The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11

VdEAOuS puDHcattOnS emdnate.
 acknowledging more than the one Mind, one God. Here, we learn, is the first idolatry. Most people today would be very much surprised and perhaps wholly i1lcredulous to be told that they were idolatrous. Idol atry is generally interpreted to mean lowing down to graven images. But since God is Mind, Spirit, and since God is one and omnipotent, then to love, fear, or recognize as real and potent any other mind or any other substance or law, must mean a departure from faith in the one God, and lead to many forms of idolatry and superstition. It means praying or appealing to the false gods of sense.
 One phase of modern idolatry is, lowing down to ever-changing ma terial health laws. The belief that one can live in total ignorance of what constitutes health-the whole ness and harmony of being-and, whenv aSsailed by diScordant con- ditioAs, depend upon material the orieS for protection and healing, IS to trust in the mythological god of matter. This claim, that matter can be both cause and cure of dis ease, is infidelity to the allness and oneness of Mind, God. Idolatrous beliefs claiming to be sins, various forms of disease, of poverty. sorrow, or failure cannot exist as facts, and condition us; and in the presence of Truth understood and affirmed, this fact is demonstrated, and the erro- neous conditions disappear.
 Mrs. Eddy dwelt constantly on the importance of spiritual understand ing SuperSeding mere blind faith, however fervent that might be. Her authority was none other than Christ Jesus. If ye continue in my word" he told his followers, then are ye my disciples indeed" They must hold fast, continue, go forward, in the demonstration of his word, or teaching. Then, and then only, would they know the truth and be free-free from the idolatrous beliefs which hold humanity in bondage to the hesh-free in the dominion of spiritualized consciousness.
 That universal prayer taught us by the great Teacher, Healer, and Exemplar, Christ Jesus, closes with these words: Thine is the king dom, and the power, and the glory, for ever" These are divinely defi- mite words. They place all power and government with God. In these times of changing concepts as to government, the exaltins of the su- perman sense of sovereignty, the vain glory of human-will rulership, Christian nations need more and more fervently, more clear-sightedly than ever, to ponder this prayer which the Founder of our faith left us.
 We cannot always know how the answer to prayer will be made man. ifest, but we do know through the teachings of Christian Science that righteous prayer is always answered; i; we know that the government shall be upon his shoulder" in other words, we have learned that the divine Mind governs every idea. That which claims to be imprincipled gov- ernment cannot endure in the light of this scientific knowledge which ultimately will rend asunder every bond claiming to restrict and en- slave the human race.
 The prayer of the ancient proph- cts for the consolation of Israel, which they believed would come through the Messiah, was answered in the advent of Christ Jesus. He came in accord with prophecy to prove mans unity with the divine nature. and to reveal his spiritual sonship, or Christ. Later, when his earthly mission was drawing to a close, he promised his followers that he would pray the Father that He would send another Comforter, who would abide with them forever, even the Spirit of truth. This prayer, too, was answered. Later John foresaw, in his vision of the Apocalypse. what was to follow upon the coming of that Comforter, the incorporeal Christ, or Trust, which would re- veal complete spiritual harmony. Mrs. Eddy's constant prayer was that she might know God, under stand and demonstrate the divine nature, which transcends all ma terial sense evidence. This prayer too. was answered. in her discovery that the promised Comforter Is de vine Science. This second and final coming in Christian Science is the advent of the incorporeai Christ the Spirit of truth which the Mas. ter promised would come and guido Into oil truth. and abide forever.
 For many years c prayer has beer going forth daily from thousands oi earnest students Of Christian Bci- ence seeking to demonstrate Trutll and Love. This prayer is known al the "pally Prayer" from the MAiluA ef The Mother Church by Mrs. Edd, (p, lil end is as f0llowsi ""Th, kingdom eome,' let the reign o divine Truth, Life, and Love bo O. abolished lil me, and rule out Of ml Ail hini and may Thy Word eiirlci the affections of all lnnilklnd, nnl govern thoni" Christian Scientist
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