Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

There is no deeper lesson for any
man to learn than the wonderful fact
contained in the words, Gods will Is
DONE" In theory anyone who belleVes
in God would admit that His will must
be the law of the universe. When any
one turns, however, to the record OF
his mortal years he sees much that
is enigmatical under such premise
If Gods will is supreme, then how Is
it that men proclaim Him good, since
he apparently permits such evil con-
ditions among mankind? If on the
other hand men are capable of intlict-
ing on themselves and on others
through their ignorance or sintulness
so much that is evil, how can we say
that God is supreme? Mankind, ac-
cording to superficial judgment, at any
rate. have great power for good or Ill
in their little world. How is it then
that the will of a good and just God
is really done?
paul spoke we'll when he told the
people, "Behold, l show you mys-
terry" To the material sense of things
the Christian teachings about God and
man in his likeness are indeed mys-
terry. 1t is quite impossible for the
unaided human sense to see the affairs
of earth other than as kaleidoscope
of mingled misery and unsatisfylng
ioy. But the steps by which we learn
to see where and how Gods will is
done may be taken one by one by any
who will.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE RULES
Christian Science was named Science
by Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, its founder,
lust because it presents absolute truth
in the same definite way that any other
teaching which calls itself science does
Christian Science requires of the learn
er q power to take on trust from q
trustworthy teacher something that
the pupil does not wholly understand
Every student of Christian Science
recognizes that this is true, and would
tell the inquirer that If he will prac-
tice diligently the rules laid down by
the teaching he will in time begin to
see results which prove these rules
Then as he goes on he begins no longer
to obey on faith or trust, but because
he begins spiritually to discern the
enduring realities conveyed in the
statements which he has been so lone
pondering.
All this is not to say that the student
of Christian Science is to work bllndly
at any stage. He is merely to consent
to what reason and logic tell him In
stead of what his material experience
tells him. He is asked at first to base
his thinking about all things in mental
rather than in material concepts of
law ana causation. Any one who ad-
mits that God is good must follow with
little question along the lines OF argu-
ment laid down by Mrs. Eddy's writ
ings. 1t is only the outward experience
that brings up questions and resistance
The beginner is asked to leave these
queries of his at rest until he has seen
the outward definite proof of two
things: first that obedience to the
teaching of Christian Science does fol
him what that teaching claims to do
and second that what seemed to him
the incontrovertible evidence of his
senses was not what he thought it to
be. When such proofs as this have
come often enough to any learner he
| Is more ready to believe that he is
going right when he accepts some yet
more advanced statement of truth ano
obeys the rule it lays down. When one
has been healed of some bodily trouble
| by the application Of Christian Science