Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-06-28

the WOrkS. again, IN the Well-knOWn
passage from the fourteenth chapter
70 John, he states that his mighty
works shall be done by those who
believe ON him, or in other words,
those who understand his great mis-
sion and the divine Principle thereof.
Thus we see that the power given by
Jesus to his followers was spiritual
understanding, Just as d teacher in
school gives his pupil power TO solve
problems in arithmetic when he
shows them the rule and principle
basing arithmetic. But apparently
no definite rule was left by Jesus
whereby this vital teaching was dis
cernible. Here let us offer up psalms
OF thanksgiving! In this wonderful
volume, Science and Health, has been
revealed that treasure which TO the
unenlightened sense remained lost
III the pages of the Bible for CEN
turtles. And today Christian is with
out excuse who, when asked to heal
the sick and cast out demons, turns
his back and says, Il AIN not one Of
those men"
The Truth Shall Make You Free"
Jesus said, Eye shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you
free" The all-important question,
therefore, is What is truth? What is
the truth which Jesus taught, the
understanding of which will enable
us 10 reinstate primitive Christianity
with signs and with power? Answer
ing this stupenduous question, Mrs.
Eddy directs thought TO the first
chapter of Genesis.
The truth revealed In the opening
chapter Of the Bible, like all great
things, is infinitely simple. Herein
We gee 4 record of creation depicting
successive steps of embodiment, SYM
bolized by the appearing OF light, the
heavens, The earth7-the heavenly bod
les, the fowl of the air, the fish Of
the sea, the creatures that move upon
the earth, and lastly, the highest Gre
alton, man. He is made in the i'm
age and likeness of God and is given
dominion over all the earth. At the
close of each step in the progression
We read: And God saw that 1t was
good" Then at the conclusion OF the
chapter appears that mighty state
ment basing all ruth, And God saw
every thing that he had made, and
behold, 1t was very good" The sec
ond chapter opens with this state
ment: Thus the heavens and the
earth were finished, and all the host
of them" Could words be more
plain? Creation is finished, and it is
good, yea, very good" No evil has
been created, no sickness, sin, or
death. han is spiritual, made in the
image and likeness of God, and so
is not subject to frailty or error, but
is endued with dominion and power.
Remarkable Discovery OF Christian
Science.
Now comes the remarkable and
revolutionary discovery of Christian
Science. The second chapter of Cen
- esis, containing the Adam and Eve
: narrative, is seen TO be a new and
different record of creation, separ-
ate and distinct from that covered
= in the preceding chapter. Hereto
fore religionists have regarded the
record OF the creation of Adam from
! the dust and of Eve from Adams
side, as an amplifcation of that state
= ment in the first chapter: 80 Goo
: created man in his own image" Blu
: revelation plainly shows the errol
! of this To begin with, the two rec
ords are distinctly separate docu
? ments, called the Elohistic and tn,
' Jehovistic, because in the first chap
ter the creator is called Elohim, God
A and in the second, Jehovah, or Lord
God, the Jewish tribal name To-
: Diety.
The first record is positively clos
D ed. Gods work is done, His creation
! is good, and eternal harmony reigns
4 Do we find that God ever changing
| His perfect handiwork? Is there an.
! record Of His having created evil, tn
| sickness, and the sorrow, the discord
4 and imperfections, which are visibl
r on all sides? The sixth verse of tn
r second chapter solves the problem
D We read: But there went up a mis-
! from the earth, and watered tn
, whole face of the ground"
r The Mist.
+ What does the mist do? Does 1t de
i stroy, or demolish or does it onl
? obscure? Is It not possible then tina
: the universe today is as perfect a
r when the morning stars sang to
o gether," and that its perfection 1
hid from our gaze by reason of som
g obscuring sense-some "mystifica
S ton" as Science and Health puts 1t
# (p. $3.50. Material man with his sin
: full tendencies comes not upon til
d scene until the mist appears.
d.: follows. therefore. that the evils an
e inharmolies which cannot belong I
the kingdom of good must be the pre-
duct of the realm of mystifcatior
S Mystification is ever the polar or
d posite of understanding. Therefor
G mystiication means just this: ignol
ance. Ignorance of the fac.s of crea
I ton; ignorance of spiritual sense
d This is the mist that seems to go Il
J. from the earth and hide from GU
e sight the man and the universe mad
C and seen by God; and from this it
noranee springs the material view {
n creation which depicts man as sic
II and SHINING. and the universe as di'
It cordant and oestructible.
" Now the mission of Jesus was
" acquaint humanity with mans tru
& heritage. His teachings prove thi
d the first chapter of Genesis, and NJ
lie the second. contains the truth OF b,
lie ing and sets forth mans real Origin
$, I'VE Must be Born Again"
d One of the first of Jesus teaching
was this: Except a man be Dor
o again, he cannot see the kingdom {
l. God" Can there be an atom of doul
m as to the meaning of this passage?
!? the material, the Adam-sense
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