The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-09-01
SUPREMACY OF
SPIRITUAL LAW

George Shaw Cook in The Christian Sci
ence Journall
On page 42T of Science and Health
Mrs. Eddy says, Immortal Mind, gov
erning all. must be acknowledged as
supreme in the physical realm, social
ed, as well as in the spiritual" In
Christian Science infinite Principle is
acknowledged TO be the only cause,
creator, source, origin; without il was
not any thing made that was made"
It's creation is coeXistent and eternal
with itself, and all that is real was ''m
the beginning with God" and will ever
continue inseparable from its divine
cause. The one cause or Principle be-
ing Mind, its effect or manifestation
must be mental The universe of d.
vine Mind, then, consists of an infini-
tude Of perfect divine thoughts, or
ideas
Mind Is Omniscient.
Immortal Mind, being divine Princi-
pie, governs all through or by means Of
absolute law. All that exists as divine
creation is eternally sustained and di-
rected by perfect Principle through di-
vine law; therefore all is governed in
perfect harmony Principle Mind, is
omniscient 1t, is therefore conscious
of all that exists as creation. 1t is not
conceivable, however, that Mind,
though omniscient, could know some
thing outside of its own universe. It
is not possible for divine Mind, or
Spirit, to know anything about a ma
terial or mortal universe supposedly eX-
listing outside of or apart from infinity
Absolutely speaking, there is no ma
terial universe to be known For this
reason it is mthinkable that divine
Principle should have instituted or set
in motion material, mortal, or so-called
natural laws. 1t is likewise unthink-
able that divine Principle, Spirit, Mind,
could provide for the operation Of its
own law in universe which from the
divine point of view does not exist.
Frees the Human Mind.
What then does Christian Science
mean when it says that immortal Mind
must be acknowledged as supreme in
the physical realm?" Does it not mean
that while to human sense or in belief,
there is material universe, including
mortal man, there can be no hope OF
salvation from this false belief except
through acknowledging the supremacy
of immortal Mind? For example, ac-
acknowledgement of the supremacy of
Mind, or Spirit dethrones in human
consciousness the belief that matter is
real. To acknowledge Truth as SUI
preme frees the human mind from
bondage to error. Acknowledgment Of
the supremacy of good renders the be-
lief in sin and evil pOwerless. TO ac-
knowledge Life as supreme makes inn
possible the acknowledgment of any
reality in the claims of disease and
death. Thus spiritual law is seen I'm
human experience to be the law Of re-
demption from all material beliefs or
so-called laws of mortal mind however
these may be manifested.
Supremacy of the Spirit.
For those apparently dwelling in a
physical realm to acknowledge the SUI
premacy of Spirit, does not mean that
Spirit or immortal Mind is operating
through or cooperating with matter or
with mortal laws Neither does it
mean that spiritual law is sustaining
or perpetuating the belief that matter
is intelligent or substantial 1t simply
means that in proportion as one ac-
knOwledges the supremacy Of immortal
Mind, here and now, and appeals to
spiritual law as the only governing
power spiritual law comes into his pres
ent human experience and begins to
Iiberate him from the belief in mortali-
ty with its attendant limitations and
fears. And this spiritual law, acknowl-
edged as supreme, viii ultimately free
him completely from the delusion that
he exists now, or ever did exist, apart
from the one immortal Mind; for, as
Mrs Eddy says in Miscellaneous
Writings" p. 63), speaking Of the
Christ, Jesus came to seek and to save
such as believe in the reality Of the un-
real; to save them from this false be-
lief; that they might lay hold Of eternal
Life, the great reality that concerns
man, and understand the final fact
that God is omnipotent and Omnipres-
ent"