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reacted to that sense stimulus He
became fearful He said to his master,
"Alas, my master! how shall We do N
But the man of God saw spiritually in
stead Of materially He knew that
in reality there was nothing to fear.
He saw what the human eye hath not
seen and the human ear hath not
heard. Instead of being controlled by
fear, he was inspired with strength
and courage. His reply indicated his
state Of mind. He answered, Fear
not: for they that be with us are more
than they that be with them" Then
the prophet prayed that the eyes OF
his servant might be opened. The sery-
ant undoubtedly believed he was actu-
ally seeing, but he was not. The mar
ratiye states: sand the Lord opened
the eyes Of the young manj and he
saw; and, behold, the mountain was
full Of horses and chariots OF fire
round about Elisha" No need Of the
man Of God to fear the might of NOR
tails, when close at hand were the an
gels OF His presence To succor and pro-
tect him. The narrative later shows
that that great army in the hands OF
Elisha was as clay in the hands Of the
potter.
Note also the Shunammite woman
who held steadfastly to the fact that
man never dies, that death Is an illu-
sion. Her son, to human sense, had
died. She went to the prophet Elisha
for help. In answer to his inquiry,
s'is it well with the child?" she an
swcred, at is we'll" Brave mother!
brave reply! That answer in the face
Of the supposed finality OF sense evil
dence has cheered the wavering faith
of unnumbered thousands down
through thu centuries. Her vision had
pierced the veil of materialism and she
saw that man is deathless. Her stead
fast reliance on God, despite the OPP
posing evidences of the senses, was re-
warded and her son was restored TO
life through the illumined prayer OF
the fearless prophet. -
"What difference does II make, you
may ask, whether we believe that
God is the author of sin, disease and
death or not ~ MY friends, it makes
4 great dea. Of difference; it makes
the difference between health and sick
ness, between life and death. Because
IL we assume that God sent these evils,
they are eternal, they are inevitable,
they are unacceptable Whereas, on the
other hand, when we see that evil and
death are not part Of Gods creation,
but are merely false beliefs Of NOR
tails, we are able to rise in the strength
of our God and overcome them. 1t
il self-evident that disease, sin and
death cannot be true or eternal. These
evils are discordant, inharmonious,
self destructive, and il is not possible
that ANYTHING self destructive can have
eternal life. An, eternal self-destruc-
tive force Is inconceirable. Only the
harmonious and harmless can have
eternal existence.
corporeal Sense Evidence Misleading.
Christian Scientists, therefore, do
not accept the conclusions of the physi-
cal senses as they formerly did. They
truly have, to degree at least, made
the discovery that spiritual sense alone
guides them and that the physical
senses cognize world which has no
real existence. Like the great spirit
ual thinkers Of the Bible, they see diff
ferentiy, think differently, and act dill
ferently than they did when they ac-
cepted the evidences of the corporeal
senses. Let us notice their attitude
toward disease. Before they became
Christian Scientists, they associated
fear with disease. They felt them
selves more or less hopeless In con-
tending with IT. They thought OF dis.
ease As condition Of the physical
body. whereas they now know that
4 i a wrong state OF mind. And then,
in the background Of thought always
lurked the spectre that sooner or later
death would be the inevitable outcome.
OF many things mortals are uncertain,
but Of one thing they believe that
thew are certain, namely that death
i unacceptable. How differently Chris
tian Scientists view these things. They
know that God never created disease,
and that a right understanding OF Him
completely destroys disease. They see
that all there is of disease is fear and
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