The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-25

feotve knowledge of infinite Prin
ciple of existence, Cod?
Christian Science is giving TO man
an understanding Of God as the inf
mite Principle of all that really ex-
lists, the Principle which, in the
words of our text book, is "underly
ing, overlying and encompassing all
true being" (Science and Health, p.
1860; the Principle which operates
through unchanging laws, laws which
are always beneflcent and always
comprehensive and demonstrable.
Many of US have been taught in our
earlier days that it is not essential
to understand God, if we will but be-
lieve 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 mo-
mentous than anything that mathe-
matlcs can present? Problems which
when wrongly worked leave us heavy
laden with sickness, fear, want, mis-
cry and sin? Christian Science, fol-
lowing the teachings of Jesus the
Christ, shows us that right under
standing of God is as essential to ev-
cry student in the school Of life as
an understanding of numbers is to the
student of mathematics.
Omnipotence.
Every right concept of God as inf
mite good must include His omnipo-
tence, His omnipresence, His omnis-
cense. Finite man cannot compre-
bend these divine qualities in their
fullness, but It is a 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 it. You do not need
TO know all of God that is to be
known, before you get any of the
good that comes from using even a
little of such knowledge.
As you thus learn to know God
Alright, you will discover that any
evil thing which may come upon you
| has not the power to harm you that
you once believed it had. You will
no longer dread what men may say
or do to you. You will no longer
fear things present or things to
come. You will learn to succeed in
spite of failure, to be strong in spite
of weakness. to be steadfast in spite
of the storm. Sickness, sin, want,
failure and the like lose their hold
upon you, and even If they should
come upon you they cannot disable
disturb or depress you, or master
you, or deprive you of your God-giv'
en- rights, nor can they separate you
from the love of God, omnipotent
good.
In the proportion you realize that
. God is omniscience, that He knows
the eternal truth about all that really
exists, even to knowing you far bet
ter than you know yourself, knowing
YOU and seeing you as He made yor
in His own image and likeness, re
flecting every quality of good
p when you discover this about your
, self. and see that evil is not a par
: of YOU, does not belong to you, ant
: cannot control you unless you submit
: to II. then you bestir yourself to ge
rid of 1t by reducing it to its natiy'
+ nothingness. As you learn to know
more about God. your thought dwell
l less upon yourself and your owl
] affairs, and you lose much OF tina
Y injurious habit of self-thinking tha
- shows itself in such things as sensi
tiveness, self-pity, self-righteusness
self-iustification and self-condemna
ton. which Is quite as bad. For m,
friends. man does not need to b.
condemned. not even by himself; h
needs to be saved
Dominion and Opportunity.
In the old way of thinking we use,
to hear much about man being tn
creature of circumstance Christian
Science is reversing this belief o
limitation and is proving that man,
he will may be the master 70 eli
d cumstance, not its victim. There
[ a short sentence in our text boo
l. bearing on this subject containin
4 only seven words, but so CAREFUL
D chosen and so skilfully grouped a
3. to form a standard for thought an
2 action which inspires with courage
imparts endurance, and leads to viz
, tory. You will find it on page 419 G
Science and Health, and it reads:
= Meet every adverse circumstanc
, as its master"
p Not only are we here told to d
Q this, but we are also shown how
$ is to be done Throughout the Who'll
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