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


can be wrong. or that good can be bad. [
or that truth can be false. in certain /
circumstances. They would not think |
Of saying that in their experience they f,
had found addition, subtraction and |
multiplication to work out fairly well. |
but that the rules OF arithmetic are |
sometimes carried too far
Now. Christian Science is true from
the first to the last word of our text
book, or it is not true at ALL If it be
false at any point, If 1t be faulty at
any point il it be not in absolute line
with one invariable, changeless
Principle at all points-then, TO use
the words of Paul. our preaching is
vain; and moreover, to paraphrase
slightly the language Of that great
Apostle. we who have accepted Chris
tian Science are the most hopeless and
most miserable of people. To go fur
ther, il further it would be possible to
go, if Christian Science is not alto
gether true-if the healing power of
the Christ be not present yesterday,
today and forever-then We who have
been proclaiming our healing through
Christian Science from the very house,
tops are false witnesses.
But we who have been healed in
Christian Science. and We who have
practiced it to the healing of others.
know full well that when its Principle
Is intelligently, honestly and trustfully
employed, it never fails. This Prin-
ciple has always existed: 1t has been
known to certain of Gods people
Throughout all the ages, and 1t was un-
derstood by Jesus more clearly than
by any of his predecessors.
MARY BAKER EDDY'S TASK
Apparently lost for centuries, the
Science whereby it could be put into
operation as "A tangible, practical,
usable workable agency, was redis-
covered by Mary Baker Eddy. Her
great task, the greatest that woman
has ever been called upon to perform,
was to proclaim and demonstrate con-
vincingly to doubling world her
marvellous revelation. In her own
simple but beautiful language she tells
us when and how each of her steps
was taken. Those acquainted with
her writings are familiar with the
story. She left nothing to mere as
sertion. She proved by demonstration
every declaration which she set down
in writing. In the year 1866, she tells
us, she discovered the Christ Science
or divine laws of Life, Truth and Love
and named this discovery Christian
Science but her first pamphlet
on the subject, although copy
righted in 1870, did not appear In
print until 1875, or ten years after her
divine revelation, 'as she had
learned" to use her own words, ''that
this Science must be demonstrated by
healing, before a work on the subject
could be profitably studied. She wa,
In no hurry to launch her discover,
upon O world slow to yield itself t.
consideration of a new philosophy o.
life, and one especially that undertook
to refute or reverse practically all thu
theories of human existence handed
down by the schools from time immc
: mortal. She knew too much of tn,
: world to trust her revelation in it
hands until she was prepared will
sure at least a respectful, If skepti
cal. hearing. To obtain these proofs
and to render them convincing and ir
REPUTABLE, she gave herself over t,
prayer and study. When she sough
authority she sought and found it il
the Bible. When she sought guidance
she looked for it in the teachings o
Christ Jesus and his apostles. All o
her dependence for light was place,
: upon the Scriptures, and when she fl
nally laid her thesis before critica
people it was fortified with spiritua
truth in every line, sentence, para
: graph and page.
: Nothing has been more puzzling 0
more annoyingly battling to her critic
than the fact of her scrupulous, per
sistent, tenacious adherence to tn
Bible--to the book which Christian
through centuries have regarded, o
have professed to regard, as divlncl
inspired. She took 1t and employed
as the keystone of her philosophy. Sh
took 1t, as 1t was intended plainly b
: its inspired writers to be taken, Il
spirit and in truth, neither daauctin
from It nor adding to it, but accepting
: 1t with open mind and interpreting
in accordance with its manifest deslgl
: ami incoming.
!, CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS AND TT
BIBLE
lust as the discoverer and foprie
I @. Christian Science places the R,5'
, first at ali times; just as she looks l.
II and clings to 1t at all times for IN
sriraiicn and for strength; Just as sh
has given II first place in the religion
tcnets and services of the church sh
instituted and organized, so do all o
her loyal followers accept its inspire,
Word as their sufficient guide to eter
nal lie. 1t is entirely within reason
a3ls hounds to say that in no othc
, class or denomination of pro.asse,
Christian religionists is the Bihle cs
! tee med more highly or studied NOR
: regularly. closely, earnestly or IN
tellisently than it is among Chr'stta'
Scientists. The Christian Science text
book Science and Health, is an ex
5 position of the Bible, a Key to tn
Scriptures, and, as such, it has alread.
unlocked for millions, as 1t is destined
to unlock for countless multitudes L
come. inexhaustible treasures of spir
! itual wisdom and understanding.
In the earlier days of her labor TIL
| critics were puzzled and baffled by tin
discovery that many statements in he
/ works which they regarded as TIL
. most radical and the most startling -
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