Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-12-30
WHY NOT A JESUS CHRIST SUM-
DAY.

Without arg encouragement OF the
good things directly within their own
sfhere OF action. and the multitude
rs efforts for social betterment
which the churches end themselves
called upon to advocate from their pull
pi s. we quote as follows from an edi-
toilal which appeared recently in the
''kennebec Journal" Of Augusta,
Maine -
The third Sunday in December is
az red upon pastors, Sunday schools.
young peoples societies. and all other
RI ligious societies as peace Sunday.
III almost seems that every Sunday
will be "some thing" Sunday by and
BY If churches and religious societies
will consider what Jesus Christ's plat
form was, they will find themselves
standing for peace, clean living which
prevents disease. and for every other
good thing which modern advertisers
are likely to attribute to their own
perception and profound study. The
practical study Of what Jesus Christ
taught. nearly two Thousand years ago,
will give new ideas On peace policy.
arbitration. and resistance of microbes.
LET'S have a genuine Jesus Christ
Sunday. and invite all IN to hear some
thing new and remarkable from ancient
annals OF peace. good will. arbitration.
human love, aud human cleanliness
that is divine
The Christian Science Sentinel. a
magazine full OF good reading matter
ca nments editorially on the above. un-
der the caption YESTERDAY. TO
DAY aud FOREVER
The editorial is from the pen of
Archibald Mcclellan. and is as follows ::
This editorial referring to the
above from the Kennebee Journal) puts
is title in the form Of very signid-
cant quetison why not Jesus Christ
sunday" From TINS we infer that the
writer of il was of the opinion that it
is the business Of the churches to pre-
sent any aud every question which they
may discuss. from the standpoint of
the teachings of Christ Jesus. This
certainly seems TO be the proper view
point for every Christian on every pub
lie question. Take. for instance. the
question of peace. What more need be
SAID on THE subject than the words Of
Christ Jesus in his sermon on the
Mount? Is not the golden rule the
foundation for universal pesce? Is not
the love Of neighbor for neighbor, IA
its universal application, the begin
ming and the ultimate of world peace?
And DO we not End that every virtue
and every kindly deed is in accord with
the teachings of our great Master. be-
cause be taught the omnipotence of
God and the omnipresence of Love?
an these things would be promiae Mt
in what the 'JOu rnal refers to as "a
Jesus Christ Sunday, but there is one
thing which would have to be more
prominent than any other in the OBJ
servance Of such Sunday. else the
title would be more or less of a misno-
mer. We refer t. what Mrs. Eddy has
spoken OF as the lost element of heal.
ing (Church Manual. p ~, the
power to heal that was lost only be-
cause it was not given its rightful
place in Christian ministry from the
third century to the nineteenth. when
Mrs. Eddy again made it the best of an
understanding of the Masters teach
ings An equally potent reason for the
temporary submergence of this healing
power was because it was decried as an
ungodly presumption on the part of
those who desired to give literal obedi-
ence to Jesus command to heal the
sick.
The vital fast in the teaching of
Christian Science is the ever-presence
Of the Christ; as Paul expresses il in
his epistle to the Hebrews, Jesus
Christ the same yesterday. and today.
and forever Then that phase Of the
ministry of Christ Jesus to which so
much attention is given in the gospels,
that of the healing of the wounds and
bruises of suffering and sorrowing
humanity. cannot consistently be
ignored by his professed followers to-
day. nor is there any other phase which
more definitely shows the at-one-ment
of Father and Son.
"A Jesus Christ Sunday" in the
churches would be one in which all
the gospel of Christ Jesus would be
preached and demonstrated. and if the
churches are not having ifty-two such