Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-08

are iDegitimate. unnatural. and ab- normal, and belong to- the realm of nothingness, not of reality.
 The realization of evil as unreal does not mean ignoring evil or neglecting to handle its claims, but it gives man kind the clue to it's destruction. The human tendency is to personalize evil, to call it somebody's man or a woman. Christian Science teaches that evil is not person but only false claim, void, invalid. and unreal, in Gods universe. Christian Science furthermore teaches that evil has no principle. It may seem to display intelligence, but that seeming intelligence is self destructive and only spells it's doom lin the pres ence of truth. Evil cannot really think. It does not know or under stand reality. It is not the cause or origin of anything real. It has no real history, displays no real quality or quantity, but is emptiness, Vacuity, It deals only in vain babblings and boastings which it cannot substanti- ate.
 The practice of Christian Science is a natural result of it's teaching. Since God in mind, lifer and love. and man is made in His image and likeness, the real man manifests the divine mind eternal life and imperishable love. When the physical scientist desires to ascertain of what clements the sun or any star is composed, he takes an in- struInent called the spectroscope and analyzes a ray of the sun. By reading off on that instrument certain mark ings called spectral lines be is able to declare that certain elements are to be found in the sun. Much in the same way the student of Christian Science is able to analyze. the neture of Gods man by considering the nature of God himself. Let the sun symbolize God; the ray proceeding from it, man: and the spectroscope,
 that understanding of God and man
 which reveals their true natures, namely divine science, or Christian
 Science Then by looking into Chris l tian Science the student is enabled to declare the attributes of God, and 1 hence of the man of His making.
 Man Indispensable.
 Just as the ray is an indispensable manifestation of the sun, dependent
 upon the sun and inseparable from it,
 so the real man proceeding from the | Father is always in unity with the ! Father, always in atone ment with |, Him. IL should be a comfort and an | inspiration to many a struggling heart and to many a Respondent wayfareP along Hfe's highway to realize that
 man is indispensable to God, the son | to the Father, the divine idea to the divine mind The fact that man has | been created is proof that he is needed l that he has a place, that he fits into | the eternal scheme of the universe,
 and is therefore indispensable.
 | Let the shining and suffering, the 1 so-called human failures and the so-
 called human wrecl1se rejoice in this good news, that no matter what may be the evidence of the physical senses
 concerning their human lives the truth | is fixed that every one of the innum- erable ideas composing Gods universe | is indispensable, or these ideas would | never have been given existence, act uality, or life. Specifically considered. | every man. woman, and child, every | right idea in the whole length and
 breadth, height and depth of Gods creation, is necessary part of that
 creation. is eternal and indestructfbIe l and is now in reality in the enjoyment
 and possession of the divine rights to l life. liberty, health. happiness and holiness, or completeness
 l ] This fact about the real man once being admitted. it is obvious thai l what sick and shining humanity needs
 is to awaken to the true status of man | to learn to identify man not with mat. I ter. but with the expression of mind
 life, and love. In the last analysis sl the salvation of man consists in rea1iz. i ing the perfection of God and of ths
 real man. and not in attempting ts
 make man over again. The teachsns
 of Christian Science begins and end,
 with a perfect God and perfect mar,
 Now to bring this teaching to Sl Is tconsinued on Page Eisht)