The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-10-23

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4 death. nor lie. nor angels. nor prir
y eipaiities. nor powers. nor things pre-.
emf nor things 10 come. nor height
! nor depth. nor any other creature
I Khall be able 70 separate Us from th
I soye Of God. which Is in Christ Jesu
our Lord
r oMRiPREsENcE AND oMNI-
SCIENCE
As you realize the omniDresence q
. God. the ailDEe sence and eFeFpresenc,
oE good, yca find Z N0ssible to prov,
that God Is al .aand wherever Yo.
may be and under whatever cfrcuu,
stances you may be placed. Though
you may be hedged 10. By sickness 3,
sorFow Or want though you may BE-
surrounded By repulsiye infamy on en.
ucing sin, God IS there TO protect You
70 support you. 10 shelter
heal and deliver you. DO
you recall those thrilling words OF the
Psalmist when he referred 10 the onni.
presence Of God. IF I make nv had
n hell. behold thou are there
Even there shall thy hand lead me.
and thy right hand shall hold me"
Ia the proportion you realize that
God Is omniscience. that He knows the
eternal truth about all that really
exists, even to knowing yCa f.sr better
tnan you know yourself. kno ing you
ana seeing you as. He made YOU in
His image and likeness. refl cling ey-
cry quality Of good. when you dis
cover this about yourself. and see
that evil Is not a part Of You. does not
belong 70 you. and cannot control Won
unless you submit to It, then YOU be-
stir yourself to get rid Of ii by re-
ductng Il 10 its native nOthingness.
AS yon learn to know more about
God, your thought dwelIs less upon
yourself and your own affairs. and
you lose much OF that injurious habit
OF self-thinking that shows itself in
such things as sensitireness. seif-pity.
seiIrighteousness. elf-justification,
and self-condemAation. which is quite
as bad. For my friends. man does 4
not need TO be condemned, not even 4
BY himself; he needs to be saved.
Then. too, there comes to you
sense OF humility. that true humility
which Is. not weakness, but strength
me humility which brings with il that
True independence which comes from
depending upon God and not upon
nan. As your thought about God
50 do you find your thought
lbout men end things changing for
ne better You become less harshly
'ritical, more tolerant patient. and
You forget how to hate
nd you learn how to love. When
Tou realize. as you do through Chris
ian Science, that every quality Of
'ood IL yours to reflect daily, hourlv {
by virtue OF your divine
eritage, then you begin to compre-
end what Jesus means when he tells l
g that to know God "is life eternal"
DOMINION AND OPPORTUNITY n
In the old way OF thinking We used Fl
hear much about man being the
reature OF circumstances. Christian
cience Is reversing this belief of linn =
alton and is proving that man, il he !,
Ill, may be the master Of circum- y
ances, not its victim. There is -
tort sentence in our text book bear Il
g on this subject containing only i,
wen words, but so carefully chosen u
ID SO skillfully grouped as to form Il.
standard for thought and action
hich inspires with courage, imparts :,
durance, and leads to victory. You u y,
u find it on page 419- Of Science 4
d Health, and it reads: - -
Meet every adverse circumstance
its master" ~
Not only are we here told to do -
Is, but we are also shown how it IL ~
be done. Throughout the whole g.
OK we are reminded that man q di- y.
le birth right is dominion, not sub.
;tion You remember that in the -
st chapter Of Genisis, where the ~
ritual creation OF man and the uni -
'se Is described, we are told not H.,
It man is made from the rib, bone, ~
that he is created in Gods own ~
age and likeness and is given do ~
nion over all. ~ ~
That divine birthright can never -
taken from man. 1t is ours today III ~
ever will be- Is it not pitiful 1T
n, that through fear or indiffer- =
o or infidelity or lethargy, man. ~ ~
q has allowed this delfic bestowal -. ~
lapse into desuetude 1--WE need Il. sn'
be awakened and aroused, and to -.
rcise our God-given authority ~
wv are we to do this?" you may -
Again our text book answers ~, ~
r question on page 393ti Hear ~
se ringing words that should be e I5.
)lazoned in letters OF light upon -
banner of every militant Chris ~, ~
who daily goes forth to victory sMnr M
{ the forces OF sickness. want, and s,b.
/: Rise in the strength Of Spirit = \
'esist all that is unlike good. God ~
made man capable Of this, and r&hr &
ling can vitiate the ability and az,
er divinely bestowed on mani" sssa sIs,,
It let us ever remember my friends ~,
we are to rise not through the 80. -
eise OF human will, not through ~ ~oo,
iotism. occultism, or the like, but e0o'
he strength OF Spirit Our God
n dominion does not operate II
ugh the channels that the human ficel
| provides but only through the Chri
present and ever available forces Won
pirit ther
md in hand with dominion walks each
her twin sister obedience. To er.
7 the will OF God is wisdom. to In
il is joy But mankind is not form