The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-10
Continuity of Benefits

when they have just received
~ some concrete benefit, that It
cannot last, and that they will soon
suffer some calamity to counteract
the good received. This is the result
of ignorance of the cause, nature, and
purpose of the beneficial effects which
We experience. 1t Is due to the false
full as good.
John tells US Il John 2:1O. that
she that doeth the will of God abid-
eth for ever" Now the prospect OF
abiding forever would not be very
satisfactory If we had to continue for
ever experiencing calamity, discord,
and suffering. Evidently John s sense
OF Immortality included health, JOY,
harmony, that is, perfection, not In
termittently but continuously. In
real being there Is steady and unln-
terrupted manifestation of that which
Is wholly beneficial. Whatever else
seems to have existence appears only
rs mistake, misconception. The real
spiritual universe, including man, is
maintained and governed by the ever
operative divine Principle, the source
OF all that Is beneficial. Mary Baker
Eddy says (Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures, p. 124, "Sptrlt
Is the life, substance, and continuity
OF all things" Since Spirit could not
be the source of aught that is harm
full or oppressive, 1t is apparent that
discords are illusions, not actualities.
Christ Jesus was always willing
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ever way seemed necessary, and mis-
acts were in accord with spiritual
law and order. He was able to heal
the sick, give sight to the blind, and
raise the dead, because he refused to
recognize any interruption in the spir-
itual order and continuity of har-
NJ ony and perfection. The Bible tells
US proverbs 28:10) that "the up
right shall have good things in pos
session." so Jesus cast out evil from
human thought, and wrought untold
benefits for humanity. Health, peace.
Joy, and prosperity are natural. and
their manifestation in experience lie
inevitable when we consistently ex-
press the qualities which support
them, namely, honesty, goodness,
righteousness, and spiritual under
standing. 1t is our privilege to pro-
tect ourselves and our affairs by
knowing that there is no law operat-
ing in opposition to our well-being;
that there Is no power apart from
eternal Love; that perfection Is an
established and provable fact.
We may deprive ourselves Of
great many benefits by misconcep-
ton of our true spiritual nature. Goo
If the creator of perfect man, and
this spiritual man Is the indestruc-
tible and ceaseless expression of ON
nipresent Soul. Everything man pos
sesses or reflects he derives from i'm
mortal Life and Love. Mrs. Eddy
states (Science and Health, p. $3.50,
"When spiritual being is understood
in all its perfection, continuity, and
might, then shall man be found IN
Gods image" This is scientific rea-
soning which reveals the unbroken
line of beneficent activities that are
inherent in true consciousness and
expressed in the ideal man. AS We
rid ourselves of the old, worn-out
concept of man as material and NOR
tai, we put on the true or new man
with all the attendant benefits. The
ever-available Christ-idea inspires US
to relinquish the false concept Of
God, man, and the universe which is
responsible for a limited, intermit-
tent, and uncertain sense of harmony,
satisfaction, and peace.
We derive unceasing benefit only
from that which inspires us to spir-
itual thinking and living. for this is
the only way by which we come &c
regard good as more normal than
evil, and so escape the penalties ex
acted by the belief of evil as real.
This is the only way by which we can
maintain the true thinking which un-
failingly contributes to the highest
ends of life. =.
Reaction, relapse, and retrogres
sion are human concepts, which can
never hinder or stop the continuous
and eternal embodiment of infinite
Truth, from which emanates all that
is constructive and beneficial. 1t is
normal for us to be happy and heal
thy; and the law of divine Mind is
ever-operative and available to estao-
lish harmony in individual conscious
ness and experience.-The Christian