The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-20


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Principle.
As Christian Science is based upon
eternal truth it cannot be considered
new in principle. but as the Christian
and scientific method by which spirit
ual truth becomes applicable to human
needs, Christian Science is unique and
wholly original No other system of
religion or science can explain it or
It's method. No other system OF educa-
ton equips one with knowledge by
which to judge 1t. II is explained only
by itself. and even then not theoreti-
cally. but scientifically through DEM
| onstration.
Therefore, before one even attempts
to Judge this science he should not
only study it. but test it according to
its rule. The prevalent tendency to
criticise any subject from the stand
point of information promiscuously
obtained is wholly unjustilable. From
| such standpoint however. It IS not
strange that one should gain a fam
tastic notion of Christian Science and
| De opposed to it.
Christian Science Education.
No ordinary system of education has
ever given a knowledge OF God. IN
deed. prevailing educational methods
are based largely, If not wholly, upon
matter. Even religion has not general
" assumed nor taught that a knowl-
edge of God is possible Christian
Science is educational in the highest
sense. the from the highest standpoint
1t is a ceaseless protest against ig-
norance- 1t declares a knowledge of
God to be fundamental, natural. intui-
tive. It awakens thought to the rec
ognition Of this intuitive knowledge
and provides a rule by which such
knowledge may be proved when recog-
nized
That we exist is a fact which all
are forced to admit. Yet no one will
claim that he is self-existent Man
exists as effect, and the admission of
existence Involves the admission of a
cause, basis or principle of existence.
Everyone. whether he knows it or
not, is, merely by existing, proclaim
Ing that cause, basis or principle, that
self-existence whom Christians unite
in calling God. Christian Science
brushes aside the finite conceptions of
Him, removes the superstitions and
fantastic beliefs pertaining to His per-
sonality, and in their stead, awakens
and establishes ideas which, coincid-
ing with revelation and sustained by
reason and logic, reveal God Alright.
All scientific knowledge consists of
ideas. The Bible declares that to know
God Alright is life eternal. Christian
Science enables one not only to be-
lieve in the Bible, but also to under
stand it. God is eternal To believe
otherwise would be to deny ones ex-
istence and admit the possibility of
chaos. Because He Is eternal. He is
without taint or suggestion or knowl-
edge of any destructive element Sin
and disease are admitted to be de-
structive. They never build UP. They,
on the contrary, always tend to tear
down or destroy. They cannot, there
fore, be any part of the consciousness
which is infinite and eternal The
words infinite and eternal exclude
everything that is finite or destructive
or destructible.
The basis of prayer, which is Chris
tian Science means the method of
demonstrable understanding, is, then
to see that because God is eternal He
could not have cognized anything de-
structive. since to know sin and dis
ease would be to have them in con-
sciousness. Christian Science crystal
ICES this fact into the statement that
God is good, and being unlimited and
infinite, He is therefore unlimited. in
finite good This statement God is
good is unquestionably true and won
derfully helpful. It is brief, positive
and scientific, and when conversely
used, 1t is not only equally true, but
more helpful for 1t gives a clear idea
of deity.
Cause, basis, principle must be in
telligence or mind. There is only one
cause, one God. Therefore, speaking
scientifically there is only one Mind. |
This one Mind as cause, creator, God,
Is unquestionably power and as there
is only one power which as Mind. as
Good. is all-power, or omnipotence. The
omnipotence of God Is thus seen to be |
a scientific fact and His omnipresence
and omniscience are discerned in the
same way. and we best understand |
these facts and their practical value byl
using the word Mind, Good, Love. to |
explain to ourselves and others the
true meaning of the word God. In an I
educational endeavor, words may be /
used in any correct way to improve |
thought Upon the unquestionable |
basis of self-existence we are, there
fore, led to acknowledge the existence
of God and his omnipotence. omni-
science and omnipresence and such
facts become more real to US when we
see that they inevitably mean the ON
impotence, omnipresence, omniscience
of Good. of Divine Love, of the one
Mind.
Explains EVIL.
These facts when first apprehended,
however, often produce something Of
a mental dilemma. The science is
clear and beautiful and satisfactory,
and is supported by irrefutable logic.
but the every day experience is unlike
this science. and seems to set aside
its logic. Indeed. human experiences
do not generally confirm the divine
facts but are often contrary to them
and an explanation is naturally de-
manded Yet no sign shall be given
except the sign Of the prophet Jonah"
the sign of obedience. This is the
same sign or explanation demanded by
music or mathematics obtained only
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