The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-05

Ilan lived. and 81 absorbed into Ulely
The teachings Of Christian Science ab-
aolutely overthrow any such idea. and
infelfgcntly instruct Us % know that
Nan % one with God. as the idea - one
with the mind that conceiVeg it--nO part
0f the mind whatever. bat inseparable
from it-and 90 e il with Nan, Gods
idea about himself Gods Image and
likeness I He is inBeparable from God,
the Mind, the Creator which cOnceives
him, but ia no sense Is he any part Of
God. and IN no sense is bis individuality
ever lost. bat IL &c eternal a. the Crea-
tor who created him.
Probably nothing has been more mis-
understood By people than the state
ment made By Christian Scientists that
SIN, disease and death are not realm
fact are nothing but q false belief J
When this statement IL understood Il
stands out m bold relief as hOnOFing
God By recognizing IN deed, aa well as
word, His Omnipotence, omniseience,
and Omnipresence az Good, wherein
there is neither elemental evil nor aeon
eentive passiYiiy which seems TO rec0g-
nize evil and permits ITS existence.
Christian Science gives us but one stan
dard Of measurement, and that standard
Is God Whenever, therefore. anything
presents itself TO q Christian Scientist,
he Immediately measures II By the stan
dard Of perfection which God is, and II
it fails 20 measure Up 70 that standard,
It is known 10 be un Godlke and II un-
GOdlike, not eternal; and il not eternal,
not real.
How DO we know that sin, disease
and death are not GOdlike how do we
know that sin, disease and death haYe
nothing % do with God; never did have,
and never will Jesus told US so, and
very plainly too. He said he came,
doing the will Of the Father, He also
said he came, not 10 destroy, but 10 full
81, and Immediately he went 10 work
60 heal the sick, cleanse the leper cast
out evil and raise the dead with the
Word Of God. DO you think Jesus
knew what he was doing Do you
think he told truth when he said
that he came not to destroy but 20
fulfill X you believe be told
the truth. then you are forced TO
admit that II Was nothing that he de-
stroyed when he cast those things out,
for not otherwise can the truth of his
statement that he came not TO destroy
but to fulfil. be upheld
More than that, DO you remember the
man who was III that he spoke 20. and
said, Satan hath bound thee 2 DO
you suppose he meant that in just that
one instance Satan had bound the man
Just because he was bad, and that in
another instance God wO lld DO the bind
ing because a man was good Do you
think the statement Jesus made indi-
Gates an agreement Of partner snip be-
tween I'D and Satan, God making some
I'll haf ar
making some III, because they are bad !
OF course you don't believe anything Of
the kind.
Then, remember. that other man who
laid sick OF the palsy, 10 whom Jesus
said ''Thy Gins be forgiven thee :
and the man took up his bed and. walked,
Again, he said IF a man keep my
saying he shall never see death" DO
you believe II, do you believe that state
ment Oh. what a call that Is 20 as TO
folltW IN the footsteps OF our Master
how it says 20 you and to me: The
time Is now when ye shall do The works
that He did when We shall take the
Word Of God aud heal the sick shall
cast out evil, and shall raise the dead
In the name Of Cod
We shall have every one Of these
things 20 do. either here or hereafter,
in the sclf-same way that Jesus did
them, whether we want % or not. bes
cause there Is no Way whereby We may
enter the Kingdom save through Him.
If He - the Way. and the only Way,
then you and ] can only reach That
KingLO Of God which is within as by
doing what he did, and as he did, 10 the
Omplishmtnt Cf our individual saliva
tiOn, In the manner Jesus indicated.
We all know the works OF heating
from sckness and raising the dead Je-
sus accomplished with Gods wUrd A.
well az the sin he overcame with Il, and
we also know that he said "He that
believeth in me. the works that ] d.
shall he do also and greater works
than these shall be do because ] 90 10
my Father Do yOu believe this stat
mant Do you believe In HINT Then
why don't you DO the works He did 80
a. 30 be prepared % do The greater
works Of His promise.
We have been taught Tor ages that
the time for miracles. 80 called, has
gone By. That He only did the healing
81 the sick that the Jews. who were q
sti0 necked people, might Be convinced
that he 49, lhe Messiah. Are there
no HiiI -necsed people on earth today
who need % be conyinced that he - ne
Messiah
Where. h &c Dlbie. A. We hnd ihe
. pormI1c1 fItcn 10 anyone 90 separate
auy para ol lhI1 r4or1Iee from l1e re-
ofitI WNentN cones che NNII0r.tY iQ