Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10
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are you going to do with such false
suggestion of law-G mortal mind
force? Begin by realizing your divine
independence of all mortals and NOR.
tai thinking and your complete de-
pendence on God and His law. See
that the only evidence .offered you
that your brother Is sick, or his fac
u1ties impaired, Is the evidence Of
material sense, which testifles only
to q false concept Of man, not to your
brother. The true idea Of creation as
the manifestation Of God, and spirit
ual. will enable you to realize that
the only true selfhood Of your
brother Is not sick or impaired, and
that Is the self you are interested In.
Gods creation. including your broth
er's real self. Is ever perfect and In
tact. For the same reason his true
self is all right so your true self Is
whole and is immune from any form
Of discord or depletion. Stand In the
universe Of God and find your
brother there too. See that in that
universe no claim of sickness has en-
tered, no impairment of man has
taken place.
1t is not your brother who makes
you and conditions you, anyway. Mr..
Someone Else is not a god to you.
Your brother is not a condition.
making power for you. You do not
derive your life from him. God In
your only source, your only Law
giver. Unless God makes you sick.
you cannot be sick. Unless God
weakens your faculties, they cannot
be weak. We need not only to say
this but to know this. And we can.
We all must learn to think more in
dependently Of the currents Of hui
man thought and opinions and moro
In agreement with divine law.
What mortals do or do not do can
not change what man must do. Mans
work, regardless of any and all hui
man opinions, circumstances, and
events, is to demonstrate the man
hood which Is the full individual ex-
preston Of God and His law.
Mary Baker Eddy
The English historian, Wells. re-
Gently expressed the opinion that the
three greatest men in history are
Christ Jesus, Buddha, and Aristotle.
He said, 1.-THE historians test Of an
individuals greatness Is, What did
he leave to grow? Did he start men
to thinking along fresh lines with q
vigor that persisted after him?'"
And by this test he rightly places
Jesus first in the characters Of hui
man history. When pressed to in
clude, II possible, an American he re-
fused and answered, America is
still young" True. yet America has
already provided one of the very
great characters in human history,
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer
and Founder Of Christian Science.
She has indeed left for all future
generations that which will grow
and grow in human thought, even
the spiritual idea of existence, the
eternal idea Of God, His law, His
man. Mencius, the Oriental philoso-
pher, says, "a sage is the instructor
of hundred ages" Mrs. Eddy is
this and more. The spiritual instruc-
tion left by Mrs. Eddy In her works
will outdiStance time and live on to
remove fully the wall Of material ig-
norance between men and immor-
tality. Millions already have been
started by her teachings to think
along fresh lines, to discover the
spiritual universe and man, 5 and
their thinking grows in vigor and
accomplishment as time moves on.
Mrs. Eddy's discovery was discov-
cry Of divine Science, or the law Of
God. It was in the realm Of law, the
fundamental Mind force Of true ex-
istence. Students Of human law
spend a goodly number Of years
learning what men have said Is law.
Mrs. Eddy spent the larger part Of
her human experience searching out
Gods law. She studied the writings
Of Moses, David, the prophets, Christ
Jesus, to learn what they had dis
cerned Of this living law. With truest
affection for supreme good, God, she
turned to Him, the one enlightening
Mind, to illuminee her thinking.
Through her affection for God she
received His law, became conscious
Of Loves omnipotent healing power.
Even some years before she discov-
cred Christian Science she began to
heal through faith in Gods law. An
authenticated healing Of blindness
by her Is recorded In this period.
But her grasp Of the divine forces
which constitute Gods law and
Gods man came to her gradually
over O considerable period Of time
from earnest study and revelation.
The door Of her affections was open
and the law Of Life and Love filled
the chambers Of her thought. She
received the revelation Of Gods law
because she loved God 50 much that
there was no wall Of material ig-
norance to hide His law-fllled nature
from her thought. To her keen in
tellectuality she added o deep love
of spirituality.
Mrs. Eddy discovered the law
which Jesus understood and demon
strated. She explains In her writings
how men may master the forces Of
destruction and discord with the con-
structive forces Of spiritual law. The
Bible and Science and Health she re-
garded as the lawbooks Of existence.
The practical value Of her teachings
to heal and help men through Gods
law are now attested by many physi-
clans and clergymen, as well as
Christian Scientists. Christian Sci