Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-11


Mind of all His children-of man
that we can in this hour, as sons of
God, call upon his Mind for infinite
intelligence, wisdom, perspicacity, and
vision. It is the divine right of man
to think, to think rightly and with
power, to think with that Mind which
was in Christ Jesus.
This question of thinking reminds
me of boyhood experience which was
so helpful that have never forgotten
it. One September at the opening of
the school var, | discovered that by
some new rule | could elect without
consultation my own course OF study
thought that was fine, so I quickly
arranged program with all the sub
jects | liked-English, history, French
German, mathematics, physics, and
other sciences and | felt quite proud
of myself. A day or SO later | was in
the studio of a gentleman who has
since become Christian Science prac
"A
music and | had come for a lesson
Suddenly he said, by the way, what
are you taking at school this year?'
AMI with a great deal of complacency
told him the program had selected
To my great surprise he said, But
you are not taking any mathematics! =
"Oh no. | said Il don't like mathe-
matics.' well" he replied that is
not a good reason You should learn
to think. You go home and change
your course; take some geometry and
learn to demonstrate the truth II
was hard blow but | took it. I went
home, changed my program and took
geometry and / tell you it is one of
the best things that ever happened to
me, because it forced me to demon
reason, to think; | was obliged to turn
unreservedly to divine Mind for in
telligence and it destroyed that lazy
mental state which just wanted an
easy time and was unwilling to do
any really constructive thinking.
Humanity Of Christian Science
One of the most wonderful and
blessed features of Christian Science
is the fact that although purely men
tai or spiritual Science it never loses
sight of tLa personal element and hui
man need. Mrs. Eddy speaking of this
in Science and Health (p. 127) says
that ..the term Christian Science re-
lates especially to Science as applied
to humanity" AS stated in Science
and Health (p. 25), 1.-THE divinity of
the Christ was made manifest in the
humanity of Jesus A true metaphysi
clan, he had tender regard for the
suffering of an afflicted people. When
they were hungry he fed them spiritu-
ally, but he also met the human need
with bread There is nothing, if | may
be permitted to use the expression,
.sup in the air. about Christian Science
1t does not consist of a lot of beauti-
full nebulous thoughts and theories civ
ing people a momentary uplift but ut
terly ignoring the actual human need,
Real Christian Scientists are practical
common-sense people They do not go
about with their heads in the clouds
and their feet in the mire They are
not cold or heartless. The scientific
understanding of God as Love inevitab
ly makes merl kind and charitable, in
spi1ing a spirit of true benevolence.
There is nothing in the teaching of
Christian Science that warrants
heartless disregard or ignoring of the
suffering and misfortunes of our fel
low-men It is true that Christian
Scientists do not enlarge upon, dis
cuss, or accept as real or God-given
the evil in human experience, but they
are quick to respond to every honest
or worthy appeal for help in meeting
the immediate needs of their fellow
men everywhere. The charitable heal
ing and regenerating work carried on
by Christian Scientists in penitentiar
les, jails, and prisons is the natural
effect of our teaching that God is Love
and man therefore loving.
No better illustration of the human
itarian motive pervading Christian
Science can be found than the estab-
lishment by Mrs. Eddy of the great
international daily newspaper, The
Christian Science Monitor, designed.
as she said, ito injure no man, but to
bless all mankind (The First Church.
of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p,
1881 A newspaper writer from girl
hood, Mrs. Eddy keenly appreciated
the potency Of journalism and its eff
feet upon the thinking of the world.
We often hear the term power Of the
press" but to what extent have we
analysed it to see just what it means
power of the press? To what extent
have we seen that what is known as
human consciousness is largely con-
structed, framed, or built up through
what we read in the newspaper? We
think. whether we realize it or not,
largely in terms of the printed page.
Indeed it is said that we are news
i paper-governed people. Much that we
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