Evening journal., 1910-11-14

taln-heau OF all knowledge, the G1Ver
of all good gifts, the absolute eternal
Principle of all Life, I'm whom we live,
and move, and have our being. why
should not this knowledge constitute
demonstrable Science?
Christian Scientists believe that It
does; that Jesus pointed out the only
true, final and real knowledge when
he said, And this is life eternal that
they might know thee, the only true
God. and Jesus Christ, whom thou
hast sent
The Real Man.
II God is Spirit, then the real man |
OF His creation, who Is made I'm His |
image aud likness, and, therefore, par
takes OF His nature. must be spirit /
ual. i. e., must express and manifest |
Spirit. The real mans Life must be |
Spirit his faculties must be spiritual |
Furthermore, as the image and like
hess of God, the real man must be
complete, happy, wholesome, and
healthy. He cannot deny bis parent
/ age nor bring discredit upon his an
cestry. He must be eternal and in
destructible now. the ideal man. the
son of God
But this conclusion, derived from
the Word of God is found to be e
variance with the testimony of mate
rial sense. IL does not agree with
the experience of mortal man from
the cradle TO the grave. for the exper-
fence of mortal man is one of sin,
sickness, and death, not of undimmed
Joy and eternal life. Here Is a dis
crepancy. and Christian Science pro-
vides the necessary explanation by
showing that mortal. material man,
the sport of circumstance, the prey OF
discord and the victim OF death. is
not the real man of Gods creation,
declared I'm the Bible TO be the image
and likeness of God
Christian Science teaches that NOR
tai man is a false version of the true
man. a counterfeit attempting 70 re-
semble the true, but. nevertheless,
easily detected because of his un-
likeness to God, who is Spirit God is
not the author OF mortal, material
man, nor OF mortal mans failures,
limitations, and losses, of his final
breakdown and his death sentence.
God is not responsible for evil in any
of it's forms. He did not create IL,
since It could never lodge In His
thought for an instant, else He were
; not wholly good and the Principle
governing the universe were not who'll
ly reliable.
Evil has no origin in Spirit, no en-
tity nor reality of Gods making, and
no eternity. but is always false con-
cept. assailng the mind of mortal
man until such time as its lying na-
ture is laid bare and It's futile, tram
STORY pretenses ceased TO frighten.
Evil has no standing before God.
Those who dwell 'in the secret place
: of the most High" need not fear its
J emptys-threats. but, asserting their
divine rights, many rise, in the words
of the apostle Paul, "in the unity OF
the faith, and of the knowledge OF the
Son OF God, unto a perfect man, unto
the measure of the stature OF the full
ness Of Christ"
Thus It is that the two statements or
the Bible. namely, that God Is Love,
, and God is Spirit, find their recon-
! ciliation in Science. The doubts
: which. have ever assailed suffering
: HUMILITY concerning the goodness OF
= God are dissipated. Though physical
= sense. left to it's own devices, rises N
q opposition TO the most High, and tries
{ to give the impression that God, Il
j. cruel and willingly athicts His de
fenseless children, Christian Science
e eiucidating the Scriptures, prove
II that evil is not of Gods creation o
D. permission. Good and good only pre-
Of ceeds from the Giver OF every goo
Of pift. and all assertions to the contrar
ie are due to ignorance or blindness
le heart. Johns statement that Goa
is Love lives on forever side by side Wit
Of Jesus profound explanation tha
e God is Spirit.
IN There is much comfort to strugglin
Ia humanity in the conviction that 90
= does not authorize the miseries OF ou
r earthly experience. This conVlcuol
q Is the first step toward the feaii1a
c ton that these very miserles' lachihi
l. divine sanction, cannot nave any zee %
= entity or existence, and must perforcI
I, have a fictitious origin and an un
real nature. God becomes fully rem
stated I'm human affections at h'
! same time that the socalled law o.
: Sin and death loses its supposed hoie
: upon human affairs.
y Material Sense.
!, But we will not deceive ourselves ~
u regard to the opinion of the world hil'
!. of the natural man or mortal man con
IL corning God, His Christ aud His crea
e tion Paul writes In his first epistl'
p tn the Corinthians: For the wlsdcn
, of this world is fOolishness WITH Sou'
n and again, i'm the same epistle. bu
9 the natural man receiyeth not eh'
d things of the Spirit of God; Tor the.
IS are foolishness unto him neither cai
'e he know them, because they are spir
p itually discerned.'
)r The natural man, or mortal, m'i
ter;al man, depends upon the tessi
4 mony Of the physical senses Tor M
m information They are his witnesses
3 They are the feelers which ne put
e. forth into the unknown, and accord
In ing as they report so he acts or count
s. eracts. Their testimony constitute
r the wisdom OF this world But Pau
n states in the above quoted texts tina
ie the wisdom of this world is foolish
st ness with Cod and that the things o
l. lof Cod are foolishness unit
'e the natural man. Here then is Al
1t silt1le situation. God reject
le tie wisdom OF this world upon whic
r. tho natural r-an relies for the basi
Is of his information, and the natura
Ia ,eau elects the things Of the Spiri
W of God because he cannot understan
m them. What shall the outcome be
C. One or the other must yield, and II
Of Christian can doubt the issue for a
n instant. Gods word must prevail.
the testimony Of the physical sense
= conflicts with the proper discernmer
of the things of Spirit Of God the
this physical testimony must be 81
aside as untrustworthy, or falls
Spirit must be supreme over matte
Truth -over error, Life over deaf