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

of lived II beFxisteuiiy. i 70 Invite opp
M siiIon where ge had hoped far :
PIE eeptance X Olsen produces psef
ne eies Instead of support. irrredulli
80 instead of belief More good can {
Nv done By ten minufes Of right thlnkin
In- Than By hours 0f talking 10 those VI
"A. do not care % hear.
a One who By virtue 81 his vide ieart
e. ins end keen intellect eas quaHre
%. speak upon the subject. once sais
referring 70 the natural sclences. ~
J.. and literature. I'm science y0u mus
Y not talk until you know, ia art 30.
4 must not talk until you do. il Sters
I, ture. Jou must not talk until 20.
\ think" In Christian Science II ma,
!, sal Be said that He are wise II We u
: not talk untii - know. and d.. an,
Z thlnk: knoN fhe Principle cf Christian
Science 40 what II teaches, and thlnt
! what We are about 70 say. 10 whom
I. and how. and when. and where. II We
follow this simple rule We shall not
/, talk 700 little; Y ws gnose II We Eay
Nesl tank too much
Ths Right Idea About Cos.
May ! ask you, fnen. during the time
80 ~ ~tNAHA AA4aI % - EU4tH1NIFI WIKI
~ open mind some OK the teachings
of Christian Science about God, that
you may Try them OUT IN your oEn ex-
perience for the overcoming Or those
things which make Up the sum of hu-
man misery. We Niii ask you while
here not % fhlnk Of God a. one who -
afar off, and who has nothing more Ia
common with you than yon have with
the worm that crosses your path of Z
summers morning We will ask vou
moi 70 think Of Him as a God who re-
scmbles giOrified man: a. God who
,MfiictA, az a God Of wrath and ven
geance and fire ard flood and tern-
pest.
We viii, Instead, ask you 10 consid-
er God 90 Christian Science shows 4
Him 70 be. not afar of. but at hand
always and everywhere; not indiffer-
ent 10 you and your welfare. but SYM
pathetieally Interested. A. you are in
terested In your own children. the God
whose power IL Infinite throughout
the universe, yet who never uses il
70 force you 70 do anything: whose
Infinite goodness Is ever available By
you, Whose infinite Intelligence, ike
ar open book. is always ready for yCu
70 use. I Win ask you to think OF
Him az the one who forgiveth an \,
thine iniquities; who healeth all thy /,
diseases" yet who never forces for /
giveness upon you or compels you to !
turn 70 Him 20 be healed, n In your .
ignorance or waywarduess you would J
'ather rely upon man made cures or \
methods. HI
All the people who would be regard 4
ID as Chrssrsan believe in God. vet :
low few understand Him. The text .
'ook Of Christian Science fp. 203) de- h
'iares truly that III God we're under &
TODD Instead Of being merely believed /,
his understanding would establish
lealth." Does this seem like an ex- .,
rayagant statement Compare it N
hen with the words Of Jesus on the h
anne subject where In John xvii. 3
'e are told that 10 know God rs life
ternal." Can you conceive Of a vital I,
act put IN stronger words?
When the despondent invalid recog- =,
ICES that God never made man sick i.
= sick man; that on the contrary \,
Ie has given to man unbroken health: ~,
nat sickness Is an imposition of NOR -
n mind and Is illegitimate, abnormal, q.
without divine law, rec ne
gnition, or sanction, he is then ready 81
, turn to divine Mind, God Himself. -
Who forgIyeth all thine iniquities; ~
no healeth all thy diseases u,
Jesus by precept and example was ~
'ntinually lifting mems thoughts ~
Doye their inherited and impedimen- ~
We beliefs about God as a manlike -
sing with form and body, subject to ~ ~
raih, fayoritism changeableness. ~ ~
ID other human characteristics, In ~
cad, he revealed God to be infinite "
'od, the same yesterday, today, and .ul
reyer. and IN no way resembling, .l .ne
ring, finite man. iik
IGHT UNDERSTANDING OF GOD ~ -.
Jesus the Christ, by virtue OF his mi
vine sonship, taught that God Is not int
iy loving, but that He is Love; that cal
Q 10 not only spiritual. but that He ma
Spirit, In whom I'VE live, and move. ma
d have our being" Can you con- Ill
i've OF infinite Spirit or infinite Love anc
wing form or body or being sub nor
I 70 the personal limitations OF time uni
d place and circumstances? Wi
Christian Science, ever following II
} teachings Of Jesus. shows that God nre
Love- that God Is Spirit; that He inns
Mind that He is truth; that He is 1i
e; that God is the infinite Principle 4
being. operating through unchang- s,.4
! laws, laws that are always compra- sn.. ~
lsible and always beneficent; that ii' ose
Is omnikcience, omnipotence, omni- ~,
sence. DO these definitions OF God s..,, ne
ckly appeal to the individual who ~. ~
always thought of God as a finite ne, s.,s,
sonage, a magnified man? Per- 80. o'.'
rs not But let us propose as an soS S
toward a fuller comprehension. ~, !.
I he choose from arnong these def ~ ~ - =
ions the one which most nearly s.e Se.o
reaches his highest conception OF na ~,
d, and let his thought dwell upon 'url ~.
/. A mans highest ideas OF God tt
be no higher than his highest con .sSa w,
lions OF good, but they should al os''e -.
's be that high, for God is infinite -, sn
hanging good. III. ~.
might appear presumptuous In me -.s' -,
, to attempt an adequate exposi- LII III
OF the full teachings OF Christian go go
nee about God as soripturally de- 90 n~.
d. ! would, instead, refer you to ~ .