The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1921-01-22
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claim TO have common sense, and the
history of this movemSnt shows clear
ly that, as a class, Christian Scientists
are eminently practical. The advan-
tage which they have over other peo-
pie is to be found solely in what they
have gained of the true Science of
life and living, through the study of
Science and Health with Key 30 the
Scriptures" and other works written
by Mary Baker Eddy, the Dlscoverer
and Founder OF Christian Science.
What is this Science? DO the the
ories OF prevailing educational sys-
tens indicate or reveal it? All the
ories Of General education Of life and
its possibilities are predicated upon
the certainty and necessity of sin,
disease and death. Such theories are
sclf-contradictory They have been
accepted and tried for centuries ut
terly in vain. With circumstances all
in their favor, and supported by the
overwhelming consensus of human
faith and education. they have utterly
failed. Under such beliefs, and un-
instructed by Christian Science, living
is tantamount to mere physical en-
durance and final chaos. Christian
Science takes issue with all such
theories and conclusions. 1t appeals
! to the higher nature, to reason and
logic, and educates us in the Science
Of Life, the greatest need OF the race.
If we are living at all (and we are) &,
If there be any action, energy, oppor-
tunity. availability, originality or vo-
lition; If men and women exist at all.
and can think or do anything at all,
then there is a science for all this,
| and it is commensurate with all that
may be required of it. We are living
! and thinking, and we have got to go
on living and thinking in order to
accomplish anything whatsoever. The
evidence OF our senses gives us no
! hint of what Life really is, and when
from this standpoint we think any
thing about life we indulge in mere
speculation, unless Christian Science
comes to our rescue and gives us the
right idea Ordinarily. human life is
considered to be mere chance, mani
Testing the whim and caprice of in
stinct or desire. We have been taught
to look out for our material needs,
and we have been instructed in some
of the sciences which are supposed to
aid us in administering to those
needs. but our thinking. which is the
most important part about us, has
had no science to govern or exalt it.
! by education which assumed and in
culcated the theory that matter gov
erns man. Christian Science reveals
the fact that thought governs or mis-
governs mankind, as the case may be,
including the body and that as we
| approach and attain divine standard,
the health and safety of the body are
proportionately secure.
Science of True Lavins
The science of true living and true
thinking is thus drawn from a higher
source than mere ordinary human
experiences. To investigate it requires
research of the most unselfish, palms.
taking and persistent nature. Such
was the research that Mary Baker
Eddy entered upon and carried on for
years. 1t eliminated in the discovery
Christian Science. She saw the vast
Importance of distinguishing between
the true and the false. between the
real and the unreal. She observed
the permanent nature OF divine facts
and this led her to the conclusion that
such facts constitute Immortality.
| How to understand these facts was
not so difficult for her as was the
problem of teaching others to under
! SAdilt NiltHls VIC NhO lut Dtnt~
ficiaries of this Science, in common
with the whole of mankind, can
scarcely realize what it must have
meant, especially fifty years ago to
awaken the world to the considera-
ton of religion as a science. and OF
real science as religion. All the
prejudices of sectarianism were in
stinctiyely arrayed against such a
proposition, and yet It promised moth
ing less than complete redemption
for the human race. Even now. after
all of Mrs. Eddys great work, Chris
tian Science is not universally accept
ed; but the signs of the times are
portentous and hopeful. Why should
they be otherwise, for Christian Sci
ence fulfills the hopes Of the Christian
world.
Does not its declaration that God
is Infinite Cause, Intelligence. Spirit,
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