The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-20
COMMUNION WITH con

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God Is unknowabie. that He Is be.
yond the reach and apprehension OF
man. Yet the Scriptures and history.
generally. cite many Instances whore
man has consciously and cohcrcntly
communed with his Maker. God
speaks to man through what IL
termed inspiration. Whatever Is
good. noble. and worth while in tho
thoughts and lives OF men IL 81.
rect importation from Divinity. No
one Is barred from this inspirational
I communion. for. as Ellhu says In
his argument with Job. There Is a
spirit in man; and the inspiration OF
the Almighty giveth them under.
standing"
This companionship with God, in
which man feels the divine impulse
and grnsps the divine plan and pur.
pose. is seen to be perfectly normal
and natural when il is realized that
since God Is Mind. His creature. man.
Is idea. for In no way does mind ex.
press itself except through thoughts
or ideas. God and man. therefore.
arc intimately associated aud In.
separable as cause and effect. And
man, as an idea In divine Mind, IA
obviously other than a mere material
form as Is commonly supposed. He
Is spiritual or mcmillan expression
Of goodness. the life. the intelligence
which radiaie from God as light and
warmth radiatc from the sun. We
recognize man as idea, quite apart
from physique. when We admire his
manner OF thought. his character.
These mental qualities. not corporcal.
ity. constitute the real man.
Is 1t not clear, as Christian Science
teaches, that God is incorporeal and
infinite Mind. Life. Love Principle?
Otherwise. how can He be everywhere
present, all.powerful. and ail.know.
ing. as the Bible teaches and MS we
all agree that He IL? This is but
another way Of saying that God is
Spirit.
When We concede. as we do. that
the Creator Is Spirit, logic immedi.
ately insists that creation must be
spiritual. II human sense, on the
contrary. sees a material universe,
we have a right TO suspect that hu.
man sense entertains wrong con.
cept OF things. This mistaken con.
cept is, according to Christian
Science, all there is to matter: and IL
Is the purpose Of Christian Science
to change and correct that concert
in order. not that things will be do.
stroyed, but seen in their true light
To change from material 10 n
spiritual concept OF the universe does
not destroy the universe or anything
in 1t, but It reveals the universe and
all therein as real. permanent, and
beautiful To change the physical
idea OF man for the spiritual does
not put man out OF existence but
brings into view his real selfhood an
perfect and immortal. In all this
transformation, or process OF cor.
rection, nothing Is destroyed but tho
erroneous concept OF things,
IL may be we'll TO note, before Ioav.
ing this part Of our subject. that in.
tellectual embodiment as brought
about by Christian Science does moi
cause the individual to become self.
conferred nor lnconsidernte TO his fel.
iow.men. quite the contrary. Though
Jesus attained the very acme Of true
intellectually stlll his career woa
marked by tender Bolicitude for the
welfare Of others. Even on the crosa.
utmost at the last moment, he was
mindful Of his earthly mother. Soc.
ing her standing among tho sorrow.
ing spectators, he commended her 10
John, who was also present, for cnre
and protection. And from that hour
John took her unto his home"
HUMAN PLANNING
When Paul said. LET his mind
be In you, which was also In Christ
Jesus" lie counseled men to turn