Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-17

pleasure in matter. in self-inf Xence.
In self-love and self-jusa fiation.
Yielding to this false concept, the
intended victim might enter upon .
career Of dissipation or might con-
fine himself TO the more refined
pleasures based upon the supposition
that material sense and material be-
lief can bring happiness. But hap
pIness, like health. 10 spiritual In
It's nature. and must be sought
through spiritual understanding.
To another mortal the snppositi-
tlous mind might come with the
promise OF popularity. OF friends
many. II would place before him the
false concept OF friends as mere per-
sons. and would argue that the more
persons he had among his acquaint-
ances, the more friendship he would
acquire. II would tempt him with
the lure OF popularity and send him
forth on q quest for persons many.
to fiatter his vanity. pamper his ap-
Ipetites, and exalt his own false sense
OF man as a material personality.
In the end, such friends would all
disappoint him. because true friend
ship can be found and preserved only
among those humans who are being
consciously guided by the divine.
i Even to those craving spirituality
the carnal mind might come with the
suggestion that spirituality was de-
pendent upon material observances
and ceremonials, and induce them to
devote their lives to that which would
satisfy neither themselves nor the
longings OF those who came to them
for guidance and spiritual food. The
Pharisee whose god is mere respect
ability, who worships human opinion,
the so-called strong man who be-
lieves physical force to be power and
that might makes right. the human
. being who imagines beauty to be ma
! terial.--all these are victims of the
J mental suggestions put forward by
, the carnal mind. and either suffer
: ing or Science must wean them from
their errors. and set them free to
enjoy the blessings which can be
J conferred only by the divine Mind,
the only real. true. and essential
Mind, the author OF all good. the
Father Mother OF us all.
God Is Life
, Christian Science furthermore de-
| clares God to be Life, eternal Life,
J This concept is naturally linked to
| that OF God as Mind, in human
, thought, by the fact that the only
| way by which man is aware that he
! lives Is because he thinks. II the
] question is asked, How do l know
: that live? the answer must be, Be
: tcause am conscious, because ! think
. Man is a mental being. Living in.
Q wolves mental action, and so our In
a vestigation into the nature Of Goo
q passes naturally from the recogni
: tion OF Him as divine Mind to thu
I consideration OF Him as eternal Lfe
: This Life which is God cannot b.
5 finite, because God Is infinite. Thi'
Q Life is not limited in any way, eithel
/ in space or time, through matter Of
9 the flesh. God as Life Is incorpor
y cal, absolute. invisible, and indivis
ible. God as Life, is continuous
| without break. interference. or hin
I drance. There are no intervals o
0 death in Life eternal. but real Lift
o flows on evenly, joyously. harmon
a iously, ever complete and ever per
i, feet.
a In the first chapter of Genesis w
:. have the record Of the creation O
4 God as Life, creating man and thu
4 universe after His own likeness. II
q the second chapter begins the recor'
r of life in matter. In the first W,
i read, "And God saw every thing tha
L he had made, and. behold, 1t wa
4 very good" In the second and sub
d seQuent chapters we have the &C
! count of the creation Of man mad
d out OF the dust Of the ground, an
4" even of the cursing of that sam
n ground. Christian Science clearl
d sets forth that the first version REP
J. resents the true, the real, and tn
o essential creation, and the secon
" the untrue, the unreal. and the cour
Il terfeit universe and man. Thu
l. the belief of life in matter is neces
N sarily associated with the belief Q
l. mind apart from God, and thes
l. two beliefs work together for tn
o enslavement and destruction Of mai
Il kind, and their supposed effects ar
r. to be overcome by the spiritual ur
l. derstanding Of God as the only Lii
A. and the only Mind.
IN Belief of Life In Matter