Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-11

o,is conception of God must necessarily
fail to bring to it's adherents the help
and comfort for which they seek. When
we look about us and see the splendid
fidelity of men and women to their re-
ligious beliefs, and then see how much
suffering and failure they experience,
ard how far short they come of attain
ing the good which they so honestly
seek It IL q fair deduction that there
is something wrong about their under
standing of God.
No offense will be given, therefore.
by the statement that the average
person has very indefinite and nebu-
lous conception of God. If you were
to ask dozen people to tell you who
and what God is, you would get q
dozen different answers, There are
some who think God is person. How
many people there are who. when
they kneel down and close their eyes,
and rcverently pray to God, have IN
mind q person, or form, or an image,
10 which they pray, And how many
others there are who think of God
as being Of anger and resentment.
who sends failure and suffering to
those who displease him. And are
there not grea. many others VINO
think of God as a being who lives in
far-off country called Heaven, and
that it is necessary for people TO Ole,
and go there. in order to see HIM
These are only few of the incorrect
beliefs which people entertain about
God.
Yet, all the while that people have
gone on believing these erroneous
things about God, the Bible state
ments concerning him have been per-
| fectiy plain. The Bible says, for Fin
stance. that God is Love, and. since
He is infinite, he must be infinite
Love. Christian Science says. there
| fore. that infinite Love cannot be
/ the anthor Of evil, either in the form
Of sickness or sin, and that. no mat
| ter what one may think about evil
it must be accounted for in some other
way than as being part OF the cfe-
i alton of God.
/ The Bible further discloses that God
not only is Love. but is also omni-
present II that is so, then He is ev-
erywhere, for that is what the word
means. He fills all space. and Is IN
one place in precisely the same degree
and to precisely the same extent that
He is in every other place. Does that
not lift ones thought above the con-
cept of q limited God? And is 1t not
plain that so long as people believe
in limited God, who is limited as
to His form, dwelling place. or good
ness, they will continue to suffer from
INSTRUMENTATION with respect
to life and the duration thereof,
health, strength, mental capacity, sue
cess, love, spirituality and every good
thinge Christian Science makes plain
that humanity can hope to be eman-
cipated from the curse of Limitations
in any and all of these directions
when men and women shall have Civ
en- up their false beliefs about linn
tied God. and shall have learned the
truth concerning His nature and char
i acter. l.s
/ Christian Science, therefore. pleads
for a rational and demonstrable I'M
Outstanding of God in place of theo-
retical and speculative beliefs about
i Him.
j Mrs. Eddy.
Some day all mankind will recor-
hlze the immeasurabie service thaf
. Mrs. Eddy has rendered to humanity
; Dy her discovery of Christian Science
ana the establishment Of the Christian,
science movement. Through her
teaching she has elevated religions
understanding from theoretical 10 "A
practical basis. She has taught thu
world that it is the mission Of religion
10 heal people of sickness, sorrow. I'M
i happiness and fear, as well as to de-
stfoy SIN, and has SO clearly defined
the process by means of which these
results may be accomplished as to
make 1t possible for every one to,
prove 1t for himself and thereby to
neal himself and others. Chris
tian Science Is applied Christianity
Just as truly as engineering is applied
| mathematics. There is no mystery
about 1t, and when one does his work
correctly, according to it's ruie, heal
ing and regeneration must follow. :
In the Bible John xx:1D we read
that Jesus said to Mary. Go TO my
brethren. and say unto them, ascend
unto my Father. and your Father:
and to my God and your God" Also
in 1 John, iii:2. Beloved, now are
| we the sons of God and it doth not
/ w appear WIKI we otIdI Dc- OuL We
know that. when he shall appear, we
shall be like him; for we shall see
him as ne is" st. Paul also wrote
Romans SIG. ~. 1.-THE Spirit itself
beareth witness with our spirit. that
| we are the children of God: and IL
children then heirs; heirs Of God. and
joint heirs with Christ"
| Christian Science demonstrates the
truth of these inspired statements. It
makes available as a present right
and possibility mans inheritance as
the son and heir Of God by showing
that the real man created by God IS
spiritual and not material: that his
life. continuity, intelligence and har-
mony are in spirit and not in matter:
that all of his qualities and attributes
are derived from Spirit, and that ev-
/ cry function of the real man is gov
erned by the divine Mind. Man. there
| fore, expresses the divine nature, and
hence he is the image of God. and as
such is perfect and immortal. The
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