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dispute among the doctors themselves
Christian Science declares that the hui T.
man mind is to be held accountable for 1
every dlscordant condition of the body; 4
not only in cases where its action is directI
and apparent, as IN those just named, but |,
where its operations remote and oh +
scure and are only discernible by those +
trained in the study of mental causation. +
Then arises throng of questions by the /
beginner, typical ones being: How about I
the sickness of infant, whose mind Is +
undeveloped;" or, How can man mind +
be the cause of his pain when he has swal- I
lowed something in his food that he did |
not know was harmful" 1t is not the /
mind of any one individual that causes the I
mischief, but the minds of all mortals /
mortal mind, in other words
Jesus Of Nazareth was not only 4 he |
greatest physician but also the greatest
teacher the world has ever known. lie
taught men to know God, and now, as
then man great need is a right under
standing Of God and His law There i
nothing within the range of human con
sclousness that IS more essential to man S
happiness, health and true success
We will then ask the beginner to set
aside for the time his inherited and imped-
incentive beliefs about God and to consid
er with open mind little of the teach
| lngs of Christian Science about God, good
the God whom Jesus taught men to know.
| Let us explain to him that God is Love:
that God is Mind; that He is Spirit; the
infinite Principle of being that He is
Truth, that He is Life; that He Is omnpo-
tence, omnlsclence, omnlpresence Do
these definitions of God quickly appeal to
the man who has always thought of Him
as finite parsonage subject to the limita-
tions of time, space and circumstance
Perhaps not. But let us propose as an
aid towards a fuller comprehension that
he choose from among these definitions
the one which most nearly approaches his
conception of the highest possible good,
and let his thought dwell upon that A
mans highest ideas of God can he no
higher than his highest conceptions of
good, but they should always be that
high
We are sometimes asked by the man
who is considering the claims of Christian
Science with an open mind, is there any
great difference between Christian Science
and other Christian dcnoninatipnsy
There are number OF points of diver
gencc and IA fundamental one is the Chris
tIan Science belief in the omnipotcnce OF
God The Christian SCIENCE church not
only teaches that God is the only power
that its followers put that teaching into
- practice. This means that they are cx-
pected to deny by thought and decd that
evil, the opposite of God. has any power
F or actually. To declare that God is ON
nIpotent and at the same time admit that
, evil has power TO confer pleasure or to
cause pain * in effect saying that God is
e the only power while believing that He is
t not.
1t is sometimes wrongly alleged that in
thus denying the reality of evil. Christian
t Science confers license to sin Never
was there a greater mistake When d
man gains an understanding of the un
, reality of sin, he no longer turns to it foI
pleasure or fees from it in fear
, \ necessary step towards getting free
! from the influence of any kind of decep
ton is to know the truth about it Jesus
proved in his ministry on earth. and Chris
tian Science is today suhstantiating that
= proof, that Just in proportion that mar
= gains and applies right understanding O
n God, the divine Truth which denies the
o reality of all things evil in that proper
ton does he break the held of sickness,
=. and sin.
In the text book Science and Health
there may he found an answer to every
: vital question the beginner may ask. L
u wei LOT MN 10 remember ludI every
helpful. scientific thought that may b,
: lgiven him either by teacher, practitioner
Z or fellow Scientist, appears somewhere il
+ the pages of Science and Health.
y No two thoughts, one good and tn
u other evil, can prevail at the same tim
" in mans consciousness 1t Is as impos
shlc as it is for two dIverging lines t,
meet Good is always the positive, eyi
= the negative; good the constructive evi
the degenerative; good the real, evil tn
L unreal.
Every good thought held reverently am
Y steadfastly viii improve, develop and mul
q tiply and bring others OF It's kind.
Y From the various writings of the Dis
covcrer and Founder of Christian Science
lie Mary Baker Eddy, have come many helI
Is full aids to right thinking. In shor
/ letter written to her students some year
IF ago Mrs. Eddy names two cardinal elt
g ncnts of right thinking. The opening sen
$ tence reads Beloved Christian Scier
n fists keep your minds filed with Trut
and Love that sin, disease and death cal
lie not enter them,
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