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 practical test. let the one who turns to Christian Science under the stress of particular problem ask himself. What do I think of it2 Man is thinking being, and what he thinks de- termines not only his mental and nor al condition, but also his physical con- kdition as we'll. Is he turning to Chris tian Science for physical healing, for spiritual consolation, for release from sany one of the slaYeries to which hll- smanity can become subject2 Then let him look to his thinking Let him know the truth and the truth will make him free. The truth will tell him what is true, real. and essential about his condition, and what is untrue, unreal, and superfuous. Christian Science, as the special voice of truth to this age. reveals to humanity the law of God. which insures harmony when it lis obeyed. Man being a thinking being there must be mental acquiescence on his part before he can be afflicted with seviI It is part of the practical work I of Christian Science to teach mankind how to guard against the admission of evil. or if it has once been admitted how to reject it with truth, and then be free from it.
 Law of Inheritance.
 The mistaken concept of God as the i creator of evil naturally leads to the supposition that He is also the author of evil producing laws. Among such laws none is more dreaded than the altogether unnatural one styling it. self the law of heredity. It is a well I.come sign of the times that at present public opinion lays stress upon this Supposed law than 1t did a few years ago. Ancestry is not so much used as a scapegoat as it. was, yet still the silent, the seemingly mysterious. and from the point of view of scientific l Christianity wholly unfounded law of I heredity still harasses humanity into mental, moral and physical ailments i.of one kind or another and payes the I way for so-called incurable conditions. I We read the eighteenth chapter of the common saying. eThe fathers have 1 eaten sour grapes. and the children's I teeth are set on edge" The teaching of Christian Science on this subject is set forth in it's textbook in the words: Tn Science man is the off,
 spring of Spirit. The beautiful good, and pure constitute his ancestry" j (p. 63). ; The belief in hereditary law l would establish the doctrine that all l things take place by inevitable neces- a sity that man has no control over his Hj own fate, even through resort to a
 higher power. since such law would
 be fixed by that higher power and it would not be reasonable to expect God
 to reserve His own decisions. But
 the application of the test of reality
 provided by Christian Science clearly shows that no law of evil can be di-
 vine.
 Mans only inheritance is the inner Iitance of good. If the so-called law of inheritance, productive of sin and sick Iness, was real, it would have to re-
 semlole God and His idea" it would
 have to partake of the divine nature.
 But sin and sickness are unlike God
 
 ductive of sin and sickness could by Iany stretch of reasoning proceed from God and thus become necessary. in- i evitable or unacceptable. The so-called with impunity. because it is not a law at all but only a pretense of law. As a belief it is altogether unlawful.
 illegitimate, abnormal, untrue. non essential. and unreal.
 EnnobEes Legitimate Occupations. Christian Science also enables hu-
 manity to ennoble it's legitimate occu- ,l pations to take them out of mere mat l ter and put them into mind. and then
 to bring the law and procedure of the divine mind to bear upon them, in , order to bless and prosper all their s right undertakings Through the ,3 practice of Christian Science it is pos
 sible to be about the Fathers business !, while pursuing daily tasks and advo-s
 cations Christian Science teaches
 humanity how 10 analyZe the motives
 and methods of these occupations and !, to reach their divine qualities. It
 nitigates any sense of drudgery con- 'l nected with our ordinary tasks, be-
 cause of the good qualities inseparabIy connected with their right performance.
 Christian Science comes to men and
 women whose business involves sup Il plying the legitimate needs of humanf- ty and teaches them to express the good qualities inherent in their bus mess operations. It comes to those who are in the professions and reveals
 to them the grand opportunities laid at their door of bringing peace, order, and reconciliation to their clients. Tn every walk of life the desire to be | helpful brings required opportunities, and so men, women, and children, in
 spired by the spiritual understanding which is Christian and scientific on Il their affairs from the basis of prin- cipIe and not of wilI-power. Instead ! of outlining the results they demand. ! they are learning to trust to principle
 and cheerfully abide by the results.
 because these are invariably the best that could be desired. Thus they are proving blessedness of relying on the spiritual understanding of God as the
 only mind. as the only life. and as
 universal and inexhaustible divine
 Hove
 E Perfect God and Perfect Man.
 Starting from the eternal basis Of lzpeFfect God and perfect man. human
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