Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-05

ing. Parents often impress fear of dis |
 ease and sin upon their children before | they are old enough to think for them | selves, and those impressions remain
 and grow unless uprooted by spiritual
 understanding. Mrs. Eddy has named the sum total of all wrong thought mortal mind All
 that pertains to evil, sin, sorrow, sick ness, pain and death originate and
 have their seeming existence in th-s so- o-called mind. On the other hand, all that relates to life, health, peace, har- mony and perfection have their origin
 and eternal existence in divine Mind.
 Christian Scientists Believe in Prayer. Christian Scientists are sometimes said to be a prayerless people. No as- persion could be farther from truth l than this. Christian Scientists believe in prayer without teasing" They
 believe in keeping thought active in the right direction, in order to expel all the errors of false training, and to separate the mental chaff from the fict with evil. We believe we should never cease to acknowledge Gods supremacy over all, and His loving and
 merciful kindness to His children. Our prayer is not so much in sup
 plication to God for help as in ac- already has given. If one had a gold
 mine. flied with the precious metal, he | would not think it consistent to pray
 for gold, but would expect to help him | self to that which was already his. i Christian Scientists do ask God for | guidance wisdom and help. They know that He has given them all things, and 1 that their need is only to awake from l their dreamy, mortal mind sense to l avail themselves of His infinite good
 ness. Christian Scientists try to be- | come wholly submissive to tGe divine
 will, and to be cvor alert to resist | thoughts which are unlike good. Th;a | is their prayer, which conforms to the
 scriptural adrncnition, Submit your
 selves therefore to Cos. Resist the | devil (eviD siid he will fec from you" l When 8 Christian Scientist Is tempt | ed to think of pain or sickness he inn
 mediately turns against it and declares ! for the allness, completeness and aD-
 solute perfection of Gods creation, which is expressed in man. He re-
 fuses to believe that pain or disease is | any part of perfection. This resistance | of ungodly thought, if correctly under l stood, prevents the error from entering | the consciousness, hence it cannot ex- | lst- When in this way good results l obtain it proves that God, divine Mind,
 is the healer of all our diseases.
 You who can see through the densi- | ty. Of mortal mind, and can realize for
 an instant the eternal perfection which | the Heavenly Father has bestowed up-
 on you (though you may seem to have
 been afflicted from the day of your | birth) may go forth from this place
 free from disease and pain, for such is
 the law of good over evil. It is that | kind of prayer which healed the inn potent man at the pool of Bethseda.
 and 1t is that kind of prayer which
 heals the sick today. The Saviour said, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is per ! feet" | It is in the quiet sanctuary of our
 mental home, 'the secret place of the i most High" where Christian Scientists aMrm Gods allness. mercy and justice.
 There they find the power of truth to overcome the beliefs of mortal error,
 and the sufferers hear the "stilI small
 voice. and respond in freedom from 4 disease and live to bless and praise the
 Giver of all good. Great Possibilities in cbr;st;.n se;.n.. | When Christian Scientists under
 stand enough of Christian Science thev
 will not only heal all cases of disease. | put will do so instantaneously. Al | present we are glad even to touch the
 hem of the Christ garment We are l stlH like the children who denon- l strate the simpler degree of mathe- i matics.
 1 ChristIan Scientists and the Bible.
 Christian Scientists love the. Bible. | They declare it to be the book of all
 books, as 1t is the book of life. Its in spired pages contain the secrets of all
 being. All that pertains to Christian
 science Mrs. Eddy gleaned from divine inspiration and the Bible She found ] that the Bible has two-fold meaning. 1 one the literal or material, and the | other the spiritual This discovery cleared up the seeming contradictions and revealed the divine order of be-
 ing.
 i With the help which Christian Scien-
 tlsts receive from their textbook the
 study of the Bible becomes an inspira-.
 ton. The seemingly dark and hidden l become clear and luminous under the
 searchlight of Christian Science, and Christian Scientists hunt for the new | and priceless gems in the stimulating pages Of that dear old book, even as the miner expectantly and eagerly digs | for treasure.
 Mrs. Eddys Healing and Discovery of Christian Science.
 Mrs. Eddy's first awakening to the
 divine healing power came to her when, from the effects of an accident 1er recovery seemed beyond all earth ly hope. Her early spiritual training tended to inspire confidence in the power of God to heal the sick, so, when
 man reached his extremity and failed. she turned to God to verify that early | confidence. Her healing was instan- taneous! From that moment the new lISnC or Irutn daWned upon her, which, | in the Preface of Science and Health. | she describes as ''the first step of a child in the newly discovered world of ! Spirit"
 Mrs. Eddy had discovered the law of l spiritual healing and brought the i blessed message to the world that
 there is a comforter for every sorrow, however despairing; that there is a
 law of restoration for every fear and | disease; a purifcation for every sin | and panacea for every i'll. Because l it is the same law known to and | taught by Christ Jesus, and because it's | operation is governed by scientific
 principle, Mrs. Eddy named it Chris> | tian Science It is undoubtedly the | Comforter and the Spirit of Truth which the Master promised would | come again-and it has come, to re-
 main forever. Let him that is athirst | come. An whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely"
 Great Works Accomplished by Mrs. Eddy.
 Mrs. Eddy brought the most impor- tant message that has come to human ity since Jesus preached the Sermon
 on the Mount. Think of the battle
 fields of history and the issues at stake; think of your own personal truggles-busineSS, political, moral