River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-03-02
Lectures About
Christian Science
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is the final summing up of al
things.
God and His idea is all that real
ly is, and Satan and his idea is al
that really is not.
God must have all power, els
He has no power. He must be ON
nipreseut, else He is nowhere pres
ent.
"He must have all wisdom else
He has no wisdom. Christian Sci
ence is not a reed shaken with the
wind. Every statement is built up
on the rock of eternal Truth and
will stand the test Of every storm;
tits a bulwark that will not yield
though pressed by every foe.
Divine Science will stand when
the fabrics built upon the shifting
sands of belief have crumbled into
dust, the dust of their native moth,
ingness.
when pathology, physiology.
and materia medica lie moul deripg
on the dusty shelf, Christian Sci
ence will stand like a sentinel rock
towering Ger the waste of years, its
index pointing upward to the light.
For science never beats retreat,
never rests upon its oars, drifting
idly with the tide; never falters by
the way, to let the rust destroy and
the rot decay; but in the thickest of
the fight, and in the front fore rank
Of life its battle flag is flying, and
on it's ensign may be seen in glitter.
ing golden letters this motto: Up
ward. Onward. Ever.
1T is known by its fruits where
ever it is demonstrated: and it is be-
ing demonstrated in all parts of the
civilized world.
1T will continue to spread until
it covers with it's healing wings the
SHINING race Of Adam. dispelling al
the darkness with its wand of truth
and love.
1T comes kindly to the sick and
suffering because it heals them. 1t
is meat and drink to all those who
hunger and thirst after righteous.
ness, because it satisfies them.
by all others it is received with
more or less antagonism and oppos-
ition; and that, because it seems to
take away from them something
that they believe they have, but
which in reality they never had, or
it could not be taken away; for no
one can possibly be robbed of any
thing that he really has; i.e., no sci
entific truth could possibly prove
thing to be false that is real and
true; or could by any means demon
strate thing away that has real
existence.
mo one need be afraid of losing
any good thing; anything that is
really true; e., thing may be true
according to the senses, that is not
real and true in Science.
For example, or rather by way
Of illustration-the sun seems to
rise and set, seems to go round the
earth once in "a hours; but the sci
ence of astronomy proves that it is
not the sun that is moving at all; ie.,
in its relation to the earth.
There seems to be sky mp
there; but really we know there is
no sky there; all we seem to see is
our limit. -
When we found what was true
about the sun, we only found what
always had been true; we did not
lose anything but our belief, and
that was not true, or we could not
have lost it.
When we lost that beautiful blue
sky, beyond which we may have
thought heaven, God, and the angels
were, we did not lose anything that
we really had; we only lost that
which we thought we had but never
had.
so, no one need be afraid that
the scientific knowledge OF be-
ing will take any good or real OF
true thing away.
"Omnipotence itself is not omni'
potent enough to destroy matter. il
matter were a reality.
"A scientific understanding Of be-
ing reveals that fact that God is
Spirit. divine Principle; and His
creation spiritual and not material
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