The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-05-02

worship, and to which | pray? This
man has not received anything that
will unfold to him the nature OF
character OF true Causation or God
He Is still q worshiper of idols.
r GOD. GOOD
Now. suppose, rs indicating the
nature or character of God, you
were 10 say to this worshiper of
idols. NV friend. do You remember
the day yon We're roaming among
! the hills and found a stricken deer2
You we're about to end its existence
merely 20 crafty m imnulse to de-
stroy, when something in the circunl-
stance caused you to withhold your
hand, and instead You bound UP its
wounds in such manner that Il was
able to go away into the hills. You
proceed TO tell him that that which
caused him to withhold his hand and
to bind up the wounds of the deer
was mercy, tenderness, compassion
These, you explain to him, are quail
ties of LoveAAnd You tell him That
God Is Love, and that Love Is God.
Again. you recall to his memory
the day he lay i'll in the Jungle when
he was found by his enemy who, in
stead of destroying tnin, carried him
into his own hut and nursed him UNI
I'll he was we'll; and then, instead
Of holding him in slavery. gave him
his freedom. You explain to him
that that which withheld his enemy's
hand and later NDkhini his freedom
was mercy compassion. liberty,
equality, fraternity. These. you make
clear to linn, are qualities of Love
And YOU tell him that God is Love,
and that Love Is God. t
You further cite to him an in
stance where two men owning Joint
ly n piece Of ground much desired
by both were about to engage IN
warfare in order that one might
possess, when one said to the other.
Why should we fight and kill? Your
family has need of you. Let us see
II we cannot find some right way
out that will be satisfactory to ne
both pondering thus. they turned
aside from thoughts of killing. You
Show him that that which prevented
warfare between the two men was
compassion, humanity, equity, jus
tice. These, You explain to him
again, are qualities Of Love, and
qualities of intelligence or Mind
And you again tell him that God is
Love, and that God is Mind.
The worshiper of idols. Worship
er of idols no longer, his face
'aflame with divine Love- Science
and Health, D. 36D may say to you,
My brother. this your God is won
derful beautiful God. now have
no need Of craven stone image or
of q mental image Of God I see now
that God is with the wounded deer
on the mountainside, with the sick
nan in the Jungle with the men who
were about to destroy, with the ma
riner at sen outriding the storm r
see the He T. here now. as in fra
ternal terest and pure desire W.
consider together His nature. name.
or character | now see that God IS
always present wherever the
qualities of health, unselfishness
compassion, aoaesty and peace are
reflected to marEnd The man who
worshiped idols has now an inte'li
gent idea of the presence and power
OF God, good. He has an intelligent
of Causation or God
He has ceased to worship idols
ORTHODOXY
The objection Is sometimes made
that Christian Science Is not orfbo.
doS This brings up the question
OF what Is and what is not ortbode-
TIhnan opinions combine in a state
Atant Of beliefs and then declare that
those who differ from beliefs iaus
stated are unorfhodoX The amount OF
this is II y0u believe as we do then
You are orthodoI If you DO not BE-
liove rs we do then you are decided
lY unorthodox and not believe
in he divinity Of Christi Mrs. Eddy
has written in this connection on
page 25 Of Science and Health with
Kew to the Scriptures" "The divinity
OF Christ was made manifest in The
humanity Of Jesus
Regarding orthodoxy may it not be
said. That alone is orthodox which
proceeding from Principle or Truth,
reflects the nature and character Of
the one Mind or God, in harmony
health, righteousness and peace,
Jesus established the basis of ortho.
doxy in the most simple and unms-
taxable language when he said,
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall
know them"
On page 497 of the Christian
Science textbook will be found the
religious tenets Of Christian Science.
II any person honestly believes that
Christian Scientists deny the divin-
ity, goodness, purity, and reality of
Christ Jesus, let him read these
tenets. Let this person also read the
chapter "Atonement and Eucharist
in the same textbook. Let not this
reading be done from preconceived
theological point of vier--, 5ut honest
ly. as one would have an important
fundamental statement OF his own
read by others AS result sucn a.
person will find that he has, per
haps unwittingly, been led into the
.rror of hasty and unrighteous judg-
ment
Evil SUGGESTIONS DESTROYED
The human mind. 'aninstructed by
divine Science, is controlled by its
own suggestive fears or sin, disease,
and death. Thus controlled, this