Milford chronicle., 1940-12-13
A Lecture On
Christian Science

al, pure. All are like the one Mind.
THE OIL FOR THE LAMPS
What Is this oil, this spiritual
sense. and how is Il acquired? Many
people are not clear as TO spiritual
mindedness, confusing Il with the
religious emotions Of the human
mind, or else considering It mys-
terious abstraction beyond their
requirement. ! once knew q clergy
man in whose congregation there
was a faithful attendant who, for
thirty years, never missed a Sunday
service or a mid-week prayer meet
ing. He was deVout, made able
talks, Joined In the singing. and led
IN prayer. Yet he never united with
the church nor pFofessed conver-
sion. At last the pastor brOached
| the subject. Said he: my friend,
for thirty years you have lived the
life Of a Christian, supported the
church, and In all other ways shown
you are worthy to be q member. Why
haven't you joined?" And the good
brother pondered a while. and then
replied: well, it Is this way, I've
been waiting for the Spirit to move
me-" Science and Health declares:
Spiritual sense is the dIscernment
OF spiritual good" It is the spiritual
thought, the unworldliness. the sense
Of Spirit; the feeling. the hearing,
the tasting, the seeing. in short, the
discerning of the ever presence of
God. Spiritual sense Is the con-
sciousness Of the ideas of pure Mind.
1t is the opposite Of matter and ma
terial thought. II is the might of
pureness. It is the power of God
unto salvation. One does not wait
for spiritual sense 70 be given him,
one becomes aware Of the possession
OF 1t, and aware that this supersen-
sible force for good IN his life is IL
limitable In its scope, power and un-
fOldment.
Not the waiting. but the waking
to know a world more bright is
spiritual sense. And this awaken
ing to the reality and perfection of
all things In Mind brings Christian
Science healing. This spiritual un-
derstanding is answered prayer. |
And from this spiritual fountain in |
Truth, the faithful may draw oil |
foI his lamp, even that oil defined in |
Science and Health as: "Consecra-
tlon; charity; gentleness; prayer;
heavenly inspiration"
FIDELITY
In her book, "Retrospection and
Introspeetion, Mrs. Eddy refers to
loyal students" and declares: BY
loyalty In students ] mean this,-
10 God. subordination of
the human to the divine, steadfast
Justice. and strict adllarenee. 10 di-
vine Truth and Love- Here indeed
Is oil for the lamps Disloyalty by It's
very nature excludes itself from
good. Infidelity separates one from
The true sense OF unity, Of atone
nent, communiOn-union with God,
with Life, Truth, and Love. Disloy-
Atty would divide man from God,
rom good. from health, from wealth,
rom happiness, from growth. from
harmony. Science and Health de-
,lares: "Adulterating Christian
Science makes it void" Pureness of
hOught and life, faithfulness over
ew things, gives one dominion over
natter, and control even OF self. This
,hristly devotion is pure religion and
indebted. 1t visits the fatherless
nd the widows in their affliction. It !
.eeps ones self unspotted from the
7orld.
ALLEGIANCE TO GOD
The word allegiance means loyal i
Y and fidelity, and Is defined as I
devotion or loyalty where obedi- 4
nee or service and respect are due" {
od exists. That there is a God is \
he inevitable conclusion from the h
Elf-evident fact that consciousness / r
xists; and that ones existence nee a
ssarily involves and includes Gre e
tor, and excludes self-creatiOn. 4
IAN did not create himself. In the d
ible Micah proclaims: For all b
sople will walk every one in the II
anne of his god, and we will walk in :,
le name OF the Lord our God for p
ier and ever" Now IL we substitute 2,
II the word name" the equivalent q
ord nature" we have the great Vi
ct in Christian Science. that the q,
lncept of God held by any one in h,
Gates and determines the nature of tr
S thought. A materialist may con- Ia
i've of God in terms of matter, from a.
'Ossest idOlatry Of the pleasures q,
ID pains of material sense, to the cl
CHEST refinements Of pagan wor- M
lip. the veneration OF so-called W,
Iysical science, biology, physiol- nj
y, electricity. material medicine, til
e body, and so on. The spiritual M
minded man will turn from mat
: and the human mind, ard so ma
II care for the things OF the Spirit, Z
7ine Mind. His fear Of THAT is, he
Spect forl God will be reflected as IN
and seIf-respeet. he
ch is the unity OF being as taught al,
Christian Science. the oneness Cy
d distinetness Of God and man. To lel
ow and fear (belieYe in) God is ",
have self-knowledge and self n,
ltrol, and to believe in ones real ~
I as the perfect likeness and inn IN
: OF God. Christian Science tea N,
IS, and spiritual sense tells us. M
L since God is the only presence, W,
MS existence must be IN God, and gr,
refore God Is not apart from man.
MS allegiance to God denotes his
from God. And since
n Is the manifestation Of divine
i'd, that Is, idea, man Is endowed
h the qualities OF God. Man is IN
refore intelligent, he expresses tan
rs will. Since volition Is a quail 7
of God, Il must be, by reflection. tor
element In man. Man Is then, BY /
ection, by right thought, volun- +
y; he knows what to do and how
when TO do Il. Again, man is
rnra9snN "a 4ss