The Delta independent., 1915-11-12

! one to have 1t does not prevent all from
| sharing it.
Real wealth or true substance is not only
universal, but indivisible. For to pos
sess 1t does not make il necessary. pos
4 sible that others should be deprived OF it.
Even in daily experience it is seen, from
a purely human point of view. that those
qualities or character which make for
true success Intelligent activity. faithful
persistence. courage. honesty. fidelity, etc.
Christian Science shows that these qualities,
| II enduring. are not personal. but on the
contrary, attributes of the infinite
Mind. or God Therefore they are universal
and may be reflected and manifested by all.
Thus all may be conscious of the only
during substance. and to be conscious of
its ever-presence is to reflect and manifest
divine Love which. Mrs. Eddy says. is i'm
partial and universal in its adaptation and
bestowals" Science and Health, p. 49,
So real wealth. or abundance, is as FREQ as
the sunshine and universally available
as truth. But the human sense @. sub
stance has often been that which is finite
and divisible-that which may be bought
and sold, borrowed leased and lost. Our
greatest American poet discriminating be-
] tween the false and true sense OF substance.
said
At the DEVILS booth all things are sold.
Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold
For cap and bells lives we pay.
Bubbles buy with a whole souls
tasking;
'Tis heaven alone that is given away
'Tis only God may be had for the asking.
Lowell.
Christ Jesus. while understanding the
universal nature OF good and that man as
the son of God is eternally supplied with
all good nevertheless recognized that man
kind needs food and raiment But In point
ing the true way to find sufficient for tenn
poral needs he said Seek ye first the
kingdom of God. and his righteousness and
all these things shall be added unto you"
tMatthew vi 33.) Right thinking brings
sense of abundance today as surely as II
did two thousand years ago. 1t is well.
however. to rcmcber that Jesus did not say
to seek first the things. and the kingdom OF
God would be added
Frequently students OF the gospels fall to
make any distinction between the terms
Christ and Jesus. They often consider these
terms as being synonymous. Christ is the
spiritual eternal, ehangless. universal truth
OF God which has been discerncd in differ
ing degrees in all ages. but which appeared
in its perfection as an Individual Ideal In
Christ Jesus. As the one who best under
stood and most perfectly demonstrated the
Christ. Truth, in healing sickness and si,
Jesus was the wayshower and EScmplar
for mankind.
PRAYER AND AToNEMENr
Christian Science teaches Its adherents
to pray without ceasing." and constantly
to seek higher and better understanding
of the true nature OF God and OF man as
His likeness. Furthermore. 1t requires the
dem monstration OF this understanding In
right thinking and right living. Such think
ing results In the lcssening of sin and
rdiscase. This is the practical atonemcnt 20
which Mrs Eddy refers as the eyempiin-
cation OF mans unity with God (scicncc
and Health, y. 1s) Christian Scientists
believe that in no other way can they real
izc the full import of what has been mis-
takeniy regarded as the vicarious atone
ment of Christ Jesus but which was In fact
the perfect demonstration of mans at one
ment with God.
Those who are familiar with the true
nature of Christian Science know that II is
quite unlike every form of mesmcrism. 4
even differs from what is ordinarily referred
to faith cure" While Jesus In his
ministry often required faith OF those who
were seeking to be healed. and Christian
Science teaches that faith is In itself a
desirable quality. yet something more than
the exercise of what may be termed blind
faith" is involved in the practice OF true
Christian Scientists. The prayer OF faith"
understood In Christian Science iE In fact
the prayer OF spiritual UNDERSTANDING This
prayer Is the exact opposite of that form
of mental treatment which consists in the
exercise OF the human will-power the
effort of one person to control or Influence
tho thoughts OF onther by means OF mes
merism mental suggestion.
The prayer or treatment Of the Christian
ta anlr final AL
cernment of the fact that there is but one
Mind. The mcsmcrists endeavors are based
upon the belief that there minds many
and that on of these many minds can in
flucnce another for good or evil. Herein
lies the danger of mesmerism or mental
suggestion whereas the safety OF Christian
Science practice consists In It's entire do
pcndence upon the power of one infinite
Mind. the effect of which can be only good
II will be seen that in depending upon
the divine Mind. or God. to east out and
destroy the evils OF sin and disease the
Christian Scientist is not endeavoring TO
hold his patient under any sort OF so-callcd
mental control Nor In the Christian
Science practitioner trying by means of
thought trnnsfercncc or mental suggcstion to
change his patients belief about sickness or
disease He is seeking through his spiritual
understanding OF the ali-power OF good to
prove the unrcality and powerlesanosH Of
cvil--sin. fear, disease and death thereby
demonstrating mans freedom from such evil
suggestions. There can be no reaction
or other harmful effect from such treat
mcnt To Illustrate: Suppose raises
a window shade and lets the light OF day
into a darkcncd room. he does not feel that
by so doing he has changed the darkness
into light. Neither does. he witness any
conflict or strife between tho light and
dnrkneHs. for there is none de merely has
let light come into the room that seemed