Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-26

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 "What did you sing?" asked the other.
 "One of our old religious songs," he replied. "The first line reads: 'Hark !! from the tombs doleful soundv" A lifetime of study of the words and works of Jesus had developed no morehopeful or helpful insipration than, "Hark! from tombs a doleful sound"
 Christianity Is Exact Science. i Now Mrs. Eddy discovered that the religion taught by Jesus is as exact a science as is the science of numbers; :; that a Christian should be enabled to overcome sickness, fear, discourage ment, poverty, or any other discord, with the same readiness and certainty of correct result that he takes to his problem in mathematics. Thus she { has defined Christian Science "as the law of God, the law of good, interpret ing and demonstrating the divine Prin- ciple and rule of universal harmony, (Rudimental Divine Science, p. D. And the application of this rule to the prob- lems of everyday life immediately be- comes the privilege and duty of the consistent followers of Jesus. The Mission of the Saviour. A story is told of a shipwrecked sailor who was cast upon far-of 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 certain supply of cocoa nuts brought to the island to be equal ly distributed among these men, and no one could decide as to the number that each should have. The sailor naturally counted the cocoanuts. He found one hundred. He counted the men. There were 25 of them With out hesitation he said, "Each will have four as his share" Imagine his sur- prise when the natives straightway flung themselves at his feet, called him god, and proceeded to worship him! Try as he might, he could not persuade the simple folk that his in- stantaneous calculation was the result of an understanding of the principle of mathematics and was in no sense miraculous.
 To the bewildered and heartsick chill dren of men came Saviour. Under standing the great Principle of being, he solved their problems, bringing in stantaneous answers in health and ref ormation of regeneration. He plainly said that of himself he did not the works, and that if they would but un- derstand his mission and his Principle, they too could solve the problems as did he But they called him a won- der-worker, worshiped his personality, and crucified 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 sabach- thani? (My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?") It was the pos sible loss of something more important than human life which moved him the possible misapprehension of the sublimest influence of his career (Science and Health, p. 50). And the human mind has continued its misapprehension down through the centuries, with the resultthat we still see thousands protesting Christianity and worshiping the personality. 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 point ed out very simple method of dis covering true Christian? The di- rections are to be found in the six teenth chapter of Mark, and follow immediately the well-known command to "preach the gospel to every crea- ture." His words are:
 "And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they new tongues; they shall take up ser cast out devils; they shall speak with pents; 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 up to this standard? Suppose we are trav- cling in a distant land, and would- Joe convert says to us, "Are you a Christian?" And upon receiving an affirmative reply, suppose he. next says: "Oh, how glad l am that you came! I see by your Bible that signs are to follow the true believers. Now II am possessed by veritable devil. I am a victim of the opium habit. Do, I beg of you, through your beau tiful religion, cast this devil out!' What would we say? Let me tell you what my answer would have been, before studying Christian Science: "Let us not consider that Bible pas sage just now, my friend. Have you heard of that wonderful new sanita- rum, famed for it's treatment of the drug and liquor habits? Now you should go there and take that treat ment. And while you are there, I'll pray for you!" It is we'll to remember at this point, however, that the suf- ferer has not asked for sanitarium treatment, but, taking Jesus at his followers to- cast out his "devil" through the understanding of spirit ual power. Suppose he then says: My old mother is very i'll. see by your book that a Christian, under standing the great power taught by Jesus, can cause her to recover. Is +h;c fr,o7 D0 v0u mean to tell me