The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-22

cept of the Bible can do nothing To up
lift and heal mankind, but even a
glimpse of the spiritual meaning of "A
single passage. such rs the First Com
maudmcnt, can and does illuminc hui
man experience with celestial light and
begins at once To destroy the darkness
of sin and sickness. II IT were possible
to have every copy of the Bible wiped
out of existence. there would still even
tually hc rewritten the substance of its
message. for It is the outcome of OK
pCricucc, the optomc of the human
struggle 10 find aud follow Truth, it
ls the record of the demonstration Of
Love Christian Science destroys cant
and superstition and establishes tl~' di-
vino inspiration of Holy Writ through
absolute demonstration Of it's truth.
am shocked sometimes To realize
how careless we still are of this price.
less treasure. DO we. who know we
love the Bible. read it with even the
same attention and interest that we
would give TO "A modern history? Take,
for instance the book of Deuteronomy,
the orations and songs of Moses, his
farewell to his people Israel; sit down
quietly and read IT from cover To cover
at one sitting and then seek the op-
portunity to reread il before the first
fine impress of its wonder and vigor
is dulled Holding in thought con-
stantly, as you should now be doing
this fundamental right idea of good as
the only source or origin of life and
action. you cannot fail To be inspired
To the point of understanding the trea-
sures of spiritual counsel and comfort
which Moses shared with the children
of Israel then and which we, as child
rem of Israel (as the offspring Of SpirlD
share today,
Today. as in all the ages of history,
the cry of men is for life, for love, for
health for freedom from the bondage
to evil, for the coming of that day,
which st. John so wonderfully dcscrib-
es. when God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes: and there shall
be no more death, neither sorrow, nor
crying" (Rev. 21;i). II is the sweet
and simple demonstrable knowledge OF
God which brings to human conscious
ness the dawning light of this great
day. Since we have had revealed TO MS
some measure Of this knowledge. can
you wonder that we long to share with
the world the treasure that has brought
peace and joy into our own lives?
The fundamental truth of Christian
Science is the fact about causation'
that good Mind, Spirit, is the only ac-
tive. operative intelligence. or creative
energy. From this it follows logically
and inevitably that the universe, in
cluding man the product of this intel
ligence, is spiritual, once accept this
basic teaching and YOU are compelled To
admit its correlatiVe,-the mreality
the impotence. the falsity and entire
mortality OF evil and matter. The
creative power Of Mind, of good,-the
Fathcrhood and Motherhood of Gods
the primal fact Of existence: the rela'
tionship between the creator and HIS
creation. between parent and child, is
uncmnging and indissoluble
Now. do not misunderstand me. Vn
no way wish To minimize or ignore what
the world calls evil; | have no disposi-
ton to spread any mantle OF charity
over ignorance, inertia, discord. sick
ness. strife. or to cry, Peace. peace
when there Is no peace 1t is undouh-
tedly necessary today To understand
what is called evil 20 deal with il radi-
cally and unflinchngly, but earnestly
maintain that no material method has
ever been or ever Will be devised when
will so deal with the woes Of the world
Christian Science does heal sickness
and sin in all their myriad phases. ano
il does this by destroying the mistaken
| ideas which give rise to sin and SICK
ness. il heals by giving the individua
this right idea Of causation, this true
concept of God and man which, wher
established. in turn makes perfectly
clear the basclcssness and unrealty @
| the appearance of evil. To go back Il
our definition Of God: IL these sever
/ terms which Mrs. Eddy uses In deiin
! ing God are synonymous. then, ON th'
! other hand. the exact opposites of thes'
terms are synonymous. and in group
ing them together one finds himself IL
nossession of an accurate and compre
] ntnSlNp uellllllNU VI 'Nhs ~ WV -
customs himself 10 think along thes
lines he will soon perceive that sine
spirit. Truth. Love. God, mean exact
" the same thing and signify tina
substance Of things hoped for abou
which ST. Paul tells us; so matter fal
sity. hate devil mean exactly the sam
thing and their fundamental unrcaliu
is revealed. You cannot logically avoh
the conclusion that there is indeed N
truth outside of Love and no love saN
the mighty Truth, which IA the inn
mite Fa,hcr-Mothcr God. Nothinl
truthful can bc unloving or unloNeN
nothing loving can be lacking In Nei
acity. integrity, or spirituality.
The truth is tender and gentle tn'
of compassion and protection. bu
through it's very presence and eNistonc
falsity is inevitably uncovered and d,
stroycd. Love is the all-powcrful' AM
mating source of all the good We know
and 10y being. Love destroys hate
Is not possible 30 conceive, for mo
ment. OF Love as recognizing, knowing