The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-14

and hearing than tho material senses.
FOR H1id Jesus speaking tO thu8"
chosen ones. "Bi,asod uto vour eyes
for they SEQ, and your cars. for they
hear" Ana pruin ho nid 'IDr
Judgment am come into This world,
that they which soc might D." mndn
blind ln other words that those
who fnw not that the only real lfc
and intelligence is spirit would Doe
taught to hor g.. aud they who saw
lifc aud Intelligence 90 br 100 matter
would be- mHdo blind tu THIS belief
or would be- shown that the belief
was false, ana thus thov would he
Hove u no moro.
Disciples nrcadincss.
Tho Bible records that before
Icsug mado his complete domoustra-
tiuu over material law iu his rcsur-
TootiOn ana disappCIruuro from ma
trrinl sight bo said tu his disciples,
u have yct many things tu say unto
YOU. but go cannot beur them now.
I ttuWbcit when hc. the spirit Of truth,
iH come. hc win guido you into an
+ TRUTH At another time when i'm
pressed by Peters recognition ~
the Christ, truth, hc said, upon this
rock cor understanding Of the spirit
. ~ truthD I will build my church. and
the gates of hcll shall not prevail
tatIuH Il' 4. I# OF pr mu Hisuli. .'uucH
| that Jesus had withhold higher
teaching from his disciples because
/ Of their mental uuroadiucss To bear
/ 0D now" which higher teaching
would bc revealed I'm the fullnuFg OF
time, through the Spirit of truth
who "Will guide you into all truth"
/ Even the . Disciples did not COM
prchcnd Jesus. one doubted him, one
denied him, one betrayed him, and
All furaooll him. This lack OF under
. Il
/ of tn" subtle workings Of evil and
material law. to which Jesus ovi-
IDENTIFY referred, showed itself I'm sub
sCquont years. After several Centu-
. rics OF successful resistance to severe
Temptations through simple faith, the
early Christians, about the year 32b
/ \. u, succumbod TO the artful
promises and selfish designs of the
crafty Roman Emperor Constantine.
whose ambition 90 rule tho world
must necessarily include the scpar-
ate and fast growing body of Chris
tinns. II ts again noteworthy and
natural, that from this time forth the
power to heal the sick ana To Tnisd
the dead by spiritual means alone
disappeared from the Christian faith.
And with the spiritual power disap-
pcarcd also faith in the nnturalness
OF healing by spiritual means. Glib
bon, In his History Of the Decline
and Fan of the Roman Empire"
tNolumc |, page 5i0) states, "rhe
miraculous cure OF diseases of the
muu. iuNctcratc or oven prrioruututdl
kind can no longer occasion any sur
prise when We recollcct that In the
days of lrcnaeus, about the end of
the second century, the resurrection
of the dead was very far from being
| esteemed an uncommon event: the
miracle was frequently performed on
necessary occasions by great fasting
ana the joint duplication OF tho
church of the Place, and the persons
thus restored 10y their prayers lived
among them many years. The see
ond century was still more fertile Ia
/ miracles than the first"
Failure of Early Christians.
But what of Jesus promise that
, the spirit OF truth would como and
, guide into all truth2 when was this
higher event to take place. WHEN
were these many things" which the
disciples were not ready 60 bear ia
be made known to the world2 What
was their mysterious and spiritual
mature, and when would the world b,
:. ready "to boar" or understand II .
2, Religious history shows that after
n the loss of the spiritual power to hcRI
n the sick, during the fourth century
!, and during the following centuries
- so complete WIS the surrender of the
early Christians to material laws and
means that II required many periods
of reform, beginning Ina the SIX
tpcnth century. to awaken and pre-.
a pare human thought for the Comiug
of the spirit OF truth, which was I,
guide into nll truth. Tho truth hao
long been coming like the ocean tir,
gently rising on q stern and rock
bound coast, advancing aud rcccdiug
wearing away here u stubborn Crug
ANA luvrr 90 persistent ,Htl .Nu.u o.
nally after centuries Of human offor
this resistlcss uncoming tide of trutl
found an opening whore It was lrus
expected IA natural cleft bctWcCi
the craEs of time -honorcd ana tc
nacious human opinions IA plac,
receptive and yielding cNaltc,
character OF noble woman Of TN
nineteenth century,
The Discovery and DisCoNCrcr
This great fact, that the spirit o
truth has come ana is now loadiul
the world into all truth, has become
'n historical, For over so years 1t ha
4, been ruuvlusiNrly demonstrated ~
y countless cases ut mental rcIDrm am
q. physical healing. Ina the year 1860
= Mary Baker Eddy, New Englan,
= woman of Puritan furhcars. through
v u putitlod state of mental readiness
hlN' hNflfh tic hlNlIlt lllltlnlt OF bt
q. iug, ana through further inspiration
4 gradually developed the suiuua
y rules, which assumed a method %
- system of healing and reform WhIcI
y she was diyiucly led to name Chris
ttau Science. Tho discovery wa
madc through her own physical re-
CoNcry from am informal injury whIc
y attendant physicians pronounced ia
2, tai. Lott alone she turned To ne
a Iihlo, opened az the ninth chapter q
= Matthew, read Jesus healing ut tn
- palsiod man, ana immediately TIA
deep significance OF tho relation o
SIN, fear ana material beliefs. as IN
= mental cause OF an bodily ailments
.. daWucd upon her thought. She sud
denly awakened as from "A dream
telt new litv aud strength. and arus
from her bed iustautaucously hCalc,
oil Proof Essential
' she soon had an ardent desire {
zcs put her discovery into writing {,
,at the dcliycranvo of waiting wurl,
.fn she realized, however that the al.
M. CuvCry must tirst be thorough
So proved, ana after several years ,
90 conclusive demonstration in healiuI
'rr Science and Health with Key TO a
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