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


ing, the gathering of greater harvests
than she had been privileged TO see.
Doubtless. there are in this audience
some who would like to know how
even slight understanding of Christ
ian Science might be obtained. They
need not be ashamed TO confess their
ignorance; rather should they be
proud 10 entertain and to express a
desire for the possession, even in "a
small degree. of that which cannot be
gotten for all the riches contained
in all the earth.
Whence. then, eometh wisdom. and
where is the place of understanding -
asks Job. And he replies: God un-
derstandeth the way thereof, and he
knoweth the place thereof, for he
looketh to the ends of the earth, and
secth under the whole heaven.
And unto man he said, Behold, the
fear of the Lord. that is wisdom, and
to depart from evil. that is under-N
thing" said Solomon in his Proverbs.
therefore, get wisdom, and with all
thy getting get understanding,
arewklw ptbesH life
THE BEGINNER, IN SCIENCE
To obtain an understanding in
Christian Science, is to obtain an un-
derstanding of God and His relation
to Man. If seekers are in earnest, 1
can promise that they will quickly
find ready, kindly, patient and COM
petent helpers. not only at the begin
; ming of the journey. but all along the
road. They come in the right atti-
tude if they come as little children,
with receptive minds, prepared to lis
ten to the Truth. Only by putting
away self-self- satisfaction, self-con-
tentment self ightcousness-all self
made, man-made, world-made opin-
ions-and by consecrating themselves
to the task of acquiring it, at any cost
and at any sacrifice, can an under
standing which will enable them to
make progress in divine Science be
| attained when we wait patiently on
God and seek Truth righteously, He
directs our path" says the discoverer
(Science and Health, p. 254;1Oo
Imperfect mortals grasp the ulti-
mate of spiritual perfection slowly,
but to begin Alright and to continue
the strife of demonstrating the great
problem of being is doing much" To
begin Alright, is to provide oneself with
copy of the Bible and of the Chris
tian Science textbook, and to zealously
and reigiously study their contents
, All of Christian Science is contained
in these two volumes.
To study the Bible and Science an(
Health intelligently and profitably de
mands constant recourse to prayer
that the eyes and the heart may' b.
, opened to understanding. "The pray
: or that reforms the sinner and heal
: the SICK" says Mrs. Eddy, "is an alb
$ solute faith that all things are possibl
/, to Coda spiritual understanding o
$ Him, an unsettled love- 1t is fact
: strange as it may appear to those O
s other religious denominations tina
\ through Christian Science hundreds 0
n thousands of Christian people hav
s been instructed for the first time ho'
@ to pray.
: Great multitudes have come int
r Christian Science seeking health, seek
a ing q larger share in the refinement
!. and comforts of life. seeking domesti
IS tranquility, business ease; great mu
IL titudes will continue to come int
Christian Science in the hope Of OF
: tanning the peace they have sougf
e elsewhere in vain, and they shall M
| hn dicun int nd D,,t hn c
r jority advance in Christian Scient
d because they have, in progressing ste
e sAy step, made every other considers
q tion secondary to that of rising
# spiritual understanding and workir
out their own salvation. In no otht
= way than by accepting Christ's man
>, invitations to come unto him, to brir
l. our troubles to him, to ask Of hin
# believing, anything we may need-nt
= sbmething we simply want-may d
il vine assistance be obtained along Il
% rugged way to salvation. To obtai
h either healing or salvation, we mu
If be ready to abandon self. Self is II
Il great hindrance. Self blocks the wa
l. Self submerges us in Our own shat
d ow. We must get rid of self by rea
,e izing the Allness of God, by thrown
,e up our hands and declaring with a
"a the earnestness and honesty we ca
- command, "Thy will, o Lord, n,
"a mine, be done" When this point
reached, and we are trusting divir
|: Love, not partly, but wholly; not col
# ditionally. but absolutely, the poll
10 of healing is also reached, and salv;
l. tion to crown the healing is close
II hand.
l. AN UNWARRANTED INSINUATIo
,r There are certain fundamentals
,g the discovery and philosophy of Maj
is Baker Eddy which when recognize
te and understood by the impartial stut
ID ent forever brush aside the utter
"a unwarranted and gratuitous insinus
II tion-the utterly silly aspersion--th,
j. Christian Science is neither Christia
!. nor scientific The man who fir
said this, apparently, was more cor
cerned about the fashioning of Gle,
% er and catchy epigram than abol
a the truth. The saying was picked u
IS by thousand preachers and repeate
d from a thousand pulpits, but froi
" first to last ii has impressed only tn
d ignorant and the prejudiced. Th
e term Christian Science, the discovere
q and founder of Christian Science say
g CScience and Health, p. 123:16), wa
IS used to designate the scientific sy.
IS TEN of divine healing. Nothing coul
$, be more appropriate or more logic;
i since she holds it to be basic that a
n Science is Of God, not of man. (Scienc
d and Health. p. 551;16) She hold
,. that Jesus was the most scientifi
!; man that ever trod the globe---on