The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-10

Unlike all others. however, Mrs.
Eddy's discovery transcribed the
realm Of sight and sound. 1t lifted
her consciousness above the dream
Of time into eternity, and beyond the
sense OF space into infinity. She
learned that the divine Principle,
starting point, or working basis OF
Christian healing WIS the absolute
truth about God, man, and the uni
verse, namely, infinite good or
! present spiritual perfection. She
saw that what the Bible refers to as
creation having taken place In seven
days, was simply the authors highly
figurative, typically Oriental way of
saying that self-existent Truth or
divine reality dawns upon indi-
vidual human consciousness-som
times slow, sometimes fast--in seven
periods Of spiritual embodiment, the
seventh day symbolizing ascension,
or consciousness rising entirely
above matter or material belief, into
the allness and everywhereness OF
Spirit.
Writing on page $40 of the Chris
tan Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
Mrs. Eddy says, 1.-The numerals Of
inflnity, called seuen days, can never
be reckoned according to the cal
endar Of time. These days will
appear as mortality disappears, and
they will reveal eternity, ilewness
! OF Life, In which all sense of error
forever disappears and thought ac-
cepts the divine infinite calculus"
Revelation, Not Creation
Creation, then, Is really revelation.
1t is the progressive dawning of the
light of ever-presenS good upon
your consciousness and mine until
the mental darkness disappears en-
tirely, even as material darkness
recedes and finally disappears before
the light of day. The veil, be 1t
understood, is no. on God; 1t seems
to be on us. It is a symbol of human
ignorance, (which vail Is done away
in Christ" Truth. In other words,
when self-existent Truth, infinite
Spirit, or divine Mind, fully dawns
upon so-called human conscious
ness, all ignorance, material belief,
or error is dispelled or done away"
Then one becomes aware Of uni
verse in which fear, selfishness, and
competition, envy, hatred, and
jealousy, war, bloodshed, and death
are unknown; a universe created
and governed in perfect harmony
and impartiality by divine Principle,
Love.
To illustrate: Some time ago, a
mother was startled by the terrified
cries Of her little daughter. She
hurried downstairs and learned that
the child had opened a door leading
to the darkened living room, had
looked in, and believed she had seen
things that frightened her. The
mother calmly entered the room,
drew back. the curtains, and rolled
up the shades, flooding the room
with the early morning light. Look
ing about, she saw that she was
alone; that all the furniture was
in its place; and that the room in
every other respect presented its
usual harmonious aspects. She then
called the little girl. The child tip
toed to the door, cautiously looked
in, and recognized that her fears
were groundless. Soon she was UNI
disturbed and happily at play. yh
~ Now, is not the attitude Of all
mankind similar to that of the little
girl? Are they not believing fear
fully that they are living in a dis
cordant material world and are the
more or less helpless victims of fear
and worry, sickness and temptation,
encouragement and failure, disaster
and death? But, thanks to the en-
lightenment which Christian Sci
ence imparts, we are learning that
1t is all mistake. We are learn
ing that our suffering has been
due wholly to a finite sense of the
infinite. The Scripture puts it in
the following words: my people are
destroyed for lack of knowledge"
Instead of admitting that we are
afraid Of this, that, and the other
thing, we can now truthfully say:
THANK God, am not afraid I
know that all that is real is spiritual,
harmless, and good. I know that
all is we'll"
Science Of Healing
No doubt everyone in this audi
ence will admit that only the pos
sible has ever been accomplished,
and that whatever has been &C
complished once can be accom-
plished again. The sole condition is
the knowing how. Christian Science
declares that, because the teaching
and practice Of Jesus were in full
accord with, divine law, there must
be a Science of Christianity or
Christian Science: there must be a
way, by following which, others can
do what Jesus did. Referring to the
universal, eternal nature of his
I teaching, Jesus said, MY doctrine is
not mine, but his that sent me. If
any man will do his will, he shall
know Of the doctrine, whether 1t be
of God, or whether speak Of
myself"
But" someone may be asking,
"how can we be sure that Christian
Science is in accord with the teach
ing and practice of Jesus?" To this
question Christian Science replies
that the truth taught by Jesus is
demonstrable. It is as capable of
healing today as it was then. Jesus,
be it understood, did not use drugs,
surgery, diet, nor other material
means, nor did he recommend
them to others. Nevertheless, he
healed by process that was evil
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