Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-12

actually, an unavoidable, tnccntrr
vertible, demoIstrable fact, an active
vitaiizing prelude to all true spiritual
attainment
/ One Antidote
II is the mission Of Christian Sci.
ence to overcome faith in so-called hu-
iman antidotes and to point humenify
to the one perfect eyerpresent anti
dote of divine Love. Jesus prescriO-
ed one universal remedy for every hui
man disccrd, Shether in the form OF
sin or sickness. He said: Come I'M
To me, all We that fabcur and are
heavy laden. and viii give you rest. :
This meant something more than 70
/ pay him a personal visit. else his
words arc a mockery to presentday
Christians. Ii means TO gain an I'M
Outstanding of the Christ. Truth, as
the one and only Saviour of mankind,
and this is done only through re-
newing of the mind or consciousness
of mortals. A mind laden with imag-
es Of sin and disease has not expert
enced the coming of Christ. Il may
profess belief in God. but such be-
j lief fails to bring salvation or even
surcease from suffering.
i A spiritual glimpse OF the eternal
unity of God and of man in His image
and likeness is the great burden-lifter
of mankind. It brings a sense OF
peace, JOY and health that surpasses
all human knowledge. 1t softens the
disposition, ehastens the affections,
lsilences false pride and self-will, cem-
forts the sorrowing, quenches false
Eappetites, and last but not least. It
does away with the evidence OF d.
sease. Thousands Of witnesses in all
parts OF the world will testify under
loath that Christian Science has heal
ed them of so-called incurable diseas.
es. There can be no intelligent denial
of such testimony. The evidence is
Overwhelming that Christian healing
lis today an established fact in the
i wor'I
Our Leader
Mrs. Eddy's vision of the Christ not
only healed her of the effects o. a
so-calle6 fatal accident, but enabled
lher to reach a purified mental height
where she could spiritually discern
the deep things Of God and give tacm
I to the world. She named her disccv-
cry Christian Science She was, to
use her own words, only scribe
1 echo:ng the harmonies OF heaven in
divine metaphysics" THE First
Church of Christ, Scientist, and Mis-
ceIlany, D. 115), consequently she had
no excuse to offer for inditing the
pages of Science and Health. The
world owes profound debt Of grati.
tude to this noble woman for what is
contained in this unique book. There
are many thousands who can testify
that the Bible was a sealed book be.
fore Science and Health came to
them.
/ Mrs. Eddy as the Discoverer and
Ecunder of Christian Science. fought
tie good fight and brayeiy won her
iaurels. Her works which have fol-
lowed her have proved her one of the
tgreatest and yet most humble of relf
eious leaders and teachers.
False Teaching
| The world Is burdened with false
teaching. There is much concerning
heath and disease which is misleading
In. the extreme It Is the province Of
iChristian Science to correct such teach
ing by turning the thought of human
| ity to Christ Jesus as the sole author
ity on all subjects essential to human
| progress and happiness.
| Who could accuse Jesus of ever es
tablishing a clinic? He paid little at
.ention to disease or its symptoms
but he constantly healed the sick by
The spoken word, and he babe his fol
| n n olC Of L
embraced no knowledge Of disease as
u an entity or reality. His mission, as
well as that of Christian Science, is
Il TO prove such knowledge unreal, a
II ronentity. This was not and can not
4 lie done by human argument or rea.
j soning. 1t requires spiritual under
Igtanding, and according to Scripture
this understanding is knowledge
i OF the hcly,P or holy one.
i What would be thought Of a watch
maker who should establish a school
for the purpose OF teaching and study
ing the subject Of broken watches? In
what way would such a course of study
assist in the construction Of perfect
i watch?
Would years of study Of counterfeit
money enable one TO detect q spurious
bill sooner than could one who is
thoroughly familiar with the genuine
4 bill?
i Would the musician who advocated
4 systematic study of discords ever
succeed in bringing out true sense
OF harmony to his pupils?
: 4 Would the moralist who spent the
most of his time in looking into vice
i and wickedness be enabled to impress
his followers with a sense Of purity
and moral rectitude? Would not this
negative research on his part tend to
dim his perception of spirituality? II
is "the pure in heart who see God.
Has anyone ever heard of school
! of mathematics where mistakes in cal
culation are specialized to the exclu
sion of the rule of exactness which
alone enables one to correct such mis-
takes?
What housewife would add to he1
skill in breadmaking who devoted hel
time and attention to analyzing and
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