El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-10


nificant statement in the second chap
ter; But there went up a mist from
the earth. and Watered the whole face
Of the ground And then came a man
made from dust, not in the likeness
Of spirit. and apparently not given
dominion over all the earth In fact,
the earth seems to have dominion
over him. for he promptly yields to the
enslavement Of materially, being
Loyalty assisted by a woman fashioned
from one OF his ribs Surely this man
made from dust and this woman from
a rib, depicting as they do the weak
ness. frailty, disObedience, and law
lessness Of materially. cannot present
the deafness, perfect. spiritual handt o
work OF the most high.
In fact. as indicated before. this
material sense OF man appeared only
with the coming Of a mist What was
this mist2 Ignorance OF God, spirit
ignorance OF the spiritual facts Of be-
ing ignorance Of spiritual sense
which results in a material view Of
creation-this, then. is the mist which
seems 10 90 up from the earth And
from this ignorance, this false sense
or material vieW-and never from him
who is infinite love.-cOmes discord-
ant materially with its Adams and
Ewes. its wars and woes and germs
its sick nations, sick men, and sick
businesses Thus a just and good God
cannot be charged with the creation
Of discordant materially, sickness.
sin. and death
"Victimized by ignorance Of the true
God and true man. the true father and
the true son, mortals have accepted
the material. Adam view Of creation
They speak the language Of material
ity. They adopt the customs OF the
race Of Adam in expecting and eZ-
periencinc sin. sickness. trouble. i'm
perfection. old age. and death. And
when Christian Science, the best
friend mortal man ever had. finds him
and says with infinite compassion.
Let me tell you the truth about your
self-the truth about your real self
hood You are a citizen Of the king
dom Of mind. You are in truth God s
spiritual creation. whose office Is 20
express harmony, perfect action. and
uuchanEing law. You are in fact not
that which you seem TO be. but the
deathless. perfect image Of your
maker.'-when this awakening mes
sage is given, the mortal generally
looks at his mortality. accepts as real
and true that which he sees with his
eyes, and hears with his ears. and
says with conviction NO, you are
mistaken. The truth about man is
that he is material sick. porverty
stricken, unhappy. and what is more,
he knows it
Treatment Of SIN.
let rs now consider a Christian
Scientists treatment of sin Suppose
q man victimized by drink. or by the
tobacco habit, seeks healing in Chris
tian Science. He is not condemned by
his practitioner. nor told how wicked
he is, nor is he urged TO fight evil
with his human will If a child tells
YOU that Canada is situated south OF
the Hawaiian Islands. does he need
punishment. scOlding. or does he
need education2 Just so IL is with the
man who has made a mistake in his
problem Of being. He needs enliEht-
enment, not censure. and spiritual
awakening. not material condemna-
tion.
To earth's material dreamers. to
the dream troubled nations, Christian
Science. the liberator OF mankind.
echoes the great call OF Scripture.
Awake. awake. put on thy strength.
o Zion. put on thy beautiful garments.
q Jerusalem, the holy city. Shake
myself from the dust: loose thy
self from the bands Of thy neck. q
captive daughter Of Zion. Break
forth into JOY. sing together. We waste
places OF Jerusalem For the Lord
God OmnipOtent reiEneth.'"
CHURCH WORKERS TO MEET.
The inter church unity movement
n he furthe-ad at nec,ing for
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