Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-27

however, it seems apparent that if
the human problem is ever to be
solved, if humanity is ever to be
emancipated frcm sin, suffering, sick
he -, and death, deiyersnce INST
come through a better understanding
Of God and man than material nedi-
cine and scholastic theology have
thus far been able to give.
When We contemplate the heroic
persistence of humanity to find de
hverence through these channels, |
cannot help thinking Of what Maet-
erInck says of the honey-bee. He
says that if bee is placed in
glass bottle with one end open and
the closed end turned toward the
sun, the bee will wear it's life out
in an effort to escape through the
closed end. The bee is a little crea-
ture that manifeSts wonderful intel
Ggence with respect to many things,
but because it sees the sun through
the glass it believes that it can es-
cape at no other place. So strong
is this belief that no failure is s,uf
ficient to cause it to turn around and
look fer deiyerance in any other
direction even though way of es-
cape is at hand.
How many people are beating their
wings against the closed end Of the
bottle. How long will they follow
the fetish CT fa'se' belief when that
belief has not saved them in the
past? How long before they will turn
around and lcCk in the direction from
which comes the light they seek?
MRS EDDY
Many people seem to think that
Christian Science is some new thing
devised by Mrs. Eddy, but such is
not the case. 1t is defined by it's
Founder as THE law of God, the law
of good, interpreting and demorstra-
ting the divine Principle and rule of
universal harmony" fundamental Dir
vine Science, p. -. 1t was under
stOd ard applied in part at least, by
Moses and the prophets. 1t is the
same principle that was understood
and practiced by Jesus, by means of
which he performed his works. 1t
is the same principle that he taught
turn taught to their disciples. When
ever it has been understood and ap-
piled it has been found to operate
aus law of humiliation to sin, dis
ease, and death, and to supersede So
called mortal laws.
Mrs. Eddy discovered this law in
the year 1856 as the result of her
own healing from an INJURY that
those around her believed would prove
fatal She turned to God for help
and through spiritual means, as the
result of prayer, she was immediate
ly restored to health. She knew
that it had been the power of God
that had healed her, but she wanted
to know how it had been done. She
wanted to know whether it had been
a miraculous exhibition of divine pow
er Or had been brought about by
the operation of law that might be
understood. She has told us that
she was fully convinced that her
healing had occurred through the OPP
GRAFTON of some law, and that if she
could discover the law it would be
posi- bic for others to be healed by
means of it. She worked for three
years, devoting most of her time to
the study of the Scriptures, and at
the end of that time she announced
that she had discovered the spirit
ual law by means of which Jesus
healed the sick.
At first peoplewere skeptical, and
refused to believe, but she met their
tskepticism by actually healing such
cases as were brought to her She
reduced her discovery to writing, but
before having it published, she tells
us that she subjected it to the broad
est practical tests. She healed many
chronic and supposedly incurable
cases of sickness which have been