The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-01

The word power" occupies Q place of growing importance. The greatly increased development of mechanism for manufacture and transportation, and of appliances to lessen labor on tho farm and In the home has multiplied many fold tho use of electric power. It Is eS. tinaated that there Is today In the United States on average of one In. stalled mechanical horsepower - the equivalent of ten man power continuously working for each Of us.
 Great as has been the develop ment of electric and other mechan. teal power, but Q small part Of the available physical power has yet boen harnessed. The reason is that men have not discovered how to do 50. An expert says if the sunlight which falls on the earth's surface in one minute of time were harneSed it would supply the worlds present heat and power requirements for on entire year. This vast supply or solar power Is just at hand. lgnor" anco as to how to Icy hold of it alone depr!ves us Of the fuller use of 1t.
 But our most vital needs cannot Do supplied by any amount Of olce- trlcal power, or solar energy. Who would say that eleetricity-aS uses ful aS 1t is--ean change an unhappy mentality into happy ono dls' eased body into c healthy one, con' tentious mortnlS Into peaceful ones, or e .enslaved thinker Into n wholesome one2 These needs can Do supplied only by Mind power This vital, spiritual, and intellectual pow CT Christian Selenc, shows uS @ immediately available 10 each indi., Wdual Men have not yet discovered how to use tho vast energies Of the SUI, but tho way hos been dSeoV' 0rsd to utilize the llmitleSS power of eternal Mind. and this power S being systematically used In Chris tan Science to supply health, gooa- ness, and harmonious being. It b with this limitless power of supreme intelligence. God, and It's immediate availability to you and mo that this lecture deals.
 The Meaning of Power
 What k power2 Where Is it, and hcw can you and 1 lay hold Of and uss dt9 These arc the important questions. Power Is tho native ability of efeatIve Mind to constitute, mGin' tain, and govern It's infinite mani. fostation, spiritual creation and man. Says the pSalmlBt, Power be- longeth unto God" and Paul says. "rhere Is no power but or ood' and, '"The Kingdom of God is not in word. but in power" God is often referred to in tho bible as the AL mighty. TO be almighty, God must oosSess oil tho might there is, that is. have oil power Then 10 ma real power men must flnd and know God. Mrs. Eddy speaks of "spirlt' ual understanding ana tho true Knowledge Of dod--aS lmparting tho only power" Miscellaneous Writ. ings, D. 9. If you wish to posseSg. the power to solve mathematical problems, you obtain it by acquiring on understanding of the principle Of mathematics by opening your thought to mathematical facts Ih tho proportion you understand mathematics, you possess mo aelllty to solve mathematical problems Tho understanding Of mathematics ln- elidos the power to demonstrate mathematical rules, The under. standing Of God reflects Gods pow CT, You reflect Gods power az you understand the Life, or divine Pfln' clple, which we call God.
 God Is All That Is
 Since oil power Is with God, and we posBess it only aS W0 understand God, it b of first importance lhaC we have q correct concept of God dod, Christian Science teaches, jh not anywhere in matter, S not m what we think Of aS the sky tho earth, or the sea. God B not ih thu