Montana labor news., 1939-10-12

at 3 o'clock, in the church edifice
spoke substantially as follows:
The history of the human race is
an unfolding record of mankind S
endeavor to grasp the meaning of
substance and supply and thereby
acquire sufficient amount of some
thing to meet his needs and de-
mands. The results of this endeavor
have been the establishment of laws
regulating the acquiring of prop
erty; the ownership and the posses
sion thereof; and the universal be-
lief that substance is a material thing
needing an owner. The supply is re-
garded as limited. Some have abun-
dance; and some have nothing. Be-
tween these extremes is a vast
throng ceaselessly engaged in labori-
Gus effort to get something and to
hold it in possession, upon the as
sumption that ''life, substance, and
intelligence" (Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures, p. 43)
reside in matter.
Religion has been an important
factor in the affairs of mankind, and
from canonical writings the fact is
disclosed that substance and supply
are to be found in the mental realm,
and not in the material world. The
Bibles injunction is, Get wisdom:
and with all thy getting get under
standing" Honour the Lord with
thy substance" and in so doing there
is sure reward. $50 shall thy barns
be filled with plenty, and thy presses
shall burst out with new wine"
No doubt the masses were just as
confused then as they are now. In
stead of knowing and understanding
what substance is, mankind has
believed and accepted something
that life, substance, and intelligence
are in matter,-and this believing
has separated him from God; hence,
the need for salvation, the need for
a redeemer.
The greatest event in human his
tory occurred nineteen centuries ago,
when a child was born in Bethlehem
of Judea. About thirty years later,
that child, now grown to manhood,
appeared as a prophet, preaching the
gospel, healing the sick, and laying
the basis for the redemption of man.
kind. AS a result, the Christian re-
ligion has come down to us to use
in the life which we live in the
flesh" The Christ, Truth, is destroy
ing that ancient belief of big God
up in the skies and a little man
down on the earth, and is establish
ing mans at-one-ment with God
Enter Christian Science
About the middle of the nineteenth
century, Mary Baker Eddy, through
her clear, spiritual insight caught
the import of Christ Jesus profound
saying, 81 am come that they might
have life, and that they might have
it more abundantly," and through
proof and demonstration there came
to her the revelation, "All is infinite
Mind and its infinite manifestation,
for God is All-in-alP (Science and
Health, p. 468). Her revelation con-
stitutes a challenge to the idea of
the big God and the little man. 1t
brought about religious revolution
throughout the world, and it fur
nishes a working basis for the estab-
lishment of understanding in place
of belief.
Christian Science, as given to hu-
manity, is defined by Mrs. Eddy as:
"The law of God, the law of good, in
terpreting and demonstrating the di-
vine Principle and rule of universal
harmony fundamental Divine Sci
ence, p. y. Christian Science thus
understood becomes the redeemer of
human consciousness and the sal
vation of mankind.
Because of her love for humanity
Mrs. Eddy saw the necessity for a
system whereby salvation could be
definitely understood and applied.
Hence, her gift to humanity of "Sci-