The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-01-19

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Christian Science brings the COM
forting assurance to all men that there
is a correct solution to every problem,
whether the problem be one of human
relationship, of sickness, sorrow, lack,
temperamental weaknesses, or sin.
Jesus proved this fact twenty centur-
les aoo. but because his life and works
are looked upon as miraculous or as
personal accomplishment, rather
than as the result of Science, hu-
mainly in general and Christianity IN
particular, have been unable to repeat
those works.
Christian Science is based on the
Bible, but it does not require that the
Bible be accepted simply because 1t Is
the Bible, for this blind belief in the
Scriptures does not make them under
standable nor practical. Christian
Science shows that there is Science
of the Scriptures which not only
makes plain the events and state
ments contained therein, but enables
us to repeat the works of the proph
cts, apostles, and Jesus, and to prove
for ourselves the great fact brought
out in the Bible, namely, that God,
good, is all and that evil and ma
teriality are therefore powerless and
non-existent.
Mrs. Eddy gives the reason for the
loss of the Science of the Scriptures
and the scientific religion which Jesus
taught in the following words: There
was never a religion or philosophy
lost to the centuries except by sink
ing its divine Principle in personality"
(The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
and Miscellany, p. 117), and, "The re.
ligious departure from divine Science
sprang from the belief that the man
Jesus, rather than his divine Prin-
ciple, God, saves man, and that neaterid
medica heals him" (ibid., p. 34S).
GOD is DIVINE PRINCIPLE
The very first verse of the Bible
indicates Gods nature as divine Prin-
ciple. 1t states: I'm the beginning
God created the heaven and the earth.
The word principle" comes from
Latin root, meaning the beginning,
the foundation, or the first, and in
several Latin texts of the Bible this
verse reads, "In Principle, God Gre
ated the heaven and the EARTH" This
name Principle for God reveals Him
as the beginning, foundation, or
primal cause a. all creation; in other
words, of man and the universe.
Isaiah, Zechariah, and Amos per-
ceived and described Gods exact I'M
deviating, absolute nature as Prin-
ciple when they beheld Him expressed
as a plummet or plumbline. Amos
describes his concept of God as one
with a plumblne in His hand, stand
ing on a wall made by plumbline,
and as saying, Behold, ! will set
plumbline in the midst Of my people
Israel" That which is plumb is exact,
level, true, and a plumbline is used
for the measurement of perpendicular
ity or uprightness, Could Mrs, Eddy
have found better name than Pr1n-
ciple to express this undertaking, ex
act, upright nature of God2
GOD THE DIVINE PRINCIPLE OF
HARMONY
Apply divine Principle, or Love, to
your human problem in just this same
way. If you are not understood IN your
home, If you seem to be unhappy, do
not waste time wondering why you
have this problem, thinking 1t is some
Principle, or Love, to your human
problem in just this same way. II
you are not understood in your home,
if you seem to be unhappy, do not
waste time wondering why you have
this problem, thinking It is some
body's fault, or that this discord is
an insurmountable actuality which
must he endured, for from the stand
point Of Christian Science 1t Is no
part of the harmony of your divine
Principle, nor of your individuality.
There are no ill-arranged, diseordant
individuals in the harmonious universe
of divine Principle, which Is Love, and
your understanding Of this fact Will
eliminate such situation from your
experience. This may seem a beau
tiful but impractical theory to one
who has the evidence before his eyes
Of unkindness, carping criticism, envy:
hatred, nagging, dissatisfaction, or IN:
gratitude.
MARY BAKER EDDY
Much has been written within the
last few years about the pisceyerer
and Founder Of Christian Science, for
the false impression seems to persist
that the Christian Science movement
was and is dependent on her per-
sonality. AS long as the statements IN
her books can be and are proved to
be true, the Christian Science move
ment will continue, and Mrs. Eddy's
place as the DiscoYerer and Founder
of Christian Science, as well as It's
Leader, will remain inviolate.
Should anyone care to know the
salient events of her life which LED
her to this discovery and t9 the