The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-18

thought differently from all that
matter and mortals claimed and
he found God and His kingdom, in
tact and universal.
know there are many good
people who do not get enthusiastic
over the thought Of repentance
and one cannot blame them. for
the unpopular concept Of repent
anee has been TO tell someone you
had sinned and would try not to
do il again. II has perhaps SEEM
ed TO many like letting someone
else into an unwholesome secret
without any eompensatins gain.
But when Jesus said. Repent" he
meant something much more far
reaching than that. He meant
as his teaching as a whole clearly
proves. that we should change the
whole basis OF our thinking from
material 10 spiritual basis.
What does that mean? IL means
to accept God, eternal Mind, Spirit,
as our only cause and TO recognize
that our only cause and TO recog-
nize that our only true self ~
therefore of the substance OF
Mind, Spirit. God. constituted, ami
mated, and governed only by the
power OF perfect Mind. That's
certainly thinking different from
the worlds point OF view, isn't it,
That Is what Jesus demanded II we
are to find the kingdom. It's not
hard job. either. as one becomes
increasingly aware Of the truth OF
these great ideas and recognizes
that they are the basis Of the
+ Science of Life. This different
thinking is based on an estab-
lished life Principle, and man ever
united to. and governed by, this
Principle. or Mind.
Born from Above"
Jesus was once talking with a
ruler Of the Jews named Nico-
demus. The latter had been ask
ing some questions about the
Maste healing of the sick. Jesus
told him that no one can find
Gods kingdom and His healing
power until he is born again.
Nicodemus was perplexed, think
ing Jesus referred to second ma
terial birth. Then Jesus explained
that the point was that each indi-
vidual must start from a new and
higher basis In his thinking. even
the spiritual as opposed TO the
material concept of being. To be
born again" has been translated
as meaning born from above In
other words. ii means to gain the
spiritual idea of God and man, of
cause and effect. in place of the
old belief that matter is the cause
and substance of man.
Instead of regarding material
birth as your starting point. why
not try thinking of infinite, eter-
nal Mind or intelligence as your
everlasting Parent, your source,
your sovereign, your Mind. your
all F? Do this the first thing in
the morning, the last thing at
night. and frequently in between.
Follow through from this premise /
and realize something of your con-
sequent perfect selfhood. Then
youth have begun truly to repent |
and to be born again. Thinking /
that starts with matter ends with
matter. Thinking that starts with /
Spirit. God. true Mind, goes on and |
on to find the kingdom of God |
within that thinking. This is the |
activity of the spiritual idea which /
reveals the kingdom of heaven ]
within us.
Disease Not In tho Kingdom
Sickness seems very real in
everyday human experience, but
Jesus knew 1t wasn't in Gods
kingdom at all and 40 was de-
structible. He healed thousands of
sick people easily and quickly
with Mind-power, the power that
governs Gods kingdom. Christian
Science is doing this today. Here
is one instance;
A Christian Science pracu-
toner was called to humble
home to help the wife, who had
been suffering for some years with
gallstones. She was turning to
Christian Science after receiving
no help from medical treatment.
/ When the practitioner arrived the
woman was in great distress and
/ her husband too was grooming
with pain and lying on bed near
by. A dog tied on the front porch
was bowling. For moment the
/ discordant picture seemed almost
to overwhelm the practitioner.
Then she turned her thought from
the testimony of material sight
and hearing TO the spiritual idea
of God and His ever-present king
dom of Mind. Life, and Love.
There came To her thought this
statement from the Christian
Science. textbook %. 1927. Out
side the material sense of things,
all is harmony" Confidence. fear
lessness peace began TO fill her
consciousness.
She saw that the picture pre-
scented by the material senses was
an evil pictorial suggestion. a con-
tradiction of intelligence, God. and
incapable Of having place in His
perfect kingdom and perfect man,
ever governed by the forces OF in
telligence and Love. She remain
ed for an hour holding steadfastly
TO the divine fact that outside the
material sense of things all is hsr-
mony and realizing that goddess
evil could not intrude into the har-
monious kingdom of God and His
man. then and there present.
Within that hour the wife was
completely healed of gallstones and
the husband Of an ahscess he had
had for thirty years. The dog
was peacefully sleeping on the
porch as the practitioner left. A
turbulent sea had been stilled by