The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-29


Christ healing from Principle is in
deed the Spirit of TRUTH" or Com
forter which opens the way to all
Truth by revealing the practical Sci
ence OF Christian healing, SO that all
may follow. in the way of Christ
Jesus. These successive stages of
spiritual discovery have linked the
ages into one progressive revelation
!of Truth, until its spirit and power
iare now undertood scientifically.
| Spiritual Activity.
| When man is suffering a burden
OF disease, he wants to know directly
how this law operates to meet his
particular need-how it is that he
may have the assurance that God is
indeed "a very present help in trou-
! BILE" Now a student never prays to
have his problem in mathematics
work itself out for this would do
away with the spirit of understand
ms. He has the problem and also
the rule, but there must be a mental
activity on his part Moreover this
mental activity must be guided, not
by a mere belief or desire which
would lead him into error, but this
mental activity must be guided by
I the mathematical rule, and to that
; degree his correct solution is inevi,
table. In Christian Science we have
divine law. We also have these prob
lens of sin and disease. Then we,
too, must possess a mental activity
which must be guided, not by mere
! whim or supplicatory desire that
might lead one into error; for this
mental activity must be guided by
the divine law, that is scientifically,
and to that degree Christian healing
is absolutely inevitable. Mans in.
harmony is due as much to ignor-
ance of the law as to wilful disobedi-
ence-to sins of omission as well as
sins of commission. He must first
/ understand the law then obey it.
What then is this obedient mind? 1t
is not the human intellect, nor the
carnal mind, but the eternal energy
of mans spiritual consciousness. If
man were as truly obedient to divine
/ law as is manifested by the rhythmic
movements of the planetary system,
he would be as harmonious and we'll
i'm that obedience. Obedience is
( therefore an essential to true man
/ hood obedience to what is already
| true before God, for this is to be
spiritually minded.
The prophet zechariah voiced this
| Christian idea when he said, Not by
might, nor by power but by my
spirit, saith the Lord" For "the
hour cometh," said Jesus, "and now
is when the true worshippers shall
worship the Father in spirit and in
truth. What then does this mean ?
Surely it must mean that they shall
no longer worship the Father after
man made doctrines or beliefs, for
they shall worship the Father in
spirit and in truth" Then when our
/ spiritual sense, by which we worship
Cod is guided by the divine law
| that is, ntificaIly-Christian heal
! ing is inevitable Ii is truly signiii.
cant that Jesus opened his mission
WITH L5aiah's prophetic words, "The
spirit Of the Lord is upon me" From
that moment he began to solve those
problems through the destruction of
! sin and disease. He healed the sick,
cleansed the lepers, raised the dead,
cast out devils. Moreover he de.
clared according to the Revised Yer
sicnl that God is Spirit"
Cod is Principle.
It is therefore evident to you that
! Christian Science presents no new
God, but you have observed that it
presents several Scriptural names for
Deity. This does not mean so many
different gods, for these are human
terms rsed to define the one God ac-
cordng to their several offices. That
is, Truth is the law; Love fulflls the
law: Spirit demonstrates the Science
OF the law and so forth. TO Illustrate;
Let us suppose we have a six sided
room, with each side a mirror, and d
lamp placed in the center of the
room, Each mirror Will present a per.
feet reflection Of the lamp, which will
be similar each to the other And
yet, their office differs, for the rea.
son that it is the office Of one to i'm
age or define the north side, for an.
other to image or define the south
side, and so on, requiring them all to
image or define the complete object,
In like manner these synonymous
terms for Deity are necessary to pre-
sent the complete nature and being
Iof God, whereby we have the Scrip
tural definition that God Is all Mind,
Spirit, Soul, Life, Truth, Love,
Though differing in their office, we
recognize that they are really identi-
cal in their essence, Tor divine Love
is indeed the Mind and Spirit which
is God
1t is evident, therefore, that Chris
tian Science teaches no new God, but