River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-05-06

A1OlAC1 AI0uO ~ AOO0O III
L John 81, s, where INSCRIPTIONS men
sought to establish the false doctrine
of the Trinity; for not one text Of
Scripture could be found to its support
Here they have added twentyfour
words to the text, which in the oldest
MSS. reads, For there are three that
bear record, the Spirit, and the water,
and the blood: and these three agree in
one [record]." As usual, all these
spurious additions involve absurdities.
In this text the absurdity would be to
have Father. Son and Holy Spirit all
bearing witness in Heaven to the an
gels that Jesus is Gods Son, as though
the angels would not know that fact!
The God of the Bible.
Christian Scientists declare that the
ten most potent words ever written
We're penned when Mrs. Eddy wrote
the first ten words Of her Scientific
Statement of Being''-"There is no life,
truth. intelligence, nor substance in
matter How does this agree with
their teaching that God is everywhere
and in eUerythingg
1t further declares that God is a
Principle, yet discusses Him as a per-
soDality, quoting, "God is of purer eyes
than TO behold iniquity." Habakkuk
1 :13) On the strength Of this misap-
piled text Christian Scientists build
the theory that God is ignorant of ev-
erything impure or injurious; that to
Him and to them such things are not
realities Nevertheless, the context
contradicts all their theories by declar-
ing, wherefore lOokest Thou upon
them that deal treacherously, and hol6-
est Thy tongue when the wicked de-
voureth the man that is more righteous
than he ?''-Hab. 1:13; see also V. g.
Christian Science is in conflict with
the Bible along another very important
line. According to Christian Science,
God is divine Principle, supreme
incorporeaI Being. Mind, Spirit Soul,
Life, Truth, Love. These are synOny-
nous terms. They refer to one abso-
lutte God, and nothing else. The attri
butes of God are justice, mercy. wis
dom, goodness, and SO on. Principle
is divine one Life, one Truth, one
Love, and this is God, omnipOtent, ON
niscient and omnipresent." y Soul,
or Spirit, signifies Deity, and nothing
else. There is no finite soul, or spirit
But the God of the Bible is Per
son, a Spirit. Jesus said, God is a
Spirit and they that worship Him
truth" John 4:24.) God is q Person.
or Soul: IF any man draw back, My
Soul shall have no pleasure in him."
(Hebrews /: 3; 10:3S) He is ''the God
of all grace. the Father of mercies,
from whom cometh every good and
perfect gift" e Corinthians 3; James
117D All these expressions tell us of
which declare His Justice, Wisdom.
Power and Love. These qualities are
not properly attributable to a good
principles; for principles of right and
wrong have no personality.
Man was made an earthly image of
his Creator, who is q Spirit. Man was
made "a little lower than the angels"
(Iebrews 30; Psalm $50; for although
the angels have Gods likeness also,
they have it on the spirit plane. The
likeness is not necessarily one of form.
but of character and of organism to
the extent that man can reason with
God and appreciate Gods revelations
respecting moral and religious things.
Other animals, not in Gods image,
cannot reason on those subjects and
cannot be appealed to as man can. TO
humanity God says. Come now, let us
reason together. 1:18.
A personal God must have a place Of
presence as suggested in Jesus prayer.
Our Father, which art in Heaven"
For God to be eUerylChere, as Christian
Scientists and others assert. would
make Him impersonal-a Principle.
This wrong thought is held by many
who, contrary to the Bible, declare that
God is OnanipreSent, everywhere present
While God is not omnipresent, every
where present, He is omniscient; that
is, He has knowledge of everything
and of every place; as it is written.
1.-The eyes of the Lord are in every
place, beholding the evil and the good.
proverbs 1879 We know that there
are both evil and good to behold: and
that the eyes of the Lord represent
His intelligence. taking cognizance of
everything everywhere. Since the in
yention of the telephone and the
wireless, we may much better than
ever before understand how God can
have fullest knowledge of everything
throughout the Universe. just as man
can receive information in an instant
from the remotest parts of the earth
What man can do under Divine guild
ance and enlightenment is, we may be
sure, as nothing in comparison with
what his Creator can do with that Gre
atOr'S power and knowledge.
In conclusion, we urge upon Chris
tan Scientists, as upon all processing
the name of Christ, the Importance of
coming into relationship with Jesus by
fa 18th. LNirCf foit in Him tho Po-