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

or in the products Of disease; but
when our thought Is right our
bodies are right, and there Is no suit
able soil for the entertainment Of
any minute forms Of vegetable life,
whether you call them germs or
something else.
II IL not reasonable TO maintain
that because you find germs in the
products OF disease that they cause
tho diseaSe No one would maintain
that because he found polliwORs In a
mud puddle that they made the
mud puddle The polliwogs are in
the mud puddle simply because 1t Is
nice place for pOlliwOgs. and II
these are germs. in the products OF
disease, they are there for the same
reason because they find a con-
genial soil In which to grow.
Right Thought Brings Health.
As we see that both sin and sick
ncss are simply manifestations of
mortal thought, thoughts Of imper-
fcction, we also see that by putting
thought OF the perfection Of God
and all that God has made in place
Of this wrong thought, we shall rule
out the wrong thought; and with no
wrong thought there can be no
wrong manifestation. The Bible
makes this Identical statement when
II says: Put or concerning the for
mer conversation the old man.
which s corrupt according
to the dcceItfnl lusts. and be re-
newed in the spirit OF your mind. :.
and put on the new man,
which after God Is created in right
eousncss and true holiness"
II IL the putting OFF OF the old man
and the putting on OF the new,
through the application OF the teach
ings Of Christian Science, that consti.
tutes the healing. The thoughts OF
sickness and sin are ruled out OF hu-
man consciousncss by the under
standing and declaration OF the per-
fection of that which God has made.
Deception OF Counterfeit.
There are those who feel that IL II
almost saCrilige to dispose OF ma
terial man as just the counterfeit OF
the spiritual, perfect man. This ma
terial man is 30 wonderfully made
they say. how can 1t be possible that
God did not make him They feel
that II is dishonoring God to disown
the material man as His product.
Material man does seem to be
wonderfully made, but you will re-
member that in the many "better
baby" shows that have prevailed
about the country. though the best
and most perfect babies are entered.
IT Is sometimes impossible to find
one that Is one hundred per cent
perfect. II material man is the Gre
alton Of God, It is not honoring God
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more than ninety-five per cent of His
creation could he vastly improved
upon in the very beginning. The
material man seems to he wonder
fully made, only because he Is the
Creating-man in His image and
likeness, perfect. spiritual and i'm
Others maintain that God made
man perfect and gave him his own
free will to do good or evil. hut man
chose to do evil, and the evil brought
sickness and other troubles upon
him: or that man unknowingly
'ransRressed Gods laws, hut that
God is in no wav responsible. be
cause had man chosen to do right
al! would have been we'll.
Suppose an architect put up a
building and II fell down: would that
be the fault Of the building Would
You blame the building? II would
only fall because II was so con-
structed that II could fall. Obviously,
II God made man so he could fall
and he fell, II would be Gods fault.
not mans Ruts the man that God
made never fell.
Righteousness Is Iiberty.
II should he stated also that those
who hold to the belief that God made
man free to do either good or evil
are holding A belief that is directly
contrary to Jesus teaching. He said:
Il came down from heaven, not to do
mine own will, but the will OF him
that sent me" II can Of mine own
self do nothing" "Whosoever shall
do the will OF Cod. the same Is my
brother, and my sister. and mother" :"
The Master everywhere taught that
to do Gods will constituted freedom:
for ne told those who believed that II
they continued in his word its truth
v ould make'them free: and that who
sOever committed sin was In bondage
to sin. II has ever been bondage to
he sick and sinful, and to stop being
sick and sinful Is to enter into" the
glorious liberty OF the children of
God"
II is not maintained that the doc
trine OF the unrealitv OF matter.
which is unQuestionahly logical and
true has as yet been fully demon
strated. Anyone who is seeking help
In Christian Science need not trou-
hle about II. II is much more Inn
portant that you should recognize
that God is willing and able 10 help
and to heal you Later on through
the study OF Christian Science His
nature and allnesS will begin 10 un-
fold to you. and you will see that
the unreality OF matter is the ma
tural corollary.
The many veXed questions con-
Cernlng salvation and touching the
purpose OF divine Love toward His
children are answered through the
spiritual unfoldmcnt which comes
through the study OF Christian
Science. Those questions which the
searcher for Truth had been told
we're too difficult to he answered. or
were mysteries which God in His
wisdom had kept from
him, are clearly and satisfa ctorily
answered and he finds them to he
things which divine Love intended
ne should understand.
Now you may accept the state
ment Of Christian Science as good
logic. hut YOU must apply il in order
to know that it Is true. We have