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


taking Jesus at his word. has asked
one OF his protested followers 20 cas-
out his devil" through the under
standlng OF spiritual power: snp I,os >,
I'LL ! see by your book that Chris
J tian, understanding the great power
taught by Jesus can cause her TO re-
cover. Is this true2 DO you mean e
force as that? Does Christianity
preach God so powerful SO avail
able, that He comes into your daily
life and not only reforms your man
nera, but heals your sick body? What
wonderful religion! How much bet
ter than anything / hmve! Come,
pray you, and heal her!" What would
We now say? Would we suggest q
new diet or climRte--or would we un-
dertake to put our faith to the test
/ And IL by chance we say to this
hungering thought: "Ah, my dear sir,
that was not meant for our time! The
days Of healing are past, do not be
surprised IL he closes the Bible and
/ hands IL back with this statement:
Very WELL have a religion to die by
that Is older than yoursF
CHRISTIANS MUST HEAL THE SICK
A visitor at an insane asylum was
once attracted to a man who behind
the bars Of his room was seen porting
over the pages OF a small Testament.
Il Seeing the visitor, the patient beck
oned him to come nearer. He had
opened the book to the tenth chapter
verse, said, Read thatT The visitor
"And when he had called unto him
Il his twelve disciples, he gave them
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
II - ma ~
those men" he pleaded. But the att
i tendants smiled, shook their heads
and murmured that 1t was 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 unfortunate
Christian healing! / am trying to be
one OF Jesus disciples,-'one of those
men,'-and the power that banished
devils in the days Of the Master can
4 free you now" II we are unable
honestly to face the situation thus,
let us 90 forth resolved to sit at the
feet Of the Christ and meekly learn
| of that power the possession OF which
alone entitled US to the sacred name
! of Christian, "A
THE POWER IAIPARTED BY JESUS
What was the power which Jesus
to the seventy disciples? II could not
have been a mysterious magnetic cur
rent flowing from the personality OIL
Jesus to those about him. as some
would aver, for, as has been stated,
Jesus insisted that Of himself he cOulu
do nothing, and that Nit was the
Father dwelling in him that did the
works. Again, in the well-known
passage from the fourteenth chapter
Of John, he states that his mighty
works shall be done by those who be-
lievs on him, or in other words, those
who understand his great mission ana
the divine Principle thereof. Thus we
see that the power given by Jesus -
his followers was a spiritual under
standing, just as a 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 denn-
lite rule was left by Jesus whereby
this vital teaching was discernible.
Here let US offer up psalms of thanks
giving! 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 today
Christian is without excuse who,
when asked to heal the sick and cast
out demons. turns his back and says,
II am not one OF those mem"
"eTHE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU
FREE"
Jesus said, Eye 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 un-
derstanding Of which viii enable us
to reinstate primitive Christianity |
with signs and with power? Answer
ing this stupendous question, Mrs.
The truth revealed in the opening
chapter Of the Bible, like all great /
things, Is infinitely simple. Herein we
cessive steps of embodiment, symbol
ICED 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 .cre~ 1
alton, 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: And God saw that 1t was good"
Then at the conclusion Of the chapter
appears that mighty statement baslng
all truth, And God saw every thing
that he had made, and, behold IL was
very good" The second chapter opens
with this statement: Thus the heav-
ems and the earth were finished, anG
all the host Of them" Gould words
be more plain?N Creation is finished,
and Ii is good, yea, very good. No
evil has been created, no sickness, sin,
or death. Do you realize, also, that
the man mentioned in the frst chap
ter, is not made OF the dust OF the
ground, but in the image and likeness
OF God? In other words, he is made
God-like, and as God is Spirit, the
man of His creating must be spiritual.
REMARKABLE DISCOVERY OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Now comes the remarkable and rev.
dictionary discovery Of Christian
Science. The second chapter OF Cen
esis, containing the Adam and Eve
narrative, is seen to be a new and
different record Of creation, separate
and distinct from that covered In the
preceding chapter. Heretofore relig-l
the creation OF Adam from the dust
and of Eve from Adams side, as an
application of that statement in the
first chapter: $50 God created man in
his own Image" But revelation plain
ly shows the error OF this. To begin
with, the two records are distinctly
separate documents, called the Flo
hiBtic and the Jehovistic. because in
the first chapter the creator is called
Elohim, God, and in the second,
Jehovah, or Lord God, the Jewish tri-
bal name for Deity.
The first record Is positively closed.
Gods work Is dones His creation Is
good, and eternal harmony reigns. Do
we And that God ever changed His
perfect handiwork? Is there any rec
ord OF His having created evil? No.
Then whence came the evil. the sick
ness, and the sorrow, the discord, and
which are visible on all
sidss2 The sixth verse of the second
chapter solves the problem. We read:
"But there went up a mist from the
earth, and watered the whole face OF
the ground" -
THE MIST
What doas mist do7 Tloea ~ de-
stroy. or demolish, or does it only OBJ
scure? Is IT not possible then that the
universe today Is as perfect as when
all was primeval harmony and that