The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-19

understood and used the power of
God, of divine Principle, in re-
msrkable degree, jesus of MAJ
areth. Listen to these striking
words, as recorded in the TWEEN
ty-eighth chapter of Matthew's
Gospel, "All power is given unto
me in heaven and. in EARTH" It
was his understanding of this spir-
itual power that enao. I'D Christ
Jesus to heal the sick, cleanse the
SHINING, raise the dead.
We read in the Gospel of Luke
that on a certain Sabbath day
Christ Jesus went into the syna-
gogue and taught. BY this time the
Master had done some healing
work in public, and these won
derful healings had attracted at
tention. The scr;bes and the Phar-
isees now watched him. to see
whether he would heal on the
Sabbath day that they, might be.
abe to accuse him, according TO.
their misconception of the Mosaic
law. Think of it! They were en-
dcavo.ing to find an accusation
against the great Master for heal
ing hopeless disease on the Sab
bath! Well, on this particular
| day there was in the synagogue
a man whose hand was w.thered.
Jesus knew what the scribes and
| the Pharisees were thinking, and
he said to the man with the with
cred hand, Rise up, and stand
forth in the midst" The man
obeyed. He arose and stood
forth. He utilized power to this
extent-the extent to which he
understood it, and was able to
utilize it. Then Jesus sad to
those around him, 81 will ask you
one thing; Is it lawful on the Sab
bath days to do good, or to do
evil? to save life, or to destroy
Lit?" So far as we can gather, he
| did not wait for an answer, but
addressing the man, said, Stretch
forth thy hand" Here again the
imam obeSed ssAnds Ms hand was
restored whole as the other"
The scene now shifts to the sec
ond half of the nineteenth CEN
fury. A woman who had been do
ing her best, by tongue and pen,
to help humanity was lying il.
AS she lay in pain. despaired of
by physician and friends, she cali
ed for her Bible. Opening ID, she
read Of one of the healings3 to
which reference has been made,
! the healing of the man who was
sick with palsy. AS she read, she
felt the power of the ever-present
/! Christ. and was hea'ed Like the
palsied man of whom she read,
she arose and walked. She utilized
the power which had been reveal
ed to her. The woman was Mary
Baker Eddy.
Like the man in Christ Jesus
day, to whom reference has been
made, she stretched forth her hand
and accepted the revelation which
came to her, and was healed. Aft
er several years of searching the
Scriptures and impelled by the diz
vine power which had healed herS
she wrote the Christian Science
textbook, "Secepee. and Health
with Key to the Scriptures, ? 81
My friends, if we could draw
back the Curtain Of toasyls hiasory
just now, and see the unnumber%
cd thousands who have been heal
ed, saved, blessed as. a result of
reading Science and Health, new
err again would we be able to
doubt that the power of the ever
present Christ is with us here to-
day, operating nightly in Chris
tian Science.
The student of Christian Science
soon recognizes that the rule of
this Science can be applied with
scientific accuracy. When in the
laboratory the chemist combines
certain elements and produces a
certain result, he believes that this
has taken place through the OPP
Grafton of a scientific law. When
in. the great laboratory of human
experience we apply the scientific
understanding of the power of
good, the power of God, and utilize
this Science in the practical af-
fairs of daily life, and healing re-
suits, surely We have the right to
consider this the result of Science.
Those who nave accepted Chris
tian Science as their rule of life
know that this is so. They have
seen it work.