The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11

of universal good. Tn this connec- ton the words of Isaiah are per- tinent: For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: he will save us"
 Demonstration
 Demonstration is word continu- ally used in Christian Science, for the reason that scientific Christian fly consists in the demonstration of the divine nature. It is the primi- tive Christianity of works, of signs following" in proof of the correct ness of its teaching. This word was used by Paul in his letter to the Christian workers in Corinth: And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of mans wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wis., dom of men, but in the power of God" Mrs. Eddy defined demon stration" (Science and Health, D. 3D as "Immanuel, or God with us" proof of the divine power working in human experience.
 To demonstrate the divine nature as Life means overcoming all the appearances of anything opposed to eternal, omnipresent Life. Hence it must include the complete de- struction of disease, of all feshly corruption, and that in which they finally result-death.
 The impulsion of the Masters healing ministrations may be def1- nitely discerned from his own state ments. T am come," he declared, that they might have life, and that they might have it more abun- dantly." Life is God. The Master stated plainly, This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent" This shows that we enter upon eternal life through the knowledge of God. Conscious ness of this fact of divine being constitutes the only real life. Chris tian Science urges and encourages us to maintain the spiritual con- Sciousness that, since God is Life, life is unchangeable and ever pres ent. By individually knowing these great truths we aid in overcoming the general denial of Life by the world. For that reason Christian Scientists speak of those who have departed as having passed on, rather than having died. Each time that we individually prove the un- reality of any claim or appeal of the mortal sense of existence, mani fested as sin or disease, we are help ing ourselves and others to reach the ultimate certainty that death is an illusion, just like any other false belief: and it is swallowed up" in the realization of omnipresent Life. By degrees we learn how di- vinely natural, rather than miracu- lous, such proofs are.
 That the divine power is avail able today, when invoked by the effectual, fervent prayer of spiritual understanding, the following incl dent will prove. Some years ago a great wrong was committed against a friend of mine, by one who exer- ciSed a dominating influence over a member of her family. Although this friend had been studying Chris tian Science for some time, and had received a healing of a discordart physical condition of long standing, she was not willing to apply its teachings to this problem At first, she allowed the belief of injustice to magnify itself in her thought to the extent that she was completely controlled by what she regarded as righteous indignation This became mingling of hatred and revenge and continued to govern her for a long period of time. Finally, this discordant thinking manifested it. self outwardly in a diseased condi- tion of her face. Its appearance had become so unSightly that my friend could not dine in public, and she was asked to give up her room in hotel, because her presence there was objectionable to the guests. It was not until the disease assumed these alarming proportions, and was pronounced incurable, that she began to awaken to the fact that this affliction was Self-imposed. It was then that she saw the necessity for radical change in her thinking. She realized clearly, through the work of practitioner, that she must be willing to apply the truth she had learned in Christian Science to this problem, and impersonalize the error by separating it from the indi- vidual through whom it had seemed to come. She must be willing to see him as the child of God, and not as the personif1cation of evil. Having at last awakened to the true nature of the error, she began applying the truth step by step. Many victories over self were required, however, before the evidence of the disease began to yield.
 As it became more and more evil dent to her that Hove is the fulfilling of the law" as she humbly and hon. eStly applied that law, by yielding every vestige of hatred and self pity, this so-called incurable dis ease, this challenge to life itself, was completely overcome. This heal i ing of cancer occurred many years ago. My friend is today a practi- tioner of Christian Science, actively applying this law of Life and Love in helping to liberate her fellow men.
 Thus the divine nature as ever- present Life was demonstrated to- day just as in Bible times. Such an event might still be called & mira cle by those uninstructed in the unceasing operation of Gods power but in scientific Christianity it is recognized as a demonstration; il is the sign following the fact that the application of spiritual law has been understandingly and faithfully made.
 The necessity for demonstration was clearly perceived by the disci-