The Delta independent., 1922-11-03

and that a special privilege had been
given to them to be specially made
well by the Word Of God. Mrs. Eddy
did not accept this. We know in
Christian Science that there is no
such thing in heaven or in earth as
a special dispensation, because IL we
believe what Jesus said, we know he
said that If we believe ON him, we
shall do all the works he did. He in
tended therefore to say that it was
not special dispensation which had
enabled him to do these things, but
that it was universal gift to men
when they were willing to follow God
in his footsteps as he had taught them
to do. Mrs. Eddy did not accept her
healing as special dispensation, for
she kenw that she had been made
well through the activity of the law of
God, and that she had a right to her
birthright, the knowledge of God and
Jesus Christ whom He had sent
which would give her dominion over
the earth and the fullness thereof
and take from her every sense of fear
that God might be absent, or that
there was another power to which she
might he subject. there fore that God
might not be omnipotent, omniscient
and omnipresent. Then she became
student night and day, week in and
week out, month in and month out
year in and year out. She studied
And what did. she study? The Bible
lit was the only book she had to study
No commentaries would help her
nothing but a determined and conse-
Grated effort to know the truth of be-
ing in it's spiritual import would su-
ffice to bring about the knowledge
which she felt was her birthright and
which she was entitled to have. So
she studied and studied and studied
and then after a while her old theo-
logical belief, instead of being a
cloud, became simply a mist, and
then that grew less and less, until
finally she began to get hold of the
light of God in its eternal activity, SO
| that she was able to heal others even
as she had been healed, and thus she
learned to know God even better. She
found herself able to tell others how
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then her revelation fulfilled itself
when it came to her so clearly that
she was able to put it down in words
that you and l can grasp and under
stand and comprehend, so that as we
7 take what she said and go to our
I Bible with it, we, too, find the spirit
of the Word of God which enables US
70 In, rik in,
tapd so fulfill His law.
/ So we know by results that the rev.
| elation came to Mrs. Eddy and
through her to the whole world.
lmpartiaiity Of Truth
| Please do not think that we Chris
tian Scientists imagine that we have a
peculiarly close position relative to
God. Do not think for moment that
we are indicating or mean to indicate
that we think God loves US better
than he does anybody else. He does
mot. His attitude towards all His
children is the same, and never chan
lges. Truth is irresistible. irrefutable
and irreversible and is equally appli
cable by all. The only distinction to
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illustrated in the difference between
perhaps a dozen students in class
room in school. One grasps the fun
damentals, the law, the progression
and the rule, and SO brings out a sue
cessful answer to his problem. An
other does not grasp 1t SO well, and
fails to get complete. correct ans
wer. The others have not grasped II
at all, and they do not get any answer
that shows any intelligent know
ledge OF the subject whatever Bu'
the principle is there. and when one
uses it correctly, he finds himself ir
, direct line, and he is able to solve the
problem and to get the right answer.
So 1t is just question, my deal
friends. Of service. 1t is a question
OF using what you have or abusing 1t
find that 1t is ESSENTIALLY true that W.
have departed far from God. al
ways wondered why 1t seemed to bt
that there began In the year 300 sucf
retrogression from the use Of tbs
Word of God for the solving OF al
| problems. But when I learned as
did in my trip in Europe. that Con
| stantine, crowning himself as tht
! 'vicegerent of God on earth. never be
came Christian. never laid down hi
false gods, and that the Christian peo
, pie Of that day did not ask him to
, did not expect him to, but followed
him Just because he was successful
fighter in war, could understand
! then why at that time and period thu
Christian people began to find them
! selves incapable Of understanding thu
, law Of God sufficiently to make IL ON