The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-06-14

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ignorance. Man being indssolubly linked
by Science to His Maker and possessing
forever the qualities OF the infinite Prin-
cple. the learner sees that his achieve.
ment is limited in no proper direction OF
thought. that indeed all that the Father
has is his. In The degree of his spiritual
I apprehension of the great fact of the
oneness of God and man. he sees how 1t
was possible for Jesus to prove that unity
, or at-one-ment. and so to make the
atonement So, also in the degree OF has
spirituality. he himself begins to prove
for himself this at-one-ment thus work.
ing out his own salvation in obedience to
the Spiritual command. secure in the
assurance. For it is God that worketh in
YOU" 1t is evident that the desire to sin
or the ability to sin cannot be present
with the realization of mans divine unity
with good. for sin is a departure from
good. and could be present. even in belief.
in tho supposed absence. only. of God
But Gods omnpresence is evils never
presence. Thus the learner catches Il
glimpse of the infinite possibilities of man
at one with God and he strives hence
forth to be like Him, to have the divine
likeness. Gods everpresenee is the ever
presence of Good. and where God is, there
is man also.
And because God is all Being, and
has within Himself the qualities of Being.
we Christian Scientists are striving to be
like Him. Because God is Spirit we are
working to become spiritual in thought
and deed. Because God is Truth must
be truthful Because God is Love, we
should be loving. lovable. lovely. Be-
cause God is Principle. we are endeav-
oring to be princpled in all ways.
Christian Scientists are no longer salts
fed with former standards of honesty,
we are learning that man may be sin
core and earnest and yet have little APP
prehension of Principle. The future of
mankind under the government of Prin..
Christian Scientists today. Let me H.
lUstrate how the leaven of Principle is
working in human lives. Two Chris
liam Scientists boarded train at the
dinner hour and passed at once from the
reached they discovered that their tick
cts had not been taken up. Now in
the old way of thinking these men would
doubtless have torn up their tickets. saw
ed them for future use, perhaps sold
them. but they had come to know God
as Principle and man as the expression
of Principle, and so they couldn't rest un-
I'll hey had acted to their highest sense
OF Principle. They decided to send the
tickets in to the general offices of the
railroad, with a letter OF explanation.
Some weeks later letter came from
} the geenral MANAGER of the road. thank
ing them for assistance in correcting a
defective method of handling tickets on
that ualn.
CHRIST JESUS THE WAY
p l. if sacrilgious to claim ones unity
with God Paul tells US that Christ
Jesus, whom all Christians accept AS the
cNemplar being in the likeness of God.
though it not robbery to be equal with
God" tPhil. 80. Jesus made the atone
mont. he proved his unity with God and
50 became worthy to bear the title Christ.
THE divine manifestation of Cod IS. &
II. .. 5S3-10). His vicarious sacrifice was
complete self-dcnial utter Remuneration of
mat arial selfhood or life in matter. with
= jts fal.e pleasures and pain, its sin dis
case. discard and dea h. The way of