Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-22
ALECTURRE ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
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e.>rso.o>'> II9aIyn Is Universal.

pes Sool nresence Of Mind, or the Goa
Even u ability to think truly at all
times and under all circumstances.
Health. according to Christian Sci
400 Il universal 1t is mental whole
en or completeness. Ii is spiritual
nnerreetion. 1t is reflected by the in
s,,ddual. 1t does not originate with
lin nor does 1t belong to one more
. , another. 1t is like the light
iim INN, and universal. For one to
have it does not prevent all from
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oniv universal, but indivislble. For
sna IN possess ii does not make 1t nee
osssarv or possible, that Others should
~ denrived of IT, Even in daily eX-
Ser,ence il is seen, from a purely hui
90, noint of view, that those qualities
n ~ characteristics which make for
.n,a success are intelligent activity,
saithful persistence courage, homes
~ fidelity. etc Christian Science
have that these qualities, If endur-
inc are not personal, but on the con-
.rar, are attributes of the one inf
uita Mind. or God. Therefore they
nro universal and may be reflected
and manifested by all Thus all may
w. conscious of the only enduring
substance. and to be conscious of its
ever-presence is to reflect and mani
fest divine Love, which, Mrs Eddy
saws lis impartial .and universal in
Ms adaptation and bestowals. tSci-
ence and Health, p. l3.) So real
wealth. or abundance, is as free as
tho sunshine and as universally avail
able as truth. But the human sense
of substance has often been that
which is finite and divislble-that
which may be bought and sold, bor-
rowed. leased and lost. our greatest
American poet, discriminating be-
tween the false and the true sense of
substance, said.
AT the DEVILS booth all things are
sold,
Each ounce Of dross costs its ounce of
gold:
For a cap and bells our lives we pay
Bubbles we buy with a whole souls
tasking,
IT'S heaven alone that is given away
'Tis only God may he 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 mankind needs food
and raiment. But in pointing the true
way TO find sufficient for temporal
needs he said Seek ye first the king
dom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added
unto you" (Matthew vi. 33.) Right
thinking brings a sense Of abundance
today as surely as it did two thou
sand years ago. 1t is well, however,
to remember that Jesus did not say
to seek first the things and the king
dom of God would be added.
Frequently students of the gospels
fail to make any distinction between
the terms Christ and Jesus. They
often consider these terms as being
synonymous. Christ is the spiritual
eternal. changeless, universal truth of
God which has been discerned in diff
fering degrees in all ages, but which
appeared in its perfection as an in
dividual ideal in Christ Jesus. AS the
one who best understood and most
perfectly demonstrated the Christ,
Truth. in healing sickness and sin,
Jesus was the Wayshower and EXem-
plar for mankind.
Prayer and Atoncmcnt.
Christian Science teaches its adher-
ents to pray without ceasing, and
constantly to seek a higher and better
understanding of the true nature of
God, and of man as His likeness. Fur
thermore it requires the demonstra-
ton of this understanding in right
thinking and right living. Such think
ing results in the lessening of sin and
disease This is the practical atone
nent to which Mrs. Eddy refers as
THE eXemplifieation Of mans unity
with God, (Science and Health, p
49, Christian Scientists believe that
In no other way can they realize the
full import of what has been mistake
emily 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 it is quite unlike every form or
mesmerism. 1t even differs from what
Is ordinarily referred to as faith
cure" While Jesus in his ministry
often required faith of those who
were seeking to be healed, and Chris
tan Science teaches that faith is in
itself a desirable quality, yet some
Thing more than the exercise of what
may be termed blind faith" Is in
VOWED in the practice of true Chris
tan Scientists. The prayer of faith
as understood in Christian Science IS
a nf mir
standing This PRAYER is the exact OPP
poslte of that form of mental treat
ment which consists in the exercise oil
human VIII power or the effort OF ono
person to control or influence the
thoughts of another by means of mes
meflsm or mental suggestion.
The prayer or treatment of tn"
Christian Scientist is based upon his
spiritual discernment of the fact that
mere is but one Mind The mesmef-
ISL endeavors are based upon the
pelef that there are minds many ana
mat one of these many minds can IN
lluence another for good or evil
herein lies the danger of mesmerlsm
VI mental suggestion; whereas the
sa1ety of Christian Science practice
consists in its entire dependence upon
me power of one infinite Mind, the
erect of which can be only good.
1t will he seen that in depending
upon the divine Mind, or Cod to cast
OUT and destroy the evils of sin ana
disease, the Christian Scientist Is not
endeaVoring to hold his patient under
any sort Of so-called mental control
nor Is the Christian Science practl-
uoher trying by means of though
Lansference or mental suggestion 10
uhange his patients belief about sick
ness or disease. He is seeking through
ms spiritual understanding of the an
power of good to prove the unreallty
ana ,nId powerlessness of evil--sin, fear,
disease and death. thereby demon
suatlng mans freedom from such evii
suggestions. There can be no reac-
uOn or other harmful effect from such