Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-10

and oil knowing. We are all agreed
In admitting HIS INFINITE perfection
and presence and power; yet after
making these statements the religious
thought OF the world quite generally
contradicts them by admitting that
sickness and other forms OF imper-
fection are either sent OF God or per-
mitted by Him. as though divine Mind
had any imperfection TO send or could
permit Il without becoming respon-
sible Tor II.
The Bible speaks OF God an Spirit.
a. Life, M Truth, and as Love. II also
speaks OF Him al the creator. that
from which all proceeds. This
thought ls Expressed In Christian
Science by the nse Of the word Prinr
ciple for God. since Principle is that
from which all proceeds and by which
II exists.
Mrs. Eddy has Also given us the
tsrm Father Mother. by which there
10 brought to consciousness the COM
pleteness OF the creator. the mother
hood as well as the fatherhood Of
God, and also q larger thought OF God
as Love. When we think OF God the
Father. our thought Of Him Is limited
by our earthly sense OF fatherh0od,
which. no matter how complete. ls
still lacking In the fullness OF those
qualities OF love and tenderness which
the mother thought Expresses. The
word Spirit ~ used In the Bible. and
the word which 10 translated Almigh-
~ God. both had something Of this
same thought OF motherhood: but
this thought has been completely lost
10 us In the translation.
No matter by what term we may
think OF God. whether II be az Infinite
Life or Infinite Principle. or infinite
Mind. a logical deduction as to the
nature Of man and the creation will
always bring us to the same point -
that Of the eternal perfection OF all
that God has made. and the unreality
OF sickness and all that Ia contrary
to His divine nature.
The only way we can fail TO arrive
at this conclusion In by simply saying
God In God. .--maing no effort to un-
derstand His nature, and insisting
that the sickness and sin which we
see about us are In some way accord
ing to His Infinite perfection and holi-
ness.
God az INFINITE Life cannot be made
manifest in death. nor can Infinite
Life be made manifest In sickness. for
sickness ultimates In death, and so In
relative sense is partial death. In
finite Life can only be made manifest
In infinite eternal health.
God as infinite Truth cannot be
made manifest In sickness, for every
truth is In absolute harmonious ac-
cord with every other truth. Just as
one mathematical truth Is In harmony
with every other mathematical truth,
and Infinite Truth can tolerate no In
harmony, even though II calls itself
sickness and claims to be truth.
God as infinite Love cannot do less
for his children than to manifest that
Love and supply them with infinite
good. and infinite good does not in.
clude sickness. What earthly father
as manifestation Of his love for his
child would bring sickness upon Il
or allow II to have sickness II he
could prevent Il? III We then. being
evil. know how TO give good gifts un.
to your children. how much more
shall your Father which Is In heaven
give good things TO them that ask
him?"
When we consider God as Principle
that from which all proceeds. we find
II impossible to conceive Of both sick.
ness and health proceeding from thil
one infinite Principle: and yet there
Is no other source from which any.
thing could come. for, as John de
clores. without him was not any
thing made that was made"
When we consider God as Mind We
arrive at the same conclusion. for tn,
manifestation OF Mind is thought. ant
the thoughts OF infinite Mind are no
sick thoughts. but perfect and health
ful and holy.
We all Of US accept the statemen
that God Is wisdom, but Il Is bettel
to say that God is Mind: because wis
dom Is never anything but the expires
sion OF mind. II We admit inflnit,
wisdom. We must admit tina
II is the emanation OF an infinit,
Mind.
Let us illustrate the divine Min,
by using the ordinary conception o
a human mind as an example. Yo,
say your friend has a fine mind. Yo'
say you know this because he has ,
lot OF fine ideas which he expresses
You have never seen his mind, bu
you have known the expression o
his mind In ideas. II no never move,
a muscle. never spoke word. 70,
would rightly conclude that there wa
no mind there. So mind to be
mind must be filled with ideas. an,
an idea by virtue Of being an ide
must be expressed. II Is imposstbl
to conceive OF mind filled with idea
yet unexpressed. for a mind with n
expression Is not mind hut a blank
Now We have evidence Of infinit
wisdom In the universe. and the evi
dence OF Infinite wisdom predicate
an infinite Mind. The infinite Min
Ia filled with an infinite number o
ideas or thoughts which constitute Il
Wisdom. These ideas, because the
are ideas. cannot be separated froI
the Mind which contains them. and
Is the activity. the reflection, the mar
Hesitation Of these ideas which cor
stltute man and the universe. A
Gods ideas we exist In Him, m,--perfec