Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-18

ills, or treat them. In speaking Of sin,
which has death for its wages.-and
most frequently with sickness as the
hard paymaster doing them out, - the
Master attributed it altogether to
thought-proeesses: ''Out of the heart
proceed evil thoughts, and "These
are the things which defile a man,
said this great Teacher. Again, speak
ing OF sickness, he said, "Not that
which goeth into the mouth defileth
mani" nothing from without makes
sickness, but the sinful beliefs enter
tanned, finding expression, do so. An
other proof that this was the Master s
attitude may be found in his state
ment, "Behold, I give unto you (those
who truly, adequately understand and
practice his teachings) power to tread
on serpents and scorpions, and over all
the power of the enemy; and nothing
shall by any means hurt you.'
That Jesus understood what degraded
and defiled men was amply demonStrat
ell by the fact that he reformed the
most depraved and healed all manner of
diseases; and this Christian Science, as
whole, following his methods. has
also done If he was right and he GER
tainly gave ample proof that he was,
and if sin and sickness remain the rule
instead of the exception, do not man
kind still think wrongly, and are physi.
cal punishments for wrong doing, and
material remedies for wrong being, or
being sick, likely t. cure them7
Jesus indicated the sources and the
effects of right and wrong thoughts;
but this had gone unheeded until Chris.
tian Science again revealed his teach
ing. Tn speaking to the people of his
time Jesus said "The words that ]
speak unto you, they are spirit, and
they are life;" and speaking of his
words, "The word which we hear is not
mine, but the Fathers which sent me- "
This translated would mean,-the true
and life-giving thoughts 1 express en-
anate from God, the source of all good.
Again, speaking of the destructive ele-
ment in human experience, he said
eye are of your father the devil, and
the lusts of your father We will do. He
was murderer from the beginning
land abode not in the truth, because
there is no truth in him. d" This also,
translated, would mean that his hearers
were the expressions of the thoughts
or beliefs they entertained; that the
| beliefs were untrue and the cause of all
that these people manifested, their
words, feelings, actions, circumstances
pleasures, and sufferings; that all that
these people manifested in the way OF
sin, sickness, and death, was due to
their untrue, wrong beliefs, their ignor
! ance or false education, the ultimate
destructive agencies, the devil in whom
there is no truth, the murderer from
the beginning Is not this the case to-
day, Notwithstanding two thousand
years Of Christian civilization, culture
education, and progress; and if Jesu,
were propounding his Christian Science
now, would not he still have occasion
fo the same summary?
Who shall deliver me from the body
of this DEATH" Who or what shal
cue mankind of this mass of solid mis-
taken beliefs or convictions which, ac
coding to Jesus, cause their ills2 The
Christ, the truth which Jesus taught
and illustrated; the truth which he com
manded his disciples to preach; tn,
truth which Mrs. Eddy has again dis
covered and proclaimed truth Of
God aud Of mans godlikeness; tht
truth that the kingdom of God, tn,
reign Of immortal unvarying Life anC
Love is at hand, available here ant
now; the truth that all are under tn,
protection of this kingdom and mus
be obedient to its rule.
Individual Application.
There are, no doubt many here upol
whom the burdens of the world, of tn,
flesh, and of that in which there is n,
truth, the devil, weigh very heavily
Amazed at the simplicity of all tina
has been said, they may be asking
"Can these things ,raIly be?" lie
them remind themselves that to be fre
it is imperative to know the truth, fo
that alone is able to emaneipate. lie
them remember that this truth is, tha
now there is God, an infinite and eve
present good, and that this God is thei
God, Spirit not matter, the Spirit tina
is Love. Let them remember that eac
and every one is the reflection Of thi
God, having nothing underived frOn
Him and subject to nothing but Hin
Let them ''judge not according to tn
, appearance but this righteous judg
ment about themselves and others, am
conform to this Judgment in though
and action as far as possible. Whe
they have done this steadfastly, Loyalty
increasingly for week, a month,
fyear, let them compare their thought.
, feelings, actions, abilities, health, ca
, pacities, with those they formerly man
Tested, and see if they have not in
proved. Doing this, they viii begin t
r practice Christian Science, the Chri,
tianity Of Jesus Christ.
1t was this life.purpose, this life-mi,
sion, so clearly seen by Jesus when onl
twelve years old, which prompted hir
: to say, "Wist ye not that I must b
+ about my Fathers business?" In othc
words, Know ye not that as man, tn
image and likeness Of God, I must sho,
, forth Dur Father, omnipotent Lif,
Truth, and Love- It was this rcflcctio
Of the Father, the divine Spirit, Will
out measure, that enabled Jesus to he's
: the sick cleanse the lepers, raise tn
dead, to be Immaneul, "God with us.
The Discovery and Discoverer.
ri am the way, the truth, and til
8 life, said Jesus. II was the recogn
- ton Of this, the recognition that n
man has any other way or truth or lf
that no man has any other true missio
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