The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-19

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had been healed. ana thus she
leaned 10 know God even better.
She found herself able 10 tell others
how % heal az sho had teen healed.
aud then her revelation fulfilled a.
self when ID came 10 her 30 clearly
that she was allie 10 put n down Ia
words that you ana ! can grasp
and understand ana comprehend. 40
TIA as Ne take what she said and
60 10 "A Bible with n. Nc. too. find
the spirit % the Word % God which
enables ua 20 worship Him Ia spirit
ana In truth. aud 30 fulnli His law
SO We know by results that tho
revelation came 10 Mn Eddy aud
through her 10 tho whole world.
lMrAitTfALITY or TRUTH
Please DO not think that No CHRIS.
tan Scientists imagine that We have
a peculiarly elose position relative
20 God DO not think for tho moment
that We are Indicating or mean 20
indicate that We think God loves Us
better than He does anybody else.
He does not His attitude toward
al His children h tho same. and
never changes Truth Il Irresistible
irrcfutahie. and irreveulhls ana n
equally applicable by all. The only
distinction TO tho human sense Of
things might 10 Illustrated IN the
difference between perhaps a dozen
students In n classroom IN school
one graspg the fundamentals, The
law. tho progression and tho rule.
and 20 brings out a successful
answer 20 his problem. Another does
not Ernsp Il 10 we'll and falls TO got
n complete. correct nnswer. Tie
Others have no, grauped u az all, and
they DO not got any answer that
shows amy intelligent knowledge of
the subject whatever. nut the prln.
elple II there. and when one uses n
correctly. no finds himself In direct
line and he Is able 10 solve the prob.
lem and to get tho right answer.
80 II Il Just Il question. my dear
friends. of service. II Is a question
OF using what you have or abusing
H. or turning your hack upon IL. We
md that u Il essentially true that
We have departed far from God. 1
always wondered why Il seemed 10
be that there began In tho year 800
such retrogrcsslm from the use OF
tho Word OF God for tho solving OF
All problems. hut when I learned. an
l DID In my trip IN Europe. that
Constantine. crownlng himself as the
Ncegcrcnt Of God on earth. y
becnmc a Christian. never laid down
his false gods, and that the Christian
people Of that day aid not ask him To-
ala not expect him to but followed
him just because 10 was a successful
fighter In war. l could understand
then why at that time and period
tho Christian people began 20 find
themselves Incapable OF understand.
Ing the law q God sufficiently 20
make u operative In tho meeting OF
necessities and desires.
one thing you may rest assured Of
Your application Of Christian Science
must bc honest from tho inside out.
IL does not make much difference
what you say Il your speech il not
the manifestation Of what you have
accomplished. what you know YOU
arc capable OF accomplishing. when
you arc obedlcnt 10 the Bible com.
mand wherein II IL said unto us.
Let this mind be in you. which was
also In Christ Jesus You sec Tint
u requires something OF us In order
that wo may get this Mind OF Christ
because the Bible says. Let this
mind be In you. which was also in
Christ Jesus And so II require.
and demands OF US that a human
theory and opinion shall be set aside
and we shall no longer glory In what
we call diversity Of opinion. but that
We shall glory In tho single pur.
pose which brings out the one Truth.
the n God. and the ono Christ.
THE BIBLE THE GUIDE
The Bible 20 the Christian Scientist
is not essentially a church book. OF
course no uses II In church-but il ia
also 20 him n work book. To the
business man Il IA a business book.
To the h~ousekeeper Il is n book OF
rules telling how 10 keep house com.
fortahly. pleasantly. and harmonious.
IS. To tho child in school II is tho
textbook which teaches that child
how TO think. And TO every man
woman. and child on earth IL Is the
foundation OF right thinking wherein
VIC may find freedom.
Christian Science is n field for
everybody on the facc OF the earth
upon which TO get busy and work
out his own salvation. We have not
been accustomed TO think that the
laity should work particularly hard
on religious subjects. because n man
has sometimes thought that no wns
a pretty good Christian II he kept n
n pew in church, saw that his family
attended regularly and he himself
occasionally when the opportunity
seemed ripe. He would 20 and he
would listen to the result OF another
mans hard labor and work, md
come away and nod his head, THAT
WIS a pretty good talk" and would
feel that he bad done his part Of the
religious work until he again nssoci.
nted himself with other members Of
his church in It's meetings.
But, my dear friends. there in n
great difference between creed and
religion. Religion demands OF us
that we shall work constantly and
continuously to think right, and o
sequently to do right. Well. one
might say, II is pretty hard work 20
be n Christian Scientist. Consider.
however. your human experiences,
and all tho human differences be-.
tween persons. and you will find Il IA
pretty hard work not to be one. The
fact is, that you have had enough
trouble in the experience you have
had. and you would like to change IL
IL you could. We have all had that
suggestion. No, It Is not hard to be
a Christian Scientist. not as hard as
IL is not to be one.
Where do you start TO be n Chris.