The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-06

of Jesus It reveals, aWakens, and
develops the divine possibilities that
exist latently in every one. 1t shows
how to throw off the liabilities, the
disabilities, and the liabilities that
have been imposed Oh men by ages
of wrong thinking, and how to gain
their true manhood.
The aim Of Christian Science is
not only to prepare people for a
heavenly hereafter, but to transform
their present experience into order
and harmony. 1t declares that
heaven, or harmony, is the present
result of right thinking and right
doing; it is the mental state that
always accompanies the supremacy
of Truth and Love in man.
Its Object and Method.
Christian Science changes its
students into better men and wom-
en-. not only by giving them true
motives, pure desires, and absolute
ideals, but by discovering to them
the deceptive nature Of evil i'm
pulses and the source and power
of good thoughts. In like manner
this Science equips its students for
the cure and prevention of disease.
1t teaches them TO analyZe the con-
~. g.. a hun
seriousness and to maintain the
true sense of being against the false
sense of disorder thus destroying
the essential cause of disease and
establishing the condition of health.
SO also the power of infinite Mind,
acting with true thoughts, or truth,
is found to be available in every
case of human need. AS the psalm
| list said His truth shall be thy
shield and buckler.'
Being compassionate, helpful, and
spiritual, this Science is Christian,
Since it is methodical and calls
for exact knowledge, and is based
on Principle, this Christianity is
Science.
christian Science has been
taught and practised long enough
for its efforts to be observed IN a
very large number of cases. In this
manner a great quantity of evidence
has accumulated to prove that its
effects are exceedingly wholesome.
Consistently practsed, it is condu-
Give to health, moral as well as
physical, with corresponding de-
gree of happiness.
Christian Science meets human
needs. it does so IN the way that
promises to deliver hurani!y from
the bondage of evil; and it proves
that one person can aid another to
gain his victory and freedom. Such
being the case no one can afford
to be misnformed or uniformed
concerning it's truth and value.
The Reason for a Church.
A reason for hostility to Christian
Science which is oftener felt than
spoken is that Mrs. Eddy founded
new church; she added to the
number of churches; and members
have withdrawn from other church
es to join this one.
( There are two facts, either of
which ought to put an end to hos
tility of this sort at once and for
ever. The first of these facts is
that 13 years elapsed after the dis
covery of Christian Science before
Mrs. Eddy founded rev church,
and she did so then only because
the non receptive attitude of the
then existing church made a new
church necessary so that Christian
Science might be presented to the
world.
The other fact to which ! have
referred is this: The Church of
Christ, Scientist has gained mem
bers only as those who have come
to Christian Science have gained a
Setter life. There can be no just
cause for offense in this. 1t is the
object of all churches, and none of
them need feel a. loss when a man
finds in Christian Science what he
could not, or even diI not, find
elsewhere.
Mrs. Eddy never sought a per-
sonal following. Throughout her
work as the leader of a great re-
ligicus movement she consistently
turned the attention of Christian
Scientists away from herself to the
message that was spoken through
her. Her aim and hope, as she
often said, were to quicken and
increase the beneficial effects of
Christianity" (Science and Health,
p. 367; Miscellaneous Writings, p.
2O7) The spiritual vitality of her.
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