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lnllIllJt OOu, JilS GOu VI ADl d
ham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God
whom Jesus called his Father,
the God whom st. John defined
as Love. This infinite, all-in-
elusive, alternating, omnipotent.
omnipresent, omniscient divine
Love, is the incorporeal God re-
vealed through Christian Sci
ence. Man as the image and
likeness Of God, the real man of
the Scriptures, must be like his
Father, not corporeal but incor-
poreal; not material but mental,
spiritual consciousness; not NOR
tai but immortal. The universe
created and constantly sustain
ed by God must be like Him,
for like produces like; therefore
the real universe is not finite
but infinite; not destructible but
indestructible; not material but
spiritual.
THE NATURE of REALTY
Thus reality is essentially in
finite, without limitations or di-
mensions, infinite in extent, in
presence, in wisdom, and in pow
er. 1t is unchanging, indes-
tructible, eternal. 1t is harmo-
nious. perfect. spiritual. There
fore the standard of infinity, in
destructibility. and perfection is
the test of reality. Whatever
has not these qualities or attri-
butes of infnity and perfection
does not express Truth. Mat
ter, mortal mind, and the dis
cordant material consciousness
being finite, mutable, destructi-
BILE, are not true, not absolutely
real. Perfect God, perfect man,
and perfect spiritual being,
this is the basis Of all Christian
Science teaching. analysis, and
practice. This is the standard
by which Christian Science meas
ures and tests all human phe
nomena and experiences in order
to determine their true value.
Truth, however, cannot be
cognized by the physical senses,
for because of their material
limitations these senses cannot
perceive infnity. the finite can
not cognize the infinite. Truth
is perceived only through the
understanding, which is not de-
pendent upon the testimony of
the physical senses. For ex-
ample, even the truths of the
multiplication table are discern
ed not through the sense of
sight, but through the under
standing. The physical figures
which we see are not the math-
ematical truth; this truth is i'm
visible TO the physical senses,
discernible only through math-
ematical understanding.
Similarly God. the real man
and real universe. are discerned |
not through the physical sense,
but only through spiritual senses
or spiritual understanding. and
this spiritual understanding. the
perception and apprehension of
divine Truth, Christian Science
makes possible TO all.
DlSCORD AN ERROR
Disease. sin, death, all dis
cords, are therefore TO be class
ed as errors of mortal conscious
ness. as mesmeric, illusory
mental conditions. On this
basis they can be corrected and
healed by Truth, while they can
not be corrected so long as they
are classed as either physical or
mental realities. Even accord
ing 10 psychology and phil
)sophy they are but objectifed
sense-impressions. Thus we
IAN begin To separate the wheat
from the tares, the actual from
he seeming, the real from the
unreal in the human conscious
ness.
Most of us have believed that
God sends disease, disaster, and
leath to His children; but i'll,
his were true, we would have
10 moral right to use any heal
ng means whatsoever, for 10y /
10 doing we would be interfer-
ng with the divineNplan and :
purpose. If God makes us sick /
y and dying. it is our business /
o be sick and die. Dominated
" such belief, il is of course !
impossible TO understand Chris I
ian healing or to be healed c
piritually. y
Discordant conditions exist I
My. in that human conscious 9
ess which is largely mortal. i
which is a belief of both good n
nd evil. They are not the pro- 4
uct of Truth or Principle, hence !,
hey are not divine creations. n
this in some degree, n
heir assumed power is at once |
sssened, and we can begin to n
rec ourselves from them by 4
lrning to divine sources in the g,
calm of reality. Then we be- s
in TO see that God is not the a
uthor of sin, disease, and death, n
nd that we do not have To eX- #
erience them. The apprehen- b
on of this one point often re- k
llts in healing. n
CURE OF DISEASE c,