The Delta independent., 1922-11-03

ing that God and Truth are one. and
we do know that nothing ON earth
can be accomplished II it be not for
the realization of Truth which IS
changeless, and because we all dc, be-
lieve in Truth, consequently we all
do believe In God.
Then Mrs. Eddy teaches us that
God is Love, the Love which Jesus
showed in that hour of great testing
and tribulation, and when we acquire
that depth of Love we. have reached
place-and not until then-when We
can love our neighbors as ourselves,
and when we find our own in estab-
fishing another's good.
Then Mrs. Eddy teaches US that
God and Principle are one. person
when he hears that statement very
often will say: "Well, now. that is one
of the objections that have to some
of the teachings of Christian Science.
1t takes my God away from me, and
it gives me nothing but an ephemeral
theory that l am to take and believe
in"
The Bible says that God is Life. Do
you think that Life is person? The
Bible says that God is Truth. Do you
think Truth is a person? And the
Bible teaches us lhat-God is Love,
and you know that Love is not per-
son. 1t is the impossibility OF the
finite grasping the infinite that makes
the appeal to some of us in strong
way humanity that we want God who
is like ourselves. We want to think
of man sitting on throne in
place as Judge; and we cannot have
that kind of God, my dear friends.
ii what the Bible teaches us about
God is true, because the Bible teaches
us that God is omnipotent, omniscent
and omnipresent, All-in-all, and We
know that no human sense OF person
can possibly be omnipresent, or All
mall.
Mrs Eddy teaches us that God and
Principle the one, and, as l say. that
seems to be an abstract statement
but it is not when we understand it.
What is it that always brings to sue
cessful issue, If properly used, every
problem? Is it primary law. the rule
of progression? Is that the problem
or the solution? No. 1t is the princi-
pie of mathematics which underlies
all mathematical problems on which
the superstructure of all harmonious
action is builded, and the result is the
correct answer. 1t is in this method
and manner that Mrs. Eddy uses the
statement that God and Principle are
one. She means that God is the
foundation, the literal foundation of
all that is true. and that on this foun-
dation we build the superstructure
wherein God, man and the universe
are coincident and in co-agreement,
all of them manifesting eternal Life,
Truth, and Love, which constitute
God.
Mrs. Eddy also teaches US that God
and Mind are one. That has been a
controverted point. perhaps more so
than any other of Mrs. Eddy's teach
ings. don't know why. There isn't
anything new in that statement or
teaching. She has not propounded
anything new for our acceptance in
teaching that God and Mind are one.
What does John say in opening his
gospel. He says this: ''In the begin
ming was the Word and the Word was
with God, and the Word was
God" On a simple analysis let us see
where that statement leads us. so far
as the foundation is concerned.
What is the word? The word is the
expression that accompanies or pre-
cedes thought. Thought is the activi-
ty of Mind. Therefore, because this
is true. Mrs Eddy's statement would
be equally correct il it were used to
say that in the beginning was Mind,
4 and Mind was with God. and Mind
was God-and then We instantly see
why 1t is implored of us that we
should let that Mind be in us which
was also in Christ Jesus" and we see
what our Master meant when he said
that 1t was not he that did these
wonderful works but that it was the
Father working in him who accom-
plished them. And. incidentally. there
correctness of this teaching. let us re-
vert to the first chapter of Genesis,
wherein we read: God said ~.
and it was so;" and we know that the
spoken word is the expression of the
thought which goes with it, and
i thought is the activity of Mind.
| Therefore, 1t is not an abnormal, 1t
is not an abstract statement to say
that God is Mind, and when we come
to know that God is the Mind of
Christ, then we know that our God is
omnipotent, omniscient. and omnipre'
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