Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-11-19
yr ny BICKNELL YOUNG.

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h,s ability 10 discern good. he
''''' - himself whether his thought.
"n -,oeued into action. would be
,or everybody. for under the
p" nj Christian Science IL Is
JUL .,v shown that no experience Is
' for anybody unless 1t is also
w. 's0d for everybody. because good Is
'sn,,s and universal. Christian Sci
Vs.. yiyes us these facts and corrects
'" '.y NJ our old philosophic and ethi-
VI =, views, for neither philosophy nor
.,,.s has been founded upon the
,,.. of primary. infinite perfection.
No Hope in Old systems.
All systems OF education accept the
,,,depce of the senses as to mans
,.,ng and destiny, and in so doing
...a IN perpetuate the destructive
.,,dtions of human experience. Or
1lDsrIly accepted religious views also
..,rcide with such teaching. for they
,,oulcate the idea that when evil has
srslly overcome a human being and
,.s,royed him, then he will be i'm
uortal None OF these systems hold
an, the hope that there will ever be
any present evidence of the destruc-
tou OF evil and the triumph OF the
human being. but on the contrary all
,rree in accepting the evidence OF the
ssnses which indicate the destruction
If man and the triumph OF evil
Now, whatever may be thought OF
Christian Science from the stand
mint OF old education, IL has the UNI
Questionable advantage OF being log
Ieal and consistent. II shows unmis-
takably that human being. however
much OF sinner he may be. needs to
be redeemed rather than destroyed
and that II is the proper business OF
both science and religion TO heal him
OF his diseases and to redeem him
from his sins so Enthusiastically that
both the healing and the redemption
shall appear.
One who Is III needs to be healed
now.
One who Is II sinner needs equal,
10 be- redeemed now. What Is to hea
the one and redeem the other. If 1t be
not knowledge that from the stand
point OF God there Is nothing wronl
with the universe nor with man. TO
from that standpoint there IS onl,
perfection. Such an assurance arous
es hope In the sick man. II turns hin
away from the constant thought o
his diseases TO the facts OF his rea
being. In the same way 1t awaken
the sinner not only to the hope u
salvation, but TO the immediate AT
taInment OF II. at least In some meas
ure. 1t encourages and greatly help
either a sick man or sinner to fin
out that disease and sin have Il
origin ia divine Cause. and are nc
81 Aimed by natural power or Law
Kingdom of Heaven Natural.
The world has tried for centuri'
to theorize itself into happiness. ilo
many have succeeded? Look dow
and up the centuries. See how man
have attained: practically none. Hi
all the success that ambitious me
have known given them happiness
Has all the wealth that untiring II
dustry and other means have enable
people TO accumulate given tho'
people happiness? Have they fout
happiness I'm any place or In any VIZ
that was actually permanent Ha'
they seen anything like the kingdo
Of Heaven? They have not. becau
II is not to be attained In these way
and still the Kingdom OF Heaven
Just as natural as breath. Ever
thing that is true Is natural; q
only God there Is is natural GOOD,
ways at hand. willing to save mo
than willing. always ready; the on
thing that needs TO happen TO II
man being is to get ready himself
understand, to be free. open, rece
tive. TO let thought explain and den
the nature OF Deity, and by means
thought to find that he himself Is
ing redeemed. The first step Is
get rid of the superstitious Deii
that disease and sin are either nee
sary or natural. They are neith
A correct concept of God entails
rejection OF all the theories wh
tend to perpetuate evil by ascrib
1t to Diety.
Sometimes It has been conside
dreadful thing that we should
fine the nature OF God and show |
someone can really think upon IN
great questions: What Is God? w
is Law? Where is Heaven! /
can It be attained? We have {
called presumptuous for this, ana
unfrequently unchristlan. Now
be unchristian to understand Goo
II be unchristian to know sometl
of His law, and to rest In the as