The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-18

pllmrutHrN tu the human mind fur 10
is now nearly nineteen hundred ,rHr,
since one whose statement ought 10
have settled the question Immediately
aud rOr Hll time. 80 far Bt ANY rate Ii,
/ Christians are concerned, declared the
/ devil 10 be IA ilar and the father " Ii
aud lD have mo truth IN him In other
words 10 be- AL utter deception existing
/ 10y, through, and In false belief only
or course those who have abandoned
the hoOfed and horned concept " devil
merely to substitute n belief IN an iu
corpUrral power or Influence opposed
10 God, have not really advanced very
/ fnr though they may be said Ia shine
Hs vcrtublr fountains Of light in com
pHrlsum with those who still hold evil
to he Il pHrt NJ the divine plan and ~
srnllnl to IT. proper CunsummHtiun
Some ~ the advocates ~ this latter
: theory do not seem 10 catch the slgnifl
of right often prompts them to try Ia
stem the tide of the very pyll which
n their belief be correct. is 10 serve
the ultimate purposes Uf good IN
Christian Science II Is shown thnt the
term devil ls properly synonymous with
the term evil, and that evils source,
origin aud field ~ operation is the
human mind TO attempt to Iprsoulfy
evil is 10 lose sight Of whnt II is aud
consequently Of how 10 cOmbut it By
presenting an explanation Of evil that
| IS consistent with the Scripturnl assul
nnrr that God II Love, Christian Sci
en'r has made II possible FOR many
thinking persons to come out " unbc
| lief
Surely evil must be- accounted for
Ia manner entirely IN accord with
man natural desire 10 acquil infinite
Intelligence Of having committed II
hIunder that would scarcely be- expect
ed even Uf the sO-Called human mind,
nHmely, Of having established uni
verse and then deliberately put into
thut universe the elements N selfdc
-truvtlOn. What would he thought NJ
nm Inventor who In working out an
elaborate device for the accomplish
mrul VI u cherished purpose should
knowingly insert In the delicate mech.
Hnism something that would be- Ger.
tain to disturb the harmony NJ It's
nctiun aud eventually reduce II lu|
wreck and ruin? Would anyone re-
gard that rs Hn act Of intelligence.
or even Of saulty? Let us not dpny
10 Infinite wisdom the attributes uf
at least ordinary common sense.
DispOsing Of = NegAtion
And now since II Is obvious that
ali Intelligent ana good God could
not have nude evil aud that tU at
tribute to evil any other positive
source Is equivalent 10 contendlng Tor
the impossible theory NJ there being
more than bne primal cause or cres
tor, the conclusion necessarily Is this
that evil Is not au entity at all. but
II negation THIS may he illustrated
In simple way ignorance Is one
of the most pronounced types " evil
A very considerable proportion " hu.
man endeayOr Is directed iu the over.
coming OF ignoranre Thousand, of
schools aud colleges, hundreds ~ thou.
sands Of teachers, the tremendous ia.
cillties of modern printing, publishing
and distribution, are devoted largely
10 this service The profession NJ
the educator is hUuored among men.
aud the business Of education is sup.
ported BY untold wealth ~ public aud
private funds. Aud all this vast ~
pcndlture OF talent aud time aud trea
sure Is directed against what Against
ignorance. nothingness
Would the educator succeed N he
were 10 regard that against which he
contends ns n positive things with al
real source and an sutunl presence
and power Is there school ANY
where whose curriculum Includes a.
course VI instruction IN the origin or
elements Of ignorance What would
be- the opinion Uf college ur unlyer
sly founded upon the theory that the
hest way to make pupil wise Is 10
Keep Ills attention fixed un the uppo.
site Uf wisdom Though all educa
tiunal effort is eXerted 10 the over.
coming " ignorance, such effort Is.
BASED on fun recognition ~ the fact
mat ignorance II not ~ itself amy.
thlng. but merely the lack uf some
thing aud that the one way To dis
puNe OF lack Is by the positive pro.
cess " supplying the nesiful thing
We are all familiar whh the effects
" ignorance on ITS victims, the hamp.
erlng hlndering enslayng aud oft
Times demOralizing lnfmemes attrib.
uted 10 II IN the conduct aud affairs
of those about ~ Therefore rau we
truly say We are unable tu rompre
heud the Idea VI u merely negative
evil which yet needs to be- positively
altd vigorously handled aud overcome
In considering how divine Science Is
reduced 10 human apprehension we
lind ourselves now therefore Ia the
presence " two facts NJ the utmost
practical value IN each aud all VI
ny, namely that ever, quality NJ
every element " good N positive. aud
mat every quallty NJ every phase NJ
evil Is negative Good only ls the
presence NJ something evil always IL
the ahsence " something n yuu will
lake this simple rule aud apply II as
best You can ~ YOUR daily problems,
YOU will he agreeably surprised, ! ann
sure, at the change that shalt come
over You and your affairs
Sickness No, 10 BE Ignored
Sickness Is n phase of evil which
needs 10 he considered FROM the stand.
point Of evils essential upgatlveness.
" II IN 10 he handled intellgently
'rhis of course does not mean that the
practice ~ Christian Science consists
uf reiterating In the patients ear that
there Is uothlng the matter aud he
should Just forget H. ~ VI vet oc.
cHsiOnnlly hear, even In this enllghi.
ened period What II means Is that
II the sick man has been ihlnglug dis
ease to be something that Il w fact
* not his difficulty doubtless lies
chiefly In that direction. aud he will