Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-02-14

)RNING, FEBRUARY 14, 19 Cropping blindly in the darkness, Touch Gods right hand in that dark ness
 And are lifted up and strengthened. In spite of the great number or those who found clarification of thought and the cure of bodily dis tress from the divine source through their uplifted faith, and their prayer of faith" Mrs. Eddy was the only one who was enabled to translate her ex- perience in such a way as to discover the law and the Principle upon which the experience depended. She speaks of the experience being to her what the falling apple was to Newton. It was the occasion for the right reas- 'koning which led to a discovery.
 She was qualified like no other stu dent or theologian of her time, to comprehend the basic truth in the Scriptures, because she had gained in her own life proof of Gods friend ship to man of similar nature to the headings there recorded. Men have gone to the Scriptures with every sort of a theory, and have sought to prove their theories from the words of the record. She turned to the works recorded seeking to understand them by virtue of an experience of healing.
 | When her discovery was complete she made clear that it's basis was "the teachings and demonstrations of our great Master and the lives of proph- cts and apostles" Science and Health 126:2O.
 Era of Hope
 The era of the prophets was the time of promise-the era of the worlds hope and expectation. But hope was not fulfilled. "These all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the prom l lise." Perhaps the quality of the hope I is best expressed in such a promise as that of Isaiah: "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped; then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing" Furthermore of the ransomed of the Lord he says: "They shall ob- tain joy and gladness, and sorro" and signing shall flee away Sucb was the prophets expectation.
 Era of Christian Faith
 Then came the era of the revela- ton of Christianity. The demonstra- tions of the Master and his apostles revealed mans government, by God, whereby he is governed for his bless ing, and. the glory of God is achieved by the salvation of man. This be- came the era of the worlds faith. The apostles saw the promises of the prophets fulfilled; but as the years went by men began to put away from them the fulfilment of the promises Into the future life. It was the Chris tian era-but the era of Christianity doctrinal. Every man became busy saying to his brother, "Know the Lord" Consequently there grew up scores of sects with different theories as to the way of salvation.
 Transitional Questionings
 Then appeared signs of a transi- ton. The churches began to make less dogma and more of life. They added Christian service to man to their formal services in honor of God Christianity appeared outside of the lchurches in a general awakening re- garding mans duty to man. Cues tions arose as to the power of evil, so long submitted to in this life, in the hope of a blessed immortality after death. Men were stirred like Gideon l when ms ldAu was impoVoi A0Aou " the Midianites and he said, "If the Lord be for us, why then has all this befallen us? and where be all his mir acles which our fathers told us of? So amid the oppression of incurable diseases and evils apparently irres- istible many cried out, of there be a God, why is His might not proven?"
 The answer had long been made that disease and pain and death orig mate with God, and that evil is of His sending or permission. Now men began to question their guides and ask, "How shall the physicians pres- cription avail to cure the disease, or