Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-18
ing its possibilities and prove its truth by

!, person, dciied. located in one spot or
place is indefensible, because He could not
be omniprescnt and be in less than all OF
infinite space Even if God be such II per-
son, is it not true that He must have a
mind that controls His body. and which
must have preceded it: From this view
point is not the Christian Science statement
that God is infinite Mind. and that, there
fore. all is Mind and Minds idea, is the
most practical. reasonable and logical solu-
ton Of the subject:
The contention that God is infinite Mind
carries with it the logical conclusion that
the Infinite cannot think of finite things or
have finite IDEAS Every thought emanat-
ing from Mind or God must be infinitely
good or infinitely bad. There can be no
dispute on this point. for one is the anti
thesis of the other. hence all reality must
be either absolute good or absolute bad
without qualification.
For the illustration of this point let us
imagine all tn" white lead in the world
gathered into one vast lake where it lies
absolutely pure and unsulied. Take Il pin.
dip into Il bottle Of ink. and sink this ink
covered point into the white lead Mix in
Just that little speck of blackncss will the
lead ever be absolutely pure white again ::
No: You may not be able to see the stain.
but it is there forever
II Infinite Mind ever had for one instant
an idea. perception or conception of sin.
in that very instant it ceased to be abso-
Iutcly sinless. You may as we'll assert that
an immovahle object and an irresistible
force can "c"'lry The same place at the same
time: tha. love and hate. truth and lie.
Intelligence and non-intclligcnce are all
Synonymous. as I" cling to the unseemly
belief that the good God creates permits
secs knows sin.
God. after he finished his creative work,
{ a!led it Every good and rested
Look around you and see the misery,
shame. dishonesty. immortality. degradation
and Grim" that mortal man is stepped in.
ana tell me. is it very good" Can YOU
conceive of the immutable good God. able
10 make Ills children to reflect Himself,
hooking down such things and enjoying
hem: No. Il thousand times. no: such Il
thing is utterly impossible. These things
cannot be rIuny 10 as real but outside of
and apart from God. for he is omnipreSen,
Then We are forced to admit either that
the Christian Science teaching as to the I'M
realty Of sin is true. or else that God is in
Gnitcly bad.
is there no sin: Yes. as long as people
believe so. and long as they indulge il,
HE belief in it. they shall suffer for it, and
there can be hope OF pardon so long
rs i, is INDUCED in. Christian Science
'rArh"S that the only way to escape the
penalty Of sin is 10 stop SHINING. When sill,
! abandoned and destroyed. there is moth
n| left to h" forgiven suffered for and
man is free. Sin has place in the divine
creation. is not of God and. in reality. does
iui exist.
The great sin for which people suffer is
HE belief in Il power apart from cod. God
is the only creator and il such a power
exist. He mus, have created it. If it is
true. and VIII" will question it, that "a
doublr minded m"n is unstable in all his
ways. what nope would there he for us in
seeking salvation ii Gnd be 'doublc minded
and has dnur this thing: lie is the same
yesterday. today and forever and 50 this
power. if ii exists must be the same yes
trrday. today and forever making of evil
an eternal reality.
Is it possible for proplr to be both good
and bad at the same time: Would it be
possible for Gnd to be 50! What right
hAv" we to call anything that God crra tes
bad when tn" Scriptures tell us that every
Thing He made is Good: If we accept the
theory that God creates or permits evil
how shall know whether that which
thr world calls good is bad or whether thai
which it calls bad is good:
II God is cUpubic only of Good and
hHoTs nothing but G0Od. and man is ca
pable of beth Good and evil. then ii would
seem as though The created manifcsts some
thing the Creator knows nothing Of and
that the idea has inherent possibilities OF
which the Mind which conceives it. is to-
tally unconscious.
Is it not apparent that any such belief
leads to confusion worse ronfounded" tc
the depths of mental. moral and physical
deycnerary. the destruction in our thought
Of ANY standard of good. and finally /,
moral idiocy:
'Doth a fountain send forth at the same
rlar" sweet water and bitter" When it does
then may conceive of the posSibilit,
"f God creating a power opposed to Him
self. which h,inhpS even Him. in that sil
and suffering seem to so greatly prcponjer
ate in our thought.
Some good Bible student will say at thi,
point. II what You say is true what are
you going TO do with the Scrptural promise
'Nhnm the Lord lOvcth He chastenetl
am going /" accept this passage cxactl,
as il should read. but this passage does
not mean tina, are to anticipate per
| p"tUai diScnrd in order that this promis,
| may be fulfilled. The word ''chastcn'' come
| from the Greek root "Paiduein" whicl
means /" instruct or direct. and when 70,
read The passage as il should be rendered
| "Whom til" Lord Iovo,h lie inslructcth
| il really becomes another proof of til,
| christian Science teaching as to the al,
| normal nature of sin. which Christ de
str"yed in conformity with til" Law which
| ';od revealed in Him.
| In order that sin may b" committed thrr.
mUSt be temptation. and in order that lhelr
! may |" trnntatnn there must be sin ant
| Ihry must both come from the same source
| IS That source God. or mankind: If il b.
Sod W" are lost. but il il is mankind w,
! may hr saved.
Hear what James has to say on this sub
1rc. "i"l no man say when he is tempted
! | am tempted Of God: For God cannot b.
! tempted with evil neither tcmptc1h he an,
| man but every man is tempted when H.
! is drawn away OF his own lust and Ell
| llrcd. Then when Inst has conceived. i
| brinG"th forth sin. and sin. when i, i
| finished. hringrlh forth trath''
i'ar" we. in the face of This. any longc
associate God with sin in any mamie
| WhHirycr:
|
| was talking for the enlightenment of al
! mankind when He told Isaiah to say to tn