The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-24
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

Science is the exposition of inher-
ent laws that govern all pheno-
mena.
Christian science is a knowledge
of the laws governing the relation
ship of man to his Father God and
co-ordinately Herewith his relation
to all the affairs of life itself.
The practical lesson of life is to
be in sympathy with and to be act
ing with the author of our being,
to be attaining purposes and accom-
plishing ends designed by the Great
Creator-in' fact, to lead a life in
subject to the Divine authority. All
nature teaches this lesson. The sun,
natures great promoter, stands for
it. 1t is the physical semblance of
the Divine on earth and the stars
scintilating their light through
space, are correspondent to the
myriads of humans in the world who
are giving the light of the phos-
phoresence of their brain and Drawn
in action to everybody everywhere.
The air of a man or men, the pres
ence of person or persons, the per-
sonnel of individuals singly or en-
masse surrounding US makes the
social atmosphere of our being what
ever 1t may be, in which we live and
move and have our being socially.
Just as much, and in the same ratio
to our social welfare, as does the air
enveloping the earth, give us breath
for our bodies and the physical foods
consumed, together and in unison
with 1t, give us sustenance for our
physique. In either case, that OF
physical air for our physical bodies
or of the social atmosphere for our
social life, 1t is essential that the air
shall have full life, that it shall be
pure and wholesome. And going up
a step higher in the province of be-
ing into the sphere of the mental
and spiritual the same principle
holds good-an exalted status and
high standard must be the ambition
of mankind. This it is that makes
the votaries of christian science
claim for the very air of it's exist
ence purity, and that full strength
and comprehensiveness which takes
within its system of economics every
function and phenomena of life. AS
the laws of being are everywhere
present, from the rootlet and the
trees leaf to the sun in its orbit,
so is christian science a generic re-
ligion, universal in it's application,
superceeding old traditions of the
past, ignoring combinations of church
and state that ages ago were adapt
ed to nomads in leading strings. 1t
is a modern religion, the outbirth of
modern thought, the child of fair
play, an outgrowth of this age of
enlightenment, a believer in remedy
ing out of being wrongs not to be
endured, a believer in the amplitude
of the Father Gods provision for
the needs of all his children; pro-
vided they learn of him and be wise
and execute the knowledge learned.
BY Christian Science the laws OF
God, the direct inherent principle OF
right action under divine guidance
and God himself as the all existant,
are always and everywhere acknowl-
egded as constituting true religion.
Jesus Christ brought into the
world the ideal of an unselfish re-
ligion, he exemplified it in his own
life and character and was crucified
by then high church element of His
day and generation.
Since then the world has beer
} elevated to higher plane, there il
more tolerance, more allowance fol
advanced views, liberality has in
} creased in ratio with civilization and
enlightenment, it has invaded ano
, inoculated all religion, but christian
science is its advance guard. Tare'
grow with the wheat, weeds come
in wherever there is cultivation, but
they must not be trumped up as the
crop of mind nutriment being sowr
and grown. For there are laboreri
in the field growing truths, not false
hoods, and there shall be abundan
| harvests.
Christian Science has earnes
; workers. God, over all, is superin
: tending it's worlds work and thu
fruits of its truths will crown 1T
, husbandry. There is and there cal
r be no mistake made in applying 1T
} teaching to ourselves to increas'
} our life force, our life's strength
l and our life's results.