The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-19
Jesus Proofs of Gods Power

How beautifully our great Mas ter, Jesus the Christ, proved the all-power and ever-availability of good! Truly he proved that, as our Leader says in her textbook (Sci- enee and Health, p. 13), "Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and bestowals." Whata clear example of Gods all-suffieient power and the evernearness of that power we have in the case of the healing of blind Bartimaeus! Ac- cording to the Scriptural narrative, Bartimaeus sat by the wayside heg- ging. He thought he was dependent on others for his supply of good. No doubt he had heard of Jesus, for when he passed by, Bartimaeus appealed to him for healing. Moh-
 tai mind tried to keep Bartimaeus
 from the good and charged him tn
 hold his peace, just as it does to-
 day try to hinder our efforts when
 we are reaching out for ever avail
 able good. But 'he cried the more
 a greatdeal." He was determined
 not to be denied his access to the healing Christ. The result was perfect healing. and Bartimaeus'
 sight was perfectly restored. Ac- cording to the Scripture, the re- suit was perfectly restored. Ac- cording to the Scripture, the result was immediate. The action of good was instantaneous, thus proving that godo cannot be postponed or
 delayed. The last part of the nar-
 rative is one that we may well pom
 der, for it declares that he "fol-
 lowed Jesus in the way" So when
 we have gained the Christ vision
 we should press on to a fuller real
 ization of Gods power and love,
 and thus gain a greater realtza- ton of His healing power.
 Obedience To Good
 Another beautiful example of the
 availability iof good to heal is the case of the ten lepers. According to the Bible, the lepers met Jesus as he entered a certain village and asked him to have mercy on them. Jesus told them to go and show themselves unto the priest. Now It was the Jewish custom that one who had been healed of leprosy should go to the priest and offer certain sacrifices as an acknowl- edgment of and gratitude for his healing. But note that Jesus told them to go and show themselves to the priest before the healing had taken place, apparently. But as they went they were cleansed. The acknowledgment and recognition of the power of good, as mani. Tested in their obedience brought that ever available good into ini- mediate manifestation, and the dis. ease or seeming absence of good disappeared at once. Good IS at hand, it's power ever operative, and as we see that good is, and are obedient to it, 1t is immediately ex- ternalizcd in our experience.
 Founder of Christian Science
 As we experience more of good. enjoy more of good, and gain a higher understanding of good. we are increasingly grateful to Mary Baker Eddy, who brought the re- yelation of the omnjpotence. omni- science, and omomnipresence of good to this age. From early child hood Mrs. Eddy was an earnest seeker for good. Her efforts to gain ! a greater understanding of God His power and love, were untiring. After many years of faithful seek l ing. in an hour of great need, her endeayors were rewarded not only by her own healing, but by the revelation of the Science of good which she has properly denominat- ed Christian Science. She saw that there was a law of God, law of good, which, when properly. ap- piled, would make good available to every honest seeker and which would heal mentally, morally. and physically. As we are grateful for