The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-26

SC.ence reveals the klnguOm or
heaven as an ever present. ever ac-
tive consciousness OF good and ut
good only, here and now. should It
not hc received with open arms II
we really desire to live and TO love?
lie that loveth not knowcth not the
meaning of the word NE" for Life
Is God.
Only one spirit.
The average believer readily Hc-
cepts the statement that Spirit Is
God. but at the same time he nd-
mits the exetence of mauv spirits,
some good and some evil, thereby
| exposing his lack OF spiritual under
standing. Since Spirit is God. and
is infinite. there ia only one spirit
Tho Christian world owes much TO
| Mrs. Eddy for exposing the erron-
eous foundations OF spirituallsm.
| She was never connected with this
| cult, nor could any one who UNDER
stands Christian Science ever be.
| come a spirituailst. Christian Sci
ence and spiritualism have nothing
! In common. To understand that
God is infinite Spirit disposes OF this
| subject In a most practical way. by
| healing so-called mysterious dis
eases, often resulting from belief in
| spirits many, With such unmistak-
| able proof. one can speak with pos
! tive conviction, at the same time
| having the utmost charity and CON
| sheraton for those who hold TO
| spirituallstic views. When 4 spirit
| ualist accepts Christian Science he
| will believe in ono God, one Spirit.
and one Life. and that one incor-
! poreal
In using the word Spirit" as well
] a 9 of q a
| for Deity, Christian Science bids us
| ponder and study them from the
| standpoint OF spirituality. II We
would know God Alright and be able
| to prove His all-power, presence.
| end influence here and now In the
! overcoming OF all that is unlike
! good In Science and Health
! tp. 492). there is on open secret
| which the student Of psychology will
| do well to recall at all times, II he
| would succeed In finding the king
! dom OF heaven at hand II Is this:
| For right reasoning there should
be but one fact before the thought.
namely. spiritual existence" The
study OF modern psychology as
taught In the schools OF learning will
not accomplish this all.important
task. Christian Science stands be-
fore the world today as the one true
Science OF Soul or Spirit. and the
| student OF genuine metaphysics must
be willing to make this humble ad-
mission before he can demonstrate
the healing and saving power OF dl-
vine Love.
Oneness.
The Christian delights to think
and to talk about God. but does he
always include In his thought the
spiritual relationship existing be-
tween God and His spiritual ideas? ?
Christian Science tells us that God
is not separate from the wisdom He
bestows" (Sc!ence and Health, p. g..
This certainly means that where
wisdom Is actually expressed. there
God is. for wisdom without God
would not be wisdom. Nor would
God be God without the attribute of
| wisdom. God, in other words has
no existence apart from His mani
festation or reflection. No quality
or attribute Of God could exist apart
from God. because they are one and
| inseparable.
Could one think Of the sun as
separate and apart from the rays OF
light which express the nature OF
the sum- Could the rays exist with
out the sun, or could the sun exist
. | Without llS rays Hb moment tft
attempt is made to separate the sun
from its rays, the result Is darkness
Any attempt to separate God and
Fthat which emanates from God
must result In mental darkness. To
illustrate further: The attributes OF
| God are not one state OF conscious
ness and God another. Health, holi-
ness and purity apart from God are
inconceivable. Health wltbout any
recognition OF God would not be
health at all. God, then, Ia the
source OF the health, holiness. and
purity OF man. Man apart from
God. then, js nothing. Man. as the
image and likeness OF God, is abso-
lutely dependent upon God for HE
existence. He could not exist with
out God, and God could not exist
without His idea, man. who could
conceive of an uneXpressed God, OF
Of lifeless Life?
1t is well that we ponder this sub.
ject so as to ascertain whether we
are living as close TO divine Love
as we should and can. for heaven IL
not experienced until We actually
express or manifest the oneness oil
God and His idea. Mere theorizine
or believing that God is Love does
not OF itself bring us into touch
with God, II does not pring into hu-
man experience the fact OF our di.
vine relationship, but leaves us
helpless wanderers In this present
evil world"
The Way Shower.
The life and mission Of the great
savior OF men stand out In bold re-
lief TO the student of Christian sci
ence. They mean more to him than
ever before, because OF his acquired
liability through the study OF Christian
Science 10 practice Christian heal
ing,
Mrs. Eddy expresses her concept
OF Jesus as follows (Sciencs and
Health, p. SD; lie was inspired
by God. by Truth and Love, in all
that he said and did" 10 this not in
fun accord with the statement IN
John 1884: For he whom God hath
sent speaketh the words o. God
for God glveth not the Spirit by
measure unto him" There are
numerous illuminating statements
throughout Mrs. Eddy's writings
which prove her profound estimate
OF Jesus Godlike character, She
recognized the distinction between
his seeming corporeality Inherited
7 from the virgin mother, and his real
or spiritual manhood, which was the
, Christ,
Christian Scientists lay stress upon