The St. Joseph observer., 1920-03-06
Truth Is Tender and Gentle

The truth is tender and gentle. full
OF compassion and protection, but
through its very presence and existance
falsity is inevitably uncovered and de-
stroyed. Love is the all-powerful ami
mating source Of all the good we know
and by being, Love destroys hate; il IS
not possible To conceive, for a mo-
ment, of Love as recognizing, know
ing, or being touched by hate. So
Spirit, by existing prcCludes the ex-
istence of matter Here again, as
have said before, we are not using the
word spirit in its commonly accepted,
vague, illusory, and superficial sense
but in its true and fundamental mean
ing, as practically identical with sub
stance. our false theories about life
and its origin have led us to accept
material beliefs about all things and
we have named our m istaken sense of
substance. matter, and accepted as
real and Inevitable its phenomena.
Having accepted a false premise il is
impossible to make correct or reliable
deduction, and so it is absolutely me-
CeSsary TO get back to the truth about
life itself, in order TO have any basis
for right reasoning.
Truly the teaching Of Christian
Science-this teaching Of spiritual
causation so revolutionary to the ma
terial sense Of things--is absolute
and radical, but II comes as Jesus it's
demonstrator said he came, not 10 de-
strOy one jot or little Of the law but to
fulfill that law in love.
Our present sense OF individual ca
pacity and power, OF the meaning OF
health and happiness. OF life and love
our present sense Of country and Of
our love and devotion to it,-aU this
may be poor and meager, and vet
Christian Science, this right idea.
comes not TO destroy IL but to uplift,
TO purify, TO enlarge and deepen our
knowle 1ge Of its source, and to exalt
and beautify our expression OF it. It
comes u make us happy and well
joyous honest, loving and lovable.
intelligent and beautiful: no good
gift is denied 10 us as Gods children.
The great mission Of Christian
Science Is 10 teach US to think accur-
ately, Independently, spontaneously.
and to reason honestly from the stand :
point Of UNDERSTANDING OF true causa-
ton This ability 10 think clearly and
correctly which IS ours as a God-giy.
en- capacity, enables as to Understand
the law Of divine Principle and SO Ia
detect and uncover the falsity of the
/ phenomena which are contrary to di-
/ vine Principle; IL also arms US with
power TO dispose Of such phenomena
| in proportion 20 our understanding OF
their ephemeTai and unreal character.
| Now disease Is one OF these phenorn
ena which lays great claims upon our
: daily experience and holds the human
race in bonda&e, and I know that ] am
/ right in 50 wing that health will nevat
be gained nor will il ever be rnainta in.
ed by any system that fails to eradi.
cate disease. II Is unauestionabIy
true that the very foundation Of All
discordant human conditions lies iu
a mistaken sense ~ the source of life
Itself Jesus meant this when he said
1T Is the spirit that duickeneth: The
flesh profiteth nothing" and TO-DAY
in the accurate and systematic toa Oh.
ing Of our Chris'isn Science textbook
We have the exclamation Of The rul,
Jesus laid dowl end the. neressar ,,
guidance for its proper apDlioation n
our every nee o.
\ Fn's" Srrpn".tiOn
Rack ot all manifestation OF oyI
lies the false sapp pOsition OF an evil In,
tell Fcnce, Of q mind oDnosad 10 Cod