The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

Humanity wants to know God-the
God Of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
the God Of the prophets and Of Christ
Jesus They want God whom they
may know AZ Father, kind, merciful,
just, true-who. as the Psalmist says.
'forgiveth all thine infQuities; who
healeth all thy Diseases" q God who
hides not Himself from His children,
| but desires that they should know
Him; a God who Is q very present help
in time of trouble.
The religions OF the world have fall
ed to answer the hearts appeal. The
searcher for Truth has been made to
/ known until the portals OF human ex-
isrence close behind him. The man
who is hungry and thirsty will seek
food and drink wherever he can find
it. and the same is true Of him who
is hungry and thirsty for spiritual food
and drink.
Christian Science is doing much to
satisfy this craving by giving men q
,, scientific. demonstrable religion. a re-
ligion not SO much of preaching as of
works. Thousands upon thousands
, have been touched by this ministry of
redemption, love, kindness. gratitude
and good fellowship. Every sorrow
comforted. every pain relieved, every
duced, every prejudice annulled, every
; disease healed by the power of God
proves the efficacy Of divine law,
makes man more reverent toward God.
and more gentle and tolerant toward
his fellow man.
God as Mind.
Christian Scientists know God. not
Mind; the Mind which is infinite good.
Love. Life, Truth. All that is good.
all that is true, all that il worthy, is
the manifestation and expression of
divine Mind. God. good: is also the
mind Of man, and divine law demands
that man shall have no other god,
hence, no other mind.
God as Love.
The favorite appellation of Christian
Scientists for God is Love. The word
Love expresses the divine nature and
the tender relation between God and
His creation. Moved with Gods great
compassion. filled with an upwell-
ing flood Of gratitude for the conscious
sense Of Emmanuel, or God with u.s.
men in all ages have tried to image
forth the depth of Gods love for His
children; but no human thought can
conceive it, nor human tongue express
it, even when most aware OF His brood
ing tenderness and watchful care.
For the love of God is broader
Than the measure of mans mind;
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind"
The unwavering affection of a mother
for her little ones (perhaps the most
perfect love human beings can know
is but q reflection Of the divine. the
ever ready and willing arm of protec-
admonition. the bountiful provision OF
God for His own. David sang of Him
as a shepherd guarding his flock, guild
ing them to green pastures and beside
still waters, while Jesus saw In Him
the kingdom. and the power. and the
glory forever"
Christian Scientists accept God as
their creator, as their guide and shep-
herd. as their provider. as their friend.
as their physician, indeed as the very
substance of their existence. for in
him We live. and move. and have our
being"
God as Principle.
Another of the descriptive Synonyms
for God, as we know Him in Christian
Science. is divine Principle. which sig
nifies that God. divine Mind, encom-
passes within Himself sall wisdom.
Truth, law, order and perfection Of be-
ing. Principle must always have these
| unchanging qualities. We say the same
in referring to the principle Of mathe-
matics, for 1t also holds within itself
all truth, law, order and perfection
pertaining to numbers. And as all
NUMBERS nave a perfect ana INSOFAR
able coexistence with the principle of
mathematics just SO man and all the
universe are coexistent with the divine
Principle of being.
Divine Mind Always Present.
The perfect Mind, Love and Princi-
pie which govern man and the uni
verse have never been absent for
moment, but mortal man has excluded
them from his realization by dwelling
t. - - s>lS
If one stands in the bright sunlight,
with 20 wells over the eyes, the light
will seem to be darkness, but as these
wells are removed the light becomes
clearer. Mortal man has had more
than 20 wells over his mental eyes,
which have excluded the divine light
These wells consisted of belief in idola-
try, bigotry, fanaticism, superstition,
hate, jealousy, envy, fear, laws of dis
ease and the like. One by one these
wells are. falling away. and as they go
from us the light Of true being be-
comes clearer. When all the darken-
ing wells shall have been taken away
mans immortal being will be realized.
This will bring the kingdom Of heaven.
st. Paul writes in First Corinthians
15:53-54):
For this corruptible must put on
interruption. and this mortal must put
on immortality.
$50 when this corruptible shall have
put on interruption, and this mortal
shall have put on immortality, then
shall be brought to pass the saying
that is written, Death is swallowed up
in victory"
| Men must separate wrong from
right thinking, even as one separates
| drOss from gold, tares from wheat, i'm
purities from water. This process
leaves the pure, the good, the true, the
| eternal.
| Tho Mission Of Christ Jesus.