Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-13

SHOWS NEW PARKED APPROACH
the liEes of the greatest usefulness to
mankind. The reward of the good and
faithful servant is hers, and this Is
a source of qualification to every fair
minded person.
But what are some of the chief re-
suits OF Christian Science. what the
principal reasons for its hold upon the
gratitude of mankind?
First of ALL II has exposed the philos-
ophy of despair as unseientitic. Its
teachings obliterate any supposed rea-
sons for pessimism. II it were really
true, as public opinion has been only
too prone to believe during the passing
centuries. that God, the First Cause
and basic Principle, is the author OF
evil as well as of good, then despair
would be justified. for the struggle
against evil would be hopeless. If
evil could point to 'omnipotence as its
author il could not be successfully op-
posed, for it would have divine sane
tion. In that case, too, il would be
but natural that there should be hope
less sinners and sick persons who are
incurable 1t is difficult to under
stand what the Christian gospel, or
good news" could mean under such
circumstances, or wherein its useful
ness could lie, IL il inculcated such
Christian Science concerning the good
ness Of God are understood, the cur
tain is lifted and the student per-
ceiyes clearly, for the first time, that
Christianity. when scientifically under
stood and applied. brings complete
salvation to humanity, including
salvation from what is called physical
health. But first must come the cor
rect estimate of the things of the
Spirit" the theology of Jesus and its
meaning as interpreted by Christian
Science: then only can follow the
works which Jesus commanded his fol-
lowers to do, which he did himself,
which his disciples and apostles and
the Christians of the early church did,
and which those Christians who under
stand his message are doing today.
Hope for All
The very first benefit which Chris
tian Science confers upon mankind is
TO prove that there is hope for all. 1t
reassures even those who have been
made to consider themselves lost or in
durable. 1t comes to the doomed and
abandoned, and by its unansweraba
logic convinces them, first of all, that
their situation is not as bad as II
seems; that evil is not a. powerful as
ii pretends; that it has no authorize
tion from on high, no legal status, 60
rights, no legitimacy; that, on the con-
trary, mans real origin in God jus
titles his reasonable expectation that
good shall prevail; that peace, har-
mony, health and sinlessness shall be
his portion; that strength, sweetness
and beauty shall be his normal inherit
ance from a merciful Father: and that
the love which passeth understanding
shall eventually crown all his right
endeovors with success.
Christian Science gives ground for
this natural hope. but 1t does more
than that. 1t instructs men in the
rudiments of true faith and shows
them why this hope OF salvation is jus
tilted by metaphysical facts. Faith
then readily ripens into understanding.
as the student makes practical applica-
tion of the letter. From the very start
new vistas of grand possibilities cheer
the learner on his way, and, more inI-
portant still the actual proofs of Gods
Infinite power and goodness encourage
him to take the necessary footsteps.
TO follow in this way is to walk with
God. to commune with Spirit to re-
fresh oneself with the mercy that
cometh down as the dew from heaven,
to have fellowship with Christ Jesus,
TO gain an intimate insight into his
sayings and his works, and to be use
full here and now to those with whom
we associate. A career which opens in
this way will never close. but will con-
tinue forever developing more and
more the truth about the infinite num-
Der of ideas which constitute Gods
universe.
Not Emotionalism or Suggestion
1t is not possible to reform the sir
ner or heal the sick in Christian Science
by emotionalism. In every instance
the beneficent result is based upon
Science. upon an underlying conviction
a l1u6arCf a nG inc rnnppTniFp Gnirifl11l
truth. 1t is not possible to heal the
sick by Christian Science while belieV-
ing that disease, proceeds from God,
any more than it is possible to reform
the sinner while believing that God is
the author of sin. No one who holds
that evil is God-created can consis-
tently urge it's destruction, No mortal
dare lay his hand to the works of the
immortal But the beneficent theology
of Christian Science, exposing evil ,aS
an outlaw. without divine authoriza-
tion or God-created eXistence, places a
warrant in the hands of every follower
of Christ to expose sin and sickness
on sight and condemn them to oblivion
as nonentities.
Nor is it possible in Christian Science
to reform the sinner or heal the sick
by what is termed suggestion. The
practitioner who tries to influence, ca
jole, or force his subject to believe
anything which he himself does not
believe, is deceiving both himself and
his subject, and is using some kind
of will power, whether it be styled
mental suggestion mesmerism, animal
magnetism. or hypnotism. The prac-
titioner who suggests to his subject
some state of mind which the prac-
titioner hnagines to be desirable but
does not believe to be true, is not
practicing Christian Science The prac-
tice of Christian Science admits of no
questionable or equivocal situations.
1t means the reflection of Truth TO
the sufferer. the recognition and real
ization of the only true God, and of
mans true nature as made in the
image and likeness of God. Nothing