Arizona republican., 1916-04-12
is watchword overcometh death

His watchWord overcometh death He enters heaven with prayer.
 Christian Science teaches Ns that heaven is the recognition of true be- ing here and now, that it is within us; that 1t is not a locality or state that is going to be. but is the ever present Word of God, or the percep tion of spiritual reality Therefore through prayer or right thinking the Christian attains heaven or true be- ing, here and now, and realizes the practicality and availability of that which is true. This knowing is his watchword it is not only his con- stant perception of true being but al so his constant rejection of what is unlike God; and as the hymn so beautifully expresses it, this watch word "Oyercometh death'
 The prayer of a Christian Scientist is not special effort at a special time but is without ceasing.' It is his right thinking and acting every minute of his life his unceaSing rec ognitlon of one infinite creator the divine Mind, and of one infinite ere ation, the perfect ideas or creations of that Mind.
 1 On specific occasions when a Chris tian Scientist needs to pray specially, either for himself or for others he then utiliZes what he has consistently known and lived of God, and this lifting up of thought guides him into a still higher understanding of God, brings him into the very presence of God or into oneness with the divine Mind. where being is perfect and spiritual, and where all sense of dis cord or human limitations disappear
 Without consistently living this truth his prayer, or declaration of Gods nature. would have no power in his thought, and indeed there would be no prayer of faith in the highest sense. It was this prayer which Jesus gave to his disciples when he instructed them. As ye go, preach, saying. The kingdom of heav
 en is at hand That is. the reign of true or spiritual being is here and now and is the only reality and the perception of this fact is with power because it is the divine law There
 fore heal the sick, cleanse the lepers raise the dead. cast out devils,
 that is, cast out every inharmonious and material sense of existence through this understanding which you
 have of true being. for this under standing is Mind with us, is the
 Word of God and is with power
 I have tried in some small measure
 to give you an idea of what prayer is in Christian Science. and to point
 out how the Christian Science idea of prayer, when understood. coincides
 with the teachings of Christ Jesus,
 and I feel sure that il will now be
 more apparent to some here that true
 prayer is the right understanding of
 God. through which we are able to
 discern all being aright; that prayer
 is in fact to rise in thought above
 the mortal sense of being and gain
 the divine l know that this idea of
 prayer is born of God and will there
 fore help and heal all who are in any
 way reaching out to know more of
 Him.
 To any one who doubts the reality of such prayer and its ability to heal and to save, I would only say, Just
 try it. When you are overwhelmed
 by distress or sorrow, fear or sin, : sickness or poverty, simply turn in
 thought constantly and unreservedly
 away from this mortal picture of
 what God has not made. and know consistently and faithfully the ever presence and all-power of infinite , good, and see if that knowing does . not relieve you of your trouble. See if divine Love does not come nearer to you in response to such a prayer delivering you from every evil Through such prayer you will under
 stand and fulfill one of Jesus most
 scientific and enlightening declara tions, "Ye shall know the truth that . is. the truth about God and neces- ) sariIy the truth about being, and ], the truth shall make you free , Healing of Disease
 It is claimed that Christian Scien lists pay too much attention to the | healing of disease. but this is only said by those who have not yet fully grasped the significance of this heal
 ing and have not realized that both sin and disease are effects of the
 one evil, the so-called carnal mind ? and that all healing. whether of sir or af disease, is but the destruction ? of the belief in this supposed mind Mrs. Lddy, forseeing that the great !, importance placed on the healing o1 ? discase might be misunderstood, has $ stated in her textbook, Science ano | Health with Key to the Scriptures, [ CD. 150), thae the mission of Chris 1 tan Science now, as in the time O. it's earlier demonstration, is not prim arily one of physical healing" To al ? Christian Scientists the healing of sin l that is of wrong thinking of any l kind, is of primary importance fo !, they realize that the healing of dis e ease is but the sign following the de r struction of wrong thinking. All 'tru ? Christian Scientists are daily striving u to cast out of themselves sin of ever!
 kind, and to have more of the Christ l, mind, for this alone enables them t
 help the sick and the suffering. Jesus in his ministry placed over ! whelming importance on the healin, = of disease for this very reason, tha
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