The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-18


I not Evidently within consciousness.
within understanding The heavenly
host has never failed 20 be- and Co
I abide with tho spiritually minded
I True evangelism changes Che queru.
Ious crN. Lord. I believe. help thou
I mine unbeucf into The glad 10.
stnna Lord I believe, because 1
I understand
Au ignorant Christian b para
doN, Tho scientific Christian o. ihc
I enligh tencd ChrIstian. Redemption
D means not subscription 90 scholastic
I dogma or theological creed, not emo
Y tion8l acceptance % a man made sale
7 Walton falsely labeled divine Re
! dcmrtiou Ia rather the acquiring ot
a gigt % God a SIT purchased with
a pricc-thr price " daily rndrsvor
20 know tho Hbcrating and trans
I forming Truth. the Christ So Chris
| tian science appeals not 10 tho emo
I lions II touches indeed the hearts
Of men, hut its primary appeal g. 70
understanding u states boldly that
Christian Science o. the uuly religion
| that has not faitrrcd Boa the face of
| logic and reason Christian Science
Is bulwarkcd in the tnl.sm that no
wrong conclusion can logically follow
/ correct premises Prom reason 10
revelation Be- step In sequence, ana
I that step Is followed by spiritual un-
dorstandiuE the angelic presence
/ Spiritual understanding ushsru man
into the atmosphere uf God
True evangelism. then addresses
itself to the individual CONSEQUENCES
7 ll has none Of the elements ~ mass
I psychology 10 IS not mcsmerie. 20 ia
I spiritually scientific. u does not
mys,ify. it clarifies II does not
storm. q conviuccs. u h. said that
| Chariemaguc cyangclilrd tho Teu.
[ tonic tribes. ~ The point ~ The
sword he drove thirty thousand saw
ages into tho Rhine and baptized
thorn. Does ans ono imagine that
procedure made n Christian uatInuf
A militant preaching can never 1lon"
do tho work ~ true evangelism.
I Christian Science. mighty cNangrl
/ sent from God. combine tho mili-
Z fancy Of Michael. who fights The
/ holy wars' tSricurc and Health. :.
I $50. with the kindness ~ Gabriel.
who through love leads men gently
out or the smcrism ~ sin aud
disease into holiness and health
THE DUAL ASPECT or
SALVATION
HumanIy viewed. salvation I'm an
I It's phases salvation frum sin. sick
ness. disccrd. DEATHS an event Y
/ ts something that comes 20 pass. Bot
dlvinely considered. salvation II a.
I condnion-the condition o. man a. he
really exists, not materially but spir
/ itualiy. Gods man il always saved
I man. Like Christ, he Il the same
yesterday. and to-day. and for. ever.
l To him salvation does not come TO
pass. That Is because God Is the saw
ing Principle. or cause, and all that
/ He makes is IN continuing and
I eternal state % preservation. The
real man exists always az the point
I % salvation. God has not conceived
I His creation In terms Of imperfec-
| ton. deterioration. disease insubordi-
nation. or transgrezsion. Christian
I Science reveals that the dehasement
I OF man IL myth.
True evangelism. then. has a two.
fold aspect and presentation. II I'M
folds first the truth about salvation
the truth concerning God and man.
then Il relates the infinite truth 10
finlt. human interests by showing
first. salvation az the great fact 81
/ being. secondly. salvation as a hui
man event. The real man OF Gods
\ creating needs no redemption II ls
the false. human. finite self that
needs to be evangelical.
Christian Science. let Il be said, +
not a course in spiritual aviation. II
does not soar IN sublime detachment
from humanity and ita needs. Chris
tinn Science. truly evangelical comes
10 earth and all lis uucleanness. dis.
cord. disease. and sin. not to partake
Of the earthly. but 20 cleanse. 20 har-
monte. TO heal and TO save. Chris
tlan Science IS In the world. though
not OF Il. No less important than It's
divinity r. the humanity OF the
gospel.
Can II be doubted that Christian
Science IA truly evangelical What u
its effect upon human liyes2 II re-
wives the Individual. satisfying this
thirst for spiritual things and healing
his body. II breaches and practices
the undivided ministry OF Christ
Jesus. In Christian Science. every
man assiduousiy does the work OF an
evangelist. He breaches the gospel
he applies Truth TO the false crea.
tions Of the human mind. lie daily
evangellzes himself and others.
A scientific Christian is a Christian
not for what thereby accrues TO him.
though he receives without measure
the spiritual and temporal rewards
Of service. Happiness and satisfac-
ton are not the objects OF his
search, but they are the inevitable
resultants thereof. Primarily he Is
a Christian Scientist for what he can
give. self-denlal is evangelism The
Christian religion Is built upon the
! foundation OF self-sacrifice Concern.
ing this point Of selflShness Mrs.
Eddy wrote. in the Christian Science
textbook. Science and Health with
: Key TO the Scriptures" ~. 26ll, We
j should forget our bodies In remem.
bering good and the human race"
To be saved from ones self is all
: the salvation a mortal needs. II IS
mans true nature to be an evange-
list. even as Jesus was. n Is mans
, natural function 10 practice Christian
( science-to utilize FOR himself and
7 others the power OF Truth over error.
. II IL a mans natural office TO preach
J and to practice the gospel Of Love.
THE REAL AND THE UNREAL
Let us consider briefly the two-fold
| aspect OF true evangelism. The Bible
, teaches that God Is the same yes
terday, and today. and for ever"
Whatever Deity f.. lie always has
been and always will be. Jesus spoke
Of Him as Father" as my Father"
and as your Father" II God Is
Father now, He must always have