The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-30

nonsense way is the function OF the
Christian Science movement.
1t Is not the will Of loving and
all-wise God that His children
should lack any needful thing
Christian Science says to everyone:
God, divine Love, Is ever with you;
He never neglects you, but always
protects you; never Furnishes or af-
flicts, but rewards and heals" There
is no room anywhere In Gods uni
verse for anything unlike God, good
One who has not had this great fact
proved In his own experience or I'M
der his own observation might ask,
What about the visible evidences to
the contrary-sickness, poverty, sim
fitness. and their baneful effects
on human existence?" Christian
Science rejects all testimony Of the
five physical senses on the ground
that 1t pertains solely to mortal, ma
terial man-not to the real, spiritual
man, the image and likeness Of God,
announced in the first chapter of
Genesis.
An important point in the saliva
ton of mankind from sickness, sin,
and death is the distinction that
must be made between Spirit and
matter: he real and the unreal; the
original, true account of creation as
wholly spiritual-like God, who is
Spirit-and the later false account
which says that God resorted to
matter for creation of His own like
ness. Mortal, material man Is an
illusion, the supposed product Of
the false creation depicted in the
second chapter Of Genesis as occur
ring when there went up a mist
from the earth, and watered the
whole face of the ground. And the
Lord God formed man Of the dust
Of the ground" This In the face of
the fact that creation of the real,
spiritual man-the image and like
ness Of God, Spirit-had already
been correctly described In the first
chapter of Genesisl These contra
dictory accounts cannot be recon-
ciled, but Christian Science explains
them and impsrts a true concept of
God, with a provable understanding
of mans relation to God.
A Mental Change Of Base
Man being the image and likeness
of God, 1t Is obvious that as we
gain knowledge of God we gain also
knowledge of our real Selfhood,
through transformation Of thought.
In Paul's Epistle to the Romans we
read, BE we transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that we may
prove what is that good, and &C
ceptable, and perfect, will Of God"
That passage briefly describes the
operation of Christian Science on the
human mind, regenartion by Who'll
ly mental process independent of
human will-power. AS expressed in
Science and Health (p. 1922, THE
effect of this Science Is to stir the
human mind to change of base, on
which it may yield to the harmony
of the divine Mind"
Those who approach Christian
Science to question and investigate
open mindedly usually find in 1t
something that sounds reasonable
and looks attractive. 1t seems to
offer a way out of difficulties. How
ever. some think that to turn to
Christian Science might deprive
them of cherished ideals or prac-
tees, valued interests or associa-
tons. But that is not what hap
pens. The process involves relin-
quishment, not diSpossession. Prac-
tices and purposes are not taken
away by Christian Science-they
drop away as they are replaced by
something better. For everything
dropped something more desired
takes its place. The happy expert
ence of leaving false landmarks Is
entirely mental process which pro-
ceeds so gradually and naturally
that one feels no sense Of loss but of
gain. Ones consciousness does not
instantly undergo such transforma-
ton. The process may be likened to
the experience Of student at COL
lege. He does not obtain a full edu-
cation in his freshman year. He is
more likely to discover the vastness
Of the field before him and be in
spired TO push on. He does not la
ment the. disappearance Of youthful
misconceptions as they are displaced
by his expanding knowledge of the
subjects he studies. In that expand
ing, nothing true is impaired. His
immature ideas and ignorant beliefs
need to be reshaped by accurate
knowledge. So it is with the student
OF Christian Science. Every step for
ward brings enlightenment and in
centive for further endeavor. His
former concepts of God and His
universe, including man, arc ex-
changed for better concepts-Wholly
mental process. He begins to see
that he does not have to wait for
God to do something for him. God
has already done all. AS there un-
folds in consciousness an under
standing that divine Life, Truth, and
Love are supernatural sin, sick
ness, and death are unreal because
they are not sanctioned by God
men gain salvation; that Is, they are
saved frorl the effects of their own
erroneous beliefs. Thus are the
everlasting lessons In the Bible APP
piled practically to the solution of
human problems.
The Bible
Christians believe that salvation
from tho difficulties confronting
them today and those which they
fear for the future Is somehow OBJ
tainable through their Bible. Chris
tian Science dem onstrateS that sal
walton is indeed available today
proportionate 10 ones relinquish-
Inent OF beliefs OF life and intelli-
gence In matter ands acceptance Of
the truths OF spiritual existence.
In explaining how she set forth
and demonstrated Christian Bel.
cnce. Mr.. Eddy declared that The
bible had been her only authority
and guide. Christian Scientists love