The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17

This teaching il I radical departure
from that given BY dogma and
creed. We need no human opinion
or belief to ind the Way. in
Christian Science We have no creed
and NO dogma but We are taught
to follow the Lord and Master In
not only His words, but in His
works. Only complete and absolute
following Of Jesus constitutes real,
pure, dominant, selfless religion,
that which satisfies and reaches us
in every human need, enabling US to
stand and to see the glory Of God
revealed. even in the so-called ply
steal man and universe
We often hear it said. MY faith
er's religion is good enough for
me-" but this stand is not the stand
that our forefathers took. The oc-
cupation Of this continent by civil
lied races was begun by body Of
people who left home and country
because they saw the need Of a
higher and purer sense of God, a
clearer realization that religion in
its observance is quite as essen
tial on week days as it is on Sun
day. The revelation which Mrs.
Eddy has named Christian Science
is the elimination of devout, pure
desires to know God as He is. Chris
tian Science in the few years since
Mrs. Eddy wrote Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures, .
has grown to be the great factor It
is in the religious world because 1t
satisfies, with the works that fol-
low the practice Of 1t, the longing
for the enduring. the good, and the
true, divorced from all unlike God
or good.
What Is Real Is of God.
To understand fully what a glor-
ious thing the liberty of the sons OF
God is, one must understand that
the word real" as it is used in
Christian Science means always
God, and that which is like to Him
and contra the word unreal
means that which seems to be, and
yet. because it is changeable and
decays. sins. and dies, does not
manifest God in any way So wher
you hear a Christian Scientist say
or when you read in Mrs. Eddy;
/! writings, a statement to the effec'
that sin, disease. and death are un.
real, the meaning meant to be con
veyed is that they are unlike God
am sure all agree that God doe:
not sin, does not get sick. and doe!
not die. When we have this poin
of view we readily see the spirit o
the statement in l Corinthian!
15:22. "As in Adam" 1.-THE man o
sin and matter, and therefore un
like Cod "all die, even so il
Christ" 1.-THE sinless image and like
ness of the changelessly good Cox
or Creator) shall all be mad
alive" In other words, a RICH
: knowledge of God dispels tn
Adam.c mist and dream, and re
veals God as the One altogethe
lovely. and who is 'of purer eye
: than to behold evil, and canst no
! look on iniqnity" (Hab. 1919,
Because the healing work whicl
) Jesus and His disciples accomplish
ed has not been demonstrated OF
:, earth for about sixteen hundre,
S years, many intelligent thinker
= have affirmed it to be their opinion
!. that these works were never reall,
accomplished. Christian Scienc
] proves that they were, however. b
= the wonderful works it is accom-
: plishing in the healing Of the sic
!, today through sole reliance on tn
u power Of the Word of God. Jesu;
y through His words and works,
u the way and the light of the worlG
y This being true, the only logica
thing for mankind is to do as H
said and did, and not listen to tn
;, sophistry which declares sue
!. times have gone by" and ''it can
u be done now" He gave us tn
= light, showed us the efficacy Of
. right knowledge of God, and toll
, us the results which believing o
y Him would produce.
Why should we doubt the powe
of the Word of God in healing tn
n sick? Why should it seem an al
h straction. therefore so transcender
~ tai as to be impossible of use i
h meeting our daily needs? VIII
is should it not seem as divinely ma
II ural in this age as it was ninetee
re hundred years ago to be able
is say, as did the blind man to whol
10 Jesus restored his sight, "wheres
l. l was blind, now l see"? Surely "
IS do want the living God. We do NJ
is want God who has departed frol
n us. Christian Science asks of tt
human family. as Paul did of Kin
re Agrippa,, why should it be though
n a thing incredible with you, tn;