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in Science the perfect man, who
appeared to him where SHINING
mortal man appears to mortals. In
this perfect man the Saviour saw
Gods own likeness, and this cor
rect view Of man healed the sick"
Again the process Is entirely mental
the so-called human mind yield
ing to the harmony Of the divine
Mind. Everyone needs to learn that
material man Is not the real man,
who always has been, Is now, and
always will be healthy, holy. and
happy. Here is a never varying rule
and an always reliable promise In
Christian Science (Science and
Health, D. 261): Hold thought
steadfastly to the enduring, the
good, and the true, and you will
bring these into your experience
proportionably to their occupancy
Of your thoughts" IN that simple,
logical, practical way we can ex-
clude wrong thoughts, from which
spring all our troubles, and find the
way to salvation.
Jesus Teachings Accepted
The prominent place which
Christion Scientists give to Christ
Jesus Is indicated by the religious
tenetS of Christian Science, three
OF which are devoted entirely or
partly to acknowledgment Of the
divinity of Christ, the atonement Of
Jesus, and Of his resurrection and
ascension as demonstrating eternal
life, Jesus Is referred to in Science
and Health in such terms as "the
great Examplar," "the Saviour"
"the meek demonstration of good"
"the highest earthly representative
of Cod" and by other appropriate
designations. Christ Is referred to
as "the ideal of Truth" "the true
idea voicing good" and so on. The
concordances to Mrs. Eddy's books
contain twenty-five columns Of fine
print listing the passages in which
the names of Christ and Jesus and
Christ Jesus occur.
The distinction made in Science
between Christ and Jesus Is shown
by Mrs. Eddy's definitions in the
Glossary of Science and Health.
She defines Christ as Up. $3.50:
"The divine manifestation of God,
which comes to the flesh to destroy
incarnate error" And she defines
Jesus 70. $500: 1.-THE highest hui
man corporal concept of the divine
idea, rebuking and destroying error
and bringing to light mans immor-
tality."
Christian Scientists acknowledge
Christ as the divine Spirit which
animated Jesus and enabled him to
demonstrate the Principal Of eter-
nal Life. They accept the teachings
of Christ Jesus in their entirety.
They strive to prove that Jesus
promise, HE that believeth on me,
the works that do shall he do al
So" as already quoted, Is as appli-
cable today as when first uttered.
They rejoice attested by almost
numberless written and oral testi-
monials of healing. They know that
as their understanding grows their
healings will be quicker and more
certain. In all their healing work
Christian Scientists gratefully ac-
knowledge Christ Jesus as "The
Way Shower" In proportion to
their understanding, they are dem
onstrating Christian Science to be
the Comforter which Jesus prom
ied.
Efficacy Of Prayer
An entire chapter In Science and
Health devoted to the subject OF
prayer contains this statement Up.
u: "The prayer that reforms the
sinner and heals the sick Is an alb
solute faith that all things are pos
sible to Coda spiritual UNDER
standing of Him, an unsettled love"
A christianity scientific prayer is
a prayer of affirmation as well as
petition. It does not simply ask God
to crafty some desire or grant re-
lief from troublesome circumstan-
ces. 1t affirms that God knows and
supplies our every need. It asks for
light wherewith to apprehend the
existing completeness and perfec-
ton of Gods universe. Such prayer
Is not addressed to far-aWay
deity. God Is seen as very near, as
all-loving, a God who would
Withhold not one needful thing from
His children. Christian Science en-
courages no one to expect God to
crafty selfish desires, which do not
lead us closer to Him. Our desires
must be In harmony with the d.
vine plan If our prayers are TO
reach the Mind that knows all.
Such desires and such prayers
manifest unselfished love.
Adversely Surmounted
When sudden adversely presents
itself, 1t is worth while to Danish
fear by remembering that since God
Is everywhere, good is everywhere,
and that consequently right solu-
ton Is at hand. Such an attitude
insures o peaceful and intelligent
approach to the problem. 1t pro-
vides a happier outcome proper
tionate to ones clear reliance upon
the one, all-knowing, divine Mind.
That Is practical Christianity.
The value of Christian Science In
emergencies Is seen in the fact that
its action being the operation OF
divine Truth, we do not have to vi
alize it, but to adopt 1t for our
needs. AS light unfailingly extin-
cuisines darkness so does Truth an
initiate error. As knowledge ire
sistibly supplants ignorance, SO does
good overcome evil. There Is moth
ing obscure or complicated in
Christian Science. 1t imparts an
understanding which distinguishes
between the real and the unreal
under any and all circumstances. II