The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-10-08

born understanding Of God is the balm
Of Gilead, the leaves Of the -stree Of
life" for "the healing of the nations"
This vision reveals the perfection Of
God, man His image and likeness, and
the universe perfect and spiritual.
Abram saw this eternal reality and his
name was changed to Abraham. Ja-
cob saw it, and his name was changed
to Israel, because he was SO transform
ed that he became q prince who had
"power with God and with men," Mo-
ses saw it on Mount Sinai and he was
charged to do all things after the
pattern, which was Showed thee In
the mount" Christ Jesus saw this
transcendent vision o: the glory Of
God, and man His perfect expire sion,
on the mountain of TRANSPORTATION,
and we are told that "iis face I'D
shine as the sun, and his raiment was
white as the light" and On Calvary
and in the sepulchre he proved the in
vincible power of spiritual conscious
ness which rent the veil of materially,
destroying death and the grave, ard
establishing the forever fact Of mans
unity with his God. Mrs. Fly. more
than eighteen centuries later also saw
this same perfect pattern which enab-
led her to heal the sick and shining
and which enabled her to n p'r;e un-
numbered multitudes to rrossakc hum
an opinions, dogmaS, c~reels, and
drugs, in order to follow the light OF
demonstrable truth.
And it IS this same pattern which
Christian Scientists see today. They
strive to pattern their iiv: IS afte:: the
model Of perfec: GID aAi perfect man,
and as a result they are happy, health
full, and spiritually mixed. Working
according to this pattern they are en-
abled to love their SLOW man and t.
heal him of his ills when he turns to
them for help. Genuine Christian
Scientists pray c%cntilialiy that 'ney
keep in thought this perfect model.
They strive t. be governed by the
qualities Of love, perfection, and hill
ness which emanate from the divine
Mind, and they are alert 81 destroy ia
their own thought thu motive or ain
which would injure or depress their
reishbor. They p:l, continually,
"pray without ceas' l.. that they may
have that mind which "a also il
Ch,ist Jesus. They ny that every
tn. u2ht, every sta.e sent, every deed
is cast into the scale of truth or of
error, and SO they strive daily and
hourly that their thoughts, their words
their lives, their deeds, may weigh ia
the balance with peace and harmony.
THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST
JESUS
Christ Jesus was the great exponent
of the omnipotence of God. His con-
seriousness 80 perfectly reflected Col
that no suggestion Of sin or mortality
could enter it. In the presence of his
unparalleled knowledge of Spirit, fear,
disease, and death fed as darkness be
fore the light. Knowing that God Is
Love, he loved with divine compassion
his fellow mer, ard because of tha!
love he healed them. We are told in
the Gospels that he heated all manner
of disease. In Matthew we read this
simple statement, Sand they brough!
unto him all sick people that were
taken with divers disease and tor.
ments, and those which were possess.
ed with devils, and those which were
/, lunatics, and those that had thu
palsy; and he healed them" (Matt
4:24). As a result of these healings
the people glorified God and r%ejoicet
that the power of God could be 81
abundantly manifested among men.
Christ Jesus accepted only the tes'
ti-nony Of Spirit. He refused to bt
governed by the testimony of the ply!
ical senses. He knew that matter ant
Spirit were antipodes and antagonist
ic. ut is the spirit that quickeneth
the flesh profteth nothing" he said
and by the ter "aesh" he meant mat
ter, mortality, ~cor?oreality, the car
nal mind, Whatsoever worketh abom
ination, or maketh a lie." (Rev
21:27.) Now, Jesus never taught tina
God created matter or that God wa
in any way responsible for sin, sick
ness or DEATH; On the contrary, n
exposed the unreal nature Of these er
rors, showing that they were morta
inventions, not Of God, and he de
stroyed them through the might of til
Christ-Mind. Jesus knew that onl,
! the spiritual, the good and immorta
is real. Matter, sickness, and sin ar
not created Of God. They are there
fore not good, no. real, not eternal
They r merely the fleeing concept
Of the human mind, having no actus
basis and are therefore unreal, Jesu
proved these things, and ChristiaI