The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-01

fleet the Mind of Christ. MeeEness Is a quality that links thought to cod and omnipotent power.
 Mortals fooliShly strive, struggle, eonSpire, sometimes eleetioneer, to secure some human place and tens porary power only to ind how empty such success is, Human place, of itself, cannot give an abiding satisfaction or sense of accomplish ,nent, It Is, though, often on oppor- tunity for useful service, But what helps the individual Is his unsettled serving, his spiritual attainments, not tho place. Again many strive ther lives through for material possessions, believing therein will he satisfaction. But no one has found it there. and no one ever will. Satisfaction Is found in think Ing of spiritual quality, not in possessing material things in quan. uty,
 Evll Only Destroys Itself
 Jesus refers to tho evil sense of power Ns "the power of darkness" |" That is e most accurate description of tho blind, eevllish, destructive, material forces, Tho seeming powers that frighten and torrify, tho pow CTS that often come to be habitual ia impelling to sin, dishonesty, deceit, cruelty, arc Nll powers of darkness, How many of these dark forms of negative power are we ac. ecptingq Christ Jesus and Christian Science have come to turn thought from these ignorant, satanic powers to tho power of God. Fortunately evils only power Is to destroy itself, It Is poworless to destroy one iota of intelligence and good. Evil, niater rial forces may seem to wreck and destroy the lives of men and na. tionS. But these experiences are always confined to the transient realm of material thinking of which they arc Q part, They appear terribly tragic to those who accept the material order Os substantial and real. But they never come into, nor substitute themselves for, that realm of spiritual reality and activ. ity Jesus was conscious of whom he said, "The Kingdom of heaven is at hand" A lie eventually exposes, and 70 destroys, itself. So docs the lying sense of existence, the material sense, but it iS more quickly dee Stroyed Na men learn of and realize, aS did Jesus, the present intaetncsS of tho spiritual kingdom of God.
 Error destroys itself, but neither your Selfhood nor my selfhood k ever included in this Self-deStrue- tive process. Tho negative, material order. its personalities, conditions, and forces, iS always of itself and by Itself la the realm of negative belief and never SupergedeS or mingleS with the Kingdom of Life, Truth, and Love.
 Jesus statement All power iG given unto mo-" applies to your real aelfhood He spoke what iS true in regard to every real Individuality, for tho only agency through which tho omnipotont power of God, good, can be manifested iS in the true Individuality of man. In Pulpit and Press" Mrs. Eddy says (p. 9, "Know, then, that you poSSess soy. crelgn power to think and act rightly. and that nothing can dis. possess you of this heritage and troSpaSs on Love-" Christian eci- enco is awakening men to realize thGt they constantly have "the sovereign power to think and act rightly" tho power to think and lRo happily, hoalthfully, harmon. iously, successfully, tho inherent power to overcome tic sense Of sickness and tho urge to sin.
 As tho individual expression Of God. you have every right to deny oil tho lying. limiting arguilieiltA of matter and to realize and affirm that you nave the power Of irresls- tlblc, omnipotcnt Mind. working in you, for you, with you, to exalt, inspire, purify and epirituaiizc your coiiEciougncSS and bring you into Joyous Atoncment with onnipotcnt Love.
 Human Thoughts PowerleaS
 When SSS,Is cafne before piiatc, piiato said to him, "iSnowest thou not that have power to cruelty thee, and have power to release theo?" The Masters reply was, 'Thou couidest nave no power ct oil against mo, except it were given thee from above" Pilate knew his power did not come from above. II was only tho temporary power oi the human iaw, Jesus knew % well that the power of 0od which was sljpporting him and his work was NiDorior to oil human power that PIlate'S claim to power gave him no concern.
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