Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-19

tn1t Inc Christ is the divine mtin-
Hesitation OF God. which comes to
flesh TO destroy incarnate error"
tScienee and Health. p. $3.50. John
( defines the Christ in the statement.
= the Word was made flesh" The
.t'Werd'-- that is the divine idea
.--''was made flesh, not created
iiesh. Tor this word made" is new
+, er used in that SENSE but come
7 To- the flesh. Christian Scientists
heartily agree with this thought.
they gratefully acknowledge thai
Jesus manifested the Christ, The
divine idea, revealing in his words
au1 works the true nature of God
and man. We can all manifest in
somc degree the divine idea which
Jesus manifested, for 'of his full
ness have all we received" To
the degree that we really UNDER
stand God do we demonstrate the
Christ in our daily living, fulfill
ing Jesus prophecy, The works
that | do, shall Iye1 do ALSO"
Through patient, faithful effort we
shall eventually come unto the
measure Of the stature of the full
ness of Christ"
The slightest amount of spiri-
tual understanding put into prac-
tice brings forth abundant results,
and faith as a grain Of mustard
seed is sufficient to remove noun
tainS of error.
Two very noticeable things about
students of Christian Science are
their daily study Of the Bible and
the Frequency with which they
pray. Most of those who are seen
reading the Bible ON railroad trains
or in other places are Christian
Scientists. and they are reading
not TO be seen of men," but be-
cause its pages have been ilrumin-
ed to them through the study of
Christian Science, and they allow
nothing to deprive them of their
reading.
PRAYER.
Many times in a day student of
Christian Science finds opportun-
ity and necessity for prayer. If,
AS has been maintained. Christian
Science Is consistent With the
teaching of hte Master ii will be
found not only that the PRAYER of
the Chrsitian Scientist conforms
logically with its teaching, but is
absolutely in accordance with the
Instructions of the Master. He
gave 10 his disciples "A prayer, and
IN addition very definite instruc-
lion about praying for. those things
which they desired. The Lords
Prayer understood heals the sick.
When we realize that there is no
lther kingdom -- that is, that God
rules over all ana that sin and
disease have no power - then the
prayer. For thine is the kingdom,
ana the power. and the glory" will
leal the sick, not because we sine
ply say these words but because we
say them ana understand that they
are true.
In the Gospel according To Mark
he Master says, What things So
ever We desire, when ye pray, be-
teNc that we receive them. and yc
shall have them" The Revised
Version puts it, What things So
49, ~ NfN7Aifs WIFI We DIiiAt ltN-
icvr that ye have received them.
md We shall have them" The at
itudc of the reVisers has been to
nnkc changes only when the pre-
'iouS translation was manifestly
wrong, SO we should be able TO ac-
'cpt thsi latter translat ton ;ls cor
ect, especially when we consider
he fact that it is a method of
,raNer which was probably not fa-
miliar to those who made the
translation. ana no doubt many
people who are numbered among
he followers of Christ would
scarcely understand how they
could consistently offer such
prayer. To the Christian Scientist
Is the definite confirmation of
lls method Of PRAYER. We have
previously brought out the fact
hat God Is Mind ana thai man is
he perfect idea of Mind, manifest
ng all the qualities of Life and
ruth ana of Love, When, there
ore there comes to human con-
ciousness a thought of sickness
M we desire to be conscious of
oalth, we declare in the words of
he Master that we "have received"
cath because it is the spiritual
act that Gods child is always
'ell, and we find that the Masters
romisc, "and ye shall have it,"
fulfilled to the degree we have
ndcrstood.
The reasoning Of Christian Sci
nee brings divine Love close 10
uman experience. Tho reeosni-
on that God is Mind and that
IAN Is His perfect idea is the basis
'r Christian Science healing. when.
e measure our thoughts by this
WINE standard and undertake as
'r as possible TO entertain only
nat thought which we know to be
God, the thought which has
"de US sick or unhappy is elimln-
ed.
THE EFFECTIVENESS or
TRUTH
The belief that one kind of dig
isc or abnormal condition of the
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