Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-03-22

to the sophistry which declares such
times have gone by" and 1t can't be
done now He gave us the light,
showed US the efficacy of a right
knowledge of God. and told US the re-
suits WHICH believing on Him would
! produce.
i Why should we doubt the power of
Il the Word of God in healing the sick?
| Why should it seem an abstraction,
! therefore so transcendental as to be
4 impossible OF use in meeting our daily
i needs? Why should it not seem as
/ divinely natural in this age as it was
nineteen hundred years ago to be. able
to say, as did the blind man to whom
was blind, now do see?" Surely we
do want the living God. We do not
want a God who has departed from US.
! Christian Science asks of the human
family, as Paul did of King Agrippa.
why should it be thought a thing in
credible with you, that God should
raise the dead" (Acts $3.50. Why
! should there be any remonstrance Or
doubt that there is supreme power
to which we may appeal to- meet all
our daily needs, whether they seem to
be mental, moral physical. or financial.
] while accepting the human teaching
that there is a power which holds the
earth and consultations in place, gov
erns the daily revolutions OF the earth
on it's axis, and brings the seasons in
orderly sequence year after year?
There is, not a man. woman, or child
on the face of the earth but wants to
/ believe there is this change1esS power,
| and that it is always at hand to help
US, as we turn to it and trust it as our
Savior. Think what a privilege is oars
| to realize that we may rest all our
burdens and woes on this omnipotence,
omniscience, and omnipresence, - a
/ power that is all Mind, all Spirit, all
| Life, all Truth. and all Love. How we
should be singing hosannas and praises
unto God for the JOY of knowing the
truth, that means freedom for all from
the so-called laws OF sin and death, re-
lvealing a firm foundation on the rock
t against which the gates of hell cannot
prevail
1t is natural, divinely so, that we
should be well in all ways, and it is
abnormal that we should be otherwise.
We must remember that God created
man in His own image and likeness,
and that image means exact likeness
or reflection: and then consider the
logical deduction from this basis. To
have a sick image we must have sick
original. Therefore, if we admit the
image. man, is sick, it carries with il
the admission that the original, God,
is sick also. Let follow this line of
reasoning still further: if, as Habak
kuk tells US, already quoted. God is
"of purer eyes than to behold evil and
canst not look on iniquity," and made,
or even permitted. sickness to be made,
and further, if God saw everything that
He had made, and saw that it was
good, logically we must consent to the
belief that sickness is good and god
| like: and this would compel us to pic
! ture a sick God, and heaven full of
] eternally sick men and women.
Do we like the picture? Would any
one care to go to heaven under such
,,-4., El>r I've f~x-
to this abnormal theory is true. because
We read in Revelation that all things
are to become new, and John tells US
that in heaven there is to be no more
sin, no more sorrow, and that there
shall be no more pain. Let US c6nstrer
these two pictures, and decide for your
self which seems the more rational
and the more reasonable for you TO
believe and accept I am sure II you
do this you will arrive at the Chris
tan Science conclusion, that the most
desired of all things-health, peace,
and are to be experienced to be SUCH
When speaking of man, the Chris
tian Scientists do not mean the human
structure of material flesh and bones,
but they mean real man, spiritual man,
the image and likeness of the incorpo-
real God. They mean the man Jesus
so wonderfully portrayed when he
walked on the waters and passed
through the midst of the throng I'M
seen, and who after the crucifixion APP
peared to the disciples when they were
assembled in a room with all the doors
closed. Do not confuse the two. One
is eternally the same, and the other
the mortal--is to be changed and
changed until knowing God completes
its perfect work, and the translation is
accomplished wherein we see 900 as
He is and know our real self in His
- r.
that no one who has reached what is
termed middle live would go back and
go through all the years behind him for
anything in the world, IL he knows that
he would have to go through every
phase of them. No one will look with
joy on the theory of being perpetually
subject to mutation and change. For
this reason. then. if for no other, we
want to know ourselves as God knows
us, the same yesterday and forever,
spiritual and perfect.
Did one ever become proficient in
any branch of endeavor by starting his
efforts on the theory that he is sure to
fail? How long will it take to become
authority on any subject if. before
he even looks inside a textbook on the
subject. one starts by saying: Il don't
believe a word am about to read nor
rule laid down by which the problems
may be solved. I don't know a thing
about it now, and for that reason don't
believe anyone else does?' We all
know there would be no possible pro-
gression.
No Christian Scientist ever urges
anyone to investigate Christian Science
for any purpose primarily other than
his own we'll being. Christian Science
has to be discerned individually, and
salvation worked out to the basis of
acceptance in the same manner. You
will investigate and study Christian
Science for your own benefit. You have
a problem of some kind. You don't
seem able to get any relief from it.
You probably have tried in all the hui
man ways YOU know, and none have
brought satisfactory solution. OF
course we know that God should have
been sought first but generally is not.
Mankind usually turns to God Tor last
resort. Remember we are seeking for
our own benefit, SO don't start out by
thinking or saying, ut is too good to
be true that God will help me with this
problem