chris
ian healing is inevitable. It is truly
significant that Jesus opened his mis-
sion with Isaiah's prophetic words
The spirit of the Lord is upon me"
From that moment he began to solve
those problems of truth which involve
the destruction of sin and disease. He
healed the sick, cleansed the lepers
raised the dead. cast out devils More
over he declared according to the re-
vised version) that God is Spirit"
God IL Nrinciple.
1t is therefore evident to YOU that
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but You have observed that 1t presents
several Scriptural names for Deity.
This does not mean SO many different
gods. for these are human terms used
10 define the one God according to their
several offices. That is Truth is the
law; Love fultils the law: Spirit demon
Strates the Science of the law, and so
forth. To illustrate: Let us suppose
we have a six sided room. with each
side Il mirror and lamp placed in the
center of the room. Each mirror will
present a perfect reflection of the lamp.
which will be similar each to the other.
And vet their office differs, for the rea-
son that it Is the office of one to image
or define the north side. for another to
image or define the east side. and go
on. requiring them all to image or de-
fine the complete object In like man.
ner these synonymous terms for Deity
are necessary to present the complete
nature and being of God whereby we
have the Scriptural definition that God
Love. Though differing in their office.
we recognize that they are really iden-
teal in their essence. for divine Love
is indeed the Mind and Spirit which is
God.
1t is evident. therefore. that Christian
Science teaches no new God. but we do
present to you new name to incud"
these Synonymous terms for Deity. and
that new name is Principle. And right
here | ask of YOU, who can conceive of
a divine law without Principle to
govern that law? Christian Science
teaches therefore that God is divine
Principle. The reason may be seen in
the relation of Principle to rule as pre-
scented by the Century dictiopary. you
can make a rule; you can not make q
Principle; you can lay down a rule
you can not. properly speaking. lay
down Principle. 1t is talready) laid
down for you, You can establish a
rule. you can not properly speaking.
establish a Principle. You can only
declare it," If this word Principle inn
plies any of the harshness of the Mo-
sale law with its thou shalt" and
thou shalt not. we must remember
that the divine Principle manifests all
wisdom, intelligence and goodness. In
deed 1t includes the all of divine Love
which binds up the bSoken hearted and
sets the captive free.
Method In Jesus Teaching.
Recognizing how essential 1t is. Mt
some time. for all to claim their God
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