Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-03-20

One of the most urgent ques-
tions throughout all Christen-
dom today is: What must we do
to refute the insidious and mis-
leading suggestions, so widely
prevalent, that Christianity may
yet prove unavailing to meet the
great human need, or indeed has
already failed?
In the first place, Christians
themselves must be, fully con-
vinced that Christianity as Jesus
taught and practiced it is the
Science of Mind, because it is
the complete and exact knowl-
edge of God. Therefore it has
never failed-it cannot fail. The
main purpose of this lecture is
to show that, by it's very nature
and law, there can be no poss-
ibility that Christianity in it's
primitive purity and practice can
ever fail to fulfill it's God-or-
dained mission.
Mrs. Eddy was deeply i'm
pressed by the necessity to bring
back to the Christian church an
understanding of the primal or
der of the first great cause, thus
establishing the divine nature of
Science as constituting the ex-
act knowledge of God, who is
the one infinite cause. She dis
covered and proved that Science
and Christianity are identical in
actual demonstration. She saw
and declared in her textbook
(p. A., "We reach the Science
of Christianity through demon
stration of the divine nature"
Christian Science is based
firmly on the Scriptural declara-
tions of Gods nature. In the
light of this Science we see that
Moses virtually declared God as
Mind when he was inspired with
the revelation that God is the
great | AM, or infinite divine
consciousness. We also see that
the First Commandment, to ac-
knowledge and serve the one and
only God, attests the infinitude
and, therefore, the ever-presence
of God. Centuries later Christ
Jesus said, "There is none good
but one, that is, God" He re-
vealed and demonstrated the di-
vine nature in the oneness and
allness of good. Still more def
mite was his declaration that
"God is a Spirit: and they that
worship him must worship him
in spirit and in truth" This as
sures us that all truth, or exact
knowledge, must consist in the
knowledge of God, and is spir-
itual.
Mrs. Eddy reached the con-
clusion, through revelation, that
all Scriptural revealments and
records of Gods nature proved
Him to be divine Principle. This
led finally to the unalterable
conclusion that spiritual causa-
tion is the law governing all that
actually exists.
Why is it of such vital import
ance for us to understand the di-
vine nature as Mind? Because
this understanding enables us to
gain clear comprehension of
what true consciousness is. 1t
shows us how to differentiate
between the false beliefs or sug-
gestions of the carnal, mortal
mind, so called, and the true
ideas and facts emanating from
the divine Mind. In this way
Christian Science proves to us
that true consciousness is the re-
Election or expression of the di-
vine nature, the expression of
the one infinite Mind.
Consciousness ia defined brief
ly by Webster as knowledge of
ones own existence" Christian
Science shows mans real exist
ence to be spiritually mental,
and the understanding of this
fact is true self knowledge. I'm
til this fundamental truth is per-
ceived in Science, it is not poss-
ible for one to realize his real,
indestructible identity.
Proving Mans Identity
Since the great primal cause
is Mind, the only begotten of
that cause is idea. When once
it is seen and acknowledged that
the divine nature is infinite
Mind, it follows that mans ex-
istence is wholly representative
of that nature-that he is ment-
al, not physical. But how is
this to be realized and made
practical in the midst of our
human experience Only in the
way the Master taught and prov
ed to his followers. By adher-
ing faithfully to the divine real
tiles of being, Jesus overcame
all the erroneous claims of the
carnal mind, or physical sense
of existence, and demonstrated
mans perfection and true SON.
ship with God. He became the
Saviour of mankind by first
saving himself from the false
beliefs of material sense, sin,
disease, and death. This demon
stration of the Science or truth
of being shows that the spir-
itual fact about anything is the
redemptive power. All that ever
will or can save uS from the in.