The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-08


rrpt such as IL assumes N human
belief and IL then destroys this as
samed power hY overcoming the hu
man mind with the divine Mind
THE WORSHIP Oh THE ONE
TRUE GOD
"chnslian Science Is a religion and
has been 20 dnCFand by the courts uf
our land, It's practice involves obed'
fence 20 tho first great commandment,
Thou shalt have no other cords be-
I fore Me" Its keynote Is expressed
[ in the words u Iha Master. Thou
shalt love rno Love thy God with
>all thy heart. and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind. This is the
: frst great commandment, And the
| SECOND is like unto H. Thou shat
/ iuYa thy nelghbpr as thyself', Its
/ paramount object, ~ w0rship-tha
worship u tho one true God. Through
| this worship healing n experienced.
| II viii be apparent that all true wnr'
/ ship must rest for an enduring f0uu'
/ datiOn upon the right concept ~ God,
| Tho wrong concept Of God lass the
! foundation for tho superstructure of
| false belief ana idniatry, Aore hui
: man belief about God can never be
| substituted for nor urged IN support
| al His real nature, To the cnrnal
| mind, essentially material. God APP
/ pears an a magniflcd human being
a Hupcrhumhn man. This e1ncep'
| ton Of His nature and character has
| prevailed almost universally for cen
! turtles as evidenced by an lllnstrn.
ton IT THE Heavenly Father and
the Eyil One Ia Faust, In this H.
luatration God IL portrayed M a large
old man, with IA long white beard.
seated upon an elevated throne. Long
flowing robes cover His body az In
his right hand IL large sccptre' His
cnuntcnnnce ~ stern and command
Ing and there II no evidence u conn
passion or love In His appearance.
II "a not reasonable to cOnrlude-thnt
such q concept Of God could possibly
he conductive 10 true worship or that
such aupcrhumnn creature could
possibly occupy all space and could
hear and answer millions Of conflict
Ing human prayers and petitions,
Such belief borders upon the ridlcu'
lous ard yet many individuals are
sincerely holding In thought 10 such
a concept of God and are wOrshiping
that concept Of Him. Such practice
is idoatry pure and simple. The fact
that there are so many differing re-
iigiOua crcods and beliefs Ia evidence
Of gross ignorance and confusion as
TO the real nature Of God. The whole
human family will never be united In
one brotherhood until there Is a COM
mon recognition and worship Of Him
in His true nature and character
christian Science presents 10 you
the conception Of God as infinite
Mind, Spirit, Soul. Principle, Life,
Truth, Love. II presents nothing
about Him gave that which Is sup |
ported and sustained by Bible au- |
thority and which rs rational and /
comforting. when. II IL perceived !
that God is infinite divine Mind II |
at once becomes apparent that like |
produces like, hence His creation |
must Of necessity be mental and not |
material. God must be sought and |
found, If at all. through the avenue |
OF divine Mind and not in or through |
matter. It then becomes clear that |
the real man whom God pronounced |
good lives, moves and has his being .
in Mind, and is n spiritual, not n .
being, and because he is an |
idea in Mind, he can and does OK
press the qualities Of that divine Mind .
which created him. Thiss fact ac-
counts for his ability to think. Even
though mOrtals have very fHulty !
and imperfect knowledge Of the oper'
alton Of Mind and believe that
thoughts have their origin in the hui
man brain, yet thought existed be-
fore and Independently Of brain It's
sue and emanates from the one Mind,
God. This conclusion is further sup
ported by the fact that all mortals
as infants are fully equipped with
brain tissue. No one, however, viii
contend that an infant exer.
cises the functions of rational think
ing. In our more advanced expert
ence as thinkers the material ele-
ments of the brain remain the same.
Thought, however, unfolds, expands
and develops, eliciting the conclusion
that the brain-as matter-has no in.
herenb intelligence and Is not the
source Of mental action.
"God is also defined as infinite
Love. This term expresses His d.
vine nature and His compassionate
relation to His children. This d.
vine nature accounts for His infinite
goodness and His watchful protect
ing care. Since God is infinite Love,
this fact implies Infinite goodness;
md since He possesses all power, all
presence and all knowledge, 1t follows
as a necessary conclusion that an
manifestations of Him must partake
u his goodness CONSTITUTED author-
w therefore, reposes IN nun ana Is
essentially good from TINS argu'
nent IT IS apparent that there peing
10 good IN SIN sickness or death' Goa
8 not the author Oh them ana from
us very nature coulu hot nave
Sho"Iedse Oh thehl' 0ucn Know.
age Woulu lnlp,y me eleilenlS oi
iestructlon' Whlcn are no part Oh sood A..
ma would therefore De the very op-
'oaite lhlihlte LIE IL that "hlch
late from God from whence does It