Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-23
MADE FOR LIFE
NOT FOR DEATH
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE STANDS
FOR HARM0MNY
Confidence in Divine Power Is Fun-
damentaI Necessity of Our
Relne-HumanIty Longs
for Truth
PROF. J. R. MosLEY

K<HT HAT a piece of work IS mani
w How noble in reason! How
w infinite In facultiesi" Thus
Shakespeare; while Mrs. Eddy writes
"The admission to ones self that man
is Gods own likeness sets one rree TO
master the infinite idea. This conVlc-
tion shuts the door on death and opens
it wide towards Immortality" (Science
and Health, D. 800. When mortals see
themselves from the depths of their
temptations, they are at least ready 10
appreciate Goethe's contention that
men are capable of doing or being a
party to ali the evil that has been or
ever will be done. When, on the otner
hand, we see ourselves from the
heights of our desires and aspirations
even as we hope and feel we are seen
and loved of God, we feel that we are
capable of doing, or being party TO,
ali the good that ever has been or ever
will be sought after, loved, and done.
What man really is, as Gods image
and likeness, and what we may accom-
plish as we awaken to this likeness,
does not SO fully appear as does what
mortal and sinful man would do II ne
were left free to follow out all OF MS
evil desires, suggestions, or tempta-
tions. We are yet only known IN
part" and only conceive or nope IN
stood closest to him in spirit and
achievement, saw and taught that all
the heights and depths and glories OF
the nature and possibilities of man IN
conscious union and harmony with GOD
have not as yet been demonstrated, nor
even expressed in terms of human con-
ception, aspiration, and hope.
While mortal man processes to
powers and virtues he knows that he
does not possess, and desires evils tnat
he is afraid to have known, we f1nd
that as we get glimpses of man as he
should be, and as he really is as GODS
idea, he is endowed with q nature which
only perfection can satisfy and with
faculties which will enable him to
realize this nature. There Is nothing
too noble and God-like for him TO
aspire after and to attain to. AT heart
we do not feel that anything is too good
to be true. We believe in the aspira-
tions, hopes and prophecies of the best
men and women, as well as in the good
deeds and mighty works that are at
tributed to them, because everything
good and desirable seems reasonable
and possible. Indeed we feel that the
reasonableness or the possibility of
realizing any spiritual gift is in direct
proportion to it's ability to satisfy our
highest sense of good.
Meant for Better Things
1.-THE fidelity of what is to what is
good" is the necessary decomposition
as well as the very essence of all true
faith. The nature of the real man
being derived from God and at one
with Him, God demands of us nothing
which our best and real self does not
also demand. The very fact that SO
much is demanded OF us by the teach
ing Of the Master, and by the ever
present Christ, is the best kind Of evil
dence that man is meant for something
far higher and better than we have yet
realized; and that every step forward
In the spiritual life is not only salts
flying, comforting and healing to our
whole being, but also awakens new and
better desires and gives birth to higher
and more glorious hopes, is the best
kind of proof that an all-wise and low
ing Father has made provision for us
beyond what we can think or hope.
In actual experience we find that in
order to be at peace with conscience,
in harmony with our best selves, in
fellowship with mankind, and in con-
scious union with God, we must have
an ever-growing and deepening sense