The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-01

material sense ot universe, Qou IS Mind, Spirit: and Mind Spirit, can- not be in It's opposite, the negative and material order or conscious. ness. Gods creation Is not material, but spiritual, and so never hndable in the material concept oi exist. ence. Said Jesus God Is e Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and In truth" Much of the confusion ii religion has arisen because men have sup. posed God to bc where He is not; have tried to conceive God aS some. thing which eye can see, or material sense cognize, Darkened material thinking cannot commune with or understand the divine intelligence or Mind which is God, but aS you think spiritually you And your mental oneness with the presence and nature and substance of the source of spiritual thinking, God, Love, Mind.
 Christian Science teaches that God is not merely on important factor in creation. God Is the sum of all that E real, intelligent, the totaiity of true Mind, including its every manifestation. God" says Mrs. Eddy, must Do found oil in. stead of . part of being" tNo and Yes, D. iO; also, "dod iS everys where, and nothing apart from Him iS present or has power" (seienee and Health, 3. 473.
 Mind Power is the Messiah '
 Christian Science teaches that tho power Of divine Mind k the Saviour, or tho Messiah for humanity. Jesus explained and proved that the Spir' itual power of the Father, divine Mind. Is the Saviour Of men from the ignorant, mindless, material forces which are evidenced In Bin, sickness, and death. Said he, "1he Father that dwelltli in me, he dooth the works" In other words, divine Principle or Mind operating In the human consciousness AeeompllsheS the Subjcetion Of every evil force and condition which would contra. dict tho supremacy Of God. Mind. power aeeompllSheS thiS saving ot men by onlightAnlng, that K, cdueat.. ing them out Of material, ignorant thinking Into spiritual, Qod.empow- cred thinking.
 Men Endowed with Gods Power
 ChrIStlan scie..ce iS in accord with tho Bible teaehing that mons real being k not in, or limited by, Q ma terial organic body, but Is tho lnais vldual expression Of Spirit, Mind, God. Az Gods Spirit, cannot be found Ia tho material order, no more can Gods man, the expression Of God, Do in matter, the oppoBito of God. Physical Beience attempts 10 And lIfe in material, chemical eles mentS, physical organs, physical sense. and physical action, md makes no headway at oil in itS at- tempt Recently Q woll.known phys teal scientist expressed his eonclu. sion, resulting from many years or endeayor to discover what man N, In these words; Man x an onsom. bio of ono million billion specialized amoobaS lcells) tied together With unknown bonds" Surely this iS not Q conception Of man which aids In tho attainment of . truly scientific and satisfying SonSo of Llfc.
 Paul says, "Thoy which are tho children of tho flesh, these arc not the children Of dod,' Mrs. Eddy deSignatcs the material creation, in. cluding material man, "an enigma" (Seienee and Health, D. i2D, that ls, something that K iinoxplainablo' Every effort Of physical science 10 explain it confirms the correctness of her analysis. One of the leading members Of the medical profession In the United States of America 20. gently published c book entitled, Man the Unknown" Christian Bci- ence diBagrocg Wlth the assumption that man iB unknown, ft teaches that both God and man arc alt0- goth0r knowable, but not khowablo through the physical BenseS, Th0y can only be Rpprehonded through spiritual sense, tho pefceptiyo power Of eternal Mind, Man, RS taught n Christian Science, B the Individual, spiritually mental manifesto tion of God, divine Mind, manlteBtS Him' self through th9 spiritual creation and spiritual man.
 Power in Spiritual Thinking
 If you desire electric power for your home, you eSatbliSh connection with tho power plant, Power B thOrB to make your home light, but jt will not force Itself upon you. You must do your part In order to ob. tain it. So with Gods power. lt forever exists to cnllghten man, but each Individual must, by tho quality of his thinking, And Gods power within him. Gods power k found Withln uS In the degree that we en- tcrtain Gods thoughts, They bring Gods row0r 70 uB, No ono can ever find and use tho power of God eXs cept aS he thinks spiritually, for it iS spiritual thinking alone that uniteB llS with God and His unlimited power.
 Men bpcnd much time ln iInprov. ing the methods of agriculture, iTlaas lifactlFc, transportation, and 50 Oil. Would that wo might spend much | moro time improving the quality of our thinking, and by 70 doing, bring | our human affairs under the control of Gods healing, onhnipotent power. Spiritual thinking Is tho activity Of divine power,
 To Philip, Jesus once said, "iie that hath seen inc hath seen the Father; and how Bayegt thou then, Bhew lw the FatheFP" jeBtD Of'I course, did not lneal. that everyone who had seen Ifs physical peFBons Allty had seen God, but what ,hs meant was that those WhN were able to appreciate his DplEitual qiaiitieS
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