Alma record., 1913-10-23

this contention is based upon the sup
position that person is thinker by
means of mind which he contains
Christian Science shows that Mind is
infinite, cannot be contained, and
therefore that person is-~not a
thinker. The divine Mind is the pri-
mary and only thinker. When we
learn TO think with that Mind which
Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health de-
clares to be the only Mind of man,
then what we call our mind will be
SO purified and regenerated as to
manifest the 'omnipotence of good in
healing the sick as we'll as in saving
the sinner.
III human being uninstructed by
Christian Science should hear of a
wonderful machine to which he could
resort at any time and have it work
in his behalf to remove his evil tend
encies and any of his diseases, he
would be lost in admiration at this
extraordinary invention and he would
/ eXclaim, What a wonderful scien-
! tific discovery 1t goes without say
ing that no such machine has been
discovered or will be, for the simple
reason that diseases and sins are too
deep seated to be reached by any
mechanical means. There was some
thing, however, discovered in the
year 1866 by a lone New England
woman whose thought was clear
enough to perceive facts far more
scientific than any which had been
revealed through the evidence of the
senses, and who was strong enough
of purpose to set forth these thoughts
in such a way that they could be dis
cerned ana .practised, which was OF
far greater Importance TO the human
race than any other discovery that
has ever been made. Christian
Science as given TO the world by
Mary. Baker Eddy is not less scien-
tiic because it is not mechanical or
material, and it has the advantage of
healing the diseases considered in
durable, thing which no material OF
mechanical thing could do.
One who really apprehends any
thing of Truth knows that ii is men
tai and that being without beginning
or end or any kind of measurement,
it must be progressive in our eX-
perience. The application of it can
not even be formulated and SO far
from being mechanical is it, that the
perception of today is but the step
ping-stone to the greater understand
ing of tomorrow The thought which
constitutes the healing process OF
Christian Science is not less scien-
! tihc because of its progressive nature,
on the contrary, it is more scientific
on that account since it is more spon-
taneous and original. The divine
Mind, as we apprehend it more and
more, means to us necessarily the
very acme of originality. There is
no limit to the possibilities of the en-
| nghtenment which the study and
practise OF Christian Science entails.
For this reason no formulas are pos
sible in the mental processes OF
Christian Science healing.
The Discoverer and Founder of
Christian Science brought to light
/ that which was promised when Jesus
said. "He will send you the Comfort
err even the spirit of truth to abide
with you forever" 1t is this knowl-
edge Of the impersonal Saviour or
Christ Truth which constitutes both
the Science and the Christianity Of
Christian Science If Mrs. Eddy had
stopped at the discovery Of Christian
! Science, hundreds of thousands Of
people could not say, as they now do
say, that they are grateful for Christ
ian Science The wonderful thing
that she did for mankind was to dis
! Germ the method of Christian Science,
I by means of which any person can
begin the transforming process which
St. Paul speaks of, and by means of
! which one demonstrates in some de-
gree the true relationship of God
and man, by recognizing its present
reality and availing himself of its
! law.
We are apt to think of revelation
as something imposed upon man by
God, but a more consistent under
SlduulllS Ol illC NOiu SllOWS llldl llS
meaning is best apprehended when
one understands its naturalness. That
Mary Baker Eddy was inspired when
J she discovered and set forth the truth
of Christian Science cannot be doubt
ed, and yet that inspiration, that rev.
elation, required first receptivity.
1t was this readiness, this ceaseless
responsiveness to divine Mind which
characterized her whole career and
made her the leader of the most far
reaching religious and scientific move
ment that the world has known. 1t
was this same responsiveness which
has made Christianity science re-
sulting in such untold benefits to
mankind that thousands of people
spontaneously reverence and love the
name of the Discoverer and Founder
of Christian Science, Mary Baker
Eddy.