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


one infinite creation or manifesto.
tiun which p wholly spiritual or dc
Nlnely mental ard witch always ex.
I presses the nature % love. ~ spirit
and az Mind; also the creator and Ills
creation are lnsepnrahlc as cause and
effect. n men would ealy cease from
thinking Of Gods creation as some
thing apart from God and would be.
sin 90 understand q ks Gods own
reflection or manifestation. they
would recognize a. once how impos.
sihlo q a Tor God's creation 20 lapse
into sin. disease. or death.
NATURE OF MORTAL
EXISTENCE
We'll, someone says, what. then.
Is mortal existence and where doea
mortality come from" Christian
Science replies that mortality IL but
false sense OF creation. that Il h.
but mortal or material thinking and
the result % mortal thinking. mortal
so-called existence. Christian Sci.
enee points out that In this so-calied
material existence. God Is believed TO
be separate from Ills creation and
I His creation i supposed % BE-
quite unlike tho creator. and %
10 have ne and being apart from
The creator. Christian Science de.
clares that the only logical explain.
alton OF mortality, or tho Ease sense
Of existence. Il 90 explain Il away
by tho understanding and tho dem.
onstratlon Of God and Ills creation a.
tho only reality. This Is the way
Jesus Of Nazareth explained the
dream OF mortality. Including ain.
, disease. and death. he explained u
away with his dcmonstrabie under.
standing OF God and Of Gods crcn.
lion, Let ~ see, then. how God. al.
vine Love. has throughout the ages
manifested Himself through spiritual.
ly,mlnded men and women OF through
His creation. 20 deliver mankind from
It's dream OF mortality or from q
wrong mental condition. also how
God Is to-day lmpeilins men and wo-
men TO express the nature % Love.
Of Spirit. and Of Mind, In order that
humanity may be made free from
mortality
COD. THE ONLY SOURCE AND
CAUSE
II Is Always tho purpose OF Chris.
tian Science 20 show that every &C.
tiyity that Is for tho good OF man.
kind originates In God. IN divine
Love. that such activities forever
abide in God and that they arc al.
ways OF the Father. also that they
express tho power and the presence
OF God. The Christian Scientist, IN
fact. knows that all good. however
expressed. or By whomsoevcr cx.
pressed. Is but manifestation or *.
preston Of Gods nature. no conse.
auently understands that u = the
Father that docth tho works. stu.
dents Of the Scriptures Will recognize
at once that holy men and women
Of Old always attributed every good
thing to God. whatever was accomp.
lished for tho good % mankind they
always recognized as ths operation
md activity Of God. divine Love. cx.
pressing Himself through spiritually.
minded men and women In proportion
as they had perceived somewhat %
His true nature and OF the nature
OF true existence. Because Of this
right mental condition these men and
women were able 10 deliver mankind
from some Of its sins. some Of It's
diseases. some % It's sorrows. from
It's fear OF death and sometimes from
itself. Is Il not. then. logical 10 be.
lievo that clearer and more uni,
versai understanding OF Gods true
nature and Of His creation a. being
like Him would provide an even
greater occasion for God 10 manifest
Himself IN human experience and 20
to deliver humanity from oil o. iis
sins. all OF It's diseases. All % its
fear. ignorance. and worry. and
eventually from ali OF Its belief In
death? When mankind recognizes
that every good thought and deed. or
every right mental condition. Is born
OF God. then mankind win under.
stand that every true thought or
every right mental activity must ex.
press the power and the healing and
redeemlng ability OF divine Love.
What the world needs 10 recognize II
that God Is all. and does all: also that
anything which Is not OF Him. or
anything that Is material and that ~
unlike Love. Spirit. or Mind. has not
reality. presence, nor power. Then.
In our glance backward at what We
call history. or the progress Of civil.
Ization. let rs remember. that we nre
really beholding how God has re.
vealed Himself through His creation
in n clearer and clearer way In pro.
portion "a men were willing 20 under.
stand Him and 10 give UP the false
or mortal sense Of existence. but Il
was always God revealing or mani
Testing Himself. because all right &C.
tiyity starts with and In forever In.
eluded in God. Love. Spirit. Mind.
the one and only cause or creator.
and f. only Expressed or reflected by
His creation.
GODS REVELATION OF HIS
TRUE NATURE
In the first chapter of Genesis.
where some reysiator has recorded
how he had perceived the truth
about God and about His creation.
by seven progressive revelations or
visions OF spiritual sense. which he
describes as seven days. he begins
his record with these words. And
the earth was without form. and
void; and darkness was upon tho face
of the deep" II the revelator had
spoken in present-day language he
would probably have said something
TO this effect, And the whole OF ex.
istence seemed to be material. and
Ignorance OF God and OF spiritual
reality seemed to predominant every.
where" Then he gives the keynote
OF his reylatlon in these words. And
the Spirit OF God moved upon the
face OF The waters" in our present.
day language he would probably