The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-31
correctness ( its teachings.


Christian Scientists have been us
ing Science and Health With Key to
the Scriptures" for good many years.
They have not been just reading. l
think that all will agree with me that
the trouble in the Christian world is
that theer Is too much reading of the
Bible, and too little study of it, The
Bible needs study. 1t has lessons for
every ne of us, and not one but that
may be comprehended by everyone if
they will study their Bible intelligent
ly, and from the standpoint from which
Jesus looked at things and so see that
that which He and His disciples and
His followers for 300 years accom-
plished, was not a special dispensation,
but was the accomplishment and mani
festation of knowing the truth So
our Christian Science text book is sim
ply the book that we use to aid us in
the study of our Bible. The Bible it.
self says that the letter killeth, but
the spirit giveth life" We have been
having the letter of our Bible for
countless ages, and we have continued
to prove that what we have gained
has been its letter, because we have
continued to die! And our Master
said, "If a man keep my saying, he
shall never taste death" l know the
theological teaching is that what is
meant in spiritual oeath, but if one
will read the Bible and see what re-
fer to, they will see what He meant.
There is no such thing as spiritual
death and never was. Cod is Spirit
God is eternal life, and in Him there
is no death, but Life everlasting. Our
Master was very explicit on that point
THE question comes, contemplating
those he raised from the dead. Why
did they not continue to exist here if
He oVercame death for them? The
Iquestion answers itself. We have our
own work to do finally! The dead
Jesus raised were raised as the re-
suit of His demonstrated knowledge
THAT Life is deathless. When this same
question came again to those He had
raised, they had the problem to solve
themselves and were not able to do
so at that time. This should show us
beyond question that each must
work out his own Salvation some day
and that Jesus is literally the way
IShower"
Our Master was tempted like as you
and I. He had to meet everything
that you and have to meet. He had
to go through everything that you and
have to go through with. But our
Master met all temptation as tempta-
tion handled it as temptation, destroy
led it as temptation. and so was with
out sin. It is no sin to be tempted, it
is only sin to yield and so when our
Master met and destroyed temptation
las He did, He indicated to you and to
me the way we must go and what we
must do in order that we may work
Iout our salvation. Not all the inter-
lcessory appeals, not all the sermons,
mot all the lectures that may ever be
delivered will work out the salvation
of mankind, or point out the Christ
way of redemption, if they stop at the
Ipoint of microscopy appeal, sermon
and lecture! the works must 90 hand
In hand with them in order that wei
may know the way and do Truths
bidding.
Now Christian Scientists know the
more that one knows and has of re-
lligion the happier, the more joyous
the freer he is. Religion is not some
thing to make long face about, it is
something to make a man sing praises.
1t is not something to bring distress
and unhappiness! it is something 10
bring deep peace in every way, and
Christ Jesus has set standard of CHS
tianity for every one of us, and when
He set that standard, He pointed out
to us the freedom and JOY that might
and should be ours if we were only
obedient. He established the stand
ard of Christianity when He made this
statement: 'He that believeth on me,
the works that l do shall he do also;
and greater works than those shall he
do because I go unto my Father"
When He made that statement, He
was healing the sick from all man.
ner of diseases, and yet He said, I Of
myself am nothing. He said, 1t is the
Father that works through me who
accomplished all these things. Chris
tian Scientists will say that they of
themselves have never done one siu-
gle redemptive thing on earth. 1t is
the Mind which worked through Hin
and is now working through them that
is doing the works today. The heal