Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-29

Let us explain TO him that God IN
Love; that God is Mind; that He is
spirit; the infinite Principle OF being
that He is Truth that He il Life.
that He is omnipotenee. omniscicncc,
omnipresence. Do these definitions OF
Sod quickly appeal to the man who
has always thought OF Him as finite
parsonage subject to the limitations
of time, space and circumstance ?
Perhaps not, But let US propose as
an aid towards a fuller, comprehen-
sion, that he choose from among
these definitions his conception Of the
highest possible good, and let his
thought dwell upon that a mans
highest ideas of God can be no high
or than his, highest conceptions OF
good. but they should always be that
high.
In forming new idea OF God the
beginner IL not asked 10 cast aside
his present beliefs only because they
are old. Whatsoever is good or true
or helpful IN his present understand
ing OF God IS TO be retained Tor all
good everlastingly belongs TO God and
proceeds from Hlin.
Bat this one thing the beginner
viii do well to keep In thought, that
Gods infinite goodness and power
and love nre Just as available appli-
cable, and necessary TO man while
here on earth as they ever will be
anywhere. What a monstrous mis-
take II is to put off forming sacred
Icompanionship with God until after
I've are through with this earth. Jesus
said Matthew 22:3e). God Is not
the God of the dead, but OF the liv-
ing"
If the thought Of God as Love,
eyer blesslne. never eondemning; ever
healing. never affecting, including
oil mankind in His fatherly protec-
lion and infinite affection; II this
| thought Of GOD comes to you with
tender appeal. hold fact to IL and
cherish II. II Will unfold and enlarge
ana develop. and gradually lead You
to yet broader, fuller knowledge OF
Him "a Love. divine
or is II the thought OF God as Life.
The Life that knows no death. The
Life that maketh all things new;
! the eternal source OF all being, Of
Health, Of growth, Of activity, Of de-
velopment and embodiment, that
touches responsive chord In the
consciousness Of the man who Is
seeking a better knowledge Of God. II
SO, let him sound It deeply and It
will swell into a diapason OF gran
Ideur and harmony and inspiration
or perhaps he may best eomprc-
lhend the Christian Science idea OF
God as Principle the divine First
Cause and Creator. the sustaining
Iactuating, and underlying Principle
tof the universe who operates through
4 unchangIng laws always benelcent
land always comprehcndible.
| A man can no more work out the
lprobl6ms Of living without 1t knowl-
edge Of God, the Principle of being
THAN he can work out a problem in
mathematics without some knowledge
of it's underlying laws. What would
he thought OF the man who tries TO
lsolve some intricate calculation IN
mathematics who does not know
lenough OF its essentials to be alto
lsether sure that two and two make
flour? Yet everywhere men are try
ling to work out the problems of eX-
listence without knowing enough OF
lGod. the Principle Of all being, to get
the right results out of the very
simplest problems OF everyday life.
Is Il to be wondered then that on
lall sides are TO be seen so much OF
d failute and sickness and sin? The
text book Of Christian Science tells
us ITO reach heaven, the harmony
of being, we must understand the di-
vine Principle of being" (6-l4D
In another OF her writings ealled
"Chfisiian Healing" Mrs. Eddy is
lcVen more direct and conclusive IN
pointing out how essential II Is to
INnow somewhat of God as Principle
tfare she says, because God Is the
Principle Of Christian healing we
Unjust understand in part this divine
principle, or we cannot demonstrate
Il in part"
There are many who readily grasp
Ithe idea Of God as Truth, the Truth
(which makes men free from every
HE of sickness, want, woe, misery
lhcfieienry or tribulation. The man TO
whom this larger thought of God APP
bears may add to II day by day and
Thereby grow into a new freedom
lgrowing away from his sense of linz
Iitation or lack Of confidence, or re-
strcted opportunity, Not only does
liz bring to him liberty. but ability TO
do those things that make for indi-
Ividual progress. growth. and true sue
cess In commercial, professional, IN
dustrial and domestic life.
Perhaps the beginner in Christian
Science may more readily comprehend
God as omniscicnt Mind, possessins
Ian knowledge. all science, all intelll-
leencc, all understanding, the creator
Iof imam and the universe OF all that
really exists. The man Of Gods Gre
alton. the real man, rejecting these
oualltie Of infinite Mind, does not
lack wisdom. acumen, perception
tact, Judgment nor perspicacity. he
need never be in doubt nor conJec-
lturc nor wonder. He has no occasion
to court luck nor chance nor fortuit-
Gus circumstance. No problem can De
too profound, no situation too com
pick, no research too vast for the
man, who habitually turns to infinite
Mind. the fountain head Of all knowl-
edge, for his guidance and direction
We are sometimes asked BY the
man who is considering the claims OF
Christian Science with an open mind
rs there any great difference upon
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