White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-03


The wonderful power that
characterized The life and works Of
Christ Jesus vas in No more need q
champions than he force OF grasita-
ton. The one. ike the other. IS
ever operative and must be under
stood before Il can be utilized. PEG
pie embrace Christianity not so much
10 help it along. as to be helped. Suf-
fering humanity has a right 70 be
helped of God. and all men have
an equal right % the healing and
saving power that graced the teach
ings of Christ Jesus. Il has been
the mission Of Christian Science 10
present these teachings in such CON-
prehensiye simplicity as 10 restore
their lost element OF healing. It's
religious ethics are generally approx
ed, not only because they conform %
the teachings Of Jesus. but because
they inspire an optimism that has
made a vast contribution TO hope.
brightness. and human happiness
The one thing. however. that is most
criticised and the one thing that is
most responsible for the tremendous
growth Of this movement. is the
healing Of the sick through prayer.
Healing as well as preaching was a
part Of the disciples duty in the
early times, and continued 10 be so
for three hundred years OF the Chris
tian era, or until Constantine
wrought a change. But neither Con-
stantine nor any one else ever had a
right to absolye Christians from this
duty. By resuming that long neglect
ed duty. Christian Science has exhib-
tied such a divine impulsion as to
make of ii a world religion in a re-
markedly short time. This should
lead US to consider. in so far as one
may, the healing forces that are be-
hind this movement.
It is recorded that Jesus could do
nothing Of himself. but what he
seeth the Father do" The ability OF
this gentle Nazarine TO obliterate dis
ease and sin was. therefore, the re-
suit of what he knew about God. and
surely he knew more about God than
any other man who ever trod the
globe. The ability of his disciples
10 ~perpetuafe Christian healing was
also the result of what Jesus taught
them about God. Even so, the
ability Of Christian Scientists to heal
the sick and SHINING through prayer
Is wholly due 10 a better understand
ing of God. who Is the divine Princi-
pie of mans existence. This IS in
agreement with the s~criptural com
mand to "Acquant o myself
with him. and be at peace" How
then shall we gain the divine ac-
~quaintance that sets us free from
mental and physical disturbance?
Divine Acquaintance.
One Of the earliest ways Of gain
ing an insight into the realm Of God
was given b Moses in the Ten Com
mandments. He led people TO think
Of the divine nature as manifested
not through a form but through we'll
defined laws. Idolatry had its origin
in thinking Of God as a form. When
men undertook TO fashion what they
might conceive the precise form of
God TO be they became thereby idol
ators. against which we have the sec
ond commandment of the Deealogue-
As divine Principle. manifesting His
power, intelligence and loving kind
ness through we'll defined laws. He
can be understood. In this way the
divine nature is actually recognized
ana the existence Of God is seen to
make a tremendous difference in tbs
proper government of Christian na.
tions. as well as individuals. God
communicates His nature through
His laws. and spiritually interpreted
they define life and health TO men
for this is life eternal, that they
might know thee the only true God
and Jesus Christ. whom thou has
sent"
Jesus declared his relationship 70
this same law in his Sermon on the
Mount; for there he said: Think
not that ! am come to destroy the
law. or the prophets: l am not come
to destroy. but to fulfill" Having
said this. he undertook to teach this
law. not so much intellectually, as by
a direct appeal To ones moral or
spiritual nature. Not that intellec-
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