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

AS an ILLUSTRATION OF this important
fact, permit me to say that there is no
one here or anywhere who could have
one right idea without Mind enabling
him to have it; that there is no one who
could draw a single breath without life
animating him, or have one moment Of
true peace OF happiness without Truth
and Love being expressed to him or by
him, without Truth and Love govern
ing him.
With this Christian and scientific
idea of God, the universe is seen to be
state in which the infinite and benefi-
cent Mind Life, Truth. and Love-
Esprit" as designated by Jesus.
principle of being" as taught by Mrs.
Eddy (Science and Health, p. 25), -
reigns supreme. In such a state, recog-
nized, admitted, realized, entirely a
state of Mind in which all are the ideas
of Mind, it must be self-evident that
no sin could be, no misery, strife. want.
woe, degradation, sickness, death. In
such a state, that only could he which
such a God would cause; that only could
be which would express His bounty and
beneficence, that only which is like
Himself, good, Every good"
Let any one here take this single
proposition, which Christian Science
teaches, of God s allness and of God s
invariable goodness; let him recall it in
times of quiet or of stress, and see if it
does not overcome misgiving, fear, fore
bOding; and doing this, if it does not
overcome the tOrments of fear. As sure
ly as this is remembered it will be
found helpful, a preventive and a cura-
tive of ills.
The Kingdom of Heaven.
Religion, rightly viewed, has a two
fold purpose, teaching men to know God
and saving them from ills Of all kinds
Probably nothing could show this more
clearly than the fact that those who
were commissioned by Jesus to preach
were also commanded by him to heal.
Not only did Jesus command the dis
ciples to preach and to heal, but he told
them what to preach; and in the ligb'
of the Christian Science which he
taught, it was plain to Them, as it is
quite plain to Christian Scientists to-.
day, that what he commanded them to
DItdCH WAS lultuutu " anu ulu htul
the sick and redeem the sinful.
1t is recorded that when the dis
ciples returned from their mission they
reported that the very devils were sub
iect unto them. What was it that Jesus
told them to preaehl Nothing worldly
wise, erudite; on the contrary, some
thing very simple,-'And as ye 60,
preach saying, The kingdom of heaven
is at hand. )" The kingdom of heaven
it at hand! Did this simple statement
have the potency to reform and regen-
crate men, to purify and heal them ?
What is the kingdom of heaven? All
thinking people would probably agree
that by the kingdom of heaven is meant
a happy and harmonious state in which
God reigns. eG
If we remind ourselves of the idea of
God which Christian Science teaches,
and which has just been Indicated and
of the universe governed by this the
only true God, we shall very plainly
see that the kingdom of heaven which
Jesus commanded his disciples to
preach, is indeed at hand, and that we
are entitled to the full enjoyment of
this kingdom as the Bible teaches, FOR
Gin him we live, and move, and have
our being" Recognizing this, that the
place wherein we are is "holy ground, -
as holy as God, how many Of us would
behave unseemly, debauch ourselves OF
others in any way, lie, cheat, rob, be
lieve that there is something in our en-
vironment to injure, infect or impair
us2 Would not disease or lack of ease
which is disease of every kind in the
making, be banished, and the ease and
peace of being in the presence of oui
Father, God, have possession of us?
Where Truth is, there Christ is, foi
Christ is Truth even as Jesus said
Where Christ is, there heaven is; and
since Christ Jesus saiu, "Lo, I am wit
you always - does not this mean every
where? Christian Science teaches that
it does. Teaching this, it teaches that
it is not strange that the sermon whicl
Jesus bade his disciples to preach
should heal; and there will be nothing
strange about it if many of you here are
healed by learning and remembering
that "the kingdom of heaven is al
hand, indeed, not only at hand but
as Jesus also said, "within you.
Within what "you'? How many o.
each one of us are there? No on,
would think of claiming aloud, so tha
he could hear himself do so, more than
one of himself. Who or what is thin
one? In other words, What is man9
Man.
IF this question were asked at ran
dom, the answer would probably be tina
man is a fleshly mechanism or machin,
that walks on two feet, has two arm
and hands, a trunk surmounted by wha
is called head, supposed TO have a lit
tie or a big mind inside of it, ant
the whole thing, mind and body, operat
ed by chemical action and reaction. Th
is not definition of the schools, bu
it amounts to about the same thing. |
is no wonder that one Of the ancicnts
to be witty and concise, defined man a
a featherless biped. Now, how much O
a man is a mere featherless biped? No
very much all win admit.
How then do we, car s-e tell what i
a man? BY how much of God one mani
tests. Jesus illustrated this.s In re
spouse to Philips request, "Show Il
the Father" Jesus said: "Havc I bee
50 long time with you. and yet hast tho
not known me, Philip he that hat
seen me hath seen the Father" Ha
Philip seen the intelligence, power
Spirit, Life, Truth. and Love manifest
ed by Jesus. and had he not seen
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