The Wahpeton times., 1917-09-20

came to the conclusion that God is
governing His children and His
universe through spiritual laws and
not through material laws.
Mrs. Eddy also studied the mir
acles in the Old and New Testa-
ments, came to the inevitable con.
tlusion that all of those events were
correlated by means of an underl. y
ign spiritual law that lad been
known and understood by the mea
who wrought them, and she said
that if she could discover the law
it would be found to operate in the
same manner now as in Bible
times; that it would be a healing
law, and would now heal people Of
sickness and sin and every evil hui
man condition the same as then.
This idea grew and expanded in
her consciousness until it became
the impelling motive of her entire
life. In the year 1866 she discov-
cred the law of Spirit, and named
it Christian Science. After wait.
ing nine years. during which time
she subjected the Principle that
she had discovered to the broadest
practical tests in healing sickness
and other forms of human discord.
she published statement of Chris
tian Science in a book which she
entitled "Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" This book
is now everywhere recognized as
the only textbook of Christian
Science. A great religious move
ment has formed around it's teach
ings. which in one generation has
gridled the earth with its churches.
The spread of Christian Science
has been phenomenal. and it's
growth has resulted from healing.
Every adherent of Christian
Science has actually been healed OF
some sickness, disease or sinful ap-
petite, and most of them have been
healed of many such conditions.
These facts are easily verified and
are worthy of very serious consi-
deration.
Mrs. Eddy discovered the law of
Spirit as truly as Sir Isaac New
ton discovered the law of gravita-
tion, and this fact should be thoro-
ughly understood. just as New
ton discovered that the movements
of material bodies are regulated
and governed by this material law,
so Mrs. Eddy discovered the Prin-
ciple that governs the entire uni
verse, including every detail in the
lives of men. That supreme, crea-
tive, governing, omnipresent Mind
or Principle is God, the only cause,
the only creator. the only Ruler of
man and the universe.
When we watch water flowing
over the land we see that with 1T
hesitation or delay it always selects
the low places. All fresh waite: is
continually striving to reach the
sea, where: it will be at rest. In
ch"'sing its course it measr..s the
topography of the ground more
accurately and more quickly than
the engineer could do with his in
strument. No embodied mind is
present to tell it where to go, but
there is an unerring, invisible law
everywhere present directing its
movement, and always guiding it
i'll the true course.
If such perfect law exists 10
guide the water in it's movement to-
ward the sea, how much more cer.
tain it is that equally perfect spir
lt'lal law exists to guide the foot
steps of tired and discouraged hu-
man beings of tired out of the Wild
erness of sickness, failure and sin
INTO the kingdom of peace.
The Bible tells us that such a law
exists and is operating for our ben
efit. In Pslam xxxvii, % read,
"The steps of a good man are ord
cred by the Lord Again, in Ro-
mans viii, %, "All things work to.
gether for good to them that love
God, - and in Romans viii, 2, "For
the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus hath made made ME
free from the law of sin and death.
What sense Of security comes to
one when he realizes that there is
really law of good operating that
will guide his footsteps as truly as
the law of gravitation guides the
water. And what sense of peace
comes from the assurance that ther.
is an infinite, overruling Mind that
governs everything in the universe
from the least to the greatest and
causes call things to work together
Tor good"
In each case, however, a cond:.
tion is attached. One must desire
to re a good man, and must love
God, otherwise the law of good does