Milford chronicle., 1939-12-15
A LECTURE ON
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
(Continued from Page 1Ol

love for his fellow man. BY applying
this idea to his business, his object
ives of sales, profits, etc, gave wa.
10 sincere desire to give. Results
were speedily manifested in in
creased sales ample funds, and dis
appearance of the urge to "makl
rooney" His new purpose enabled
him to displace unsuccessful adver
tising and inaugurate new advertis
ing methods which yielded gratifying
returns. In less than year his bus
mess increased three hundred pei
cent. He was also freed from diff
cult competitive conditions.
That man did not need a new To-
cation or additional capital; nor did
he become business failure" BY
changing his mode of thinking, he
found supply and opportunity where
lie had seen lack and disaster. He
proved the power of Christianly sci
cntiiic thinking by sharing what he
had found of this good gift" and il
returned to him many fold.
The Master Christian
The Founder of Christianity,
Christ Jesus, preached and prac-
ticed giving. In his ministry he
continuously gave: pearls of wis
dom from his lips, encouragement
for the downtrOdden, freedom for
the lame and the blind, healing for
the woefully diseased. Above all he
gave, simply and comprehensively,
assurances and proofs that his real
spiritual self, the eternal Christ,
had always existed and is with us
always. Christian Scientists accept
his assurances. They acknowledge
the divinity of the Christ, the atone
ment of Jesus, and his resurrection
and ascension as demonstrating
eternal Life, the gift of God"
For an indication of the place
which Christ Jesus has in the study
and practice of Christian Science,
we need only note what Mrs. Eddy
says in her writings regarding the
part his words and works had in
revealing Christitn Science to her.
Her writings include notable COM
mentaries on his ministry and on
lis dual personality, the spiritual
and the material. Many of her de-
scriptiOns are loving tributes to his
example and record. In Retro
spectiOn and lntrOspectiOn' she says
(pp. 81, 92) His power over others
was spiritual. not corporeal. To the
students whom he had chosen. his
immortal teaching was the bread of
Life. When he was with them, a
fishing-bOat became a sanctuary, and
the solitude was peOpled with holy
messages from the All-Father." And
she adds, THE method of his rcli-
giOn was not too simple to be sub
lime, nor was his power so exalted
as TO he unavailable for the needs of
suffering mOrtals, whose wounds he
healed by Truth and Love"
This most scientific man Of all
time disClaimed any power of his
own. Said he, II can of mine own
self do nothing" But he did claim
and prove his mastery of every ad
verse circumstance. and asserted
similar mastery for all who believed
on him. His sayings testify that
spiritual progress of the human race
is not locked up in past history. He
established no barriers to the fur
ther salvation of mankind. On the
contrary, he specifically promised
greater works than those he had
performed. Christian Science is pro-
noting the fulfillment of his prom |
ises, for it is the Comforter. whose !
appearance Jesus foretOld.
Spiritual Sense and Material Belief |
Notwithstanding the worlds tur-
moil, a spiritual awakening is evil
dent. Humanity is learning that |
materialistic knowledge does not /
produce the most needful thing-an I
understanding of God. Mind. Calvin 7
Coolidge spoke wisely when he said,
I'VE do not need more material de- ,
VelOpment. we need more spiritual
we do not need more
intellectual power. we need more
moral power; we do not need more
knowledge, we need more character:
we do not need more law. we need
more religion; we do not need more
OF the things that are seen, we need
more of the things that are unseen"
II would not be reasonable to as
sumo that achievement in the physi-
cal realm, so called. can proceed
limit but that attainment of
spiritual enlightenment is at
Christian Scientists ap-
Treciate the right motives of all in
lividuals and groups who contribute
10 the comfort of mankind. Hut
they also know that all the mater
alistic knowledge possessed by all
cannot open the doorway
20 the kingdom of heaven.
II is gratifying that from time to
lime someone Of renOwn in the field
ii physical research lifts his voice in
avOr of development of the things
,s Spirit. The gift of God" is an i'm
of divine Spirit. Unseen by
Mortal eyes, it is available to all who
re ready to answer to Jesus re- h
Iuirement. to receive the kingdom
4 God as a little child" 1t is per-
eived only by spiritual sense.
Scientific I,rayer
What is spiritual sense? The |
uestion has this answer in Science
nd Health (p. 209): Spiritual sense
5 conscious, constant capacity to
Understand God II shows The SUI
of faith by works over
aith in words" A constant capac-
Iy to understand God" comes
through prayer. Christian Science
mankind to commune
nth God as a God at hand and to
ave faith in fulflllment of their 1
rayerful desires so far as they &
onform with the divine plan. We T
hould not expect favorable re- 4
ponse to a prayer such as that of R
he self-willed man who appealed Il
D God: 20 Lord, guide us Alright,
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