The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-19

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EC1lHRIsTIAN sOIlEs C, q THE SCI
No |. ENCE or. sAIVA1fONg. 's Isl
BY Professor Hermann s. Herring.
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Member of'the Board of Lectureship
Of The Mother Church. The First
Church Of Christ, Scientist, In Bos-
ton, Mass.
THE one question of vital interest
to humanity Ia how to obtain health
and happiness. Indeed, the univers-
al desire and endeavor of mankind
is to be healed. When We note the
misery and wretohedness that still
exists all about W. the distress and
defeat pertaining to every walk and
vocation of life. and the prevalent
bondage to evil and materially. It 10
very evident that humanity's need
calls for something better than 1t
has hitherto known, namely, that Of
fectual apprehension OF Scripture
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from disease and salvation from sin.
The Promise Of Salvation.
SO important was this In the mind
OF our blessed Saviour Christ Jesus
twenty centuries ago that he willing
~ endured the untold agonies of
Gethsemane and the cross infulfill-
Ing his mission of bringing deliver
ance, this salvation, to mankind.
The Bible declares that Christ Jesus
came to destroy the works of the
devil, and the record OF his life
shows that he did destroy sin, dis
ease, and death, that he taught his
followers so to do. saying, He that
believeth on me the works that
do shall he do. also,' and that for
about three centuries they demon
strated the truth of their masters
teachings by doing these wonderful
works.
1.-The Bible declares that he came
to bring full salvation from all evil.
If we think for q moment what this
world would be with this mission OF
| our Saviour fulfilled in it, with all
men living In accordance with his
teachings and demonstrating them,
and thus with all sin and misery re-
moved from human experience
(Which would be an inevitable re.
sult), we would realize the great
blessing such salvation would
bring, and how far short we have
come in availing ourselves OF the op.
portunities the Master labored and
suffered to secure US; then we would
have a full salvation here and now
even as the Bible declares, Behold
now Is the day of salvation There
must be some cause for this failure
this misunderstanding of the Bible
teachings, and general neglect there
OF, and We shall be interested t
learn what Christian Science has t.
offer towards solution of this grea,
problem.
Salvation to BE Worked Out.
"Christians believe that salvation
is obtained through Christ. Saliva
ton. according to Smiths Bible Die
t1onary. means "Deliverance from
temporal evils and earthly destruc
tion,' in other words, deliveranc,
from sin, disease, and death, all evil
In order to be effective, salvation
must have its underlying principl,
and Its science, its exact demonstra
bic knowledge. The science of sal
walton through Christ must therefor,
mean that demonstrable knowledg,
of divine principle, the Christ Truth
which affords deliverance from al
evil.
st. Paul enjoins upon us that W,
work out our own salvation, which
means that we overcome evil. Thi'
question Of mastery OF evil involve,
the understanding of several essen
tial points. One is the nature an(
character Of evil, an dthat we ma,
analyze evil intelligently, let us frs
review briefly what Christian Scienc.
teaches regarding the essential ma
ture 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 thai
God. is what the Bible defines Hin
to be. namely. the Infinite One
Says Moses, Hear. O Israel, thu
Lord our God Is one Lord, there II
none beside Him. Says St. Paul
One God and Father of all, WHIT
Is above all, and through all, and IL
you ALL Says the Psalmist. Whose
understanding is infinite
God, being infinite. must partak<
OF the nature and character OF infln.
ity or allness. He can know no lin.
itation OF any kind. whether it BIZ
OF time, space, knowledge, or power
He is therefore omnipresent, every.
where present, the infinite, the alb.
solute, the only real presence.
He Is also >omntpotent, as the
Revelator declares. The Lord God
omnipotent renieth.' Omnipoten1
means the one infinite power, and
hence the only real power.
HE is omniscient, the all-wise
all-knowing, the infinite intelligence
and hence the only 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 di.
vine creative Principle, the basis
foundation. cause, origin of all real
hne' action. growth, development
and power.