The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-04-26
"CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, THE LAW
OF GOD"

have chosen for the subject OF my
discourse christian Science; The Law
of God"
Present day interest in Christian Sci
ence is finding expression in a demand
for wider dissemination Of its mes.
sage of hope and good cheer-in hun
gering and thirsting for a fuller un.
derstanding of this pure gospel of the
Christ It is being universally asked:
What is Christian Science? What does
It teach? What are it's accomplish.
ments? On what authority does this
religious movement within the short
span of generation command the re-
spectful consideration of world?
1t is the purpose of the Christian
Science literature, of Christian Science
church services and Of Christian Sci
ence lectures to answer these ques.
tions, and, IT, perchance, we shall have
been able this evening to throw some
little CLEAN of light on that book of all
books, the Holy Bible; if, perchance
we shall have been able to awaken the
smOuldering spark of hope and encour.
agement in the breast of some sin.
burdened, sick, hopeless or suffering
man or woman we shall consider the
hour well and profitably spent. g
The worlds interests today in Chris.
tian Science lies in the worlds necessi
ty for Christian Science. Long-suffer
ing humanity is In sore need Of live,
vital, dynamic, constructive, spiritual
religious awakening,-an awakening
predicted, not on hectic outbursts OF
fanciful, fanatical fervor and tempera
mental, mesmeric enthusiasm, but an
awakening resulting from sober, pray.
erful, thoughtful and sGnctified con,
victions. The world is demanding
something besides mere Journalism,
something besides the hollow mockery
of creed and ritual, something besides
religion that offers mere speculative,
future possibilities in place of truly
Christ-like religion that can point to
its present works as evidence of its
divine authority.
Humanity has arrived at the point
where 1t demands a religion which II
believes to be wholly true, untainted
by human opinions and conjecture
without one element of error, founded
on the Bible and restoring the teach.
ings and works of the Master. That
is what the world demands today, and
that, my friends. is why 1t is turning ia
Christian Science. The proof of its
divine origin rather than its profession
has set the face Of the world towards
this religion. 7A4AIa y v2n3A
Definition Of Christian Science.
Probably the briefest and one of the
most comprehensive definitions OF
Christian Science is to be found in the
book fundamental Divine Science" by
the Discoverer and Founder of Chris
tian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, where
she describes it "as the law of God
the law Of good, interpreting and dem
onstrating the divine Principle and
rule of universal harmony" It will be
noted that universal harmony" In
this definition is the ultimate and its
accomplishment the result Of the inter
probation and application Of "the law
OF God"
The religion that Is to bring about
universal harmony" must necessarily
be based on clearly defined, unchang
ing, ever-present, demonstrable law OF
Principle. Its teachings must be capa
BILE of proof and il they are capable
OF proof then it necessarily follows
that they are wholly true and without
one least element of the false or un
true. Humanity has had its full quota
OF religions based partly on truth and
partly on error, and is today groanine
under surfeit of religious creeds
each differing from the other.
Law.
Law is unchanging and inexorable
Law knows no opposing power or prin
ciple. The laws of mathematics can
not be hindered, thwarted. usurped OF
set aside. No matter how erroneous
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les may be, its laws remain ever the
same, unchanged throughout all time
II not one person on the face of the
earth ever knew one single, simple law
of mathematics, that would in no wise
alter its laws or the fact that its laws
exist and always have existed un
changed in their perfection. And so ws
find that the law of God always has
existed, unaltered, eternal and perfect
but that, except in a few instances
this law has been hidden from man
kind throughout the ages.
To emphasize the fact that his works
were inexemplification of the Truth
he taught-were evidences of an un
derstanding based on a demonstrable
law OF God, Jesus did not resort To
argument-to finely chosen speech de
livered to his followers with ostenta
tious Journalism, but rather, in answer
to the question put to him by ths
emissaries sent from John the Baptist.
Art thou he that should come? Or
look we for another?" Jesus replied
simply, go your way and tell John
what things We have seen and heard:
now that the blind see, the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear
the dead are raised, to the poor the
gospel Is preached" The recital of his
works was. to his sense, sufficient
proof that HIS teachings were divinely
ordained and in strict explanation OF
Gods law. The works of Jesus proved
that they were predicated on a pre-
mise wholly right and that no element
of error was present. He must have
been working from a perfect under
standing of Gods immutable law.
Universally of Gods Law.
The object of all Christian endeavof
should be to prove the Masters teach.
ings to be true by. doing the works
that he did. The healing works OF
Jesus were not given us merely ia
show what he could do. Christian Sci
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