Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-19

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duty of man. And so a mans regenera-
ton has merely commenced when he IS
healed of physical Ills by Christian
Science. Dimly at first perhaps, but
nevertheless surely, he begin to see
viSiOn-a vision of a God who is Spirit,
Life, Love, and man and the universe
| spiritual and eternal He begins to see
a perfect model of manhood based uPOn
mans eternal sonship with Cod. He
notes how lamentably inadequate were
his former habits and ideals, and he finds
that transformation of thought must
take place if he is ever to attain this
ideal And so he begins to undergo that
change of thought which is described in
the Bible by various terms: conversion,
/ regeneration renewing Of the mind,
born of the Spirit reconciliation with
Cod He begins to measure himself by
! the model of a perfect God and a perfect
man and to grow to that perfection of
thought which the PSalmist saw when he
said, I shall be satisfied when l awake
in thy likeness
But this process of regeneration re
quires " Ork. We do not jump from mat
ter to Spirit at a single bound, but when
/ a man begins to work on the basis of
the allnesS of Spirit, he is on the right
road As he works and prays. striving
20 be led off the divine Mind which knows
I all things. the path of spiritual light
sooner or later stretches out straight and
clear before him. Blessed is he who
has found his work said Carlyle; let
him ask no other bleSSedness.' i must
finish the work of him that sent me-
while it is day, said Jesus; the night
hCOmeth, when no man can work And
so, as the Christian Scientist works, ac-
COrding to spiritual law, order takes the
place of chaos; the ills of mortality are
/ overcome, perhaps one at time; sorrow
I gives place to JOY, sickness to health.
poverty to plenty, sin to holiness, and
the fear of death to the certainty of
everlasting life.
TIE VISION
SCPERNAL.
This vision of the Fatherhood of God
and all men and women as sons and
daughters Of God satisfies. as nothing
else can, the infinite aspirations of man.
The effect on the great Bible characters
Of seeing the divine nature of God was
far-reaching and profound. SO great
meaning, that even their very names were
changed. You remember that when
Abram rose in thought above the hui
man belief Of pOlytheism. many gods,
: and grasped the sublime conception Of
mOnothelsm, one God, his name was
changed TO Abraham. Jacob saw this
eternal reality, and his name was changed
to Israel Prior to this he had been a
cIaIlE trader prey ing on the weakness
and follies OF his fellow men. At the
present time he would perhaps be called
'pr0nJeer. W hen, however. he saw
the truth about God and man, he-was so
. a VINO.
as the scripture declares, bad power
with God and with man.. Moses saw It
on Mount Sinai and he was charged to
do all things after the patterns which
was showed thee on the mount Christ
Jesus. on the mount of ransf1uration.
saw this transcendent vision Of the glory
of God, and man His perfect expression
and we are told that his face did shine
as the sun, and his raiment was white
rs light Christ Jesus radiated light.
hn h4A
He thought Gods thoughts These
/ thoughts, these messages, these angels
or Ills presence, came to him clothed
with omnfscence and omHipotence; and
because Christ jesus entertained them.
ne was endured with power which en-
a).ed nm to destroy pain, sin, death and
50 profoundly impressed were men
oy his wonderful teachings and unpar
/ alleled victory over the physical senses.
. that they have dated the calendar from
I ms nativity. His career thus stands out
IN history rs beacon light, immeasur-
ably transcending all other human events.
Mrs Eddy. the DiscOverer and
Founder of Christian Science. likewise.
more than eighteen centuries later saw
! this same perfect pattern, this model,
I which enabled her to heal the sick and
SHINING, and enabled her to in spire I'M
/ numbered multitudes to forsake human
. opinions. dOSmas. traditions and drugs.
/ i'm order to follow the light Of demon
strable truth. Now it might properly be
/ asked how do we know that Mrs Eddy
saw this same model OF God and man
/ that the great Bible characters saw !:
/ In answer 20 that query let rs suppose
I that some five thousand years ago a
. great writer and thinker climbed 4 lofty
mountain mOuntain--
I Through round its base the rolling
clouds are spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
/ and this writer wrote an account Of his
+ experiences In climbing that mountain
I and pictured tho marvellous panorama
. that Unf0lded to his enrautUred vision
as he toiled his way - loftier heights
And as time went on. other writer's and
thinkers made the same Journey and
recorded their experiences for the guild
ance OF future generations who would
make the same ascent. Now. Is it not
reasonable that their experiences would
be similar, and that they would see the
same panorama, and that their records
u the ascent would Corrohorate each
other? So likewise have been the eX-
periences of all VINO have climbed the
mountain, Of holiness, and risen above
the cloud or m8ter1aliSm that mas
darkeEed the vision OF all peoples Mr.
Eddy climbed this same mountain of
holiness that all spiritual thinkers have
climbed throughout the centuries: She
saw the same vision Her writings
coincide with the spiritual sense OF
the Scriptures; they give the same
spiritual illumination as do the Bible
texts when spiritually understood; and
her followers are healing the SICK ana
! freeing the SHINING as did the disciples
Of old when they finally understood
the spiritual import Of the words and
works Of the blessed Master.
And Christian Scientists today see
and pattern their lives after this same
perfect model. and as a result they are
happy, healthful and spiritually minded.
Genuine Christian Scientists pray con-
t.uuauy that they keep In thought this
perfect model They pray that they may
( continually see God as Spirit, and man
as the perfect spiritual image Of God
| They strive to be governed by the
qualities Of love, perfection. and holiness,
which eman8te from the divine conscious
l ness. and they are alert to destroy In
their own thought the hate or fear which
would iniure or depress their neighbOr.
They pray that they may have spiritual
/ mower to overcome sin and sickne- s.
They know that every thought. every
motive every deed, IS cast into the scale
Of truth or of error. and they strive
daily and hourly that their thoughts,
their words, their deeds their lives may
weigh IN the balance with health, peace.
and divine harmony. They strive to fol-
low the words of the Psalmlst: Let the
words of my mouth, and the meditation
OF nv heart, be acceptable In thy sight,
O Lord. my strength. and my redeemer.
THE CONSCIOUSNESS
OF CHRIST JESUS.
The consciousness Of Christ Jesus so
perfectly reflected Spirit that no sug
gestions of sin or mortality could enter
In the presence of his unparalleled
knowledge of God, fear, disease, and
foath fed as darkness before the light
Knowing that God is Love. he loved with
divine compassion his fellOw-men and
because of that love, he healed them. We