El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-27

who think God is a person. How many peo-
pie there are who, when they kneel down
ana close their eyes, and reverently pray
to God, have in mind a person, or a form,
or an Image, to which they prayi And how
many others there are who think Of God
as being of anger and resentment who
sends failure and suffering TO those who
displease hinl And are there not a great
many others who think of God as a being, who
lives in a far off country called heaven, and
that it is necessary for people to die, and
go there in order to see Him2
These are only a few Of the incorrect be-
liefs which people entertain about God.
yet all the while that people have gone
God. the Bible statements concerning him
have been perfectly plain The Bible says,
for instance. that God is love, and, since He
is infinite he must be infinite love Chris
tian Science says therefore, that infinite
love cannot be the author Of evil, either in
the form OF sickness or SIN. ana tnaI. no
matter what one may think about evil. it
must be accounted for in some other way
than as being part OF the creation OF Cod.
1.-THE Bible further discloses that God not
only is love. but is also OmnipreSent. If
that is So then He is everywhere, for that
is what the word means. He fills all space,
and is in one place IN precisely the same
degree and to precisely the same extent that
He is in every other place. Does that not
lift ones thought above the concept Of e linz
tied God? And is it not plain that so long
as people believe in a limited God, who is
limited as to His form, dwelling place, or
goodness, they will continue to suffer from
Observation-Disclosures with respect TO NE
and the duration thereof nealIn, sIrenslh,
mental capacity, success love, spirituality
and every good thing? Christian Science
makes plain that humanity can hope to be
emancipated from the curse Of limitations
in any and all Of these directions when men
and women shall have given up their false
learned the truth concerning His nature and
@Christian Science, therefore pleads for
a rational and demonstrable understanding
Of God in place Of theoretical and specu-
Some day an mankind will recognize the
immeasur2ble service that Mrs. Eddy mas
Christian Science and the establishment OF
the Christian Science movement" declared
the speaker. Through her teaching she mas
elevated religious understanding from a the
Oretical to a practical basis. She has taught
the world that it is the mission Of religion
to heal people Of sickness, sorrow, unhappl-
ness and fear, as well as to destroy sin, and
has clearly defined the process by means OF
which these results may be accomplished as
to make it possible for every one to prove
it for himself and thereby TO heal himself
and others. Christian Science is applied
Christianity just as truly as engineering is
applied mathematics There is no mystery
about it, and when one does his work cor
rectly, according to its rule heallng ana
regeneration must follow.
In the Bible (JOhn SKID we read that
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say unto them, 4 ascend unto my 1alner ana
your Father; and to my God and your God
Also in John, in:2, Beloved, now are we
the sons OF God. and 1t doth not yet appear
what we shall be: but we know that. when
he shall appear, we shall be Ike him; for
we shall see him as he is. st. Paul also
wrote (Romans S:16, 10, fThe spirit itself
beareth witness with our spirit, that we
are the children Of God; and if children
then heirs; heirs Of God. and jaint heirs
with Christ
Christian Science demonstrates the truth
of these inspired statements. It makes
available as a present right and possibility
mans Inheritance as the son and heir OF
God by showing that the real man created
by God is spiritual and not material; that
his life, continuity intelligence and har-
mony are in spirit and not in matter; that
all of his qualities and attributes are de-
rived from spirit and that every function
Of the real man is governed by the divine
mind. Man. therefore, expresses the divine
nature and hence he is the image Of God
and as such is perfect and immortal. The
man is not the likeness Of God, for
matter cannot be the image OF spirit He
is the false concept Of man, and the sin.
disease and death involved in this false con-
sept Will disappear as false mortal beliefs
are dissolved by truth The material belief
must give place to the spiritual fact in ev-
cry case
out Of the amplitude of her own spiritual
Mrs. Eddy has translated in
10 human language the truth about God
and man, and their relationship; has re-
realed a perfect divine principle that gov
srns mankind and has proved that the
ruth taught by Jesus is scientific, and may
be demonstrated today Of old to deliver
.he SHINING, sOrrOwing and suffering from
heir OppressOrs, to set all mankind free
rom bondage to evil and to establish the
kingdom Of God on earth"