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

and he never made a demand which is
impossible of fulfillment. 1t is not
demanded of us in it's completeness i'm
mediately, but we must work at it UNI
til it is accomplished, for good requires
it of us.
1t has just been indicated to you in
few words how simple is the founda-
Science treatment, but we must al
ways remember, as it has been prev
iously stated, that it is the Spirit which
maketh alive, and the letter which
'killeth." In the end the words do not
count. You have turned in the right
direction, and if you continue in IT con-
secratedly and persistently, you Will
meet with success in your effort, and
will be able to hold fast that which is
good.
1t is natural to assume from the re-
suits of the first twenty-five years of
Christian Science practice in the world
that longevity will steadily increase,
until the age of the Antediluyians is
again the natural span of life, finally
to pass into eternal consciousness of
Life. without beginning and without
ending. Material scientists have ques-
toned the statement that the Antedi-
luvians measured time by years, as we
do. Some of them have insisted the
moons phases were the measure of
time in those days, and that, therefore,
We should substitute months for years
in the Genesis narratives.
If we accept this line of reasoning to
be correct, Adam lived nine hundred
and thirty months, instead of years,
and so was about seventy eight years
old when he died, thus conforming
closely to the theory that the span Of
a mans life on earth is three score
and ten- There is, however, just one
little thing standing in the way of such
a conclusion. Seth was born, accord
ing to Genesis, when Adam was one
hundred and thirty years old. Reduce
the years to months in this statement,
and it would read that Seth was born
when Adam was only eleven years old,
and already the father of two sons,
Cain and Abel. With Enoch the alb
surdity is even more evident. Methu-
saleh was born when Enoch was sixty
five years. according to Genesis. Re
duce the years to months in this case,
and it would read that Methusaleh was
born when Enoch was five and one half
years old. A peculiar conclusion, isn't
it. drawn to excuse the constant deca-
dence of mans years since the days of
early Bible history, the decadence
Science teaches for the measure of
mankinds departure from God.
The Book of Psalms is really a book
of prayer. David had had wonderful
blessings from God. and yet his human
sense led him astray. until he found
himself in the very depths and suffer-
ing the consequences of turning to his
own way rather than to Gods. The
Psalms are the result of his regenerated
right knowledge of God. How they do
most of them ring with praises to God
on high, and how they help us on to
the journey from wrong to right, and
from darkness to light. In any hour
of need the spiritual Interpretation of
the Lords Prayer, as Mrs. Eddy gives
it to us in Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures is also a tower
of strength, bringing out absolutely the
the open fount of His limitless bless
ings.
Christ !.
We read in the Bible that Jesus. be-
fore the ascension, said he would not
leave us comfortiess but would send a
comforter. who would always stay with
us. Christian Science teaches that this
Comforter is the living Christ or Re-
deemer, that stands knocking at the
door of each ones thought. seeking to
save and regenerate. When bad
thought comes to tempt US, il we are
obedient and always longing that Gods
will be done. a good thought comes,
and shows us the error of the other.
SO we may cast it out and not yield
to it. Is not this the blessed Re-
deemer, blessed beyond word express
sion? Is not this the Christ, which
enabled Jesus. though tempted just
as you and I are, never to yield? Is
it not reasonable to assert this is what
Jesus meant when he said, IF I be
lifted up from the earth, III will draw
all men unto me-?
Christian Science does not use the
names Jesus and Christ synonymously.
but teaches that Jesus was the son of
Mary, and Christ the spiritual know
ledge or idea which actuated him in
all his ways. The whole world recog-
nizes the need for a Redeemer. Chris
tians claim he came and died as Jesus;
the Jews that he is yet to come. Chris
tan Science harmonizes the apparently
insurmcuntable difference between the
two human opinions, reveals the spiri-
tua1 Christ as ever present with each
and all OF us, and thus makes Christ as
acceptable to the Jew as to the GEN
tile. 1t makes a profound impress
sion on anyone when in a Wednesday
night testimonial meeting in a Chris
tan Science church they hear for the
first time Jew testifying to his faith
in and acceptance of the living Christ
as his Redeemer and Lord. Christian
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