Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
Christian Science: The True Standard Of Right

nature of God. one needs only to rec
ognize and heed Gods promises to heal
in order to experience that healing
power. Like honesty and goodness,
this healing power must be obeyed
from the heart and not the head. and
only as it is thus lived can 1t properly
be understood and demonstrated.
Jesus Early Exrrience.
Mrs. Eddy has declared in her book.
Science and Health, that 1.-The Sermon
on the Mount is the essence of this
Science Let us now apply the test
of our rule of logic to that standard
of Christian teaching. After Jesus was
baptized by John the Baptist, voice
from heaven was heard to say, Fhis
is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased" When Jesus rcceived
abroad that he was the Son of God,
( there must have burst upon his vision
the full meaning OF unlimited power
the undisputed heritage of the Son OF
God. Has not every one at some time
wished for unlimited wealth or power? ?
( II ones widest dreams werc suddenly
realized, how would he act? Would ne
not be tempted to use his power
selfishly? 1t is not surprising there
fore that Jesus was Immediately driv-
en- into the wilderness. and tempted
to use his power for selfish ends.
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the earth, II only he would bow down
I to the claims of evil; but Jesus knew
the impossibility of obeying two such
opposites as God and Satan. When
he realized that impossiility. the temp
tation ceased Then the devil departed
and only the consciousness of good re-
manned. In the words OF the Epistlc
to tho Hebrews. Though he were a
Son, yet learned he obedience by the
things which he suffered"
! Having learned the divine logic that
one can work only from Gods View
point, and that the divine Mind can be
+, understood only through its own ideas.
Jesus entered upon his ministry.
| teaching in their synagoGues, and
preaching the gospel OF tho kingdom.
ana healing all manner OF sickness and
all manner OF disease among the pco-
pie
Sermon On the Mount
Scarcely any one listened at first to
the teaching and preaching OF jesus,
but multitudcs thronged him for the
healing The lessons he gained from
those experiences arc summarized with
matchless simplicity in the first and
second Beautitudes of the Sermon on
the Mount
blessed are the poor IN spirit: for
theirs Is the kingdom OF heaven.
Here Jesus pronounces a blessing on
those who have begun to turn from
matter and yearn for heaven. They
respond naturally to spirit tual truth
wherever spoken. and that spiritual
rcceptivity, which is born OF God,
opens the way TO heavenly harmony.
Blessed arc they that mourn: for
they shall be comforted." In the sec
ond Beautitude, Jesus considers those
who have learned through suffering
to turn from matter. Their suffering
had prepared them for the Christ
healing which brings them greater
comfort than mere release from ply.
steal ills. 1t brings the peace ana
harmony of Gods kingdom. making
tho comfort as abiding as is the king
dom itself.
These two groups of people seem
to be the only ones ready for the
Kingdom. But Jesus is not unmindful
that they are still ON probation. Their
blessing thus far has been partly the
work of others, as when enid ilrst
begins to walk. for one group was
helped along by a preacher. and the
other by a healer. The only way by
which they can gain the divine power
for themselves is through the quality
of ,neekness. blessed are the meek:
for they shall inherit the earth.
Dominion ovtr all the earth is gained,
not through matter or the human Will.
but through the divine idea of mcekness
Considered as a group. the receP-
tIvity that leads to heaven. the yearf-
Ing that gains divine comfort, and the
meckness that achieves divine power
arc all ideas of God Through these
Ideas we preceive Gods true nature.
and we gain perfection by demonstrate
Ing these Ideas.
Those Called Of God
1t is sometimes charged that Chris
tian Scientists make too much of tho
healing ministry of this Science, but
the critics should remember the lesson
of the Beatitudcs, that only two
groups of thinkers are really prepared
for the kingdom. What Jesus iterated
in the Beatitudes, he reiterated in the
Parable OF the Great Supper. When
tho Invitations to the feast were given
out. you may remember, all made eN-
cuses. One had purchased some land,
so hc could not come; another oxen.
and SO on. They all begged to be ex-
cuscd but one. That one could not
come because he had married n wife.
They were all so absorbed in material
things that they gave no heed to spirit
ual things. So the master of the feast
found 1t necessary to turn to those
who might be awakened through suf-
fering to seek the kingdom. lie in
vitcd the poor, the manned the halt
and the blind,-thosc that mourn. and
still there was room, for not even hu-
man suffering had alienated tho faitn
OF many from their reliance on matter
Such lessons have taught the Chris
tInn Scientist to serve those who arc
drawn of God, because they are ready
and willing to receive the blessing ac-
cording to the plan of our great Mas
ter. Unless they come willingly,
through tho teaching, or through the
healing. they are not prepared 20 un-
derstand tho spiritual message; for
spiritual things must be Spiritually
discerned'' Jesus warned us, more
over, not to give that which is holy
to the unprepared thought. How many
there are who have read few pages
of our textbook. only to declare with
n sweep of the hand. There is nothing
in it, Even so, the healing challen-
ges attention and 1t cannot be OK
planned away. One should remember
that there is something else beside
human intellect neCessarY 10 conpro-