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and only cause. To admit any other
cause, then, would be equivalent to
admitting more than one God, which
would be breaking the first great COM
mandment. And since God is infinite
good, he could not cause anything I'M
like 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 OF
evil. To understand that there is one
infinite, spiritual cause makes the
demonstration of Christian healing a
present possibility. To believe in many
causes absolutely incapacitates one
! for proving the imnipOtence of good.
To admit a real cause for evil would
give evil a foundation in fact; would
endow it with power and place man
kind at its 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 suffered it to exist
for some wise purpose, as one so
often hears asserted.
Jesus was man actuated by spirit
ual idea. He was the perfect example
of a right-thinking man. The very
basis of his wonderful healing works
and his Incompatible reasoning and
logic was this fundamental idea Of
perfect, spiritual causation. And it
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 experience.
Mere guessing as to the nature of God
and his heavenly kingdom never en-
ables one to define good or to over
come 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.
J The Real Man
In as much as it is becoming more
: and more evident that we are living il
l a thought world, wherein we can cog
) nize nothing outside of the realm o.
thought; and since things in fina
? analysis are really thoughts, anC
r thoughts are things, we should begin
do SOOu do pOoOlDlC, " OulliNdlC
more metaphysical attitude of thought
t There is nothing metaphysical in thu
belief that man is made of dust ant
r returns to dust. Bus it does require
, certain degree of spiritual enlighten
l ment to know that man is spiritual
I not mortal or material. Christian
!, Science is supplying this enlighten
5 ment.
= TIL real or spiritual man is men
toned in the first chapter of Genesi!
S wherein we read: God created ma
: in his own image" The first thin
needful on our part, then, is to &C
Y quire an accurate understanding G
+ God in order to determine the natur
g of his image. Christian Science EN-
= phasizes the thought that God is in
t. finite spirit, and that his image 0
; likeness must be just as spiritual, pei
: feet and harmonious as God himsel
e The real man, then, must be and
J. wholly spiritual, never material. Go
d being infinite Mind spiritual ma
n expresses or reflects the nature
It this Mind in pure and holy thought
II Christian Science teaches us no
d to cease thinking evil, and as we lear
Ie to obey this teaching we become az
d creating, and this acquainthnceshi
It reveals to us the secret of Christia
,r healing
l. Everlasting gratitude is due Mr.
le Eddy for having explained to IL
ID world the true significance of the tv
Numerically opposite accounts
Creation found in the first and SCI
G ond chapters of Genesis. Until 81
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n thoughts or ideas as distinguish
i" from erring human thoughts 81
n could not make this explanation.
Gods Thoughts Defined
al Gods thoughts are not the visional
ty imaginings of the erring human min
e, my thoughts are not your though
ne saith the Lord" 1t must be conce
e. ed that Jesus mode of thinking wi
S. on higher plane than that of mortal
ct He was controlled by the one infini
so Mind. Mortals are too often under Il
nd control of the so-called 'carnal mind
ck embracing all that is termed evil, 81
nd full and depraved all that lis oppos
it to the nature of God or good. VIII
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nd shall perceive the sharp distinctii
6; that he made between the human al
in az. divine. We shall learn that Go
dana thoughts are endowed with Il
of fe<Yer, and are increasingly ope
ly, FOtSAgood. As.our Leader tells
hi two Ene of fundamental Divi
chard The spiritual power of
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