The St. Joseph observer., 1920-03-06

quietly and read 1t from cover to COW
er at one sitting and then seek the OPP
portunity to reread it before the first
fine impulse of its wonder ana Vigor
is dulled. Holding in thought con-
stantly, as you should now be doing,
this fundamental right idea of good
as the only source or origin of life and
action, you cannot fail to be inspired
to the point of understanding the treas
ures of spiritual counsel and comfort
which Moses with the children or IS
rael then and which we, as children OF
Israel Gas 1.-The offspring of Spiri)
share today.
To-day, as in all the ages of history
the cry of men is for life. for love, for
health, for freedom from the bond
age to evil. for the coming of that day,
which st. John so wonderfully de-
scribes, when God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes; and there
shall be no more death, neither sor-
row, nof crying" (Rcv. 21:A. It is
the sweet and simple demonstrable
knowledge of God which brings TO
human consciousness the dawning
light of this great day. Since we have
had revealed TO us some measure OF
this knowledge, can you wonder that
we long to share with the world the
treasure that has brought peace and
joy into our lives?
The Fundamental Truth
The Fundamental truth Of Christian
Science is the fact about causation,
that good, Mind, Spirit, is the only ac-
tive, operative intelligence, or creative
energy. From this it follows logically
and inevitable that the universe, in
Guiding man, the product of this in
telligence is spiritual. once accept
this basic teaching and you are COM
PEELED to admit its correlative,- the
Iunreality, the impotence, the falsiy
and entire mortality of evil and mat
ter. The creative power OF Mind, of
good.-the Fathorhood and Mother
hood Of Gods the primal fact Of
the creator and His creation. between
the orator and His creation, between
parent and child is Interchangeable and
indissoluable.
Now, do not misunderstood me.
in no way wish to minimize or ignore
what the world calls evil; / have no
disposition to spread any mantle Of
charity over ignorance, inertia, dis
cord sickness, strife, or to cry, Peace,
peace; when there is no peace" 1t
is undoubtedly necessary today to un-
dcrStand what is called evil, to deal
with it radically and unflinchingly,
/ but | earnestly maintain that no ma
tcrial method has ever been or ever
will be devised which will so deal with
! the woes Of the world. Christian
Science does not heal In sickness and
sin in all their myriad phases, and IL
/ does this by destroying the mistaken
! ideas which give rise to sin and sick
ness; it heals by giving the individual
| this right idea Of CausatiOn, this true
/ concept of God and man which, when
established, in turn makes perfectly
clear the bascIessncss and unreality
/ Of the appearance Of evil. To 20 back
to our definition Of God; ii these SOW
| en- terms which Mrs. Eddy uses in de-
| filming God are synonymous, then, on
| the other hand, the exact oppositcs
Of these terms are Synonymous, and in
grouping them together one finds
| himself in possession Of an acCura tc
and prehenSivc definition Of evil
| AS ono accustoms himself to think
along these lines he will soon perceive
that since Spirit, Truth, Love, God,
mean exactly the same thing and SIGN
/ ify that Substance Of things hoped
! for abont which st. Paul tells us; so
matter falsitN hate, devil, mean ex-
actly the same thing and their funda-
mental Unreaiity is revealed. You
cannot logically avoid the conclusion
that there Is indeed no truth outside
Of Love anp no love save the miehty
! Truth, which is the infinite Father
Mother God. Nothing truthful can be
unlOvingr or unlovely; nothing loving
can be lack ing in yeraCity, integrity.
or spiritually.