Arizona republican., 1917-11-13

If one thing stands out more boldly than another in the Old and New Tes-
 lament scriptures, it is the fact that God protects mankind. Turn where one may, there it is written down no"
 God led those who put the trust Ill Him. fed those who called upon hlih
 for sustenance, and healed those Nho cried unto Him out of thelr dlslresse9' The scriptures are constantly relerrihs
 to Gods nearness to and Ills presence among men. Look for example at the nnety-iirs. psalm. Who can read the Wondellui prayerful eloquence of 1t without pc coming convinced that the man mho pepned it knew whereof ne spoke tna' he wrote from experience, out ol 'i9 | deep conviction of one who had passed through the dark waters or aiille'ioh with his understanding of the ioNlns- kindness and protecting power ol 0oq strengthened and confirmed? Listen to tbesa verses of the psalm: He that | dveleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty; Because thou mast made the Lord, which is my refuge, | even the most High, thy habitatlon;
 
 1 shall any plague come nigh thy dwell ing" They convey the impression that the psalmist had not only experienced divine protection from the assaults or the beliefs of evil and disease, but that he was also aware of the mental con- dition necessary and precedent to ob- taining the protection. Is not thls ln- dicated in the words. He that dWelleth i in the secret place of the most High
 Now in the teaching of Christian | Science can be found the truth which 1 covers this question and explains all such references as those just quoted. 1 For example, Christian Science teaches 1 that God is unlimited. that He is all- i inclusive being, that creation Is the | complete manifestation of His perfect | spiritual being. Mrs. Eddy, the discov- erer of Christian Science, became aware of the truth, the same truth as l was. taught by Christ Jesus, that man 1 is atone with God, that man, being 1 the spiritual idea of God is never sep arated in the faintest degree from di- vine consciousness. Mrs. Eddy's dis 1 covery of Christian Science had the immediate effect of healing her from a | physical condition which had been 1 pronounced incurable; but it did far more, for it revealed to her that the whole human race could be healed of ! it's sins and it's diseases through a correct understanding of God. To put l it somewhat differently, the discovery l of Christian Science revealed, as had not been done since the days of the 1 Nazarene Prophet, that divine care and protection exist as nightly now and are as available now as then.
 | Why was it that men did not experi- ence divine protection, unless in an un-
 certain and haphaZard manner until
 the discovery of Christian Science
 Because the true knowledge of God
 was obscured, because of humanity's
 firm belief in materialism, in ritualism and in ecclesiasticism. Men spoke o1
 God but they limited Him in all theil
 thoughts. They called to Him to hea them. while clinging to their materia beliefs. They prayed to Him as to ( mighty ruler only, or a tribal God. ob. livious of the fact that God is the di-
 vine Principle of the universe perfec
 spirit or mind, knowing all that exist:
 because all is the expression of His in
 finite intelligence. That is why mer
 kept themselves and still tend to keel
 themselves out of the secret place O
 the most High" But it has ever beer
 the case that when a mans faith ha.
 turned to God as truth and love. en.
 abllng him to lean upon that truth ant
 love and proportionately to refuse al. l leglance to so-called matter and hu.
 man personality, he has felt the poweI
 of truth and love to protect him iron the ills of the flesh and the tempta