Arizona republican., 1917-08-13

subdue, the very self he must overcome | The conquest of a material self comes not, therefore, through stoicaL appli- cation of human will, but alone through l spiritual understanding, the under standing that displaces human, cratic
 and ignorant vii by submission to the divine will which is always good and i always perfect because it is Principle God. Thus Principle and not human will become the dominant factor in overcoming a false sense of self and brings the true spiritual self the con- queror, into view.
 : But what has all this to do with di- vine Love? Just this: Love is the lberator.' (Science and Health, p. 225). Love delivers us from false material sense of self. In Christian Science we learn that divine Love is Principle Does this seem transcendental? Then i let us see how it will work out in life tpractice. Love overcomes self, or mind
 in matter, because Love is Spirit and i there is no discord in divine Love, no
 deviation from itself, that is to say, from Principle. Nothing more practic- i al or greater was ever given to man. i kind, as Jesus himself indicated, than i the commandment; Love thy neigh bor as myself" In this command ment, we find, lies the secret of over coming self, but the secret is won only
 on the basis of Christian Science, for ! Christian Science a one is able to show 1, us how we may truly love our neighbor and thereby overcome both material sense and self. Then what does it
 mean to love our neighbor as ourselfs
 It means to overcome all resentment, | hatred, anger, malice envy, greed, and lust: for all these rule in our drought
 about our neighbor and, whether we
 admit it not they show how much
 or how little of the stature of the Christ
 the divine idea, we have received into
 our COnscieouness. We can overcome
 this evil company only as we rue out
 of our thought through Christian Sci
 ence. the fleshly concept of man which
 includes, nay is, the very product of
 all that is erroneous and unreal. Then
 we shall behold the real man. the spirit
 ual idea that reflects God Spiri-,
 If we think of our neighbor, then
 even as we would want him through
 spiritual understanding to think of us we are loving our neighbor as our self and fulfilling all spiritual law
 Therefore we are also conquering self
 HUmanity's opinions and beliefs seem
 to touch us at every poInt and oul S1-c2lled carnal mind Is Di- our h. dividual response to these universa
 beliefs. So it is not difficult to see
 how learning to love our neighbor according to Christian Science, vii overcome mortal self and make of 'ls true conquerors. It will make it more easy to forgive, and readiness to for give is one of the true marks of {
 Christian. On this point the example
 of Mrs Eddy is worth rememhering In her message to The Mother churcl for 1902 (p 19) she says: "Th. Christian Scientist cherishes no resent,
 ment; he knows that that would harm him more than all the malice of nj: foes. Brethren, even as Jesus forgaVe
 forgive thou. 1 say it with joy-nt
 person can commit an offensive agains me than I cannot forgive" There were
 the words of one who had truly con quered self, who, therefore, was true } cOnQueror.