The Penn's Grove record., 1910-08-05
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formance of a Paderewski when ever
his simplest efforts produce a jangle
of discord? How attune oneself to
the perfect melody of the Infinite.
when We can't even strike a chord
that vibrates in harmony with what
we know of perfected humanity
How expect the inflow of peace and
power from the Infinite supply when
we neglect the power Christ has re-
vealed, that's dwelling in US now?
The mediation of the Christ is a
link between us and God without
which the chain is incomplete. HE
that believeth on the Son of God hath
the witness in himself" The Christ
consciousness is the full realization
of the weaving of human brotherhood
not as a mere euphonious phrase with
which to round out a platitude of gilt
tering generality. but as a living fact
whereby We realize our active relation
to neighbor and our present depend
ence on the race. It's easy enough to
call him brother whose life touches
our own; it's no hard matter to feel
brotherly toward those who live on
the same level with US. But the
Christ-consciousness is more than
that. When Christ babe men turn
the other cheek unto the smiter. He
may have seemed to us to preach a
doctrine fit for no self-respecting
man. When He prayed unto His
heavenly Father for divine clemency
unto His murderers and excused their
crime, we may have felt indignant
and loath to echo that prayer. But
such are the ties of brotherhood that
Christ sought to reveal. Not that we
should go about ~placarded with a
sRingle which reads, "Kiek me. I like
it," not that we should absolve eur
criminals from remedial punishment,
but that our consciousness of brother
hood should be so strong that no
human injustice can shake our faith
in its interdependent power. II such
a compliance as Jesus recognized to
ties of brotherhood seem an easy
practice in your daily life then indeed
you have attained the full Christ
consciousness. But if anger. or wor-
ry and fear make you sometimes for
get the rights of brotherhood, then I
commend to you the witness of the
Christ within.
But what's the use of all of this,
someone may ask. 81 try to live hon
est and upright and useful and that's
all any nan can do" Yes, but aren't
you subject to worry and annoyance
sometimes? Don't you ever suffer
physical infirmity, and wouldn't it be
worth while to Danish the fear of
pain and the worry of annoyance from
your life? Jesus healed lepers in
His day, but was not contaminated
Jesus cast out demons, but none of
them entered into Him. The man
with the unclean spirit cried out, say
ing, "Let us alone; what have we to
do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Naza-
reth?" And Jesus rebuked him, say
ing, Hold thy peace and come out
of him"
What have we, in our day and age,
to do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Naz-
areth? We know Thee. who Thou
art, the Holy One of God. Have we
physical imperfection or mental dis
ease? Learn from the master ply
sician, self-healing through the chan
mel of thine own soul by the Christ
witness in thyself. Christ's God
consciousness made Him immune to
physical disease and mental conta-
gion. And to that same protecting
God-consciousness you and I a at
tain when we have mastered the
Christ-consciousness. God was in
deed in Christ, reconciling the world
unto Himself, but the world can only
reach that perfect reconciliation
through keeping the words and works
of Christ the Son.
Belief in Christ is belief in the d.
vinity of man. Belief in Christ is be-
lief in salvation by character. Belief
in Christ is belief in eternal progress
from nan on up to God. God hath
not left Himself without witnesses in
every age and nation and wherever
the spirit of the Christ shows through
the heritage of brute ancestry, there
begins the consciousness that leads to
life eternal.
Look within myself for witness to
Christ's power for life. and seize to-
day the ever present opportunity for
brayely going on.