The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-04-16


! part Of the Old Testament is allied with
I an account Of the sin, failures. des-
| truction OF this man OF the dust
! Earth's secular history today and FOR
! generations has been largely an &C
| count Of the d!sappointments and dis
! asters Of this man Of the dust Has
not the world been recently convlus-
( cd with its greatest tragedy sll be
1 cause of the false aims, hopes and
ambitions Of this man Of the dust?
! Woman through the centuries has
/ been regarded as an inferior creature.
/ often a slave. all because Of this false
/ theory. that man is of the dust. and
woman OF his rib. 1t is only as Truth
( enlightening the world that woman Is
achieving her rightful place as mans
/ coequal; and it will only be as the
| truth covers the earth. even as the
waters cover the sea, that the world
viii come TO know and understand the
male and female" Of Gods creation
as revealed in the FIRST chapter or Cen
csis
With these two pictures before us.
man Of the earth. earthly, bowed be-
meath the weight Of human misery
and woe. and man In GODS Image and
! likeness, rejecting the Godike the
spiritual. the perfect. why do we hest
tate to proclaim ourselves and our
race Of the true tpye with God given
power and dominion over every living
thing. fer God has ordained this pow
er and dominion in the first chapter
Of Genesis. the 2Sth verse. Is it not
too in harmony with the promise Of
Jesus quoted in the beginning Of this
lecture, Behold J give unto YOU pow
er over all the power OF the enemy?'
Does il not occur TO you that when
Jesus came to his earthly ministry
Z and found man sick SHINING. sorrow
ing and dying. he remembered this
early ordinance OF God and re-enacted
1t IN those stirring words calling the
world to action on a basis Of spiritual
power with a new promise: and then
proceeded 10 demonstrate by so-called
miracles. step by step, mans power
and ability TO overcome al the pow
er Of tho enemy?
MORTAL MIND
What Is the enemy over wh5ch Jesus
says We have power Paul saws. ITO
be carnally minded is death. but 20
be spiritually minded is life, and peace
because the carnal mind - enn1ity
against God The enemy. Is there
fore, the carnal or Heshlv mind. or as
Mrs. Eddy calls IT, in Science and
Health. the mortal mind as opposed
10 the divine Mind
Mortal mind. as il is understood and
used in Christian Science. IS not an
entity. but IS rather the absence OF
{ the reelection OF the divfne-Mind. IT
rs. IN other words. a state Of ignorance
and when it IS the only mind that
human being has or knows anything
about It subjects him TO every i'll to
which the flesh is heir and this sub
lection is not decreased but Is rather
increased BY what is ordinarily called
education unless this education be
carried on with an understanding OF
the truth about God as revealed IN
Christian Science. For instance. the
man who knows most and is tha best
educated on the subject Of so-called
symptoms OF disease. is soonest the
victim OF some disease. or, the man
who IS best infYrned on the suate.t
of human anG.5r,y IS oftenesr find
ing something wrong with his anatoTny
Was not this thought in the mind OF
the wise man. king Of Jerusalem when
he wrote a long time ago. FOR in
much wisdom IS much grief. and h.
that increaseth knowledge increaseth
sorro ""
Mortal mind Is cau OF fear doubt
anxiety. envy. hltred malice and
what not Of all this evil brood. Il is
no wonder that man governed BY NOR
tai mind Is sick. f.>try so-calle5 dis
ease IS some phase of mortal mind.
fear, ignorance or sin. Jesus early IN
his ministry told his disciples that
they had power over this enemy and
this is easily understood for everyone
can see that in proportion as he be-
comes enlightened. he has power over
ignorance, especially when he perceive
that this ignorance has constituted
his own mentality. This is what Jesus
meant when he said at another time
we shall know the truth and the truth
shall make YOU free"
AS Christian scientists, It IS our
mission. our constant effort and
prayer to have always in Us that Mind
which was also in Christ Jesus. As
Mrs Eddy says. Hold thought stead
lastly 20 the enduring. the good and
the true, and YOU viii bring these in
to your experience proportonately to
their occupancy OF your thoughts"
Science and Health D. 261). Is not
this perhaps what the prophet Of old
had in mind when he said OF God.
11hou art Of purer eyes than 70 behold
evil and canst not look upon iniquity?"
UNHEALTHY OF EVIL
This brings me to a discussion Of
the unreanty Of evil. for which teach
ing Christian Science has sometimes
been criticized. Want wonderful
world this would be II it could be rid
IL evil-and il can be. Evil IS only
in our consciousness and II We can
understand that II IS unreal We shall
be rid Of II. All VIII agree that God
IN good and thet He has all power, and
being good and having ali power. ve
must. to he logical. conclude that God
has made al things good and conse-
Quently has not created any evil. Then
you ask where did evil originator
Someone may say It started with sa-
tan. or devil, but surely God Ia His in
finite goodness could never have con-
ceived or created a monster of evil.
But you say. what VIII vou do with
the Satan or devil Of the Bhie2 Hear
what Jesus says OF HIM: .TIe was a
murderer from tho bes ming and
abode not in the truth because there
Is no truth IN him When he speak |
So.