The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-13

Imurkiness of materiality, as a cooling
breeze waiting gently away the OPP
preston of a midsummer day
Through its pages thought is quietly
led from the finite material eoncep-
tion of God, to the apprehension Of
Him as sver-present Love, as infinite
unchanging good, who needs no re-
minders from fratl mortality as to the
proper conduct OF His universe. True
prayer Is seen, therefore not as petit
ton, nor the effort to change the all
knowing Mind but as that hungering
after Righteousness, that "habttual
struggle to be always good" (Science
and Health, p. -, which brings hu-
the divine and lifts thought to the
realization that a loving Father has
already done all things well.
ATONEMENT AND EUCHARIST
The second chapter of the textbook
is entitled "Atonement and Eucha-
rist", and in clear, forceful statement
deals with the great life-purpose OF
the Master. 1t has been said that this
chapter may be ranked with the
choicest OF English prose classics. 1t
bTeathes a spirit of deepest reverence,
and only he who clIngs to a material
viewpoint and avoids the authors up
lifted spiritual sense will quarrel
with its statements
The chapter opens with a trumpet
willing, temporarily at least, to put
behind them preconceived theological
opinions, and to reason. The life and
mission of Jesus the Christ are in
stantly taken from the realm Of the
mystical, the supernatural, and are
shown to be intensely practical and
divinely natural Hear these clear,
ineligible utteranAes: Jesus of
Nazareth taught and demonstrated
mans oneness with the Father, and
g.. III III g.
His mission was both individual and
collective. He did life's work Alright
not only in justice to himself, but in
mercy to mortals,-to show them how
to do theirs, but not to do 1t for them
nor to relieve them Of a single re-
reveal the Science Of celestial being,
to prove what God is and what He
does for man." The divinity OF the
Christ was made manifest In the hui
Health, PIP. is, 26, 25l.
IGNORANCE OF JESUS MISSION
Without doubt, the great error of
Christian history lies in mankind's
ignorance OF Jesus mission. Mrs.
Eddys spiritual Interpretation Of his
words and works reveals him as hu-
mantty's 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
sin, greed, and hate will
vanish from the land, and the proph-|
ecy OF Isaiah will be fulfilled: And
sick"
The failure of perfunctory religion
to measure UP to the joyous standard
Of Jesus Christianity was never more
manifest than in the following incl
dent:
A Christian Science practitioner
was endeavoring to awaken to a larg-|
er, happier sense Of things the bowed
down thought of a .Wretohed 'manelwho
applied 70 him for help. The patient
claimed to have been a Christian from
but in his misery he could
discern not one cheering 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 re turned, sank listlessly
into a chair, and said: ITS no use. /
can find no help. / tried to sing as
you suggested, but found no com
what did you slngY" asked the
other. et
zone of our old religious songs" he
replied. 'The first line reads: Hank
from the. tombs doleful sound!"
and works of Jesus had developed no
more hopeful or helpful inspiration
than, Hark! from the tombs a dole
full sound"
IS EXACT SCIENCE
Now Mrs. Eddy discovered that the
taught by Jesus is as exact a
science as is the science Of numbers;
that a Christian should be enabled to |
overcome sickness, fear, DISCOURAGE
ment, poverty, or any other discord, /
with the same readiness and certainty /
OF correct result that he takes to his /
problem in mathematics. Thus she /
has defined Christian Science "Rs the /
law of God, the law Of good, inter
preting and demonstrating the divine |
Principle and rule Of universal har-I
nony" fundamental Divine Science, p.
II. And the application Of this rule
becomes the privilege and
duty of the consistent follower of
Jesus. .. @.-
THE MISSION OF THE SAVIOR
A story is told of a shipwrecked
sailor who was cast upon a far-om
sic inhabited by semisavage tribes.
One day he came upon a group of
natives, and, inquiring the
lause~ Of the commotion, learned that
here was certain supply or cocoa
nuts brought to the island to be
Ind no one could decide as to the
lumber that each should have. The Il
iailor naturally counted the cocoa
luts. He found one hundred. He
counted the men. There were Is of
hem. without hesitation he said,
Each will have four as his share"
imagine his surprise when the natives
traightWay flung themselves at his
eet, called him a god, and proceeded
o worship him! Try as he might, he
hat his instantaneous calculation was
he result of an understanding OF the
principle Of mathematics and was in
10 sense miraculous.
To the bewiidered and heartsiclt
children OF men came a Savior. IN
the great Principle Of
,eing he solved their problems,
ringing instantaneous answers in
lealth and reformation and regenera-
ion He plainly said that OF himself
V did not the works, and that IL they
gOuld but understand. his mission and
Us Principle, they too could solve the
yroblems as did he But they called
lin a Wonder-worker, worshiped his
personality, and crucihed him! Mrs,
Eddy writes of the worlds misunder-
Not the spear nor the material
ross wrunR from his faithful lips
he plaintiff cry, Eloi, Eloi, lama sa-
my God, my God. why
possible loss of something more i'm
,ortant than human life which moved
lim-the possible Misrepresentation of
he sublimest influence OF his career"
Science and Health. p. 50).
An the human mind has continued
Is misapprehension down through the
centuries, with the result that we still
ZEE thousands processing Christianity
md worahiping the personality OF
esus, but following him in practical
IA mfwfma
4 all!
THE SIGN OF A CHRISTIAN
DO you know that Jesus once
,ointed out a very simple method OF
discovering q true Christian? The
directions are to be found in the six
zenith chapter OF Mark, and follow
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