The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-16
Christian Science

Linue IN my WOTQ, . . ye Shall hHOW
the truth, and the truth shall make
you Free" he certainly meant that
the truth which he was revealing
would set the race free from all its
woes. He also certainly meant that
all those woes are illusions and not
facts; for all the truth which a mar
might learn could never set him
free from a single fact.
A chief factor in every case OF
sickness is fear. In one of his re-
markable discourses Jesus said to
his disciples, "Peace 1 leave with
you, my peace I give unto you: not
as the world giveth, give l unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled, mel
Their let it be afraid" Jesus knew
that there is no real reason for fear.
He taught his disciples how to rid
themselves of fear. No man can be
afraid who clearly perceives that
God is the only power there is and
that God is wholly good, or in other
words, is divine Lie, Truth, and Love.
Hence Johns declaration, Perfect
love casteth out fear. He that
feareth is not made perfect in love"
The understanding that God is Love
is the perfect remedv for pain. Pam
is intimately connected with fear and
cruelty. We all know how cruel, des-
potic, human rulers have conducted
themselves, what hardships and dis
tress they have imposed upon their
subjects. We all know something
about the patience, the fOrebearance,
the kindness which benevolent rulers
have manifested. If there existed q
cruel God, He would produce pain and
inflict it upon his helpless creatures
But since God, the Supreme Being, is
so ~beneficent and kind that His very
essence and nature are aptly de-
scribed in the phrase, God is Love
J the true God could not possibly pro-
duce such a thing as pain. This ban
ishes pain to the realm of false be.
lief or delusiOn. In Christian Sci
ence practice it has been proved, anC
is daily being proved, that a cleal
realization Of the grand fact tha'
God is Love casts the belief of pail
out of human consciousness.
A wonderful accession of spiritua
enlightenment, health, and freedom
will come to the human race when
ever it ceases to look upon death a
. al dlAClCAlL dAAO AOAAOAA0AC
which has divine sanction. Paul call
: death "the last enemv that shall b
D destroyed" He refers to Jesus a
: "our Savious Jesus Christ, who hat
y abolished death, and hath brougn
life and Immortality to light thrOug.
I the gospel" Jesus teaching an
practice indicate beyond question tina
" he regarded death as an error to b
resisted and overcome through divln
power. Thus he furnished the proc
for all time that man in Gods mag
4. is eternal and i~ndestructible, and tina
death is a delusion and a falsit
l. which can and must be overcome, an
that mortality may give place to IN
mortality.
When Christ Jesus instructed hi
disciples to preach the gospel, he tol
them also to heal the sick. The rex
ord of healing made by Jesus follow
ers in the first century is a gloriou
one. Al careful study of that remarl
able book of the Bible, The Acts {
the Apostles, makes plain this fac
When Mrs. Eddy organized M
tie church, she emphasized the impo
ne lance of healing by the divine methC
MS VIII y Christ Jesus and his disciple
it prs> .sed. The Christian Scient
s, movement has grown, and is groV
st ing, because Christian Science heal
id Just through reading Science al
of Health with Key to the Scriptures
ia, a host of people have been deliver'
s. from bondage, and ushered into
in blessed peace and freedom. Daily
is being demonstrated, wherever a
tive, alert Christian Scientists a
ur found that the truth heals today ju
as it did in the days of primitl'
p Christianity. The testimonies Civ
every Wednesday evening in t
n Christian Science churches, and t
% Observation-Disclosures testimonies
healing, published in The Christii
Science Journal and the Christii
Science Sentinel, clearly indicate tn
,e- the practice of Christian Science
I'D blessing the world to an extent far
of yond the ability of any man to mes
tie ure. Faith plays an exceedingly Il
D. portant part in spiritual heaET
Jesus most common remark to tho
- ke healed was, According to 20
- faith be it unto YOU" He heal
with certainty and with ease becau
his own trust in good was boundle
On page 200 of her book, "Misc
laneous Writings" Mrs. Eddy sa,
ct was the consummate ~naturalnt
y Of Truth in the mind Of Jesus, til
made his healing easy and insts
taneous." Why should we not tn
completely and unswervingly in {
go0d2 God, the n and only eau
~. is good: and all that he produces
~ good. Why should We ever trust
evil, or ever fear it? Evil is alwa
!" abnormal, unnatural, un-Godlike, a
therefore unreal and powerless. Da
m. we can increase u trust IN go
m. and diminish our false belief in e
Daily we can increase understal
m. ing Of God and the real man. BY {