The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

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he said, in explaining God to her,
"The hour cometh, when We shall
neither in this mountain, MOI yet at
Jerusalem, worship the Father. . . i
GCd," he said, is a Spirit: and they
that worship him must worship him
in spirit and in truth That is, God
is neither here nor there. He is not
a person located in some particular
locality or place. He is, rather, in
finite Being, filling all space, and
must be so understood. Hence, Mrs.
Eddy's definition that God is "infi-
mite Spirit" To conceive God as in
finite, filling all space, We must de-
materialize u sense of Him and this
process is distinctly mental.
In the book Of Deuteronomy re-
ference is made to Deity as ga God
Of truth" while the words Of Jesus,
just quoted, "They that worship him
must worship him in spirit and in
truth" clearly define God as Truth
one Of Mrs. Eddy's terms for God.
Truth is unquestiOnably mental, is
it not? AS you and I express, in
our thinking, truth OF true thoughts,
we must be expressing the image and
likeness of a God that is Truth.
st. Paul in his various epistles en-
phasizes clearly the freedom which
is ~vouchsafed mankind from all the
ills of mortality by individual con-
formity to the law of God. In his
epistle to the Romans he says, "The
law Of the Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus hath made me free from the
law of sin and DEATH" If God then
is Love and Life and Truth and Spir-
it, as the Bible declares, and these
are all expressed or reflected by man
in thought, word, and deed, then such
thinking and acting brings one into
harmony with this law of God which
makes free, and this law Of God Mrs.
Eddy describes in her definition Of
God as principle" In the term
principle We have included all
spiritual phenomena, all c%ausatiOn,
being, continuity, and effect, all the
spiritual concomitants of a creation
resulting from or expressing an eter-
nal, u|ncnangeaDle Jaw.
Now, if God is Love, as the Bible
declares, and love is expressed in
right thinking; if God is Life, as the
Bible declares, and our life consists IN
knowing God, and knowing God is
purely mental; if God is Truth, as the
Bible declares, and Truth is expressed
in right thinking, or in t~ruthfulness
if God is Spirit, or infinite, as the
/, Bible declares, and infinity can only
r be cOmprehended mentally, then most
t certainly Mrs. Eddy's definition OF
God as. Mind has its full authority in
r the Bible and in the words and works
of the Master. In I Corinthians re.
ference is made to "the mind Of the
Lord" Thus, by understanding God
to be Mind and Mind to include al
reality we come into our true heri.
f tage OF freedom and dominion q.
children Of God, through having, as
1 st. Paul puts it, that mind in u;
. (which was also in Christ, Jesus
''Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Y whose mind is stayed on thee" write,
Y Isaiah.
r Therefore, taking the Bible for oul
!, sole authority we find God to b,
Truth, Life, Love, Spirit, Principle
and Mind. And thus, with the aid O
n the Bible, we have d~ematreializet
completely our sense of God and fine
Him without a single material o.
e bodily accompaniment or part. AM
g we find him available right here an,
> now in just the proportion that W
l. express or reflect Him as His mag
e and likeness in our individual think
It ing. We begin to govern our ow-
lives and experiences by spiritua
thinking. In the operation of latter
day radio c~Ontrivances we extend on
material aerials in a way that on
IS receiving instruments record mes
u sages which fill the air, even thoug
E, We r not physically conscious @
e the presence Of these message,
ot Their presence is made manifest an
ID audible to US through the aid Of til
j. aerial and the receiving instrument
It when properly adjusted. So in on
i. thinking. Our mental aerials deter
II mine what our bodies, U receivin
ID instruments, recOrd-gOod or ba,
If our mental aerial be one of hat
superstition, fear, worry, envy, lus
e, criticism, sin, Encouragement, prid
greed, arrogance, OF any one Of Il
at myriad forms Of evil thinking, the
our receiving instruments, D bodi,
If and q lives, become subiect to q
Ty many forms Of evil which constant
" Turk in the shadows Of mccall igno
at ance and these forms Of evil are
so turn recorded IN ~discordant bodiI
Is conditions, such, for example, as sicl
er ness, disease, sorrow, sinful habit
ID poverty, misery, and the ike. b.
let mental aerials be those OF. lov
2 compassion, trust, tenderness, thank
n giving, charity, gratitude. humilit
fe forgiveness, sweetness, and the lf.
n then our lives are filled with the ee.
es tie influence of ever present divir'i