Show rJ ELECTIONS FROM he CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SENTINEL CONFESSING OWN o owl l' l Prof T J II it h lc Thackeray cra speaking of one orto of his most lovable and admirable characters characters charac charac- says No o man could admit his own faults with more engaging candor candor can can- dor tor than our friend Robert BrownIng Brown- Brown Browning Ing IDS says that when wh n the light fight begins within a man he is worth something Tho iho apostle James admonishes is 18 co to confess our faults one to another and pray pra one on one for another that w we wa may be bc healed and Mrs Ed Eddy y mal makes es the wise observation that when hon a n. aman aIran man Iran he begins to Quarrel with frith him himself clr ho stops quarreling with others Message o to Th The Mother rother Church Junc June 1900 1300 p p. p 13 Again As-aln she sho says To ro recognize your jour our sin aids aliI In destroying destroying de de- it Science and Health p p. p Sho She makes It equally equall clear ar jl if that the habit of thinking and talkIng talkIng talk talk- In Ing about another's faults Is itself asin a as s sin ln and tends s to do harm to all and good to none Both Doth tho letter Ie and the spirit of ot tiro teachings of ChrIst Jesus are that wo should confess our own errors errors er- er lors and In the first Instance at least mention tho faults of ot our brother broth broth- er to him alone Experience and our own sense of good confirm r tho the wisdom rea reason on and Justice of ot these thew teachings Nearly all of ot the worst misunderstandings of mortals from their I and unjust tendency to to cover and to justify their own errors errors er er- 1018 and to expose and condemn tho the errors of ot others and can nearly always be mado and a n good g understanding brought about as this tendency Is reversed Wo We can not do llo other than for forgive and love lo ove tho those c who are arc awake to their own faults and who aro seeking Beckin to correct and atone alono for them Indeed repentance contel confession ion and reformation bring forgiveness for for- forgiveness as ns well as a good Rood conscience As mortals wo we o have hav all erred and erred greatly and we rl rise e above error er- er error error er er- only as wo we see seo It It acknowledge It Jt and correct it as best we c can n. n and cease to err To ro think thin about talk about and mako mula a reality of tho ho shortcomings shortcomings short short- comings s of ot others enslaves cs the one who docs does It H and Is tho the work worl of ot the enemy and not the tho friend of man- man kind bind When we e become wise enough to do ourselves cs and others good add anc only good we wo shall shull be glad gad to confess confess confess con con- fess and our own faults faulls and to be bo silent as to tho the faults of ot others Vo We shall forgive and heal and comfort comfort comfort com com- fort and bless We e shall even save ga each other from self set Highest hest of ot all nil we shall shaH tee see ce and love an and help bring to lo light tho the real manthe man manthe manthe man man- the Son of ot God who God who Is superior to all IJ the tho claims of ot sin Ignorance discord discord discord dis dis- cord and death Our Leader Lender says say's that i we wo must make perfect God and perfect perfect perfect per per- man the basis of thought and demonstration Science and anal Health p p. p When tempted to sin or to be sick we should cling the moro mora firmly to the truth and let nothing which Is Js not of ot God find entrance entrance entrance en en- trance to our thought When tempted to condemn we should command the tho tempter to get behind us and stay behind behind be be- hind us and should end by blessing Instead of ot condemning Wo Ye should even en make the meditations of our ou hearts as aswell well as the words of or our mouths glorify God and His whole creation The Tho ministry of ot the eternal 4 present over Christ Is to reveal God ti 11 His Ils perfect ways was laws and w. w ork kj Tho The work of ot the enemy Is to criticise and condemn an and lie He about God man and the universe uni The Tho mission mission mission mis mis- sion of Jesus and his friends and followers fol tol- follow low lowers ers was and aDd Is Js to destroy the works of or the devil ll through the knowledge love Jo and find activities of good We e enter enter en enter en- en ter into fellowship and dominion with wilh Christ Jesus as we open ourselves to c tho the revelation and of or God Goll and in desire desiro thought word and deed acknowledge Him and His creation and deny put behind and keep behind us the tho arguments suggestions an ano l Illusions of evil c And in union with Christ Truth we shall fin find there is 11 no condemnation condemnation no no condemnation for others and no condemnation for tor of ou ourselves l cs TILL STUDY STun OF OP CHRISTIAN IA N I 4 1 ESCE nc Rev G. 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A Kr r. r In n acquiring an understanding of or Christian Science it 11 may be first approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap apt as a purely intellectual proposition much proposition much like knowledge r respecting other things The Copernican Copernican Coper- Coper nican system of ot astronomy for Instances in instances In- In stances Is 18 worked out quite largely as an au Intellectual proposition as us its Ita teachings do o not correspond directly to the evidences of the tho physical senses Jb Christian Science is pure metaphysics V that is lB It Is above beyond and antI over o ph physics or that which is Vi visible and anel material and material and in the tho experience of the student it does docs not at fit the start sturt correspond correspond cor cor- i respond at all to the so called physical st steal cal eal or sensible world word but hut IS if he will study and accept Christian Science as asa asa asa a purely metaphysical science when ho has become firmly established on this tIlls metaphysical basis he can use his knowledge to pro produce uco visible changes In tho the so-called so physical realm Archimedes when he die covered the th basic bale ba lc law of or leverage e. e said m me where I may nay stand outside the and I will move the world Christian Science clence gives ei us a firm metaphysical standing ground outside the called Bo ph physical and visible and having t learned to stand upon this foundation rounda- rounda tion wo we can according ln to the measure meas meas- S ure uro and absoluteness of our understanding under under- standing move oft off the physical appearances appearances appearances ap ap- named diseases whether r organic or inorganic With a very complete and absolute understanding of ot the metaphysical we wo could produce e cn even more marvelous changes In In the physical Jesus was wag the master metaphysician metaphysician meta recta physician and he from the metaphysical standpoint not only healed heale all aU manner of disease but changed water water wa wn- ter Into wine multiplied the tho loa loaves s s sand and restored the withered hand save gavEl sight bight to tho the blind hearing to the deaf dear and caused causell the lame to wall walk Ho ITo also sold said lIe He that onS on S me the works that I do shall he do also and greater works than thes these e 1 shall holl ho do because I go unto my Father rather that is is ho he that understands understand s the truth and will wor work from th the e lamo metaphysical basis that I do shall hall do o the same works and greater greate r works than Olan these shall ho he do o h because Cause e I 1 have o overcome the world evil e an and d have 0 made male m my vay a to the tho Father Spirit Thus did the Master 1 clear away the obstacles and render It H easier casler fo for tor r those who came camo after him iron to do his works Let Lot it be repeated that the study of vf f Christian Science must proceed upon a logical basis In reading an any Christian literature which attempts t to o state tato Its philosophy the first 1 thin ri i the student should do o I is to satisfy Y himself that the fundamental ments about God are mode made JIB HS in our text book then that th tho e t l' l m I statements arc are Y and logically drawn from these fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental statements about God Goll and If lr I Ithe f the tho student Is Ib a believer In God in t tills t His ills power all-power and In III Ills Hiss sole polo creator- creator ship ho Iio must accept the tho statements I Which arc are in logical accord with tar the tho e nature oC or of God Goll oven even though l tires e statements are arc directly contrary t lotho to lo o the tho evidences of ot his 1113 physical senses s. s Doing this he will have no difficulty ully In acquiring an Intellectual understanding understanding understanding under under- standing of Christian Science At th tho the same time he ho will lenin learn to love t an and evermore seek after the pure and I perfect per per- M- M ideals Ideas which have been present present- pre presented ed ell to the thc lie understanding Sooner or later atel If It tho the student follows this order faith faithfully full he will had himself becoming bo- bo coming master over 1 disease disease- c and dl discord dis dis- cord COIll e even to their complete o oC C r- r throw both in himself and in r Thus Ihus stand standing InS InS' on the a n bc beginning is made malic toward demonstrating demonstrating demon demon- our power over th the false fale fal e c appearances appearances ap at- named physical so that these appearances are arc forced to gl Gh glup up their dl discord corll in favor or of divan tU harmony harmon Pursuing tho the same plan the individual and the entire rao rac as the they shall come Into this metaphysical meta mel physical ph will understanding will understanding will demonstrate demonstrate demon lemon strate strato more and moro more the power to control o el every appeal appearance ance of ph physical dl discord cord until at the last lust thc they will cause all these appearances to vau- vau Ish Then will be realized the eternal eterna spiritual heaven and earth for tor th th- material sen o of oC heaven and anti earth will ha e passed away A t NATIONS NATION'S W WE E Ii William Bernard Thompson oll Four years cars of ot war Just prior i io 10 5 the discovery of or Christian had cost the American nation a half haIr I million of ot Its noblest noble t sons men sons men who knew no fear In fact as brave soldiers soldiers sol sol- solI I diers as ever e faced a a. cannon cannons cannon's s mouth i or lured dared the tho bayonets bayonet's thrust Both sides thought thc they were In the right I and were patriots in their their- own minds The ill UI effects of this war our nation I mo may feel fee for man many generations but bur 4 those of the Immediate period 0 I i I COUl course c bore borc the brunt of the conflict and Its effects It Is only to visit a Soldiers Soldiers' Home either North or or- South to witness what war wai d lops does even e to those who survive Then too loo how many widows wIllows and orphans there are as the direct result of this struggle gle Ye Yes Yea we still find them everywhere everywhere every every- where throughout tho the Southern Southe-rn and Eastern states slates Praise Go God brothers of the Southland aril l the Northland this can never happen again within our borders for the nation has grown to even higher Ideals and aull tho they are arr those of ot fellowship and brotherhood brotherhood- to do good to make peace pence as our oui honored President has done But Dut it is not the object of or the tho writer I I to tell of this thrilling historical time of ot Hi 16 years rears a ago o. o but the result to this nation as a nation of the discovery In 1866 of ot Christian Science and Its effects for or good how good how it Jt has hns aided In bringing about these higher Ideals of peace and brotherhood To ro illustrate thus illus rate we will take tho the case of one young joung man man whom the writer has known from boyhood such a one a as went to make up that half halt a million slain between 61 and G CC GG No Xo better bettel father and mother a a. bo hey boy ever had he was brought up In the thc good old old- f fashioned way taught way taught to obe obey to attend church and Sunday Sunda school and m family prayer was the rule One would naturally think that such trainIng training training train- train Ing would have had hud good results but tho the immediate effect seemed to bo of the opposite nature In early manhood manhood man man- hood the tho young fellow came carne to the tho conclusion that religion was a farce farce- that that they who professed It were Veru Insincere insincere In- In sincere except father and mother mother mother- and for his part he ho woul would have havo none of It still for the dear mothers mother's sake e. he attended church as before but not to pra pray How fast bad habits seem to grov grol Soon he had formel new acquaintances acquaintances acquaint acquaint- ances anc s those who gambled d and and lUli drank dranit He soon did dill all these pv- pv V copt let us sa say the drinking and he heId said Id he avoided this because he saw that the man who did not drink gourd win from those who did As those E habits seemed to secure a strong hold on the young man maa he gradually i stayed ta ed out later and la r la-r i- i until morning mornin morning morn morn- ing in would still sUlI find him hm in n the tho rear room of the saloon or gambling den der And what of that your mans man's mother moth moth- erl er Her hair hall whitened fast under tinder the strain one can almost hoar h. lii- lii liar r I irr 4 1 i of ot relief er when whim in the iii-the- the early j merging rJ I g hours she sho at least cast knows her darling son is s once more moro s ru in nis bed and the dumb appeal of or her loving eyes es the next day lIay when about dinner dinnertime t time ime he comes tonnes down down cross cross crabbed stet sick of ot himself and this kind of oS life but DUt how is 15 he to break away from flom i It t Many times flings he resolved to leave i It t forever but hut each time tho the resolution t ion tion would go tho the way of all ull such uch- uch to the winds of hell Finally sickness S came sickness came sickness unto death the doctors doctors doctors doc doc- tors said rold and he ho did not know where to turn it Was wag useless t to think of his old companions or tho the P ph sl- sl clans or the old church but he did not want to die tIle he ho wanted to live ll At la last t the thc day br breaks His cloud cloudis Is is to have a silver lining a t relative who after many years cars of helplessness had been healed In six weeks weeks' treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment under a n Christian Scientist came to the town In which the young man lived to put In practice what she bhe had learned of this healing pow power r She Sho talked with him and finall finally he consented to be he treated and was healed healed heated heal heat ed then some somo members of the famIly fam lam ily fly were healed while others believed ell not but sneered The Tho healing all nIl wanted but no now new religion tho the soil was not nOl yet ready for tor the tho seed for all this was many years ago when Christian Science was but little known The young youn man soon found foun he must stand up hp for his faith though others reviled it and made fun of or him while later oven even tho those o whom he had hall called friends would cross the street to avoid him bun calling him crazy a crank etc These thing thing- made it doubly hard but h ho he had nothing to go back hack to except despair so he pre pressed sed on through faith foith in to God Goll trusting Truth the strong deliverer to guide him Into tho the land of Christian Science I where fetters fall an and tho the rights of or man are arc rull fully known and acknowledged acknowledged I edged Science and Health p p. p as |