The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-19

'standIns thst ~ Tint csn5 IS ~.
ceived, and the una rstanding Is s
faculty entirely apart fro mthe phys
icals senses. We do not see spiritual
reality, God. through the material
senses, but only through spiritual
understanding, q faculty OF Soul.
Christian Science makes 1t possible
for any one to begin to gain this
understanding. = ~-,.~,
why should we continue to asso-
ciate life, truth, intelligence, and
substance with this human concept
Of existence, this false projection on
the screen of materially and limita-
ton. his counterfeit and imitation
of spiritual reality? Why can. we
not associate real life. substance,
and being with God and His spirit
ual ideas. who alone are manifestly
the original?
christian Science enables us to
begin to do this, and it is wonder
full what q change takes place in us
when We turn our thoughts from a
belief of life in matter to the spirit
ual understanding that God is really
our Life, and that We live, move,
and have out being in Him, as the
Bible declares, that we live in Spirit,
in Mind, not in matter.
New Viewpoint Necessary.
LAS in the study Of astronomy.
when we first learn that the appear
ance of the sky from the earth is not
correct, and we are taught to take
a standpoint away from the earth,
mentally, where we see the sun, the
earth, and the other planets and
their satellites in their true relation
to each other, hus obtaining an in
telligent concept of the solar system
and understanding it, which we can
not do without the viewpoint away
from the earth, so in divine meta.
physics, conceding, as we all do
that things are not always what
they seem, we are taught to take
standpoint away from matter and
material sense, and so get view Of
God and His creation apart from
matter, through spiritual sense
Then we see them in their true re-
lati0n to each other, and obtain an
intelligent concept of existence. I'm
less we take this new viewpoints
apart from matter, we can never
rightly understand Cod and Hill
creation, since we will always b.
confused and deceived by the errin&
physical senses.
In his second Epistle to the 20
rinthians, St. Paul writes: For oul
light affliction, which is but a mo
ment, worketh for us far more
exceeding and eternal weight o
glory; while we look not at thing
which are seen, but at the thing
which are not seen: for the thing
which are seen are temporal; blu
the things which are not seen ar,
eternal
christian Science thus enables u
to change our standpoint from a ma
terial to a spiritual basis, where W,
obtain viewpoint from which w
can begin to see all things in thei
right relation to each other, give al
things their true value, separate tn
wheat from the tares, the actua
from the seeming, the good from tn
evil; in a word, begin to overcom,
what is unlike God.
Mrs Eddy writes in her book
Science and Health with Key to tn,
Scriptures (pages 322 and 53D:--
"'When understanding changes
the standpoints of life and intelli
gence from material to a spiritua
basis. we shall gain the reality o
life, the control of Soul over sense
and we shall perceive Christianity
or Truth, in its divine Principle.
The human mind will sometim,
rise above all material and physica
sense, exchanging it for spiritua
perception, and exchanging human
concepts for the divine conscious
ness. Then man will recognize hi,
God-given dominion and being
Transformation Of Consciousness
Seeing all things as mental. hav'
ing resolved them into thoughts, w
can begin to deal with them men
tally. or to see how this can be done
The working out of our salvation
the mastery of evil and matter IL q
mental process.
In his Epistle to the Romans, St.
Paul also writes: And be not con
formed to this world; but be y<
transformed by the renewing of your
mind Transformation OF conscious.
ness is required.
st. Paul further enjoins upon vi
to let this Mind be in US which wal
also in Christ Jesus. This IL the
Mind which alone rightly transforms