The herald., 1921-01-20

phySicality which constitutes man. il
were wise to select the physically per
feet upon whom to bestow affection
but too often such perfection clOaks
an unlOvable personality. while the in
valid or physically deficient may have
noble character. No, plainly. one
loves something above and beyond the
physical, and that object of love can
be only the thought. the idea of Mind
In this idea one finds hearts de-
sire. fitness. goodness. all lovable quail
tiles, qualities enduring. dependable.
ever-present. Man is surely idea. and
it is this idea, not the mortal body.
which is the individuality and identity
of man.
Unity iDcmOnstrable.
When a man begins to learn the
profound significance of the divine
unity. he begins to throw off the lin,
itations of ignorance. Man being in
dissolubly linked by Science to His
Master and possessing forever the quail
tiles of the Infinite Principle. the
learner sees that his achievement is
limited in no proper direction of
thought that indeed all that the
Father has is his. In the degree of
his spiritual apprehension of the great
fact of the oneness of God and man, he
sees how ii was possible for Jesus to
prove that unity, or at-One-ment, and
so to make the atonement. So, also,
in the degree of his spirituality, he
himself begins TO prove for himself
this at-one-ment, thus working out his
own salvation in obedience TO the
Scriptural command. secure in the as
surance For it is God that worketh
in you" 1t is evident that the desire
to sin or the ability TO sin cannot be
present with the realization of mans
divine unity with good, for sin is a
departure from good, and could be
present. even in belief, in the sup
pGsed absence, only, of God. But Gods
omnipresence is evils never presence.
Thus the learner catches a glimpse of
the infinite possibilities of man at one
with God and he strives henceforth to
be like Him, to have the divine like
ness. Gods ever presence is the ever
presence of Good, and where God is,
there is man also.
And so because God is all Being, and
has within Himself the qualities of
Being, we Christian Scientists are
striving to be like Him. Because God
is Spirit, we are working to become
spiritual in thought and deed. Because
God is Truth, we must be truthful. Be-
cause God is Love, We should be low
ing. lovable, lovely. Because God is
Principle. we are endeavOring to be
principled in all our ways. Christian
Scientists are no longer satisfied with
former standards of honesty, we are
| learning that a man may be sincere
and earnest and yet have little appre'
hension of Principle The future of
mankind under the government of
Principle is foreshown in the progress
of Christian Scientists today. Let me
| illustrate how the leaven of Principle
is working in human lives. Two Chris
tian Scientists boarded train at the
dinner hour and passed at once from
the Pullman to the diner. Their des'
| tination reached, they discovered that
| their tickets had not been taken up
Now in the old way of thinking these
men would doubtless have torn up
their tickets, saved them for future
use,' or perhaps sold them, but they
/ had come to know God as Principle and
man as the expression of Principle
and so they couldn't rest until they
had acted to their highest sense OF
Principle. They decided to send the
tickets to the general offices of the rail
road, with a letter of explanation
Some weeks later, letter came from
the general manager of the road
thanking them for assistance in cor
recting a defective method of handling
tickets on that train.
Christ Jesus the Way.
Is it sacriligious to claim ones unity
with God? Paul tells us that Christ
Jesus, whom all CHRISTIANS accept a:
the exemplar being in the likeness
of God, thought ft not robbery to .b'
equal with God" (Phil. 1861 Jesus
made the atonement, he proved hi
unity with God, and so became worth!
to bear the title Christ. THE divine
manifestation of God" IS. & H., p
5S3-1O) His vicarious sacrifice wa
complete self-denRl, utter renuncla
tion of material self-hood, or life II
matter, with its false pleasures ant
pain, its sin, disease, discord ant
death. The way of the cross was tn
way out of matter, out OF persona
sense. And on that day Of days whel
Jesus had taken every human footstel
along the way and stood triumphan
over matter, the world the flesh AM
all evil, his was the leavened lum
wherein no grain of materiality re
mained, wherein the consciousness o
spiritual selfhood was complete. An
so the real Jesus ascended to the Faith
er, found his true being in Spirit. Thu
}. he worekd out a full salvation fror
sin, disease, and death, and thu
Christ Jesus became The Way OF a
mankind.
Contemplating the example OF Jesu
, and considering his command, III an
|, man will come after me. let him den
: bin,salf" the Christian Scientist ODed