The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-11

tant question. What Is this ma
ture Each one. AZ some time in
his individual experience. must
ask himself this question. In
other words how do We define
God 70 our own consciousness ?
Does our concept Of God bring Us
a sense OF His nearness Do We
love or fear Him Does His law
seem available To meet our every
day needs When we declare
Gods omnipotence. do we really
mean that God. good. Is An-in-all =?
Christian Science is based firm
" on the Scriptural declarations
OF Gods nature. In the light Of
this Science we sec that Moses
virtually declared God as Mind
when he was inspired with the
revelation that God Is the great
I AM. or infinite divine conscious
ness. We also see that the First
Commandment. TO acknowledge
and serve the one and only God,
sttests the infinitude and. there
fore. the ever-presencc Of God.
Centuries later Christ Jesus said,
There is none good but one. that
is. God He revealed and demon
strated the divine nature in the
oneness and allness of good. Still
more definite was his declaration
that God is Spirit: and they
that worship him must worship
him in spirit and in truth This
assures US that all truth. or exact
knowledge. must consist in the
knowledge OF God, and is spiritual.
A grasp Of this basic fact en-
ables us TO lift our concept OF
Science above matter or speeula-
tive hypothesis into Spirit. or
Truth. and to demonstrate the I'M
interrupted operation OF divine
law.
Mrs. Eddy reached the conclus-
ion, through revelation. that all
Seriptural revealments and rec
ords Of Gods nature proved Him
TO be divine Principle. This led
finally to the unalterab Bile con-
clusion that spiritual causation is
the law governing all that actual
~ exists She wrote in her text
book (p. 275): TO grasp the
reality and order Of being IN its
Science, you must begin by rec
koning God as the divine Princi-
pie Of all that really is. Spirit.
Life, Truth, Love. combine as one
and are the Scriptural names
for God. All substance, intelli-
gence. wisdom, being. immortality
cause, and effect belong to God
These are His attributes, the
eternal manifestations of the in
finite divine Principle, Love"
Why is 1t Of such vital import
ance for us to understand the di-
vine nature as Mind? Because
this understanding enables us 10
gain a clear comprehension of
what true consciousness is. II
shows us how TO differentiate be-
tween the false beliefs or sug-
gestions Of the carnal. mortal
mind, so called. and the true ideas
and facts emanating from the di-
vine Mind. In this way Christian
Science proves TO us that true
consciousness Is the reflection OF
expression Of the divine nature
the expression of the one infinite
Mind.
Consciousness is defined briefly
by Webster as knowledge OF
ones own existence" Christian
Science shows mans real exist.
ence TO be spiritually mental. and
the understanding Of this fact is
true self-knowledge. Until this
fundamental truth is perceived In
Science. it is not possible for one
to realize his real. indestructible
identity.
Proving Mans Identity
Since the great primal cause Is
Mind, the only begotten of thai
cause is idea. When once IL i,
seen and acknowledged that the
divine nature is infinite Mind, il
follows that mans existence il
wholly representative of that ma.
ture-that he is mental. not phys
cal. But how is this To be rea'
lized and made practical in tins
midst Of our human experience
Only in the way the Master taught
and proved TO his followers. BS
sdhering faithfully 10 the divine
realities Of being. Jesus overcam,
all the erroneous claims Of tbs
carnal mind. or physical sense Of
existence. and demonstrated man
perfection and true sonship aitf
God. He became the Saviour of
mankind by first saving himself
from the false beliefs Of nasteria
sense, SIN, disease. and death
This demonstration Of the scienc,
or truth Of being shows that th'
spiritual fact about anything II
the redemptYe power All thai
ever will or can save US from IN.
inverted or perverted images anc
illusions Of the carnal mind Is IN,
spiritual fact or truth. ThU
Science does not teach Us U
spiritualize matter; on the con,
trary. IL reveals the allness oi
Spirit. Mind. and therefore th'
unrezlity Of matter. II teaches
that mortal mind and matter ar'
one and the same thing. In thii
way IL shows Us the process b
which. through righteous or righi
thinking. We give Up the false Of
sensuous concept and realize more