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


God Is Of purer eyes than % behold EVIL
and cannot look upon Iniquity.
lf God Ia 81 pUrer eyes cha p behold
evil and cannot look upon iniQuity, Il
He created death. and death b. che wa
ges Of sin, then Il logically follows that
God created Elm, and rs everything He
created Is good, Il further follows, log
ically. that siu b not evil, but Is good,
an argument that cannot for an instant
be sustained; and our hearts are filed
with Joy when we know, aa Christian
Science teaches that God neither sees
nor kno ~ sin
Llfa "a creative and death destructive.
20 that God. the only and primal Crsa-
tor. must be life, and not death, and
therefore death. measured BY the stand
ard Of perfection which God 10. Is not
real but is the supp0sitional absence Of
or belief in the neRati0n Of hife. Then
where snail we look for Che origin Of
the belief in sln and death except in the
mortal consciousness The mortal con-
sciougness Is 20 be put Of with the old
man and his deeds; as Il is put of and
superseded by immortal consciousness,
man shall cease b know Sin and death
and manifest eternal Life, being per
rect even as Ills NhllNA WHICH - III
heaven is perfect.
The question naturally presents itself
at this point Where did mortal con-
sciOusness come fr0m2" Ny answer Is
that don't know where lt came from,
but ] do know il didn't come from God,
because il manifests disc ord. Is there
anyone in the audience who knows
where the belief that the world Is a fiat
surface Originated2 Is anyone still stick
ing 10 the belief that il is fat surface,
Just because they DONE know the name
and address OF the man who started
that foolish belief. OF course notl
Il has been proven 20 be a sphere, and
Jesus, the Christ, proved tO.the world.
By his w0ris and works, that sin, dis
ease AMI death are no part OF Gods
creation, and that His children DO not
live. nor move, nor have their being
therein.
The universal belief about death is
that 1t is either the gateway % Heaven
o. the entrance down below This be-
lief should lead us logically 20 destroy
the innocent infant IN order TO insure
It's gaining the kingdom, and the acton
of the natives Of India in casting their
babes into the river Gauges, was based
on sound logic and good reason; but the
belief that death Is ever a friend il fall
lacI0us.
Death is an. enemy. Christ proved it,
and overcame it in accordance
with the law Of God, thus indicating ul-
innate freedom from death for all man
kind DO you think this a statement
impossible Of acceptsnce2 IL is not an
original one, by any means, and IS sim
PLY reitteration OF what Paul said.
Paul didn't say "a can go ON oyercom-
ing all things until IL comes TO death,
and that you are "A helpless victim when
that presents itself. III said the last
enemy to be- destroyed Is death, and in
his letter 20 Timothy he wrote: Christ
Jesus hath ABOLISHED death and br ught
life and Immortality 20 light Do you
believe Paui knew what he was writing
Do YOU beheve the statements ~ be
true? We, a. Christian Scientist, &C
crpt them without modification or quail
iicati1n because they are so absolute.
ly IN accord with what our Master did
and sod Mol Christian Scientists have
not vet reached the point where they
have % FercUme the unlver al b lief in
death. nor have they yet reached the
uO.n' where they he every case brought
to them, bu' ike tie prodigal son o.
Bible DRY. we nave started on our
journey back 90 our Ftther's home; ~
are tired Of living in a country far away
from II m; we are tired n feeding On
the husks Of words mat, M matter how
beautiful tnev may bs, ftil 70 bring 80
any prof of their ira b and We shall
reach Oh q haven OF resi-, and fi1d peace,
comfort. and joy in his sheiterng love.
We DO know, however, when the
intallible Principle OF Christian Science
Is followed absolutely. man shall solve
ali life's problems correctly, aud realize,
10 fun the meaning OF The saying
"Gl0rg Go God IN the highest pelee on
eafih, good Will toward men. Some
one will lay al this POINT, u what you
9 81 l. lrIo. what are YOU going 20 do
win the biblical promise; Whom tn
Lori loveth he ch istene hf' ] am not
ruina 20 c1angs word Of the Bible IN
order to excl ia this e. sou. but ! am
goiiR 30 call your attention 10 some
thing Won sll know, nam " mat TIE
Bible viii h we read ~ a l. anslatlon 10
70 English from The Original tongue,
mad by seventy men ~ the command
OF King James. Of England. am going
TO tell goo, hOVever, that they found
nOthng In ~. original manuscript which
gave them any right or authority 10
tranglfte fhi piasage m any such way.
The word ''ch8ateneih" is taken from
tn Greek r0ht 'paiduein. " which is the
Foundation 81 the 8ngllsh word ''pe'ia.
r0aue. [" OF 'insi rllefnrs' and ne wDrd
"paiduein" means 80 instruct on ''di-