Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-30

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 action of spiritual thought
force, or the power of the Word,
with which God endowed man, and
with which the Master Metaphysi-
clan 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
healing7 Instead, they declared
1--WE viii not have this man to reign
over US" tEuke XIX. IA It is
| strange. that $50 good a man as
Christ Jesus should have been. so
misunderstood. Humanity, I'M this
enlightened age, recounts the. story
iof his life and efucifxion, and won
| defs at The resistance and cruelty of
that generation. The clergy re-
hearse to listening ears this woefu1
lack of spiritual -discernment, and
believe that if they had been there
land had seen his demonstrations
over the claim of sin, sickness and
death, they would have appreciated
his good works and would have fol-
lowed 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 SEEM
ling dead-and what was the "Word,"
for he healed with the Word. "In
the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with. God, and the
IWord was God" Uohn l., ~ We
read that many were brought to
Christ Jesus, and he cast out, devils,
tevil thoughts, and healed them all
with the Word. To his disciples he
said, "He that believeth on me, the
works that I do shall he. do also /;
land greater works than these shall
he do; because l go unto my
Father" Uohn xiv, 12.) Let US
learn if the Word with which Christ
and his early disciples healed the
sick, still exists, and if he has any
disciples in this generation, who
understand and practice the Christ
mind-healing. Christ Jesus declared,
Il and my Father are one.gshats.my
Father is greater than /. Uohn
TX, 30; xiv, 2S) He voiced God, or
was the Word, the idea, to reflect
and execute the law Of eterDal Life
and Love, the great First cause, the
Principle of being, the onfyS God.
! Science and Health with Key to
1.-THE Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy,
the Discoverer and Founder of
Christian Science. teaches that God
lis Supreme Being, Principle, the
only Life, substance and intelligence
| Of man and the universe. Has Christ
any disciples in this hour who obey
his command to go into all the
world, preach the gospel, heal the
sick, and raise the dead faith to a
living understanding?
More than nineteen centuries ago,
at his first appearing, the Master
said, sOther sheep have. which are
not Of this fold" Uohn x, 10 and
Inc asked, when the Son of man
tcometh (again), shall he find faith
on the earth?" luke xviii, 81
Through the long centuries his
words have~echoed. and today 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 mans reflection of eternal
Life and Love, the source and
supply of his being.
Let US consider the reception the
disciples Of Christ meet in this cen.
itury. Let US learn if the gospel
i, which today 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 it 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 Lore
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 unite
it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor a.
: thyselr? (Matthew XIII, $500 d.
s they teach the allness of God, whs
s is eternal Life. Love and Truth
d who is infinite, and that therefor.
I There can be no reality in any phe
). nomena which are not the expres