Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
The Church OF Christ Scientist


She established the cause of Chris
! tan Science and gave to the movement
i the church organization for the pro-
lection of humanity and for the purpose
of perpetuating this Science of Christ
unadulterated. This church which
| she named the Church of Christ, Scien-
/ fist, is an organization with no ute
rior or hidden motives or designs 1t
has no political purposes nor affilia-
tons, no system of rewards or pun
ishments. 1t is purely Christian in all
| its activities, for its Founder saw that
| when men shall demonstrate the pure
Science of Christ, no good thing should
be wanting in their lives. Eye hath
not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the
things which God hath prepared for
them that love Him. Il. Cor. 2: 81
All IncluSiyeness of the Science of
Mind
Seeing the grandeur of Christian Sci
ence, therefore, fulfilling as it does
the mission of any adequate definition
of both science and religion, it is not
strange that it should be encircling
the globe, because it is greater than
the globe or anything else. 1t is the
science of that divine and infinite
Cause upon which everything depends
and in which everything that is true in
the universe originated, and by which
everything which is true is sustained
and perpetuated 1t must eventually
control the world. 1t could not do so
as personal influence or desire. and
any tendency upon the part of human
beings to so restrict Christian Science
would be to delay its full demonstra- 1
ton OF blessing and peace for human
ity. Its divine control humanity il
Illustrated can only be proved and ex-
perienced through the unselfish recog-
milton and demonstration of it's divine
Principle in human hearts and lives.
Manifestly such science can form no
adjunct to ordinary education and
knowledge, and must be so recognized
thing else, but greater than all things.
1t is necessarily basic to all right
knowledge, and must be recognized
by those who would demonstrate it.
Influenced by mere traditional be-
lief and fear some people believe that
the signs of these times indicate the
end of the world. Such views rest
upon material beliefs. When you read
the Bible in the light which Christian
Science throws upon it you will see
that it is only the end of error that
is prophesied. This is not an event
to be feared, but is desirable in every
way, and we should help to fulfill such |
prophesy by gaining the enlighten-
ment essential to its fulfillment.
Peace
With no understanding of God as di- |
vine Principle, human beings are sub |
ject to fear, and fear in turn begets |
envy, hatred, malice, revenge, false |
pride and mad ambition, all of which |
are the brood of evils that make war. |
II we are entertaining any of them in |
ourselves it would be vain for us to |
pray for peace to come to others. The |
efficacious prayer of Christian Science |
begins to eliminate these elements |
from our own thought and lives. When |
they shall cease from our lives and no |
longer find lodgment in our conscious
ness then we have established peace |
on firm foundations. The help of such |
prayer, though it appears personal, |
really extends to all mankind. 1t is |
therefore possible that we who are |
here, if we pray in this way faith |
fully, may be real peace society, the |
magnitude of whose influence shall be |
incalculable. All may join us in this |
constant determination and correc-
ton by which, and by winch alone, |
war shall be made to cease. Such |
peace society needs no organization
and no shrine, but, my friends, it does |
need faithfulness. Establish it in the |
sacred realm of unselfish thought, for |
that is its temple. There you can help
the nations by reducing the sum total |
of wrong beliefs which constitute their |
fear. There you gain the Christ like
ness, the 10, l am with you Away,
even unto the end of the world" |
There in the temple or right thought,
which the Bible calls the temple of the |
Holy Ghost, you will discern the an
gels which the Bible constantly speaks |
of, and which Mrs. Eddy in Science
and Health thus defines Gods |
passing to man; spiritual intuitions, |
pure and perfect" These angels are |
knocking at the door of consciousness.
Let them in. They will go with you
to your homes, to your business or
other daily duty. They will guide your
hand and direct your feet. They will |
give you wisdom and courage in the |
hour of trial or difficulty. They will |
comfort, sustain, protect and heal you.
These angels come only in the glorious |
realm of Mind There, where every |
thing that is beautiful is to be found, |
there where music and poetry and art |
and all that gladdens even human ex- |
iStence is to be discerned; there in the |
realm of mentality, purified and glori- |
fed through Christian Science, you
may still hear these angels singing as |
they sang of old. GLORY to God in the |
highest, and on earth peace, good will |
to men,"