The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1918-04-27

without doubt. the great error of
Christian history lies In mankind's
Ignorance of Jesus mission. Mrs.
Eddy's spiritual Interpretation OF his
words and works reveals him as
Wayshower. teacher and
friend, rather than humanity's King.
And when the race truly understands
and demonstrates the facts involved
in this Interpretation, wars Will be
unknown. sin. greed. and hate will
vanish from the land. and the proph-
ecy of Isaiah will he fulfilled: And
the inhabitant shall not say, | am
sick"
The failure of perfunctory religion
to measure up to the joyous standard
of Jesus Christianity was never
more manifest than in the following
incident:
A Christian Science practitioner
was endeavoring to awaken to a
larger. happier sense of things the
bowed-down thought of wretched
man who applied to him for help.
The patient claimed to have been a
Christian from childhood. but in his
misery he could discern not one cheer
ing ray
"Try to cling to some comforting
verse from Scripture" urged his prac-
titioner "or try to sing some uplift-
ing hymn as you go about your work"
The man left, promising to follow
this advice as far as possible. The
next day he returned sank listlessly
into a chair, and said: ITS no use.
/ can find no help. tried to sing as
you suggested. but | found no com-
fort"
what did you sing?" asked the
other.
zone of our old religious songs"
he replied. "Thc first lire reads:
Hark, from the tombs doleful
sound"
\ lifetime study Of TIE words ana
works of Jesus had developed no
more hopeful or helpful inspiration
than. clark, from the tombs dole
ful sound"
L. EXACT SCIENCE
Now Mrs. Eddy discovered that the
religion taught by Jesus Is as exact a
science as is the science of numbers;
that Christian should be enable to
overcome sickness. fear, discourage
ment. poverty. or any other discord
with the same readiness and certainty
of correct results that he takes to his
problems in mathematics. Thus she
has defined Christian Science "as the
law Of God, the law Of good, interpret
ing and demonstrating the divine
Principle and rule of universal har-
mony" fundamental Divine Science,
p. -. And the application of this
rule to the problems of everyday life
Immediately becomes the privilege
and duty of the consistent followers
of Jesus.
THE MISSION OF THE SAVIOR
\ story IS told Of a shipwrecked
sailor who was cast upon far-off
isle inhabited by semistvage tribes,
one day he came upon a group OF
wrangling natives, and, inquirng the
cause Of the commotion. learned that
there was a certain supply Of cocoa
nuts brought to the island to be
equally distributed among these men
and no one could decide as to the
number that each should have. The
/ sailor naturally counted the cocoa
nuts lie found one hundred. He
counted the men. There were 25 OF
| them. without hesitation he said
| Each will have four as his share
| Imagine his surprise when the natives
/ straightway flung themselves at his
J feet, called him a god, and proceeded
/ to worship him. Try as he might, he
could not persuade the simple folks
/ that his instantaneous calculation wa,
the result Of an understanding OF the
! ~ liiNlplt VI ilaAltllldAl'S anu was IT
no sense miraculous.
To the bewildered and heartsicl
children Of men came a Savior. I'm,
derstanding the great Principle Of
being, he solved their problems, bring
/ ing instantaneous answers in health
/ and reformation and regeneration
lie plainly said that Of himself he dit
not the works, and that if they would
but understand his mission and hi
. Principle, they too could solve tn,
. problem as he did. But they calle,
him a wonder worker, worshiped hi
personality, and crucifled him. Mrs
Eddy writes of the worlds misunder
standing thus:
mot the spear nor the materla
cross wrung from his faithful lips thu
plaintive cry, Eloi, Eloi. lama sabach
thani? (My God. my God, why has
thou forsaken meO 1t was tn