Article April 19, 1900 Issue

What a Wicked World!

BY T. B. BEACH.

Our daily papers are teeming with the miseries and sins of humanity. Murders and suicides; robberies and cruelties; war, poverty, and famine. So the cry goes out, "What a Wicked World!"

Man's inhumanity seemingly reigns supreme. Our courts are filled to overflowing with criminal cases and divorce suits. Our ministers are complaining of empty pews and lack of spirituality of members of the churches. Sin seems so real, on every hand that we are prone to exclaim, "What a wicked world!" Why is this? Surely God does not ordain it so to be. This earth was formed for man, but God created no sin. So the world is reaping the fruits sowed by mortal man. The world is just what mankind makes it. Then the question comes, "How can this state of affairs be changed?" The remedy is at hand and it will eventually do the work. The philosophy of Christian Science comes to the rescue. Were the teachings of this Science understood and followed universally, what a change! We could no longer say, "What a wicked world!" We want more of the Christ Principle, Truth, and less phariseeism, more understanding of this divine Principle and less selfishness. We want but one God; and love for each other.

Christian Science brings to humanity the cure-all. Christ stands at the door of every one's heart and knocks, but often the door is shut and locked by sin. Christian Science has the key to open the door and let Love in. O, for a flood of the Science, this Christ Principle! It would drown all error, all inharmony. The same hand that distributed the loaves and fishes would feed the famished. Christ draws all men unto himself. So if our churches had more of this Christ Principle, more of this Truth that casts out fear, there would be no empty pews,

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