Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-14

sickness and all manner of disease among
the people," From these experiences OF
healing and teaching, Jesus observed two
great facts concerning his ministry; he
saw that few people at first came to hear
his preaching but the multttudes simply
thronged him for the healing. Then he
summarized these two facts with match
less simplicity in the first and second
Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount.
The first group Of people, those VINO
came to hear his preaching, Jesus de-
scribes in the first Beatitude; Blessed
are the poor in spirit; for theirs IS the
Kingdom of heaven" that is to say, tnose
who are spiritually minded and there
fore spiritually receptive, can recognize
spiritual truths wherever spoken and the
blessing they receive opens to them the
very kingdom of heaven.
The second grouk OF people, those VINO
came to him for the healing, Jesus de-
scribes in the second Beatitude: Blessed
are they that mourn; for they shall be
comforted :" that is to say, those who are
mourning over their suffer1ngs and Tor
ments, as they turn to the Christ, truth
for healing, are blessed with such com
fort from the Christ healing, that the
comfort is as abiding as the Kingdom
of heaven; that is, the healing is per-
maneut, there is no relapse.
But Jesus is not unmindful that those
two groups of people are still on proba-
ton. 1t is like teaching a child how to
walk; for the first group Of people was
led by a preacher; and the second gro Up
by healer; now they must learn to
walk alone They must gain for them
selves that spiritual power. which heals
and saves. The rule Is plainly stated in
the third Beatitude as follows: Blessed
are the meek for they shall inherit the
earth; )" that is to say, the spiritual power
which gives to us dominion over all
the earth must be achieved through
the divine idea of meekness. 1t is not
gained through brilliancy Of intellect nor
force of human will, nor through an ag-
gressive personality, but rather through
the divine ideas, of humility ana meek
ness, which give dominion over SIM dl-
sease and death.
BEATITUDES BASIS
OF ALL TRUTH.
Now the Beatitudes are clear and easy
to understand. Then 1t sholld be simple
for us all to see that the dominion ana
power of the divine Mind are revealed TO
rs through the idea Of meekness, and
that the spiritual idea of receptiylty
opens to us the very nature of the king
dom of heaven. Thus taken as whole,
he spiritual receptivity of the nfst
Beatitude, the divine comfort of the see
Ond, and the divine meekness ct the
third, as well as the spiritual hunger,
mercy, purity of heart, peace making ana
rejoicing under persecution, expressed IN
the remaining Beatitudes, are all ideas OF
God. Such ideas give to us the only IN
telligence we can have Of the spiritual
or divine Mind and enable us TO be
the complete veri6cation of Mrs. Eddy S
rule of logic. Reasoning from cause to
effect in the Science Of Mind, we begin
with Mind, which must be understood
through the idea which expresses it and
cannot be learned from its opposite mat
ter"
As matter of practical application, let
us ask ourselves, To which group do we
belong" Are we spiritually minded
enough to recognize spiritual truth
wherever spoken, and thus be classed in
the first group? or have we been com
PEELED through suffering to seek the
Christ healing, and thus be placed IN the
second groupi Mrs. Eddy says, Truth
is won through Science or suffering" And
| If we have passed through one or the
other Of these two groups, are we meek
and grateful enough to learn patiently
| how to reflect that divine power which
enables Us to overcome sin, disease and
death?
LESSONS IN
RECEPTIVITY.
It is sometimes charged that ChrisHau
Scientists make altogether too much OF
the healing ministry of this Science, but
| the critics should remember the lesson OF
! the Sermon on the Mount, that only two
groups Of thinkers are really for the
kingdom, and that by far the larger
group is reached only through healing
The lessons on receptivity taught by the
| Beatltudes are reiterated in the Parable
Of the Great Supper. When the invita-
| lions to the feast were given out, you
may remember, according to the record
4 that all those invited made excuses. One
had purchased some land another oxen
and so on, and they all begged to Re ex-
cused. They We're so immersed in ma
| terial considerations that they failed to
recognize the invitation as a divine call
So the invitations were next issued to
| the poor, the manned, the halt and the
| blind Ito those who were mourning over
! their sunerings. But still there was room
at the feast, indicating that not even
human suffering had alienated their faith
from matter sufficiently to turn tham ali
| to God. The Christian Scientist has
| learned the great lesson, therefore, that
inasmuch as only two groups OF people
those willing to listen and those will