The Washington herald., 1920-04-05
GODLIKE MIND
CURES ALL ILLS
Ezra W. Palmer, c. S. B.,
Gives Outline of Meaning
Of Christian Science.
CREATOR AS PATTERN
Strive for Rejection Of Car
nal Thoughts and Love
All Mankind.
CREATOR AS PATTERN

Christ. Scientist. of Boston. spoke
yesterday afternoon at Polls The
ater. He was introduced by Hiram
w. Hayes.
Mr.. Palmer said:
The Christian world has recog-
nized for centuries three great veri-
ties of Spirit-that God Is omnip-
otent, omniscient, and omntpresent,
meaning by this that God has all
power, IL ever present, and Is the
creator and source of all knowledge.
These immortal fundamentals OF
Diety have been accepted by Chris
tians, because on no other basis
can we conceive of God as infinite
and supreme. a God Of love who
sends only good gifts to his chill
dren.
The vision Of the eternal Father
hood of God. and all men and women
as sons and daughters OF God. sat
isfies as nothing else can the IN
finite aspirations of man and trans
forms him into the likeness Of his
Maker. This new born understand
ing of God Is the balm OF Gilead,
the leaves Of the tree of life Tor
the healing Of the nations
Reveals fcEIcCuOh VI 1A@-s
This vision reveals the perfec-
tion of God, man His image and
likeness, and the universe perfect
and spiritual. Abram saw this eter-
nal reality and his name was
changed to Abraham. Jacob saw
IL, and his name was changed 70
Israel, because he was so trans
formed that he became a prince
who had power with God ana
with mem Moses saw 1t on Mount
Sinai, and he was charged to do
all things after the pattern, which
was showed thee In the mount
Christ Jesus saw this transcendent
vision of the glory of God, and
man His perfect expression, on the
nnountain of TRANSPORTATION, and
we are told that his face did shine
as the sun, and his raiment was
white as the light and on Calvary
and in the sepulcher He proved the
tnvincfble power Of spiritual con-
sciousness which rent the veil OF
materiality, destroying death and
the grave, and establishing the for
ever fact of mans unity with his
God. Mrs. Eddy, more than eighteen
centuries later, also saw this same
perfect pattern, which enabled her
to heal the sick and SHINING, and
which enabled her to inspire un-
numbered multitudes to forsake
human opinions, dogmas, creeds,
and drugs, in order to follow the
light Of demonstrable truth.
Same Pattern Followed Today.
And 1t Is this same pattern which
Christian Scientists see today. They
strive to pattern their lives after
the model of perfect God and per-
feet man, and as q result they are
happy. healthful. and spiritually
minded. Working according to this
pattern. they are enabled to love
their fellow man and to heal him
Of Ills ills when he turns to them
fon help. Genuine Christian Scien-
fists pray continually that they keep
in thought this perfect model. They
strive to be governed by the quail
tiesS Of love, perfection, and holi-
ness which emanate from the divine
Mind. and they are alert to destroy
in their own thought the motive or
aim which would injure or depress
their neighbor. They pray con-
ttnuaIly, pray without ceasing.
that they may have that mind which
-
know that every thought, every
abatement, every deed Is cast into
the scale of truth or of error, and
so they strive daily and hourly that
their thoughts, their words, their
lives. their deeds, may weigh in the
balance with peace and harmony.
Spiritual Living.
How can we gain this spiritual
basis Of thought? By dwelling In
the secret place of the most High,
as the Psalmist declared; by know
ing here and now that God Is the
only Life, and that our life Is de-
rived from God. We are to know
continually that spiritual existsnce
is the only real existence, and we
are ever to refuse assent to any
human belief that man lives in the
flesh or that a matter world ever
existed or, ever can exist. We are
to hold thought continually to the
etefnal fact that infinite Mind Is
the creator and governs all, and
there Is no other creator and no
other creation.
we ara to make a clear distinc-
ton between right thoughts and
wrong thoughts, between spiritual
ideas, which people the universe OF
Spirit, and mortal beliefs OF sin,
disease and death. which have their
origin In human ignorance and fear,
and we are to hold to Gods ideas
and rspudiate mortal misconcep-
tions. This distinction between
right thoughts and wrong thoughts
is necessary and vital and Is gained
through spiritual understanding,
Ga - lIxy
minded 10 death; but to be spirttu-
ally minded Is life and peace
Must shut Ont the False.
when We shut out from our
thought the false suggestions of
the carnal mind and accept only
the heavenly concepts, then our
thought IL conscious only of its
oneness with divine love. and IL i'm
preRnable to every assault of dis
cord. fearY or disease. Then, and
and then only. can the Christian
say with the Psalmist, Rejoice in
the Lord, o ye righteous; for praise
IL comely. for the upright Chris
tian Science reveals the unchange-
able facts about God and man, the
unchangeable right. truth. good,
and these eternal verities uncover
and destroy evil and heal the sick.
-Christian Scientists are a happy
people. They are a happy people
because they have Indeed found
the secret place of the most High
and are strtving TO attain q state of
consciousness serene and lofty
free ffom the aggressions Of evil; q
state Of Consciousness to- which the
realities of omnipotent truth and
love unfold. This exalted state of
thought 10 not q special gift to q
favored person nor to a privileged
A. loving God has
provided it free for all men. Chris