The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-24
THE PRINCIPLES AND
TEACHINGS or CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE PORTRAYED
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strength in the good to rule out evil.
Sin No. OF God.

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Sin Not Of God.
Jesus employed the term sin in over
one hundred places in the four Cos
pels, and in each ease the correspond
ing word in the Greek manuscripts is
hamartia. The ti~st meaning imputed
to this word hamartia is ito miss the
mark" as in the throwing of a spear.
The Greeks We're much given to the
enjoyment of athletic games. and if
one were to hurl a spear n miss the
mark. he committed hamartia-the
same word which Jesus employed for
sin. So it is with archery. When a
man pulls his bow and shoots his ar
row, if he fails to hit the mark he
has transgressed the laws of archery
or committed hamartia. SO it is tina
sin is the .transgression Of the divine
law.
What is it that would make Il man
transgress the laws Of archery? Is it
not his ignorance or lack of practice?
And what is sin but the result of ig-
nIorance or d~Isobedicnce of the divine
law? No educated person could
transgress the simple law that two
ana two are four, for he not only un-
d~erstands 1t but practices it and he
Will tell II child that his errors are
not i'll the mathematical law MOI OF
that law; that mathematical law
knows absolutely nothing Of mistakes
but heals them just the same. So it
is hat sin is not in the divine law nor
of the divine law. 1t is simply the
result of mans transkression of the
law through ignorance. fear. or will
illness. Therefore we conclude that
God visited a man with sin.
sod not only is not the author of sin,
but He afflicted a man with it,
for the Bible specifically declares that
Cod is of purer eyes than to behold
evil" and again that God tempteth no
man. When therefore VIC gain the
recognition that The understanding of
olNlne law destroys sin, VIC no longer
VIII be slaves to sin: We no longer will
Defy it or honor it; we will give it
no more power or honor than any lie
that Is known to be a lie.
Disease Mental.
Mrs. Eddy has presented the under.
standing of this Christ law with such
simplicity and accuracy that even the
children and young people can gain it's
spiritual meaning which reveals the
power and presence of God, and there
ny Iberates them from suffering and
sin of every sort. This is on the basis
that the cause of disease is mental.
Diseases Of a mysterious sort are to-
day on the increase and some are con.
sidered by many to be incurabie.
Christian Science heals all such dis
eases. 1t is possibly true that seven
ty-fiVe per cen of those who are
christian Scientists today have been
healed by it's illustrations after repu.
table physicians have given them up
as beyond all hope of recovery, and all
on the basis of the Christian Science
teaching that disease in its cause is
not physical but mental. Consump.
tlon. for example. is considered by
many to be an incllrable disease, 1t
Is considered that no known drug or
medicine can heal consumption in it's
advanced stages. Therefore the usual
nlethod OF today is to resort to what
is known as the nature cure; outdoor
life. exercise. and pure air are resort
en- to in the hope of abating the white
plague. as 1t is called. 1t is generally
conceded tina consumption is largely
d consuming fear and manifestly no
drug or medicine u cure fear, The
Bible declares that fear hath tor
ment. but perfect love castetl1 out
fear One of tho largest factors in all
disease is fear. and there is no known
remedy for fear of any sort, save ONLY
the tenderness II compassion of un-
SEIZED Love. 1t is that understandings
or God as divine Love that enables
the Christian Scientist to cast out the
tear of consumption and destroy it's
physical effects. on this same basis
Christian Science heals cancers. tn
dltHld,i
etc.-hcal them permanently. The
carnal so-called mind cannot effect a
permanent cure because this carnal
mind is the source. origin and cause
OF disease, and the same mind which
produces disease cannot destroy it. If
mere seems to sbe a cure it is Il case
Of a greater error covering up but nor
heal1ng a lesser error.
n Surgeons Testimony.
The question has been frenuently
asked, How an some inanimate drug
know Just where to go and what to
do?. Is it not %endowinG matter with
lntelligence to think and act contrary
to Cod? An eminent g once
said In my hearing hat NO drug,
medicine, or physician ever healed
ANYTHING in the world.'' This is a
most remarkable statement. and might
appear meaningless If uttered by
some. M gentleman is. nevertheless.
a practicing surgeon. examining phy-
s'clan Tor a large life insurance con-
Germ. II also instructor in physiology