The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-12

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his twelve disciples, he gave them
power against unclean spirits, to cast
them out, and to heal all manner of
sickness and all manner of disease"
When he had finished the reading,
the inmate caught at his hand. "Send
me one of those menl Send me one of
those menu he pleaded. But the doc
tors smiled, shook their heads, and
murmured that it was a sad case.
Let each one of us who dares to
name the name of Christianity, sol
EMMY ask himself this question:
Am / trying to be one of those men?
Had ! been approached as was this
visitor, could have said to the UNI
fortunate one, why, friend, / believe
in Christian healing! l am trying to
be one of Jesus disciples,-'one of
those men'--and the power that BAN
ished devils in those days of the Mas
ter can free you now" If we are un-
able honestly to face the situation
thus, let us go forth resolved to sit
at the feet of the Christ and meekly
learn of that power the possession Of
which alone entities US to the sacred
name of Christian.
The Power Impaired by Jesus.
What was the power which Jesus
impaired first to the twelve and later
to the seventy disciples? 1t could
not have been mysterious magnetic
current flowing from the personality
of Jesus to those about him, as some
would aver, for, as has been stated,
Of ha
could do nothing, and that it was the
Father dwelling in him that did the
works. Again, in the well-known pas
sage from the fourteenth chapter of
John, he states that his mighty works
shall be done by those who believe on
him, or in other words, those who UNI
derstand his great mission and the
divine Principle thereof. Thus we
see that the power given by Jesus to
his followers was spiritual under
standing, just as teacher in school
gives his pupils power to solve prob
lens in arithmetic when he shows
them the rule and principle basing
arithmetic. But apparently no def
mite rule was left by Jesus whereby
his vital teaching was discernible.
Here let US offer up psalms of thanks
givingl In this wonderful volume,
Science and Health, has been revealed
that treasure which to the unenlight-
ened sense remained lost in the pages
of the Bible for centuries. And to-
day a Christian is without excuse who,
when asked to heal the sick and cast
out demons, turns his back and says,
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1.-THE Truth Shall Make You Free"
Jesus said, aye shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you
free" The all-important question
therefore, is What is truth? What
is the truth which Jesus taught, the
understanding of which will enable
us to reinstate primitive Christianity
with signs and with power? Answer.
ing this stupendous question, Mrs
Eddy directs thought to the first chap.
ter of Genesis.
The truth revealed in the opening
chapter of the Bible, like all great
things, is infinitely simple. Herein
we see record of creation depicting
successive steps of embodiment, sym.
bolized by the appearing of light, the
heavens, the earth, the growing things
upon the earth, the heavenly bodies
the fowl of the air, the fish of the sea
the creatures that move upon the
earth, and lastly, the highest crea.
ton, man. He is made in the image
and likeness of God and is given do
minion over all the earth. At the
close of each step in the progression
we read: Sand God saw that it was
good" Then at the conclusion of the
chapter appears that mighty state
ment basing all truth, "And God saw
everything that he had made, and, be-
hold, it was very good" The second
chapter opens with this statement
"Thus the heavens and the earth were
finished, and all the host of them.
Could words be more plain? Creation
is finished, and it is good, yea, Every
good" No evil has been created, nc
sickness, sin, or death. Man is spir-
itual, made in the image and likeness
of God, and so is not subject to frail-
ty, or error, but is endued with do
minion and power.
Remarkable Discovery of Christian
Now comes the remarkable and rev.
dictionary discovery of Christian
Science. The second chapter of Gen
esis, containing the Adam and Eve
narrative, is seen to be new and diff
ferent record of creation, separate and
distinct from that covered in the pre-
ceding chapter. Heretofore religion
lists have regarded the record of the
creation of Adam from the dust, and
of Eve from Adams side, as an am
plification of that statement in the
first chapter. $50 God created man
in his own image" But revelation
plainly shows the error of this. To
begin with, the two records are dis
tinctly separate documents, called the
Elohistic and the Jehovistic, because
in the first chapter the creator is call
ed Elohin, God, and in the second,
Jehovah, or Lord God, the Jewish
tribal name for Deity.
The first record is positively closed.
Gods work is done, His creation is
good, and eternal harmony reigns.
Do we find that God ever changed His
perfect handiwork? Is there any rec
ord of His having created evil? No.
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