Evening journal., 1911-04-12

came the efficacy Of Christian Science.
Then she left friends, relatives, every
body. and secluded herself that she
might study to find out the law tina;
was back OF what Jesus had accom-
plished on earth She grew to the
absolute knowledge that those things
were not exceptional. not occasional.
but were the manifestation of Gods
law, and realized when that law was
known. those selfsame things would
be accomplished by every man. wo-
man and child on the face Of the
earth. Never was one so blessed and
so wonderfully cared for as was she
while she communed with God In
those years. The result of her COM
munion? It has meant to me per-
sonally. the difference between a dead
boy in Brookline, Mass. many years
ago. and a live man now. II has
meant the difference between a wrong
comprehension of God which engen-
dered hate, and right compre-
hension OF him. which has
made me desire nothing else on earth
so much as to be found good enough
to speak the word unto those who are
seeking light, I'm order that they too
may partake Of Christs cup. and be
one with our elder Brother in the
knowledge and light Of God
DO we put the Christian Science
text book. Science and Health with
Key TO the Scriptures" which Mrs.
Eddy has written, on plane with the
Bible? No. we do not, and We never
have. There Is just one Bible, and
that Bible is the Holy Bible that is
used, loved aud revered by Christians
all over the globe That is our Bible.
only We are pretty old fashioned about
such thlngsi We are so old fashion
ed about our Bible, that our churches
use no other than the King James
Version, because i'm that old text we
have found sufficient food To- sustain
us and lead us on the journey out Of
darkness into light The Christian
Science text book is exactly what IL is
called, a text book Now a text book
{ ohe text book must be a tcxt book
about something, and the Christian
I Science text book Is a text book about
/ the only thing that is worth knowing
and that Is knowledge Of God the
Truth, which our Bible teaches u.s.
makes man free. I have met people
who have said. Il have read that book
through from cover 10 cover. and
cannot make head or tail out of Il. II
I looks to me as though you Guild begin
at the beginning and go through. be-
gin AZ the end and go to the beginning
or begin I'm the middle and read both
ways. and It would be Just the same.
So It would Truth is Truth. II
does not make any digerence whether
YOU begin AT the left and go to tn.
right. or begin at the right and go tC
the left. or in the middle, the tex
book on Truth brings YOU exactly thu
same knowledge. no matter I'm wha
way you use IT, II you use It intelli
gently. Suppose one should com
to YOU and say. you know I neve
have studied mathematics AZ all.
never had a chance when ! was a boy
! and never had time since hav
grown up So ! went to the librar
one day, and got an arithmetic, al
algebra. a geometry. a trigonometr
and calculus. and 7 have been at thos
things for the last six months.
) have read those books through. and
tell YOU I cannot make head or tai
of them. There Is nothing IN them
i Suppose a man should come to yol
, who had never studied anything hu
English. and should say to YOU q"
, was awfully swindled the other day
I went to store, saw a book ] liked
, IL was small. compact. and wa
! pleased with the appearance of it. an'
they told me Il was HOmer's llaid
J When I took Il home and opened II
Z there was not an intelligible word II
= litl 7 was simply out SO much fc
nothing" What would YOU think O
d him? Would YOU think he was in
7 telligeut? Would YOU think he wa
! intellectual? When We come to tn
? use Of the text book on spritua
p things and endeavor TO MATERIAL
5 study those spiritual things, we fin
. ourselves face to face with an inn
{ opssiblity II Cannot he done. TIL
! wise men. the Scribes and Pharisec
% of Jesus time, the men who examine
/, into the theology that he taught, wen
3 so far astray from the truth he eX
\ pressed. tho Master was called on Z
say. II thank Thee. oh Father, Lor
e. of heaven and earth. that thou has
hid these things from the wise an
S prudent. and hast revealed them unit
q babes"
T When ! was a school boy my reade
/. had i'm it the story of beautiu
r shield which hung over a road ON
y day two Knights approaching tn
10 shield from opposite directions stor
- ped. as was the custom, to salute eac
- other before passing under IL Afte
4 exchanging salutations one Of th
r knights remarked. What a heautifl
r silver shield" The other knight RI
s Lsponded. Surely it is beautiful, bl
l. 1T is not silver but golden tn
Il other knight said in reply. Nay. n
n silver This started 2 cOntrovers
Is which finally led the knights 10 ei
Y deavor to kill each other Settin
!. their lances they ran full tilt at eac
4 other but did no dsmagel AS the
4 turned again to charge, they foun
y themselves on the opposite side Of n
n shield from which they had starte
T. and. glancing up. saw that each ha
s been right i'm their statement, for N
q shield was silver on one side and Eo
a on the other. They saw they had bee
s looking At it from the wrong stanI
Y point to understand the others view
Is as 10 what It was made Of The ON
IL standpoint from which YOU can col
a slider spiritual things. is from Chri
d Jesus, standpoint. II is impossib
& TO conceive of anything in His teacl
r. ings other than from the standpoil
r. of His knowledge Of God. and u
ID knowledge Of Life. which is His lessC