The Marshall republican., 1914-05-01


work In human consciousness. In
that day men ana women will walk
the earth free from every evil condi-
tin, no longer In bondage to sickness,
sin, poverty, old age or death. but
shall then be found in the conscious
possession of that dominion which
God said in the beginning belongs to
man.
AS each one shall work out this
question for himself. striving to ar
rive at that conclusion which shall
best satisfy him as to which is the
true theory of prayer, one other thing
can be mentioned to aid the inquirer
In reaching that conclusion. and that
~ that through the Christtan Science
method Of prayer hundreds Of thous-
ands of sick people have been healed.
Is not this great array OF proof by
demonstration Mt least sufficient to
put every thinking person upon in
quiry. lest the Christian Science the
DRY OF prayer may not, In fact, be the
true theory.
Every person who prays desires to
know how to make trae prayer. All
people desire good and not evil. and.
in the main, all people are equally
honest In their religious affiliations,
for no ono would knowingly deceive
himself abut so important o matter.
The only reason, therefore, why
people are grouped together in diff
fcrent religious organizations is be-
cause they honestly believe that
through the organization TO which
they will be most likely to gain the
good which they 50 earnestly desire.
lSince then, through Christian Science
prayer. so many people have found
health. contentmont and peace, Il is
plain that sooner or latter every
thinking person will desire 10 know
how to pray as Christian Science
teachers.
Creation.
Another object about which there
IL great confusion OF belief, Is the
subject OF creation. There Is perhaps
no subject connected with religion,
or mentioned In the Bible. about
which there Is greater misunderstood
Ing than there 10 about creation. II
IL surprising how many people there
are who do not yen know that there
are two accounts Of the creation In
tile Bible. The first account ~ TO be
found In the first chapter OF Genesis,
cnd extends down TO and includes the
third verse OF the second chapter
Beginning with the fourth verse of
the second chapter. there follows an
other o that Is wholly different
from the first.
In the first account. we are told
that God created the universe, and
everything made by Him was good,
and lastly, that lie created man, In
Ills image. and after His " likeness
and that lie was god: while In the sec
ond account. we have the ~allegory
about God coming down to earth, and
mixing up dust and calling IL man.
Then follows the story of Adam and
Eve and the Garden OF Eden, and we
are told that n deep sleep fell upon
Adam. and that then sin appeared,
and that brother murdered brother,
and from that day To this that the
ma made OF dust has been a sinner
and has been ut enmity with God.
Christian Science acccpts tho frat
account of the creation as the spiritu-
nj and real creation and upon this
Foundation and basis Il builds. ReIig-
ious teachers Throughout the centuries
nave e~rroneously reaarded the Adam
ma Ms beins the real man made I'm
the image and likeness OF God, and
YET the Bible nowhere says so. The
Bible nowhere says that the Adam
man was made In Gods image or like
ness. That statement was made con-
corning the real man described In an
ACCOUNT OF the real creation. And
religious teachers have vainly striyen
TO make the wisdom and the love OF
God III the creation OF u sinner.
such a doctrine as that Is impos-
siblc. II dishonors Cod, and degrad-
es man. II makes God responsible
for all OF the sin and all OF the misery
from the beginning OF time. and the
best proof that II is not true ia that
i has never delivered those who BE-
lieved II from evil. '''
How perfectly the name mortal
man" fits him. Have you ever
thought OF II? NORTHUMBERLAND,
Tor that Is what the world means. A
death-man. having a death-body and
q death-mind! Does any one believe
that God ever created a death-man or
gave hin a death-mind or a death
DodyI. And Is II not plain that so
ions as people conceive OF themselves
as being mortals. or the mortal, or
~death-man 80 long will they continue
to remain In partnership with death.
Christian Science makes plain that
men and women can he emancipated
from that enemy when they shall
have learned the truth OF their W
being. and OF their rue relation
ship to God.
IN Christian Scicpce teaches that man
us Just what the Bible says he Is:
that he Is spiritual: that God made
him In His W image and after His
Town likeness; that He made him per-
feet. and that what God made perfect
has never possessed the capacity 10
become imperfect.
Christian Science Is the only sys-
tenn OF teaching. either religious or
secular. that even makes an attempt
to explain the difference between
man and the Adam-man. and Christ.
Ian Science does explain Il and make
it perfectly plain by pointing out that
the Adam-man-the dust-man-the
mortal or death-man, is nothing more
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