The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-04

examine the teachings of Christian Sci
cnce, we find that il has much IN com
mon with the best religious thought
outside OF the Christian Science move
ment. Mrs. Eddy was for many years
a member Of the Congregational
Church, AMI while member OF that
church, and while under the instruction
of some OF the noted diyines Of that
church, she tegan that profound study
Of the Bible, and that tireless search
for a spiritual cause OF all things
which c, minated iii the revelation and
discovery 81 Christian Science. There
il, therefore, no gulf fixed between
Christian Science and what is known
as orthodox Christianity. Christian
Science IL the revelation and discovery
Of the allness of Spirit and the appli-
cation Of that fact to human affairs
resulting in the annulment Of human
beliefs in sin, disease and death. IT
teaches spiritual concept OF God
which orthodox Christianity has not
attained When we examine the doc
trines and creeds of different denomi-
nations, we find much that is conflict
| ing--but we also find that practically
ali Christian denominations agree on
certain great fundamental concepts re-
garding the Supreme Being.
People agree that God is Spirit and
that Spirit is omnipotent, omniscient
and omnipresent. They agree on these
three great fundamentals because they
are taught in the Bible, and because
on no other basis can we conceive of a
Supreme Being. We cannot divide
Gods power and still have Him sn-
preme, and If His power Is divided, to
whom win we assign the power taken
away from Goda If we assign it to
another agency called evil, we divide
the universe; the one God, the great
AN would no longer be supreme, and
there would be two powers arrayed
against each other. the powers of good
and evil with the result--a universe
Of conflicting forces, Of chaos and dis
order. Christian Science accepts and
teaches these three great verities OF
Spirit, omnipotenct omnipresence, ON
niscience. not theoretically nor alb
stractlv. but as living realities, and it
teaches that in the understanding Of
these fundamentals lies the solution OF
all human problems. Thus If a Chris
tian Scientist faces sickness, he relies
on the omnipotenca of God TO heal it;
If he faces condition where ignorance
prevails. he turns to God and relies
on the conference.-the infinite all
knowledge Of God---to supply him the
wisdom and light to meet the situa-
ton II evil seems to hold sway, be
knows that God Il omnipresent, uni
versal good, and that the divine pres
encc Il at hand to destroy evil.
On the other hand, the adherents Of
current religious teachings do not as
rule rely wholly upon the all power,all-
presence and Acknowledge Of God. If
sick. they viii usually rely upon drugs
or other material means and turn 10
God only As las. resort when hope
Of relief from other sources has utter
lv vanished. And SC likewise, the ma
terially minded are prone to rely on
human means for help when disaster
appears instead Of turning unreserved-
~ to God. They rely on Others, trust
to human VIII and human ingenuity
to aid them, although experience has
proved time and again that these ma
terial agencies afford no sure and gen
uine relief.
Reliance on God Taught in the Bible.
The teachings OF the Bible are per-
fectly clear on this point. Over and
once again the Scriptures call men TO
rely wholly on God for every need.
~Put not your trust in princes;
aWoe to them that 90 down to Egypt
for help;" "seek We first the kingdom
OF God and His righteousness" are
some of the admonitiohs Of the Bible.
The great difficulty mortals have ex-
perienced in the past is that they have
not seen clearly the difference between
relying on Spirit and on human agen-
cies. The adherents Of scholastic the
ology and the materially minded have
failed to grasp the real meaning of
the First Commandment, Thou shalt
have no other gods before me-" They
have not made clear distinction be-
tween matter and Spirit. Christian
Science draws a clear and unmistak-
able line OF demarcation between the
eternal things of Spirit and the false
evidences OF the physical senses, God
is Spirit as Jesus declared, and man
and the universe are mental and spirit
ual. But the five corporeal senses do
not see spiritual things; to them, Spir-
it and spiritual things do not exist;
they cognize the opposite Of spirit
uality. the false belief Of a matter
world and a matter creation. Seeing
only material things, the objectifica-
ton Of his own corporeal senses, the
materially minded man relies on these
instead Of turning his gaze Spiritward
and depending wholly on God. A man
has made great discovery when he
learns to rely on spiritual sense in
stead Of physical. Through spiritual
sense, man learns that he IS immortal
and perfect. Spiritual sense gives man
correct view of the universe and OF
God. The physical senses give him a
distorted view Of al things. They tell
him that man is mortal, physical, sub
ieet to sin, disease and death. This
view i temporary and must yield TO
the eternal fact that God, man and
the real universe are imperishable.
Christian Science Primitive Chris
tianity.
BY teaching reliance on the omnip-
otent power and goodness Of God,