Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10

stamped upon the coin of our country,
and it was of no small moment, that
we-as a nation-should send forth a
medium of commercial exchange pear
ing this declaration to all people, In
God we trust" 1t is absolute. 1t ad-
mits of no relative position. 1t rings
with Immortality.
1t is interesting to note that the hrst
recorded teaching that we have Of the
omnipotent, omniscient, and omnlpres-
ent God is from Abraham.
The Jews are the only example OF
nation whose integrity has been pre-
served on the basis of faith in one God.
During their history, empires nave
risen and fallen, whole nations nave
been swept from the face of the earth,
but they adhered to their faith and
lived on. Many times they have been
mesmerized by idolatry, both from
within and from without; but there has
always been righteous remnant which
has kept alive trust in the one true
God There has been a prophet to
demonstrate when they went astray
and to point the way, with: Hear. Q
Israeli The Lord our God is one Lord
Moses Taught of Just God
The natural result of individual trust
in the one God brought out the form
of government that made all men equal
Moses--immortal law-giver - taught
that God is just On this conception
of God is built the ten commandments
Thus we see that we owe to the jewish
people an endless debt of gratitude for
the principle of equality on which our
republican form of government is
founded.
This is the God in whom we have
declared we trust. A just God. says
Job, "Acquaint now thyself with Him,
and be at peace" To trust in Him, we
must become acquainted with him. 1t
becomes, then, a necessary part of our
education The living of the ten COM
mandments is the cornerstone of a free
republic.
Those who are acquainted with the
teachings of Christian Science see in it
the one true educator. 1t will bring to
our educational system the spirit of the
ten commandments. When the idea of
a just God is clear to mortal, he com
mences to manifest it in justice to his
fellowman. Justice is mans highest
conception of right The keener his
sense of this, the clearer his distinction
between good and evil. This, when
followed, points higher and leads from
the animal to the spiritual qualities of
mind.
Men Not Raised in Mass
Men cannot be raised in a mass. The
work must be effected through the in
dividual; then our success is assured.
The divine impulse must be felt by
each one then man becomes a law
unto himself
The many complications that are
arising in our national life emphasize
and point to the fact that our citizens
need early instruction in the rudiments
Of Inc T
they may meet these errors wisely.
The work that God commenced in the
establishment of our republic will be
finished by him.
But what of our living? In this gold
en- age Christian Science has brought
to mankind the undeniable evidence of
q living God. 1t proves that he re-
wards the upright man. 1t leaves no
ground for unbelief. Any fair-minded
man who will investigate cannot but
be convinced that his power and pres
ence is manifested here today We
have one proof, we gain little trust;
we have a thousand and have gained
more.
Trust in God Comes by Degrees
Trust in God comes to this earth
sense of ours by degrees. We cannot
make good this declaration upon our
coins without living trust. We should
bring it into all our affairs. Give God
a chance to help us. There is nothing
too insignificant to ask guidance for.
Let each swift-passing hour come to
us laden with opportunities to prove
Loves presence. When divine Love-
as justice, is taught and lived by the
people of this nation it will overcome
all limitations of capital and labor.
1t will establish the perfect liberty of
the sons of God.
During this formative period we are
subject to many national diseases.
The cloud which appeared to prophet
Ezekiel carried with it winds and
storm, but it was environed by gold
en- circle. So will these reminders
prove to us a brightness if we learn our
lesson, that without God we can do
nothing.
Superstition is one of these "do-not-
trust-God' diseases. The nation would
refute the allegation that we are SUI
perstitious. Yet We are. Superstition
is the ignorant and irrational worship
of false gods. 1t has been the most
powerful factor in the enslavement of
the human race.
Jesus Taught Truth
Jesus of Nazareth and his disciples
taught the unadulterated truth, but
the people who listened to their words
were not entirely emptied of the old,
so we see superstition cropping out
again. The later teachings until the
advent of Science and Health are, as
Milton said, with superstition and
tradition faint"
Superstition was always denounced
by Jesus. The Sadducees of his day
had had some clear teaching by the
Jewish fathers along this line. The
general belief was, at that time, that
evil spirits took possession of people
and disputed with their souls for the
government of their bodies and that
the spirits of those dead came back and
possessed then. The eVangelists wrote
in accordance with this belief that they
might be understood by the people.
The germ, bacilli and microbe theory
of today is an outburst from this old,
latent volcano of superstition. There is
a likeness between the hoodoo of VOC
dooism and the cruel taboo of the tu-
berculosis subject of today. In both
instances the thought is that there is
an evil poWe which can take possess
sion and destroy.
Our. Master settled this matter for
ever When he said: There is nothing
frSIn without man that can
defile him; but the things which come
out of him, those are they that defile
the man." He taught the people it was
their evil thoughts that defied them.
The belief Of original sin, predestina-
ton, fatalism, demonoloey, and the
like, are all products of this same ig-
norance of the true God.
Strange Perversity in Human Mind
There is a strange perversity in the
human mind that often opposes it's