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its sinful and diseased conditions, was |
to be mastered and destroyed by the
one true Mind, God. This question she
met without compromise, and through
her writings so clearly elucidated the
laws of the one true Mind and the sci
entific way in which these laws can
be used to subjugate, overcome, and
destroy all evil and disease, that mill
ions of mankind have through their
application in thought been healed,
comforted, and purified. Her premise
which is in perfect accord with the
Bible, that there is but one God, d.
vine Mind. who creates only good. has
the basis and starting-po Of right
thinking.
EVIL CAST OUT THROUGH RIGHT
THINKING.
The distinctio drawn by Christian
Science between the mortal and the
immortal the material and the spirit
ual. is no new thing. no personal opin-
ion. 1t is a spiritual and eternal fact,
Science points out that 1t is through
the correct understanding OF the one
true Mind and his relationship to that
Mind that man may free himself from
all evil conditions. He learns to put
out of thought the evil and temporal
sense OF existence, with it's sinful and
dieased beliefs, and gradually gains
that consciousness which knows only
good and is not subject to sin, disease
or death. This is but the reiteration in
present-day language of the statement
made by Paul to the Romans. that.
ito be 'carnally minded is death; but
to be spiritually minded is life and
peace" There is nothing strange
about spirituality or spiritual minded
ness. Spirituality is simply goodness.
Spiritual mindedness is right thinking,
that is. thinking in accord with the one
true cause. divine Mind. II all evil.
sin, and disease Is mental, then It must
be apparent that the thing to be done
Is to stop thinking evil and to thing
only good. From the worlds point of
view 1t may seem a monumental If
not an impossible task to cast out all
evil thinking. Without a sure and GER
tain law to go by 1t would be so. But to
the man who has gained even a slight
understanding of the demonstrable su-
premacy Of the divine Mind over all
evil, the accomplishment seems but
the natural and inevitable outcome of
the law of God, operating through
right thinking or spiritual understand
ing.
THE NATURE OF MIND.
Cause signifies power. Divine Mind
being the one cause, 1t must have all
power. Being the only Mind, it must
be all-wise. Being the only true sub
stance, there is nothing to limit It,
therefore 1t must be everywhere.
Minds expression or manifestation
which is its creation, must necessarily
be mental and spiritual, since effect
must have the same character and ma
ture as its cause. Minds creation too
must be harmonious and good, being
the creation of an all wise and all-in-
telligent cause. There being no cause
precedent to Mind, there can be no
subsequent cause. Mind, therefore,
must be and is self-existent and eter-
nal, without beginning and without
end. Now this Mind, as stated before.
is the one God, and as understood in
christian Science is synonymous with
Spirit, Father. Love, names which the
Scriptures apply to Deity. Loving
consideration must then characterize
MINDS relationship with its creation.
Intelligence, wisdom, love. goodness,
harmony, are seen to mark the nat
ural order of this creation. Perfection
is Its standard and no element of evil
or destruction is there.
Acknowledging the divine Mind az
the alone cause. Christian Science then
reasons logically from cause to effect
and brings out what must be true
ABOUT man and the universe which
sprang from and are the expression of
Mind. This Is the second step toward
getting true basis for right thinking
and brings to light the correct and
complete idea of creation-Mind and
It's manifestations. God and His uni
verse. including man, cause and ef-
fect-as the basis for all true thought
Here then is to be found the true and
complete standard. Gods standard, ex-
act scientific, unchanging.
MANS RELATIONSHIP TO MIND.
Reasoning then from Mind as the
primary cause. let us see what man
really is. How is he related to Mind
What Is his function. mis- destiny? The
Bible designates man as Gods image
son, and heir. 1t also says that he IL
made after Gods likeness, thus max
Ing him out to be the living representa-
tive or expression of God. These terms
of course apply to the real and eterns
man. not to the mortal and transient
sense of man. But 1t is the real mar
we want to know about and bring tc
light. since God Is Mind and Mind'sonl,
mode Of expression must be through
his ideas, the very important fact /.
seen that the real man must be and
therefore is the outcome Of Mind, Ii
! Minds idea, and Is a state of con.
scionsness forever expressing God. HI
Is celestial; divine in nature, the in.
} dividualized idea OF God. His function
and destiny Is forever to reflect ant
! express Mind and intelligence in It.
; limitless embodiment Man Is forever
, predestined to reflect God, and this Il
the only predestination there is.
; So Christian Science teaches tha