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

plish also because Of our under
standing of the Law Of God which
he came To establish with u.s. We
Ing our good. noble, sclf-sacrificing
missionaries into the countries Of
the unchristian, or heather, with the
hope that We could bring them to
Christ through preaching without
practice. with the result that today
but a very small percentage Of the
oarth's population can be called Chris
tisn, and this, because we have been
unable 10 offer our heather brethren
the tangible and unnistakable signs
of Christly understanding which Jesus
said should follow them that believe
them that understand Gods Law
and the method of its application.
When we have gone to n and old
him of the beauties Of Christianity,
OF the joy, the peace and the comfort
that come with a demOnstrable under
standing of Goo and His Law and
have proven through the healing OF
the sick, the comforting of the sor-
rowing and the saving Of the sinful,
that what we have said is true and
demonstrable here and now we have
gone Il long way towards winning
him to Christ. lie is bound to ack-
nowledge our God as a God Of omni-
potence n Love because he has seen
the unmistakable proof. And is not
this, | ask the only way we are ever
going to save the world for Christ
and from its sin, It's sickness, its
poverty and its misery? a concrete
and forceful example Of this came to
my attention some time ago. | was
lecturing in a small city in the North
west and there met a man who had
formerly been of the Jewish faith.
Some years prior to this time this
man was conducting a successful busi-
ness in that city when he was sud
IDENTIFY stricken down with paralysis
or some such affection. He was ut
terly incapacitatcd. was compelled to
give up active supervision of his bust
ness and was confined TO his home
or a wheeled chair. This condition
continued until one day a banker in
that city, a Christian Scientist, who
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a friend. also a Christian Scientist,
to see him. The banker said to this
poor, crippled, helpless fellow, Now,
my man, | have known you some
time and ! have noted, with sorrow,
your present condition. You can not
look after your business, you are I'M
der heavy expense, your business is
running down and needs your care
and we have come to you simply as
friends come, to offer you what we
can to help you put of your dilemma.
We are both Christian Scientists and
we know that if you will give Chris
tian Science a fair trial you can be
lifted out of this condition n you
and your business can be saved
The merchant heard, with respect
what they had TO say and after they
had finished he said, Il thank you,
gentlemen, very much for your inter
est in my condition. | know nothing
whatever about Christian Science
have never heard of it that / am
, aware Of, but if il has anything tc
do with Jesus Christ. | don't want
/ anything to do with it," closing with
the statement, 81 know too much
about that fellow already" The bank
. er and his friend gave up trying to
assist him at that time and left
Time went on, the merchant grew
worse. he lost his business entirely
all his means had been dissipated in
| his efforts to regain his health. When
| things had gotten to a pitiful stage
the banker and his friend decided
TO try ii again. They went 10 him
and told him that their previous talk
and they were back to offer him
once more the wonderful blessings OF
Christian Science. This time the
mans attitude was different. His
experiences of the past and the seri-
Gus outlook for the future had
wrought Il change and he told them
that he was ready to try anything
that offered relief. He said that his
every cent had m in his quest fol
health, that he had tried every rene
dy known to material medicine, with
out avail, and that there seemed
, nothing left but 10 try Christian
Science. a Christian Science pract'
) toner was secured and in time his
! man was completely restored to health
He is now the proprietor Of II pros
I; porous business in that little CITY
and he and his wife are earnest work
ers in the little Christian Science
Church there. Happy? You never
saw W happier people in your life.
Now. what could have induced that
man TO turn from his prejudice To
( learn of Jesus the Christ but his
I, wonderful experience Of healing?
And that, my friends, is the mis-
sion of Christian Science. to turn men
: to God, TO Jesus, to Christ, through
those works which Jesus enjoined on
{ all mankind as the only evidence we
I; can ever give OF our Christianity
of true salvation. With Isaiah we
cry, "Ho, every one that thirsteth.
come ye TO the waters. and he that
hath no money; come ye buy, and eat,
come buy wine and milk without
money and without price"
Prayer
And now the question of how to
bring into action this ~ever-preseni
law Of God, how to apply it to our
present needs, how TO heal the sick,
comfort the sorrowing and save the
sinner. as Jesus did, naturally pre-
scnts itself. This. my friends, Is
accomplished in Christian Science
solely through the prayer of under
standing. Christian Scientists have
learned that whatever is 10 be achiey-