Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-14

man and illuminating human conscious
ness with the healing and saving power
of God.
TRUTH HIDDEN
DURING DARK AGES.
There came a time in the history of the
world when the Christ, Truth, apparently
disappeared for a while, and that period
has been known as the Dark Ages. During
that time, nearly all that the people ex-
perienced were the visitations of evil, and
they suffered so much that they at
tributed their suffering to God Then
| they. began to perform rites and cere-
monies to appease the wrath of an angry
god. Thus they became devotees Of that
which is wholly unlike God. That kind
of worship was continued until young
priest of the church began to read the
| Bible. He then translated the Bible and
made it possible for people Of every rank
and station to read the Bible in their
own tongue. That was the great re.
former, Martin Luther. The study or
the Bible which Luther stimulated
brought an awakened sense toward the
true God, and numerous instances or
healing began to be manifested.
One very remarkable case of healing
was that performed by Luther himself
for his disciple, MelanchthOn. Luther evil
IDENTIFY had been on a journey, and during
his absence Melanchthon was taken Ill,
SO seriously in fact that he had lost
consciousness, his eyes were set, and the
Court physician had pronounced him
beyond human help. 1t was then that
Luther returned, and when he discovered
his dearest friend in that condition, ne
was visibly frightened. Then, rousing
himself, he exclaimed: 30 God. how mas
the devil injured this thy Instrument
Observe the effect Of Luther's Bible
study. The correctness of his study of
the Bible enabled him to know that ne
never could attribute sickness to- COO.
Rather did he appeal to the Giver of all
good to save his friend. To use his own
words, Il wearied His ears with all his
promises of hearing prayers, which l
could repeat out Of Holy writ; so thaC
He could not but hear me-, If ever were
to trust in His promises" Then grasp
ing Melanchthon by the hand, Luther
exclaimed, BE Of good courage, Phlllpp ;
thou shalt not die. He has
pleasure in life, not in death. :
Therefore, give no place to the spirit or
sorrow. and be not thine own murderer"
1t is interesting to know that such a
true sense Of God, when applied to his
friend. caused AIelanchthon's breath to
revive; but he acted very much like 81
drowning man who begs to be let alone
that he may die in peace; BY no means,
Philip" cried Luther; thou must serve
our Lord God yet longer" When food
was finally brought, Luther burst out
with his natural impetuosity. Thou
must eat, or / will excommun1eate Ihee.
II is an interesting fact that Melanch-
thon responded to the true sense of God,
was completely healed, and lived twenty
years longer.
GODS GRACE HEALS
BODY AND SAVES SOUL.
Calvin, Knox, Wesley and other chris
tan worthless manifested at times Won
derful healing power as their study Of
the Bible opened to their receptive
thought the true nature Of COD. Such
qualities Of God as spiritual recepuvlty,
humility, and teachableness communicate
the very nature Of God to individual hui
man consciousness. Children are nat
urally receptive to spiritual things, and
II has become 4 mark Of Christian duty 70
instruct them in the saving grace or COD
1t was that same Christian culture which
was presented to Mrs. Eddy from her
youth bv her mother and also by the
congregational Church, of which she was
long a member. Mrs. Eddy was taught
TO know from her youth that 1t Is the
nature and purpose Of God to heal the
sick as truly as il is to save the sinner.
When she was little girl, and was once
taken with a fever. her mother reminded
her that God would heal her of that
fever, if only she would turn to Hum In
prayer. So the little girl, Mary Baker,
did pray to God fervently and sincerely.
and she was quickly healed.
MANY experiences of healing, attesting
Mrs Eddy's faith in the power OF God to
heal attended her walk through lire, anu
all those experiences were preparing her,
step by step, for the great event which
came into her life IN the year 1865. On
her way to a temperance meeting, Mrs.
Eddy had slipped on the ice, been seri-
ousIy injured and found herself suddenly
face to face with death. When she finally
realized that nothing material could save
Der. she turned to ner Bible for consola-
ton and began to read striptural passages
that relate to the answering OF prayer.
She finally came to the record Of the heal
ing Of the palsled man; and as she read,
she must have elimpsed the same Truth
which healed that man in his day; for
action and strength returned TO her
limbs. the pain ceased, and she rose from
her bed and stood on her feet. well. Her
faith in the power Of God had wrought
this immediate transformation. and from
that moment Mrs. Eddy resolved that she
must looL through faith to the very un-
derstanding Of Gods healing power.
Mrs Eddy doubtless knew only too
well that all those Christian WORTHLESS
since the early Fathers, who had faith
enough in God to heal the sick. invari-
ably lost that faith. Even Martin Lu-
Their lost his faith. after the wonderful
healing OF Melanchthon, and went right
back to the material methods OF the
times. But that which one really I'M
derstands has become a part OF his own
identity, and he can always express that
which he really understands. Mrs. Eddy
resolved. therefore, to establish her faith
in understanding; and when she finally
gained that spiritual understanding she
became the Discoverer and Founder Of
Christian Science.
LIFE SKETCH OF
MRS. EDDY.
1t has been my privilege to know Mrs.
Eddy personally for about twenty five
years. The healing OF my mother marked