The Bismarck tribune., 1919-04-04

fcrs to God as Principle unless sh;
combines it with the word Love. Sh,
says, for example. infinite Principle.
or "divine Love- and that Principle
which is synonymous with divine Low.
must be loving, tender. and merciful a!
well as exact. inyariable and impair
tial. SO Principle as understood II
Christian Science is seen to be the one
ever present. ever operative, conscious
living, loving Principle of beins-th.
only source. origin, cause. or creator Of
all that really exists. The only basi.
or foundation OF all reality.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
Since nothing is more certain than
that effect must be like cause. Chris
tian Science shows that God, the only
Cause, being Spirit, or Mind, His
universe must be spiritual or mental
Gods universe must, then: be uni
verse Of thought IL must consist OF
thoughts or ideas that are Godlike-
spiritual good. harmonious, eternal
divine. This infinite universe Of Goo
or divine Mind, existing here and now
! and embracing all creation, necessarily
inclndcs man as the image or likeness
of God, Spirit, Mind Thus We sec
that the present reality of man is in
his mental or spiritual identity This
does not, however, refer TO finite
mind generally associated with the
human BRAIN nor does it refer to Il
soul that is supposed to reside else.
/7here in the human body, but it refers
to man as the individual spiritual
image, reflection, or idea OF divine
Mind, Sod Mrs. Eddy says on page
4T5 Of Science and Health Man is
idea, the image, Of Love; he is not
physique" A modern dictionary def
milton Of idea is, "That which embodies
the essential nature Of something"
So man as the idea Of God, or. divine
Mind. Is that which consciously and
perfectly reflects, expresses, mani
fects, or embOdies the divine nature.
And this agrees with the Scriptural
record Of sereation contained in the
first chapter Of Genesis, for there IL
says that God made man in His own
image. >Rut the seventh Eerse of the
SECOND chapter Of Genesis says that
the Lord God formed man Of the dust
of the ground, ana breathed into his
nostrils the breath Of life" The rec
ord of creation contained in the first
chapter Of Genesis and the account
beginning with the seventh verse Of
the. second chapter are so different as
to be absolutely irrecOncilable.
TRUE AND FALSE CREATION
The first record of creation declares
that*'the heavens and the earth were
finished, and all the host Of them
This finished universe Of God is said
to have been recognized by Him as
being very good" This very good
and complete universe, according to
the record, included man created Gin
the image Of God" The second and
materialistic account Of creation is the
very opposite Of the spiritual record
which precedes it. Man, instead of
being the image Of the eternal God, is
said to have been made Of temporal
matter. In this story It is not even
claimed that man Is the likeness Of
God. Man who in the first chapter is
recorded as part Of Gods perfect,
finished creation, is here supposed to
have been 're-created or remOdeled
from clay. But why divinely intelli-
gent creator would have need to re.
model a perfectly good universe or
any part thereof Is not explained.
If one accepts the first record OF
creation he will be obliged to reject
the second account if he would be
logical. Christian Science accepts the
first or ElOhistic record as statement
Of spiritual creation, and explains the
second or Jehovistic account as an
allegory evidently intended by its
nuthnr Inr;nt Tho hoJ NJ IN mn u,
rial creation. That Christian believers
in general and theologians in partic.
ular pay much more attention to the
mythical account than to the scientific
record is to be regretted. Their EN-
phasis in sermons and otherwise is fre
quently laid upon what they term "fal
len" man. The tenacious belief in this
myth with its dust man." created by
an anthropomorphic God, Is responsi
hle for all the Ills to which flesh is
heir. Mortal history Is little more thar
recital OF the woes, the suffering
the tragedies which result from failure
to discriminate between the true ant
the false The supposed naturalness
and inevitability Of disease and deatf
are due primarily to a false, materia
sense Of mans origin and nature
Whereas the understanding that mar
is the spiritually created and immor
tai likeness Of divine Mind makes free
dom from these evils certain. Accord
ing to Christian Science nothing /!
really natural but good, and nothing /!
inevitable but the triumph Of good
PUTTING OFF THE OLD MAN
Through understanding the suprem
acy, the omnipotence Of good, Chris
tian Scientists are proving step b.
step their ability to comply witt
the Injunction of Paul to put of tn,
old man. (the mortal, material, sin
ful sense OF mans, and to put on tn
new man" (the immortal, spiritual
sfnless manhoodl. which "Ss create,
in Righteousness ana true holiness.
In this endeayor they are finding tina
their success IS in proportion to tn
faithfulness and persistence witt
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