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

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Nbcr tbr l,,vvcr from amopc tho
,.r,,,r ,,r pb.,ier.s and S,ddu.2c.
b,,l,ipo b,,. q, tho r,,t,rialistic and
niNoltrn SONS, ,r Iud,ism ,sl.,d los
ID. CI,tt oo.2s io) .NI,.t.r which is
thc pr,,t con,r,,pdn,cnt in thc l,vo'
our AInetcr rcrIicd .1'h,u shalt lovo
p,, Lord bv ,.,l ,,;,t an ia, hc,rt
and with an tbv soul and with all thy
mind This Is tbc first and Great rom.
mnplnout And tho sccond is like untn
h 'rboi shalt 1.-Two tbN ncirbbo,,, ns
thvsclr ON ihcsc tv-o commandments
b,nr All tb, law and tho rropbots ."
This is , nroround ana ontirclv mcta-
nbvsicnl teaching. , sottinr.rortb in con
,,so and dircrt fashion of thc fact nm
deriving all manifestation of life. "A
nroscpt,tior of tbc truth ahout God
and man tbc ,bsolutcl, necessary
Fundamental l,royl,dre unon which MS
Iosus saws so torsolv' hang all the law
and tho nronbcts
accent whole-boortodlv the dofini-
| tion of God which Mrs Eddy rives in
! Science ana Health IN. 465) in the
| chantor "ReconituIotion also nc
cont unrcso,vodlv hor statement ON the
eono nnpn th,t thcsn soven terms
which sho uses to define God. "Mind
| Sniru Soul prircinlc Iifo Truth.
Love" ore svnonymous. that is. that
/ thcy So literally ana absolutely mean
tho same thing that they are TO he
usod the ono In tbn nl,co or tbe other
In order to have any ndeuuate comprc-
bonsion NJ this Won mist remember
| tb,t Ntrs Eddy dops NOT use these
words in the ordinarily ncccpted. super.
rici,l SONG. hut thnt tbai,. basic mean.
.ing hos becn uscortnined and under.
etood and IL hero prcsonted As one
hepins to use these terms interchang-
obIv # GRADUALLY dawns upon his
tbouobt that on,b or tbom convovs TO
hin, IN snne dc,-reo tho meaning asso-
citod with the others. and vet that all
ore necessary to gain a broad and vital
knowledge of the creative power.--a
comnlctr understanding of the profound
significance of the word Cod" when
tho Individual accepts this definition of
God MS a basis of thought (and this is
tbo roaI kew to tho Scriptures which
| Mrs Eddy has fitted to the willing
hnnd). chen there follows logically ant
inevitably n correct idea of the uni
verse. including man. as the creation
| of 4;od-n universe and a man expires.
sine tbc mower and might. the beauty
and grandeur. of an infinite intclli-
rence which is good.
The great French lexicographer. La
rousse defines metaphysics as "llnowl
| edgo of first causes and of first prn-
| cinlrs (conuaissance des causes prcmi-
orcs ct des premiers principes). and IN
this sense Christian Science is exact,
| accurate, demonstrablo metaphysics.
/ Mrs. Eddy gave it's keynote when she
wrote. Spiritual causation is the one
question to be considered (Scionce and
Health. u. 170l. Christian Science IS
| the supreme answer To the uttered and
/ uputtcrcd questioning of all time, which
questioning plate voiced when he
cricd. 'What is TRUTH"
Mrs. Eddy gained her knowledge of
| Principle directly from the Bible, and
when. through reason and revelation
| corroboratod by exact and scientific
! demonstration or proof, she had estah-
! lishod her discovery Of the system
/ WnlCn Snc Callcd 'HIlStldu S'l'H''' '"'
/ wrote her great textbook. II may be
said Of her. rs Zacharias said of his
son John: "Thou shalt 20 before the
| face of the Lorde: for to make ready
| his weyes for to show science and
| hclthe to his people" (Luc. IL 1917
/ WycuCfe). | am quoting this from this
| Wycliffe translation, that first Eng.
| lsh version which, as one writer says,
/ we owe Ito a faith that the Bible is a
book Of emancipation for the mind
/ NIcAfeo-Thc Greatest English Clas-
sic. u. 12).
! Mrs. Eddy named her book through
] inspiration. II is an interesting fact
that she was not familiar with this
phrase Science and helthe' in the
quaint and exact English Of Wyclitie'
and did not become acquainted with II
until some six months after she had
made her choice of title. Comparing
this translation. "to show science and
helthe to his people" with the CORES
pouding expression in our King James
Version TO give knowledge of saliva
tiun unto his people" we become con-
scious Of the intimate relationship IN
meaning between health and saliva
ton"
Tho Bible is not one book hut many
hooks.-vcritahly collection Of the
mastorpicccs of "a mighty literature
the outpouung " the heart and soul
OF a great people who in spite OF their
wnndcrincs In tho maze of mortality
and material belief stn cung more
closely than any other people to the
idea of one God. one universal ever
proscnt and ever potent Mind. Moses
| th,ir rroat leader saw this 80 clearly
that he tahulatcd the law and fur
uishcd the foundation Tor all modern
law and ne caught beautiful though