South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-13


VIC failed 20 do so, for any theory OF
life contrary 10 eternality involves
death which IS the exact opposite
OF life.
IF you desire to go 10 a given
point YOU viii follow the direction
in which that point lies. You will
not turn your back 10 that direction
and go in an opposite one. All the
ways that human education have
devised or theorizsd about in refer
encc TO health and life are headed
in the wrong direction and lead
away from either or both. A heal
ing system is intended TO produce
health. which in its turn tends to-
ward life.
-This science of living. this sci
cnce of life, was illustrated By
Christ Jesus, but as science It
His time. Ii has come I'm ours.
Think of that Think Of what il
means TO have the privilege of
studying and demonstrating the sci
ence Of life. a science for which the
world had 70 wait thousands OF years
before its mentality could lose
enough darkness TO even perceive
such science. Think what i
means that a person could have
been awake enough, free enough,
clear enough mentally. spiritually.
to discover such a science as this,
the science of all sciences. This is
exactly what Mary Baker Eddy did,
and she did somJhing more than
that; her discernment extended to
the facts Of being and revealed them
but il also descended TO the present
needs Of mankind and met them.
God would have to be affirmed be
fore it could be realized and she
also knew and taught that the re-
lection of all other seeming power
would have TO be persisted in before
full proof that good is all powerful
and life is immortal could be OBJ
tanned.
Works Prove.
Mrs. Eddy's teaching constantly
admonish US not TO claim for our
selves or for our understanding
anything beyond what we can sub
stantiate by actual proof. There
fore we. your friends. who have in
vited YOU here to a lecture, and who
welcome you upon all occasions
when Christian Science is being cor
rectly set forth, make no claim 20
have attained the fullness of this
science. We are trying TO be worthy
of this gift Of God to men. We
would be unworthy OF IL if we did
not here and upon all other Proper
occasions express our gratitude, love
and reverence for the disCoverer
and founder of Christian Science.
Mary Baker Eddy. She established
the cause Of Christian Science on
the enduring foundation of Christ
healing, where it stands and VII.
continue 10 stand, a living and am
ever rising monument to character
and to a career of achievement alb
solutely unique in history.
God is life, and perpetuates His
own creation. Jesus said, The words
that l speak unto you, they are
spirit, and they are life Mrs. Ed
DIV says in Science and Health,
Gods thoughts are perfect and
eternal, are substance and life We
have been considering these
thoughts here. They are easy 10
understand when sought in SINGER
ity, because they are more natur3
TO us than other thoughts, nearer 20
our real being than any other
thoughts could be.
The Bible is the original revela-
ton Of the immortal relationship
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makes this relationship understood,
ana in doing this it removes con-
domination and establishes redemp-
ton in its stead. 1t shows beyond all
doubt that the only final or possible
sequence TO a mistake is loving and
complete correction. Sometimes our
own shortcomings may have retard-
Ell the fruitiOn of the desire 10 have
this science universally understood,
and we can only say 20 you that we
hourly repent of them in Sackcloth
and ashes. But the science itself,
the science of christianity, discover
ed by Mary Baker Eddy, has no
shortcomings. It's possibilities for
good are unreasonable as its divine
principle, God is, and we ourselves,
though offering no excuses for our
failure to be fully worthy, beg You
to consider that we are moving IN
the right direction, that is, onward
and upward. With arms extended
to encompass mankind, in reverence
and alteration to the God who Is
love. and in devotion TO His Christ.
we give YOU this message Of life, OF
health. of peace, and we aim TO
express and make daily more Irac-
tical i'm behalf of ourselves and FOR
all mankind the compassion of Him
who said, I am come that they
might have it more abundantly.