The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-22

methods OF hlnklnB ABOUT too anu
men, and about Jesus and his words,
we nave been brought face TO face
with the fac. that there is hardly
a word uttered by Jesus or an act
committed by him in the course
of his ministry that does not COM
plctely deny, controvert and over
throw some so-called material, or
physical law. And if we will follow
him in his three years work with
men in his effort 10 establish the
kingdom of heaven on earth We
will find that in those three years
there is not a single evidence of ma
tcrial existence, no "A single so-callcu
law governing our material living,
and material phenomena which forms
Il part of our daily experience, that
Jesus did not utterly annul through
his intelligent application Of what
he termed thes Law of God which
he characterized as the Truth which
he said would make us all free when
known or understood. Y shall know
the truth Jesus said 'and the truth
shall make you free That is, we
shall know and understand this Law
of God which l here expound and
prove to you and this knowledge
shall give you power over all things
material, thereby setting you free
from these so-called laws which have
so long held mankind in bondage.
Jesus said, Think not that / am
come 10 destroy the law or the
prophets: | am lot come to destroy,
but 20 fulfill" And then he proceed
ed to break down and destroy every
physical law of which We nave any
cognizance, through his application
of Gods law.
And this Law of God-this Law,
the knowledge and application OF
which Jesus said should make us free
is what Christian Science has come
to r~e-cstablish with men. Those Won
derful works Of Jesus prove conclu-
sively that laws OF matter are not
Gods Laws and that Gods Laws
are not only superior but are actually
laws of annihilation to so-called ma
terial laws and thereby prove that
material laws are the product oil a
mortal misconception OF what con-
stitutes true law. Now, it is per-
fcctly evident that Jesus, in his pres
entation to humanity Of n law higher
and more powerful than so-called ma
terial laws, did not give to mankind
q law of his own %inventing. lie
established Gods Law which has eX-
listed throughout all time the evil
dence Of which runs as n golden
thread throughout all history. The
existence of this Law of God can be
traced throughout the lives of the
prophets and patriarchs. coming to
light at inervals in the history OF
humanity when some one, through
pure spirituality, rose high enough in
thought to soar above the lettering
bonds of Grass materialism and
glimpse the glorics of an existence
wherein man MAJ be found in the i'm
age and likeness Of his Maker, sub
ject only to the Law of God-thc
Law of Good. AS we contemplate
| with prayerful care the life and works
Of our Master, as we study care
fully all that he said in connection
with his many wonderful works, we
become impressed, more and more.
with the gratifying conviction that
the understanding and application, III
our daily living, of the truths, OF
laws, which he ~expounded constitute
that Comforter which Jesus said he
would send to us n which Will,
when understood and applied by us,
free from all those ills to which
we have ever considered mankind
naturally subject.
We find, with reinsurance, that
this Law of God is a law of Life
not OF death; a law of health-not OF
sickness; a law of ~abundance-not OF
lack and limitation; a law OF harmony
nc. of dlscord; a law of peace-nct
Of strife; a law of love-not Of hate.
And oh! If we could but comprehend
what this law of love embraces. How
sadly this old world needs love, the
love tina Jesus gave to the world n
of which the apostle spake when he
said, Love is the fulfilling of the
law What 4 ministry Of love was
that of Jesus. Could aught be COM
pared to that love which endured,
without murmuring, the worlds hatred
and scorn that you and l might un-
derstand that the a OF God is ON
nipotent and omnlpresent; that we
might know that there are no material
conditions over which this Law Of
! God has not all power? 1t was this
love expressed through Jesus which
enabled him to prove that there is
no death, and whereby he emerged
from the tomb TO perpetuate through
out the ages mans inalienable right
to life eternal. Writing of this eX-
perience of Jesus, Mary Baker Eddy,
the Dlscoverer and Founder of Chris
tan Science, says on page "A Of her
book Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures"
THE lonely precincts of the
tomb gave Jesus a refuge from
his foes, q place in which to solve
the great problem OF being. His
three days work in the sepulchre
set the seal of eternity on
He proved Life to be deathless
and Love to be the master OF
hate"
Universally Of Gods Law
Harking back through the ages to
the earliest periods Of human history
we find In the lives OF patriarch and
prophet ample evidence that this Law
OF God has been understood and
proven in a greater or less degree At
various times throughout tho centur'
les. The forty years struggle of the
Israelites in the wilderness under the
leadership of Moses furnishes MS num-
crous examples of the ability of a
kind to overcome human or mortal