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was devoid Of power TO harm OF
inture when Loves supremacy was
cognized and understood. When
he called Lazarus hack from the
tomb he proved that Life IS eter-
nal and death only a shadow which
is powerless 10 brighten man or
hold him in bondage to mortality.
In the realm OF reality there are no
inherent evil conditions. Christian
Science proves conelusively that
the only seeming evil is the fear Of
evil or belief in IT, When the be-
lief in evil is once destroyed. evil
conditions cease to exist.
know man who had a great
fear Of food poisoning. Job said,
The thing which I greatly feared
is come upon me" and so it proved
to be in this case. After the man
had become a student of Christian
Science. he suffered a very violent
attack. but by this time he had
learned that in the kingdom of
infinite good there is nothing
poisonous or detrimental to man.
When he understood this fact he
experienced a perfect healing. His
freedom from that error was won
forever. He did not have TO change
/ his diet, but he had to exchange
his fears. based on false belief, for
faith in good, based upon spiritual
understanding. He had to change
his belief that evil had power to
harm him for the perception of the
divine power of good, that can
only heal. help, protect, and bless.
The very fact that an evil condition
never recurs when the fear of ii
is destroyed is an incontrovertihle
proof that an understanding of the
supremacy of good is the sovereign
remedy Tor all our woes.
Good Continuous
When we see that the divine
power Of good is the only power we
become assured that good is a
continuous and uninterrupted ex-
perience. The human mind, igno-
rant of divine facts, would
have us believe that for
every action there is a reaction;
that JOY must be followed by sor-
row; that success is apt to be
followed by failure, and that tri-
umph is hard pressed by defeat.
Such decisions have no foundation
in Truth. In our textbook we have
this comforting assurance (p. 74:
I'm Christian Science there is never
retrograde step, never a return
to positions outgrown." The divine
power is not spasmodic, intermit-
tent, or temporary. 1t does not
act at one time and cease at an
other. Good is omniactive. In the
Bible we are promised, Il will
never leave thee, nor forsake thee"
God and His creation are insep-
arabic. The creative power of good
is the sustaining power of good.
The divine power that created
health is adequate to maintain it.
Health is a fact and cannot lapse
into sin. Abundance is fact that
cannot lapse into lack.
The Creation of God Is Perfect
Jesus saw creation at the stand
point of perfection. He knew that
it was sustained by power divine,
infinite good, and that there was
no evil power that could cause 1t
to recede from its immaculate
purity and unchanging complete
ness. We read in Ecclesiastes, Il
know that, whatsoever God doeth,
it shall be for ever: nothing can
be put TO it. nor any thing taken
from it." Jesus entire ministry
was TO awaken men to see what
had been bestowed on them by
the Father. He aroused men to
see what was already theirs. OF
his friend, Lazarus, he said, Our
friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go,
that | may awake him out of
sleep" Life and its divine facul-
ties were present. were never
absent. Our Masters understand
ing of divine power brought them
into perfect manifestation. To
another sufferer he said stretch
forth thine hand" and the man
was healed. The ability to act
rightly is God-bestowed and Jesus
proved that man cannot be de-
prived of that divine gift. To the
sinner he said. Neither do I con-
denim thee He did not condone
sin: neither did he condemn the
repentant sinner. He knew that
virtue and goodness were native
to man and that sin and evil were
utterly foreign to man. Sin and
evil are never manifested through
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about man. Jesus knew that evil
and wrong are never associated
with the real man. but only with
mortal concept of man. We do
not have TO change man. but only
our mortal beliefs about man.
The Science of divine power
shows us how TO eradicate these
false views OF man and replace
them with the good and true. Let
US suppose that We had a most
admirable friend whom We had
known for many years. His con-
duct was uniformly noble, fine.
good. and true His life was full
OF loving deeds and exemplary
actions. The grace within was
made manifest outwardly in a
benign countenance. gracious
manner. and loving demeanor.
Suppose someone sent US a draw
ing Of our friend which represent
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