Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-21

/ eth in me, he doeth the works" His
/ saying, Il and my Father are one,
/ referred TO mans co-existence with
God, the union of cause and effect. II
a ray of light could express its rela-
tion to the sun it would say, 81 and
the sun are One," not one and the
same, but atone, linked together, the
reflection of the sun.
Jesus further statement, HE that
hath seen me hath seen the Father, -
evidently referred to the quality of
cause and effect as Identical. The
| context shows that he had no inten-
tiOn of conveying the idea that those
who saw his physical structure had
| seen God. What Jesus wished to
convey was that those who diScerned
the quality of goodness, the good, the
Life, the Truth, the power which he
had shown forth, had seen the same
quality which comprises the allness
| of God. From the same reasoning
one who has seen the smallest measure
of water has really seen the quality
of the mightiest ocean.
God can only be known and seen in
quality, never in respect to quantity.
God is infinite, and no man can ever
comprehend or include intinity, but
may continue to understand intinity
more and more, forever.
Jesus came to bring good tidings
of great joy, which shall be to all
people. On earth peace, good will
towardsmen. II am come that they
might have life, and that they might
have it more abundantly," were his
words.
Healing By Early Christians.
Jesus taught his disciples how to
heal the sick and reform sinners, and
they in turn taught Others, so that,
as history records, the healing was
practiced nearly three centuries after
the crucitiXtiOn, and then it became
so densely overshadowed by the evil
in mortal mind that the human con-
seriousness could no longer retain it.
By departing from the law of Moses
and his trust in God, and failing to
heed the fultillment of the law, as ex-
pounded by Christ Jesus, mankind
perverted spirituality to materialism;
true religion to superstition; religious
zeal to fanaticism; divine wonders to
necrOmacy and black art; divine
science to occultism; divine influence
to animal magnetism and hypnotism;
spiritual joys to physical pleasures;
spiritual desires to lust for material
things; the help of God in times of
sickness to drugs and other material
means.
Nevertheless, Truth has always re-
mained and was again brought to
light by Mrs. Eddy. We know that
the kingdom has not suffered by the
lapse, and now in these latter days all
can find the way by which to know
themselves as Christ Jesus knew him
self. Paul writes, in Romans;
For as many as are led by the
Spirit of God, Lney are the sons of
God"
The Son of God is the image and
likeness of God. God is Spirit. All
must eventually learn that man is
spiritual. In reality, man has but
one nature, the divine. The human
or material is fictitious and unright-
eOus. The universal belief that man
has two natures is the cause of all
our troubles. 1t is the original sin,
and will hold humanity in bondage
until one nature, one God, is univers-
ally acknowledged.
In Romans we read, "TO be carnally
minded is DEATH but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace" Man is
divinely endowed with the ability to
overcome the material or carnal mind,
and thereby work out his perfect,
harmonious atone ment with God.
Personal Experience.
When [ first took up the study of
Christian Science it seemed impossible
that my thought could ever become
spiritualiZed, for | had always been
very material. Business and pleasure
occupied my entire attention. | was
not accustomed to seeking my help
through prayer, therefore [ could see
no probability of regenerating such a
mind. One evening, while thus con-
templaLing the seriousness of my sit
uation, L opened the Bible and verses
five and six of the third chapter of
Proverbs came to my notice:
Trust in the Lord with all thine
heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding.
I'm all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths"
l pondered over these declarations
long and earnestly, and finally con-
cluded to do as they directed, that is,
acknowledge God in all my ways.
Thus, whenever | rode or walked, |
declared God as the power which per-
mitted it. | affirmed his wisdom in
every transaction and accredited
every supply to Him, with gratitude.
| did not 90 to sleep without &C
knowledging Him to be the giver of
all rest and peace; and so, whatever [
did, wherever l went, l had God in
my thought continually.
To my surprise, in comparatively
short time | found this kind of think
ing quite natural, desirable and ex-
tremely satisfying. | found myself
rejecting sin. | was learning to think
in spiritual way, and yet such
thinking was practical. l had evil
dence OF this from a better state of
health, and good desires which came
to me. l felt an unceasing inclina-
ton to help others, to forgive my