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CHURCH UNION
CLAIMS JUST ONE
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cause for our existence. The premise of
existence leads unavoidably to the con-
clusiOn that there is a cause for exist
ence. We may, however, differ as to the
nature of that cause.
Writing on the subject OF causation
Mrs. Eddy says on page 544 of the
/ Christian Science textbook, Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
Ltures, man exists because God exists
And Jesus said, Call no man your father
upon the earth, for one is your father,
which Is in heaven The Lords prayer
is addressed to our Father which art in
heaven and at one time Jesus said, 1
ascend unto my Father and your Father,
and to my God and your God.
SPIRITUAL CAUSATIoN
TAUGHT BY SCIENCE.
"Causation, as understood by Jesus,
and as taught by Christian Science
is spiritual. This spiritual cause IS
the one infinite, heavenly Father whom
men call God. The scriptures not only
declare God to be Father, but to be
the Almighty, the Everlasting, / AM
Spirit. Life, Truth, Love. Christian
Scientists accept these scrfptural def
nitions of God without reservation, but
they also think of God as being infinite
good, as supreme intelligence, or Mind,
the one self existent and eternal Life
as the only source, origin, cause, or
creative Principle.
these scriptural and Christianity
scientific synonyms for Deity give US
better understanding Of the omnipOtence,
omniscience, and omnipresence of God.
From the standpoint of spiritual
causation it is readily seen that crea
ton must be spiritual, since effect
must always be like cause. II God, the
only creator, is Mind, or Spirit, then His
! l,, FOL nv Sy.ir
Since God is infinite Consciousness, or
divine Mind, his universe must be con-
sciOus universe. The office of Mind is
to think, and the effect of thinking is
thought; hence the universe of Mind is
a universe OF thought consisting Of ideas
which perfectly express their divine
origin. The only real and enduring uni
verse then, existing in Mind, partakes
OF the exact nature Of Its Principle, or
Creator It. therefore, reflects all the
Immortality, beauty, order, harmony,
health, joy, peace, purity, perfection. The
universe of Spirit Is governed by ap-
solute' law, and is held forever In safety
and security by the power that created
it. This universe, being infinite and all
inclusive, lacks nothing-it is complete.
All things in this universe are the ex
preston of perfect Mind, or God, and for
His pleasure they are and were created.
MAN CREATED IN
GODS IMAGE.
The Scriptures tell rs in the first
chapter of Genesis that man was created
in the image and after the likeness or
God. A true likeness is that which per-
fectly expresses its original. II, there
! fore, man is created in the likeness of
| God, he must be exactly like his creator.
II God is Spirit, man, in His likeness,
must be spiritual. If God is Truth, man,
as the image Of God. must be truthful,
honest, sincere. If God is Love, man, in
his true nature, must be loving, gentle,
kind, compassionate. If God is Life.
man must be and is the living image of
life This man, the true man, the only
real man, is not subject to chance nor
change He is as changeless as his eter-
nal Principles. He is not the victim of
lack nor of limitation. He reflects the
infinite abundance of Spirit or God. He
is not doomed to decrepitude and ais
solution. He exists forever at the eter-
nal noontide Of being. He is always at
the standpoint Of limItless opportunity,
activity, and supply.
I'm the second chapter OF Genesis there
is, however, an account of creation which
presents very different picture OF man.
1t says, the Lord God formed man of
the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his noStris TIE breath OF life Later
it states that the Lord made woman out
of rib which he had taken from the
side of man, and this, in spite OF the
I
God created man in his own image, in
the image Sf God created he him male
and female created he them Both of
these accounts Of creation could not, Of
course, be correct, for they are contra
dictory. Viewed from the standpoint of
spiritual creation as it is recorded in
! the first chapter OF Genesis, the story be-
| ginning in the second chapter Is seen to
| be entirely inconsistent and illogical
| Christian Science shows this second ac-
| RI ha oil no
J purpose of describing a false, Materials
/ tic sense OF the real spiritual creation.
] This, however, is~the account about which
/ We hear most frequently, even from the
oIogians, probably because it seems to
coincide with our everyday experience !;
! that is, if we view existence from the
| standpoint Of material sense.
MISCONCEPTIONS FROM
! MANS VIEWPOINT.
From the material point of view man
seems to be nothing but an organism,
with a mind inside of it, mere machine
controlled by supposed intelligence,
which is invisible and which has never
/ been satisfactorily explained by human
philosophy Some one may be thinking,
/ Why, the explanation is very simple. The
| brain is the seat of mans intelligence,
and it, through the nervous system, coli
| trolls and regulates the functions and
| faculties, the movements and actions of
Train humf eSa R9 What what Eavs made the the
| power to think and to direct activity :?
4 Who has ever seen the intelligence that
/ is supposed to be in the brain, and how
do we know that it is there? Many
people in the Orient believe the seat of
intelligence to be in the stomach; and it
might just well be there as in the
brain, for there is no essential difference
between the kind of stuff that constitutes
the stomach and that which constitutes
| the brain. Under chemical analysis they
would both yield exactly the same prod
uct. The difference, then, is one of be
brain nor the stomach can originate the
least bit of real intelligence.
| On page 1853 of Science and Health
Mrs. Eddy says. There is no Life, truth,
| intelligence, nor substance in matter. Ali
| is infinite Mind and its infinite manifes-
tation, for God is All-in-all' This state
ment may seem startling to some of you,
but 1t is no more startling nor radical
than the declaration of Jesus, 1T is the
Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh prOfteth
nothing. To the physical senses matter
seems real and substantial. but these
| their own realm. Paul evidently knew
| this for he said, The things which are
seen are not made Of things which do
appear, and a modern college professor
has said Of material objects that all we
know about them is that they are not
what they seem to be. Mrs. Eddy agrees
that matter is not what it seems to be,
Fbut she does not leave the subject there
and say that Is all we can know about it.
She explains what matter is, that it ex-
/ the human mind, as subjective state of
mortal thought, or belief. But Christian
| Science does not take matter away from
us and leave nothing in it's place. for on
page 269 of Science and Health Mrs Eddy
| says, Metaphysics resolves things into