The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003, March 30, 1944, Page 9, Image 9

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over him and his feet began to sink, • Envy, rivalry, hate need no tern- > Affliction is the wholesome
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soil of
as a great weight pulled him under, porary indulgence that they be de- ! virtue, where patience, honor, sweet
They
and. water began closing over his (stroyed through suffering; they should humility, the calm fortitude, take
head. A sudden thought of his fam­ > be stifled from lack of afe and free- j root and strongly flourish. — David
ily roused him, and the teachings of dom.—Mary Baker Eddy.
Mallet.
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the Bible? and freely advise this
the
Sunday
school
came
to
him,
that
Christian Science: Prayer
course to others.
God was ever present, and that he
Made Practical
It is the temper of Ute highest hearts
Prosperity is a great teacher; ad-
I once found myself lost in a moun­
could rest in Him. In that instant he
by
to
strive
most
upwards
when
they
,
versity
if a greater. Possession pamp-
tain glade, in a forest of the North­
turned completely to God and came
Leonard T. Carney, C. S. B.
are most burdened.--Sir Philip Sid- , era the mind; privation trains and
west
I
did
not
know
how
J
had
en
­
closer
to
Him
than
ever
before
in
his
of Beverly Hills, California
1 strengthens*!!.'—Hazlett.
life. He then saw that God was free­ n«X-
Member of the Board of Lecture­ tered the enclosure of entangled
Man
is
defined
in
the
Christian
growth,
so
dense'that
not
a
path
into
ing
him
from
the
fear
that
was
pull
­
ship of The Mother Church, The First
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Bos­ it or out of it was to be seen, not an Science textbook (p. SRI) as follows: ing him under. Hi»-feet and* body
index visible. As I circled round and “The compound idea of infinite Spirit; began to rise to the surface,* his
ton, Massachusettes.
round, faster and faster with my fears the spiritual image and likeness of strength returned, and he floated in
of
the approaching night and the un­ God; the full representation of Mind.” rafety. As he lay on the surface, he
The lecturer spoke substantially as
known filling my thought, I suddenly Man is included within and encom­ literally shouted for joy and poured
follows:
Mankind, today, is in search of that stopped and began to realize the pres- passed in Mind as idea, not matter. out gratitude to God not only for be­
which will solve the perplexing prob­ sence and power of God. His directing Without*man, God would be incom­ ing saved, but also to have witnessed
intelligence available then and there, plete; and man without God, could not such an instantaneous manifestation
lems of life. The average man is
as
I had lately learned it from Mrs. exist. Hence when we say God is of God’s power. In a short time he ‘
seeking for a simpler, happier Way
of existence. Find a mun who is Eddy's writtings. As fe^r departed, all, we mean God and man, God and was able to make his way to shore,!
truly happy, and you usually have I felt a peace and confidence that all His manifestation. ft naturally fol­ where he entered into the activities
one who is healthy and sufficiently Was well. Then appeared to view too lows that man is not God any more as if nothing unusual had happened.
indefinite path through which I "had than a ray of light is Jhe sun.
How many men and women today
supplied.
An exalted senqp of man iraa nec­ are reaching out just to get their
Man’s Great Need
,! entered the tanglewood, and in 'due
The normal individual wants less course I was safe at the hotel. In her essary as an exalted sense of God. A fingers on place, position, money to .
of that which confuses him, inter­ writings, Mary Baker Eddy has plain­ perfectly good God and a deplorably sustain them, friends to supply their
feres with his rightful course, and ly marked the pathway out of the evil man is anomalous. A perfectly needs, drugs to heal them, and mat­
thwarts hia just endeavors. Let him maze of material living for all to un­ good God could not create a man who ter to satisfy them! And how vain
have less worry and he will have derstand and utilfee. To her we could suffer and die. Whence, then, and uncertain is that expectation!
more confidence, lees tear, and he acknowledge full debt for transfor­ comes a sick, sinning, and unhappy Spirit; Love, Mind, infinite intelll-
will have more love, leas earthlineas, mation of our lives from what they mortal? You can find him nowhere dence, is the only safe reliance.
except embraced in the human con­
and he will have more heavenliness. were to what they are, and will be.
Lave Is Needed
The message of Christ-healing came sciousness of mortal mind which is * If one were to be asked what is the
So the great need of today is for the
elimination of that which interferes from God! and the woman who heard the false belief in a mind apart from most important lesson of Christian
with the continuity of harmonious it became the messenger, commis­ God. Change your concept of man Science the answer would be the les­
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living, for a fuller sense of life and sioned and equipped by God to bring from a material to a spiritual basis son of Love—love for God and man.
its joys. Would you think a business this divine message to the present age. through spiritual understanding, and Of what avail is it to be able to state
executive unwise who wants to elim­ We received this message through her no longer will you be conscious of a correctly the letter of Science and
inate waste, lost motion, defects, and writings. Her hand held the pen, siflt and unhappy mortal. If we look yet allow its spirit to go unexpresed?
antiquated ways of doin'» things, by but God give her the words. Thus up to God to find man, not down to The letter, then, becomes the dead
supplanting them with more ex­ is fulfilled the forecast of John on earth, we shall see man as he really leaves of winter, tossed in the chiHy
blast of intellectualism. The warm
peditious methods, which would sim­ Patmos who saw two witnesses to the is.
center, the living part, the heart of
plify the work and render it mare Truth who should evidence it
This brings us to what Mrs. Eddy Christian Science is Love.
beneficial? Is it not equally wise to throughout all time. Those two wit-
seek a scientific knowledge of your nesses are Christ Jesus and ChriT- indicates to a profound teaching in
What is Love? It is larger than
ON APRIL 1st THE NEW INCREASED ADMISSION
own life to loam how to overcome >tian Science, or God's law made Christian Science—the subject of* re­ words, more extensive than thought.
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waste of energy, loss of power, ill- available to humanity, We do not flection. That which to profound to Nothing but divine Lv •• itself can
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deify
the
personality
of
Mrs.
Eddy;
health, diminishing happiness, and
likewise simple and easy to under­ define it, nothing but ¿eeda can at­
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how to supplant them with joy, health, she would be the flrstJo rebuke this; stand. She presents an illustration test it.
According to St. John,
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peace,
and
progress?
Christian but we do accord to her, her rightful of a person standing before a mirror “God is love,” and he adds that he
Science supplies this great need of place in Christian history.
and viewing his reflection in the' who knows Love knows God. Love
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The Place of Prayer ,
glass (Science and Health 515:88-4). i can be defined only by those who
mankind.
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As in the time of Jesus, so in It is to be noted that to have a re­ love and are loving; it Is defined in
Christian
Science,
the
means
of
flection
there
must
be
light
It
to
their
deeds
and
in
their
lives.
Divine
Because Mary Baker Eddy, the
Discoverer and Founder of Christian healing is through the understanding through the light of spiritual dto- I Love means at-one-ment, unity, har­
Science, saw the urgent need of the and power of true prayer. It is nota­ comment that reflection in Science mony. So love recognizes the one- i
sick and sinning. she longed to save ble that the first chapter of our text­ is understood. To the one standing I ness and harmony of all things.
On a mental blackboard let us draw '
them from their misery. Here, my book deals with this topic. Prayer before the mirror his image to not
friends, you have the animus, the to the opening of the mental door another person, it is what that per- . « perpendicular line; on the* right
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of this line put the word “Love," ,
transcendent determination, the life­ through which you and I may have son sees and knows about himself, Mtf
purpose, of a woman who knew the communion or audience with God. If and as himself. It to tjjat selfsame with its meanings of at-one-ment, L
bitterness, harshness, suffering, pain, all the prayers uttered this very person reflected in the mirror. Then unity, harmony. On the left aide of ,
and poverty of mortal existence as moment by those in need should con­ she goes on to say, “Now compare the line, let us mentally place a list
few gentlewomen have been forced join in a mighty anthem, it would man before the mirror to his divine of those opposite beliefs which spell
to know it—to whom at times all j reverberate around the world. Men. Principle, God. Call the mirror di- separation, disunity, friction. At the
doors were closed
It was through on raft« in the middle of the ocean. vine Science, and call man the re- 1 top of this list we would certainly
IMS dark experience, working, watch-
Plan“
flection.” From this it is plain that place "fear,” for nothing destroys the
ing praying to be shown how she ho1“
<*»• »hifting battle, mingle man as reflection is what God knows unity and harmony of men as does
might be delivered from a life of ‘^r
about Himself; it is God’s own spirit- fear; next we might place “hatred," ,
ual knowledge of Himself. Man in then
“Impatience,” . “irritability,’’
physical suffering, that she made.
Science to not God, he to the reflec- , “discouragement,” etc. How may we
the great spiritual discovery now
tion of God, God’s consciousness of wipe out those on the left side of the
known as Christian Science. It was
His own perfect being. Thus man line?
By reversal, for they are all
through the sacred pages of the
is the image of God Himself, a* we the reverse of Love. Strike out the
Bible, illumined by spiritual revela­
read in Genesis, “Sd God created word “fear," and on the right side of
tion. that in IBM she experienced
man in hie own image, in the image the line place “reliance on God;** in
an instantaneous healing which re­
of God created he him.” It follows place of hatred, "love;” replace impa­
sulted in a permanent cure of that
that because there la only one God, tience with “patience," irritability
which the doctors had pronounced
there is only one spiritual man. This with “kindness," discouragement with
incurable. • From that time on,
“gratitude."
Thus there is nothing
through long years of consecrated
service to God and to healing man­ I ‘knew where I might find him! in Science you are that man by right left on the left side of -the line, for
that I might come eves to his seat!" of individual reflection.
they have all been wiped out. By
kind, such ag'has net
reversing them we gain at-one-ment, I
Unreliability of Matter
since the time of Jesus, this lone No human sense can reveal God to
left for all ages an imprésa us. It is when we need Him most
Physical scientists appear to be at unity, harmony, love. How easy is
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hality that causes unnum- that we may know Him beat. He sea regarding the nature
of matter. this reversal if we are quick to detect
up and call her comes to us, or we to Him, when our One of the greatest authorities ad- the need for it, and willing to exe­
need is great. The greater the need ( mits that we do not possess any gen- cute it; how satisfying; how healing!
blessed.
the closer He ia, “Closer Is He than oral basis for physics which can be Timothy says, “Be instant in season,
breathing, and nearer than hands regarded as logical. We are told by out of season; reprove, rebuke, ex­
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and feet."
»
| men of eminence that the universe. hort"
As a boy it was one of my duties
Because God is everywhere, He is 'instead of looking like a great im­
hto‘ suitcase when he remarked to a
to go to the barn each night to feed
friend:' "There is a little comer left properly defined as the All-in-all. chine, looks more like a great thought,
and bed down the family mare. Some-
that
is
omnipresence,
meaning
all
It
is
now
generally
believed
that
as
open in which I desire to pack a
| times the wintry wind, the moaning I
presence;
omnipotence,
meaning
all-
far
as
our
earth
is
concerned
electrici-
guidebook, a lamp, a mirror, a tele­
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power; omniscience, all true know!- I ty in
one form or another is the sole of the treey, or the push of the storm,
scope, a book of poems, a number of
material used in building its fabric.'madc me fear
** alone in the <
biographies, a bundle of old letters, edge. Paul recognized the nature of
Perhaps
that
is
the
reason
for
a
rest-
dark
But
1
had
prepared
the kero- I
Deity
when
he
spoke
of
Him
as
“
all
a hymnbook, a sharp sword, a small
less world, that it is resting on rest-'
lantern in the afternoon, and |
library containing thirty volumes— in all” (I Cor. 15:18). From this we
all these must occupy a space of perceive that there is nothing out­ teas forms of electric sparks. Speak- when 1 lighted it and carried it at my ,
ing seriously, however, Christian | aide> 1 w*11«1 whistle and be cheery,
about three inches.” In amazement side of God, no wisdom, no intelli­
always
saw » that
was walking •
Science has long taught that matter for
*“” I ’ -a
—— —
•>--» i I —
gence,
no
presence,
no
power,
no
his friend asked, “How are you going
in a circle of light. Whether I was
_
.
being.
He
la
all-inclusive,
all-em-
is
an
illusion,
a
vague
concept
of
the
to manage that?" The reply was.
“Very ‘ **»ily: "n that "space I am^bracin8' “ll-endrcling. all-envelop- human mind, and that to rely upon it down below or in the loft above, I
ARTURO
— 11 IS - EsW
a to wai csroluX io piaco the lanUm
S ci e nce cteacly
cl ea rly de- fnt" •■■■«•Il n rxz4 nunnl m , 1 — CUB!
golng to put. my Bttrte; It contains “g. Christian i Sctenc.
all these things.”
It is sometimes fines GotTw.thout
reservation, for it words of the Psalmist, “An horse is that I might walk and work within
without neeervatloo,
the circle of its light, and I was not
that
said that Christian Scientists place is ‘ not
“* to
* an unknown God **
“* jirayer a vain thing for safety.”
The following may illustrate how afraid.- Divine Love sheds a circle
their textbook abot-e the Bible, but is uttered. God is defined in the
of light around those who manifest
this is not so. They are obedient to textbook (p. 587) as “The great I AM; in extremity one should reach out to
love. To walk and work within the
what is given in the textbook, “Sci­ the all-kndwlng. all-seeing, all-acting, God, not to matter, for safety. A boy
consciousness
of Love is to be shield­
-aiui
w-z
—
—
-
al
*'
wlae
'
all-loving,
and
etefnal;
Prin-
of the Christian Science Sunday
ence and Health with Key to the
Mary Baker Eddy,1 * Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; School whom we know well, was with ed from all’evil. “God is light,” the
Scriptures” by
I
where it is written (p. 487): “As ad-
•» substance, intelligence.”
his companions playing with a beach Bible says, and if we walk in that
At the time of Moeee, I AM was a ball on the shore of a lagoon which light we shall not be in darkness, but
herents of Truth, we take the in­
name
for Deity, meaning “He is; HE led off from the ocean. Suddenly under the protection of the Most High.
spired Word of the Bible as our suffl-
Titoe Self-Appreciation
who exist»;” the living, self-ex is tent, the ball was thrown into the water
• cient guide to eternal Life."
There is a tendency among indi­
The truths of Christian Science self-expressing, self-sufficient God, and the breeze from the ocean gent­
do not originate in the book, Science the One who was and is and ever ly wafted it farther out over the viduals to think either too highly of
and Health. They, find their expres­ shall be. The word Principle indi­ quarter-mile stretch of water The themselves, or on the other hand, too
sion there, but their origin to in God. cates that from which all things pro­ boy, although unable to swim any lowly. Paul refers to this when he
Truth is as old as God. The purpose ceed, the course, cause, and origin, the great distance, dashed after it with advises one not to think of himself
of the textbook is to show how prac­ creator of all things. The name Mind vigor. It kept just ahead of him, more highly than he ought to think,
tical and applicable are the truths means all-inclusive intelligence, of and he soon found himself far out in but to think soberly. Worldly self-
of the Bible, how the sick are healed, which there is but one, no mote than the water, his strength waning. Mak- somethingness must give way to self-
the sinning reformed, the sorrowing one. Soul means infinite Individual!- I ing frantic efforts to reach the ball nothingness, if we would find our
comforted. It explains many seem­ ty, Identity, one-ness, which is re- | that it might support him, he almost true self as the child of God. _
Does it sound like belittling one­
ing incongruities that have long fleeted in man and the spiritual uni- (had his fingers upon it several times,
Spirit implies omnipresent only to have it pushed just beyond self thus to speek of self-abnegation'’
puzzled Bible students. The text­ verse.
book exalts the Bible as no other substance without an iota of matter, his reach. He looked back "at the Christian Science .never takes away
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book has done, and students of Life is eternal, limitless self-exiat- shore far away, his shouts for help something without putting something
Christian Science study the Bible, ence. Truth is that which is real and apparently unheard*Greaf fear came
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