Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28

Christian Science arouses in its fol-
lowers a faith that is essentially con-
structive. 1t comes to repair the waste
places; to build up that which Is good.
1t is from one point of view an Image
breaker" in the sense that 1t demol-
ishes all that is unworthy and untrue,
and does this by enforcing spirltual
law. But its activity gives, as Isaiah
has foretold of the understood CHRIST.
beauty for ashes;" and in this giving
actually brings to pass, as the Ills OF
earth are displaced, some measure or
the kingdom of heaven.
Some of the modern thinkers, IN
cluding many philosophers, teachers'
playwrights and journalists, are un-
masking the elements and conditions
of human nature and laying bare the
ugliness of evil; exposing mortal
foibles relentlessly in the name OF what
they call realism; showing materianty
at it's worst, apart from any roseate
glow of a false idealism. This may
be educative, inasmuch as it puts evil
where it cannot pose as good. But
wherein such analysis belittles the dis
cipline of the highest sense OF good
il misleads; and wherein 1t talls 10
substitute divine good for the fallen
idols, it fails to save. A knowledge Oh
divine Love must enter experience as
earthly loves and lights and hopes
crumble of their own selfishness' else
there is no escape from despair. Ana
because Christian Science does illumlne
Thought with divine facts in the same
hour that it lays bare human error,
ii is truly constructive in nature ana
pU' EVIL UNsATIsFYING
Little can be gained by finding OUT
that human nature Is unsatiSfylng uh-
less the divine nature Is appearing as
available. Everything can be gained
by learning that evil is as powerless
as It is unsatisfying and seeing at the
same time that divine mind can be
understood and is here to save those
who mt an awakened and understand
ing trust in 1t. Nothing outside of
the Scriptures and Christian Science
has ever taught or is teaching that dl-
vine Mind can be, understood ana man
ifested here and now, and that eVil
is not power. Christian Science dlt-
fers from other religions and stands
alone with the teaching of Chrlst
Jesus in declaring evil powerless and
untrue; in insisting that Christs FOL
lowers shall prove evil to have nelther
power nor truth; and in helping them
to do so by enlarging their understands
ing of God as infinite good. He VINO
sees human instincts for what they
are and is no longer misled oy thein
because the beauty of Gods likeness
is appearing to him, is very differently
placed, mentally, from the mortar
who loses his illusions and has nothing
In their stead. Christ Jesus said OF
himself, II am not come to destroy, but
to fulfil" And Christian Science IN
obedience to this, is showing its ad-
herents how to fulfil the law OF God,
and how that fulflment reduces to
nothing through cumulative spirltual
growth, the undesirable human points
of view. So, the faith inspired by It's
teaching is always constructive; II
leads to the performance of good and
encourages the continual expectation
of good. for it reveals logically and
provably that the good which is OF di,
vine origin has power over every eVil
thing. Under the action of such faith
the destructive influences of sin and
fear lessen, for spirltualized thinking
is building a tower of safety in the life
of him who desires only good. To dis
card material thought processes and