The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-14

connection. lie says that II the hu-
man heart. with It's faint beating,
were laid against Bunker Hin Monu-
ment. and should continue TO
beat. INCREASINGLY, for seventy
years. H. would crumble that
granite shaft into dust That,
in way, is what Christian
science is doing to the wall of in.
| difference and antagonism. Each
child being healed and crossing over
TO Christian Science. leaves an addi-
tional breach In the wall. Two mem
hers of a family, dozen In n COM
/ munity, a hundred In a district. a
/ thousands IN a city. hundreds OF
Thousands throughout the world.
represent breaches I'm the wall. OF
great magnitude. The wall is crum-
/ bling and every case OF genuine
/ healing through Christian Science.
ushers in the day OF better healing
and more OF IL.
The Prodlgul Son
And now TO proceed with the main
I thought, the suppoeitlons power OF
the past and It's destruction through
Christian Science. AS an example
we cite the case OF the Prodigal son.
/ The truth revealed i'm Christian
| Science follows the prodigal into
!
/ no condition where II Ia not pres
ent. 1t is the Good Shepherd seeking
the sheep that were lost. The prodi-
| gals disease is n belief of wasted
! opportunity: he has loft the home OF
| love, separated himself from family
and friends, sduandered his means
and wasted his years. when want
and hunger and home sickness at.
tack him he looXs back over n dis
NaIV a ag.r.. ~
| redemption In the present life. The
! religious teaching to which he has
been accustomed promises him for
| giveness In this life but not re.
| newed opportunity. lie sees the past
as irreparable. So general Is the
belief that opportunity rejected is
never succeeded by fresh opportun-
ity. that even the most loving friends
Of the prodigal keep fearing and
| thinking and saying: "He has lost
/ his opportunity" This grievous
burden OF discouraginR thought. 10
which the prodigal himself contrib
utes, fetters him as with iron chains.
The prodlgal's troubles have been
the result of n two-fold thought. lie
believed that following his own will
would bring satisfaction; and, that
expectation disa ppointed, he fell into
the slough OF despond. and expert
enced despair. Christian Science
shows both these conditions to be
false and because false unreal. and
subject to destruction. When self
will IL cast out and the Christ
thought enters. the prodigal son dis
appears and the child of God ap-
penrs.
Mary Baker Eddy, on page 497 Of
the textbook writes:
I'VE acknowledge Gods for
glveness OF sin In the destruc-
tlon Of sin and the spiritual un-
der.standing that casts out evil
| as unreal. But the belief In sin
Is punished so long as the belief
lasts"
There Ia no past that Is irrepa-
| rable, but let no one think that he
can lie supinely down in the far
country and without any hunger or
starving OF his own, be brought back
| to the land of renewed opportunity
and peace. He must himself arise.
The renewal OF opportunity. through
Christian Science, that !s salvation.
Is not something tacaed on to the
outside Of a man. 1t Is a well OF life
springing up from within.
The prodigal in tho far country
may begin to long for n return to
the Fathers house, and may hon
estly say: "I will arise and go unto
my Father: but he may find IL hard
to do SO without aid. Here the
Christian Science textbook. "Sclence
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures" Christian Science services,
Christian Science Reading Rooms,
and Christian Science practitioners.
are lovingly provided for his help.
Through these avenues. many men.
happy and blessed today, have come
up and out of n bitter past Into
their Fathers house.
The Straying Pilgrim
We would note n difference be-
tween the case OF the prodigal son
and that OF the one designated. the
straying pilgrim. The .prodigal son
made r. deliberate break, He openly
spoke OF his departure from the Pa
rental home. There was no mystery
about his actions. His motives we're
unconcealed. This much may he
said of the prodigal son of every
age: It does not excuse him. but 1t
puts him In his right position, name,
ly. he Ia not n deceiver. On the
other hand the straylng pilgrim does
not openly repudiate: he betrays.
The faithless one OF the apostolic
Twelve never openly renounced his
discipleship. Outwardly he remained
a member of that group and claimed
the privileges incident TO Il. But In
reality he strayed afar off. Yet he
who betrayed Jesus, need not have
committed suicide. Tho rep
arabic past belonged to him.
on this plane of existence.
that is, in this so-called
life. He might have kneit at the foot
of the cross, a redeemed man, with
peace In his heart. But mixed with
his repentance there seems 10 nave
been a bitter, remorseful sense OF
disappointed self-interest. shutting
out that real humility which must
always precede renewal OF oppor-
tunity. The example OF the be-
trayer of Jesus is a forever warning
10 all OF us. He was called and
trusted by the best man that ever
lived. He was associated with the
Master and knew what was required
Of those who dwelt with the Master.
But self-will and eelf-interest were
entertained and gratified. leading di-
rectly to the betrayal. The Chris
tian centuries afford many similar
cases. Regretful as one may he 70
recognize the fact. yet the great
Movement OF Christian Science al
fords some striking examples.
Mary Paker Eddy. through years
Of patient activity. learned snch a
measure Of obedience TO God, good.
that she became the Discoverer ana
FOUNDER of Christian Science. The
most rigid scrutiny OF her earthly
life reveals her as an eNceptlonal
woman. No mystery enshrouds her
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