Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1917-01-02
A LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCTFNcF :

+ ond step toward getting true bas
le Tor right thinking, and brings to lig.
i the correct and complete idea of or
ot atlon-Mind and its manifestation
lie God and His universe, including ma
cause and etfect-as the basis for a
is true thought. Here then is to I
y found the true and complete standar,
y Gods standard, exact, scientific. ur
= changing.
MANS RELATIONSHIP TO MINI
reasoning then from Mind as tb
! primary cause, let us see what ma,
,, , really is. How is he related to Mind
what is his function, his destiny +? TIL,
Bible designates man as Gods image
son, and heir. 1t also says that he is
made after Gods likeness, thus max.
ing him out to be the living represen-
tatlve or expression of God. These
Terms OF course apply to the real and
eternal man, not to the mortal and
transient sense of man. But it is the
real man we want to know about and
bring to light. Since God is Mind
and Minds only mode of expression
must be through its ideas, the very
important fact is seen that the real
man must be and therefore is the out
come OF Mind, is Mind IS idea, and is
a state of consciousness forever ex-
pressing God, He is a celestial; di-
vlne In nature, the individualized idea
OF God. His function and DESTINY is
forever to reflect and express Mind
and intelligence in its limitless un-
foldment. Man is forever predestined
TO reflect God, and this is the only
predestination there is.
80 Christian Science teaches that
man, the real, true, normal man. is
forever linked to God as idea is link
ed to mind, for God is Mind and man
IS Minds idea. The real man, being |
mental and spiritual, cannot be. and
therefore, is not, materially, physical $
" or mortally conditioned; since 1
ueh conditions are temporal, not the 7
'fspring of eternal Mind, but of its s
opposite, mindless matter. Man as i,
dea cannot fall away from or be sep +
rated from God, for God is his intel G,
gence, his life, his substance; nor fl
an God abandon, overlook or forget n
ian, for He cannot be separated from ST
is manifestation. Man s life, health. in
nd well-being are therefore always a h,
latter OF divine concern. This unity is
man and God is most essential in
olnt in the teachings of Christian co
cience, for without some intelligent be
ASP of original cause and his right de
Il relationship to that cause, man is an
lthout a guiding star by which to 90
art his way out of the wilderness of be
rthly Woe an
THE AToNEMENT ers
Since God cannot evolve anything tel
like Himself, man must possess the ha,
me quality and substance as his cor
Gator. Jesus said, ~ and my Faith bel
are one. " If we fail to recognize Mr.
g relationship between God and man sist
re indicated, we fail 10 grasp the fall
sic truth Of being, the vital part of wa
ristianity, the very key to the sal tiol
ton Of mankind. This oneness of scic
n with God in quality but not in |
lntity is indeed the doctrine of but
as Christian Science ex- suff
ins it, or the doctrine of atone just
Mt. Seen in the light Of Christian MAJ
ence the doctrine of atonement is per
longer human doctrine but spir- prot
al fact, namely, mans natural and ever
rnal oneness with God, divine a G
Id. Man separated from God would who
like number severed from math- thei
ltics, or tone separated from mu- heal
or ray of light separated from and
sun. He would be a non-entity. Chr
the number is one with mathemat- conc
as the tone is one with music, as terry
ray of light is one with the sun. and
nan is one with God. So long as scior
is, man is. They are eternally to
'elated in thought and action, a avail
clearly defined by Jesus pres'
n he said, Gas the Father know be Il
me, even so know I the Father. " othel
THE CHRIST-IDEA BE
rlooo of an obsorro r,rsto,-;ore well
IophtfnI concont If God and His of m
ton, Christian Science unfolds, sclou
We have shown, the true idea or oe u
ltife concept of God and man, lnat
h is the cornerstone OF right Is ne
king and living and the way TO WI
stian healing. The coming of this voice,
idea of God and man in your con- hlngu
lsness and mine, is the coming voice.
he Christ that is to free us from Oh eN
bondage of evil and destroy all Oh is
Il i ;rrnortont that we nm Roper
tand Just what is meant by the n'lho
st. Christ is defined on page 5s3 espe'l
he Christian Science textbook, 'oilih
o..aa a,J Health with Kpv tn the HbHH