East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-25


Of men. il wrought havoc and scatter
ed wreckage wherever its power or in
fluence was felt. The world is still |
staggering from its thunderous explo- !
sions. II counted upon its big loans, !
big profits. high wages, great bank ac-
counts-the setting in of an era OF IN
flation and artificial prosperity-for |
justification. All Of these were realized
to the satisfaction of human craving,
and with their realization came a Pc |
riod of luxury and extravagance such
us history had never before recorded;
but in conjunction with ii all came ex-
periences in popular disillusionment,
popular disappointment. and. worse
than all. in widespread moral degen-
eracy, from which no permanent re-
coyery is possible save that which
shall be brought about through spirit
ual regeneration.
The ailment from which the world
is suffering is mental and individual
All causation is mental. Society, ta-
ken either in its smaller or larger as
poets, is primarily individualistic.
That which deleteriously affects the
/. individual deleteriously affects the
mass; by healing the individual
great step is taken toward the healing
of the community and the ma
tion. Mary Baker Eddy, SOL
itary, but by no means lonely
figure in the worlds history, thought
all this out, and thought 1t out to a
logical conclusion, over half century
ago when as the herald of a new cru
sade she sounded the keynote of uni
versal freedom, asking fuller
Acknowledgement of the rights OF man
as a son of God, demanding that the
fetters OF sin, sickness and death be
stricken from the human mind and
that this freedom--a freedom immea-
surably greater than anything in the
, nature OF political lfberty-be won
through the abandonment of all bar
barous and savage methods, and by
resort to the spiritual healing of exist
ing wrongs. How much the world
how much mankind-would have
gained In the last fifty years had her
doctrines been adopted by rulers and
statesmen at the beginning of this
period and steadfastly adhered to, Is
beyond computation. The sorrow, the
n anguish. the bitter woe piled upon
human misery during the last eight
years could have been, and would
have been averted, If only her tribute
to the First Commandment had been
taken into the consciousness of men
and nations.
| LOOKING IN THE WRONG
| DIRECTION
| Outside of Christian Science, prac-
tically all are looking in wrong direc-
Ition for an acceptable and satisfying
arrangement of the differences that
are disturbing the world. It is gener-
ally hoped that by appealing to the in
dividual and collective selfishness of
men basis Of settlement may be
found, through territorial gifts,
through some aanelioration of indem-
mites, through, resumption of trade
relations, through preferential tariffs
or, when these, or any of them. fail OF
effect, through some kind Of pressure
The thought Of bringing about an un'
derstandlng on basis of good will, oi
unselfishness. of forgiveness and for
getfulness, of brotherliness, of the
Golden Rule. Of the Christly injunc.
ton that 'ye love one another" Is
submerged by the false and foolish be-
lief that behind every international
treaty all the ancient geographical
racial. tribal, political and religious
bigotries, prejudices and bitternesses
must be preserved to meet possible OF
impossible emergencies.
This is the bad old method of inter-
national intercourse from which ad.
vanced government has essayed from
time to time, and struggled honestly
and earnestly, to escape, by the adop.
ton of an open and frank diplomacy
The condition thus sought TO be
remedied. and which is still to be
remedied, has prevailed from the
earliest period. The Prophet Isaiah
was constrained by the materialists
about him to say: 1.-The way of peace
they know, not, and there Is no judg
ment In their goings; they have made
them crooked paths; whosoever goetl
therein shall not know peace. There
fore Is Judgment far from us; neither
doth justice overtake u.s. we wait fol
light. but behold obscurity, for bright
ness but We walk in darkness.
And Judgment is turned away back
ward, and justice standeth afar off
for truth Is fallen in the street, ant
equity cannot enter" d
Mary Baker Eddy, II the leaders o
the peoples of the earth would see it
as some day they must and shall, has
long since made clear the basis upor
which world harmony can be secured
namely, through the understanding OF
the one great and only God, whereby
the destruction of all false gods may
be brought about.
RECOGNIZED EFFICACY OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
That Christian Science heals sin
: sickness and disease and drives out al
manner of evil in individual cases IL
= a fact so often attested and so thor.
oughly established that it were 6
waste OF time at this late day to un.
ldertake to offer further proof. The
healing efficacy of Christian Science IL
now admitted by informed people
everywhere, Ministers of the ortho.
Gox churches and even medical doc.
: tors very generally acknowledge it, al.
though with certain reservations. They
have not all yet been brought around
to the point OF seeing that there car
be no reservations, limitations nor re.
strictions when We are dealing with
tho power and mercy and love of God
| They might as we'll ocknnvlcdcc tb.