The New York herald., 1921-01-16

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he denounced. but the people sought
TO kill him, because his methods and
teachings were contrary to theirs.
He utilized spiritual thought-for or
mental therapeutics. They employed
material methods. drugs and hygiene.
They declared that he stirred up
seditions; that he blasphemed by
calling God his Father, and by heal
ing on the Sabbath day.
Why did they condemn Jesus for
calling upon God. whom they taught
was "a very present help In trouble"
but which assertion they could not
prove? When some acknowledged the
mighty works which Jesus the Christ
performed, and the world saw the ac-
ton of spiritual thought-force, or the
power of the Word. with which God
endowed man. and with which the
master Metaphysician performed the
healing, or the destruction of sickness
and sin, why did not the doctors of
divinity and the medical practitioners
unite In efforts to establish the Christ
mind healing? Instead, they de-
| clared: 1--WE will not have this man to
reign over u.s." (Luke XIX, 14.) 1t
is strange that so good man as
Christ Jesus should have been so mis-
understood. Humanity, in this en-
! lightened age, recounts the story of his
life and crucifixion, and wonders at
thesreslstance and cruelty Of that gen
GRAFTON. The clergy rehearse to listen
ing ears this woeful lack of spiritual
discernment, and believe that If they
had been there and had seen his
demonstrations over the claim of sin,
sickness, and death, they would have
appreciated his good works and would
have followed him.
Let us learn what this man. whose
words and works have rung down the
ages. was endeavoring to teach. the
world,-what power he welded to
heal the sick and raise the seeming
dead,-and what was the "Word," for
he healed with the Word. I'm the
| beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word
was God" (John l., ~ We read
that many We're brought to Christ
| Jesus, and he cast out devils, evil
| thoughts, and healed them all with
| the Word. To his disciples he said
! "He that believeth on me, the works
, that do shall he do also: and greater
| works than these shall he do; because
| go unto my Father" John xiv,
12.) Let us learn If the Word with
which Christ and his early disciples
| healed the sick. still exists, and # he
has any disciples In this generation,
who understand and practice the
| Christ-mind healing. Christ Jesus de-
clared, II and my Father are one" but
my Father is greater than l." John
X. 80; xiv. 2S.) He voiced God, or
was the Word, the idea, to reflect and
execute the law Of eternal Life and
Love, the great First cause, the Prin-
ciple of being, the only God.
Science and Health toith Key to
The Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy,
the Discoverer and Founder Of Chris
tian Science, teaches that God is SUI
preme Being, Principle, the only Life.
substance and intelligence Of man and
the universe. Has Christ any dis
ciples In this hour who obey his COM
mand to go into all the world, preach
the gospel, heal the sick, and raise
the dead faith to living understand
ing?
| More than nineteen centuries ago,
at his first appearing, the Master
said, "Other sheep I have, which are
not of this fold" (John x. 16) and
he asked. "When the Son OF man
cometh, tagain] shall he find faith on
the earthf" luke xviii, 81 Through
the long centuries his words have
echoed, and to-day there are disciples
who are following the great Shepherd.
and through the teachings of Christian
Science, are demonstrating. according
to their understanding. the power of
the Word,-man's reflection Of eter-
nal Life and Love, the source and
supply of his being.
Let us consider the reception the
disciples of Christ meet in this CEN
tury. Let us learn II the gospel,
which to-day Is preached from the
pulpits of the many denominations,
Is followed by the demonstration of
Spirit and of power, In the destruc-
ton OF sin and sickness, as 1t was In
the days Of Christ Jesus and the
early disciples. Do scholastic theo-
logians proclaim. with faith and
understanding, this command of the
Master, Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This Is the first and great command
ment And the second is like unto II,
Thou shalt love thy nelghbor as thy
SELF? Matthew xii, 37-39) Do
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