East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-01-29

sious ereeds. each differing from tn
e other.
, Law is unchanglng and inexorabl'
Law knows no opposing power 0
I principle. The laws OF mathematIc
cannot be hindered, thwarted, usurpe
or set aside. No matter how enron
: eous our opinion OF the laws Of mathe
mates may be. its laws remain eve
the same, unchanged throughout al
time. If not one person on the face 0
the earth ever knew one single, sim
4 pies law OF mathematics, that woul'
In no wise alter its laws or the fac
that It's laws exist and always havi
existed unchanged in their perfection
And so we find that the law of God
always has existed, unaltered, eterna
and perfect, but that, except in a few
instances, this law has been hiddef
from mankind throughout the ages.
To emphasize the fact that his
works were in exempliflcation of the
Truth he taught-were evidences OF
an understanding based on a demon
strable law of God. Jesus did not re-
sort to argument-to finely chosen
speech delivered to his followers with
ostentatious Journalism. but rather, in
answer to the question put to him by
the emissaries sent from John the
Baptist, Art thou he that should
come? Or look we for another?"
Jesus replied simply, 60 your way
and tell John what things ye have
seen and heard: how 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 premise wholly
right and that no element OF error
was present. He mus have been work.
Ing from a perfect understanding or
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 to
show what he could do. Christian
Science proves that these works were
given to the world by Jesus in DEM
of a divine. ever-present.
demonstrable law. that humanity.
through his example, mikht know and
this law and be able to in
apply this knowledge. |
This law of God must, from the very
nature of God and his relation to man
md the universe, be universally and |
eternally applicable. 1t must be at
he command and for the benefit OF
Ill Gods children throughout all of
iods creation. Thus we find that the
aw employed by Jesus in his mighty |
works is the same law that enabled the
sraelites to pass on dry land through
he Red Sea, that restored her son
Whole to the Shunammite mother,
hat delivered the three Hebrew young
nen from the fiery furnace. that en-
lbled Daniel to dwell unharmed in
he den of lions, and the same law
tho apostles and the early
christians for some centuries after
he time of Jesus obeycd tho Masters
ommands by doing is works. Ana
his is the same law through which
'hristian Science is today bringing to
the world over relief from
Is sufferings and misery.
Jesus, DemonstratOr OF Gods law.
That the teachings and practice of
esus were predicated on a hypothe-
Is wholly spiritual to tho complet~
of matter and its so-called
Avs, Jesus own words and works
,ave no doubt. The entire purpose
nd import of his career were to edu-
ate mankInl away from the belief
l a material universe as real and into
ne understanding of man and the
iverse. created by God, spiritually
"a universe governed by the law OF
+Od, Spirit. and not subject to chance.
hange and the mutations of time.
There Is no known physical law or
y called law of matter that Jesus did
OF completely annul and overthrowl
trough his intelligent application of
DDS law. At the wedding feast Jesus
irned the water into wine. proving
nee and for all that material quail
es and phenomena are mental and
ave no authority of their own in the
resence of an Intelligent understand
lg and application of Gods law. In
lie healing of the son of the noble-
ian at Capernaum when a long dis
.nce from the sick man, and in the
transportation of the
lip across the sea of Galilee, Jesus $
that time. place and T.
Dace are mental qualities and that
,ey may all be eliminated through {
le correct application of the law of
cd. Jesus stilled the tempest, quiet
g the winds and the waves, proving
lat even the elements of the material I
orld are subservient and subject to {
od's law. He walked the waters of
le Sea of Galilee, proving Of no ef-
ct the law of gravitation in the !
of an intelligent understand. I
e and application of divine law.
esus fed a great multitude of people :
ith seven loaves and few small
sh. thus proving that mans supply
purely mental. that IL Is abundant.
YER present and available. not de-
endent upon matter or material con- I
ltions and discrediting forever the
elIef in the necessity for poverty, l
ok and limitation of every name and
ature. Jesus proved by healing the
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