The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25

sion and delusion. In an attempt to
steer among the "Scylla and Cha.
rybdis" of material sense, the pains
and pleasures of the senses, this
prodigal mind strays into the far
country of deluded sense, wastes it's
substance in riotdus living, spends
all, and comes to grief and want.
Feeding on the "husks that the
swine did eat," the hayward prodi-
gal is ultimately and inevitably
wrecked on the shifting sands of sin
and sensuality. The insentient hui
man body, ignorant and innocent
victim of the attacks of the would be
murderer, mortal mind, is either
capsized and sunk in the mire of
suffering, SHINING beliefs, or, float
ing aimlesly on the currents of
fleeing, Whimsical fancies, is cast
adrift, a derelict upon the barren
and wasted shore of a distorted and
prevented
Outside the realm and reign of
divine Science, that is, in the realm
and reign of material sense, pande.
nlonium seems to run to it's own
ruin; "for to be carnally minded is
DEATH"
"The scientific statement of being'
Mrs. Eddy goes at nee and for
all time to the very heart of the
problem. She lays bare the issue
and prescribes the remedy. In clear,
accurate, and unmistakable terms
she states the two sides of the
proposition: first. what life, truth,
intelligence, substance are not; Sec
ondly, what they are. In that re-
markable passage called the scien.
tific statement of being" appearing
on page 1853 of the textbook, Mrs.
Eddy makes the most accurate
statement of the most scientific dis.
ccvery ver brought to humanity,
1t is surpassed by none in the his.
tory of scientific discovery. It de-
serves to be rated with the religious
sayings of the spiritual seer, John,
who said, "God is love- and that
of Jesus, who said, God is a Spirit"
THE scientific statement of be.
ing" is a correct statement of that
which is, and an equally true state.
ment of that which seems to be but
is not. 1t states the Science of being
and the error of sense, the fact of
being and the fable of seeming. 1t
presents reality, Spirit, Mind, Truth,
in scientific terms, together with
the statement of t h e reality of
human belief, the error of the age
the error that "deceiveth the whole
world" AS it appears in the text.
book it reads: There is no lift,
truth, intelligence, nor substance in
matter. All is infinite Mind and its
infinite manifestation, for God is
All in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth;
matter is mortal error. Spirit is the
real and eternal; matter is the I'M
real and temporal. Spirit is God,
and man is His image and likeness.
Therefore mar is not material; he
is spiritual"
This declaration presents the truth
and the whole truth, beyond which
it is impossible to go. 1t is entire,
complete, and adequate for today
and for all time. 1t is the scientific
statement of Truth-the truth
about God, man, and the universe
together with a statement of the
unreality of human belief, the lie
about creation.
THE scientific statement of be-
ing" is radical and revolutionary in
its every statement, breaking thor.
oughly with the accepted theories
regarding life, truth, intelligence,
substance as existent in or depend
ent upon matter. When from the
standpoint of spiritual understand
ing it was declared that matter is
neither living, true, intelligent, nor
substantial, our Leader parted COM
pany with the systems of her time
and revealed the Science of Mind
or Spirit. Since this declaration
was made slightly over a half-cen,
fury ago, radical and fundamental
changes have taken place in the
worlds view regarding life, truth,
intelligence, and substance. New
views are advanced, tending away
from the false concepts of matter as
substance to the spiritual concept
Of Life, Truth, intelligence, sub
stance. This much : to be desired
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