Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-10

the sothingness and unreallty Of the
material creation causes Us more
trouble. This point will become
clearer as our spiritual perception
enlarges. for In the proportion that
the spiritual creation becomes real
TO as, the material loses its reality.
have often been asked the ques-
tion, II this mortai material body Is
not Of God--h II isn't so--what am
I going TO do about II? what am J
going to think about 1t?
Well. don't try to get rid OF II all
at once. Be content for today to get
rid OF the very worst things you know
about it.--those things that are 80
obviously unlike God. so contrary to
the thought OF His perfection, that
you can detect, no matter how small
your understanding. that they are
not His making, and hence have
never been made. As you deny their
reality and assert what you know
to be Gods perfection, these condi-
tions will disappear; and though you
VIII still have q material body to
deal with, II will be a better body,
made better and stronger through the
application Of Gods law of health.
II is the putting of OF the old man
and the putting on Of the new,
through the application Of the teach
ings Of Christian Science. that consti-
tutes the healing. The thoughts Of
sickness and sin are ruled out Of
human consciousness by the under
standing and declaration Of the per-
fectiOn Of that which God has made.
There are those who feel that 1t
Is almost sacrilege to dispose of ma
terial man as just the counterfeit OF
the spiritual. perfect man. This ma
terial man Is so wonderfully made,
they say, how can It be possible that
Gcd did not make him? They feel
that 1t is dish0noring God to dis0wn
the material man as His product.
Material man does seem to be
wonderfully made. but You will re-
member that In the many better
baby" shows that have been prevalent
about the country. though the best
and most perfect babies are entered.
II Is sometimes impossible to find
one that Is one hundred per cent per-
feet. II material man Is the creation
VI God, II is not honoring God very
much to have to admit that more
thai: ninety-five per cent OF His crea-
tion could be vastly improved upon
In the very beginning.
Others maintain that God made
man perfect. and gave him his own
free will to do good or evil, but man
chose to do evil, and the evil brought
sickness and other troubles upon
him; or that man unknowfngly trans
gressed Gods laws. but that God Il
In 80 way responsible. because had
man chosen to do right all would
have been well.
Suppose an architect put mp 9
building and IL fell down; would that
be the fault OF the building? Would
YOU blame the building? It would
only fall because II was so construct
ed that 1t could fall Obviously, Il
God made man so he could fall and
he fell II would lbe Gods fault, moi
mans.
II should be stated also, that those
who hold to the belief that God made
man free to do either good or evi
are holding belief that is directl,
contrary to Jesus teaching. He said
FI came down from heaven, not Il
do mine own will. but the will o.
him that sent me-" 81 can OF min,
Town self do nothing "Whosoevel
shall do the will OF God, the same
Is my brother, and my sister, ant
mother" The Master everywher,
taught that to do Gods will consti
tuted freedom; for he told those VIII,
believed on him that IL they continu
ed in his word its truth would max,
them free; and that whosoever com
mitted sin was in bondage to sin
1t has ever been bondage to be sicl
and sinful. and to stop being sicl
and sinful is to enter into ''the glor
ious liberty Of the children OF God.
i When the Master first appeared Il
the synagogue, he announced his mis-
sion by appropriating to himself tina
passage from the sixty-fifth chapte
Of Isaiah which reads, "The Spirit o
the Lord God Is upon me; becaus
tha Lord hath anointed me to preacl
good tidings unto the meek; he hat
sent me to bind up the broken heart
ed. to proclaim liberty to the cap
lives, and the opening OF the priso
to them that are bound" He VIII
| continually maintained that b
could only do Gods will and not hi
own. came proclaiming liberty. Ma
| was never given his free win to d
, right or wrong, for 1t has alway
been liberty to do good and bondag
to do evil.
i There are those who mistakenl
maintain that Christian Science dc
nies the divinity Of the Christ. Tn
, divinity Of the Christ Is an unas
J sailable fact which is accepted an
, taught from cover to cover OF tn
Christian Science textbook. "Scienc
and Health with Key to the ScriI
lures" by Mrs. Eddy; but II we ar
3 to accept the teaching Of the Bible o
: ithe subject OF the Christ. we sha
, have to admit that the Christ ha
lbeen manifested in some degree q
: various times both before and sine
l the full and perfect manifestation {
the Christ which Jesus presented.
Vi Isaiah had some consciousness {
i the Christ when he said. "The Spir
/ of the Lord God Is upon men," fC
: II he had not. Jesus could not ha,
a appropriated his exact words in sta