The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-30
1eer Outlines Aims Of Christian Science

healthy, the poor and the rich, tbs
child and the adult, the kinder
garten pupil and the college stu
dent, irrespective Of social or schol-
arly attainments.
A little girl, q pupil IN . Chris
tan Science Sunday School, was
taken suddenly Ill with violent
pains in hear ear. When her moth
er asked If she wanted o doctor she
said, mo, mother, I want Q prac-
toner, but until she comes please
read to me from Science and
Health and will be all right" This
olieted the fears Of the mother,
who had not yet begun the study OF
Christian Science, and she read
aloud from certain page, as direc-
ted by the child. Both were comfor-
ted, and the child was healed. Her
Sundayschool training had promp-
ted the child to ask for divine aid
and she received 1t. On the page to
which she directed her mother Is
this passage, which the little girl
had learned in Sunday school tp.
14): Become conscious for In sin
gle moment that Life and intelli-
gence are purely spiritual,-neither
in nor of matter,-and the body
will then utter no complaints. II
suffering from belief IN sickness,
you will find yourself suddenly
WELL" BY reading and accepting the
scientific truths expressed in that
book many men and women, with
no prior knowledge of Christian
Science, have had their conscious
ness so illumined by spiritual light
that they have literally found
themselves suddenly healed OF
acute and chronic sickness. What ,
they have gained is available to
all, since God, good, is impartial In
bestowal of His love. His omnipreS-
ence makes null every claim Of evil
for all who yield themselves to the
healing power Of Truth.
DomOnion Over Evil
Evil has no power Of Its own with
which to disfigure or destroy, to
cause deterioration or descrepitude
or to rob man of a single iota Of his
God-given dominion. Evil can only
try to do these things. It seems to
succeed sometimes by a partnership
to which 1t contributes only coun-
terfeit claims and we contribute
credulous acceptance Of its claims.
It isn't what error tries to do to US
but what we do to it that counts
most. Evil is always lawless. 1t
persistently seeks to rob us Of our
God bestowed heritage by deceiving
us. A certain police official was
said to make a practice Of telling.
prisoners whom he was befriending,
"If you fool me once, that's your
fault; II you fool me twice, that's
my fault" When evil has once de-
ceived us and we have found 1t out,
we should be alert enough to say
to 1t, IF you fool me twice, that's
my fault" When one has learned
that evil Is powerless In the pres
ence of Truth 1t can no longer de-
lude. It's false claims are nullificd
In proportion to our realization OF
Gods omnipotence, omnipresence,
and omniscience-His power, pres
ence, and wisdom. Z.
In Science, we learn that "error,
when found out, Is two-thirds de-
stroyed" miscellaneous Writings, p.
21O). It is then our duty to COM
plete its notification by refusing to
believe its false claims Of power to
give pleasure or pain, to be harm
full or attractive. Each idea OF d.
vine Mind has the intelligence TO
detect and the ability to nothingiEe
all that is evil, to discern and rea-
lie all that Is good.
Conclusion
The unobtrusive yet effectual OPP
Grafton of Christian Science silenc-
es discord with harmony and brings
a sense Of calm and peace such as
Is expressed in these lines Of the
poet Longfellow:
Let us then labor for an inward
Stiffness
An inward stiffness and an inward
healing;
That perfect silence where the lips
and heart
Are still, and we no longer enter
tain
Our own imperfect thoughts and
vain opinions,
But God alone speaks In us, and
we wait
In singleness Of heart, that we may
know
His will, and in the silence Of our
spirits,
That we may do His win, and do
that only"
When the man blind from his
birth was healed by Jesus, the
neighbors were skeptical, even
scornful. They subjected the former
blind man and his parents to an
unfriendly questioning such as
would have confused them and de-
stroyed their Joy II their convic-
lions had not been based on solid
proof. The man who was now see
| ing for the first time, finally gave
an answer which will continue as a
challenge down through the CEN
turtles: zone thing I know" said he.
whereas was blind, now see:
IF this man (Jesus) were not OF
God, he could do nothing"
Likewise, multitudes today, gain
ing spiritual vision through Chris
tian Science, can say, whereas we
were blind to the presence OF God,
good, and to the availability and
impartiality Of divine Love, now we
see that in proportion to our I'M
Outstanding Of God we can prove
the words of Jesus. Behold, the
kingdom Of God Is within you.'
Thereby do they testify to the
practical Christianity Of Christ Jes-
us, now restored to this age.