The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-01

intelligence, 70 the primal quality o! man, Truths witness, iS intelligence, Another most important quality x goodness. Ono must be truly intelli. gent Ia order to be truly good, and one must be truly good ln order to be truly intelligent, Mistaken mor- tals sometimes think it Is smart to be bad and useless to be good, Jesus expressed spiritual power because he was 50 genuinely good, that Is oed- like, in quality, SO genuinely loving, just, meek, honest, and Spirtua.ly discerning. "The good "The good you do and ombody," sayS Mrs, Eddy, 'plve you the only power obSainahle" tSelene0 and Health, D l92, This was perfectly Illustrated la jesM' wonderful caroer, He showed that ono embodies good by doing good and that power B inSepafabla from real goodness,
 Tiny Insects, sometimes almost too small to be Seon will prevent c beau- titul rosebud from coming to bloom, Tho bud may Do Q good bud, but it is prevented from coming to bloom unless tho insects arc detected and removed. Sometimes In our experi- enee we may have excellent desires, They grow and bud but they never bloom, and the reason Is that bad or weak qualities of thought, often not recognized and corrected, prevent our desires from coming to fulfill. ment. selfiShneSs, Self-will, apathy, material indulgence, bad temper, tho letter of Science accepted az though it was tho spirit of Truth, hinder tho higher desires from coming to bloom
 Gods Power Kills Fear
 One of tho greatest blessings that comes from tho discovery that all power belongs unto God ls tho les. Sening of fear in us, and finally It's complete annihilation, Why iS any. ono ever afraid9 Simply because he believes that thero is somewhere ah evil and dangerous power that can in somo way operate in him or or him to make him Siek, subject him 10 accident to loss, failure, diSeord. If one had to accept tho testimony of tho material senses such conclusion would seem Justified, But through spiritual thinking ono discovers that such Q belief iS not baSically true because God, intelligent good, has all tho real power there iS. Power belongs to intelligence rlshtfulY' inevitably. And man k the indi. viduQl expression of both the in. telliRenee and tho power Of Cod Man filled with the spirit Of divine power k fearless because uhassail- able beyond the touch Of errors vaiii assumption to power. This fact ree' ognised, one foar goes aS his under. standing Of God grows.
 No ono can actually have any fear of tho power Of God, oodA power never harms anything trlo. II destroys only what k negative, false fraudulent. dedS power Is alwaSa constructive, intelligent, loving sustaining, and protective 1t pre-. serves, not destroys; heals, not makes sick. Fear comes not rom God, but from ignorance of God, Ills allneSs and power. Says the Bible "dod hath not given iW the spirit ol fear; but of power" "rhe spirit ol power" is Gods continuing gift to you and me.
 In tho chapter on Christian sei- cnce Practice in Science and Health Mrs, Eddy says tp. 3oi), Fear iS tho fountain of sickness" and tpp, All, Ai2), If you succeed in wholly removing tho fear, your patient A healed, The great fact that 0od lovingly governs oil, never punish Ing aught but sin iS your standpoint, from which to advance and de- Stroy the human fear of Sick- nOSS." The Christian Scientist bases his thinking for tho destruction of fear and disease on the diylholy Sei. ontiilc concept Of C Qod.goyerned man, This concept diSplaces the ig. norant, material one of A fear. controlled, matter.doninatod man. This foundational, spiritual fact Of creation aS Mrs. Eddy in beautiful phrase tells uB tScience and Health, D, 62D, needs ty Do engraved on tho understanding and heart with tho point of c diamond and the pen of an angel"
 The Christian Scientist knows that he has glimpsed only In c small degree tho import of these truths of scientific perfection but hN hold on them grows and Gtrongthons. iIe clingS to them StoadiaStiy as tho cornerstone of the science of Life. He refutca the wholO argument Of the material Sorseo that his Individuality is ein' bodied In and limited by organic msakkNr niid no aonnrntad from cod