Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04


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Now, the facts relating to mater
ial discoveries illustrate spiritual
truths. Spirit. God. is omnipresent.
The law of omnipresent Spirit is
therefore available at all time for
help and healing. And yet, owing
to human ignorance. this law is
generally unknown and therefore
unapplied. Through Mrs Eddy'S
discovery of Christian Science. how
ever, man kind is learning how to
utilize the law of infinite Spirit.
which is omnipreSent but humanity
invisible, as law must always be
1t is teaching that the mighty.
unseen power of God is always at
hand and that everywhere it can
be understood and successfully ap-
piled by those who are spiritually
awake and lovingly obedient to
divine law.
A Biblical Illustration
In the second book of Kings there
is an impressive example of the
difference between one who is igno-
rant of omnipreSent divine law and
one who understands it we'll enough
to utilize it in behalf of oneself and
others. An Israelitish slave girl. who
waited upon Naaman's wife. told her
mistress that Naaman who was
commander of the kings army and
a leper, could be healed of leprosy
by particular prophet who resided
in Israel. Hearing this NaamanS
king sent an urgent letter to the
king Of Israel, beseeching him TO
heal Naaman. After reading the
strange request. the king of Israel
himself unaware Of the availability
of divine law. protestingly eXclaim-
ed, Am I God that this man
doth send unto me to recover a man
of his leprosy?"
On the other hand. when the
prophet Elisha, who clearly under
stood the omnipresence of good.
heard the request, he was undis-
turbed and confident. He was as
sure of his ability to heal that
case by the application of divine
law as a mathematician would be
sure of his ability to correct
numerical mistake by the applica-
ton of mathematical law. Was
not this difference. though far more
important, comparable to the diff
ference between one who under
stands how to utilize scientific
knowledge and one who does not?
To the uninstructed, even mathe-
matical law might seem to be
mysterious, but to the mathema-
tician it is natural and invariahle.
Although invisible, it is compre-
hensible and ever available.
And so, Christian Science is prov
ing. as Elisha proved later by
healing Naaman, that there is
nothing mysterious about the law
of spiritual healing. It's rules can
be understood and sure results OBJ
tanned through the prayer of spirit
ual understanding. Mrs Eddy refers
TO this prayer as follows. on page
II of Science and Health. TT is
neither Science nor Truth which
acts through blind belief, nor is
it the human understanding of
the divine healing Principle as
manifested in Jesus, whose humble
prayers were deep and conscientious
protests of Truth,-of mans like
ness to God and of mans unity with
Truth and Love" 1t is this invisible,
changeless law of omnipresent good:
it is this law of the reality and
substantially of that which is hu-
manly unseen; 1t is this law of the
unity and perfection of God and
the real man, that must be invoked
in every true Christian Science
treatment.
A Make believe World
Long ago, Paul wrote, I'VE look
not at the things which are seen.
but at the things which are not
seen: for the things which are seen
are temporal; but the things which
are not seen are eternal" If, then.
that which is seen is a sick BODY.
discordant home, failing busi-
ness, lack of employment, or
harmful habit. the need is to see
it as temporal, unreal, powerless.
because it is not of God, good.
When faced by that which seems
to be, the Christian Scientist reso-
lutely turns his thought to that
which is. He prayerfully looks at
the things which are not seen by
material sight, even to God. Spirit.
and to man in His image and like
ness, who is incorporeal. inorganic.
Spiritual: hence, always free, always
safe, always at peace.
Referring to the unreality of sense
testimony. the dean of the gradu-
ate school of a noted American
university said in a recent public
address that mankind as a whole is
dwelling in a world of make-believe
instead of reality and that. accord
lngly, they have not yet heard the
opening theme of the great SYM
phony Of being, in which every
note speaks of truth. beauty, good
ness. and harmony. TO discover
this world" he said, 1T is neces-
sary TO 60 far deeper than the
physical senses are able to 90. On
the surface Of things we see preju-
dice. suffering and Wickedness; but
if we go deep enough, there is truth
everywhere if We 90 deep
enough, there is beauty everywhere:
if we 90 deep enough, there IS
goodness everywhere: if We 90 deep
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