Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-12-12
The Song of the Angels

heard on eartn is surely tual ohe
~ sung by the heavenly host of
angels duke 2:14), "On earth peace,
good will toward men," The occa-
sion of the song was the birth at
Bethlehem of the babe Jesus.
The prophecy of peace made on
that brilliant starlit night will some
day be fulfilled universally, since 4
desire for peace has ever been cher
ished in the hearts of men. We may
ask why it is, then, that this desire is
not being more speedily realized. The
reason undoubtedly is that men have
looked for peace where no peace is
to be found. No merely material sys-
tenn, supported by physical force, can
offer lasting peace.
Today, many earnest endeavors
are being made to reconcile men and
nations, and to bring to all fairer
share of the earth's goods, thus elimi-
mating, in some degree. the evils that
tend to foment the worst passions in
men, which often reach their climax
in war. But material methods, even
those motivated by unselfish desires,
cannot bring about permanent peace,
for this peace is found only in the
realm of Spirit.
To reach scientific, right conclu-
sion we must of necessity start with
correct premise. In Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
Mary Baker Eddy writes Up. 1922:
"For right reasoning there should be
but one fact before the thought,
namely, spiritual existence. In real
ity there is no other existence, since
Life cannot be united to its unlike
ness, mortality" We learn from the
Scriptures that God created all, "and,
behold, it was very good" Genesis
1:31). The universe and the inhab-
itants thereof, then, are perfect, like
their creator, and Gods law of peace
and harmony reigns supreme. This
is spiritual fact.
The mist or Adam dream, of which
! we read in the second chapter of
Genesis, presents the falsity that man
is mortal and material, created out
, of dust and governed by various So
i called powers, claiming to be both
| good and evil. From this false prem
Use arise the claims of misunder-
standing, rivalry, greed, strife, sick
! ness, chaos, and war. This false
premise implies also that man can be
the football of chance and change,
which is of course lie.
God, the divine Principle of man,
perpetuates man as His reflection. 1t
| is not true that the child of God is
both good and evil, peaceful and dis
! cordant, loving and hateful. These
are but false beliefs of mortals,
which are dispelled when we realize
that man is what the Scriptures de-
clare him to be, the image of his Gre
ator. Our freedom comes, then, as
we recognize and acknowledge our
true relationship to the Father, CRATE
fully perceiving that NOW are we
the sons of God" Il John 3:2)-now,
not sometime in vague future, in
far-away place, but here and now.
AS children of God we dwell always
in unity and peace.
All will agree that peace is a quail
ity of divine Mind. Then it logically
follows that peace is inherent in man,
the representative of God. Peace
cannot be lessened or destroyed, for
it is now and forever established.
And Love is awakening human con-
seriousness to this great spiritual fact.
In the proportion that they UNDER
stand the truth about God and man,
men learn to trust in God more fully,
and fear, suspicion, selfishness, and
hatred CORRESPONDENCE decrease.
This Christlike understanding is ex-
pressed in the love which knows no
destructive criticism, no greed, no re-
sentiment; in the joy which knows
no gloom; in the gratitude which
knows no fear. AS the vision of spir-
itual good is cherished in individual
consciousness, it serves as a beacon
light to brighten our pathway in our
ascent above mortal, material sense
testimony. As "every kindred, and
tongue, and people, and nation"
Revelation 500 learns to turn to
God, Spirit, as all-power, universal
peace will be demonstrated in human
experience. May our prayer be that
peace be not only talked, but so lived
that the passerby will feel its holv
influence. Mrs. Eddy says in sThe
First Church of Christ, Scientist, and
Miscellany" Up. 279), ''The First Com
mandment in the Hebrew Decaloeue
Thou shalt have no other gods be-
fore me'-obeyed, is sufficient to still
all strife. God is the divine Mind.
Hence the sequence: Had all peoples
one Mind, peace would reign" When
the world has learned to obey the
one Mind, God, then we shall be able
to sing with the angels, "On earth
peace, good will toward men," in
perfect confidence that permanent
peace has been established.-The
Christian Science Monitor.