The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-31

- London. England, Member of the
Hoard q teciureship q Tbs Mother
Church. The Firs. Church ~ Christ,
Scientist. In Boston. Mass. was DO
ilrered saturday evening az Masonic
Temple 20 a large audience
GODS PROTECTION or HIS
CREATION
In one % her poems. Mary Baker
Eddy. the Discoycrcr and Founder
q Christian Science, has written of
God m these words. Thou Love that
guards tho noslling'a faltcr ing
flight niiscellsnoous Writings. D.
sSsl Mrs. Eddy undoubtedly knew
that n God. divine Love. was not
an ever present. ever available en-
tity. every nesting would fan 20 the
ground and perish. The fact that
some q the nesilipgs seemed 30
perish was only 20 her an cyi-
dsnce q mortal mans ignorance
% the fact that God is Love. II
vas natural that the individual
who recognized 30 clearly tho near.
hess and DEAFNESS u God as Love.
even IN the smallest affairs OF man.
kind. such as tho ncstnng's flight.
should have been stili more conscious
Of the Willingness and ability of al.
vine Love 20 take care % Ills higher
and more important creation. mar.
ON the other hand. the false concepts
Of mortals about God aud about ex
isienee have caused them 20 REGARD
God as a being who either cannot or
dccs not take care Of His creation
and who does not preserve His ere
alton intact from evil and calamity.
Even q little thought on this subject
would convence anyone that the God
co whom Christ Jesus taught men
vas the same God % whom Mrs. IA.
d. was writing IN her poem. Did
Jesus not say. Are not two sparrows
sold for a farthlngG and ono Of
them shall not fall on the ground
without your Father But the very
hairs Of your head are all numbered.
Fear - not therefore, ye arc Of
more value than many sparrowS"g
Did Jesus mean tina, God either eaus.
ed or permitted the sparrows 10 fall
20 the ground. or did he mean tlst
II even 20 mortal sense the sparrows
seemed 90 fan and perish. that yet.
as that incident was not o. the Ia.
Their. II was not an actual happening
from a divine standpoint. bat was
only a fleeing phenomenon OF the
human mind: likewise. II any calam-
ify seemed 20 happen 20 man. even
so small an incident as the loss Of
me hair. since such an occurrence
was unlike Gods law OF infinite Life
and Love. Il was no; part Of Gods
eternal law. In which man l. held
and sustained perfect and eternal.
but Il was simply a false concept OF
uortals7 Judged hy ordinary human
sense testimony. Jesus statements
do not seem 20 be In accord with
everyday happenings. Then where
II the discrepancy Are the state.
ments OF Christ Jesus with regard
TO Gods infinite protection for Ills
creation. and the later statements OF
Mrs. Eddy on this subject. incorrect.
or are tho experiences OF morfAls
unreliable7 IL the answer 70 this
question be left TO Christian Science,
Il replies without any hesitation that
the statements Of Christ Jesus and
Of Mrs. Eddy arc not only correct
but that they are essentially demon.
strable: also that the experiences and
happenings OF mortal existence are
MOI only unreliable. but that n know.
ledge OF God as Love win prove them
70 b false. fIeeting. temporal. and
av6sIiable. Christian Science reminds
Us that the teachings OF the Bible
are 70 some extent the record OF tho
effort OF spiritually. men and
women. who were inspired by God, I
70 bring 10 human consciousness the I
fact that God Is Love, the one pro
ducing. sustaining. impelling. and {
protecting influence. also the fact z
that God. divine Love. Is infinitely
available 10 men. that He Is ever
present and omnipotent. These |
teachings show clearly that we do 1
not have to implore God 10 be God 1
or to make His presence and power
available 70 men. for they are in.
finitely available; we only havo to
understand and utilize tho fact that |
God Is, that He IS Love, and that |
Love alone governs all being. Ignor. /
ance OF God as Love, who is for.
ever mindful of His creation. has 4
caused mankind 10 regard existence
as something unlike God or as q state
OF being apart from God. in which |
Loves law seems To play very little I
part. but In which fear. hate, evil Of /
Svery kind. and false mortal laws !
seem 10 predominant. Christian Sci. |
cnce teaches that all the woes OF 1
mankind come from ignorance Of |
God, Ignorance OF divine Love. and |
that tho proper understanding OF God |
rs Love win lead mankind out OF l
mortal bondage OF every kind. This 4
understanding VIII also convince men
OF the eterpal unity Of God and His /
creation, and OF Loves infinite VIII. /
lngness and ability TO caro- for and /
70 protect His creation.
THE NATURE OF COD AND HIS !
CREATION
Let Us see, then, what Christian |
Science teaches about God and about !
his creation: let us also consider ths
healing and redeeming nature OF
such facts. Christian Science teaches
that God is divine Love, the creator |
and sustainer Of all being. IT further
teaches that God is Spirit, as the
Scriptures state, and IL declares that /
Spirit Is divine Mind. Christian Sci
ence. therefore. teaches logically that l
Love. Spirit, and Mind are synony.
nous names for God. Christian Sci.
ence likewise explains that Gods Gre
alton is never unlike God and that
i is never separated from God, but
that II il forever included in God,
AID that IL is entirely Ike Him; also
that It IL through His creation God
expresses and reveals Himself. Chris.
fIan Science. consequently, declares
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