The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-30

strator OF Gods wisdom and might tn
world has ever known, turned the ligh
OF divine understanding upon huma
beliefs of want and woe, disease am
death, and exposed their nothingnes.
They vanished, and the place tina
knew them, knew them no more. Tru
ly Jesus knew the import OF his mar
yelous words when he said: 81 an
tho light OF the World; he that FOL
loweth me shah not walk In darkness
but shall have the light of life CJohi
S;l2l
Christ Jesus Not God.
Christ Jesus was not God but III,
Son Of God, as he himself said AS (
man born of a woman. he was In,
Son Of Man. In his human relation.
he was tempted by the carnal mine
as we are tempted; he suffered for us
and overcame the sins Of the world tC
show us that such a consummatior
was possible for all men. As a man
he trod the winepress OF human hate
mastered human hatred OF truth, and
I destroyed every i'll that besets men
Jesus was the Christ the anonted OF
God As the Christ he manifested
the qualities Of his divine Father
hence, his saying, Il and my Father
are one. In the teachings OF Mrs
Eddy the Scriptural teachings regard.
ing Christ Jesus are correctly present
ed. 1t may be asked. How do know
this? ! will tell you When the stu
dent begins to understand the nature
Of the divine unity between Christ Je-
sus and the eyer-present God, as
taught by Christian Science, he can
heal the sick by the power of prayer; !;
and the more clearly he understands
this unity the more quickly and effec.-
lively he can do this holy work. Cor
rect knowledge OF the great fundamen-
tails of Jesus teachings is essential in
order to follow the Master-Teaeher
and to repeat his marvellous demon
strations. Commenting on Jesus the
Christ in Science and Health, p. 1872,
Mrs. Eddy said: Jesus demonstrated
Christ: he proved that Christ is the
divine idea of God-the Holy Ghost,
or Comforter revealing. the divine
Principle, Love, and leading into all
truth.
The Lesson of the Prophets.
The healing power demonstrated by
Jesus was not confined to himself on
account Of his sonship with God. It
was the divine knowledge of the Faith
or available for all men, Jesus taught
his immediate followers the power Of
God to heal the sick and free the sim
ner But the saving gospel Of the
Christ, the Messiah, was not confined
nor could it be confined-to a chos-
en- few, to one age, or to one people.
II was universal gift of God to all
His children The Master Physician
said GO ye"-note that he said 'ye,
thus making his message Of universal
aBplication-"Go ye into all the world,
and preach the pospel to every crea-
tire, And these signs shall fol
ow tAam that believe; In my name
hai they cast out devils they shall
ypea0 with pew tongues; they shall
take uD seIpents; and if they drink
any deadly thing, it shall not hurt
thegl, they shall lay hands on the sick,
and they shall recover" (Mark lC:
15l5
leling 10 the universally Of di-
Wine grace Jesus said: Before Abra-
ham was | am" In other words, the
Christ is the ever present manifesto
tion Of God, forever ready to heal and
save. The patriarchs and prophets
proved the everpresence of the Christ,
the Messiah, the Redeemer. Moses
smote the rock in the wilderness and
a fountain gusbed forth Elijah re-
stored to life the widows son; Elisha
healed Naaman, the Syrian captain;
the Hebrew captives were preserved
in the fiery furnace; Daniel was safe
in the lions den. The Old Testament
is full OF accounts Of the saving power
of God, thus proving the truth OF the
psalmlst's tribute,-"The Lord redeem
eth the soul Of his servants and none
OF them that trust in him shall be des-
olate."
The Apostles and Early Christians.
When we turn to the New Testa-
ment we find that the twelve disciples
went forth and healed: the seventy did
likewise. Paul, who was not at first
a disciple, healed the sick and raised
the dead. And for long period of
time as great as that from the land
ing Of the Pilgrim Fathers at Ply
mouth Rock till the present day-the
carly Christians healed as a part Of
the work Of the church Contempora-
ry writer's and historians corrobOrate
the healing work Of the early Chris
tians. Irenaeus assures us that all
Christians possessed the power of heal
ing that they prophesied. cast out dew
lis, healed the sick, and sometimes
raised the dead Practically, every
one of the early Christian writer's from
the time Of Justin Martyr. for two
hundred years, mentioned healing by
prayer The early Christians are de-
scribed as a people living apart from
the pagan obseryances and corrup-
tions of the period They lived pure,
simple lives. Their meetings were
simple, and their fellowship un-
tainted by the discords of conflict
ing dogmas and manmade creeds.
Their pure lives and loving fellowship
were a source Of astonishment to their
pagan neighbora. and because their re-
ligicn through its healing works prov
ed not only its own inherent vitality
but the utter weakness Of the pagan
systems about them they were sub
jected to SANDER and bitter persecu-
tion.
Despite opposition, the pure and
healing gospel of Christ spread with
amazing rapidity throughout the then
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