Evening journal., 1911-04-12

tnuS eliminating Lle apparent cause
and effect at one and the same time.
Christian Science on this question as
to what constitutes sin goes deeper
than any teaching that the world ac-
cepts today Christian Science teaches
us that a man may seem to keep every
one of the moral laws of the land ne
may seemingly be one of the sweetest
characters that the world knows. ana
yet be a sinner. The Bible teaches that
we shall be held accountable for every
idle word, and surely every word that
we utter which does not glorify God
In some way. is an idle word. And what
are words? Simply the outward mani
festation of the thoughts which pre-
cede them. Therefore that statement
means We shall be held accountable
for every thought we think, that does
not glOrify God aud His Christ Our
Master taught that the thought must
be made right; for he said, II one looks
with adulterous eyes, he is an adulter-
er. Therefore, if it is true that the
thought of adultery constitutes adult
cry, it is true that every sinful un-
righteous, unclean, unhOly thought
constitutes unrighteousness, unclean-
ness, unholiness. And the redemp-
tive mission Of Christian Science
and its chief purpose ON earth,
is to teach mankind to guard
his thought and keep that pure,
for In proportion as he does this, is
he obedient to the law of God.
What do we mean when we say
that sin. disease and death are un-
real? Christian Science gives men
just one standard whereby all things
are measured, and that standard is
God, and when anything presents it,
self to a Christian Scientist, it is inn
mediately measured by the standard
of the perfection of God. and If i'm any
particular it fails to measure up to
| that standard. it is of necessity cast
to one side as ungodly; and if il is
ungodly, It is not eternal; and if IL
/ is not eternal, it is not real Therefore
when a Christian Scientist says sin,
! disease and death are not real, he is
saying in other word that they are
ungodly, unhOly and unrighteous, that
/ they constitute the things from which
we are to be saved To enlarge on
this though a little, take the state
ment that we live, move and have
our beign in God. Then add to that
statement, there is no place where
God is mott In other words. that
God is omnipresent, as the Bible
teaches us. Then We can begin tC
see if as the Bible teaches us, God
is the Alpha and tas Omega, the be.
ginning and the end. the first and the
last. and with It all,i is as It teache.
us in another place. the One alto
gether lovely, we can see from tina
standpoint that nothing really ex-
lists save that which exists I'm God
that the real standpoint from which
the Christian Scientists determine al
to what is real and what is unreal il
viz: That that which Is real. is tha
which can and does live and exist ~
God. and that that which is unreal il
that which can not and does not live
nor exist in God, and therefore has
no real existence.
The next question is what position
do the Christian Scientist accord tC
Mrs Eddy Do they place Mrs Edd!
on the same plane with Christ? DC
they consider her mediator? II hap
pens that have something / have
been carrying in my pocket for ;
: good many years. that answers thil
D. question i'm Mrs. Eddy's own words
great deal better than I could possibll
? answer IT, This is a little article
! written by Mrs Eddy herself an'
! printed in the New York World, Feb
r ruary 1. 1895, in which Mrs Edd,
writes this: There never was. Il
not now. and never can he but on
| God, one Christ. one Jesus Of Naza
reth Whoever is any age eXpresse
b most of the spirit of truth and love
5 the principal of Gods idea, has mos
of the spirit of Christ, Of that Min'
! which was in Christ Jesus. If Chris
tian Scientists find in my writings
, and example a greatr degree of thi
spirit than in others, they can iusu
d declare a. But 10 think or speak o
me in any manner as Christ is sac
, religious"
. II does not seem possible there
! anyone who believes that the Chris
tian Scientists have ever thought q
! the Leader of our movement as Chris
o The meekness and humility of ou
: Leader in pointing ue always ava
r from her and to Christ as our SheT
t herd, IT. seems TO me, should have be
o fore now settled this question ever
t lastingly Christ? No. Jesus {
4 Nazareth? No. But one Of the meek
o est and most humble followers ou
q Master ever had on the surface of thi
q earth. Striving not for personal &C
S vancement, striving not for person;
It glory, capable of having an adulatio
- that would exceed anything in th
r, world If she demanded IL, Mrs. Edd
p abiured everything Of that kin,
n and said. Look away from me. an
j. unto Christ She watched. strove an
j. prayed in season and out Of season {
a have more of that Mind in her whic
n was also I'm Christ Jesus, in order ths
t she may emulate the example He ha
e set for us. and so prove unto tn
e whole world the truth of Christ
't teachings. so that many NAV read 4;
he runs, and the veriest child ma
J. understand and know God and h
a Christ. The position that Mrs. Edo
II occupied is that Of 2 channel.
- channel of grace so cleanse
y and so purified by striving, watchir
. and praying, that through he
- came into this world the Comforte
- that our Master promised he Won
y send. and that should never leave 4
=" comfortless: the Comforter that is
our midst today, binding up broke
/, hearts. healing us from all disease
! and delivering us from all of our II
~ iquities.
- No. no. we have not woishipel he
!, but We always have aud do love he
q We love her with a love tn
"a transcends any that may he describe
W. Io.,a ber for her eelf-sacrifico