Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-24

In the book of Isaiah we read, $50
shall my word be that goeth forth out
of my mouth; it shall not return unto
me void. but it shall accomplish that
which | please, and it shall prosper
in the thing whereto 1 sent it,"
After the advent of the Master
whose whole life was continuous I'M
folding of the WORD of God" Luke,
his disciple, declares that 'his word
was with power" and the beloved
John makes the browning statement:
THE Word was with God, and the
Word was God"
a fact of great import to mankind
is met with just here, to wit, the
adaptability of this Word of God to
the affairs of men today. With the
exception of the most devout Chris
tian lives, mankind in general has
relegated the Word of God to remote
ages. Whatever God may have done
in the past, matters of today are sup
posed to be left to so-called natural
law, and to the supervision of the men
and women involved in them. and the
Word of God is considered not avail
able, or is not remembered until every
human agency has failed.
Mrs. Eddy's book, Science and
Tealth with Key to the Scriptures"
God, but testifies to it's presence, its
power its availability to meet the sore
needs of men; sets in motion, if such
expression may be used, the activity
of this Word" by urging the children
of men to think it, to speak it, to I'M
derstand it, to love it, to live it. The
book sets forth such clear eXplana-
tion of this age-abidins Word, that
"Key to the Scriptures" Is indeed
afforded. The first effect of this book,
in many households, is to bring an I'M
used Bible from its resting place, and
send a family searching through its
pages, eager to find its Word of Life
a living reality for today
Every heart wherein good is ascen-
dant, longs for the time when evil shall
'be put out, and deceit quenched;"
that faith shall flourish" and that
corruption shall be overcome" and
every such heart rejolces that the time
foreseen by this prophetic Esdras is at
hand; that time when 1.-THE truth,
which hath been so long without fruit,
shall be declared" The advent of
Christian Science declares again that
the truth which bore its fruit in the
life of the Founder of Christianity,
rouses human thought from its faith in
dormant. unused Word" to a prac-
teal, intelligent utterance of that
which heals and redeems.
One of the first things asked of the
sufferer who turns his attention to
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, is lIdl he SldIl OG-
clare the truth and refuse TO voice err
ror. He may understand very little
of this in his first effort, and perhaps
may demur when the subject is pre-
scented to him. But If he is obedient,
if he begins to utter the Word of God
which opposes the testimony Of ma
terial sense he will find this declared
Word dislodging and demolishing the
accumulated thinking of materiality.
with all its effects. This process may
not at first be understood. but if it be
undertaken, it will, one thought at a
time, undo the mental methods of error
and establish in individual conscious
ness the stately operations of the d-
vine Mind. This is true for the reason
that thought of some kind precedeS
every action and condition; and the
uuality of the thought decides the ma
ture of the external manifestation.
The thinking which has bred discom-
fort and disease must be abandoned.
when Christly standards are adopted,
and the only way to discard it is TO
put something better in it's place.
Hence Christian Science urges that
an exchange be made, thought for
thought, statement for statement, and
words of truth submitted for the for
mer conversation" of the fieshly mind.
When Truth is well understood and
loved, this is no toisome task, for
the knowledge of the power and pres
ence of God springs readily into