The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-10

even beyond the limited circum- ference of one's own affairs, for the individuals concepts constitute his outlook upon the world.
 Rules with Rod
 Christ Jesus made a startling statement when he said, "I pray not for the world, but for them which thou has given me: for they are thine." May he not have meant that human concepts are what need healing? For surely the estab- lishment of the kingdom of heaven within will take care of the things without. "He that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron. And 1 will give him the morning star"
 The Christian Scientist knows that the real man. the image and likeness of God. looks upon real being, in one pure realm, the kingdom of heaven: and he knows that the understanding of Truth is now and ever the undimmed light of the world. Christian Sci being no clouds of sin gather, no false concepts confuse, for therein is no government but the divine. Christian Science teaches that man possesses by reflection Minds vision and comprehension, and that he dwells ''in the secret place of the most high"
 In contradistinction to this eter. nal verity, material sense claims to pour forth its mist through which mankind views the world of mate- rial sense. Hatred and human pas sions within the thinking of in- dividuals bring wars, cruelty, and evil deeds in the world without. When it is understood that Gods kingdom rcighs within spiritual thinking, however, that which has cast bleak shadows on human lives will no longer throw it's dark images on the worlds panorama; for when the individual begins to drop his sense of personal hate, lust, and jealousy, and recognizes the total exemption of Gods child from sins which have seemed pe- culiar to himself. he sees that the false material sense which deceiv- eth the whole world" alone is re- sponsible for belief in the worlds evils. The seemingly colossal world problems obtain, primarily, in the mist, or material thinking, which darkens mortal vision and hides the true, spiritual creation.
 On an ocean liner, some years ago, the writer found herself in the midst of an ice field which stretched as far as the eye could see. Fear and dismay rose up when night fell and icebergs and fog en- compassed the ship. How can I do my part in helping to heal this danger which is threatening dis aster?" she thought. In an instant came the answer: "The only place you have to meet it is in the realn, of yoHr own thought. There is your responsibility" The fear began to reality of evil was proclaimed. and soon the outward situation cleared up and all was well.
 Wrong End Hurts
 Therefore, when danger assails, when war looms on the horizon, whep nations are faced with seri- ous situations, when lawlessness and crime perplex and dismay. where does the Christian Scientist stand? Where is his battle ground? Men begin too often at the wrong end, and look with apprehension at the seeming immensity of the worlds evils. It is within human tween belief in the reality of evil and the fact of the omnipotence and omnipresence of God must be waged and won. The individual must purify his own state of thought. He must keep Gods works unto the end" until. as Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer, and Founder of Christian Science, says in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 536), "The divine understanding reigs, is all, and there is no other con- sciousness."
 Christian Science enables men to realize more and more the impor- tance of challenging every thought which knocks at the door of their consciousness for admission. As the individual accepts only God sent thoughts. allowing only pure and selfless motives to control his consciousness, his vision becomes keencr and his powers of obser- vation nearer the divine. One prays mot for the world," but for all mankind, that all may look out from the clean, pure windows of Soul through which to glimpse Gods heaven and earth. Let mor- tals bow before, the creator" writes Mrs Eddy in Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 330), "and. looking through Loves transparency. be- hind man in Gods own image and likeness. arranging in the beauty of holiness each budding thought"