The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-20
A Lecture on Christian Science

horting the Israelites to obedience to
God, says to them, "He is thy life, and
the length Of thy days." John says,
speaking Of God in relation to creation
and the beginning, "In him was life;
and the life was the light Of men,"
Paul, standing on Mars hill and not
ing the Athenians' interest in God,
prOclaims, He is "nOt far from every
one Of US: for in him we live, and
move, and have our being" And
again, in his letter to the Ephesians,
the renowned apostle writes of zone
God and Father Of all, who is above
all and through all, and in you ALL"
Since we abide in God and God
abides in US, cur life cannot be less
than full, free, joyous, immune from
disease, out Of danger, safe from de-
structiOn. In the past we have been
too much inclined to conceive Of God
as absent from His creatures and His
creation. We have declared, "Thine
is the kingdom, and the power and
the glory" while we have all but
overlooked His very presence and his
intimate relation to ourselves. Now
through the teachings of Christian
Science in our vision opening to His
nearness, His immanence, His oneness
with man; and we are no longer con-
, tent to view Him simply as the Su-
preme Being, but rather as Being it.
=, self; not alone as the source Of life.
; but as Life itself, the Life of man
and of the universe.
, Prayer or Treatment
It were almost sacrilegious to speal
r of disease in this connection. YET
humanity seems so borne down witt
D suffering and misery that disease
cannot be ignored. Indeed Christian
: Scientists are not ignoring it, but art
= coping with and overcoming it to al
extent which compels the attention o.
s all thinking people. They are &C
L complishing this by discerning tina
since God is Life, and consequent,
that Life is perfect and everywher
expressed, there is no place nor pos
sibility for disease. Their method o
I healing is prayer, by which "mOr
things are wrought" as Tennyso
says, "than this wcrld dreams Of"
q But prayer, as understood in Chris
tian Science, is much more than mere
ly asking God to give US the goo
things we seem to lack, whether @
II health, happiness, or what not. J
consists, rather, in silently realizin
LLnL nI~aO,Iwr M 00CgncC oil mazda
; good and that the seeming presenC
Of sickness, distress, or want is not
"a fact but a false appearance. Tn
10 mental attitude whereby we reje'
,e thoughts of fear, hate and diseas
sc and entertain thoughts Of health, low
10 and confidence that underneath al
at the everlasting arms" draws Us mig
to God. Indeed it brings us into thu
u oneness with Him where all that Il
xe Father has is seen to be ours.
Divine Principle
an Mind, Life, and Love are not Il
n. only names or synonyms for DIE
at recognized by Christian Science. Spi
10 it, Soul, Truth, Principle are all
& synonymous or identical with Go
or The use of the word principle"
this holy office may, at first impre
he sion, be questioned, but as its mea.
Of ing is more fully comprehended,
nd will be seen to be no less apprOpria
III than Mind, Life, and Love as a nan
he for God. Indeed Mind, Life, al
ed Love could not be such, in any tr
IN sense, without Principle to suppO
to and direct them. It is the absence
es Principle that leaves human min
is life, and love so wOefully deficiel
A. Without Principle mind becomes u
or dependable, life uncertain, and 10
m descends to the level Of selfishness
to near madness.
re- Everything good, true, or perm
he nent is founded upon and CONTROL
nd by Principle. All right action, enc
on gy, intelligence, OF life has its vital
he and operation by virtue of indwelli,
he Principle. The finest thing that C
be said of an individual is to say
is a mar of Principle. The highe
as type of government is a gOvernme
nv by law rather than by men.
of The boundless universe which
IN look out upon moves in perfect {
ac- cord with what is called the law
In gravjtatiCn. No place or point
which we al conceive, however d
tant or remote, is outside the opel
nix ton Of this law. Not a particle
de- dust so mean, net a heavenly body
sx- splendid, but yields glad obedience