Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-27

to be relegated to the dead ages of the
past, left away back beside the sea or
Galilee. Christian Scientists cannot
agree to this attempt to cut out or
make obsolete this part of the great
commandment Had they no other au-
thority than this which / have quoted,
/ they would feel compelled to maintain
\ that this commandment has not been
fully compiled with, and shall not be
| fully complied with, until the sick are
healed and the other works mentioned
/ therein accomplished, in accordance
with the teachings and methods of the
| Founder of the Christian religion. But
they are not compelled to rest upon
/ this alone. This commandment is sub
stantially reiterated in the other gos-
pels. / shall not now stop to notice
| these particularly, but do desire to
! call your attention to another COM
mandment which Jesus gave to his
disciples, with the exception of Judas
Iscari0t. who betrayed him. After his
crucifxion. and just before his ascen- |
sion, he gave to those disciples final
commandment which is recorded at the |
close of the book of Matthew. I asSl
your attention to its plainness as well
as to its sweeping character:
Even Unto End of World
GO ye therefore. and teach all ma
tions, baptizing them in the name of
the Father and of the Son, and of the |
Holy Ghost
"Teaching them to observe all things |
/ whatsoever 1 have commanded you; |
| and To- | am with you alWay, even unto |
the end of the world"
This language is plain and unquali-
fed. It we accept it for what it dis |
tinctly says we must conclude that it |
embraces all of that first great COM |
mandment, as well as all of any COM
+ mandment or instructions given by |
Jesus to his disciples. Without wish
| ing to criticise or condemn the views |
of others, l must frankly say that |
do not see how any one can read these |
plain words and give them a moments |
thought and continue longer to think |
or to say or believe that any part of |
the first commandment or of any COM
mandment ever given by Jesus to his |
disciples was to be put aside or to be-
come obsolete. Especially so when !
we consider the closing words of the |
/ final commandment, Teaching them
to observe all things whatsoever l have |
commanded you; and 10, am with you
alway, even unto the end of the |
world
In direct connection with Jesus first |
great commandment and his final COM
mandment, desire to call your atten-
| ton to one more declaration made by .
! It -
and it will be observed that with the
exception of the 103d Psalm I have
quoted exclusively from the teachings
of the Founder of the Christian re-
! ligion, and this ought to be good au-
thority for all protesting Christians.
Power Not Withdrawn
When we think of all the great works
that Jesus did during his earthly ca
reer, how he overcame and destroyed |
all kinds of sin, how he healed all man
ner of sickness and disease, how he |
raised the dead, how he walked the !
waves and stilled the tempest, and how
he did many other wonderful works, |
say, when we think of this, and view
things from the standpoint of our linn
tied mortal senses, we may well be |
astonished at the words which 1 now
quote as they are recorded in the 14th |
chapter of John, 18th verse: verify, |
verify, l say unto you, he that believeth
on me, the works that do shall he do .
also" Plain words. 1 do not see how
words could be palmer. II seems to
be only a question as to whether we |
shall accept them or reject them. We |
might we'll suppose that when Jesus |
had made so startling a declaration he .
would have ceased. We might we'll sup
pose that when he had in terms of such |
| solemnity and plainness declared that |
1 those who believe on him should do |
| the great works that he did, he would !
| have reached the utmost limit of mann |
| kinds hopes and expectations and pos
sibilities. But he did not stop there. |
He went further and uttered these yet |
more astonishing words: "And greater
works than these shall he do; because
I go unto my Father"
Because 1 go unto my Father" as
he here says, land 10, l am with you
alway, even unto the end Of the world"
as he says at the close of his final
commandment. If these words are
true, we must believe that the Christ
power and the Christ spirit were never
withdrawn from this world. Jesus went
unto the Father, into better under
standing of the divine law whereby
he did his mighty works upon the
earth, and by virtue of which those
who believe on him were to do not
only the works that he did, but great
er. Here, I say, is Jesus great COM
mandment to his disciples. Christian
Scientists are not responsible for 1t,
Mrs. Eddy did not write it, It stood
unrepealed unchanged, unmodifed,
long ages before her birth, long ages
before the birth of anyone claiming the
name of Christian Science today. We
are not responsible for 1t, but we are
responsible, together with all other pro-
Tossing Christians, for either accept
ing or rejecting these plain teachings.
Again, in Mark 18th we read: And
these signs shall follow them that be-
lieve; in my name shall they cast out
devils: they shall speak with new
tongues; they shall take up serpents,
and If they drink any deadly thing it
shall not hurt them; they shall lay
hands on the sick, and they shall re-
cover"
Mission of Christ
Jesus read from the Prophet Esaias
the following concerning his mission:
"The Spirit of the Lord Is upon me,
because /, he hath appointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor; he hath
sent me to heal the broken hearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them that are bruised"
This Is a clear and comprehensive
declaration of the mission of the Christ
We see from what has been quoted
that his mission. in it's mighty en-
tirety, was passed on to Jesus disci-
pies, by them to be handed down to all l.
nations. There Is no escape from this
conclusion when we group together the
sayings Of the Master, and give them
their plain and unmistakable meaning.
It is matter of history that for
200 years after the inauguration of
the Christian era the sick were healed
by the early Christians without resort
to material means or remedies Glib
bon, in his History of the Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire" treats
eloborately OF this subject under the
head of the early Christians. He cites in
stances of persons some Of them well