Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-21

ural and normal and to be surprised
at good. There is a common saying
to the effect that such and such an &C.
renee Is TOO good to be- true" Moth
ing Is too good to be true in Gods uni
verse, for the good is the natural and
the normal. The good is, in reality,
the only true, and, conversely, the true
is invariably good.
The attempt to overcome evil by
magnifying it has not succeeded,-and
1t has not deserved to succeed. Chris
tian Science shows the way of over
coming evil by magnifying good, by
establishing the law of God in human
consciousness. To hold up evil as a
terrible reality. with power to defy
God, to set in operation laws of it's
own designed to nullify the eternal law
OF God, is to admit at once all the
claims of evil and to invest it with the
only power it can pretend to possess
in human affairs. But to understand
God as the only real power enables
mankind to annul the claims of evil
and SO to reduce it, first, to insignifi-
canoe in human thought, and then to
final nothingness.
What would be thought of general,
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all the points of stragetic importance
to the enemy, and then expected to
win, by an assault against such over
whelming odds? Yet this is precisely
what is being done by those who are
surrendering to all the pretensions of
evil before engaging in hand to hand
conflict with 1t.
Christian Science summons man
kind to battle against false foes, dis
credited from the very start, and as
sures victory over sin, sickness and
death, to those who WELD the sword
of Spirit,-the spiritual understanding
of God, Spirit, Life eternal and Love
infinite and inexhaustible.
In all portions of the globe the needy
are turning with rejoicing to Christion
Science. because it proves that God is
available in all times of trouble; be-
cause it Is the fulfilling of the law
handed down from of old; because it
teaches us how to pray Alright, as Jesus
taught his disciples to do, so as to
bring about good results. If Christian
Science only stemmed the ravages of
fear and only to that extent diminish
ed sin and sickness, 1t would earn the
gratitude of mankind. But when this
Science is found destroying every form
of sin and sickness known to man,
then it is justly considered as an in
estimable boon to mankind, literally
without price. I am sure If any here
are in need of help, they will be glad
to know of such science and will
wish to acquire it for themselves, since
IL is free to all.
There is hardly a town or village
where the good news of this healing
by Christian Science has not been
heard. A multitude of people have
been healed of all manner of diseases.
organic or inorganic, functional, acute
and chronic. Cases which have been
pronounced incurable by any known
method Of material medicine have
yielded to Christian Science treatment
Consumption, cancer and other dread
dieases, have been destroyed. The
lame. the blind. and the malt have beer
restored whole. It Is not too much t.
say that during the past forty year,
and more Christian Science has rur
its hand along the gamut Of human
woe and proved its ability to still ev
cry kind Of note In human suffering.