Milford chronicle., 1939-12-15

Onstrates that the absolute govern
ment of divine Principle controls
tremendously all that really exists.
AS it purifies thought, it permeates
even the minutiae of human affairs.
In the realm of physics. certain
laws are accepted as governing all
operations, as in the exactitude of
the principle of mathematics. When
mathematical calculations deviate
from exactness they are outside the
range of mathematical laws and con-
sequently are cOunterfeits.
When our thoughts about God or
any element of His universe, includ-
ing man, deviate from divine Prin-
ciple, we place ourselves, mentally,
outside the range of the law of God.
If we accept as genuine a concept of
man in a condition of want and woe,
discOrd and disaster. we are believ-
ing something that is totally foreign
to God.
There are people who have only
the most primitive concept of mathe-
matics, but their ignorance doesn't
suspend mathematical facts. II is
all the more true that human mis-
conceptions of the Science of true
being cannot impede or impair the
operation of the fixed divine Princi-
pie of the universe. supreme over all.
Christian Scientists learn of this
producing and governing Principle
and prove that Gods presence and
wisdom and power are vital realities.
10 everyday human af-
iairs. The cOursc adopted for them
selves and advocated for others in
wolves pronounced change in modes
OF thinking, revising even their con-
cept of earthly affairs for the aver
age man and woman.
Last years dry leaves enrich the
soil for this years growth. Last
years joys and sorrows become the
dry leaves of past experience. Their
lessons contribute to to-
days demonstration of life and in
(See Miscellaneous Writ
ings. p. 251:25.) Gods plan ordains
no interruption of individual spirit
ual growth. which is inevitably re-
flected in enhanced usefulness and
harmony, freeing mOrtals from be- |
lieIs of Notwithstanding deter |
ioration and decrepitude.
While Christian Science promotes /
it is also notably adapt /
able to the needs of young people. /
School pupils and college students |
who use their understanding of di- /
vine Truth gained. through training /
At home and in Sunday school. find it /
III invaluable aid in their academies. I
sports, and social affairs They also /
learn that their happiness and the |
esteem OF their fellow students are
not jeopardized by adhering to Prin-
,iple in meeting arguments of error
hat il is smart and desirable to sur
render their individuality by using
tobacco or intoxicants or by other
wrong or harmful indulgences.
A college senior wrote home re-
:ently: Truly we have been given a
yreat truth to work with. AS | see
'thers grasp for il am awed by its
power and beauty. | must be show
ng ii in my life somewhat, for
'thers wonder at my jOy-and | won
ler what would be my joy if lived
wen nearer to Principle. | only
lope that | shall always remember
hat good is not personal but the re-
lection of divine Love-"
Divine Revelation l.,
Enlightened Interpretation of the
of the Hebrew prophets
nd OF Jesus and his apostles ele-
ates human thought through pro-
ressive stages of hope and faith up
o understanding.
Assuredly, spiritual understanding
, needful for bringing fulfillment of
he Bible promises of health. holi-
ess. abundance. happiness. These
really constitute one and
he same promise presented in vary (
lg forms-the promise of Il dwelling
lace in heaven. harmony. Time
nters into such fulfillment only to
ne extent that enlightenment of hu- {
ian consciousness is postponed.
In the study of any worthwhile i
lbject, some grasp the fundamen- /
lis soonrr than others. 1t was in
Vitable that through gradual illu-
linatiOn of human thought there s
ould finally come one who would S
iscern the facts of real being and s
xplain them c
Discovery and Founding OF Chris. q
tian Science s
II was appropriate that this ex- (
erience came to a cultured, Bible /
wing New England woman, Mary {
aker Eddy. She discovered the 4
hrist. Truth. in 1866, and after es- J
blishing her discovery by demon I
ration she presented il to the i
orld. 1t is not surprising that hui {
an thought was skeptical and an T
gonistic, for this revelation was il
.stined to upset tradition. But to- h
ly Mrs. Eddy and the Christian {
eience movement are widely recog-
zed in the Christian world as inn
'rtant contributors to the salvation "
mankind. Adherents of this reli- a
on are sincerely grateful for the g
speet and tolerance and approval L
nong leaders and laymen of differ S
G religious and medical faiths. y
Mrs. Eddy's discovery restored her is
ON the effects of a supposedly &
tai injury and launched her upon II
notable career OF sharing. During s.
G years when she was establishing r
II discovery by demonstration she Il
rs all the while writing, writing
cording her findings and explain d
g the facts to humanity-and her l.
essage is Transforming the worlds p
ncept of God and man. A
Our Textbook, d
Nine years after Mrs. Eddy dis |:
vered Christian Science. she pub p
he'd, in 1875, the first edition of