The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-19


ter,s teachIiEs 81 doing these
sd1feEfnl works
Ehe Bible declares that he came e
bring full salvation from all evil Il
We think for moment what this
world would be with this mission OF
| our Savior fulfilled in it, with all men
living in accordance with his teach
ings and demonstrating them, and
thas With all sin and misery removed
from human experience (which would
be an inevitable result, We would
realize the great blessing such sal
Weldon would bring, and how far short
i've have come IN availing ourselves
lOe the opportunities the Master labor
ca ana suffered TO secure Us; then we
WOULD have a RuIl salvation here and
NOW. even as tie Bible deellres, Be
hold, now is the day Of salvation.
There must be some cause for this
Tailure, this misunderstanding OF the
bible teachings. and general neglect
Whereof, and We shall be Interested to
learn what Christian Science has TO
10Fer towards a solution of this great
problem
salvation to Be Worked Out.
Christians believe that salvation is
obtained through Christ. Salvation,
according to Smiths Bible Dictionary,
means .Deivera1ce from temporal
evils and earthly destruction, in other
words, deIiyerance from SIN, disease.
and death. all evil. In order TO be
e6ective, salvation must have its I'M
DERIVING principle and its science, its
exact demonstrabFe knowledge. The
science OF salvation through Christ
must therefore mean that demonstr-
able knowledge of divine Principle.
| the Christ Truth, which affords de-
l.lfveranCe from all evil
4=rsst. Paul eujofns upon us that we
work out our own salvation, which
means that we overcome evil This
question OF the mastery of evil invol-
YES the understanding of several es-
sential points. One is the nature and
character If evil, and that he may
anaIyze evil intelligentIy, let US first
review briefly what Chria.ian Science
teaches regarding the essential nature
and character Of good or God Of that
which is real and true about God,
man, and the universe.
Definition Of God.
Christian Science declares that
God is what the Bible defines Him to
be. namely. the Infinite One. Says
Moses. Hear. o Israel, the Lord our
Cod is one Lord there is none beside
Him. Says st. Paul, One God and
Father of all, who is above ALI and
through all, and in you all Says
the Psalmist. Whose understanding
is infinite
cod, being infinite, must partake
of the nature and character OF infnity
or arlness. He can know no limitation
of any kind, whether it be Of time.
space, knowledge, or power. He IS
therefore omnipresent, everywhere
present, the infinite, the absolute, the
only real presence
HE is also omnipotent, as the
ReveIator declares. The Lord God
ouan potent reigneth.' omnipotenti
means the one infinite power, and
hence the only real power.
pie is omnisc!ent, the ail-wise, all
moving. the Infinite Intelligence. and
hence the only real consciousness
~The Bible also declares that God
is Spirit. He is the one infinite and
only real Spirit He is the one in
finite and only real Creator. the divine
creative Principle, the basis, tounda-
ton. cause, origin OF all real life. ae- /
ton, growth development and
power.
Hence He is the one infinite and
only real Life or Principle Of being T.
He is the se1f-existing, self-creating, I
seIf-maintainiug Truth. the great I
AM, the being which is, and which
was, and which is to come
>Above all. as st. John declares. /
God is Love. Thus. according TO the !
Bible, He is the one infinite omni-
potent. omnipresent Love. Christian
Science thus identities the divine /
Principle, intelligence. substance as
Love.
The Real Man and Universe.
The Bible also declares that man
was made in the image and likeness of