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tested her disco. ny according to the
Masters standard, proving it by many
remarkable healings before giving it
to the world. Then in 1875, having
reduced his divine revelation to a sys-
tenn that could be comprehended by
the thought Of this age, she made it
available to all mankind through her
great work, "Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures"
Knowing God Alright
The Christian Science definition Of
God is not only in complete accord
with inspired Scripture, but it also
satisfies the reason and is subject to
proof, which establishes it's correctness
beyond cavil. On page 465 of Science
and Health, in answer to the question
"What is God?" we read, "God is in
corporal, divine, supreme, infinite,
Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life,
Truth, Love-"
Knowing God by such terms Is not
new. Four of them-Spirit, Truth,
Life, and Love-are used in this way
in the Bible, and the others are clearly
implied. However, one does not have
to blindly believe this christianity
scientific definition, he has only to
make it his starting point, the basis Of
his thinking, and in the degree that he
does so, the results will prove to his
complete satisfaction that he is know
ing God Alright.
The Truth About Man
Christian Science reveals man as the
object Of Gods love, perfect in every
respect. Could God possibly express
more love for man than to create him
in His own image and likeness? For
as the image of God, man has, by re-
Election, all that God is. The Father
could give nothing more to His beloved
son than this. And being omnipotent
Love, it follows that God maintains
man eternally in His likeness, for to
do less would be contrary to the nature
of Love.
A correct understanding Of the term
"image and likeness" removes all pos
sibility of conceiving of man as mate
rial, fallen, SHINING, sick-as less per-
feet than God or unlike Him in any
respect. An image and likeness, being
the perfect reflection of its original,
must be exactly like it in quality;
hence man, Gods image, perfectly re-
fleets every quality of Mind, Spirit,
Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, and Love.
Man in the image and likeness Of
God is your true individuality and
mine-the true individuality of every
one. What we are discerning to be
true about Gods image and likeness is
the truth about each of us right now.
We do not have two selfhoods, one ma
terial and imperfect and the other
spiritual and perfect. We have only
the one-our true individuality as the
image Of God-and whatever 10 un-
like this real man exists merely a. q
false sense Of man, q counterfeit men
tally.
The Christ
It was Jesus clear understanding
of the true nature of man as the son
Of God, the Christ, that enabled him to
do his wonderful works. He was the
great demonstration of the son Of God,
proving his true selfhood, the Christ,
BY overcoming every argument Of er-
ror that claimed man to be unlike God.
As the truth about man in Gods
likeness unfolds In individual human
consciousness, as one comes to under
stand his true selfhood and what per-
tains to it, he is freed from the false
material sense Of self and the discords
and limitations which seem to consti-
tute it-and this Is salvation. Thus,
In Christian Science, we are being
saved day by day.