Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-05
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER s. 1921.


Lazarus from the tomb and when he ac-
complished his own resurrection he
proved not only the power Of Gods Law
to overcome what we have thought to be
most relentless law of material ex-
istence, but he proved, in addition, that
through the experience of death we are
not ushered into the glories of heavenly
existence Jesus final exit from the flesh,
in his ascension shows conclusively that
the only roadway to heaven lies In the
=, overcoming, through the application OF
Gods Law, of all material conditions OF
! existence, even to that of death which we
have been so enormously taught is q
stepping stone to heaven. If there are
two things which stand out above every.
thing else in the teachings and works OF
Jesus they are, first, that death is an
enemy which must be overcome through
the correct understanding and applca-
ton of Gods Law and, second, that
heaven is not a locality off somewhere in
the blue emprean but that heaven, Is,
rather, divine state of consciousness
which may and must be obtained mere
and now through mental regeneration. ?.
Jesus said, THE kingdom of heaven is
at hand" not afar off, did he not? And
you will recall that on one occasion he
was asked relative to the whereabouts OF
heaven and when 1t should come and ms
reply was The kingdom Of God cometh
not with observation, neither shall they
say, Lo herel or, Lo there. for, behold,
the kingdom of God is within you"
And then, long after Jesus time do we
find the record of the accomplishment OF
many wonderful works by his disciples
and by members of the early Christian
Church that exemplify and emphasize the
omnipotence Of the Law of God. Both
religious and profane history furnishes
us with ample evidence that the he2nng
work accomplished SO freely by Jesus
was carried on for many generations aft
| er his time
HOW TO CHRISTIANIZE
THE WORLD.
And. after all, my friends, Is 1t not
self evident that If the world is ever to
| De Christianized 1t must come about be-
cause OF intangible, unmistakable evidences
OF healing and regenerating such as
Jesus accomplished and which he said
we should be able to accomplish also be-
cause of our understanding of the Law Of
God which he came to establish with us
! We have for years and years been send
ing our good, noble, selfsacrifcing mis-
| sionaries into the countries Of the I'M
christian, or heather, with the hope that
we could bring them TO Christ through
preaching without practice, with the re-
suit that today but very small per
centage Of the earth's population can be
called Christian, and this, because we
have been unable to offer our heather
brethren the tangible and unmistakable
| signs OF Christly understanding which
Jesus said should follow them that be-
ll6Ne-tnem tlaL understand dou LAW
and the method of its application. w men
we have gone to one and told him of the
| beauties of Christianity, of the JOY, the
peace and the comfort that come with a
| demonstrable understanding Of God and
His Law and have proven through the
healing of the sick, the comforting OF
the sorrowiDg and the saving Of the sin
full, that what we have said Is true and
demonstrate here and now, we have
gone long way toward winning him to
Christ. He is bound to acknowledge our
Cod as God OF omnipotence and Love
because he has seen the unmistakable
proof And is not this, l ask, the only
| way we are ever going to save the world
for Christ and from its sin, its sick
ness, its poverty and It's misery? \
concrete and forceful example Of this
came to my attention some time ago.
/ was lecturing in a small city In the
Northwest and there met a man who
had formerly been of the Jewish faith.
Some years prior to this time this man
was conducting successful business In
| that city when he was suddenly stricken
! down with paralysis or some such affec-
ton. He was utterly incapacitated, was
! compelled TO give up active superS i~t'.'
/ of his business and was confined to his
home or a wheeled chair. This condition
continued until one day q banker in that
| city, a Christian Scientist, who had
! known this merhcant, went, with a friend,
also a Christian Scientist, to see him.
4
| helpless fellow, Now, my man, / have
known you some time and I have noted,
with sorrow, your present condition.
You can not look after your business,
you are under heavy expense, your bust
ness is running down and needs your
care and We have come 10 you simply as
friends come, TO ofrer you what we can
| TO help you out of your dilemma. We
are both Christian Scientists and we
know that II you will give Christian
NNwfa- O. l. - - "a
| OF this condition and you and your bust
/ ness can be saved" The merchant heard.
with respect, what they had to say and
| after they had finished he said. 81 thank
you, gentlemen, very much for your in
| terest In my condition / know nothing
whatever about Christian Science, have
never heard Of II that / am aware Of. but
II II has anything to do with Jesus
| Christ 1 don't want anything to do with
IT, closing with the statement. II know
too much about that fellow already" The
banker and his friend gave up trying to
assist him at that time and left. Time
| went on, the merchant grew worse, he
lost his business entirely. all his means
had been dissipated in his efforts to re-
gain his health. When things had got
ten TO a pitiful stage the banker and his
friend decided TO try It again They
went to him and told him that their
previous talk with him had not dis
couraged them and they were back to
ings Of Christian Science. This time the
mans attitude was different His expe-
| riences Of the past and the serious out
look for the future had wrought a
change and he told them that he was
ready to try anything that offered relief.
He said that his every cent had gone in
his quest for health, that he had tried
every remedy known to material medi-
cine, without avail and that there
seemed nothing left but 10 try Chris
| tian Science. A Christian Science prncti-
toner was secured and in time this man
| was completely restored to health He
is now the proprietor of a prosperous
business in that little city and he and
his wife are earnest workers in the little
Christian Science Church there Happy ?
You never saw two happier people In
your life. Now, what could have in
duced that man to turn from his pref
udice to learn Of Jesus the Christ but his
wonderful experience of healing2
MISSION OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
And that. my friends, is the mission
of Christian Science, to turn men to God.
to Jesus, to Christ, through those works
which Jesus enjOined on all mankind as
the only evidence we can ever give of
our Christianity--of true salvation. With
Isaiah we cry, "Ho, every one that thirst
eth; come we to the waters, and he that
hath no money; come We, buy and eat,
| come buy wine and milk without money
and without price"
And now the question Of how 10 bring
into action this ever present law of God,
how to apply 1t to our present needs,
how to heal the sick comfort the sor-
rowing and save the sinner, MS Jesus
did, naturally presents itself This, my
friends, is accomplished in Christian Sci
ence solely through the PRAYER Of under
standing. Christian Scientists have