Arizona republican., 1922-03-11


with the mist that arose from the
earth of material sense as 1t is re-
lated in the second chapter of Gene
sis 1t obscured the heavenly vision
which showed God to be Spirit and
man TO be wholly spiritual Christian
Science is restoring this vision today
in all its beauty, power and gran
deur. it is the revelation of truth
bringing salvation to the inhabitants
of the earth. Jesus drew sharp
line between spirit and matter when
he said, God is a Spirit and they that
worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth (John 4:24)
He declared also. THAT which is
born of the flesh. is flesh, and
that which is born Of the Spirit is.
spirit" showing that there is no con-
Meeting link between matter and
spirit. He showed clearly that sal
walton is found only in the spiritual
ization OF thought.
1t is generally considered that
spirituality is a supernatural, vague,
or indefinite condition OF being which
cannot be made practical. Christian
Science removes spirituality from
the realm of the supernatural and
Impractical and reveals it as nor
thinking. and can be applied in all OF
the detail and routine of every day
life. Christian Science has taught
us that we can think rightly about
all that we have to do. The remedy
for all evil lies in the power of right
thought: there is nothing that can
be substituted for It. Our highest
concept of everything is the best that
we can express: therefore the more
spiritual the thinking, the more
is expressed Of health, harmony. and
better environment. All is mental
whether upon q good or an evil plane.
The history of the past is the re-
cord of the expression of thought;
all present activity is the expression
Of thought. The most dramatic event
in all history, as well as the most
tragic. was the crucifixion of Jesus,
when the evil thought OF his time
found expression in the thought OF
one man; while the most sublime
event, the most divine expression OF
Gods love to humanity, was the re-
surrection of Jesus brought about by
Jesus right thinking when he over.
came death and revealed the way OF
salvation for all mankind.
Everyone yearns for health, peace,
and life in abundance. Throughout
the world not one man can be 1ound
who will say that he does not want
these things. Christian Science can
bestow them, not in the way or alteF
the manner of the world. but by TAX
ing away the sins of the world
through the spiritualization or
thought. Christian Science does not
require the giving UP of anything
that is good and true. It is only the
false gods OF material beliefs that must
be gotten rid of in order to gain that
which is altogether lovely. Christian
Science teaches that only as we
know God can we possess and ex-
press the things most desirable faul'
referring to what had been written
hundreds OF years before by the
prophet Isaiah (64:4). writes in his
first letter to the Corinthians (Z:sl'
Eve hath not seen, nor ear nearu,
neither have entered into the neart
of man the things which COO ndtn
prepared for them that love MIN.
Christian Science replaces the ola
theological concept OF heaven as
place of inaction with nothing 70 90
with a heaven of activity. the actlVl
ty of right thought. This Is identical
with Jesus concept when ne PLAINLY
said that heaven is not a place nor
a locality. but that 1t is found with
III: and he never said that one must
die in order to reach II. 1t is through
the purification of thought, the re-
generation Of individual conscious
ness that heaven is gained, II IS
therefore a present possibility. IL
the thought OF every man, woman
and child were purified to the Cod
like noint of knowing nothing put
good in daily and hourly thinking
that for which Jesus prayed, Goa
kingdom on earth as 1t is in heaven:
would appear. The kingdom OF
heaven is found in individual con-
sciousness.
Whatever will destroy fear be-
comes the benefactor OF humanity,
because fear is the cause OF most or
the wretchedness and woe, sickness
poverty. and death OF the worid.
Every human being is subject 10 tne
continual and aggressive arguments
OF fear. Many people live In con-
stant fear of death. and millions are
dying every year because they pc
lieve that suffering, disease. ana
death are inevitable. The desire TO
live is innate I'D natural, but con-
slant fear and the contemplation OF
0lSGaSe
experiences. The so-called laws OF
the human mind are based upon fear
and limitation. because of the ignor-
ai1ce of what constitutes real law,
and as a result man limits himself
in every direction. This state OF
thought results in Encouragement
and weakness. 1t enfeebles man
ability to accomplish the good that
he desires to accomplish. In otner
words. il is the claim of evil that
God is limited in his opportunity 10
express good to man. When IL Is
understood that all thought is eX-
pressed after its own kind or quality
men will be more watchful OF their
thought processes. Mrs. Eddy oas
given the remedy for the correction
Of all erroneous thinking In science
and Health with Key to the SCRIPT
tires' when she says. stand porter
at the door of thought. Admitting
only such conclusions as you WISH
to see realized in bodily results you
will control yourself harmoniouslN.
(Science and Health p. 1922 God
gave man dominion over the whole
earth. and this certainly means do
n1inion over fear and over his own
body. ,,s5
one Of the most pernicious beliets
which beset humanity is the fear of
Inherited disease or of the in
herited tendency or inclination TO.
certain diseases. The law Of heredity
was completely annulled when
Jesus healed the man blind from his
birth. If man is the image and like
ness of God, he cannot inherit discord
or any evil, and there is no law OF
beredity 70 bind him. God is inf
mite good and sends no punishment
and no curse upon his creation That
portion of Scripture which refers TO
Visiting the sins of the fathers upon
the children unto the third and
fourth generation is sometimes un-
derstood as a contradiction OF THIS,
but when the second commandment
"A A found to