Milford chronicle., 1939-12-15

unthinking adherence to anceStr
religious dOctrines-all these al
nothingized by the unalterable trut
that Gods universe is perfect al
harmonious, and that. as declared |
Mrs. Eddy (Science and Health,
424), there is no room for impe
v lection in perfection
/ Christian Science as an Alternative
[ We do not study darkness TO lear
v about light nor analyze water I
' find out about fire. We need nc
: investigate error to get the fact
about truth. Error is variable. neve
. reliable, while truth is always tru
) and invariable. A declaration q
! truth cannot be successfully assail
ed.
Divine Truth has no loose ends o
unfinished business; il is complete
, and awaiting our use. In order Il
possess il and utilize il we must earn
il by obedience to Gods laws. Any
thing neglected or imperfect in oul
affairs is chargeable to mortal be
lief. because we have not properly
applied the perfect laws of God
There are no short cuts or excursion
lul hnElGuN We may lNdAl nCellAl
and happiness. the Kingdom of heav-
en-. We must travel the main line
and pay full fare in the one accept
able coinage. love for God and man
In Christian Science healing. ad-
justments from evil to good, sinful
ness to righteousness. sickness TO
health, lack to plenty. come through
| spiritualiZation of thought. lifting il
from a material basis to the spirit
ual. from the unreal to the real.
To the receptive human conscious
ness the message of Christian Sci
ence is always new and refreshing
All mankind is the beneficiary of
this divine gift. for il is impartially
bestowed. In our true selfhOod We
are all richly endowed. Eye hath
rot seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the
things which God hath prepared for
them that love him" Nothing what
ever remains for God TO do that we
may possess these riches. But there
is very needful thing for us TO do;
we must learn the truth about God
and man.
Physical InharmOny and Wrong
Thoughts
InharmoniOus conditions which
physical sense says are fastened to
us are not ours. for they were not
given to us by God If the beauty
Of rare object of art has become
Obscured by dust and CRIME. we
would not judge it as the eye sees it.
The dust and Crime are no part of
il. Soap and water Or cloth will
remove the Disagreement If we are
going 10 he as Consideratc of our
selves as we are of our objects of art
we shall apply enough of our under
standing of the truth of being To
erase from our thought the teSti-
mony OF the senses and soc our
selves as we really are. N'rtoct ideas
of divine Mind
When you approach any problem
with sufficient conviction Of the I'M
reality of error yOu are AZ the thTeSh-
old of victory. And when YOU have
invested your conviction with . clear
enough understanding of the eternal
supremacy of good over evil victory
becomes an aCtuahty. DELAYED heal
ing of disease. prolonged enSlave-
ment to false appetite. chronic con
ditionS of lacF-theSc and other dis
cordant manifestations seem To eN-
ist. but not because evil has power
to create itself, assert itself. main
tain itself. or to inflict itself on any
one in any form.
We have all heard the comment
that someone had a sore throat be
L.. Ia. 70 hntrn
yet TO hear that someone had sore
teet because he got his head wet /
Human beliefs are such that one Of .
those statements sounds quite rea
sonable to most people and the other
absurd. Yet Christian
Science knows that the difference is
only in the mode of thinking. Both
pre- based on the mistaken assump-
ton that life and sensation are
properties of matter. As we read i'm
Science and Health Up. SCI: Mortal /
nind sees what il believes rs Ger
ainly as it believes what il secs II
cells. hears. and sees its own
houghts." That statement is proved
correct in hundreds of cases every
lay by Christian Scientists who
cientitically exercise then God
,iven dominion
Not human VIII power. not human
ingenuity. not material means and
but an understanding OF
he things of Spirit provides the
mastery over evil Christian Scienc"
ays TO each one OF you Rise in the
trength of Spirit to resist all that
6 unlike good God has made man
apable of this, and nothing can
itiate the ability and power divinely
estOwed on man tSCienCe and
1ealth, p. 39@.D
To those of you who have not yet
experienced this power divinely be
towed on man" let me remind you
hat the Bible declares that God
5 no respecter of persons" The lib
rating operation of Christian Sci
nee on human lives is equally avail
BILE to all
A man was stricken one morning
nth painful kidney disorder. A
of physicians decreed
n emergency surgical operation.
While preparing for removal to
ospital the man gave his consent
Or his wife to telephone. long-dis
9nce, to Il Christian Science praC