The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-06


 As is well known, the Lesson-Ser- mons consist of selections from the Bible, and correlative passages from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures;" thus the Bible and the Christian Science textbook take the place of personal preachers in all Christian Science Church serv- ices. AS the weeks go by the Lesson Sermons touch upon all sides of hu- man experience. They deal with every kind of question-with reli- gious, philosophical, moral, and eth ical problems, as well as with prob lems of health and of day-to-day living, and they point to the solu- tion of all difficulties through bet ter understanding of the truth about God and man. It is not uncommon to hear of cases of quick and thor ough healing through the study of the weeks Lesson Sermon or through listening to it at the Sum- day service. Indeed, the daily study of that sermon and united attend ance in church to hear it read on Sunday, makes active in human consciousness a realization of the universal power of Coda realiza- tion which must help not only the congregation but the world at large.
 The Christian Science Church, it's services and Sunday schools, it's various activities designed to help mankind, all owe their origin and development to Mrs. Eddy. They all point to her as wise and divinely inspired Leader, as one who con- bined that humility and strength of character which come from convic- ton of a great mission, and the de- termination, with Gods aid, to full fill it. It is natural that those who have found peace and health and happiness through Christian Science should greatly appreciate and &C., knowledge their debt to MT. Eddy. Christian Scientists recognize the grandeur of her work, and acknoWl- edge her as the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, and the Leader of the Christian Science movement through whose inspired labors has been given to the world the Science which reveals Gods ever-presence.
 Christ Jesus Understood the Presence of God
 Christ Jesus knew, more certainly than anyone has ever known the allness and the eternality of God, and mans inseparable unity with
 his Maker. He declared, Before Abraham was, I am," and T and my Father are one" By this Jesus did not mean to imply that the cor poreal Jesus was forever atone with God; in other words, that matter is the reflection of Spirit. He meant that the Christ, Gods spiritual idea, is never for moment separated from God, the divine cause and cre- ator of all things. It was because of his understandings of the Christ, which constituted his true spiritual nature that Jesus was able to heal the sick and raise the dead, and to mark out the way of salvation for all men.
 It was the Masters certainty that God is everywhere which explained his healing of those who were not personally present with him. To the nobleman who sought help for the ailing child whom he had left at home Jesus said, Thy son liveth." And later the nobleman found that the boys fever left him at the very moment when Jesus made that dec- laration.
 It is the fact of Gods universal presence which explains the heal ing work accomplished by Christian Science through what is sometimes called absent treatment"
 It should be understood that Christian Science treatment rests upon the perfection, here and now, of God and of man, Gods spiritual image and likeness. The truth of that perfection is universal, and contradictions of it, whether they | seem to be situated near or far, are | equally untrue. Christian Science treatment is not the effort by means of hypnotism or mental sug- | geStiOn to make a sick man think | he is well, or merely to change a be- lief of sickness into a belief of health, but it is the understanding | of the truth about God and about | man, an understanding which elim- mates the false beliefs which seem to hide mans spiritual perfection. | Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and | Health (p. 476: Jesus beheld in Griannn tho ,,,l,1 peared to him where shining mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw Gods | own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick. Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is intact, universal, and that man is pure and holy"
 Unity Among Men and Nations
 It is not hard to see that an un- derstanding of the allness of God, | divine Mind, is the only guarantee of unity among men and women. Unity of thought and ideals is the surest and most enduring founda- ton for any friendship. Divergence of opinion between true friends, at least about the deeper things that matter, can generally be traced to differing modes of expression, rather than to a fundamental difference in outlook. If that fact were re- alized, many a heartache might be avoided. How much more secure are those human relationships which have their basis in God, which are grounded upon the absolute unity which must exist between the ideas of the one divine Mind! Friendships, or other human ties, such as those rest upon foundations which vicis- situdes of time or separation in space can neither shake nor even touch. Mrs. Eddy wrote in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" O. 13D, Where God is we can meet, and where God