The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-21

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us, that God neither sees nor knows
SIM
Life is creative and death destruc-
tive, so that God, the only and primal
Creator, must be life, and not death,
and therefore death measured by the
standard of perfection which God is,
is not real but is the Suppositional
absence of or belief in the negation of
| Life. Then where shall we look for
the origin of the belief in sin and
I death except in the mortal conscious
ness. The mortal consciousness is to
be put off with the old man and his
deeds; as it is put off and is super
coded by immortal consciousness, man
shall cease to know sin and death
and manifest eternal Life, being per-
feet even as his Father which is in
heaven is perfect"
The question naturally presents it
self at this point, Where did mortal
consciousness come from?" My answer
| is that | don't know where it came
from, but l do know it didn't come
from God, because it manifests discord
Is there anyone in the audience who
knows where the belief that the world
is flat surface originated? Is any,
one still sticking to the belief that it
is flat surface, just because they
don't know the name address of the
man who started that foolish belief?
OF course not. 1t has been proven to
be a sphere, and Jesus, the Christ,
proved to the world, by his words and
works, that sin, disease and death
are no part of Gods creation, and that
His children do not live, nor move,
nor have their beign therein.
The universal belief about death is
either the gateway to Heaven or the
entrance down below. This belief
should lead us logically to destroy the
innocent infant in order to insure it's
gaining the kingdom, and the action
babes into the river Ganges, was based
on sound logic and good reason; but
the belief that death is ever friend
is fallacious.
Death is an enemy. Christ proved
Its unhealthy, and overcame it in ac-
cordance with the law of God, thus
| loot I'M ,1ti Il fNy
all mankind. Do you think this a
statement impossible of acceptance?
1t is not an original one, by any means
and is simply reiteration of what
Paul said. Paul didn't say you can
so on overcoming all things until i,
comes to death, and that you are a
helpless victim when that presents it
self He said the last enemy to be
destroyed is death. and in his letter
10 Timothy he wrote: Christ Jesus
hath abolished death and brought life
and Immortality TO light" DO you be
lieve Paul knew what ne was writing?
DO you believe the statements to be
true? We, as Christian Scientists, ac
cept them without modification OF
qualification, because they are so alb
solutely in accord with what our Mas
ter did and said. No! Christian
Scientists nave not yet reached the
point where they have overcome the
universal belief in death, nor have
overcome the universal belief in death
nor have they Yet reached the point
where they heal every case brought
to them, but like the prodigal son OF
Bible story, we have started on our
journey back to our Fathers home
we are tired of living in country far
away from Him; we are tired of feed
ing on the husks of words that, no mat
ter how beautiful they may be, fail
to bring MS any proof OF their truth
and We shah reach that heaven OF
rest, a.td find peace, comfort and JOY
in his sl. lteling love.
We do know, however, when the in,
fallible Principle OF Christian Science
is followed absolutely, man shall solve
all life's problems correctly, and real
ize. in full the meaning of the saving
GLORY to God in the highe st. peace
on earth, good will toward men.
Some one viii say at this point, il
what you say is true. what are yoc
going to do with the biblical promise
Whom the Lord loyeth. he chasten