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t.lmlul. tat If . Mtihwll
It In rrruiil-rt In Ihr (impc-l of John
thul ChtlfiL Jn.a-i ilcclurcd, Lh la
life rtciiiitl. Dial llicy itiltflit know
t) i it the nnly turn find, Mid Jr-aua
Chilfit, wliuiii thiMj htutt ami," Mfi
elrrnul. that uhutidiuit hit whirl)
Jr.vi.i Mild (hut )ir Kinn to Klve. Ill) -pllr;.
iudm IhlU) HUT" ritoUmcr. It
liirlndrn hriiltti. freedom, hupplncui
nil Unit iimkrn hlr worth liavlnit
"' til In llfr rtrrnal." thr Miu.lrr naif
- nut .-.(mil he. and what mankind
n'-i'd.i. whut wr nil lontt ffr, l.i prriwnt
naliiti'H f i -nil the problem nnri cr
plrntir.i Hint rwwt nil. from atn and
imtuw. from Miltnrrvi and from lark
Chi i.-iltan Jlcirnrr tenrhrn and provra
that r.iifh dt livrtntirr Is ptKiMhl hr
anf now thrmiKh a right iindrrntnd -Inn
"f f "d. tu .Ifktja Indicated.
When fti hiA inluionary journey
h rninr tn AUirm. the A.KVitle Paul
fxiind an altar drdlrati-d "TO THE
unknown emir and wiu able to
a'Amr Ihr Alhrninnv "Whom there
fore " iKnnruiitlv wnmhlp. him d
riiiif I uni'i mhi " In th Chrlfitlan
HnrncT Irxlbonk. "Hclrnce and
Ilenllh wtih Kv to the Hnrlpturra,"
Murv Ilakn Edit v. the OUroverrr
and Kuiindnr of Christian Brlfnor,
ha written (p MWJi "PauanlAm and
ai?ri'wtl( i-im mnv define ivitv a Ihr
ti ent unk tm wahlp .' but Christian
Krimco hrttiKn 11 tniirh ntnrrr to
man. and makrn Him better known a
the All-in-all, forever nrar.'
What, thrn. I thfl nature of Ood.
the ( t(Kl whom I'liul preached to the
A'hrnlnn.v and whom Christian firl
rntr brliiR much nearer to man?
Christian Rclentlsts turn naturally
to the Hible to Irani about Ood. for
no body of people holds ihr Hible In
Tftirr rrrrri)(T It was In th
HihV that Mrr Eddy dunerned lha
trinfi nJir afterward net out In the,
f lir,F,'lmi Hclenre textbook, and her
follow Hnd that th Hlblr grown
morn and mure Irnporiant to them In
thnr dally liven as they study Ua
pni; in (Mr lij;ht thrown upon thfm
by Christ '.an HOrncr
Throughout the Old TaMampnl
m&v b dl-wprncd. In th wr Hints
and pippii'ncrs of tht Hrbrfw rar.
a uradually developing pnncrpt of the
nature nf Ood. a ooncrpt aometimea
ovr!a!d with prtmltlre notion of a
Ood of bat i Ira. rwaypd bT human
p.wlons mirh as revnc or favoTU
Ism. at nthr Umra more spiritual
and unl venal In Ita meaning Thiu
we may trace In the Old TnaUment
the thonnht of Ood aa Infinite, m
omnipotent, as all-trnowInK and
eternal, the IntrlliBent aourra and
emu: of evrrytiilng that exist.
Ii is however. In the New Teau
menl. more eirpeclally. of courae. In
the life and work of Chrlat Jmua.
that we find the cleareat. the moat
convincing explanation and demon
stration of what Ood la flitting by
the well-aide at Hyehar, Janua ald
plalnlv tn the woman of Bamarta.
"Ood is a flplrif And the auprtme
revelation of Ood a nature made by
our Muter, In hit teaching, in hU
works of healing. In hla whole life
of patient srlf-aacrinoe. win that
Ood I 4i1t
Ai a rcault of her deep and per
alto nt atudy ofth Scripture and
of htf apuitual ln pi ration Mm.
Eddy wu nble to answer tha ques
tion "What la Ood?" In the Chrlatlan
rVleoce textbook as follows. "Ood la
Incorporeal, divine. aupTrme. Infl
nitr Mind. Bplrtt. Bout. Principle,
l ife. Truth. Ixve" (Science and
Prnllh. p 4WV ThU. then, ta the
Ood whom CThrlftlan Belenw en
ables us tn know and understand,
and tn find "forever near," beeatue,
being Infinite. He Is ever preaent.
Jecna and Christ
The way In which Christian Sci
ence enable us tn know Ood la by
helping us to understand more In
telligently the life and work of Christ
Jesus. Jesus once aaked hla disciples
a momentous question. There were
current among his contemporarlea
many different views and theories
about nun. Some people thought he
was John the Baptist, others thought
ho was Elijah, or one of the prophets
risen aRftin. Jemis rejected all such
fantastic speculations and said to his
disciples, "nut whom say ye that I
am?" Peter answered, 'Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living Ood."
That Jesus approved this answer and
regarded It aa Important is ahown by
his reply, "Blewed art thou. Simon
nar-Jona: for flesh and blood hath
not revealed it unto thee, but my
Father which is In heaven."
What, then, la the meaning of this
title 'Christ'" Christian Science ex
plains that there i ft distinction be
tween "Josus" end "Chriat": the
term "Christ" la not merely a
synonym for Jeaua.M The human
Jeans was the best and greatfit man
that ever lived. HI example re
mains forever as the standard for
Christian living. He Is the Wey
shower, in whose footsteps Christian
Scientists endeavor humbly to fol
low. It Is Impossible to exaggerate
the debt which the world owes to
the Foundor of Christianity. He
went about doing good he healed
the sick, fed the hungry, raised the
dead. He Imposed upon his follow
ers that great command to love one
Another, a command which provides
the ultimate and only possible solu
tion for all social. Industrial, and
lniernatlonfil problems. By his vie- ,
tory nn the cross and his resurrection
he proved that life Is fmlritunl and
eternal.
What was It that enabled him to
do all this? Christian Science
tenches that It was the Christ,
Truth, which Jesus understood in
fullest measure. Jesus, as Mrs. Eddy
has pointed out, Is a human name j
which the Master shared with others
of his race; Christ, on the other
hand. Is a divine title which refers
ST. PAUL'S GUILD
PLANNING, FASHION
SHOW, BRIDGE TEA
I. ,1 l,'l,.r In.llvlHo. will hp
I'uiit-I'.imli'r iMHllvllles lll le
nlH
il ciii'lv ncxl. wei-k. when
I'ii 11 1' Knll'l 'lll enlerlnln wllh
Mnmluy hrliliin ! rnl'l
to the aplrltuullty expressed through
out his life and U-nchlng In Hrlenc.n
and Health (p. btl'Si may be found
tills definition of Christ: "The divine
manifestation nf Ood, which comes
to the flesh to destroy Incarnate
error." That which Is manifest b.
clear, plalnlv understood. It was.
then, the Master's clear apprehen
sion of what Ood is that entitled him
to be called "Christ Jesus." and that
healed and saved those who turned
to him for help
Ills demonstration of the unity of
Ood and man. of divine Mind and
Itii Milrttiml Idea, made Chrlnl Jentin
the Havlour of mankind ChrlAflitn
HclcnlljiU feel unbounded grutllude
to him for his life of absolute un
selfishness, for all he taught and
wrought, for hla steadfast adherence
to Truth and his supreme exam
ple of nelf-sRcrtflce In the cru
cifixion. They do not bellrve Uml
-Jesus came to earth, faced (he at
tacks of bigotry and envy, and suf
fered on the cross to upean nn
angry drlty. and so win pardon for
sinful mortals. Huch a doctrine can
not be true If Ood is love, as the
Ftlhle declares Him to be Chrlntlnn
Science shows ua thai we must "work
out lour) own salvation" bv follow
ing In the footstep of Christ Jesus
We ran do till aa we learn to know
what Jesus knew, and to put thai
knowledge, as it Is gained little bv
little. Into practice In our dally live.-,
That Is the "way of salvation"--the
only way.
It was upon his healing work that
Jesus relied to substantiate the truth
of what he taught and to confirm
Peter's acknowledgment of him as
the Christ And today It is by IU
healing and regcneralInK work that
Christian Science confirms and sub
stantiates Its teachings, and Its claim
to reveal to this age the Chrlr.l.
Truth, which made Jejiua the
Messiah
The Will or (tod
It U said of Jesus in Ihr epistk
to the Hrbrews. "I-o. I come ... to
do thy will, O Ood," a statement
confirmed by many of our I-orda
own sayings. His works Illustrate
and demonstrate the will of (iod
When with a word Jrnus stilled thr
storm which seemed to threaten the
disciples' safety, he proved that the
terrible destructive forces of nature
are contrary to the will of Ood
When be fed the multitudes with
resources Impossibly small from a
material standpoint, he proved that
material limitation La not in conform
ity with Ood's will. He showed bv
healing the sick that du--cjie and
infirmity are not the will of Ood. By
raising the dead he proved that death
Is not in accordance with the will ct
Ood. What did these works of Jrr.u,
prove Gods will for man to be
Surely the opposite of the condition
which he destroyed, peace and
safety, not distress and danger, the
affluence of spiritual tu stance, the
freedom and vitality of health, llf
In all Its full abundance. He brought
theae positive realities Into men r
experience through his knowledge
of the Christ
ThU leads to another point for
consideration. Can that which Is
contrary to the will of Ood have any
real existence? Since Ood Is Infinite
Mind, the only cause and creator, the
sole source of existence, only thai
which is In accordance with Hl.t
will can be real. Christian Science
holds that sin. disease, dLiaslcr.
lack, sorrow, are unreal because they
are Incompatible with the nature of
Ood. who Is infinite Life. Truth, and
Love. Indeed Chrlstisn Science goes
further and declares -that neither
mettrr nor evil has any real exist
ence, since Ood is Infinite Spirit and
la infinitely good. That such a con
clusion has Scriptural authority U
clear. Our Master said. "It lfl the
spirit that qulckeneth: the flrsh
fthat Is. matter! proflteth nothing '
When he healed a woman who b
described as having been bowed to
gether for eighteen years, he said
that Satan, the den), had bound
her and elsewhere he said of the
devil, or evil, that "he was a mur
derer from the beginning, and abode
not In the truth, because there is no
truth in him " That which has no
truth In It cannot be real. Christian
Science therefore teaches that evil
and all its manifestations are untrue,
unreal; and the destruction by Christ
Jesus of sin, disease, death all
manifestations of evilconfirms
that conclusion.
How are we to explatn the apparent
reality of evil, of sin. disease.
cruelty, and so on? What seems to
be true but la not true is a miscon
ception, a false belief. Misconcep
tions about anything are removed
when they are corrected by acquaint
ance with the true facts. Jesus said.
"Ye shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free." That
from which truth sets free la not
truth but error, not real but unreal
The Christian Scientist Is not to
much concerned to wonder where the
false belief, the Illusion, of sin and
disease came from, aa to prove their
illusory nature by reforming char
acter and healing sickness.
Christian Science Dtaeerered
Did the Christ disappear beyond
the reach of human recognition
when Jesus rojie above men's sight
In his ascension? Christ Is Truth
and therefore la eternal, ever present.
always available to be understood
'Throughout all generations," we
read In the Christian Science text
book fp. S3S, "both before and after
the Christian era, the Christ, as the
spiritual Idea, the reflection of God,
has come with some measure of
power and grace to all prepared to
receive Christ, Truth." Just as the
great characters of the Old Testa
ment caught glimpses of the truth
about Ood and man, so alio since
the beginning of the Christian era
men of deep spiritual Insight have
also nercetved something of thnt
same truth, and this perception has
enabled them to bring help, comfort.
and spiritual progress to the world.
Such re formers as Joh n Wye 1 i f ,
John Husa, Martin Luther. Calvin,
and Wesley, and undoubtedly many
others of whom the world never
heard, have perceived much of thr
true nature of Ood and seen it mani
fested In their Uvea.
Then In the year lflfifi the Christ
was revealed, as never before since
the time of Jesus, to Mary Baker
F.ddv, who after half a lifetime of
devotion to the things of Spirit, was
I fashion nhow In Mir- hnllrmnn tf :
lha Wilhird hotel.
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; nerval, on. nn,nR man- "u,,lllM, vll, b ,,,.,,, (,, 4
I Mr. Horn Uod and Mm. Thorn i o't-tm-k unill .'. n rlnrk.
Inn llnnniMi have iniinlwrecl morel I'anln will ho hIiimmI from 1:"U
ll,n" ll,los. 1,1111 1,10 "'al1' l;"VI,"'k ",,m 3::1" H'lesls!
1 1 ,-,. sk 1 hrliiu Ih.-li m n nmh:
Horlill funiMlnnfl nl thr Hprlni;.
hum's ai-n from :i:3u unill
4 o'rlock, unrl Ihom who dn noil
Indeed "prepared to receive Christ,
J ruth In her autohlogi uphy, "IUiL
ronpftcllon and Introspection." and
elsewhere In her writings, she has
recorded how, after sui.liilnliig a
severe ui'cidi'iil. nhn wu.'t . .'g In a
seriously Injured condition and
tinned to ilie Hlble for help and
consolation Htm there read the
story of the heuling of the man nick
of the palhy, with the result that she
a:. nhlc to rise from her hd and
Join her friends In a room near by.
where they were waiting for her to
ptii.n HWiiv Mrs Eddv's turning to
(iod In thl.'i extremity proved the
pref.rnt operation of Ihttt i iune divine
law that wan demonstrated hi 'he
healing work of ChiiM Jesus. God
hud been made manifest to hir; the
Christ had coin to her i onr.cloUMiewi
and It restored her to health. Hhe re
e.ordh a ronveiMillon nl. this time wllh
a friend as follows1 "A dear old lodv
n.l:ed nie. "Mo-jv In It that vou are
ref,tored to us' Hui Chrhl mine
again on earth?' 'fhrl.t never left ' I
replied. Vhrl.il Ii Truth, and Truth
Is Hlwavn here, the Impersonal
Mnvlour " 'Miscellaneous Writing.
p i an.
Mrs. Eddy wn.'. not content to leave
the matter there hhe nulled th;i
hhtt muj.t r.hare her di.vovery with
the world Thanks to her uneliVh
work, the Hriener of Chri t has been
stated in r tear and unmistakable
lanRnnge tn the Chrr.Han ficleni-e
teit book. 'Hneurr and Health wih
Kev to the Scripture-." and tn Mr
Eddy's other writings Anyone who
cares to stud? iho-e works In con
lunction with the Hible mnv learn
the truth about Owl and man and
-so find that divine Ine is manifevt
In humon experience torlny in tne
healing nf slrkness and )n. 1uit jut
It war. in the firri riav.t of the Chris
tian era
Mrs. Eddv was alone responsible
for the discover' of f'hrhtian Hl
ence and fur 1M e-tabMshment She
organized The Mother Church. 'Hie
First Church of Christ, .Scientist, in
Boston. MavchU!rftL. founded 11..
periodicals, guided its early foot
liteps, and Mifelv piotertz-fl Its future
growth and development by provid
ing It with IL- Rule-, and By-Laws tn
the Church Manual
There li littic wonder that the
vast number of people who have
found health and h a i) pi new through
the teaching, of Christian Sc.ence
who have above all found God, a
divine I'rlncii'le on whom lhy can
rely for RUKlitwe and protection
both In the small and great thing'
of life, are unreservedly cratcful to
Mrs. Eddy for her work They recog-nlj-e
that only one who lived clw.e to
God. and who expressed thrntiRhout
her life that purity and nobility of
character which come only from un
.wening obedience to divine Prin
ciple, could have made such bleitMng
available to themselves and to all
mankind In the words of King
I emuel in the book of Proverbs.
I-et her own works praise her in the
Kates "
Reprntanrr and firs lint
We lead in the first chapter of
Genesis that 'Ood created man In
his own image, in the Image of Ood
created he htm " H follows, then,
that as we discover the true nature
nf God we discover also the true
nature of man To express the abso
lute unity of Ood and man. H13
image, Christian Science uses the
term "reflection " It teaches us that
man renecLv and therefore ex
presses, the IntelliRf nee. resource
fulness, and poise of Mind, the free
dom of Spirit, the gentleness and
kindliness of lore, the strength and
unwaning vigor of Life. Just as he
abandon old false beliefs about God.
so the Christian Scientist abandons
wrong concept.; of man. and strives
tn identify himself and others al
ways with the spiritual reflection of
his Maker
The thought of man as express
ing the perfection of God. which at
first may seem new and strange,
speedily grows natural. As the tme
idea of Ood and man becomes
established in consciousness, healing
takes place. Tills change in thought
need not be complete before it can
help us. As soon as It begins to
come about It brings better health
m the widest sense of that word
Every day it Is being proved that
men and women who have been suf
fering from Illness or unhappiness.
from the ravages of selfishness, from
a sense of Inability to cope with the
tasks before them, are finding In
Christian Science health of body,
health of mind, health In their
business, health In their relations
with their fellow men. Mrs. Eddy
beautifully expresses this in her
poem. "Christ and Christmas"
p M):
"Forever present, bounteous, free,
Christ comes In gloom;
And aye. with grace towards you
and me,
For health makes room."
In fact, the understanding of the
truth about God and man brings the
kingdom of heaven on earth.
It must not be thought that the
salvation which Christian Science
offers Is salvation only from phys
ical difficulties and discomforts. In
deed, some of the most far-reaching
and beneficent work which Chris
tian Science accomplishes lies in the
healing of faults of character. In
the destruction of sin. Jesus said.
"Repent: for the kingdom of heaven
la at hand." There is more in re
pentance than mere regret. The
Oreek word translated "repent"
means "change your thought." Sor
row for sin Is essential; Mn will never
be abandoned so long as It Is not
regretted, deeply and sincerely. Re
gret alone, however, will never de
stroy sin, for regret doea not expose
sin's unreality. Unreal It must bo.
since It la inconsistent wtth the in
finite goodness of Ood.
Repentance must be more than re
gretIt must bo complete change of j
thought. As sonn as the sinner be-1
gins to understand the perfection of I
Ood, and his reflection man. he sees !
that his Indulgence In sin niranf
that he hn.s been believing In some-
thing that Is unreal. When he fully
grasps the unreality of the sin that
Is besetting him he Is freed from Its
thralldom. Hut salvation from sin
ful beliefs Is not won except by
absolute honesty. To say sin Is un
real and willfully to Indulge it is dis
honest, and can onlv prolong the
belief In separation from Ood and '
phi ? v.i i ds ti i n i.tRii'M) a
il II .) 1 1 it tn rll nn 111 tiM
ronlinl
tfii and fiiinv I ho l;i(-hinn ahnw.
mill Ullih' iMiM-r: . tllltl llu 1:111111
Ml imimlr iitUirs ,unl srm
0 pail
Mrs. Knifsl l.
limli will
HI
the consequent suffering Inseparable
from Mn until It la abandoned. Con
versely, freedom from sin Is only
fully gained when the unreality of
sin La understood.
That repentance Is ear.entlal to
the destruction of sin Is generally
agreed. We have not thought, per
haps, that we must also repent of
rli:kiiei,n and dir-.ea'.e If we an; to be
lre from them Yet repentance, or
change of thought. In connection
with physical difficulties, In fact In
connection with all difficulties. la the
only way to their solution
I et us consider this more In de
lall. Supiose. for lntance. someone
differing from a so-called heredi
tary dl.ucnwi turns to Christian 8i
cnci in search of help, fie begins to
learn that Ood )a the only creator
of man. as Jesus recognized when
he said to his disciples, "Call no
man your father upon the earth:
for one r, your Father, which is in
heaven" The sufferer realizes that,
in truili. God Is his only ancestor.
Then his beliefs about hi.n so-called
nherltnnce begin to alter. He sees
(hat Kinne nod in hu Kth.r hi
inheritance is one of good not of
evil; that as the ryon of God man
can ejtprcv only that which la
M-iund and pure and godlike In
s tea1 of thinking of his seeming
material Inheritance of slckne.-.i he
declares, with the PFaimist. 'yea I
have a giodlv heritage." The frar
engendered bv a false material be.
!if of heredity is broken, and the
Miffcrer finds himself free.
Pear Eliminated
I said. "Th frar La broken " One
f.f th" grratcAt blc.-Aings wrought by
the repentance or change of think
ing which Christ. Truth, brings Uj
u.s. l.i freedom from fear. Fear I the
great enslaver of mortals It i. pro
wrbial that it is not the evil In
hum an experience thermal vet that
are our worst tormentors, but our
fear of them Christian Science
: how iji that fear lies at the root
of all riiM-ajse. and it gives w. that
underr.tanding of divine Love which
de-.froys fear
If fear were eliminated from hu
man con-.riou5.ne ,;, not onJy would
:hc man, factor in diaea be de-
f,,.H ,t th. ...,., , Tn . .
;troyed. but the solution of all so
cial. Industrial, and international
dilllcultles would tpcrdlly be reached.
It Is tear, in one or other of lU
many farms, which underlies indus
trial upheavals and is the vjurce of
international tern Ion and of war.
There is only one tiling which will
finally and fully solve such prob
lems, and that is the understanding
that God Is Mve. "Perfect love,"
John said, "ca.-iteth out fear." Noth
ing el.r can or will. As men learn
to know that God la 1-ovr. and that
man Is Love 'a reflection or expres
sinn. their fears begin to abate
They begin to realize that Infinite
Lore could not do lew than pro
vide all that la necessary for the
life and happiness of its children.
Then, as fear lessens, thoughts of
envy, resentment, competition, and
rivalry cea.se to predominate. Peace
of mind and a ben.' of .security
take their place Christian Scien
tist are proving this to be true in
their individual experience within
the range of their own daily lives
in their homes, tn business, in their
several communities As this indi
vidual experience gathers force and
it Is doing so dally It must have Its
effect tn the wider sphere of na
tional and International affairs, un
til the universal brotherhood of man
becomes an accomplished fact.
Meanwhile, to think lovingly and
trulythat is. to think from the
standpoint of divine Principle
about the world's problems is a con
tribution to their solution which we
all can and should, and eventually
muM. make
In these days of financial and in
dustrial difficulties it is natural to
s.sk whether Christian Science can
help the business man or woman.
It can and does. Just as It helps in
sickness. As it becomes understood
that God la Mind and that man re
flects that Mind. It is found that
there are infinite resources on which
we can draw for Intelligence, wis
dom, perspicacity, and business acu
men. As God is acknowledged to be
the only power It is found that He
governs all things, and governs
them well.
God the Only Cause
Since Ood is infinite, omnipotent.
He 1? the one primal cause of all
things, and the understanding of
this fart Is very helpful in many
ways. If God Is the only cause
there can be no real effect except
from God. Spirit. Principle. You
cannot have an effect from that
which Is not cause. When our
thought about causation begins to
turn from a material to a spiritual
basis a great change comes Into our
experience. We begin to challenge
the validity of any cause or reason
for unpleasant or unhappy occur
rences. Our attitude, for Instance, to
accidents changes. I will give you
an example; again from the experi
ence of an acquaintance of mine. A
large roll of paper weighing some
150 pounds fell from a height across
his foot and crushed it, inflicting a
severe injury. He battled with the
difficulty for two days without relief
and then had recourse to a Chris
tian Science practitioner. When the
practitioner arrived my friend could
not put his foot to the ground. They
spent an hour together and during
that time spoke much of God as the
only cause. It was clearly seen that
if Ood, good. Is the only cause, the
accident which was certainly not a
good thing, could not be a cause,
and could not therefore have anv
effect; that It was a false belief
claiming unlawfully to be causative.
At the end of the hour my friend
walked freely with the practitioner
to the door. In a day or two he was
bark at work, and tn a nhort time
there was no trace whatever of the
accident.
Now similar reasoning is valid In
alt cases of sickness or disease
whatever seems to be the cause has
in reality no power in It. Ood be
ing the only cause, there can be no
effect but that which comes from
God, and whatever seems to be ex
istent but comes not from God is
causeless Is unreal and untrue, and
can be proved to be so. Tt mav be
helpful to the Christian Scientist to
know what is believed to be the
cause of any diffleultv with which
he Is confronted, but only in order 1
r.-mttn th lea inlil.- and memlierf
i.f lh
room
culln il! a.Mrl about, the '" tratrinai nanirt. 01 rauie
.. . .mnkos. Apparnllv they like to
Mur durtnt the ! ., ,,.. nr trpnuenflv in rattle
Iidiiis has been an annul by Mrs.
Vernon Knykondall. director of SI. ,
fiutl's junior choir.
All women of tho rlty are In-
vHcil to Iho affair, ami those who!
havn tint amiiiReil tables will be 1
found places to play.
that he may bring to bear upon Its
fataa claims his Intelligent under
standing of the truth stated In the
Christian Science textbook (p. 363):
"Divine Mind la the only cause or
Principle 0 existence. Cause does
not exist In matter, In mortal mind
or in physical forma."
Chrlitlan Hclence Treatment
Huch, then, are aorae of the eflects
in human experience of the Christ,
Truth, aa it becomes understood
through the atudy of Christian Sci
ence. Thus la the "divine manifes
tation of God" coming to the flesh
in our day, and so changing thought
from ignorance and false belief to
the true understanding of God and
man, that the dark shadows of sick
ness, aln, fear, doubt, and sorrow
yield Irt the reality of man in the
Imagf! and hkenena of Ood.
I-el me emphasize one point here
The change of thought that is
brought about by Christian Science
and which reauJU In healing, haA
nothing In common with hypnotism
' or auuwuggestlon. It la not the re
ul1 nirnUl control exercised by
' tn Petitioner over the patient, nor
01 1 1 -mesmerism on me pan 01
one who uses his understanding of
Christian Science to help himself
The change of thought comes about
Just as the change from Ignorance
or mistaken belief to knowledge and
undemanding of the true facts
:omei about tn connection with any
other subject. As a knowledge of the
science of numbers corrects mtstake&
in computation, and eliminates thetr
enerLs. ho the Science of Christ cor
rects mistaken conceptions about
Got) and man. and eliminates their
effects from our experience. When
a Christian Scientist undertakes to
ifive a treatment to himself, or to
anyone else, he endeavors to realize
that there Is only one God, one
Mind, one Life. Truth. Love, and
that man reilecta that one God. He
declares, thankfully, that man Is
coverned by no laws save the laws
of divine Principle, and that those
laws are operative everywhere, and
are always available to destroy the
j beliefs of any exLstnce separate
! ' 1, , -c H"1
! !F God He realizes the power
; and pretence of divine Iove in all
Infinite perfection, and Love's
tender care for every one of its
ideas. Furthermore, he denies the
reality of all that is unlike Ood.
The best treatment Is that which
reflects most faithfully the one
God that has In It most of that
"mind . . . which was also in Christ
Jcjua." Just as the Master's knowl
edge of the Christ was potent to
free those auffcrci who came to
htm for help, fco aoes that same
Christ, Truth, enable us to help our
fellow-man. in the degree that we
understand It and are faithful to it.
This is in accordance with our Mas
ters own words. "He that bclieveth
on me' that is. he that under
stands what Jesus was, he that
shares Peter's perception that it was
the Christ that enabled Jesus to
heaj the sick "He that beheveth on
me. the works that I do shall he
do also." It u the Christ. Truth,
that heals In Christian Science
treatment.
True Prayer
There I a subject which Christian
Scientists regard as deeply Impor
tantand that subject is Prayer.
The ttrst chapter of the Christian
Science textbook is entitled "Prayer."
and it contains a clear and inspir
ing explanation of what true prayer
is. n stuay or this chapter shows
how inevitably one's concept of
prayer changes as one's concept of
God changes. So long as we think
of God a.s capable of human feel
ings and passions, as one who sends
or withholds punishment according
to His pleasure, it is natural that
we should regard prayer as a means
of persuading the Almighty to inter
fere on our behalf when we are in
trouble, or to change HLs intentions
towards us. A very different atti
tude to prayer comes to us as we
lose that false concept of God and
begin to understand Him aright as
infinite Principle, divine omnipres
ent Love, the one Mind, Truth, who
saw every thing that he had made,
and. behold, it was very good." Does
God need to be changed, who la bv
His very nature Infinite good, and
can know no evil, sickness, or sor
row? Does man. His image and like
ness, the reflection of His Infinite
perfection, require alteration or im
provement? The answer must be.
"No." What does need to be changed
is the false material concept about
God and man. This change Is the
object of prayer. Prayer might, in
fact, be described as the means
whereby repentance is made per
manentIt Is the method whereby
our altered Ideas about God become
natural and continuous, and are ap
plied to the problems which con
front us. Mrs. Eddy writes in the
Christian Science textbook, to the
first chapter on Prayer, to which I
referred (p. 2), "Prayer cannot
change the Science of being, but it
tends to bring us into harmony
with It."
We are not brourM into harmony
with the Science of being merely by
asking that this may be done, but
rather by an intelligent recognition
and affirmation of the true facts
about Gods creation. In reality,
man can experience nothing which
is not in accordance with the good
ness of Ood. Therefore, when a
Christian Scientist seems to be faced
with conditions such as unhappi
ness. depression, loss, sickness, or
the like, he knows that he Is deal
ing, not with stubborn realities, but
with the false suggestions of that
carnal mind which Paul defines as
"enmity against God." He meets
and masters such false sujnrestlons
by the positive mental declaration
of the truth of being, of the per-
iccnon 01 una ana man. uod s spir
itual Idea. Such an affirmative atti
tude of mind makes his prayers
effective and triumphant.
maeea. christian Science shown
that It is possible to gain so clear a
sense of the perfection of God's cre
ation, and of man's unity with Ood,
that thought naturally and sponta
neously rejects as tmxeal every
thing that is unlike God. That la
true prayer, and though we may
not immediately reach or sustain
such an attitude of thought, It is an
ideal which is attainable. Vnd to at
tain to it fully would be unceasing
Pryi"- We can at least begin to
A l lnh protensor commenla on
the hones.
- - .
in a chiraRO murder o. po-
lice are on the trail of - thin
man but have not, as yet-found
it. neeessnry to call in Wrm
I Powell. J
exercise such prayer now. Oood re
sults are bound to follow. Mrs. Eddy
writes 'Science and Health, p. 261
"Hold thought steadfastly to the en
during, the good, and the true, and
you will bring these Into your ex
perience proportlonably to their oc
cupancy of your thoughts."
Two examples of the prayer of
affirmation and its results occur to
me-one from the Old Testament,
one from the New. Both are famil
iar, but their example and Inspira
tion are forever fresh. 'I he, first Is
the story of the Shunammlte woman,
found In the second book of Kings.
When her little son lay dead, and
the Shunammlte hastened to Kllsha
for help, we do not read that the
mother uttered any plea to Ood to
restore her child, but she answered
all questions as to her trouble with
that valiant declaration of the truth,
"It Is well." We know the sequel, for
her child was given back to her
alive. The second example is that of
Josus at the tomb of Lazarus. Jesus'
prayer was: "Father, I thank thee
that thou hast heard me. And I
knew that thou hearest me always;"
and with supreme confidence In the
omnipotence of Life he called Laza
rus forth from the tomb where he
had lain four days. And Lazarus
came forth.
There are three qualities that play
an essential part In the prayer of
spiritual understanding as taught in
Christian Silence. They are faith,
gratitude, and unselfishness. It is
not blind faith that we need, but a
reasoned and intelligent conviction
of the power of scientific rlghti
thlriking to destroy the false beliefs
of material existence. True grati
tude recognizes thankfully the Infi
nite goodness of God even before
prayer Is answered; that was the
gratitude Jesus expressed at the
tomb of Lazarus. Unselfishness is a
part of all true prayer, a selfless
ness such as our Master expressed in
that wonderful prayer of tenderness
and love for his disciples, recorded
In the seventeenth chapter of John's
Gospel. Jesus said, "For their takes
I Kanctify myself, that they also
might be sanctified through the
truth." The object of prayer is not
merely to find relief from some par
ticular difficulty or suffering, but to
demonstrate the universal power of
divine Love to meet human needs.
In her work "No and Yes" fp. 39 .
Mrs. Eddy writes, "True prayer is
not asking God for love; It is learn
ing to love, and to Include all man
kind in one affection." As faith,
gratitude, and unselfishness come
to characterize our prayers, they
will grow nearer to those of Christ
Jesus, whose prayers are described
in Science and Health p. 12) as '
deep and con&cientioub protests of ;
Truth. of man's likeness to God j
and of man's unity with Truth :
and Love." j
We read in the book of Revela- '
tion, "Behold. I stand at the door,
and knock: if any man hear my
voice, and open the door. I will
come in to him. and will sup with .
him. and he with me." The Christ.
Truth, is knocking today at the
portal of human hearts and minds
tn the teachings of Christian Sci
ence. Shall we not open the door
of consciousness and welcome in the :
Christ, the "divine manifestation of .
God. which comes to the flesh to i
destroy Incarnate error," as Mrs.
Eddy has defined it (Science and '
Health, p. 583? It was this Christ,
Truth, which gave Jesus power to
bring Christianity to the world, with '
nil its blessings of health, freedom,
happiness, and peace. Through
out the years since the days of
the Master, glimpses of Truth have
been caught by men and women
of spiritual perception. Then, in
due time, owing to her life of
preparation and to her deeply spir
itual character, Mary Baker Eddy
discovered this same Truth in its
full majesty in the pages of the
Holy Bible. She embodied her dis
covery and its application to hu
man needs In the Christian Science
textbook, "Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures," and In her
other writings. A study of the Bible
in the light of Mrs. Eddy's works
brings Christ to the human under
standing: it teaches us that God is
Spirit. Mind. Ufe. Truth, and Love;
it shows us man reflecting the per
fection of his creator. Thus our con
cept of ourselves and of our fellow
man Is spiritualized and purified
through repentance, or change of
thought, and through prayer. In this
way, and by these means. Chris
tian Science offers to all mankind
health of mind and health of body,
peace, freedom, strength, happiness
salvation. In the words of our
Leader. Mary Baker Eddy, in her
"Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 154):
"Abide in His TGod'sl word, and It
shall abide In you: and the healing
Christ will again be made manifest In
the flesh understood and glorified."
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The schooner Haligonian, one of the south's sturdiest and swiftest racing yachts, owned by L. S.
Ruder of Clearwater. Kla., is being tuned up for the eighth annual St. Petersburg-to-Havan (all
race, one of the outstanding boating events of the year. Haligonian has Won the race twice in 183J
and D34 and has finished in the money three other times. She holds the record of 41 houra and 41
minutes for the 284-mllc voyage.. Some 18 yachts are expected to compete, in thi '?ar'i irat whlct
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pression, this youn? woman marched oil to jail with 85 other fem
inine sitdown strikers when police evicted them from a Detroit
cigar factory. The eviction from the cigar plant and another fac
tory incensed labor leaders, brought a general strike threat to Detroit.
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present day they have been ued in heavy transporting. Now tht
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mttre ute of Mysore. onl 20 elephant are in use for industrial
put tvv.es ,n cetemomal displays, the animal still remains an
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