Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-07-22
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taught. anu understand our relation to
this one supreme, Infinite cause, to
bring forth in our experience the
same divine results that appeared in
the career of Jesus. He acknow-
edged no power, intelligence, no life,
apart from God. He acknowledged
no power, wisdom. no good, in him
self, but that of the Father working
in him.
Christian Science is based entirely
on this fuudanm entail truth of God
as All-inal God in Christian
Science is defined not as limited
person, but as infinite Principle. and
infinite Principle. and by this is
meant that God is infinite Mind and
is the creating. sustaining control
ling. and directing cause of all that
is; AMI from this cause which is su
preme good. only effects which are
good can come.
Now remember that God is infinite
Mind, and the energy and activity of
mind are always and only expressed
in thought; hence thought must be
the mode of the divine activity.
And this being true, the universe it.
self is simply an expression of Gods
thought. His creating has been by
thinking all things unto being, and
His thought constantly sustains
their existence. And so it is that,
according to Scripture, He noldeth
athe wind in his fists ia His
thought. So sin his hand'''-iri His
thought-''is the soul CT every living
thing and the breath OF all mankind. y
And so it Is in every sense literally
tru5 that we are Gods thoughts and
that in him we live and move and
have our being The force that
underlies all forces the divine thought
force. and as the source of this Great.
ing, sustaining, animating Thought
force, God is the divine Principle
of the universe.
If this be true, we must live in
what is essentially thought un-
ivelse. dominated by thought. power,
govern ed by thought-law, animated
by thought-1ife. In other words,
Mind account FIR all, and Mind con-
troll all; but this Mind is divine, not
human and is expressed as Life,
Truth, and Love. But. huEan
thought reflects the intelligence and
energies of the divine Mind; and as
man understands his divine Principle
he can intelligently corroborate him
self with divine energies, and gain
their demonstration. Through
spiritual understanding man can find
himself linked to limitless Life,
Truth, and Love, and prove them the
controlling elements in every exper
fence. The reign of Truth and Love
constitutes the kingdom Of God, and
their inspiration and activity are in
the realm of human consciousness
all their essential elements are re-
fected in human thought, and this
points the truth Of Jesus words,
"The kingdom of God is within
you Man is not himself the power,
but as ambassadors for Christ"
we stand as the rehecto1s, the expon-
ents,' Of the power and love of God.
Now Jesus taught that prayer is
the one means by which man comes
into conscious communion with God
and finds how to make the resources
of God available. But if the Truth
taught by Jesus was really an inter
probation of the divine Principle and
the spiritual law that governs Gods
creation, then prayer must have
scientific basis and a scientific meth.
cd. And prayer must be vastly more
than petition. We cannot conceive
that prayer can change the Infinite;
that prayer can induce God to do
more than He mas already done; but
prayer must be the means by which
we come to realize what are the
things which God has prepared for
them that love Him.
In finding the meaning Of PRAYER
we must keep clearly in view the
truth embodied in this statement of
Paul, that GAIL things are yours. "
And again, "Ey, hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither have entered into
the heart Of man. the things which
God hath prepared for them that love
Him" Peter states the same Truth
when he says, According as his
divine power hath given unto all
things that pertain unto life and
godliness. In other words, there is
a realm Of limitless resources to
which we Inherit title: a promised
land which is ours on this condition:
Every place that the sole Of your
foot shall tread upon (which You shall
reach with the advancing Footsteps
Of understanding that have i given
unto you. 2 Joshua 1:3).