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

move ana nave our DelnB III OOu. AhSh
add to that the statement. there is no
place where God is not In other
words, that God is omnipresent, as the
Bible teaches US. Then we can begin
to see that if as the Bible teaches us,
God is the Alpha and the Omega, the
beginning and the end, the first and
the last, and with 1t all, is as it teaches
us in another place, the One altogeth-
er lovely, we can see from that stand
point that nothing really exists save
that which exists in God, that the real
standpoint from which the Christian
Scientists determine as to what is real
and what is unreal is viz: That that
which is real, is that which can and
does live and exist in God, and that
that which is unreal is 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 Scientists accord to
Mrs. Eddy. Do they place Mrs. Eddy
on the same plane with Christ? Do
they consider her a mediator? 1t hap
pens that have something have been
carrying in my pocket for good many
years, that answers this question in
Mrs. Eddy's own words a great deal
better than l could possibly answer
it, This is little article written by
Mrs. Eddy herself and printed in the
New York World February 1, 1895. in
which Mrs. Eddy writes this: There
never was, is not now, and never can
be but one God, one Christ, one Jesus
of Nazareth. Whoever in any age ex-
presses most of the spirit of truth and
love, the principle of Gods idea, has
most of the spirit of Christ, of that
Mind which was in Christ Jesus. If
Christian Scientists find in my writ
ngs, and example of greater degree of
this spirit than in others, they can justly
declare it. But to think or speak of
me in any manner as a Christ is sac.
rilegious."
1t does not seem possible there is
anyone who believes that the CHS
tian Scientists have ever thought of
the Leader of our movement as Christ.
The meekness and humility of our
Leader is pointing us always away
from her and to Christ as our Shop
Il a rd ~ ~ Oh
now settled this question everlasting
ly. Christ? No Jesus of Nazareth ?
No. But one of the meekest and
most humble followers our Master ever
had on the surface of this earth. Striv-
ing not for personal advancement
striving not for personal glory, cap.
able of having an adulation that would
exceed anything in this world if she
demanded it, Mrs. Eddy has adjured
everything of that kind, and has said,
Look away from me, and unto Christ.
She watches, strives and prays in sea-
son and out of season to have more
of that Mind in her which was also in
Christ Jesus, in order that she may
emulate the example He has set for
us, and so prove unto the whole world
the truth of Christ's teaching, so that
man may read as he runs, and the yer
lest child may understand and know
God and his Christ The position that
Mrs. Eddy occupies is that of a chan-
mel, channel of G"Ce that has been
so cleansed and so purified by striv-
ing, watching and praying, that
through her has come into this world
the Comforter and our Master prom
ised he would send, and that should
never leave us comfortless; the Com
forter that is in our midst today, bind
ing up broken hearts, healing us from
all diseases, and delivering us from
all diseases, and delivering us from all
of our iniquities. 1t has been said that
we Christian Scientists worship Mrs.
Eddy, and that statement has gone
hand n hand with the belief that we
have placed her on a plane with Christ.
| want to tell you there is not a
Christian Scientist who worships Mrs.
Eddy or any other person, for the in
stant that personal worship enters into
consciousness, that self-same instant
oen ceases to be Christian Scientist.
No, no, we do not worship her, but
we do love her We love her with
love that transcends any that may
be described We love her fr her
self-sacrifice. 1t is bcause of her con
stancy in season and out of season,
sitting always at the feet of our Mas
ter, striving, watching and praying for
more of that spirit to be in her which
was in Christ Jesus, that she is the
channel through which this Comforter
comes to man! And because through
this Comforter thousands have been
raised out OF sickness and ruin and