Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1917-01-02

oo' ~ CONSCIOUSNESS of the temporal a
hee mortal sense of life and selfhood ~
nto .he true and eternal facts of sn;r;t,
od. me and manhood. It is mon,
ars transformation which gradually :
d. changes a material for the spir;tn
ce sense of being.
en- Mental transformation is racoo,,; ;,
he oy society as the way of PROGRESS =,
TO reform. All educational effort is h,
ID tne supplanting of ignorant and Inn;
70 ea concepts of being with more into
r llgent ones. Tyranny and slavery bay
a disappeared as rapidly as man
is thought has gained clearer sense q
e the rights of man. The whole nro
IS cess OIL mental change seems the ma
7 rural and right way to better things
: ana SO 1t is not only in ATTAINING bet
m Ter things in human society, but il
that 1ar more important realm Of
thought which deals with man & rela.
tlonshlp to God. Through the teach.
lhgs OF Christian Science the false
and limited concepts of God and man
are giving way to that true sensa of
oelng which liberates from the tyran-
ny OF SIN and the slavery of diseased
beliefs.
The greatest proclamation of eman.
clpatlon ever uttered was given bv ,Je-
sus when he said, "Ye shall know tba
truth, and the truth shall make Won
free. We cannot know what is true
whlle we believe what is false. Two
OBJECTS cannot occupy the same space
at the same time. No more can an
erroneous concept of God and the true
idea OF Him be in thought together
TRUTH CHANGES MANS VIEW.
POINT
lhat consciousness must change up
on which has dawned the true idea of
God and man. Life's outlook cannot
remain the same. In place of regard
ing himself as mortal of few days
set loose in world of injustice, mis-
cry and woe, to weather the storms
as best he may or be crushed by them,
with vague concept Of God, distant
and indifferent to his needs, man be- .
s1ns to give place in his consciousness
10 the true and eternal idea of ere !,
itlon. He finds himself coming into
conscious touch with his creator and /
,eglns to recognize the meaning of
Johns statement "Our fellowship is !,
With the Father" Through the shad =
'ws of mortality he begins to see light =
md to realize that he has indeed a :, :,
'art to ill in the infinite plan. With -
us new understanding he reasons =, ~
hat If God be good and all-powerful y
nd man is in reality His idea, only = :.
ood can be man's birthright. And y
rom this simple but basic truth he y
eglns to meet and master evils ~
aims. "
Recognizing that his true selfhood W
the reflection of God, man seeks to
'der his thinking so that only good
ess and love, Gods thoughts, will de
'er be manifested in his conscious 70
'ss With the true idea of perfect tr
Dd and perfect man as his model he m'
eks always to think in accord with ev
ID, good. Man is God's living wit ne
IS and expression, the very embodi- es.
INT of good. Knowing God as incor- ar
real good, he knows that Deity can me
yer appear in physical outline but exl
manifested in His ideas, and that to
srefore every good thought and ev- or
' kind word or deed is God in ac- Ma
n, Love expressing itself as man S say
Il selfhood. Realizing as never be- ha'
e the nealnes of God, he strives ant
'nestly to think so as to be atone sue
h Him. He seeks each day and he
lr to think and to live up TO his to
hest understanding of life as God, the
so far as in him lies to let his evi
e selfhood ever appear in thought OF
act He is putting off the old fes
a, as Paul terms the mortal self, in
is putting on the new man of the
Is making. wit
EVILS LIE VIVA
Te have already stated that, as ex- = -,''i :
ned in Christian Science. all evil, -
disease and mortality is but the ~
opposite of the spirit 80 ~
and true creation. To be sure, @
s universal lie is big one-but -. ~.
of thatl Can any one get nearer go
or in any way change truth by ,ha.,
ng a big lie or by telling many s,e,' e.