The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-18

Ia brought to consciousness the com
pleteness of the creator, the mother
hood as well as the fatherhood o
God, and also larger thought o
God as Love. When we think o
God the Father, our thought of Hin
is limited by our earthly sense o
fatherhood, which, no matter hoy
complete. Is still lacking in the full
ness of those qualities of love an,
tenderness which the mother though
expresses. The word Spirit as use,
in the Bible, and the word which i
translated Almighty God, both hat
something of this same thought o
motherhood; but this thought ha
been completely lost to us in thu
translation.
No matter by what term we ma,
think of God, whether it be as in
finite Life or infinite Principle, OF
infinite Mind, "a logical deduction al
to the nature of man and the crea
ton will always bring us to the same
point, of the eternal perfection
of all that God has made, and the
unreality Of sickness and all that IL
contrary to His divine nature.
The only way we can fail to arrive
at this conclusion is by simply say.
ing God is God.-making no effort
to understand His nature,-and in.
sisting that the sickness and sin
which we see about us are in some
way according to His infinite perfec-
ton and holiness.
God rs infinite Life cannot be
made manifest in death, nor can in
finite Life be made manifest in sick
ness, for sickness ultimates in death,
and so in a relative sense is partial
death. Infinite Life can only be
made manifest in infinite eternal
health.
God as infinite Truth cannot be
made manifest in sickness, for every
truth is in absolute harmonious ac-
cord with every other truth, just as
one mathematical truth Is in har-
mony with every other mathematical
truth, and infinite Truth can tolerate
no inharmony, even though it calls
itself sickness and claims to be truth
God as infinite Love cannot do less
for His children than to manifest
that Love and supply them with in
finite good, and infinite good does
not include sickness. What earthly
father as a manifestation of his love
FOR his child would bring sickness
upon it, or allow it to have sickness
Il he could prevent it? "If We then,
being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children, how much
more shall your Father which is in
heaven give good things to them that
ask him?"
When we consider God as Prin-
,iple, that from which all proceeds,
We find it impossible to conceive of
both sickness and health proceeding
rom this one infinite Principle; and
ret there is no other source from
which anything could come, for, as
John declares, without him was not
my thing made that was made"
When we consider God as Mind we
lrrive at the same conclusion, for
he manifestation of Mind is thought,
md the thoughts of infinite Mind are
lot sick thoughts, but perfect and
lealthful and holy.
We all of us accept the statement
hat God Is wisdom, but 1t is better
o say that God is Mind, because wis.,
lom is never anything but the ex-
,ression of Mind. If we admit in
mite wisdom, we must admit that
is the emanation of an infinite
find.
Let us illustrate the divine Mind
CiY In nv1i I'M NF
human mind as an example. You
ay your friend has fine mind. You
ay you know this because he has
lot of fine ideas which he ex-
resses. You have never seen his
mind, but you have known the ex-
ression of his mind in ideas. If |
10 never moved a muscle, never
poke word, you would rightly con-
Jude that there was no mind there.
10 a mind to be mind must be
lied with ideas, and an idea by vir-
ure of being an idea must be ex-
ressed. 1t is impossible to conceive |
f mind filled with ideas, yet un-
for mind with no ex-
ression is not mind but blank. |
Now we have evidence of infinite |
,isdom in the universe, and the evil
ence of infinite wisdom predicates
n infinite Mind The infinite Mind |
J filled with an infinite number of
leas or thoughts which constitute it's
visdom. These ideas. because they |
re ideas, cannot be separated from
he Mind which contains them, and
is the activity, the reflection, the
of these ideas which |
onstitute man and the universe. AS
Iod's ideas we exist in Him,-per-
ect, spiritual, and immortal and
ecause we exist in Him the Srcip-
ures declare that "In him we live,
nd move, and have our being"
There is a further quality of an
lea that it might be we'll to con-
ider. An idea has no ability to do
nything or to be anything other
han just the idea of the mind in
vhich it exists 1t cannot change it
elf or become more or less or diff
erent than that Mind intended it |
hould be, for it has no volition of |
IS own, and must of necessity ex-
ress exactly the qualities of the |
hind whose idea it is. Man is the
erfect idea of God. and as an idea
( God he has no volition of his
wn. He cannot be sick or choose
D do evil, for IL he could change
rom being Gods perfect idea he
1ould be greater than God, because