Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-09-30

as Gods acre., thus Indicating tina
God Is responsible for dearh, that I
is a part OF His plan Of salvation, al
avenue provided BY His infinite Wis
dom through which man must go il
order to reach heaven. This teach
ing has been almost universal, and
has been accepted by all as the truth
In spite OF the fact that Christ Jesus
said In so many words. ''If a man
keep my saying, be shall never see
DEATH When one Is brought face
I face with this statement, 1t does
not take an instant to realize that q
serious mistake has been made in
placing the responsibility for death
i upon God, for we all know that to
follow the teachings Of the Way
shower brings us to God, and in no
way whatever shuts us out from par
ticlpating in any Of those good and
perfect gifts which our Bible tells
us come down from above.
( Eternal Life.
Unconsciously we have all fallen
into the error of thinking that eter-
nal life will begin for each OF us
when our experience here has ended
but thoughtful consideration makes
us know that eternal life never began
and will never end, that 1t is the same
yesterday, today, and forever. The
fact that Life is and is eternal, is
positive proof that death is not, and
leads us to search the Scriptures
that we may find how to turn from
death unto life.
1t win be argued that this state
ment Of Jesus referred simply to the
spiritual life; and this is true, for
there IL only one Life and that Life 10
Spirit, God. The work which Chris
tian Science is doing for mankind
today is enabling us to eliminate
from consciousness the belief that
there is any life other than the spir-
itual, and is bringing dominion and
power to the one who before was
held in bondage-subject to all things
master of none. When. Jesus said,
III man keep my saying, he shall
never see death" the saying he re-
ferred to was this, "He that be-
lieveth on me. the works that do
shall he do also; and greater works
than II csc stall Re do; because ]
60 unto Father" The works he was
doing when he made this statement
were these: he was healing TIE sick
cleansing the lepers. casting out evils,
and raising the dead, "by the Spirit
Of God ITO His glory, and to the
liberation of all those who turned
to him,
The Healing Work.
Unless these same works are being
accomplished today, we are Christians
| in name only. TO be a Christian
means. to be a follower Of Christ; to
Ibe a follower Of Christ one must be
doer Of the Word, and must bring
out all the fruits which Jesus said
should be brought out by those who
followed him Sin spirit and in truth"
1t is taught that the healing Of the
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-
stroyilg sin and saving the sinner
lust as 1t did in the early days OF
the Christian era, and that the only
reason Jesus healed the sick as ne
did when on earth was to convince
the Jews, who were a stiff-necked
people, that be was the Messiah OF
promise and the fuIfillment Of proph-
ecy. Do we not know that never in
the history Of the world were there
so many who need to be convinced
that Christ is the Messiah, as at the
present time? Shall 1t be urged
that all Of the stiff-necked people
were Jews who died two thousand
years ago? Shall 1t be urged that
we NO longer need proof that Christ
is the Messiah? Or shall we recog-
uize the error Of our former ways
and in humility study the life and
teaching Of Christ Jesus on earth.
SO that we may be able to fulfil his
promise and show to the doub.er and
unbelieyer Of today that he was the
Son of the living God''--the absolute
fulfillment Of all phors ecy and every
promise which the Bible holds out
to mankind7