The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-02

suppose an arcnltect put up q build.
ing and 1t fell down: would that be
the fault Of the building? would you
blame the building? 1t would only fall
because 1t was SO constructed that It
could fall. Obviously, IL God made
man so he could fall, and he fell. 1t
would be Gods fault, not mans.
1t should be stated also, that those
who hold to the belief that God made
man free to do either good or evil are
holding n belief that is directly con-
trary to Jesus teaching. He said:
Il came down from Heaven. not to
do Mine own will, but the will of Him
that sent Me-" II can of Mine own self
do nothing" whatsoever shall do the
will Of God, the same is My brother,
and My sister, and mother" Tho
Master everywhere taught that to do
Gods will constituted freedom; for nc
told those who believed on Him that
If they continued in His word its truth
would make them free: and that who-
| soever committed sin was in bondage
to sin. 1t has ever been bondage to be
sick and sinful. and to stop being sick
and sinful Is to enter into "thc glori-
GUS liberty Of the children Of God"
When the Master first appeared in
the synagogue. he announced His mis-
sion by appropriating to Himself that
passage from the sixty first chapter
of Isaiah, which reads, 1.-THE Spirit Of
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Lord ham anointed me to preach good
tidings unto the meek; he hath sent
mo to bind up the brokenhcarted, to
proclaim liberty to tho captivcs. and
the opening OF the prison to them that
are bound" He who continually main
tained that he could only do Gods
will and not his own, came proclaim
Ing liberty. Man was never given his
free will to do right or wrong. for 1t
has always been liberty to do good and
bondage to do evil
There are those who mistakenly
maintain that Christian Science denies
the divinity of the Christ. The divin-
'ty OF the Christ is an unassailable
TACT which is accepted and taught
from cover to cover of the Christian
Science textbook, Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs.
Eddy; but If we are to accept the
teaching of the Bible on the subject
of the Christ, we shall have to admit
that the Christ had been manifested
| IN some degree at various times both
before and since the full and perfect
manifestation of the Christ which
Jesus presented.
Isaiah had some consciousness of the
Christ when he said, The Spirit OF
the Lord God is upon me-" for if he
had not. Jesus could not have appro-
priatcd his exact words in stating his
mission as the Christ. Abraham saw
the Christ in some measure when he
became conscious of the King of
Righteousness of whom the Bible says
that he had neither beginning of days.
nor end of life: but made like unto
the Son of God" And we are told that
Moses and the children of Israel were
conscious of the Christ, for the Bible
says, they did all eat the same spir-
itual meat: and did all drink the same
spiritual drink; for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them:
and that Rock was Christ" On page
1888 Of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy
says, abraham. Jacob, Moses and the
prophets caught glorious glimpscs of
the Messiah or Christ, which baptized
these sccrs in the divine nature, the
essence OF Iove,"--a fact which may
be verified by careful study of the
Scriptures.
1t is certain that Jesus followers
knew they were Misunderstanding tho
Christ in some degree or Paul would
not have said to the Corinthians, 1--WE
have the mind of Christ; nor would
he have enjoincd the Philippians to
let that Mind be in them (which was
also in Christ Jesus" In addition to
this Paul says, THE Spirit itself bear
eth witness with our spirit. that wo
are the children of God and if chill
drcn. then heirs; heirs of God. and
Joint heirs with Christ" IL VIC are
joint heirs with Christ we shall ccr-
tainly manifest in some measure the
Mind of Christ. which Jesus manifest
cd so fully in healing sickness and de-
stroying SIN.
Our thought of gratitude to tho
Master for all that he has done for
us In showing us "thc way" grows
greater day by day as our growth in
understanding enables us to see more
clearly the fui! Significance to us Of
His life and work. This gratitude can
never be fully expressed, except as it
is continually expressed.
1t is but natural that We should
feel sense Of deep gratitude to Mrs.
Eddy. also. because 1t is through her
teaching that we are experiencing that
which the Master taught, but which we
had not appropriated. Those who have
not experienced the blessings which
Christian Science brings cannot under
stand the expressions of gratitude to-
ward Mrs. Eddy. and sometimes object
to them. Gratitude is the opposite OF