Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-19


has since been followed by host of
branch churches now scattered through
out the civilized world. To guide and
protect the church, Mrs. Eddy evolved
the Rules and Bylaws set forth in the
Manual of The Mother Church The First
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,
Massachusetts,, the wisdom Of which has
been amply demonstrated IN the pros
perity and healing power Of The Mother
Church and its branches, Christian Sci.
entists cherish and obey the Manual Of
The Mother Church because 1t unswerv-
ingly guides them and their churches in
the straight and narrow way Of demon
strable truth, aud they have no notion.
whatsoever, of departing from either the
letter or the spirit of its requirements.
The exalted purpose Of The Mother
Church is definitely set forth in the
Manual on page 10, as follows: The
First Church Of Christ, Scientist, in Bos-
ton. Mass is designed to be built on the
Rock, Christi even the understanding
and demonstration Of divine Truth, Life.
and Love, healing and saving the WORLD
from sin and death; thus to reflect in
some degree the Church Universal and
Triumphant
TRUTH WHEN KNOWN
FREES MAN.
Christian Science teaches as does
the Bible that God is Spirit, that the
universe OF Mind is a spiritual meE-
tai universe, and that man is spirit
ual, forever rejecting the divine ma
ture. Christian Science makes a
clear and absolute distinction between
the universe Of God. the universe of
Mind. and the world of sense phenom-
ena,-the mortal carnal sense of eX-
istenCe which mortals recognize through
the five physical senses, the fruits Of
which are sim. disease, and death.
The Science Of Christianity makes
clear that spiritual existence is the
only real existence, and that the
world Of sense phenomena Is unreal
false nothing but Illusion. In the face
OF general belief in the reality Of mat
ter, this was a revolutionary position
to take, and Mrs. Eddy was the first
thinker since the days Of Jesus of
Nazareth and the early Christians to
arrive at that conclusion. The lmpor-
tant question, however is not whether
the teachings Of Christian Science are
revolutionary. but are they true; And,
II true, how do we know that the
spiritual is true and the sensuous
false? Now, a Christian Scientist IS
faith that is In him. We know these
things by the test Of demonstration.
genuine science proves Itself In two
ways; first It eliminates the non essen
1 tlal. and, second, It carries within It
self the proof Of its own truthfulnees
Thus the science Of mathematics elimi-
mates the erroneous statement that
five ana five are eleven That error
can not possibly be a part OF mathemat-
les 1t Is non essential. As the student
gains knowledge Of mathematics,
be finds that the science OF mum
bers proves Itself. He gains con
fideuce IN mathematics because he sees
that il is demonstraOle; that the science
Of numbers carries wilma ilseu Ine
proof OF its own truthfuiness. applying
The same line of reasoning to our rela-
lions to God. because the Science OF
Christianity Is not supernatural, Dut
dlyinelv natural. We find that as the per
fection of God, HIS holiness. beauty, WIS
dom and power dawn upon the ulumi-
mated thought, We are dlvlne!y assured
OF their reality. Dad not St Paul declare
that the Spirit itself beareth witness
with our spirit, that we are tAe -hI'-
dren Of GOd'F On the other hand as
this understanding OF God unfOlds TO
the human consciousness, the eVahes-
cent and Elusive character OF the
world OF sense phenomena, the non
essential becomes more ana more 'ieat-
IL EXPOSED and gradually tades from
tbouRht The more clearly we com
preheud the things OF spirit the more
surely and completely We can heaI SICK
ness. overcome sin, and break the oou"7
~ every evil God is love said the
beloved disciple. There Is no fear IN
love. ard perfect love casteth out rear,
and Love likewise casts out all tuat j.
unlike Love and enthroneS peace ana
hermony IN undisputed controi.
THERMAL LIFE
EVER-PRESENT FACT.
.Hro the degree that we aPprehend that
God Is Life, do We partake here and now
or life eternal. Eternal life Is not some
.far off divine event but It is an irrev-
ocobIa fact TO be understood and lived
here and now. Jesus defined HE eternal
"a follows: This Is life eternal. that
fI.ev uif-ht know thee the only true God.
and ,rstis Christ who thou has sent
Won will note I'm this declaration thit
life eternal consists In knowing God. that
the present tense is employed Today Is
tine day Of salvation. Lie H. COD, ana
God Is ever present, therefore HE Us mere
and now. an ever present fact No bar
rler IS interposed. no door Is closed be-
tween men and life Death IS not tram
STORY state between mortality and I'M
mortality; but is an enemy to be de-
stroycd through the discernment Of ever
present Life our duty is to prove these
things In the face Of skepticism OF the
We likewise can reason about mans
10 God conversely. The more
we are submerged in the belief that
matter world exists, that man lives In q
physical body. That pleasure, pain, happt-
ness and death inhere in matter and ply
,icality. the farther we are removed from
the ability to overcome these errors by
spiritual understanding. If we harbor
hate, resentment or jealousy, II We are
filed with human ambition or glory in
intellectual attainments, the light Of spir-
tuality wakes dim. No man can hal the
i s5[n i5 With materiaIItt .Ye cannot
serve God and mammOn,' was the decla-
ration of him who wGs beloved Of BIS
Father.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
DESTROYS EVIL.