The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-03-25

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" | 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. God 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
question 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 one must
work out his own Salvation some day
and that Jesus is literally the Way
Shower"
Our Master was tempted like as you
and !. 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-
ton. handled it as temptation, destroy
ed it as temptation, and so was with
out sin. 1t is no sin to be tempted, it
is only sin to yield and so when our
Master met and destroyed temptation
as 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
out our salvation. Not all the inter-
cessory appeals, not all the sermons,
not 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
point of intercessory appeal, sermon
and lecture! the works must go hand
IN. hand with them in order that we
may know the way and do Truths
bidding.
Now Christian Scientists know the
more that one knows and has of re-
ligion the. happier, the more joyous
the freer he is Religion is not some
thing to make a long face about, 1t is
something to make man sing praises.
1t is not something to bring distress
and unhappiness it is something 10
bring deep peace in every way, and
Ouilot JSouo uuo oSl otditudi u vi Nyuto-
tianity for every one of us, and when
He set that standard, He pointed ont
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 | 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 Him
and is now working through them that
is doing the works today. The heal
ing work that is accomplished under
the mission of Christian Science is ac-
complished solely and wholly by and
with the Word of God So Christian
Scientists do not consider man has
been healed simply because pain
has been stopped for him. We do not
consider, as Christian Scientists, that
a healing has been accomplished ue-
less with the destroyed pain there
has come greater love for God, greater
love for Christ, greater willingness to
follow in the footsteps of the Master,
making for more meekness and
humility, to serve and not to command,
willing to serve and not to command,
willing to do whatsoever comes unto
him to do, so long as it may glorify
God.
Jesus healed the sick from all Fmd5
of diseases. 1t has been said that
Christian Science is a very good thing
for people who think they are sick,
but when they have anything organic
ally or fundamentally the matter, it is