Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01

derstanding of God as divine Mind, al
revealed in Christian Science.
CausatiOn.
Since there is one infinite God OF
intelligence this God must be the frs
and only cause To admit any othel
cause, then, would be equivalent tt
admitting more than one God, which
would be breaking the first great
commandment. And since God is in
finite good, he could not cause any.
thing unlike good. AS the Scriptures
plainly state it: God saw everything
that He had made, and behold, it was
very good"
If Christian people would accept
and hold to this idea of infinite good
they would quickly and effectively
dispose of the vexatious problem oi
evil To understand that there Is
one infinite, spiritual cause makes
the demonstration of Christian heal.
ing present possibility. To believe
in many causes absolutely incapaci-
tates one for proving the omnipotence
of good. To admit real cause for
evil would give evil a foundation in
fact; would endow it with power and
place mankind at it's mercy. Because
Christian Science is the gospel OF
good to the world, its mission is to
implant in human consciousness the
idea of one infinite, all-good cause
which never created evil; nor suf.
fered it to exist for some wise pur-
pose, as one so often hears asserted
Jesus was man actuated by spirit
ual ideas. He was the perfect exam
pie of right-thinking man. The
very basis of his wonderful healing
works and his incompatible reason
ing and logic was this fundamental
idea Of perfect, spiritual causation
And 1t must become our basis before
we can follow in his mental footsteps
The contemplation of imperfect
thought models never brings health
happiness or holiness into human ex-
perience. Mere guessing as to the
nature of God and his heavenly king
dom never enables one to define good
or to overcome evil. Faith without
works is little else than guessing, not
knowing, or understanding; and
guessing was never known to usher
anyone into the kingdom of heaven
The Real Man.
Inasmuch as it is becoming more
and more evident that we are living
in thought world, wherein we can
cognize nothing outside of the realm
Of thought; and since things in final
analysis are really thoughts, and
thoughts are things, we should begin,
as soon as possible, to cultivate a
more metaphysical attitude OF
thought There is nothing metaphys-
ical in the belief that man is made OF
dust and returns to dust, But it does
require certain degree of spiritual
enlightenment to know that man is
spiritual, not mortal or material
Christian Science is supplying this
enlightenment.
The real or spiritual man is men
toned in the first chapter of Genesis,
wherein we read "God created man
in his own image" The first thing
needful on our part, then is to ac-
quire an accurate understanding OF
God in order to determine the nature
of his image, Christian Science en-
phasizes the thought that God is in
finite Spirit, and that his image OF
likeness must be just as spiritual
perfect and harmonious as God him
self. The real man, then, must be
and is wholly spiritual, never ma
lterial. God being infinite Mind. spir-
itual man expresses or reflects the
nature of this Mind in pure and holy
thoughts.
Christian Science teaches us how
to cease thinking evil, and as we
learn to obey this teaching we become
acquainted with the real man Of
Gods creating, and this acquaint.
anceship reveals to us the secret oi
Christian healing.
Everlasting gratitude is due Mrs
Eddy for having explained to the
world the true significance Of the
two Numerically opposite accounts
Of Creation found in the first and
second chapters of Genesis. Until
she learned the meaning of Gods
thoughts or ideas, as distinguished
from erring human thoughts, she
could not make this explanation.
Gods Thoughts Defined.
Gods thoughts are not the vision
airy imaginings of the erring, human
mind. "My thoughts are not your
thoughts, saith he Lord" It must