Arizona republican., 1917-10-15

christian Science MOnitOr)
Mrs. Eddy, when she wrote on page
800 of Science and Health that God
is infinite, the only Life, substance,
Spirit or Soul, the only intelligence of
the universe, including man. stated
the basis from which Christian Science
demonstrates that the resources of God
are unlimited The material world is
quite oblivious to the fact. Look
where one may, there is to be found
the belief in limitation Sometimes it
takes the form of i'll health, at an
other time it assumes the guise Of
poverty, while il frequently masquer-
AIDES in the garment of evil, that dark
ened mentality which is simply the be-
lief that good is not omnipresent.
Now Christian Science has come to
enlighten mankind as to the true ma
ture of God Through knowledge of
the truth which it reveals the sense of
limitation will be broken for human
beings and the infinite resources of
God become available for them. To
those who are obliVious to the true
status of man, the position is analo-
gous to the case of a man in bodily
starvation. who is living beside a
locked room fun of every provision
suitable for human sustenance with
the key of the room in his possession,
but who cannot open the door because
he thinks the key has been lost. That
is how it stands with every man who
believes he is unable to avail himself
of the abundance of good which it is
in the power of God to bestow. He
stands in gloom surrounded by the in
finite riches of Spirit, as completely
shut out from the use of them through
material belief, as if they We're en-
tirely locked off from his reach or in
finitely removed from his grasp.
What then, is the error which
seems TO produce the effect just de-
scribed? 1t is the belief that God is
not infinite in every one of the attri-
butes of His being. Christian Science
insists on the truth of the ailness OF
God. Christian Science holds that no
progress worth the name can possibly
be made by mankind toward the util-
iZation of the resources of God until
they have obtained a grasp of the
divine nature as the only Life, sub
stance, Spirit, or Soul" God, Christian
Science says, is the only real pres
ence, power, or substance: and this
being so. there exists no real material
presence. power, or substance. Mat
ter is unreal because Spirit is infinite
so-called matter is false sense of
reality, an erroneous belief of sub
stance where substance is not.
1t will be seen that Christian Science
altogether contradicts what are called
the material senses. 1t gives them d
flat denial. 1t likens their testimony
to- the illusion of a dream. II states
unequivocally that the human mind
gives matter all the presence and
power it seemingly has, and thar this
o-called mind suffers by the recoil
ing of its own false beliefs upon it
self. So long as the human mind hy
pothesiZes matter as reality it will
continue to believe in material re-
sources and the spiritual resources of
God will remain hidden and seemingly
obscure.
To Jesus the Christ the unlimited re-
sources of God were available. They
sustained him for forty Gays in the
wilderness. He drew upon them lib
orally when he fed the multitude who
had followed him to hear his message
1t was from the same unlimited source
he obtained the understanding OF
spiritual law which enabled him to
heal the most aggravated cases OF
disease which sought his aid and tC
walk upon the face of the waters OF
the Sea of Galilee. Knowing the all