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

attitude is Witnessed IN the lives or
children. There is a comrnon belief
entertained by a majority Of doctors
and laymen that all children must he
the victims of certain socaned chill
dren's contagious diseases Many eK-
cellent mothers in most respects. arc
never happy and satisfied with their
children until each child has expert
enced every one or these children j
diseases, lest forsooth the child might
contract the disease in adult years
with more pernicious effects
What a cruel and unnatural belief
that our God who is Love would make
a speciality OF affecting and destroying
helpless and innocent children. HOW
much more natural and helpful it ia
Is know and understand that God
who is the author Of good is never the
author of evil.
Thus we need to bar the door OF our
consciousness against the admission Of
all such harmful thoughts OF disease
and evil. Likewise we need to know
when the human consciousness be-
comes spirituaIized through right
thinking and knowing and man ID
I releaved to- be the manifestation OF
( Spirit not matter. the divine Mind IS
reflected, and man Is governed by Goa,
Mrs Eddy says, God wtll heal the
sick through man. whenever man -
! governed by God" (Science and
/ Health, p. 1850. AS the light Of TINS
( healing truth is carried into that CON
( sciousness darkened by fear and ignor
ance, il banishes all sense OF error.
( even sickness, as well as sin. and IL
Iumlnes that consciousness with light
( and love. In speaking OF Jesus treat
! ment - the sick during his earthly
ministry, the Christian Science text
( book says. Jesus beheld in Science the
perfect man. Who appeared 70 him
/ where SHINING mortal man appeared t.
morta1s. In this perfect man the Sa-
+ yior asw God s own likeness. and this
! correct view of man healed the sick"
/ Science and Health, p. AIS and 477.)
God, an infinite. eternal power. Us
( always present in the world TO heal
/ tho world of all It's sickness and TO
solve All its problems. He comes not
/ 20 Christian Scientists alone but to all
who approach Him through a spiritual
/ understanding Of His infinite power.
! II is the mission OF Christian Science
/ 10 help men and women to come into
The relation or understanding in which
'they may recognize. to use a scientific
I expression their atone ment with God
J When a mans consciousness reaches
4 that state OF understanding he viii be
/ healed Of any sickness and whatever
! his problem, it VIII be solved.
In many Christian Science meet
( ings At the regular church services,
and at lectures men and women do
/ come to a realization and understand
/ ing that this power OF God is present
in their lives and they are healed.
I MAN
This brings me TO discussion OF
what man is, and Of his relation TO
I God. IN the book Of Genesis are
: found two distinct and dissimiiar ac-
I counts OF mans creation Until
studied the subject Of Christian
/ Science never saw the distinction
/ between these two accounts OF crea-
sion. yet they are quite unlike.
/ In the first chapter Of Genesis. the
record runs. so God created man I'm
His own image, IN the image of GOD.
created he him. male and female cred
ted He them" Christian Science teach
es that this is the correct account OF
mans creation, IT sets forth Tho spirit
ual man. When Christian Science
says that man cannot be sick. nor sur
Ter. nor sin, nor die, reference Is made
TO this real man this God created,
this spiritual man: or. to use a scien-
tifc term, this God-idea-
Christian Science teaches that crea-
zion IS not the Tnoiding Of forms out
OF matter. but is the unfolding Of
spiritual ideas. that men and women
are IDEAS OF God, OF fnhnite Mind. II
IS fine mental and spiritual growth to
| dwell In the consciousness Of ones
spiritual being and one Is led thereby
TO see the force and truth Of Mrs.
B-idy's statement on page II OF Science
and Health. Becomes conscious for a
single moment that Life and intelli-
gence are purely spirituai-neither IN
nor OF matter an dthe body VIII then
utter no complaints. II suffering from
a belief in sickness. you viii find your
self suddenly we'll
other systems OF religious tnstr7lc-
ton have likewise taught the per-
lection Of spiritual man. but they.
( have not made tehir teaching practi-
cal. They have generally assumed
that man must first die and be reyur-
rected and then be invested with his
spiritual nature. They have scarce
~ dared to hope that this life could
be other than the generally accepted
vale Of tears" Christian Science
shows that the truth concerning spir-
itual man IS scientific truth. and
through Christian Science may be un-
derstood. and become operative IN be-
half Of humanity. 1t teaches that the
presence OF God in our lives Is not and
should not be a vague or far of. uu-
certain thing. but living. throbbing
vital presence on which man may and
should rely in all circumstances. and
under all conditions.
This VIII be a wonderful world when
more men and women realize their
God-given heritage and possession.
There will he less envying. hating. 1ud-
ging, killing and moro Of what Paul
calls The fruit Of the spirit" love.
Joy. peace. Ding suffering. gentieness
goodness. for man is the reflection OF
Gods goodness, Of Gods love ineed
Of all the qualities OF God. and il is
only in the perfect reflection that God
Is expressed in the World Was not
this spiritual man what Jesus had in
mind when he ss id. 'SBe We therefore
perfect. even as your Father in Heav-
en- is perfct?'