The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-12-03

ton IN true ChrlStianit4 mankind, actu-
ated By mortal thought, has accepted AZ
real its own misconceptions Of Cod
their own Neutrality-suspicious. of man
and its Measurements OF Spirit or sub
stance; and out of these abysmai depths
there has arisen mist from tho
earth"--a cloud of false knowledge
that stands between mankind and God
| influencing thought adversely to the
Highest good.
nEsTonATTvE D1TurxxoNs
/ 1t is the mission and province OF
Christian Science to clear away and 70
destroy the basic error Of mortal
/ thou ght,-that evil is real and that mat
ter Is Intelligent. In accomplishing this
work II is the mission of Christian
Science Furthermore to restore TO man
kind the true idea concerning God; the
idea which reveals Him to be the eter-
nal Principle OF all that exists; to re-
store TO mankind the understanding OF
what constitutes the Image and like
ness" OF God. or the understanding of
mans true seifhood. Christian Science
naturally lays strong emphasis upon
the necessity for gaining true un-
Outstanding OF God. On page OF the
! Preface 70 Science and Health. Mrs.
Eddy writes these significant words:
Ignorance OF God is no longer the step
| ping-stone 10 faith. The only GuAran-
tee of obedience ia right apprehension
of Him whom 20 know Alright is life
eternal" The understanding of the
nature and character OF the divine Mind
or God IS Fundamental to ali true knowi-
edge: therefore all that is worthy and
I TO be desired in social. religious. do
nestle political, industrial life must be
! founded upon and express the basic and
true unders tanding concerning God who
| is the divine Principle of all. When
this fact is understood and demonstrated
fully harmony viii be established in all
the activities OF human experience.
| Christian Science reveals certain SIM
Pile truths with respect 20 consciousness
and Mind which are profitable for con-
sideration. We are conscious Of exis-
tence conscious of the circumstances
Of daily life. We are conscious OF our
This consciousness of existence indicates
there can be no consciousness of exis-
tence When speaking thus of Mind,
we do not refer to the little limited hu-
be Synonymous with the human brain.
and to be located some where within tho
human skull. The Mind 20 which We
refer in this connection in Christian
Science Is the Mind which IS infinite
IN it's being. capacity, identity. individu-
atty. omnipresence. onnipotencs. This
INFINITE Mind. then. without which as we
have seen there can be no consciou sness
of existence. must be the creator Of all
that exists, must be that which We
mean or try 10 express when ~e think
or say, God II is also perfectly clear
that the creations of God must be God
like; therefore, because God is infinite
Mind. the creations OF God must be
MindIike, or like the Mind from which
thet proceed Creation, then. must be
the true or Spiritual idea which rehects.
with infinite hdeiity. the nature and
character OF the divine Mind.
Because there IL no place conceivable
where God is not. il follows naturally
and inevitably that God. who is infinite
Mind Is everywhere present ana 10
everywhere intellisentiy active for good.
How can one conceive OF tine onnipres-
ence of God otherwise than as infinite
Mind? One cannot conceive OF the omni-
presence OF a material or human per-
sonality One cannot conceive of tho
Omnipresenee of materially outINed
figure. The Scriptures declare that God
is Love. Spirit. Truth, Life, Mind. How
rs IL possible FOR q materially outlined
isure. or Q craven image, mental
image, to convey an adequate idea o: the
nature and character of infinite Mind
and OF divine L.oye-of the onIu;pres-
ence Of God?
1t is the understanding OF this fact
of Gods omnipresence that makes pos
sible the remarkable effectiveness OF
what is called absent treatment tn
Christian Science. The divine Mind,
God. Is everywhere present Hence no
necessity exists for the attempt 10 pro-
feet thought to some distant place 20
heal the sick; the divine Principle. Love,
IS already there and everywhere. The
effectiveness OF q spiritual idea cannot
be said TO be limited By or TO a personal
presence or a material environment a
divine idea should be recognized to be
always present snd active because IL re
fleets the all pervasive divine Mind. To
understand this is TO understand. in
degree. the fact OF being.
BASIL E<fkkSCH Hst<AArAS<N a I<A -
The so-called human or mortal mind
claims evil to be greater in power than
good. This is not surprising, however.
when we recognize that mortal mind
holds the unworthy and degrading be-
lief that evil Is real and that matter is
Intelligent One may not grasp the sig
nifcance of the statement Immediately.
nevertheless it is true. that all of the
gin sickness and destruction that has
come into the world Of human expert
ence has como az theresult of the opera
ton in thought of this degrading be-
lief Unfortunately for the human race,
uniastricted by Christian Science, hu-
man Consciousness has lost sight OF
what is wrong. Owing to this erroneous
mental procedure which accepts evil
as real and matter intelligent. hu-
man beings have found themselves con-
fronted with a seemingly inexpiicsoie
and mysterious state OF existence.
which expresses itself in sfn. sickness
and Genth, state or existence wholly
without foundation or support IN Truth
and Love. and wholly at variance with
the nature OF divine Principle. Chris-
tan Science comes 10 the consciousness
which believes evil to be real and mat
ter TO be intelligent and begins i'm
mediately 20 remove from experience