The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-10-23

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me human viii and the human Mi
and graaps Instead the eyeraTailah
and unlilited powers of the dgyil
III Mind, God Himself for these reasoi
IL - anirerEals appeal ls beIng glad
heard BY every clasr and type Of h
mankind Naturally Il may BE- aske
kiow IN The Investigator 10 acquire
& practical kAoaiedge u this Scien,
y Tor witch - much IA claimedy
The Textbook and 10 sstbor.
kFefy science should D- rightl
learned FROM its textbook and Chrl
ton Science Il 10 exception 10 fhi
rule. Besides the Bible there ls bu
4 one textbook 81 Christian Science. H.
> book Science and Health With key d
tAe Scripture b. Mary Baker Eddy
tie book that has won ~ way into ID,
theartB ana lives o. unn1mbered raef
aHd women and children. who hars
found % 4 a quiet friend whose silent
loflnence ls mighty power for good
y ~ On unfall!ng guide 10 the nan
fot action 11O would avoid mistake
and traps and frnitiess underta kings
lt ~ q reiIfiiled medicine chsst
which contains neither bottles nor
powders pills Nor plasters. yet whose
remedies hare healed after al else
bas failed 4 q constant companion
for the Wise 4 counselor for the sim
PIE, neTer silent when appealed 10
vet never speaking TIL spoken 10. rev.
er thinking Tor you. bur ever starting
you 70 think II IL the book that 4 ~.
ten set agide with impaIence ONLY "a
De taken uD ia humility: the book that
has difpelled the biackness Of despair
win the brightness Of hope; that has
rebuilt character, restored repufa-
lions, and reunited the separated. the
book that with the Bible has become
the spiritual mentor and monitor for
naiiitudee q earnest men and women 4
"a every paFt cf the Christianized
world.
II N perhaps unnecessary to inform
this audience that the DiscoYerer and /.
fchnaer Of Christian Science aud the
author ~ ltS textbook was 4 woman
4 gentle woman Mary Baker Eddv
fou may know toD that for yeara she
stood alone .--one lone woman against
ne whole world opposed and assail.
4 Dy tho World Of theology. of medI. I,
ane. cf established usage, OF tradition.
! conservatism; opposed BY the world /
y intellect and of ignorance, on com.
non sense and uncommon sense, of I
aeotry and cruelty, OF r5dleule and h
aisisyt and ever pursued BY the hi. :
nan and inhumau hatred Of truth /
" these forces We're for years array. \ 4
q against this one woman and the 4 r
Message God had placed In her hands n
deliver 70 humanity. But she was
over dauutcd or dismayed by any q
ling the wcsid the flesh, or evil In
lght try ~ DO 10 her, TOR She never B
4 20 Of the hand Of Cod. y
never IN modern times has a spirit Il
aiiyminded woman been 20 relenf- u
'asly abused without cause. and her h
essage 70 mallgned and misrepre. h
'ptea from pulpit press. and platform. Il
q. ~ al the years OF persecution 81
nich Mrs. Eddy suffered, not one v
ord of retaliation or resentment q
'Vpped from her tongue or pen. She Ca
'ver returned evil for evil. And
'aeFt this nof as 4 matter OF hearsav M
opinion, but from personal knowi. b
lge gained from several years og n
lily association With Mrs. EDDY h
ME ! vas O member or her own IA
h,
thoHe who do not understand. some oe
nes declare that Christian Scientist u
duly exalt and even defy Mrs Ed. ~
n memory. II is mistakp NV WI
ENDS; we do not. But there are
Of people who are pro- co
Hnuly greateful to her. and do you alb
'nder whyg Let me tell you. sup Ii,
SO that AZ one time In youl life AT be
close 0f y dismal winters 's day Won vi
IT. gong along a crowded etreet In an
strange city stranger I'M q foreign 81,
u, and without your knowing II. 70
z dropped your pocketbook contain fol
every dollar you had IN the world. erl
IN" other side OF the street d ri
sat'faced elderly woman saw Won
~ your purse and without d thought ~
ner comfort or safety, she crossed u
I'd the mud and slush and rushing Dn
TIC aud picked up your purse ana 4.
loved you. Then just as you had !,
covered your loss and were shaken ~N ~,
n dread and apprehension for the Nv Nv
ure. she handed 1t to you with a 10 10
lie that changed your gloom into Ies
Would you not be grateful to that ""'
man?
ut suppose that instead OF merely wv
ney that you had lost instead OF -
rely losing your last dollar In p \,
Inge land, suppose that III course - -
your life you had lost those things =.
ch money cannot buy Suppose w
had lost your health yonr happi ~ ~
81 your peace OF mind, your self. ~
lect your usefulness. your ability, w w
friends, your faith in your fellow H'
4 az suppose that you had even @ nas
your faith in God. and this same ~
ile woman had been the means Wy NY
them all 70 you. would ~. lle
not be grateful TO her and thank. - ~.
10 God who sent her 70 you? ,ns'
eed Il be wondered then that there appl
mulutudes Of people who are to- soo'
profoundly grateful to her who sna'
been the means OF restoring 10 n, eali
q the things that make life worth eep'
living And as one among that "ay
iiude ! am glad here and always un.'
Ieclare my gratitude for what ~
stian Science has brought into my nele ~,
through the right understanding sion
Cd which It imparts. scie
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