The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-12-09
sculptor. Michael Angelo.
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The more the image Ere~s~
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We cannot lift our<elvss from toe cart
b. our own bootsfraps IT, raise anl
selves from the ground we nced 10 r.
bold u something higher than ~ ar
50 20 get free from evil and mortality -
must lay held u something higher,
higher sense II life and existence. an
that Sense is the spirhaal or God a.
pointed sense of being
FIRST. remember always that ever,
claim II evil must be rrlacsl to . mora
argument suggestion ~ the esrnsl. o
mortal mind. The haslt error i morta
mind writes Mrs Eddy IN page tC d,
sesence aad HealiA II ne ~lsh 10 h. %,
II tree that Is sendinz out poi-onou,
cdors we would not try 70 combat "a,
cdor- We would search orr the root anI
strike there. II We Wish % b. rid ~ cvi
We do not bother too much With Is par
tieniar arguments. Ne - to the root "a
i' ant strike there. n then We redue
The evil that sonfronts ~ To- a mental
argument with the tarnal miud = li-
eause. What next; H0a do W. ret ril
( 4 this erroneous cause How do we xci
rid ~ u shadow sAaaoa s bat ths
absence Il light 70 ret ria Il Il we iei
, In The light Then there Is na .hadow
/ Christiau S-lenee shows ihat eyil = not
the fact = exist2nee euiy shadow
thought. the Opposite 90 the fact - Ia
giaee n mistaken evil SENSE We tern to
God who 3 lieht. ~ intelligence. nul
realize that lie Is The onl, Mind. the AMI,
Truth. the eals I.if ahd the aris
Lore. thst there = ne other Mind. and
that ihe supposed evil mind i> nat-Alini.
substance. 20 reaiity aai cannot infu
enee, attest ~ control sod or his bar
moniar- creation, ineludug uan
Now. secondly. please note this. The
ouls Way ae destroy iie + by osasin~
- believe ia H. Likewise we destroy
evil IS We eeass 10 heliesf u g. We euis
cease to believe In it as we realize the
subStautmlity ~ good and the pres ur.
aud the roAer of Cod W. euls realize
the pfesenee and power of God as Ne
strive moment by mona % day by dlq
yes. Thought by thought g. ihink ihe
thoughts II God Ray. "a IiGhi disrsre
darkness. arops Il water pus out nre.
thoughts Il o;od. go,ri. uuiify evil
There is ne other way
. Christian Science shows evil to Dr.,
nothing hut "a negative state ~ thought
Il Is Ike ignorance W rsn ail -ee that
There is no such thing % reality as ignor
ance Ignorance is but negative state
~ thought. the abSsncs 90 something. ami
n disappears instantly when Intelligence
appears - every pha-e n evil is unt
phase Il spiritual Ignorance, an ab~enee
VI the understanding 81 good. the affirm
stlve. spiritual Truth of being. and q
disappears befon, the light u spiritual
intelligence as the darkness flecs before
the dawn
In Porto Rico when ihe mofn Is mn
the shadows n tile paim trees seem 50
black and substantial that stranger win
step over them. as he would over suue
real obje,i Yet they ere neses anything
but suhstaneeleSs shadows What tbc
stranger needs 20 40 i e. change bis
sense about them lie must learn shat
they arc bat shadows and wholly unable
10 hinder his proeres, So il i with the
shadows Of evil hslief They are not sub
staniial aud cannot hinder cor progress
when We learn Of their negative nature
APPLICATION OF CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
Let US now considert sose Sp- ifc ap
plication II Christian Sclence Supno~e
an upright business man ls cDufrontea
with a temptation 10 profit through a
dishonet transaciIon lie thinks to him
self. NO. | VIII no, 10 thai dish,mest set
FOR It IS not right. IL Is no, according 10
my standard ~ manhood" What has he
done hercf he has mentally repuiiatri
m evil suggestion that whispered % him
because his higher ~ensc & IFS knows
that it * wrong. is erroneous snd uu
worthy of q place iu his thought W lfe
Tie takes his stand mentall, Tor what Z,
right and true. Nou this IS Just exactly
What christian scientist does oniy ne
goes further anJ mentally repudiates ihe I
Il evil 20 matter what their I
nature may be- II the mental N ,hed Is 1
i>ahie 70 get rid u ,ae sinful suggestion \
q be dishonest 1t IS equally usable - !
,et rid of the evil suggestion t. BE- slek. /
or the latter has 10 more legitimate I
,iace in the life and Thought of man than /
he former Roth are the a1pres>ieu ~ I
he evil mind while man + made e. ex
,ress God. the divine mind
50 when evil whispers. I'm catching
old Ny feet ar wet and I'm sfrasd
sin soon have cold in my hcad tts
'hrisilan scientist says in substance
Cod good. Is my iife. the seurce. anl
uppart II NY being Siekues> is n"t ~
;od and has NJ relationship fo Him sr
. His expression man Mortal mind an1
Is evil manifestafious have ne real ~
>tence ami cannot for an instant deprive
nan u his God appointed eouliticn or
Iestiny Ny true seifhuod as determined
y Cod. Is harmoniors. hcsiihf aud fire.
therefore refuse 10 be dominated ~
by aus argument e coid ar
ickness whieh has ne authority fsoin
icd in and BY whom l live. and move.
nd have my being
or suppose the Christian SCIENTIST
wakens some morning with the thought
hat a pending business transaction Is
kelly to fall through and bis supply b.
diminished or Gu, of. what will be d.. |,
Ie will at once recognize this thought
IS an evil suggestion of mortal mind ani
viii turn his thought 60 God ss the
oBrce Of all life. the suppiier Of all gooJ.
lie will recognize that there j. 10 real
'owsr but the power ~ omnip"fent
lind. moving in the thought q every
reature and appointing all sction. de-
ision. and judgment according 10 the
yill of unerring wisdom which operates
for the coed and happiness