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

from material premises, and we have
further endeayored to show the mist
to be synonymous with ignorance.
Thus we arrive at another discovery
teeming with good for the blind and
fettered OF earth. The devil-that
terrifying element of the whole
worlds religious belief, that mons
trous Pigment OF the false teaching of
the ages, against whose seeming
power the sons of men have vainly
striven, and who apparently has been
able to outwit even the Most High
This devil Is ignorance, nothing
more! ia ignorance a great forbid
ding monstrosity, with horns, hoofs,
and spear? Is 1t mighty presence,
an entity which has being and &C
ton and power? Or ia 1t only an alb
sense-the absence of knowing?
What peace may be ours when we
Danish the belief that there Is power
In evil With what courage can we
face our problems when we realize
that no subtle, destructive force is
pitted against US, and that the only
power evil can seem to have Is that
which we ourselves bestow upon 1t.
This truth Is stated with great
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wrote to a friend, which was quoted
In The Christian Science Journal Of
August, 1912, In an article entitled
mo Evil Power"
Did you know the sublimity Of
your hope; the infinite capacity of
your being; the grandeur of your
outlook, you would let error kill It
self. Error comes to you for life,
and you give 1t all the life 1t has"
How Jesus Healed the Sick.
We are now ready to consider one
of the most important paragraphs In
Science and Health, for it may be
said to contain the pearl of great
price" 1t tells us in the simplest OF
words how Jesus healed the sick.
Jesus Deheld in Science the per-
feet man, who appeared to him where
SHINING mortal man appears to NOR
tails. In this perfect man the Saw
Tor saw Gods own likeness, and this
correct view of man healed the sick
Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom
of God is intact, universal, and that
man is pure and holy" (Science and
Health, p. 476.)
/, This then must have been the IN
derstanding which Jesus impaired to
: his disciples, which enabled them to
duplicate bis wonderful healing
work This is the understanding
which today is enabling Christian
, Scientists to confront, undismayed
/ the appearance of disease and vice
, and to rescue the unfortunates in
J bondage thereto.
Sense-Testimony Unreliable.
At this point some of you may ask
docs this mean that / am not to &C
} cept as real the evidence of my sense:
when see before me sickness, or sin
4. or discord?" 1t means just that, JUS
that! And should we not rejoice II
such a revelation? II the materia
l senses report the truth Of being
l there Is no good or Just God, no Law
: or Principle in the universe; for OF
all sides we see injustice, lawlessness
! disease, disturbance OF nature, hate
poverty, and death-a sorry picture
1 indeed Do we want these evils to b,
T. true? II you find yourself in thu
e throes of a nightmare, what create
d Joy and peace can come than tn
s awakening consciousness that afte
: all 1t was only dream!
Was ever a message more vital t,
: stricken individual, nation, or rae
than the understanding brought b,
Christian Science, that materialit'
: with its host of discords and ills I
{ but another name for the Adam
dream, and that 1t is possible for SUI
y fering mortals to awaken therefrom
!. We may awaken from a dream, bu
4 we can never waken from fact! Tn
night of materialism has been long
and the sleep has been deep an
II troubled; but thanks be to God, W
;. are slowly awakening, At least, tn
& dream is losing for us its terror, and
y hearing the voice of Truth cheeril
c bidding US to be not afraid, and t
l. Judge not according to the appear
= ance, we are enabled more and NOR
e to look past the shadows, past tn
i. seeming, to the kingdom Of Mine
y where all is harmony and all is Law
{ You are not asked to take tn
word of Christian Scientists for a
this. You are urged rather TO tax
: the textbook, and study It with ope
:. heart and teachable thought, an
II prove for yourself the truth OF thes
% statements
Il Evil Unreal.
The following illustration ma
= help throw more light on the Chri:
. tan Scientists attitude toward 81
l. ana disease. before sluuNihs Nh4 IL
"a tan Science, and while member {
II an orthodox church, was asked by
4 friend 10 use my religion" as he e'
10 pressed it, in the effort to reclaim
=. brother seemingly enslaved by drinl
n l accepted the commission and pre-
n ceeded to "use my religion" l foun
% my subject in q most repentart moot
- and he agreed almost tearfully wit
a my ringing condemnation Of his ev
. ways. l asked him II he did NJ
IN realize the depths to which h. ha
~ fallen. how wicked he was, and no
Ia terrible was the evil power to whic
.. he had submitted. Yes, he realize
81 il all. but evil had been made so rel
X and so powerful to him that even III
9 hone Of divine deliverance, wit
which finally endeavored to inspil
r.. him. was Of no avail, and he san
"a even deeper in the mire of sin.
at Let us nov consider another pi
OF ture. A slave to false appetite
e. brought to one endeavoring to be
n. scientific Christian, or a Christia
Scientist. The Scientist sees befol
60 him no bad man, no perpetrator I
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