East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-02-25

clear that Science must have a Prin-
c.ple, Webster defines Principle as
the Cause, Source. origin of anything;
that from which thing proceeds; in
Science an admitted truth. Has Chris
tian Science Principle? 1t has ad-
mitted truth as its Principle. II is an
admitted Truth that there is one
God; God Is infinite; that He is omni-
present, omnipotent and omniscient.
God is Spirit, God is Love, God is Life,
God Is Good, God is the one Cause or
Principle. Webster defines Spirit as
intelligence conceived of as apart
from any material organization; vital
energy, force. as distinct from matter:
an immaterial, intelligent substance" "
Now let US look for a momen, a,
websters definition of a syllogism
and then ascertain II Christian Sci
ence Is pure Science, which Webster
has before defined as built upon self.
evident truths. "A syllogism Is the
regular, logical form Of an argument
consisting of three propositions, OF
which the first two are called the
premises; and a conclusion. The con.
ciusion necessarily follows the prem
ises, so that IL these are true the con-
clusions must be true" 1t is an ad.
mitted fact that God is infinite
These premises being true, the con-
clusion that Spirit is infinite must be
| true. Now Spirit, according to Web
ster is Intelligence or Mind apar,
from any physical organization" and
infinite is limitless. Therefore, the
conclusion Of our syllogism may be
stated thus: Immaterial intelligence
Is limitless. or Mind is All-in-all
which is the fundamental statement
of Christian Science. God is Good,
and 'in Him there is no evil" God
Is omnipotent or all powerful, and
evil is powerless.
God is Truth, God is Life ana Love.
There is nothing true but Truth; /;
hence, as things equal to the same
thing are equal to each other, there
is nothing true but Life and Love.
Christian Science has as its Principle
God, infinite Good, an admitted Truth
and is. therefore, pure Science, be-
cause it is built upon self-evident
truths. A science must recognize law.
Webster defines law as "a controlling
regulation, or a rule. as being So GER
tain and constant that it is conceiv-
e. OF as imposed by the will of God,
CT some controlling authority" Chris
tian Science finds in the Scriptures
the laws of Being, and by applying
these laws understandingly, its fol-
lowers are enabled to verify by exper-
iment or prove that it is exact Science.
II explains phenomena of every kind,
and is, therefore, applied Science.
What proper place has faith in Sci
ence? Let us quote from Professor
Hoffman: Faith, considered as a
mental act, is exercised in the for
nation of every Science. There
could be no Science without faith any
more than there could be extension
without space" Webster defines faith
as "The assent of the mind to a
statement or proposition on the
grounds of it's manifest truth"
Christian Science is not dependent
on faith as the term is commonly un-
derstood, but is founded on the "as-
sent to the manifest truth of a state
ment;" there is but one God, and
that God is Spirit; there is but one
Cause, and the law that like produces
like. Christian Science lifts the defi-
milton of faith to Paul's apprehen-
/ sion, as ''the substance of things
hoped for the conviction of unseen
realities" which is the literal trans.
lation of that passage, Evidence OF
things not SEEN"
Thus we see that Science belongs
as much to the laws governing menta
phenomena as to physical causes and
effects. This was for a long time alb
solutely ignored and when Wisdom
| welded those two words, Christian
Science, in indissoluble and eterna
union, old opinions felt strange con
vulsion. That word is now the lodge
star of the age. The millennial age
I must be the scientific age. when the
Mind that is Love will rule with the
rod Of unerring Principle, the whole
world not by physical law that blast!
while 1t blesses, but by spiritual law
that says to the tempest. peace be
STILL" and hears the 'still small
voice" above the oceans roar. This
will be the spiritually scientific age