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

IespOIlSe llktWiSe u lHe uuueTlylut
desires Of mankind for the attain
ment Of harmony aud good.
UNDERLYING DESIRE FOR GOOI
a fundamental desire for harmon,
ard rood exists in the consciousness.
of every person This desire may b,
broad and universal, or II may bt
narrow and limited. II there be NJ
drlinlle idea, however, OF what con
stitntes bood. or no definite idea o,
how harmony and good may he at
tanned, there win be Just as many
different methods pursued in the at
tuinnionl of these desirable and es
sental ulaliiies, as there are per
SONS engaged In such pursuit In the
majority OF instances the methods
pursued VIII be those suggested by
The physical senses, or by human
reason founded upon the testimony
of the physical senses. Since, how.
ever, neither the physical senses nor
huaan reason based upon these
SENSES can testify to enduring har.
mony, il naturally follows that they
carnct be the cause or channel
tnoueh which harmony is to be at
tanned. The fact remains, none the
less fact. that there exists in every
person a fundamental desire 10 gain
harmony and good
In the early years of our western
land, when there still remained what
was known as the prairie country,
travellers were ut times treated to
an unusual and interesting sight
Frequently one might see acres and
acres of fertile land from which
sprang luxufiant growth of golden
sunilowers. The traveller accustomed
to nding sermons in stones" might
have noticed that these sunflowers
stood always with their faces toward
the sun. In the morning their faces
were upraised to the rising sun;
then, turning slowly during the day,
evening found them with their faces
toward the west still facing the sun.
1t might have been that heavy, black
storm clouds hung over the face of
the SUM- yet the flowers always stood
with their faces turned in the diree-
tion of the light.
In after years when the henefi.
cent teachings Of Christian Science
began to unfold the eternal realities
OF being, these flowers were to me
IN Illustration of how mankind have
always stood with their faces turned
oward God, whether they have
known ii or not,-thus evincing an
underlying, fundamental desire for
harmony and goodness. Because of
lack of education or instruction in
pure Christianity, the human or NOR
tai mind has accepted its own mis-
conceptions of God, its own misinter-
pretations of man, and its own mis-
statements of Spirit or Substance as
real Out Of the abysmal depths Of
this unreality has arisen mist or
thick black cloud of false knowledge
Thus mankind have found them
selves the innocent victims of mis-
conceived existence, expressing Itself
in sin, sickness, sorrow, and death
1t is the mission and province Of
Christian Science to cleH< away and
to destroy these misconceptions con
eerning God. these misintelpreta-
tione relating to man, and these
misstatements about Substance, to-
gether with the sin, sickness, sor-
row, death. and destruction which
follow in the wake of this mis-
conceived existence. 1t is the further
happy mission and province Of Chris
4fa 'enea to restore to mankind
~ lrp re ion or image and like
IS Of { and the true under
standing Of the nature and character
Of Causation.
THE HERALD
In the marvellous revelation to
John on the ISLAND Of Pathos. re-
corded So clearly in the Apocalypse
the Christ Trlth Is represented as
saying: Behold, | stand at the door
and knock: if any man hear my
voice, and open the door, | will come
in 10 him, and will sup with him,
and. he with me- In view of the con
tinued attitude Of mankind with
their faces toward God, In view of
the continual reaching out toward
he light of the Christ-truth it is
not surprising that in the fulfill
ment of the purpose Of infinite Mind
the dawn of that day should break
which had appeared to prophets Of
old as a possibility Of the future. 1t
is not surprising nor strange, then.
that there should be found in the
Preface Of Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures p. viii,
which is the textbook Of Christian
Science, written by Mary Baker
Eddy, the voice of herald crying.
"The time for thinkers has come
Truth. independent of doctrines and
time-honored systems, knocks at the
portal of humanity. Contentment
VITA the past and the cold conven-
tionality of materialism are crlmb-
ling away. Ignorance of God is no
longer the stepping stone to faith
Tic only guarantee Of obedience is u
right apprehension of Him whom to
know Alright is life eternal" On page
46s of this same textbook the follow
ing definition Of God appears: God
is incorporeal, divine, supreme, intln-
ite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle. Life,
Truth Love- This definition Of
Coo is exact. scientific, Christian,
and is in accord with the definitions
Of God found throughout the Scrip
Etures.
SCIENTIFIC BASES
Since God, as the Scripture de-
clares, is Spirit. Life, Truth. Love,
an important inquiry presents itself: