The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-26

things which are not seen" The ne
cessity fer this must be quite appar-
eut to any one who will consider for
one moment that he cannot hear. see, |
t.ach, smell, or taste Spirit, God; in
fact. that he can never know God
through the material senses. Is 1t
not therefore through spiritual sense
alone and in spite of material sense
Testimony that Deity can be known
Pave YOU ever realized that Jesus OF
Nazareth became Jesus the Christ
because he refused to accept the tes-
iimony OF the very senses through
" hich the ordinary man hopes to un-
derstand God? Therefore, as long as
we are prepared to regard the testi-
u,ony of material sense as absolute
ard final we can hardly hope TO
know God Alright or to have the
Mind of Christ.
God as Known in Christian Science
Christian Science declares that be-
cause man and the universe exist
there must necessarily be cause for
ltaat existence, and this cause to be
eternal must be wholly good. for if
evil it would contain something that
was destructive and therefore not
eternal. consequently there would
be time when some part Of God
must be destroyed. which is of course
lunthinkable. 1t is evident that most
people either consciously CT uncon-
sc.ously admit the fact that God is
ii. finite good since practically all re-
lipions teach that life eternal can be
ATTAINED cnly when mankind has at
tanned to infinite good and every
phase of evil has been eliminated
from consciousness Mankind
claims to believe in God as the ere
ator, but if popular beliefs about God
were true, He would not only be the
ereater but the great destroyer,
sending pestilence and calamity on
} His creation. Christian Science. how
| ever. recognizes that God is infinite
=. good, and that He is without a de
= stluctive element of any kind.
9 An important revelation of Chris
, tian Science is that God is Mind, or
e as Jesus declared. Spirit. and when
4 an inquirer begins to perceive this
: vital fact even in the slightest de-
gree. he at that moment begins to
e understand somewhat of Christian
Science.
: To be intelligent, God must. be
l. Mind, for if He were not Mind iIC
t would be non-intelligent or mindless
: and since there is but one God
k there can be in reality but one Mind
n Such statement may not agree with
e human theories, yet the important
ment agrees with these theories bu
s. whether 1t is true and what thi'
h statement will dc for humanity i
,e understood and practiced in dali.
1t life
if As there is but one God or cause
T. this cause must necessarily be omni
= presence, that is all presence; omnip
" otence, that is all power; and ON
,e niscience, that is all Science or tru
L. 1oI. Co.. nn1 nj
,d cause were not omnipresence, cmni
nj potence, and omniscience, then ther
~ MCnld be time when being would b
is without presence, power CT knawl
n edee, and would be non-eXistent TIL
,a fact, however, that existence is an
fe continues to be disproyes such a be
" lei, and indeed tu any one who wi
% think for a moment of the myria
a manifestations of creation, even t
!; our finite human SENSE of being,
=, will be quite patent that the onl
, cause or creator must be infinite
!. therefor always infinite presene,
: power, and knowledge. or Science.
~ Thus Christian Science declare
-. that God, or cause. is omnipresenct
omuipotenee. and omniscience, an
is also infinite Mind, hence we N
rive at the conclusion that intinit
Mind is omnipyt sence, omnipotenc,
lame emniseience Now what is it
finite Mind? Is not Mind that whic
thinks, or expresses itself, And q
there is but one Mind. all tru
thought must express the quality c
essence of this Mind so all tru
thought must express presence. pow
CT, and Science and must express
Infinitely Hence, right thinking {
" godlike thinking, is always Wit
~ presence, power. and Science.
'' knowledge.
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