The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-17
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE THE
L|BERATOR Of MANKIND
Continued from Page Threel

the judge, VIII say, Thou art whole"
(Science and Health, PIP. 800, 1917
1t should be plainly discerned at
this point that there is great diff
.,Ience between this system Of spir.
itual healing and methods of sugges-
ton, hypnotism, the socalled Imman-
uel movement and others. In the sim
lie of the American boy In China it.
can be seen that he did not need to
will himself to be an American. did
not need to suggest that he was an
Americana he merely had to look away
from the material evidence and real
ize and know that in truth he was an
American. And so through Christian
knowing, not carnal-minded sugges-
ton, the sick and weary ones of earth
are learning to lit their eyes from
the Adamist from the material view
of creation, to the harmonious facts
of being. that creation which a low.
ing Father has pronounced very
good
Treatment Of Sin
Let us now consider a Christian
Scientists treatment of sin. Suppose
man victimized by drink. or by the
tobacco habit, seeks healing In Chris.
tian Science. He Is not condemned
by his practitioner, nor told uur
wicked he is. nor Is he urged to fight
evil with his human will II child
tells you that Canada is situated south
OF the Hawaiian islands, does he need
punishment, a scOlding, or does he
need education? Just so It is with
the man who has made mistake in
his problem of being. He needs en-
lightenment, not censure, and spir-
nation.
A man sadly victimizsd by the erug
and liquor habit once sought out a
Christian Science practitioner He
told the Scientist of his unhappy
plight, OF his degradation, and the
loss OF money. friends aud self-re-
spest,, and then said In fact. there
is only one person in all .ne world
who thinks that there is any good in
me. and that is my little two-year-
old rhfld hp
better" Then said the practitioner.
IF that Is the case, your little girl
is the only one who has caught a
glimpse OF the real you: for In Gods |
sight. the man of His creating. your
real spiritual selfhood is just as TODD ]
just as beautiful just as undddisf as !
that child says he is And u want
to report that this revolutionary mes
sage so startled the material dreamer.
and so clearly revealed his real spir-
itual manhood thai from that very day
he found his tormenting desires gone. 7
never to return; and he realized with
JOY that his little girl was not de-
ceiyed after all, and that in truth
Gods man is pure and free.
Let no one be discouraged, however,
i he does not seem able instantly to |
shake off the letters of false appetite.
As did this man Many times this !
process seems slow, just as some chill /
iren are slower than others in mas
.ering arithmetic But the results are |
certain If the student perseveres. The |
effort to look beyond the
mist of mortal misconceptions, to sep
arate evil, weakness and false desire
rom man. and to see and claim mans
spOtless. sinless individuality as the
image of God, is to make victory an
absolute certainty.
Conclusion
To earth's material dreamers. to the |
iream-troubled nations. Christian Sci.
ence, the liberator OF mankind,
echoes the great call OF Scripture:
awake; put on thy strength,
D Zion; put on thy beautiful gar
ments. o Jerusalem, the holy city:
Shake myself from the aust;
loose thyself from the bands
,f thy neck. o captive daughter OF
Zion. Break forth into Joy,
sing together we waste places OF Je-
''for the Lord God omnipo~
ent reigneth."