Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-29

mere exclamation. But if it was
more, it would only Indicate that
when a doubter is once convinced he
is liable to go to the other extreme
1t is sometimes supposed that tile
word Lord" as used in the New
Testament authorizes the doctrine
that Jesus is God; but not so. The
primary meaning of this word (and
the Greek word which it represents)
is lone who has power or authority" /"
whether God or man. In a second
airy sense it is a title of honor or
respect. Jesus used this word to
denote superiority or supremacy in
various relations. In this way he
used it with reference to a house
holder in relation to his house, with
reference to a man in relation to the
sabbath, and with reference to him
self in relation to his disciples. But
it is fairly evident from the conteXts
that he never used this word nor
: any word, to designate himself as
God.
One more question respecting the
divinity of the Christ remains to be
explicitly answered. 1t is this: Who
or what is the Christ? In the Bible
the word Christ is used with three
shades of meaning. 1t is used as a
synonym for the Messiah whose ad-
vent was the subject of Jewish
prophecy and expectation. 1t is
used as title given to Jesus because
he fulfilled the Messianic prophecy
and expectation. 1t is also used to
denote the character or office of the
divine Saviour as that which exer-
cises or manifests the saving power
of God.
Mrs. Eddy has adopted this Bibli-
cal usage. Consequently with 1t she
has furnished definite statement OF
the Christ oD which both Jew and
Gentle may unite That is, "The di-
vine manifestation of God, which
comes to the flesh to destroy incarn-
ate error" (Science and Health
page $3.50
This is definition for every era
and for all time. Thus il was that
Paul spoke of the Christ has having
delivered the children of Israel from
certain forms of evil at the time OF
the exodus from Egypt; and thus il
is that the Christ actually can be
with every one always, "even unto
the end of the world"-even unto the
end of error.
Another argument against Chris
tian Science is so vague and ina-ticu.
late that it is difficult to define. Per.
haps for this reason it has affected
more people than were aware of Its
influence. The gist of this argu
ment is that Christian Science wa:
not discovered by some one else.
Human nature is disposed 70 dis
credit the ability of any particular
person to render the world a great
spiritual service. Especially is thi!
the case where the Individual whC
has rendered such service is not one
whom the world had thought of a:
prepared in its own way for religion!
leadership. History has more thai
once exposed the fallacy of this atti
tude, but it persists nevertheless
Slander and inyective nave usual.
fallen upon those who have served
the world in this manner, but the,
would not convince any one were i
not for the concurrence of this trai
of human nature.
1t should be understood, however
that Christian Science is MT some
thing invented by Mrs. Eddy; n,
more than the Ten Commandment
were invented by Moses. 1t was un
folded to her auI through her in tn,
manner foretold by the Master in hi
prophecy of the Comforter or Spiri
of Truth: HE shall not speak o
HIMSELF but whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he speak" In thi
way Mrs. Eddy has been the means o
making known to human understand
ing the science of God and His uni
verse, including man, and especially
this science as Applied to the re
demption of humanity.
So far as Mrs. Eddy is concerned
her fitness for this service is nov
proved by her having accomplishe,
1t. The Christian Science movemen
has now become world wide; and it
! wonderful redemptive value is fac
of authentic history-a fact that can
not be reversed nor turned back.
The facts of Mrs. Eddy's persona
history are simply told in a biogra
ply by Sibyl Wilbur, which can b
found in most of the public Libraries
AS an authentic account of an illus
trious woman this book is we'll wortl