The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-04
THE MODUS OPERANDI

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 THE MODUS OPERANDI
 According to Christian Science, then, ever-present, unchangeable good is and always will be the basis, starting point, or Principle of true thought and demonstration. To human sense, however, this fact
 must be q revelation or discovery. I The dawning upon human con- l sciousness of the idea of ever present good is the appearing of | Christ, Truth, even that which Jesus came to reveal and exempli- | fy. This divine appearing consti- | tutes Christian Science practice,
 and brings about in human experi- ence that which Is known as heal- ing. Fundamentally, however, this process is not the healing of sick persons or sinners, nor of persons | who believe they are sick and
 shining, but 1t Is the dispelling of a false personal sense by spiritual
 recognition of the glorious fact that the real man. the Christ-man which is true selfhood, never has been | sick nor 8 sinner, discouraged nor
 8 failure. The power which &C.,
 companies this perfect idea, this
 recognition of reality, is irresistible. 1t opens wide the fioodgates of omnipotence. It ushers into human I consciousness the very presence of
 God.
 l Therefore, tho method or modus
 operandi of Christian Science is the
 art of maintaining. through meek
 ness and love, such 0 clear, unob-
 structed outlook upon spiritual
 reality that the mesmerism of cus-
 tomray, popular belief, scientifical-
 ly termed mortal mind or animal | magnetism, cannot becloud our thinking and thereby prevent us from recognizing ever-present good.
 In this way and in this way only | can we see for ourselves and others
 the unreality of that which to ilu- | man sense seems to be real and substantial. Instead of doing something to supposedly separate or outward persons, circumstances, and things, we have only to clarify
 our own thought spiritually; we have only to cast out the beam or false material concept from our own thinking and see the universe and man as the spiritual idea of God, hence perfect, in order to
 remove the mote or error that seems to be part of our neighbor.
 Mrs Eddy makes this clear on pages 476 and AT of Science and Health, where she writes: Jesus
 beheld in Science the perfect man,
 who appeared to him where sim
 ming mortal man appears to mor- tals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw Gods own likeness, and correct view of man healed the sick. Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is intact, uni-
 versal, and that man is pure and
 holy"
 CONCLUSION
 This idea of ever-present good
 which, in her extremity, healed Mrs
 Eddy and inspired her to write and publish the Christian Science text
 hook, prompted her also to estab- fish The Mother Church and its system of branches as the neces-
 sary and best means for proclaim ing her teachings and, through them. redeeming the race. Hence, the Christian Science church is a healing church. It offers regular services on Sundays and, on We'd | nesdays, testimonial meetings,
 where one may hear those who
 have been healed by Christian Sci ence tell about 1t. It offers Chris
 tian Science Sunday Schools, where
 children who are accepted as pupils are taught how to utilize this glori- | ous. demonstrable understanding of God. It offers free Christian Science Reading Rooms, where the | authorized literature may be read,
 purchased, or borrowed. It offers, in the back part of The Christian Science Journal, a list of recog-
 nized practitioners who, when
 called upon, are prepared to help
 those who seem to be unable tenn porarily to help themselves.
 Finally, let it be understood
 clearly that there is only one Chris
 tian Science and that Is the Chris
 tian Science revealed by God to his
 loving, watchful, obedient servant,
 Mary Baker Eddy. God chose Mrs
 Eddy to be His Messenger and
 scribe to this and future ages be-
 cause she was spiritually worthy
 and capable of carrying out the divine commission. It is as neces- sary Tor him who would succeed as
 Christian Scientist to keep this
 fact clearly before him and grate-
 fully to acknowledge 1t, as it is Tor tho mariner to refer constant ly to charst and compasses and
 obey them in order to steer his ship
 safely past tho rocks and shoals along the way. Owing to this saint
 ly woman's discovery, the world is
 witnessing, in accordance with
 prophecy, establishment, as per-
 manent. scientific, demonstrable system, of that healing method by which patriarchs, prophets, and apostles performed their mighty works. and which the Bible, studied
 in the light of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" now
 makes available to all mankind. Christian Science enables us to
 find ourselves where truly we have always been, namely, in the tender