Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-09

from eternal punishment, from he'll,
| from destruction.
/ This is, of course, contradictory; for
| to be eternally punished, the soul would
have to be, as it is commonly believed
to be, immortal, eternal; and this it
! must be evident, would mean that it
could not be destroyed. Shakespeare saw
/ this, as the following words which he
put in Hamlet's mouth, plainly show
! And as for my soul, what can
it (the ghost do to that, being
thing immortal as itsef?"
To discuss this subject intelHgentiy,
I all Of US, ! am sure, will agree that the
| first thing needful is to ascertain just
what we mean when we use the word
soul.
/ VARIED BELIEFS
| ABOUT THE SAME.
Recognizing, as I do, that most of US
are better able to approach a new idea
upon any subject as we become less sure
| Of the correctness of the view we may
| be entertaining about it, I shall, with
your permission, attempt to tell in a
brief way what the soul means to the
| average thinker in order that we may
, find it easier to consider the Christian
| Science view of 1t.
1t viii not, l trust, be unwarranted nor
| presumptuOus TO say that to most
people the soul is something mysterious,
situated somewhere inside the body into
which it entered in an altogether un-
/ known way, and out of which, it is
| supposed to 60 just as mysteriOusly, II
1 is also believed that some souls are
good and others bad and that they ex-
! ercise an influence over people in ac-
cOrdance with their natures. Most
people also may be said to believe the
| soul to be capable of suffering, Of being
disturbed, troubled, or of being happy.
! bliSsfuI; but Notwithstanding all this
| they do not believe the soul to be in any
| way the cause Of sickness or Of health,
conditions which by the average mortal
are supposed to be altogether physical
and to have material causes. 1t VIII not
| be unsafe to say also that 1t is quite
| generally believed that the soul is some
( thing which upon eviction by death from
/ the body, remains some kind of a
! shadOwy self, which, according to its
merits or dement's while still tenant
! of the body, enters into state OF bliss
/ or happiness called heaven, or into a
state of torment called hell, where II
may be forever lost or destroyed, ana
from which II must be saved.
To make us good here, then, because
Of the reward or punishment Of our
souls hereafter, may be said to consti-
! tute one of the beliefs or schemes Of
! salvation which is generally accepted :,
and this, Notwithstanding the way OF
! salvation shown by him who is called
/ the Wayghower with such mysteri-
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/ purposes of religion, is IL any wonder
/ that religion Is looked upon as imprac'
/ teal, and that 1t is not looked TO for the
/ solution of the problems of every day
/ existence? Is it any wonder that so
much Of the world has turned from re-
/ ligion and tried to blaze its own ways
/ through the wilderness of material be
! liefs that make up human existence
ways that have led and do lead all that
| walk in them to dusty death'I l am
! sure all viii agree that 1t Is not strange
! that those, surfeited with this kind Of
/ theorizing should look askance at re
/ ligious teaching-yes, even at Christian
| Science, although this Science has for
/ fifty years demonstrated a practical sal
/ Walton through spiritual means; a saliva
/ ton not Of any conjectural, mistaken
| sense Of soul, but a salvation by divine
| Soul Spirit Cod q salvation taught in
/ the Bible, and particularly by Jesus a
| salvation which must be known IN order
/ that we may be Christians, in order that
we may be saved, here, now, always,
and in all ways.
MRS. EDDYS
( DISCOVERY.
No religion except the Christianity OF
Christ Jesus has. like Christian Science,
been recruited by the demonstration or
/ proof Of its truth; the demonstration or
| q very present, every hour, every day
( salvation, based In every instance upon
/ an understanding which alone is cap
/ able of such demonstration or proof
and this understanding is she under
standing that Soul is but another term
for Spirit, God.
It was her own healing which led
/ Mrs Eddy, the DiscOverer and Founder
] Of Christian Science, to the cOnse-
Grated study of the Scriptures that re
/ suited in the discovery of the Principle
/ of spiritual healing and salvation SO
many instances of which are recorded
lar
! " in the words OF Jesus. Like some
others, both before and after her dis
| coyery, Mrs Eddy, when at the point
| Of death-by the trust aroused In her
by the reading Of the Bible-was healed.
/ Unlike the others, however, Mrs Eddy
did not accept this healing TO be mirac-
/ ulOus-to be an infractiOn Of law. She
/ recognized that the only way IL could
/ have occurred at all was by the opera
ton Of the law of Spirit and in con
formfty with il. She recognized that all
the deliverances, heallngs, restorations.
recorded in the Bible, wrought by the
prophets. by Jesus, and the apostles,
we're but illustrations and demonstra-
lions Of this ever operative law Of God.
She did not rest selfshly content. there
fore. Tut studied. searched the Holy
Writ, until her search was rewarded by
| the discovery of the divine Principle
and rules which brought about the Bible
| bealings: healingS which for ages had
| looked upon by those uninstructed in
| Christian Science to be miraculous. She
| subjected her discovery, as she herself
puts it in her great book, the Christian
Science text book, Science and Health
| with Key to the Scriptures, (p. 14D
ITO the brOadest practical test and
everywhere when honestly applied. un
| der circumstances where demonstration
| was humanity possible. this Science cher
discovery showed that Truth had lost
] ,F y-f
! though centuries had passed away since
Jesus practiced these rules on the hills
Of Judea and in the valleys of Galilec.
Jesus said, aye shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free" To
be made free surely means to be saved,
or salvation in the fullest and the high
est sense. Jesus statement most GER
I tainly implied, therefore. that people who
are not free from ills of every kind are
not saved nor safe. 1t viii not be
! straining the point to say that Jesus
| statement also means that, since people
! are not free, they do not know the
| truth and I am sure that the experience
Of all attestS this. Mrs. Eddy, then,
rightly may be classed to be a great
! discoverer-the discOverer of the truth
| that Soul, God, does not need saving,
but is He who alone is able to save. He
| who always does save, whether He is
credited with doing 50 or not, a truth
not recognized since the time that
! Christianity was understood and pra-
ticed by Jesus and his immediate fol-
lowers.
| FACTS FOUNDED
ON THE BIBLE.
It should be remembered that Chris
tian Science is founded altogether on
| the Bible It's teachings are simply the
true teachings of that sacred book,
particularly the teachings of Jesus,
made plain and practical for us. In re
/ ferriDo 70 this fact Mrs Eddy said