Arizona republican., 1910-04-05

because he is born of God" Dare we,
 in the face of James statement that
 lust is the origin of sin. and Johns statement that 'whosoever is born Of God cannot sin. because he is born of God" ever again associate the name or nature of God with sin?
 Paul says that God is no respecter Of persons" Do We believe this |?
 Most of us will say to ourselves. oh, yes;" but let us see if we do So | long as we believe sin, disease and death to be real. just so long do we 1 believe that God. either directly or indirectly is responsible for them As We look around us and see one man afflicted q say it advisedly) with millions of money. another with the direst poverty; one having per feet health. another with ill-health one with joy unspeakable. and an other with misery and woe and de- spair.-if any of us are having tG meet the poverty, the despair. or the ill-health. can We from the bottom of | our hearts say we believe that God | is no respecter of personSo" Soma one near to us is stricken with .. mortal illness. and We kneel and pray
 
 the loved one; that the person may 1 live. If this illness is from God. il is good: and why do we pray that he or she may be relieved from it l if il is good? If We believe that God sent the sickness. and yet pray that il he removed. that the afflicted per son may live. has not the physician who is attcrting that patient--if he believes that God sent the disease just as much right to pray to God. at the same time. that the Illness may continue in order that he may ! liVe2
 Scientific Prayer.
 Mankind says Cod IS immutable and changeless. but hundreds and millions of times every day men are heseechingly the immutable and changeless God to change. change. change; until mankind conceive or God as the very center and circum- ference of eternal change. So long as we believe God to he responsible for all things. and yet kneel and pray that He may forget His immutability and take away what we do not want and give us what we think we do want, is it not true that il our prayer were suddenly granted we would be frightened beyond meas ure? Is il logically possible for us to have very much faith in prayer so long as we are held in the bond age of this belief in q changeabla God? IT We would take into our consciousness that chanSeless lovs. that changeless religion which Jesus the Christ preached, there would be no doubt. no fear; and We would go to God in prayer with the serene confidence, the implicit faith. that He who heareth in secret will reward us openly; which. as the Master taught. is our birthright and heritage.
 This is what Christian Science is asking us 10 do; this is what Chris tian Science is laying before us; this is the table that is prepared for us in the presence Of our enemies: this Is the bread which cometh down from heaven: this is the water of eternal life-it is yours. it is mine Let us accept the feast that God has put before us; let us recognize the Com | forter. the Wayshower. again in our midst: the Comforter which Jesus promised to send when he said it was expedient that he go to his | Father. Then there will be no more 1, broken hearts, there will he no more I sorrow, no more tears, no more sep | aration. no more sickness. no more ] suffering. and no more sin. for we i shall have entered into the realiza- | tion that this is the day of the Lord: | and with that realization there will | come to us peace.-that peace which | God has promised us, that peace { which may be found only in the i straight and narrow way wherein our Master leads us. into the kingdom 1 of God within.
 The Discoverer of Christian
 Science.
 The revelation Of Christian Sci ence came to Mrs. Eddy as the re- suit of lifetime spent in continu- ous search and desire for the spirit of the Word and the things of God. As q religious reformer she occupies a position unique in the history of the world-unswerving in her trust in the goodness of God. and unquestion- ing in her obedience to His con- mands. This calls on her for such meekness. humility. and self-sacrifice, that she never could live such a life were it not for the protecting care Of real. livable. demonstrable re- ligion. wherein she finds immunity from the sufferings of those who turn away from the Christ-concept of God
 Ever since 1866 Mrs. Eddy s. life has been devoted to the work Of bring .l tl,s.r Df ! the way Of salvation. She has done this with such singleness of pur- pose that mankind is awakening to he recognition Of her work as in spred, that Christian Science is the spirit Of the Word which Jesus DOT rayed. Christian Scientists do not Mrs. Eddy. nor do they in my sense of the word dcify her in heir thought. The whole teaching , Df Christian Science leads us 10 put self under foot; to have no way md no will save Gods way and iOd's will; and Mrs. Eddy asks the :. world, each one of us. to follow her . only as far as she follows Christ. In Ter following of Christ she has been he instrument whereby the feet of v of thousands have been '. planted upon the rock of the proved ruth of Gods promises. and against , hat rock, in the words of the Mas [ l...II .t. [