, 1921-05-29

that mater1a medic. Is unable to cope
with H. What does he DOT He I'm
mediafely reverses sense testimony by
striving to realize that the one Mind.
God. Is eyerpresent and all powerful.
and governs the entire universe in
perpetual 80 and harmony. conse
quenfly. hat there are NJ evil minds
to believe in disease nor TO fear Il.
that there Is nc evil power to mcsmer-
lie anyone into believing what Is un-
true He knows that divine Love is
supreme. that IL casts but all fear.
He persists In abiding In this secret
place Of the omnipotence and omni-
presence Of good; and what Is the re-
suit. He remains fearless and strong;
he escapes the devastating scourge
himself. and he helps many others TO
recognize The n~othingness Of fear n
hypnotic suggestion This Is I'm
manuel. God with u.s." or demonstrz-
ton
One who knows nothing of Christian
Science Is confronted nth b same
~glaring headlines. Announcing the
forthcoming plague What does he
do7 The chances are that he will
believe what he reads and that he will
pass along the lie to others II Is
safe 70 say that u will not to
him TO think OF God as an everpresent
help. He believes hat some awful
calamity Is about to be experienced.
and he thinks Of IL so much. and be
comes SO fearful OF results that. al
most before ne realizes II. that which
he greatly cared has come upon him.
Fear and disease are more real to him
than what he cans life. and he sir
renders to them unconditionailyi How
true the proverb. ~The tear Of man
hringeth n snare; hut whose putteth
his trust in the Lord shall be safe"
prov. ss:a5l. Thousands upon thou
sands OF human lives are sacrificed
every year. because people insist upon
believing and fearing what tho sense
tell them, instead OF acknowledging
and trusting in the divine presence.
which is .'of purer ayes than TO behold
evif' Hab. 1.13).
Demonstration is the power OF di-
vine Love made practical to human
ity. One cannot n n meaning
OF scientific demonstration nor be
come a successful practitioner unul
one learns how to feel and to express
love for all mankind. The true Chris
tan Scientist strives TO abide In a
healing consciousness. n character
lied by genuine humility and confi-
dence, as well as thnnkfulness for
Gods goodness and mercy
Had Christ Jesus failed to prove
that his word was with power" uLulsc
4.:32D. could he have conferred power
upon his decipies TO hold all manner
| OF sickness and all manner OF disease"
-. ~ r-l--- r,rDanal
rift. no theological nor medical d.
phma ever conferred real power upon
anyone. The giving OF spiritual power
to his followers was nothing less than
| the practical proof to them of heal
ing. ACCOMPANIED by such audible at
testation as the Master felt led to
give. And this is demonstration,
which fully agrces with Webster's
| definition of the word: ito show by
proof; ITO establish beyond a doubt
where Christ. Truth. is. God Is;
| and where God Is. evil Is not. Evil.
then, in all It's varied phases. is tut
a seeming absence of God The warn.
ing OF scripture is not against
the presence OF evil. but against be-
icving that evil has presence. Then.
why spend ones time thinking and
talking about hat which has no real
presence7 Does such practice mag
nifty the name OF h Lord. h pres
ence Of Godf N
Is not Gods presence something
moro than an idle theory? Is 1t not
something which nno be annulled
by the dictum of the personal senses.
Pray, what is ean by these state
ments OF Holy Writ. My presence
shall go with thee. and / will give
thee rest" eek. 331D and Do not
II fiji heaven and earth? saith the
Lord" der. 2s:eD7 Do such state
ments suggest to the Christian some
thing purely imaginary? To the
Christian Scientist. the all-presence Of
God Is the eternal substance and real
ity of being. The presence Of good
is the undeniatt, absence Of sin and
disease, else there Is no foundation
for Christian healing. The heart OF
man should rejoice to learn that evil
is not presence at all. but is simply
n suppositious absence Of reality
Darkness is not presence. but is only
a seeming absence of light. else dark
ness could never be dispelled by the
light. God is light. and. since God
is all spiritual light must be the only
real presence. All else is but a seem
ing. Ignorance of God is not pres
ence: but spiritual knowing or under
standing is.
DOES CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
HEAL.
Does Christian Science heal the
sick7 is a question that IS answered
today in a most practical way. In all
parts of the civilized world may be
found living witnesses to the heal
ing power of Christian Science. These
recipients of Gods blessings VIII tell
you that they owe a debt OF endless
gratitude. not only to the one God
and to His Son, Christ Jesus. but to
the beloved Discoverer and Founder
of Christian Science. who, in the year
1866. discovered the science OF Chris
tianity. and labored unremittingly and
unselfishly to make It. available to
the whole world.
Tho great Master thought and
wrought above the contrary to the
senses. and. by so doing. he demon
strated the truth of his own most
profound statement. IT and my Faith
er are one--one in quality. but not
in quantity. He was maligned and cru