The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-29
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

that His creation is like Him. that is,
spiritual, harmonious, and eternal, the
kingdom of heaven. 1t reveals that
the human mind; the supposed ruler
of the kingdom of this world, is not
an originator; that it merely counter
feits the creation of the one perfect,
divine Mind: and that every material
object and concept. every Cherished
belief and practice Science and
Health, p. 141) is but counterfeit or
an opposite, dream, a perverted
sense of some real, eternal idea or
ideal in divine Mind. Christian Science
shows to humanity the way whereby
false, distorted, mortal beliefs or con-
cepts may be translated back into
their better originals; in other words,
Christian Science shows the way by
which mortals may exchange their
fleeting, false, and suffering concepts
for the kingdom Of heaven, the reign
and rule Of unchanging, divine intel
ligence.
Christian Science brings to light the
fact that there is spiritual supply
present for every human need, a solu-
ton through spiritual understanding
for every conceivable problem; in
other words, divine law present and
available for all who strive to under
stand it. From her healing, Mrs. Eddy
learned that she had had but one real
need all her life. and that was to
understand spiritually the nature Of
God and His availability to mankind
through His laws. She saw that the
answer to this one great need had met
all her needs and would meet all the
needs of others. Therefore, Mrs. Eddy
set herself the task of revealing to all
mankind the nature of God and His
ever operative laws, and Of explaining
just how the individual may conscious
ly and scientifically benefit by their
operation These revealed laws Of
God Mrs. Eddy named Christian
Science.
THE TEXTBOOK
Many years later, after she had
tested and verified them, Mrs. Eddy
gave these laws to the world In her
book, Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures" the textbook Of
Christian Science. In this book are
found, on every page, careful, scien-
tific rules which, when understood,
obeyed, and practiced, bring most de-
sirable results; better morals better
health, better business, happier and
more useful lives.
Let us open this book. Gratitude
compels us to do 1t reverently, for
through the truths contained within
its covers men and women have been
restored to purity and health, bust
nesses have been reestablished on the
basis of service to mankind, broken
homes have been made happy again,
and life has been made worth living
to, thousands of our fellow creatures.
Get copy of this book; own one
of your own; you will realize more and
more how precious it Is. Study it in
connection with the Book of books, the
Bible; practice what you learn in your
study. The truth these two books
contain will meet your human need
Let us turn. for instance, to page
SAC of Science and Health. Remem-
Der, now, we are looking for rules to
be used in practice. We read, "Ma-
iterial beliefs must be expelled to
make room for spiritual understand
ing" Here we have a most important
rule for solving our problems. On
page 201 of the same book, beginning
| with line II, we find: 1.-THE way to
extract error from mortal mind is to
pour in truth through fiood-tides Of
Love-" Now let us do just what we
are told to do. We must follow our
rule carefully. Let us seek the specific
truth with which to replace the lie we
may be entertaining. This truth may
be found by reversing the lie which
has deceived US. On page 120 we
find, Science reyerses the false testi-
meny of the physical senses, and by
this reversal mortals arrive at the
fundamental fact of being" The truth
we have found, made strong with
divine Love, will heal us. But II we
do not find our freedom Instantly, let
US follow the rule given on page All:
Maintain the facts of Christian
Soience-that Spirit is God, and there
fore cannot be sick; that what Is
termed matter cannot be sick; that
all causation is Mind. acting through
spiritual law. Then hold your ground
with the mistaken understanding of
Truth and Love. and you will win."
On every page Of this remarkable
book the sincere seeker will find stated
the divine laws of Life and rules for
their establishment in daily living. He
will find, too, the false laws Of the
human mind exposed and rules for the
reduction Of them 10 their native peth-
ingHess: Search the pages of Science
and Health for these laws and rules
Of Christian Science practice, Mrs.
Eddy does not always say, NO this"
or "Avoid that" but her book makes
clear that a desire for spiritual growth
and an earnest affection for good will