Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-19

CURED 81 uH wax aritly to b'liey'
/ ana ", huuld rccuIy" all tina
ChmuauIiy mad 10 OTTER
The Grr"k words for believe anC
falth are from th" snmeDir""k root
n wprd Whreh means conviction O
%trurh' 20 be convinced Of trutF
! means to know. 10 understand truth
! our dictionaries give this dccpci
| meaning as the on" TO he usHd In y
/ religion" sense. but our everyday us'
! ~ tn" words believe I'm the sense oi
/ giving Crcd"nCc to, and Of the WORD
| faith In something Of the same s"ns,
az m" word hope, tends TO obscure
, IN" larger meaning of the words.
/ Blind Belief insufficient
I "pistIc TO the Hebrews, the writer
amer defining fllth as the evidence
Df things not seen, gives an example
~ how Ia" word is to be used when
he says, Through faith we under
stand that the worlds were framed
by m" word Of Gud" through any
thing loss than spiritual understand
ing
In the third chapter OF Acts, Pc
ter. In his sermon on the healing Ot
the lame man, describes his method
, by saying and hls Christ Jrsusl
nam" through faIth In his name hath
made this man strong Here the
statement In made that healing came
about through faith, spiritual un-
dorstinding Or the name Of Jesus
the christ, hut the word name M
used IN the Scriptures had "A deeper
significance that 1t has In our mod
rrn times Tho idea OF name in
the Hebrew language and the lie
brew mind was not merely that OF
u sound 10y which mn object might
bo designated, but that Of n signifi-
cant term which should really in
dictate its quality or nature.
This idea was 50 deeply imbedded
In the thought uf the people OF that
time that throughout the odd Testa-
ment the names Of various Biblo
characters were changed when their
natures changed Abram to Abra-
ham, Jacob To Israel and later saul
to Paul. arc instances Of this Kind.
The Master said In his prayer To
his Father, II have manifested thy
name unto the men which thou CAV
est me out Of the world" and what
did the Master do but to manifest
Gods nature to the men that God
had given him out Of the world?
So then, Peters statement, And
his name through faith in his name
hath mad. this man strong" meant
that the manifestation Of Jesus ma
turr, the CHRIST, or God'B perfect
man, which hh had revealed to them.
ami which they Understood, had
made this man whole.
tp . la
In the New Testament that faith in
his name. that is. understanding of
his nature, is what heals and saves
In every instance.
The Bible speaks OF God as Spirit.
ns lsifc M Truth. and aA Love, and
these words are used not merely 10
find other terms by which we might
speak Of God, but Just as other
names In the Bible are used, be
cause they express his nature, and
hence enlarge our understanding Of
what God IL. The Bible also speaks
OF Him aS the creatOr-that from
which all proceeds.
Mrs Eddy. following out this
same thought of using terms which
express the nature OF God, In order
to enlarge our understanding OF Him,
uses the word Principle. to express
the thought Of creator, since Prin-
ciple IL thnt from which all proceeds
and by which all exists.
Mrs. Eddy has also given us the
term Father Mother, by which
there ls brought to consciousness eas the
completeness OF the creator. the
motherhood as well M the father
hood of God, and also a larger
thought ~ God aE Love. when we
think Of God Ms Father, our thought
ot Him In apt to be limited by our
earthly sense OF fnthprhood. which.
no matter how complete. In still lack =
Ing In the fullncss OF those qualities
of love and tenderness which the
mother thought expresses.
No matter by what term we may
think Of God. a logical deduction as
To the nature Of man and the uni
verse will always bring us to the
same pOlnt--that OF the eternal per
fection OF all that God has made
Following this out thinker must Of
necessity recognize the unrpallty OF
sickness and all that is contrary to
His divine nature
Cod Is Mind.
Let us consider the fact that God
In Mind. the only Mind, for To the
degree that we recognize this great
truth shall we he able to get rid OF
sickness and sin,
Perhaps not all have been In the
habit ~ thinking OF God as Mind
u though most anyone admits that
God IN wisdom. The word wisdom
has generally been defined to mean
= degree ot knowledge so that in
Unit" wisdom wisdom without de-
ErCe--and infinite Mind are the
same
We may illustrate the divine Mind
by using the ordinary conception nf
IA human mind AS an example, for
although tho human mind il not
real In certain, finite ways II coun-
tcrtcits the divine Mind.
You aav your friend has fine
mind. You say you know this be-
cause ne has many fine ideas which
no expresses You have never seen
his mind but you have known the
c\prGston NJ II In IDEAS II he
never moved n muscle, never spoke
word. you would, rightly conclude
that there was no mind there. So Il
mind to he called a mind must he
filled with ideas. and an idea by vir-
tue Of being an idea must be ex-
pressed II Is impossible to conceive
" "a mind filled with ideas yet un-
cNI resscd, for n mind with no expires
sloD is not a mind. hut blank. You
Id say that rock has no mind
and no ideas simply because II has no
oppression. for where there are
ideas there ~ expression. The in,
finite mind therefore is filled with an