The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23

thread ~ this progressive revelation and
carried II on 20 complexion, that unbrokrr
| highway to the Fathers Kingdom was esiab
ished ON earth The yindication was ~
his works for he said though ye believe
not me believe the works Indeed these
works ~ healing and reformation were pre-
| cisely what Moses and the prophets had fore
told II the mission of Christ Jesus - "a
point the Way By manifesiing the works Of
healing. then the intelligence or spiritual
understanding which removes the scales Of
sin and disease in every age must be the
same Christ Truth, for i was declared no
man cometh unto the Father but by me,
that is. By these signs OF healing.
New the Scriptures imply that what the
Israelit.s lacked was the Christian teaching
that God il love, for ''he that loye,h not,
knoweth not God: for God is love More
over Paul declared that love is the fulfill.
ing Of the law. Thus We. learn that divine
Love is the benign presence that heals the
sick. reforms the sinner and fulfls the law.
Scientific Discovery.
have briefly presented this idea OF
divine law, fulflled In Love, by way OF
anticipating that frequent remark that Chris
,ian Science is neither Christian nor scien.
tihc What does il mean 10 have science
You well know that a science implies CLASSIFIED
understanding IL requires . law which must
be presented in Its unity, order and system
This is precisely what Christian Science does
II presents this divine law In its unity. or,
der and system, with such precision and
accuracy that Christian healing prevails by
way of proof IL is therefore eminently
scientific moreover it is Christian because
this law is not physical but divine, com
passionate and helpful
Everyone would enjoy TO have the power
to do the good that Jesus did everyone
would be glad to understand the divine law
well enough to heal and reform men as did
the primitive Christians. and when one does
understand this law in its spiritual sense, he
is indeed a Christian Scientist. as truly as
one who understands the mathematical law
is mathematical scientist.
The works of Jesus were lost through the
and materialism Of the dark ages
that followed: but no further discovery could
be made until the rediscovery Of these same
works. Jesus had promised to send another
Comforter who should guide us into all
truth, but this Comforter could not appear
without first manifesting these proofs OF
healing. when Mrs. Eddy redscovered prim'
tive Christian healing, she made the further
discovery of its Science, and called It Chris,
tian Science II is indeed the Spirit of
truth or Comforter which opens the way
to all truth, by revealing the practical
Science of Christian healing so that all
may follow in the way of Christ Jesus.
Spiritual Activity.
When man is suffering the burden OF
disease, he wants to know directly wherein |
needs, how it is that he may have the
assurance that God is indeed "a very present |
,elp in trouble Now student never prays |
o have his problem in mathematics. work i,
elf out through vain wish for this would |
10 away with the spirit of understanding. He
las the rule and also the problem, but ne
must act in obedience to the rule. There
must be mental activity on his part, and
IS that activity obeys the mathematical rule
he correct solution is inevitable. In Chris.
ian Science we have this divine law. We
re also confronted by the problems of sin
nd disease Our next important step Is to
ct, or demonstrate that law, and that which
ctuates the divine law, that which gives to
healing effect is the energy of eternal
prit The prophet Zechariah voiced this
'hristian idea when he said Not by might
or by power, but by my spirit, saith the
.ord. ~ For 1.-The hour cometh, said Jesus,
and now is, when the true worshippers
hall worship the Father in spirit and in
Then as our spiritual sense, by which we
orship God, is guided by the divine law
,evitabe: 1t is truly significant that Jesus
pened his mission with Isaiah's prophetic
ords, The spirit of the Lord is upon me :
rom that moment he began to solve those
ruction of sin and disease. He healed the
ok, cieansed the lepers, raised the dead, !
st out devils Moreover he declared !ac-
riding to the revised version) that "God is :
pirit.'
God is Principle.
1t is therefore evident to you that Chris
an Science presents no new God, but you
I'VE observed that it presents several Scrip r
raj names for Deity This does not mean :
many different gods, for these are human u !.
their several Offices. That is, Truth is the q
W; Love fulflls the law: Spirit dem \;
strates the Science of the law, and so on. :,
} ILLUSTRATED Let us suppose we have y
s.sided room, with each side mirror, and a
lamp placed in the center of the room 4
ch mirror will present perfect reflection Z
the lamp, which will be similar each to D
e other And yet, their office differs, for Il
e reason that it is the office of one to :;
age or define the north side, for another u
image or define the east side, and SO on, NJ
luiring them all to image or define the III
nplete object. In like manner these :,
nonymous terms for Deity are necessary ~
present the complete nature and being of W
n that God is all Mind, Spirit, Soul, Life, NJ ~
nth, Love. Though differing in their =,
CO. we recognize that they are really iden- ~
al in their essence, for divine Love is ~
It is evident therefore, that Christian rs Is.
ence teaches no new God, but we do ti'
sent to you a new name to include these ne
lonymous terms for Deity and that new gu
ches that God is divine Principle. The tn
son may be seen in the relation of Prin- IN
lie to rule as presented by the Century &c
tionary: You can MAKE a rule; you ca ca
mot make Principle; you can lay down IN IN
rn a Principle. 1t IS taireadyJ laid down Of
you. You can establish a rule; you can M
properly speaking, establish a Principle. al
can only declare it, If this word Prin- an
lie implies any of the harshness of the iol
II not. we must remember that it in
les the all Of divine Love which binds
the broken hearted and Sets the captive