The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
WRITER DISCUSSES
1.-THE SUPREME EGO
Richard P. Vanell Treats Interesting
Phase Of Christian Science.

In writing for the Christian science
Journal under the caption, "The Supreme
Ego" Richard p. varreH says:
Mrs. Eddy writes, We Know no more
or man as the true divine image and
likeness, than we know of God (Science
and Health. p. $50. To find the origin
Of man. We must look to God; and to
redeem mankind. We must be willing to
put away the mortal concept Of man
hood and gain the true idea of man as
revealed through divine Science
TT Is a significant fact that the ninth
letter Of the Latin alphabet, I, which
Is used In English to represent the hrst
personal pronoun. was used by the Ro-
nnans to express the numeral L It II
also coincidence that In order to avo
the excessive use of the pronoun I. We
frequently use the word one as q
synonym. The Latin ego is often EN-
ployed by Mrs. Eddy In connection with
man. and capitalized to denote Deity
photographers now generally regard
ego as an English term, but invariably
define 1t as self or 'one's SELF and
egotism and esoism are derivatives Mrs.
Eddy has thrown the light Of spiritual
Interpretation upon these words, showing
that mortal mind Is characterized by
egotism, while God is conscious only Of
His own being, knowledge, and power.
The divine Ego and the personal self
are evidently the two masters referred
to by Jesus when he said. 'Ye cannot
serve God and nnammon' The two may
also be dcnoninated Love and lust the
former being the Saviour and the latter
the decefver of mankind. Gods promise
TO mankind was expressed by Christ Jesus
when he said, Come unto me, all ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and viii
give you rest Mammon temptingly
gests, Your eyes shall be opened, and
ye shall be as gods. knowing good and
evil James points out the fallacy Of
this when he writes, Let no man say
when he is tempted. am tempted Of
God: for God cannot be tempted with
evil neither tempteth he any man; bu.
every man is tempted. when he is drawn
away Of his own lust, and enticed'
Function of Christian Science.
The function Of Christian Science is
to turn men back to God by showing
them how to resist the temptations Of
personal sense. These senses first declare
that man Is naked, and that he brought
nothing into the world. hence that he
must till the soil and earn his food and
raiment by the sweat of his brow. This
has been called the penalty for original
sin, but it Is really the result of self
deception, arising from ignorance of
god, knowing good and evil
Mortal man has literally attempted to
dress himself up in the garments Of self
righteousness, seh-conceit. and sef-glori-
ication, and as a consequence he has suf-
fered from terrible reactions. He has ac-
tually succeeded at times In deceiving
himself and others in the belief that he
Is . child of God, and that his earthly
kingdom Is based upon divine authority.
The Nazarene who came to destroy the
kingdoms Of this world and TO establish
the kingdom Of his heavenly Father,
knew full well that in humility and
meekness Is the only true might
This true idea Of mans relation to
God Is the rock upon which Christian
Science Il founded. Mrs Eddy calls upon
her followers to examine themselves on
this point, saying: DO Christian Scien-
lists love God as much as they love man.
\ kind? Aye, that's the question And
| again: What went ye out for to seer
person, or a principle? Whichever II
be, determines the night or the wrong of
this following CThe First Church of
Christ, Scientist and Miscellany, Do 2S3,
I'D. The fidelity with which Mrs. Eddy
followed her own teachings has proved
TO this age that true greatness Is based