Milford chronicle., 1939-12-15

thee, Give me to drink; thou would
est have asked of him, and he would
have given thee living water"
IF thou knewest' the gift of God,
said he. Gods gift differs from ma
terial gifts, for it is not subject to
TejectiOn-it must be accepted ulti-
mately, by everyone. In our blind
hess and self-assertiveness we may
withhold acceptance and postpone a
gracious yielding to the valid de-
mands of divine law. But in ignor-
ing the gift of God" we deceive our
selves, for it is always at hand and
is ours now. Paul declared, 1.-The
gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord" Full enjoy
ment of this gift awaits a change of
thought on our part. That change is
going on in human consciousness
continuously, unfolding to each one,
in proportion to his receptivity to
Truth.
Christian Scientists are convinced
that they have found "the gift Of
God" and their conviction is sup
ported by the regenerating effect of
Christian Science on human lives.
This is a divine revelation, not
something of human devising nor a
personally cOntrived system. Ii is
from the source of "every good gift
and every perfect gift" these. the
Apostle James tells us. are from
above, D.. from the Father of lights"
This good gift from above" is
free to all No one has to go any
where to obtain il. No one has To
wait for future time. The time and
the place are established. They are
here and now, since God is every
where; and wherever God is. His
good gift" is.
The Seed OF Truth
Christian Science exerts a vital in
fuence in the lives of all who ear
nestly seek to follow its rules. and
they find it a real privilege to share
its blessings with those who have a
listening ear. They have the incen-
tive expressed in much-lOved
hymn:
For we must share. if we would
Keep
That blessing from above;
They cease TO have who cease to
give:
Such is the law OF Love-"
knowledge of true being performs
but little service, even for ones self,
if il is not shared. Good cannot be
confined; it is universal. There is no
such thing as self-eentered good. Our
spiritual understanding must be kept
actively engaged as missionary on
the highways of human thought if it
is 10 be of lasting use to us.
Exponents of this demonstrable
Truth do not expect the world to
give unquestiOning credence TO the
claims made for Christian Science.
On the contrary, they ask that it be
judged by its fruits, and offer posi-
tive proof of its efficacy.
Some specific cases of healing of
human problems will be mentioned /
during the hour devoted to this ad /
dress. Christian Science heals not I
alone physical difficulties. 1t is .
equal to meeting and mastering ev- /
cry form of error, in demonstration /
OF mans God-given dominion as de-
clared in the very first chapter of the |
Bible. This dominion is all-inclusive
and il touches every phase of human
interests. 1t is exercised spiritually
not materially, not through human
will power.
Demonstration OF Dominion
Mans God-given dominion would
have to be annulled or surrendered
before man could be subject to dis
ease, poverty, sin, or death. But God
would not annul. and man could not
the dominion which is the
very essence of mans existence.
Healing in Christian Science re-
quires an understanding OF God as
The perfect creator of a perfect uni
verse which cannot lapse from per-
lection in any particular.
The course of a Christian Science
treatment is based on perception of
Gods creation as wholly spiritual, as
The ideas of divine Mind. Ii deals
with all phases of discord as mortal
mind beliefs which have no real eX-
stence. For instance. the process
in a treatment for physical inhar-
mOny is not TO view a sick man as
lne who needs to be made we'll. but
IS one who needs to be relieved of
his belief that health is material
md can be lost. Health is con-
lition of divine Mind and cannot be
impaired. We are not to weaken our
ienials of the claims of evil by ac- (
,epting testimony of the physical I
Ienses that there is in operation an {
,vil influence exerting a power '
greater than Gods. We are to l
our .afiirmations of the [
of good by knowing that {
uch errors are only mortal minds {
wrong concepts, temporarily obseur-
ng the real man. Physical inhar- l
nony is not ordained or sanctioned |
" God. "The illusion of material {
ense, not divine law. has bound you, {
your free limbs. crippled /
our capacities, enfeebled your body. q
nd defaced the tablet of your be-
ng" (Science and Health. p. 227).
For example: the case of q five
child, unconscious and one
ide helpless with infantile paralysis. q
n the mothers absence, the grand I
mother, i'm charge of the child and !
with a sense of RESPONSE v
ility. telephoned a practitioner for T
christian Science treatment. The i
clear understanding n
hat no divine law had "entangled" c
he child's free limbs" quickly
rought healing. The next day the
hild was eating normally and play c
lg about the house: and in another 1