East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-14

II ! were to select text of Scrip
ture as a basis for this address l GER
tainly could not well select a more
appropriate or more important one
than Jesus commission to his discip-
les, that their preaching should be
with respect to the kingdom of God.
and be accompanied by the healing of
the sick, the cleansing of the leper.
the raising of the dead the casting
out of devils.
The tenth chapter of Matthews
gospel is entirely devoted to the Mas
ter's instructions and admonitions in
this respect, and the closing chapter
OF the same gospel adds to this COM
mission the more general and univer-
sal one, namely, that his followers
should teach all nations to observe all
things whatsoever he had command
ed them to do. thus plainly making
1. Christians duty to heal the SICK
end remove evils as well as preach
the gospel, in all times and places.
The command of the Master Is in
substance an epitome of true Chris
tian faith, doctrine. and practice,
IhOItONeI, IL 10 OpNiouo tiiht pe~' -
faith and practice can only rest Sc
cure on firm foundation. to wit:
The existence of one omnipotent, om-
nipresent, omniscient Coda God
owho constitutes and embraces all
true being and who consciously In
spires. protects. and governs every
part and portion OF His vast universe
OF ideas according to immutable law.
The Allncss of God.
Christian Science meets the re-
quirement to preach by works or dem
onstration. rather than by words OF
arguments. II does not announce a
new and strange concept OF God bu,
unfolds and declares a correct. be-
cause demonstrable, understanding oi
His being, qualities, and law. To
broaden our concept of God. there
has been introduced into the teaching
oi Christian Science as terms oil
synonyms for God other than ordi
narily used. those Of Mind, Soul. Prin
ciple. Life, Truth, and Love. Th'
terms intelligence and substance are
also employed as synonyms to aid th'
student in his comprehension of God
as well as to indicate His nature, at
tributes, and qualities. These terms
when rightly understood and applied
serve to turn thought away from
circumscribed limited. or humanize'
sense OF Deity and direct II towar'
that impersonal. infinite. supreme. an
absolute intelligence, consciousness
nd whom hnv
designated as God.
When we include every attribut
o: goodness. Justice. mercy, com
PASSION, affection and tenderness
which we naturally associate with tn
term Father as applied to God, an
al the same time exclude all sens
al injustice. hatred, anger, vengeance
and changeableness we are able I
obtain and enjoy a more righteou
and true sense OF Deity as infinite
All Such a concept inspires low
and reverence Furthermore, 1t wi
quicken within us a spiritual consci
business. which is recuperative an
redemptive in it's operation. an
which will act as a silent power to III
us above the false and illegitimat
beliefs of mortality, obliterate tn
undesirable moral or physical effect
which those beliefs may have pre-
ducsd and provide an adequate dc
fense against the influence and &C
tion of all that Is unlike God. good.
one infinitely good God and one ir
flni,ely perfect universe, includin
man, is what Christian Science de
clares and teaches. And regardin
this Il holds that 1t is just as i'm
portant that we shall have corre'
understanding regarding perfe'
man as the creature OF God. as 1t
that we shall have a true knowledg
OF a perfect God as the creator
man. II one or the other or bot
are excluded from our religion
teaching and practice. then Is o,
faith likely to be dead and our hoI
indeed vain. To account for the al
sence of more general belief In
religion embodying these fundamel
tails, we must note how far and VIC
we have strayed on these question
and what has led the world into II
confusion and trouble in which 1t a.
pears TO be involved. All that v
find In Biblical history associate
with the humanized concept OF Del
and the imperfection of man, We al
find incorporated in the mammal
doctrines Of modern Christiani'
which has resorted to the practice
clothing the Divine with the humi
yesture, and depreciating and misre
resenting the creative work of Go
Failing to distinguish between {
true and the false conceptions of G.
which appear in the Scriptures,
dehneates Him wholly as an anthro
omorfic being-liable to wrath a
vengeance and whimsical, capricio
and changeable in His nature, and
its teaching succeeds only In implar
inc In the hearts of men fear a
hatred Of a Supreme being. rather tn
reverence and love. Theology's teac
ing with respect to the creation
that what we behold on earth tod
as men and women are all that m
remains of what was originally sp
,tual man. Almost universally
belief prevails that man. the crow
ing triumph of Gods creation, has
generated to the level of mater
beast.-indeed, It Is even declal
tha, he is little else than 'a M
speck OF dust on the desert of
universe.
Two Records Of Creation.
Evidently this thought of man
obtained by reason Of the confus
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