The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-29
HRfST1AN SCIENCE GIVEN BY w B PORTER

Of the physical universe has demon
strated the instability Of material laws,
mankind has generally taken refuge in
the will of God divine providence"
the "dispcnsation of providence" as
reason for something which it could
not explain in any other manner, hence
The continuation Of superstition and
fear. Such an awful lmputatlon
against Diety could not be made ii it
were not due to a false sense concern
ing God man, and The universe.
There are hundreds Of thousands of
men and women and children in al
ENDS who have learned and arc learn
ing daily IN Christian Science that
Gods VIII IL, must be, good who is
infinite Truth, Life, Love, can only be
good, and then instead Of bowling in
sui fenp. agony to the will OF God they
lave found hat they might hasten for
ward With ptadncsa and Joy to meet
MA weJrome fhe will Of God knowing
thar 1t can only mean good
il surely must he the will of God
that Ills children should know Him
~Narcs, "Ye shali seek me. ant! find mo
when yc shan search for me with AZ
vour heart Whatever mankind las
known or believed concerning God in
III ages has determined its happiness,
harmon. AealtA, reacc, prosperity,
progress, ANA Development For when
: u stone ur "a stick WAS WOrShipped AS
Dicty. The rocks and forests formed the
. dwelling lacae of mon. when a tribal
god was warshipned as Dietv. he
might and prhwcss of warriors deter
mined triAal security and rra@ross,
when aenoastotsm reared the altar ITO
he unknown Cod" mere intellectu a.
tty measured The faith and accomplish.
! nent Of men; a0l when in illness
of time, CHRIST I"sus declared God ia
Spirit lur, is stated In aHo'hcf
| translation, God is SpirtD: and they
that worship him must worship him in
pirtt ana in truth" then began the
decline of that priesthood ~ matter
lho material sense OF God and man.
which had 50 long withheld from nu-
lnanitr IT'S rjehtfnl progress and de
veIopmcnt Right here is encountered
II fact the Significance of which may
never be forgotten o, lost sight of:
namciy. that with this trae idea OF
| God which Christ Jesus incnIcated
came his many mighty works of heal
! tnc ana regeneration, rs well MS those
| Of his students and followers, which
/ continued upward Of three centuries
! thereafter. TN fact it WAS concerning
/ these very works of healing and regcn
Grafton that Christ Jesus sent word tc
iohn the Bcptist that they We're tn,
| evidence or witness of the Messianit
| OF Christ way.
| Today this true idea of God which
| is declaring the Science of Christianity
| has feaTpeared in Christian Science
| ringing the same healing and regcner,
atiVc message which characterized it,
! advent two thousand years ago.
1t must be apparent to an unpreju
/ diced consideration that there has heci
| som" miseoncepton. or at least in
| adequate understanding. cDncernin
| God, and one such popular miscon
| CoP1ion has been that which assume
! and depicts God as being more or les
t humanity personal, Of magnified pro
| portions. pItriarchal and kindly i
! aspect. This seems to be a conceI
| which has found favor among artist
| quite generally and may well be sal
| 10 represent a concept toward Whlc
| the human mind quite naturally turn
X short time ago there was exhibite
IN an eastern city a collection of paint
ues Uf the Cublst school, among whle
was one that attracted great de;
! Of attention and comment Upon
blue background were depicted
| group Of spheres or globes. frol
which extending downward, wei
numerous crystals or rays III brigt
rod and gold. Nothing more To tn
painting The artist had appended II
| title, or name God.
OF the two concepts of God here re
tcrred to it is possible that the latte
might be productive of the create
good, for while the former Wou
| leave one with a very COmtortahl
sense Of n kindly disposed personae
and impel the observer TO no furth,
inquiry, the latter would inevitab
lmpel the observer TO inquire, Whs
IS God? And if he IS sincere In his II
quiry he will find an answer con
mensurate with his sIncerity,~"As
and We snail receive"