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

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N ,A1t NiA 50 quickiy check mans 4
y humanity % man that today Is mal
u ing Countless thousands nOurus
& GOD As PRINCIPLE
y 4 has been Apily szsd that life
hke a. 4rfthuetfc. nzce - Of prDi
lens which a very few find easy D
= solve ard wnich TIE others neve
/, learn 70 YORK out Nov Ne all know
I. that the Students failures I'D solve tb
/, problems Of afifhmetic are due 10 hI
/, incCmplete or defecure knowledge anl
I. application 70 the principles 0f mathe
maiicz- byA ala you ever consider
I thar 20 many OF us fail 20 solve III,
\ problems n everyday lie because 81
, pr incomplete Or detective know ledge
q the infi1aie PF5ncipie or existence
G0dg
Christian Science Is giving 10 man
an understanding 81 God as the inf.
nite Principle Of all that really exists.
tAe Principle which. Ia the words oI
our textbook. - underlying. over
ifing. and encompassing al true De-
ing" fScience and Health. ,. 1867 !;
the Principle Bhfch operates through
unehanging laws. laws which are al
ways Denefieent and always compre-
nenslbls and demonstrable.
'hcw is i. then. you may ask. III
God y the underlying principle Of ali
that really exists and this Principle
Destows on man only that which Is
good. how Is II that We see 80 much
q sickness and soFToY and sin in the
~orldy The tpio conditions do not
seem 10 nt Whst Is srong?" The
reason i simple enough. Men have
not applied this principle Ia their en-
deayoFs % work out siffe's problems.
They have not learned enough about
v or cared enough for 1t Or believed
enough In i to make It the basis Of 4
their daily thinking and daily living. 1
A right understanding OF the princi- 4
pies OF mathematics. as you know 4
never fails 10 bring the right answer \
Il rightly applied So il Is with the 4
infinite Principle Of being, God Him
sen. Just ID the proportion that we
bring a right understanding Or God
into the problems that involve our
health our happiness. our material
and our spiritual welfare X
Just in that proportion viii they be
rightly solved.
Many Of US have been taught fin our
sarlier days that ii Is not essential to
understand God. IL we viii but believe
n Him. Now think OF trying to solve
U intricate problem IN mathematics
~ merely believing In its principles.
Without understanding them And are
lot the problems Of life vastly more |
important and momentous than any (
hing that mathematics can present. 3
'roblems which when wrongly work t
q leave US heavily laden with sick (
ess, fear, want, misery and sin? {
'hristian Science. following the teach a
1gs Of Jesus the Christ, shows us that y
right understanding OF God IS as es- I
ential to every student ia the school g
life as an understanding Of numbers {
to the student 81 mathematics.
FAITH h
As with belief. SO it is with faith. u
aith is as essential to man in the
orking out Of his salvation as the
al Is 70 the clock. But the dial OF .,
Ie clock Is but a mockery without !,
70 works which move the hands. y
aith raises our hopes but unless q,
ded by understanding, like the still J. 1.
lnds OF the. empty clock it. neither :,
iides nor enIighteis us Does not =
Q Bible tell US that faith without n,
orks Is dead?
But do not infer from this that =
Iristian Science dapreciates or belit- =
,s the value Of faith. Far from It. ~
I Il is an essence that to be Of high Il,
use must be combined with under wi
inding. Perhaps 1t may help my on
saning II you will thiek Of faith as
e dry cement out Of which SO many ..
our beautiful and enduring struc-
-es are now being fashioned. Ce- ~
mt itself is but a dry powder, which ~
G the dust Of the road may be bo
'wn to the four quarters Of the u,
-th by a summers breeze, but when iae
xed with water may be nodded ~
0 thousand useful and symmetri- IL,
forms; or solid as a granite rock, ~,
y form the enduring foundation OF tba
ny noble structure. So with faith, hu,
II may be scattered i'm,
blown away by the winds Of ig- nj,
'ance and adversely. but when i
ted with the understanding of God 10
Ich flows from Christian Science, an,
transformed and finds ex, tbo
ssion in the highest types Of spir- enc
Il construction. iJn
' oMNiPoTENcEs to
very right concept OF God as in to
te good must include His omnipo- exc
90 His omnipresence, His omni- "Hc
nee. Finite man cannot compre- ask
d these divine qualities in their you
ness, but 1t is noteworthy fact the.
in the proportion that you do emil
ize them, in that proportion do che
find good coming into your life tian
evil leaving il. You do not need owe,
now all Of God that is to be known, woe
re you get any Of tie good that to +
es from using even a little OF has
/ knowledge notl
)r example, in the proportioni you pow
ize that God is omnipotent, or in Bt
r words that good Is all. powerful that
'arth as in heaven; that the only exer
power which exists or has ever hvpr
ed, is the power OF good.-in that in +
ortion are you freed from your givei
ifs in the power Of evil and your thro,
OF it, You begin to see evil as mind
to be feared but to be stunned; ever.
% be tolerated blt fo ho daetrovad | ~ =,