Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-05

portrayed. Christian Scientists do
not worship Mrs. Eddy, nor do they in
any sense of the word deity her i'll
their thought. The whole teaching of
Christian Science leads us to put self
under foot; to have no way and no will
save Gods way and Gods will; and
Mrs. Eddy says to the world and 10
her followers: We do love our leader.
but with love that las nothing per-
sonal in it; and we give her only the
allegiance and devotion to which her
tireless labor in mankind's behalf en-
titles her.
Il told you what Christian Science
did for me, physically. | am going to
tell you more. l had heard, in going
to the church with which my mother
was affiliated, and in which she was
an ardent worker, that Just the other
side of the valley OF the shadow OF
death there was that beautiful New
Jerusalem, the city with its golden
streets and its pearly gates, wherein
was told there was no more suffer-
ing, no more sorrow; but, strange as
it may seem, did not want to go to
Heaven if ! had to die to get there.
for, with the story of the New Jer1.
salem / also heard the story of the
other place, which is down, and not
up. And was told that near
ly all that passed through the
valley went down and not
up. The degree of uncertainty was toa
great to be attractive, and so there
had grown up in my thought, as a
young man and boy, terror and a
horror of God. heard that all things
We're the manifestation of His infinite
wisdom, and the terror grew and grew
in my thought, as l pictured Him as
located on some great throne, far
alove me, ready and willing to crush
the very existence out of me at any
instant, until had reached the point
where loathed the name of God.
Christian Science is Love.
my friends, Christian Science is
the demonstration of that great, ten
der, compassionate love which Jesus
Christ manifested to the world, not
only in his word, but in his demonstra-
ton of it's wonderful power. We want
you to know that Christian Science is
the revelation to mankind today that
only as we live the religion Of love,
making it's demonstration that of do
ing unto others as we would be done
by, are we showing any conception of
that religion, pure and indebted,
which the bible commands us to dem.
onstrate.
love brings no evil; love brings no
suffering to man; and the understand
ing of love, as it is demonstrated in
Christian Science, enables man 10
reach out to his brother with a ten
derness, a sweetness, sense of CON
sideration the world knows not Of
until it is given to it through Chris
tan Science
christian Science is the NANTES.
tation of that love that respects no
person, that knows no relationship
save the universal brotherhood, bring
ing to mankind the satisfied con-
seriousness that it is really, demon,
strably proved, that God is love- In
this consciousness of demonstrate 80,
ligion, Christian Scientists have their
satisfaction, their joy, their sense Of
harmony that can never be disturbed
and their consciousness Of love that
stretches out into the universe includ-
ing all in its omniscience, turning us,
weary and heavy laden, to Calvary and
the cross, where we are freed from its
weight, and it's shadow in fulfillment
OF the promise of Him whose worl
never faileth. There we find surcease
TO- our pain, our sorrow and tears, in
spiritual regeneration, emerging gent,
ly out of self and away from the
world, flesh and evil, into that everlast-
ing peace which God giveth his beloved
children, and toward which Mrs Eddy,
Gods revelator to this age, is leading
US.
Eve ask you to investigate not
Christian Scientists, but Christian
Science, and see how absolutely it re.
veals the godly standard, wherein
what blesses one blesses all Every
promise shall be fulfilled, and the
grand work of Christ, as exemplified il
Christian Science, be universally ac.
cepted. Then shall His will be done
in earth as it is in Heaven then shall
we realize that His is the kingdom
and the power and the glory forever,
seeing the full fruition Of love, having
no other gods than Our Father which
are in heaven who is life, truth and
love eyerla sting"