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PAGE THREE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER o TtiBSlMg. JUNE 2i,ct920 8" ''A LEQTURE ON ' or corpdtVal sense or urg oe ..... .. ..... th8 graven stone1 mouse which 1 - , it v.i.i'uitir ..f tiiM-ii.i.i ihm mff wuai sum ." ., ... " . . .. J . ... ... ... a i., nniffi-worHhlu. ami to tr.e oiuiwor riw m u ut .w . : .,... . - ..i.i w.i- r..iil.'i'h sinii will untold to IH.n ill" 11:1:11114. recognise nnd aval! power n:ul presence of GcO, vhlch I pray? t.... , A ai.iB toinu VAil ntlVlllllllr .Ai iniOTlAVI r.iltI-XT-r oi Causal!., In luy nd fill emergwt-.inai 1 muy '...-i ,,,,,, , ..tolu , ,, llM, a:.c,, ntlO 1 A N OVllLiNIl, Tc:c ,na.eedar la II yc-lbl. for.BupPoae he .. ua rw hum .o(, lniB Oa,ntlon or- ! smh a aaraon do enjoy the presence lu Hoaveu; Ihut heaven U n lfM. .. , ., . .vnr!,her ot Idols.! being I afar-off. and that after a "Now. a ' BY WII.MAM W.'COHTKH, t 8. 11. , iMrauher of the Hoard of lan-tumihlp of The Mother Church. The ! Fit. Cknrrli of Christ. Hi-b-ttlis(, In KnMoB, Mass. """"""""""""""""""""""""" " ii.t,.; i.a erlianited for a true men, . .. . , i,.,!. Natural Development (desires of mankind for the uttain-iu( 0od , esll(.ty the same mtiniier h1 ,lariloned (f he then aays, ; ; . . u Uod, tiood suppose, ua Indicating the haracter of God. you were :!.,,i -nnu,.r of nod w.ino-.ii ! able 10 recognize and identify llie trauaUlou called death he may I.e. ! . . ... ..r ime Causa-: ....... ..:.....t ... aniLir hMnn and there! nature, or ru' - ,w u.... . nature or c , tien, or God? Since. no.eveV, ii,8ee ann Know Spirit, uou. (o my (J ,Wa 0r .l,,K My false sense of uou w"-. not tne woraiuiwr " , , . , d you reine.nilier the day ut's'tt t.a, r.unnhiu umonu the illllH sli li ki n iieec - oil that the false sense of all things must My brother. It siwina to m that about to end Its .eslxteni'i A'fundamantal desire for harmony Mr tru(, st,Iiafii ag ,he paaln!.;xcopt ,,,, yours 8 f,,r-off where HO .,, Honieihlnc.lii the cireum I . . . . v Tho dgmnnr.nni. .. fhriaii... meat or narmony ana boou '.flclence In the tea line of th k-k. I'nderlylmf. sln for Cloud nd the reconstruction of buman thoneht on lines of rieht artlvitv Ma tn.dav an neeninnlfHheH nnit no-l0 every r ! ... 1 iknowledged fact. Thinking menl" , V ., , ' ." hV1,el 8011 " """""s . Jiere. you are hoiumit in voums and women are asking with growinit " """" """ ., ,'lof Uod beia uniueiii.u.. "" woishipinK a mental uuuko ' ."""., uMli to bo nwny bj exclituiBed sooner or later I1)r; your Cod la only the same aa my KOd.. u) (() g.,alry a niiulsi to div tliieir irun mm . t L..,,.. ..f "ii.o flrsi heaven and the I.A BHII! lilt WIIIIU 1 ...,,..,.1 V..I. . . . " .... - .h.ii.u. " - - Mil. lire . . person. una oesire )rst mrlhl--why should not 'ai,orahliB my craven stone Int"5"' ha,, 11ml Instead you hound up M! ft " 'ipeison wtio is nonuiiR - Jiere. you are hoiuuiK in uiuotiii' voum8 su.;li .a manner inni.n,ju 1. u.m i , (,0(l heitiu timnBumieiy nere ami w01.snlpiK mental Iiiiuko or yoniiw.ig ull t- nwy tll hills ver, of whtm)W to gatu a rH ,uratnniHiiK of who , , a (lir.tf heaven. Ami ),r(U,e, to lell Mn that whlclrfl definite Idea ,,,, ,,Hl.,,.t, character of Cnuwitloa.l . vuu hav shown 1110 ,., , u.1,1i,. his baud an.ir4 It of demonstration and development! of 1,ow mony ad Rood may be'-, r tifl,,? No canimnmlment of God luyiUir K(11M, ,iooU the plnoo where It : ' ,,. Knuml1 , , ,,.. . during the comparatively short period' 'al,ied' '"ere w II b Just as i. ny . lhP llwJlU)gl,0 of Moses says. 1 lion g vrUwn. Thou slialI llot make t.M.lerneaa. ci.npaaaloi,. . n: n f j . .HrPi,.,. l.mlllLwIa lllirRHPd In the IK- . ,. .. .. nA .... fOllllllHIll - . .......... ..r 1.1.V . ... ... 1. T explain i" nun, ju . tell 111 hut 4 lo wlthold yom MERRY'S TO DAY AND TO MORROW 0 Robert W. Chambers' C1vKTi:sr NO-VKL interest. Why is It that Christian in Science has gained Its present stage of fifty-four years? It Is evident ''.in this connection, that .tf the eiisi y ing Bystems of religion and medi- cine bad been adequate to meet tile ; needs and to satisfy the desires of mankind, no other Bystem would ' ever have been necessary or even possible. Vanishing Theories It Is recorded In the book of Gen- no definite idea, however, of what constitutes good, or no u. 1 - hiuiii 11 Ki.uw. ... 1 I,,..,. 1 nan nnv uiuvei. uuuhi " mi ..mi tainiueut of thess desirable and es- n ,,)e ri(lc0Kll(, f Min ,le- llkt,nBa8 of ay ihiug t)mt Is In Uw41 nualltles of Love. And you te scntinl ntinlitles.-aa there are per-j, Tholl ,, not understand. ' above or ,ha, iu tUe earth be- God (g Uive lul Uult 1; boiis engagea in "in "!0n tha contrary, mat iifsi K-ru cum-' .. or that Is in the water nnuei . the majority of Instances the mem- wamlmellt enunciated by Moses and .- ear.h." From this, does it not: . rec. t0 M memory "The Fighting Chaice" ods pursued will be those nauseated I lnpr pmp'iaaiZod by Jesus declares my brother, that the mental by the physical senses, or by human l lflcafly. ..Tuou simU Iqve the . . k 8 o( Cl),i hlrh you ..... .lia taut I nil II. V ! . .,.1. ah .1... .... M,"e reason iuuihu-u uiwi. .."y ' Lord tb.v uua wuu 1 1 mj m-un, of the physical senses. Since, how-1 n(( wUj1 0 ,hy wxll Bllrt w,h ai -ever, neither the pltyslcnl senses' mimt,'i aud surely It Is the pro-'r vlnce of Mind to know, inoeea, h Is difficult to see how It would be pos (Continued 011 1'aKe S YlTll nor I1111111111 reason nafii uj'un eslB that at a certain time the people senses can testify to enduring of the world decided that they would ,trmony, it naturally follows that perpetuate their material sense or( tallied. The factreWnius. none the : materia) name .by bul'J'.ig a tower the top ot which would reach uno the heavens. The purpose of the bulld .ers -was to commemorate and per petuate the majesty and stability of . matter, or the accomplishments of material man. , ! ". According to the Scripture nara tlve the building of this tower seem- ; ed to proceed harmoniously for a time. Then, owing, to the sreat nnm- ber of people engaged upon the work. r and the great- diverelty' of oplnloiis.j plans, and tonguies, serious Inter !i ference and conflict were encounter ed. So great waa this Interference ; that confusion ensued, and finally ' the builders were compelled to leav'e ' off the work of building, and they were scattered to the four quarters of the earth, ' Some years ago, when the subject of th safe height to which tall build ings mlglK he erected was being con they cannot be the cause or channel through which harmony Is to be at- Cuined. The fact remains, none the less a fact, that there exists in every person a fundamental desire to gain harmony and1 good. , In the early years of our western laud, whert there still remained what was .known aa the prairie country, travelers were at times treated to an unusual mid Interesting sight bible for 0110 to love and to obey God I Without Ueillg lioie 10 iui-hui.v mu 1 nature or character of Deity. J It is admitted without any argil- inenL that a peraou who la holdlim 1 thev cannot bo the cause or channel J lliey CllllUOl UU l.irr vaunt. ... .ii.iii.k.i iu consciousiiosiS a fulso sense ot the 1 relation of numbers a fulse sense J that , two . and two make five will J Immediately run into difficulty and 1 discord aa a result of such fulse J sense. It Is also recognized that this 1 .i.-oonwi nn4 ilintress' will continue ! Frequently one 'might see acres andjust' go n8 ,Ua fala0 ,.. , nuilned with tho Individual. The only wny that Bitch a peraon ran of- J acres of fertile land from which sprang a' luxuriant growth of golden sunflowers. The traveler accustom ed to finding "sermons In atones" might have noticed that these Mill- flowers stood always with their fucos toward the sun. In the morning their faces (were uiirulaed to the ris ing sun; then, turning slowly dur ing (he day, evening found them with their faces toward the west still facing the buii. It might huve fectur.lly escape the discords In u lies- 1 tion would be by gaining .a true uii-, J del-standing of the relation or nuin-.i hers, or from the science or numbers. ( i. u .ml ttr.wever. no readily rec-.s ognized nor admitted outside Christian Science, wh is holdng a thai false of ; a person sense of Bidered by the city of New York, one been that heavy, black storm clouds construction engineer voiced wise )lunB over the face of the sun, yel council to the effect that the safe height to which a tower or building may be. erected will be determined bv the dimensions of the base. ThlB is excellent and timely counsel when considering the construction of any tower whether It be a materia! tower of Babel, a tower or r d gipn of healing, or of political govern ment. . If the base of such a tower jret upon matter, or upon human reason from the testimony of the physical senses, it will he a question the flowers always stood with their Cod, that is, a falae seuso of Cans- , atiou, will likewise run lnimedinUdyJ Into disoorils- will run Into sin, slck-i ncss. death as the result of auchlj false beliefs, being erroneous, can.i Tuoil has the suta V 1 .Vilu ililii'ii)is von! X Food 1' X 1 TPkAT 11 No oilier Ours is tt Ask your grocel Bread is youv Eat Stqw'i-fiiic Bret "THE BREAD BREAD! The one food Unit t'U tlie people want all the time. ' Plain' and wholcsoni? 4-Ruhstantial and nour ish in",. Give it tlio first place on" your table. , ic food value. a loaf today. t moro of il. !; !: :' ! ! ! : S ! '!' Anna Q. Nilsson, Conrad Nagle . ' . ' ' - DdrothV Davenport SEE THE SENSATION U N li KK- V AIR it mw A PARAMOI W ARtCKAp I I'lLTUHK iUo A Comedy UII.DS" 1 faces turned in the direction of the Nl,ltiu,r lg lt roeogniaed outbldo ofi! j Christian Science that tliHBe diBcord-l light. In after years, when the benlflcent teachings of Christian Science began to unfold the eternal realities of be ing, these flowers were to me an Il lustration ,of how mankind have al ways stood with their faces turned toward God, whether they have known It or not, thus evincing an underlying, fundamental desire for harmony and goodness, because of ihort time only before Interter-i 0f a lack of education or Instruction Mice, conflict, and confusion will en ue, and the people compelled to leave off their h i:idiu. Thi 1" Yered Leader and Founder of Chris tian Science has written wisely upon this point on pae 430 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scrip tures": "Faith ehould enlarge its Iu mire .Cbi istlunity, the human or mortal mind has accepted Its own misconceptions of God. Its own mis interpretations of man, and Its own misstatements of Spirit dY Substance as real. Out of the abysmal devtliR of this unreality has ripen a mist or thick black cloud of fulse knowl borders and strengthen Its base by edge. resting upon Spirit Instead of mat- Thus mankind have found theni ter." Since the physical senses can- seiVP8 ,i,e Innocent VictlniJ of a nils- not testify either to accuracy or toco,1(,,,V(,( ejstence, expressing Itself enduring permanence. It follows, that ; 8ni aiekness, sorrow, and death, the reasoning of the human mlndt 8 the mission and province of which is based upon the uncertain .christian Science to cleie- away and testimony of these phyalcnl Benses to testrov these misconceptions con- cannot furnish a satisfactory baMlHlccrnl); (j0it these nilslnlrrprctai tone on which to build cl'.uef fell- relating to man, and these misMuti cioUB, political, or healing systems. m(,nts n01,t Substance together Oh the other hand, If religion, nai-! vvitli the sin, sickness, sorrow, death a'nd destruction' which follow in the wake of this misconceived 'existence. lt Is the further happy mission and province of Christian Science to re store to mankind the true reflection or image and .likeness of God, and Hie, true understanding of the na ture'and character of Causo.'ion. The Herald In the mnrvi'JouM revelation lo John on the Island of Patinos, r- ant conditions will continue just oo, long as a false sjjiiso of Gi Is held.J iu consciousness. 11 nuisi ne rec-.i ognbaed, however, that both of these J fulsU beliefs, being erroneous, rniilj loud; only In the direction of discord , and distress. False boliofB; or false' J conoepts, jifUtlng (to, VJod, will i ueceesarl,v dead' into lintold ( mrts- J ery, since the idea or uou which vb iheld in consciousiiessieiug runiin- , mentul In Its nature, enters Into audiL. must necessarily affect and detej-- s: 'mine every activity of the Ijidi- mm vldual. iU'uKuailve JH fiiiitlona j Christian Science, in this connec-j lion, unfolds certain fundamental! and primary Ideas. TJne such pii-1 mnry Idea is this: Mankind is con- 01 WE WIRE HOUSES, HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF FIXTURES AND REI A1K ANiniiwu cu,iiv-ixiv- AL. LE US FIGURE ON YOUR WORK. Elt'ftrienl Contractors. I H. & SL Electric Co. Phone Red 3931 Jng, and government are laid ;in Mind. in Principal, Truth or OoJ. they, will then reflect the unlimit ed and inexhaustible resources of in finite Mind, provided always that this 'Mind BCipnllflclly under Btood and demonstrated. " if. .) jyijaii'Millty of ' Kvll' : ' 1 ' ' inHrlstiiin Science has been criti cised for its declaration that evil j mutter are not real. Religion nri material medicine, however, corded so clearly In the Apocalypse. have throughout their respective hls-ithe Christ, Truth, Is represented as wn eneaeed In trying to over-l saying "nehold, I ,' stand at the come the afflictions of the one and I door, and knock: if any man henr to escape the limitations of the other, my voice, aim open me uoor, I wm .nrf .l.im nrovo tleir unreality. If; come In to Mm. and will Bup with evil and sickness be real, the.effort him and ho with nw." In view of . their ravages, eltherpthe continued attitude of mankind .v,,nh rerielon or science, would with their faces toward Cod. in view be futile lof the continual reaching out toward j Christian Science declares defi-jthe light of the Christ-truth, It Is nltely that evil and disease are not not surprising that, in the fulfill real, that they do not and cannotjment of the purpose of Infinite Mind, belong to God's creation, that they the dawn of that day should break are without basis Ip principle or which had appeared to prophets of Truth hence there Is neither trutll old as a possibility of the future. ... raalltv Irt theml Christian I It Is not aurprlsing nor strange consciousness of existence Indicates mill hnnlies Mind. In fact, without. . . m...l iinillfl lm tl.i f1llllBfllllin.,l ! i.ri ........1,1.. it nf tlml ltl'1 Christian Science let it ne uiuier stood thai it ls t1"1 1,10 limited. human sense of mind which is re-; fc.rred to, nor tlie kjiiku of mill ti ; which Ik supposed to be synoiiymoiiB: with the human brain and supposed to be locirted within the human j skull, but Is thai Mind which Is In-, finite In its nature and character,; infinite in its being, rcsourej, ca pacity. KladonU -Jiower, identity. This Mind, tl'.cn, without which, as l v.e have aeeu, there can be no. consciousiiess of existence and hence,! no existence, mmst .be the creator; cf nil that exists. this Mind must be '.hat which we mean, or ought to mean, when we think of or Bay, "God." In fact, it would be imposnl-jl bin to comedo of lml except ns all-wise or as Infinite Miid. As It likewise would be Impossible to tli I n k j of any place where Mind t not, It ; follows naturally and Inevitably th:ft 1 God. who Is Infinite Mind, is incur-. poreal, everywhere present, and ln.- telllgently active.as. Mind. Here, we I come to the point where Moses slo-d at the burning bush; and the v of enlightened consciousness, j ra the voice of Mind or Gad. declares. lo-duy as It declared to Moses of old. 'Tut jff thy idioes from off thy feet,' for the place whereon thou stanil'?st oi.noa then Immediately proceeds then, that there should be found In to prove their unreality by destroy- the Preface of "Science and Healthy hoy ,.,(.. Ing them in individual consciousness, wnn p.ey io ine scnpiures ip. vnj. , thl8 realization or the miturs or through individual healinp. I which Is the textbook of fhrlstlan Jai;d cIl8rBcl(r of (k)d ,. .,,,, r,i.iln sstem of religion and S Irncn, written by Mary linker. .,... , , ,.., ,,hi,.f, ,he medicine reererent and encourage P:ddy, tVe virfre of a herald crying: W()p)(li cr wM,.k a nii,t,.ril, ,.r.se ,ot Kiif that evil, dlseare. discord.! "The time for thhikera hs come. . un nut tlmil and death are real: that they belong, Trtfh. Independent . d.-tr:ne. , ,.,., , n,rst science I infinite least III I 1 5 on Monarch M1 P" r. i A i S A L E leable Ranges. 17 inch Monarch Ranges on Sale the belief that evil, dlseare. discord.; "The time for thinkers hs . . .... .. ...... iiiuv hpli.nr. Tru'b. I ndenendent .f dfa and aeatn are rem. "i . - ----- - nna untnTstoon in nrihiian to the natural order of things. These and time -honored systems, knocks tha omlltI,rM.nr.(, n, f;d a, tame systB. hen. try to overcome at tie portal i.f hu.i.nity. Conl.4nV .ni w. , 0(?an the cold and deitroy the eviu tuns neio 10 --"i .. u i. i.u .n. le t!imn degree mmm MalHral . i mea conTettiionailiJ 01 maieria.miii Bfrffitltoifce aituval. sua crumourg wa. ignorance 01 wju legltlaata lla are ...i t. t t i-rot thfm: Oa.i no .v '.. 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