Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SHOWS MAN HOW TO
DO GREATER THINGS
MRS. EDDY TEACHES PRACTI'
CAL RELIGION
Student by Application of Tenets of
Church Gains More Knowledge,
and Adherents Have Capa-
biIites Enlarged

| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TIC AhAAbNA NeAAN -
yersity of sects, religion as an indlvld-
nal experience invariably includes two
elements-the perception of human
needs and the belief in a superhuman
power or being able to supply them.
Beginning with these elements, 1t may
develop in the consciousness Of the IN
dividual until belief is corrected ana
completed by spiritual understanding
and every human need is replaced by
divine realization.
Religion should not be a concern sep
arate from secular affairs. 1t should
| not be reserved for Sundays nor be de-
| ferred until a time of distress or be-
reavement. 1t should not engage per-
sons attention only in childhood or old
age, It should pervade his whole men
tai activity; it should enlarge his DO
minion over every circumstance ad-
verse to his actual welfare. The. sys-
tenn of religion which is at once most
| spiritual and most practical is the one
which enables its adherents most clear
| ly to perceive their actual needs and
most fully to supply them from divine
resources.
Would Know It's Benefits
! When a man first hears that Chris
tian Science is a practical religion his
immediate problems may prompt him
to wonder or inquire how it can be use
full in the ordinary vocations of this
world. Part of the answer to this in
quiry needs only to be stated In order
! to be accepted. Other phases of the
subject require more explanation.
| 1t is well known that Christian Sci
| ence restores and preserves the mem
| tai and physical health, and the i'm
portance of this factor in material sue
cess is evident Good character also
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ance with its teachings and this is
sought no less by employers than by
! clients and customers. The same is
! true of good habits, and many a man
hindered by a morbid appetite or de-
sire from obtaining employment adj
vancement or prosperity has overcome
this obstacle by Christian Science aft
er having tried in vain to do so by
| other means.
Besides these more obvious benefits,
! is a class of benefits which may be
comprised in the statement that the
knowledge and use of Christian Sci
ence by it's adherents enables them to
exceed what would otherwise be their
capacity in labor, service or business.
Can Do More Work
Endurance may be mentioned, for
| example. Whether a mans labor be
called mental or physical, whether he
be employe or employer, Christian Sci
ence will enable him to do more work
and to- give more attention to his
work than he could without It,
A faculty that is useful in all human
! relations is perception of character.
John records in the second chapter of
his Gospel that Christ Jesus knew
all men and needed not that any
what was in man." Mrs. Eddy writes
"Our Master read mortal mind on g
scientific basis, that of the omnipres'
ence of Mind. An approximation OF
this discernment indicates spiritua
growth and union with the infinite
capacities of the one Mind
The consciousness of this unity is
the means by which Christian Science
makes it's students wiser than before;
and If there is any one power or facul-
ty that is universally recognized as
contributing to mundane prosperity,
1t Is wisdom. It makes no difference
| what ones occupation may be, If he
lacks the combination of discernment,
discretion and sagacity-the ability to
choose the best means and the best
| ends-that is called wisdom, his need
is great.
How Wisdom Is Supplied
How can the need of wisdom be sup
nlied? When Christ Jesus taught in
his own country his neighbors asked,
whence hath this man this wisdom
and these mighty works? Is not TINS
the carpenters son? Is not his mother
| called Mary?" He did not answer
them, but at another time he said; 1
can of mine own self do nothing; as L
hear, 1 Judge; and my judgment is
lust: because I seek not mine own will,
hut the will of the Father which hath
sent me-" And he did not claim unity
with Mind for himself alone; he called
his disciples "brethren" and sent word
to them-'I ascend unto my Father
and your Father, and to my God and
YOUR God" Paul explained mans
unity with God when he said to the
Athenians "For in Him we live and
move and have our being" Therefore
1.-THE way to be wise is to LET this
Mind be in you which was also in
Christ Jesus"
This also is the way to overcome
mistaken or inordinate ambition, indo-
lence, indecision, vacillation, enmity,
selfishness, dishonesty, unjustness,
fear, and whatever may hinder or
thwart legitimate endeavor The
knowledge and practice of Christian
Science enables it's students to dis
cover these errors in their various
forms and DISCUSSES and to eliminate
them.
Useful to BreadWnners
In whatever department of human
activity a man may be engaged the
ability to examine his mental ways
and means and determine what is
wrong in them must be of great ad-
vantage; and when there is added to
this the ability to correct them-to set
them right-the dual ability is doubly
advantageous. Thus it is that Chris
tian Science is useful to breadwinners
and business men by teaching them to
perceive their actual needs and to
supply them from divine resources.
The greater or less ability of a Chri-
tan Scientist to do this is measured
by his understanding of Christian Sci
ence and his spirituality. The ability
is a God-given ability. In the final
analysis what every individual needs
is true ideas. Their only source is
Mind; and for an individual to receive
them requires, in the words of Mrs.
Eddy, Spiritual growth and union with
the infinite capacities of the one Mind .
The perception of ones actual needs
and the understanding Of the neces-
sary ideas will be useful in more ways
than are likely to beimagined For ex-
ample: Every man needs to love his
neighbor as himself. This saying is not
only a commandment; it is a true idea.
Accepted, 1t constitutes insurance
against certain kinds of unwise action.
Put into action, it will exert a benefit
cial influence on all ones relations with
other men.-Christian Science Monitor.
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