The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-21

| Into the error OF thinking that eternal
nc VIII begin for each of us when
our experience here has ended, but
thoughtful consideration makes us
know that eternal life never be
gan and will mover end. that
II is the same yesterday
today, and forever. The fact
thal lie Is and IS eternal. Is positive
pToof that death Is not, and leads US
10 search the Scriptures that VIC
may ind how TO turn from death unto
II will be argued that this state
ment OF Jesus referred simply TO the
spiritual life; and this IS true. for
there is only one Life and that Life is
spirit God. The work which Chris
tian Science is doing for mankind To-
day Is enabling US to eliminate from
consciousness the belief that thero Is
/ any life other than the spiritual. and
is bringing dominion and power 10 the
one who before was held In bondage,
subject TO all things. master of
none. When Jesus said. "If a man
keep my saying. he shall never sec
DEATH the saying he referred 10 was
this; he that belleveth on me, the
works that I do shall he do also; and
greater works than these shall he do;
because 1 50 unto My Father" The
works he was doing when he made
this statement were these. he was
healing the sick. cleansing the lepers,
casting out evils, and raising the
dead, by the Spirit OF God. to His
glory. and To the liberation OF all
those who turned 10 him.
The Healing Work.
Unless these same works are be-
Ing accomplished today, We are Chris.
tlans In name only. To be a Christian
means TO be a follower OF Christ; TO
be a follower of Christ one must be
doer of the Word. and must bring
out all the fruits which Christ said
should be brought out by those who
followed him In spirit and In truth"
10 IS taught that the healing OF tho
sick without medical agency, as Jesus
healed, is miraculous, and that the
time for miracles has gone by. We
are told that today Gods word IS de-
stroying sin and saving the sinner
just as Il did in the early days OF
the Christian era, and that the only
reason Jesus healed the sick as he
did when on earth was to convince
the Jews, who were a stiff-necl6ed
people. that ne was the Messiah OF
promise and the fulhlment OF pro
phecy. Do wo not know that never In
the history OF the world were there
so many Whe need 10 be convinced
that Christ is tho Messiah, as at the
present time? Shall it be urged that
all the stlfR-necEed people were Jews?
Shall s. be urged that We no longer
siah2 Or shall we recognize the eT-
ror Of our former ways, and in hu-
mility study the life and teaching Of
Christ Jesus on earth 50 that We may
be able TO fulhl his prom
ise and show to the doubter
and unbeliever Of today that
he was "the Son Of the living Cod
the absolute ful1lment OF all pro-
phecy and every promise which the
Bible holds out 20 mankind?
There is no way whereby Wo can
demonstrate that God Is true. other
than by doing His viii and manifest
ing His supremacy in all things. The
Bible teaches us that Cod Is "a very
present help IN trouble Mankind
say that He IS In cases OF sin, but
that II one be sick, he must turn to
medicine II he expects TO regain his
health There IS nothing IN the
Bible that gives authority for any one
to say in what kind of trouble God
may be a very present help, nor TO
say there Is a trouble that IS beyond
Gods ability or desire to overcome