The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

hIessings of Gods law which Jesus
ar clearly exempli6ed We do not
have to compel the operation of
Gods law. we simply have to let il
do its work, or rather. let the work
this law has already accomplished
for man. be manifested to us. The
nurpose of true prayer is one OF
elimination rather than one of COM
nulsiou or persuasion-the elimina-
ION. through capitalization of
consciousness, of that which Paul
characterized as the carnal mind.
the mortal mind, thus allowing that
mind to be manifested in us which
was also in Christ Jesus"
We have been sadly blinded to
the teachings of Jesus and to the
wonderful possibilities of demon
strable understanding of His teach
ings by the educational systems
based upon materiality, by the be-
Jogging inconsistencies of creedal
and formal religions, by supersti-
lions. material beliefs, fears, hatred,
malice, envy, jealousy and revenge.
Much, even, that We have consid-
cred beautiful and at times helpful,
has been a hindrance to us in gain
ing that clarified vision necessary
to our spiritual advancement.
Prayer Replaces Hatred:
AS we begin to work in Christian
Science and begin to understand
, what true prayer is. and how to
pray as Jesus did, we begin, little
by little, to replace. in our think
ing fear. envy, jealousy, hatred, re-
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all disease, with confidence and
| meekness and trust and love and
charity and forgiveness and sweet
ness; we begin to replace our con-
| cepi of Gods creation to be crassly
material with the understanding
| that the universe and man are pure
and spiritual; we begin to break
the letters of creed and dogma and
| ritual and emerge into the free
dom of the Christ. And as we
progress in prayer and understa nd
| ing, Gods law begins to manifest
/ itself to US and through US, in pro-
portion to our publication of con-
seriousness, in better health, better
morals, better living. better bust
ness and more love for God and all
mankind-in more harmonious
condition generally.
We begin then to understand a
| little of what Jesus meant when
He said, IF We have faith as a
grain of mustard seed. you shall
say unto this mountain, Remove
hence to yonder place and it shall
remove; and nothing shall be i'm
possible unto you"
{ 1t is through prayer that we gain
/ our atonement, our at-one-ment
with God, with divine Love, with
/ Life and with Truth. thereby we
can go with confidence TO the bed
/ side of the sick and bid them arise
and walk" to the charnel house
! of the sinner and command the
evil spirit to come out of him.
and to the tomb of the dead and
! bid those asleep in materially to
! come forth"
| Jesus taught and demonstrated
/ conclusiyely this Law of God, but
none of the writers in the New Tes-
lament has left US practical, usa-
( bic rule for its application. just
as the demonstration of this Law
! has appeared throughout human
history from time to time, when
the spirituality OF the age permit
ted, so the discovery of the rule o;
! its practical application was to
! have come at the proper time and
/ in the proper way.
Disc0yeFer of Science.
I This great light was revealed to
/ Mary Baker Eddy, the discovereT
and founder of Christian Science
in the year 1866. Her discovery
was made at the proper time.
Christian Science is not an in
vention nor is it what some have
been pleased TO call it-"one of the
new religions" 1t is the Law OF
! God