The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-25

.actiuoner. Such failure should not
attributed TO Christian Science.
Z is due to our lack Of spirituality,
Of spiritual growth. Every delayed
healing, however, urges us 10 press
on: for as our textbook points out
%. 368l. When we come 10 have
more faith in the ruth OF being than
we have in error. more faith In Spirit
than in matter. more faith in liv-
ing than in dying. more faith in God
than In man. then no material sup
positions can prevent us from heal
int the sick and destroying error"
However meager may be our present
perception OF the great truths about
God and man. does not this state
ment urge us 10 press diligently on2
The CHI istian Scientist has en-
listed 10 lessen evil. disease, and
death" Science and Health, p. 450).
Mrs. Eddy does not say the Christian
Silence practitioner. She says, the
Christian Scientist" Every Chris
tan Scientist has enlisted to lessen
evil" qcw cdn this be done2 In
only one way: through a knowledge
OF the absolute truth about God and
nan. You remember in the illustra-
!on we used a few moments ago you
ere able to help your friend
through your knowledge OF the truth
about ghosts, your knowledge OF
their unreality So you will be able
to help your fellow men to overcome
their fears OF disease through an
understanding of the absolute truth
about man. an understanding Of the
unreality of disease. in a word. an
understanding of Christian Science.
You see there may be a vast diff
ference between what men appear
to be, and what man really is. APP
pearances are deceptive. Let me
illustrate. Suppose that you we're out
for stroll with group of children.
and came TO a pond out Of which
slanted a straight stick, partly in
and parity out of tire water, and the
children exclaimed: oh. look at the
stick. See how it is rent just at the
top Of the water!" And you say,
Yes 1t appears to be bent" APP
pears to be" they say: don't you
see that it is bent?" YES" you say:
1T appears TO be: but l have been
studying a science which deals with
just such an occurrence, and l know
that the apparent bend is not in
the stick" That is to say, you reach
your conclusion not from the ap-
pearance, nut from the standpoint
of the science you have been study
ing; and you could stand before that
stick with all its apparent bend, and
say, Il know you are a straight
stick" In other words, you saw the
straightness Of the stick, not in the
appearance. but in the natural SCI
ence that related to the situation.
Now you and l are going to judge
men in either of these two ways.
either from appearance, whereby we
may conclude that they are material
beings, discordant. diseased. and
mortal. or from the standpoint of
the Science which relates to man.
the first Scriptural statement Of
which is, God created man in his
own image, in the image of God
created he him: male and female
created he them"
You do not doubt that-Jesu knew
this, knew that man is the very
image Of God Was it not through
just such knowing, such righteous
knowing. that his healing work was
done2 Hear this statement from our
textbook opp. 476, 477): Jesus be-
held in Science the perfect man.
who appeared to him where SHINING
mortal man appears to morta,s. In
this perfect man the Saviour saw
Gods own likeness. and this correct
view of man healed the sick"
Health, happiness, and peace are
normal conditions for man; and be-
cause this is true they can be
brought into the experience of each
one of US. Someone has said, "All
the water in the world cannot sink
a boat unless it gets inside the boat"
So all the evil in the world cannot
sink a person unless 1t gets inside
his mind. In this connection, how
pertinent is Mrs Eddys admo.ition
THE First Church of Christ, Scien-
fist, and Miscellany, p. 2l0): Be
loved Christian Scientists, keep your
minds so filled with Truth and Love,
that sin. disease, and death cannot
enter them. 1t is plain that nothing
can be added to the mind already
full. There is no door through which
evil can enter, and no space for evil
to fill in mind filled with goodness.
Good thoughts are an impervious
armor; clad herewith you are COM
pletely shielded from the attacks Of
error Of every sort. And not only
yourselves are safe, but all whom.
our thoughts rest upon are thereby
Melted"