Montana labor news., 1939-10-12

ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" the establishment of
her church organization; and the
publication of the Christian Science
periodicals, including The Christian
Science Monitor, devoted to the best
interests of humanity.
In the Church Manual of The
First Church of Christ, Scientist in
Boston, Massachusetts, Article XIV,
Section l, is this unique provision,
which definitely distinguishes this
Church from all others: 81, Mary
Baker Eddy, ordain the Bible and
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures, Pastor over The Mother
Church,-The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass
and they will continue to preach
for this Church and the world" At
every Sunday service throughout the
world the First Reader of branch
churches and societies announces
Friends: The Bible and the Chris
tian Science textbook are our only
preachers"
The word pastor" is defined by
Webster as "a spiritual overseer" "
Hence, by ordaining the Bible and
Science and Health as the Pastor
over the Christian Science church,
Mrs. Eddy established her church
and its activities on a spiritual basis,
as definitely distinguished from
material forms and ceremonies.
In her textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures" :"
Mrs. Eddy says Up. 268): "In the ma
terial world, thought has brought to
light with great rapidity many use
full wonders. With like activity have
thoughts swift pinions been rising
towards the realm Of the real, to the
spiritual cause of those lower things
which give impulse to inquiry"
Some Objections
The objection is sometimes raised
that Christian Science is difficult and
hard to understand. You are not
asked to believe anything that you
do not understand. You are asked
to accept the fact that, "All is in
finite Mind and its infinite mani
festation." The knowing of that
divine fact destroys belief and places
ycu we'll on the way toward its
demonstration.
For many centuries the earth was
believed to be a flat surface. The
material senses confirmed that be-
lief. It was almost universally ac-
cepted. How many thinking individ-
uals now accept that belief? Dem
onstration has presented the proof
of its falsity, and the belief has al
most disappeared. No one ever knew
that the earth was flat. No one can
ever know that which is untrue.
Hence, in Mrs. Eddy's revelation of
the allness of Mind and its mani
festation we have the basis of perfect
God and perfect man from which to
demonstrate the all-inclusiveness of
that which is good and the nothing
ness of everything that is unlike and
opposed to good.
The divine fact is: that which is
good is real; and that which is not
good is unreal. Then in this life
which we Give in the flesh" we are
continually making decisions; striv-
ing to separate the good from the
evil; holding to the good and casting
out evil. This is perpetual unfold
ment. Is it difficult? It is natural and
normal. It is Christian Science-"the
law of God, the law of good" operat-
ing in your human experience. AS
the law of God operates in human
consciousness, the nature and char
acter of God unfolds. This unfold
ment is going on and will continue
to redeem human consciousness.
''The objects of time and sense dis
appear in the illumination of spirit
ual understanding, and Mind meas
ures time according to the good that
is unfolded" (Science and Health,
p. 584).
God and Man-Belief About
God and Man
AS human consciousness is re-
deemed, clearer and more correct
views of God are obtained. 1t fol-
lows as a necessary result that
the right understanding of man is
gained through the knowledge of
God.
Mrs. Eddy makes it very plain that
God is Mind, Soul, Spirit, substance,
Principle, Life, Truth, and Love.
There is nothing difficult about this
to understand. God is Mind-not
God with a mind God is Spirit
not God with a spirit. God is Life
not God with a life. A religious
revolution was impending the mo-
ment Mrs. Eddy gave to the world
the revelation that God is Mind.
God has never changed, but mans
belief about Him has been under
going continual changes until at this
moment your understanding of God,
to some extent has set aside some
false belief about Him.
There is nothing wrong with man;
and there is nothing wrong with the
life of man. That which causes all
the trouble is our belief about man,
and this is due to a false claim of a
mind opposed to the one and only
Mind This so-called mind is termed