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

~ or correct result that he takes TO
his problem in mathematics. Thus
she has defined Christian Science las
the law OF God, the law of good, in
terpreting and demonstrating the d.
vine Principle and rule of universal
harmony" fundamental Divine Sci
ence, p u And the application OF
this rule to the problems of every
day life Immediately becomes the
privilege and duty OF the consistent
follower OF Jesus.
The Mission OF the Savior
A story Is told of shipwrecked
sailor who was cast upon a far-off
isle inhabited by semisavage tribes.
One day he came upon group OF
wrangling natives, and, inquiring the
cause OF the commotion, learned that
there was d certain supply of COCO
anuts brought to the island to be
equally distributed among these men,
and no one could decide as to the
number that each should have. The
sailor counted the cocoanuts. He
found one hundred. He counted the
men. There were twenty-five of
them. Without hesitation he said,
Each shall have four as his share. !"
Imagine his surprise when the ma
tiyes straightway flung themselves at
his feet, called him a god, and pro-
ceeded to worship him. Try as he
might, he could not persuade the
simple folk that his instantaneous
calculation was the result of an un-
Outstanding of the principle of math-
ematics and was in no sense miracu-
lous.
To the bewildered and heartsick
children of men came a Savior. I'm
derstanding the great Principle Of
being, he solved their problems.
bringing instantaneous answers In
health and reformation and regen-
Grafton. He plainly said that Of him
self he did not the works, and that If
/ they would but understand his mis-
sion and his Principle, they too could
solve the problems as did he. But
they called him a wonder-worker,
worshiped his personality, and cruel
fed him. Mrs. Eddy writes of the
worlds misunderstanding thus:
Not the spear nor the material
cross wrung from his faithful lips the
plaintive cry, Eloi, Eloi, lama sub
achtani? my God, my God. why
hast thou forsaken me?" 1t was the
possible loss of something more i'm
portant than human life which NOV
ed him, 1.-THE possible misapprehen-
sion OF the sublimest influence of his
career" (ScienCe and Health, p. So
And the human mind has continu-
ed its misaprehension down through
the centuries, with the result that
we still see thousands of processing
christianity and worshiping the per
sonality of Jesus, but following him
in practical demonstration OF divine
power-not at all.
The Sign of a Christian.
Do you know that Jesus once
pointed out a very simple method oil
discovering a true Christian? The di
rections are to be found in the six
teenth chapter of Mark, and follow
imediately the well-known command
TO preach the gospel TO every crea
ture." His words are:
And these signs shall follow then
that believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak witt
, new tongues; they shall take up ser
penis; and if they drink any deadly
thing. it shall not hurt them; they
shall lay hands on the sick, and they
shall recover"
, Christians, are we measuring vi
/ to this standard? Suppose we are tra'
| cling in a distant land, and a would
/ be convert says to us, Are you 4;
e. Christian? And upon receiving an az
. firHative reply, suppose he next says
: "Oh how glad l am that you came
/ see by your Bible that signs are L
follow the true believers. Now | an
Z possessed by veritable devil. ] an
I victim OF the opium habit Do.
/ beg of you. through your beautiful
religion cast this devil out" Wha
/ would we say? Would We recommend
( well-known sanitarium famed To-
t its treatment of the drug habit, O.
1 what would we do? Suppose he thel
t says: My old mother is very i'll.
A see by your book that a Christian
4 understanding the great powe
! taught by Jesus, can cause her TO re
4 cover. Come, ! pray you, and hea
- herr" What would we now say
= Would we suggest a change of doc
- tors, or recommend a new diet o
climate-or would we undertake L
put our faith to the test? And if b.
( chance We say to this hungerini
5 thought: "Ah, my dear sir. that wa
). not meant for our time, The days O
5 healing are past, do not be SUI
l. prised Il he closes the Bible an
d hands 1t back with this statement
q
5 by that is older than yours,"
d Christians Must Heal the Sick.
G A visitor at an insane asylum wa
II once attracted to man who benin
J. the bars of his room was seen PORN
d over the pages of a small Testamen
II Seeing the visitor, the patient beck
oned him to come nearer. He ha
: opened the book to the tenth char
l. ter of Matthew, and pointing TO tn
II first verse, said, Read that" TIL
& visitor read:
"And when he had called unto hill
+ his twelve disciples, he gave theI
a power against unclean spirits. to cas-
e them out and to heal all manner {
d sickness and all manner of disease.
,. When he had finished the readin
a the inmate caught at his hand. "Sen
Is me one of those men, Send me on
e of those men! he pleaded. But th
doctors smiled. shook their head
& and murmured that it was sa
is case.
D. Let each one of us who dares
If name the name of Christianity. so
EMMY ask himself this question: Al
W | trying 20 be one OF those men
oh ,I xtrns 4 II