The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16

express a desire for the possession,
even In n small degree, OF that which
cannot be gotten for all the riches
contained in all the earth.
whence. then, cometh wisdom,
and whore Is the place Of UNDER
standlng2" asks Job. And he re-
plies: God understanIeth tho way
thereof. and no knoweth the place
thereof, for he looketh TO the ends
Of tho earth, and seeth under the
whole heaven. $50 And unto man
he said, Behold. the fear OF tho Lord.
that Is wisdom, and TO depart from
evil, that IL understanding" Wis
dom Is tho principal thing" said SOL
ONION In his Proverbs, therefore, get
wisdom. and with all thy getting get
undertaking."
The Beginner In Science.
To obtain an understanding Of
Christian Science, IL 70 obtain an
understanding OF God and His re-
latiou TO Man. IL seekers are In
earnest, / can promise that they
will quickly dina ready, kindly,
patient and competent helpers. not
only az the beginning Of the journey,
hut all along the road. They
como lu the right attitude IL
N'' ''NNN. no AhNAt 'llllhN tN
with receptive minds. prepared
TO listen to the Truth. only by put
ting away Standardization,
solf-contentment, selt-tighteousness
all sclf-madc, man-made, world
made opiniOns-and by "consccratlug
themselves TO- the task OF acquiring
80. at any cost and at any eacrifice,
cuu an understanding which will en-
gbtc tnnm % make progress In divine
S,lvu,v bv attained. when we wait
patiently on God and seek Truth
I~IshfDOUsly, lie directs our path"
says tho discoycrcr and founder Of
Christian Science. tScicnce and
Health, D.. 25i.10) Imperfect
mortals grasp the ultimate OF splr-
itual perfection slowly, but 10 begin
nriRht and TO continue the strife OF
demonstrating the great problem OF
being IL doing much" To begin
Alright, Is TO provide oneself with n
copy OF tho Bible and OF the Chris
tan Science textbook, and 10 zeal
ously and religiously study their
contents. All OF Christian Science Is
contained IN these two volumes.
To study tho Bible and Science
ana Health i~ntelllgontly and profit
ably demands constant to
lhfN' AAhAA ANA' 'Nfh anu NIlt HftAAN
may be opened TO understanding.
The prayer that reforms the sinner
and heals the sick" says Mrs. Eddy,
rs an absolute faith that all things
are possible to Coda spiritual I'M
d%crstonding OF Him, an unsettled
love" II Is a fact. strange as It may
appear to those Of other religious
denominations. that through Chris
tian Science hundreds OF thousands
Of Christian people have been in
structcd for the first time how TO
pray.
Great m%ultitudes have come into
Christian Science seeking health,
seeking a larger share In the refine
mcnts and comforts Of life, seeking
domestic tranquility, business ease.
great multitudcs viii continue to
come into Christian Science In tho
hope OF obtaining the peace they
have sought elsewhere in vain, and
they shall not be disappointed. But
the vast majority advance in Chris
ian science because they have. IN
progressing step by step, made every
other consideration secondary 70
that OF rising In spiritual UNDER
standing and working out their own
salvation. In nc other way than by
accepting Christ's many Invitations
70 como unto him, 10 bring our
troubles TO him, to ask OF him, be-
heving, anything We may nced-not
something we simply want-may
divine assistance be obtained along
the rugged way to salvation. To
obtain either healing or salvation,
we must be ready to abandon self.
Self Is the great hinderance. Self
docks the way. Self submerges us
In u own shadow. We must get
rid OF self by realizing the Allness
OF God, by throwing up our hands
and declaring with all the earnest
ness and honesty VIC can command,
Thy will, q Lord, not mine, be
DONE when this point Is reached.
and we are trusting divine Love, not
partly, but wholly; not conditionally.
but absolutely, the point OF healing
is also reached, and salvation TO
crown the healing IS close at hand.
An U~nwarrantcd In~slnuntion.
There are certain fundamentals to
tho discovery and philosophy OF
Mary Baker Eddy which when
recognized and understood by the
impartial student forever brush
aside the utterly un~warrantcd and
Eratuitous insinuation-the utterly
silly aspcrsion-that Christian Sci
cnce II neither Christian nor scien-
tific. The man who first said this.
apparently, was more concerned
about the f%ashioning Of a clever and
catchy epigram than about the
truth. The saying was picked up
by a thousand preachers and re-
pcated from a thousand pulpits, but
from first 10 last IL has impressed
only the ignorant and the prejudiced.
The term Christian Science. the dis
coverer and founder OF Christian
Science says (Science and Health,
p. 1928; l6), was used to designate
the scientific system OF divine heal
Ing. Nothing could be more ap-
propriate or more logical since she
holds II to bo basic that all Science
IL Of God, not of man. (Science and
Health. p. 551;16.) She holds that
Jesus was the most scientific man
that ever trod the globe-one who
plunged beneath the material sur
face OF things and found the spiritual
cause. Again and again she pays
him reverent tribute. She holds that
he was inspired by God. by Truth
ana Love, in all that he said and
did; that his spirituality separated
him from s-ensuousness. and caused
the selfish materialists 10 hate him;
that Jesus established IN the Chris
tian era the precedent for all Chris
tianity theology and healing; that
he read mortal mind on a scientific
basis. and that Christians are under