East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-30


4 49, thai calls forth this special regard?
Il N Il s2S6.sAA7 Primarily no. Ger phy-
sicaity is reS=sAWA s-d one whose booy
might be imperfect. Ha.%: physical
dard. is often loved more than an
Ad0nis. II II is physcality which con :
Y stitutes man. II were wise to select the
physically tlarf0rt Lpon whom TO DestoW
affection. but too atten such perfection
cloaks an unovabie peYSc9ality while
the invalid OF physically deficieAs may
have noble character. No. plainly, one
loves something above and beyond the
physical, and that object Of love can pc
only the thought. the idea Of Mind. In
this idea one finds hearts desire, fit
ness. goodness. all lOvabie qualities
qualities enduring, dependable, ever
present. Man is surely idea, and IT ~
this Idea, not the mortal body, when ID
the individuality and Identity OF man
UNITY DEMoNsTRAeLE.
When man begins to learn the pro-
found Significance Of the divine unity,
he begins to throw Off the limitations
OF ignorance. Man being indissolubly
linked by Science TO His Maker and pos
sessing forever the qualities OF the IN
finite Principle. the learner sees that
his achievement Is limited in no proper
direction OF thought that indeed all that
the Father has is his. In the degree OF
bis spiritual apprehension OF the great
fact Of the oneness OF God and man. he
"''S AON II was poaSlblt IOi DVSNS
prove that unity. or at-one-ment, ana
NO to make the atOnement. So. also,
In the degree Of his spirituality, he hlm-
self begins to prove for himself this at
1 one-rnent. thus working out his own sal
walton in obedience TO the Scriptural
command. secure in the assurance. For
Il II is God that worketh in you" II IS
evident that the desire to sin or the abil-
realization OF mans divine unity with
good. for sin is a departure from good.
and could be present. even in belief, IN
the supposed absence. only. OF God But
Gods omnipresence is evils never pres
ence. Thue the learner catches glimpse
Of the infinite possibilities OF man az
one with God and he strives henceforth
to be like Him. to have the divine ike
ness. Gods everpresence is the ever
presence Of Good, and where God is
there is man also.
And SO because God is all Being. and
has within Himself the qualities OF Be
ing. we Christian Scientists are striving
TO be like Him. Because God Is Spirit,
we are working TO become spiritual in
thought and deed. Because God Is
Truth. we must be truthful. Because
God is Love. We should be loving. low
able. lovely. Because God is Principle,
We are endeavorinR to 7e rfincipled in
all our ways Christian Scientists are
no longer satisfied with former stan
dards OF honesty. We are learning that
a man may be sincere and earnest and
4 yet have little apprehension OF Prin-
ciple. The future OF mankind under the
government OF Principle is foreshown in
the progress OF Christian Scientists to-
day. Let me illustrate how the leaven
OF Principle is working in human lives
Two Christian Scientists boarded a train
I at the dinner hour and passed at once
Il ffofnJ the Pullman to the diner Their
destination reached. they discovered that
tlieir tickets had not been taken up.
Now IN the old way OF thinking these
I their
tickets. saved them for future use. or
perhaps sold them. but they had. come
to know God as Principle and man as
the expression Of Principle, and so they
couldn't rest until they had acted to
their highest sense OF Principle. They
decided TO send the tickets in to the
general offices Of the railroad. with a
letter OF explanation, Some weeks later.
a letter came from the general manager
Of the road. thanking them for assistance
in correcting a defective method of hand
! ling tickets on that train.
; CHRIST JESUS THE WAY.
Is It sacriligeous TO claim ones unity
! with God? Paul tells us that Christ
. Jesus, whom ell Christians accept as the
exemplar "being in the likeness Of God.
thought IL not robbery TO be equal with
God phil l:6) Jesus made the atone
ment. he proved his unity with God,
and so become worthy TO hear the title
Christ. "The divine manifestation Of
God" IS. 4 IL. p. 5s3-i0.j His vicarious
sacrifice was complete self-denial. utter
remuneration of material self-hood. or
life In matter, with Its false pleasures
and pain its sin, disease, discord. and
death The way OF the cross was the
way out OF matter. ont OF personal sense.
And on that day OF DAYS when Jesus had
taken every human footstep along the
way and stood triumphant over matter,
the world the flesh and all evil. his was
the leavened lump wherein no grain of
materially remained, wherein the con-
sciousness of spiritual selfhood was con-
plete And so the real Jesus assembled TO
the Father. found his true being in
Spirit. Thus he worked out full saliva
tion from sin. disease, and death, and
thus Christ Jesus became The Way for
4 all mankind.
/ and considering his command "If any
/ man will come after me- let him deny
1 himself the Christian Scientist obe-
/ diently enters an utter denial OF ply
| steal selflood and endeavors to be the
| man God made in the image and like
/ ness of Spirit, not Of matter. He strives
/ to follow the injunction Of his inspired
! Leader: "Thou shalt recognize thyself as
Gods spiritual child only" tMis. p. IS,
/ line 14D
The working out OF the false human
| sense Of life in matter is problem fully
| demonstrated by Jesus, and for which
| he has laid down for It's theorem gem
! uine as any geometrical proposition. This
theprem John stated: Beloved, now are
| we the sons OF God" a declaration which
| he qualified only so far as to acknowl-
! edge that to human sense 1t doth not
| yet appear. Christ Jesus achievement
! was final. The truth Of the theorem
I stands revealed in his example, Truth
i needs only TO be practiced. When the
geometl iCian arrives at the proof OF, his
tl;aoiem by taking up and establishing
each step OF the right process, hs writes
( upon his finished work the letters %.
f.. p" that which was. TO be demon
Strateds II We are TO follow the example
+ ST tina N-aFSh0wer and write our trium-
phant Q. +. b. on life's problems, we
must adhere to the Principle and abide
nv the rules of Divine Science No mys-
terry attaches to the passage from sense
to Soul $. & H.. p Ss,'l Aspiring
. that path throughout the centuries,
"Step by step, since time began, We see
I the steady gain Of man" Right think
ing hegets right acting. and so step by
sten.' we Shall win our way to right con-
ciusions We are persuaded that ulti-
matefy we shall-"lay aside every weight
Z and the sin that doth so easily beset us
and prove the liberty of the sons of God.
( WheiI- Principle shall have wrought its
, reyfect work in human consciousness,
The idea Of God Will he manifest and the
pen creature will stand revealed, man in
Gods imase and likeness, bearing His
nome possessed Of His qualities, and
unlimited in any direction Of good. And
il sOall come to pass that in the place
, where It was said unto them, We are
not. MY people there il shall he said
unto them, Ye are the sons OF the liv-
ing Cod (Hos. HOO
SIGNS OF THE TINES.
Do YOU doubt that Christian Science
is the leaven at work in the human
concept OF theology? Recently | read in
the official organ of an orthodox de-
nomina tion an editorial entitled: THE
cod We Worship" The theme was eN-
messed iR these words; The last so
mtion is that evil IS all am Illusion. that
il only exists because we think it does.