The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-06

! America, for try as he may, he can
not divorce the two. The very
cornerstone OF this nation may be
said to be statement Of scientific
Christianity; in fact, the coming Of
Christian Science with its message
Of complete liberation was foreshad-
owed in the Declaration of Independ-
ence when it was written: I'VE hold
these truths to be self evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their creator with GER
tain inalienable Rights, that among
these are Life. Liberty and the pur'
suit of Happiness"
The Work Of the Monitor.
The Christian Science Monitor, the
| International daily newspaper pub
lished by the Christian Science Pub
fishing Society, is conceded by many
Scientists to be one of the great
forces of righteousness in human
affairs today. Its object, Mrs. Eddy
has stated rs to injure no man, but
to bless all mankind" miscellany p
353). And it is ever the champion
of lofty patriotism, good government
I and high civic ideals. 1t is doing
more to awaken humanity to clear
metaphysical view of earth's problems
than any other news journal on the
globe. 1t is bringing to the very dor
steps Of the readers heart the prob
lens, the hopes, the trials and the
achievements of his brethren over
seas and over-continents. In other
words, as it has been well said, the
Monitor is teaching mortals "to
think in hemispheres." Thus it is
laying true foundation for a truer
cooperation and lasting fellowship
among men and nations and when
the smoke of this great conflict lifts,
the Christian Scientists in all parts
of the world will be found offering
cup Of cold water in Christ's name, as
they have been offering it for the
past generation to the receptive
thought, healing the sick, comforting
the sorrowing, and wiping out un-
happy memories, enmities and hates.
Armageddon.
Certainly it must be realized by
every thinking person that the sign
ing of a treaty of peace favorable to
human interests as it may be, will
not alone usher in the millennium.
To be sure, the yielding of autocracy
to democracy, the ordaining of hu-
manly good governments, and the es.
tablishment of equal rights and priv
ileges among men are absolutely
necessary steps toward the ultimate
liberation Of the race. But the great
battle of Armageddon is not ended, for
this battle is the conflict between the
flesh and the spirit, between Truth
and error; the struggle whereby NOR
tais finally shall be freed from the
bondage of material sense, from sick
ness, hate, animality limitation, i'm
perfection, old age, death. This is
the conflict which Paul describes as
warfare not with flesh and blood but
with ''principalities, powers, rulers of
the darkness of this world, spiritual
wickedness in high places" And
for this battle he bids us put on the
whole armour of God that we may be
able to withstand in the evil day.
So the Christian Science warrior has
enlisted, as his Leader has written,
TO lessen evil, disease and death"
(Science and Health, D. 45O).
French writer thus wonderfully
sums up the problem of materiality:
The ceaseless unrest of this weary
world, is the unvOiced cry of Cod"
SO down through the centuries en-.
slaved mortals have echoed Jere.
mtahs plant; '1s there no balm in
Gilead' is there no physician there?I
why then is not the health of the
daughter of my people recovered?
The Coming of the Remedy.
Now 1t has been proven true in
worlds experience that every great
human crisis has witnessed the appear
anee of some courageous God-prepared
teacher or leader proclaiming a rem
edy, publishing deliverance, or point.
ing way of escape.
The enslaved and outraged children
OF Israel yearned for deliverance.
and a Moses, and later a Joshua. an.
peared to lead them from bondage.
Gut OF the night of religious ignor.
ahce, superstition. and error shone
the light of Martin Luther. From
the shores where then thrived the
hampering weeds of religious intoler
ance and bigotry, sailed the Pilgrim
fathers. And when the freedom of |
49, NOSDSiudHtS was at STAKE IN ll16I
ana their unity threatened in 1861.
there stepped forth a George Wash |
lngton and an Abraham Lincoln
TO meet the human need. And now
IN TINS age, this material mammon
Worshlping age, in spite of its wond /
erIul material invent ms and achieve. |
mehts Is so hungering after spiritual. |
n.y. after healing, bodily and mental |
IN this age that Love divine which
always has met and always will
meet every human need" (Science
ana Health, p. 494) has spoken again
prOciaiming to the sons of men that
tnere is balm in Gilead, and that
Gliead Is not afar off, but within our
very reach, here and now. And
should it be surprising that it was
the gentle voice of a woman that was
appointed to bring this message. as.
suring The saddened and fearful chill
dren of earth, with all the tenderness
OIL the mother, that God is indeed able
70 care for His creation, to heal and
to save?
we have only TO remember the
pure Jewish maiden whose uplifted
sense beheld and brought into demon.
stration the fatherhood of Cod.
the repentance and gratitude
Oh the Magdalen: the faith