The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-12-14

auLnOr OF us textbook was woman
a gentle woman, Mary Baker Eddy
You may know too that for years she
the whole world, opposed and US.
sailed by the world of theology, OF
medicine. of established usages. OF
tradition. of conservatism; opposed by
the world of intellect and of ignorance
of common sense and uncommon
sense, of bigotry and cruelty, of ridj-
Guile and falsity; and ever pursued by
the human and inhuman hatred OF
truth. All these forces were for years
arrayed against this one woman and
the message God had placed in her
hands to deliver to humanity. But
she was never daunted or dismayed
by anything the world, the flesh, or
evil might try to do to her, for she
never let go Of the hand of God.
Never in modern times has a spirit
ually-minded woman been so relent-
| lessly abused without cause, and her
message so maligned and misrepre-
scented from pulpit, press, and plat
/ form Yet, in all the years of perse-
cutiOn which Mrs. Eddy suffered, not
one word Of retaliation or resentment
dropped from her tongue or pen. She
never returned evil for evil. And / as
sert this not as a matter of hearsay
or opinion, but from personal knowl-
edge gained from several years of daily
association with Mrs Eddy while
! was a member of her own house
hold
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are multitudes Of people who are today
profoundly grateful to her who has
been the means of restoring to them
the things that make life worth the
living? And as one among that multi
tude | am glad here and always to de-
clare my gratitude for what Christian
Science has brought into my life
through the right understanding Ct
God which it imparts.
God as Principle.
1t has been aptly said that life is
like an arithmetic, made up of prob
lens which very few find easy 10
solve, and which the others never
learn to work out. Now we all know
that the students failures to solve the
problems of arithmetic are due to his
incomplete or defective knowledge
and application Of the principles Of
mathematics But did you ever con-
slider that so many ci us fail to solve
the problems Of everyday life be-
cause of our incomplete or defective
knowledge OF the infinite Principle OF
existence God?
Christian Science is giving to man
an understanding of God as the in
finite Drsip nj of oil l,af
the Principle which, in words of our
textbook is underlying, everything and
encompassing all true being" (Sci-
ence and Health, p 1867; the Prin-
ciple which operates through unchang-
ing laws, laws which are always be-
inefficient and always comprehensive
and demOnstrable.
Many Of us have been taught in our
earliest days that it is not essential to
understand God, if we will but believe
in Him. Now think of trying to solve
an intricate problem in mathematics
by merely believing in its principles,
without understanding them. And are
not the problems of life vastly more
important and mOmentous than any
thing that mathematics can present?
Problems which when wrongly worked
leave us heavy laden with sickness,
fear, want, misery and SIM Christian
Science, following the teachings of Je-
sus the Christ, shows us that a right
understanding of God is as essential
to every student in the school of life
as an understanding of numbers is to
the student of mathematics.
Omnipotence
F,Vprv riUbt copropt 30 N,I
finite good must include His omnipo-
tence, His omnipresence, His omnisci-
ence. Finite man cannot con- .ehend
these divine qualities in their 1ullness.
but 1t is noteworthy fact that in the
proportion that you do realize them.
IN that proportion do you find good
coming into your life and evil leaving
1t. You do not need to know all OF
God that is to be known, before you
get only OF the good that comes from
using even little OF such knowledge.
AS you thus learn to know COD
Alright, you viii discover that any egll
thing which may come upon you has
not che power 10 harm you tnat YOU
once believed il had. You VIII no
longer dread what men may say or 40
10 you. You viii no longer rear things
present or things to come You VIII
learn TO succeed IN spite OF failure. to
be strong III spite OF weakness. to be
steadfast in spite OF the storm Sick
ness, sin, want, failure, and the like
lose their hold upon you, and even If
they should come upon you they can
not dlsaDle, disturb, or depress you, or
master you, or deprive you of your
God-giyen rights, nor can they sep
arate you from The love of God. ON
nlpOtent good.
IN the proportion you realize that
Gods omnlsclence, that lie knows the
eternal truth about all that really ex-
lists, even to knowing you far better
than you know yourself knowing YOU
and seeing you as He made you in ms
own image and likeness, rejecting
every quality OF good,-wnen you dis
cover this about yourself, and see that
evil is not part OF you, does not be-
long TO you, and cannot control you
unless you submit to it, then you be-
Sur yourself to get rid of it by re-
/ ducing 1t to its native notnlngness. AS
/ you learn to know more about God
| your thought. dWells less upon your-