The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-28

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unnaks relationships. because they
have made them 20 badly. But
the true idea Of relationship based
on the one infinite and perfect
Mind reveals the fatherhood q
God and the brotherhood Of man
as the basic and true idea OF rela-
tionship. Gods universe Of ideas
il in perfect oneness with Mind,
which perpetuany determines the
relatedness Of all that Is therein.
J. There are not many minds. wills,
and purposes. There is one Mind.
That one unites all ideas or iden-
titles, in one harmonious family.
F The individual must reverse In his
+ thought the lie that his brother is
domineering, complaining. dishon-
est, and troublemaker in general.
However much that may seem TO
be true from the human stand
point il Is not true Of the spiritual
idea OF existence. What saves and
heals Is the divine fact seen and
chung 10, in refutation Of errors
lie. The Bible states that we are
"builded together for an hsbita-
ton Of God" This spiritual fact
realized is a potent force to bring
out more normal human relation
ship.
Man, the Conscious Identity of
Substance
Many problems arise from lack
Of work and lack OF daily supply.
Here again Christian Science turns
thought away from the material
seeming to discover the spiritual
/ fact. To infinite Mind, everlasting
Love, there is no Jack Of anything
needed by man to express Life and
activity. The only enduring sub
stance is Life itself, Mind itself,
Love itself. and all the manifesto
tons Of God inevitably have. as ex-
preston, the substance of Life,
Mind. Love. One cannot conceive
Of God as lacking anything; no
more can His expression, for the
expression Is nothing but the &C
tive, living manifestation of the
substance which is God. Matter
lacks all that is substance, Life.
Love, intelligence, wisdom, power,
ability.
Man IL not a lack-expressing
mortal. He is a substance-express-
ing immortal. To prove this in
some degree the individual must
be willing to make it his first
business to express those spiritual
qualities which characterize the
son Of God. Substance is to be
found. not without but within. in
the already God-provided ability.
activity. and ideas with which
God supplies His man.
The spiritual fact that God is
self-sustaining assures mans sup
ply of substance forever. This self
sustaining ability Of God includes
the ability to sustain all that is
essential to the manifestation of
God, and so includes the only true
individuality OF you and me. We
can properly agree with the adver-
sary that 1t lacks everything be-
cause God has all, is All. and the
wonder is that man is one with
this allness. He Is the conscious
identity Of all substance. These
facts seen, even in a degree, bring
normal adjustments in connection
with human supply, and open the
door to eternal riches.
The Bible and Science and Health
A woman over eighty living in
South Africa became interested in
Christian Science. A year later
the pastor Of the orthodox church
TO which she belonged came to call
and saw Science and Health on her
table. He criticized her severely
for having ii. Quietly she asked
him to tell her just what was his
concept Of God, heaven. devil. hell.
His answers were hesitatingly
given and were far from satisfac-
tory. Then said she: II have been
a member of your church for fifty
years. I have been reading this
little book for less than a year.
In that time / have learned from
it more Of the nature and nearness
Of God, Of what man is. OF heaven.
and Of the meaning OF hell, than
in all those fifty years. I think it
would be a very good book for
you TO read"
There are still some good peo-
pie who criticize Christian Science
without ever studying its textbook.
Such an attitude often robs the
one who INDUCES it OF that which
would bring into his life health
and happiness. Disraeli has said,
1T is much easier to be critical
than TO be correct"
A lecture necessarily presents only
few Of the more fundamental teach
ings OF this Science, and those in A
general way. II this Science Ia 10 be
appreciated and understood. its text
book should be thoughtfullv studied
Public Libraries and Christian Science
headlng Rooms make the book easily
available. Science and Health is
based on the Scriptures II explains
what MIS-. Eddy terms Science and
Health. o. 500 their interior mean
ms. the spiritual. rather than the
literal. Il has proved itself 10 be
the revelation OF divine Science re-
lerrec 70 in the tenth chapter OF
Revelation, OF which the angel said.
Take ~, and eat il up" Do not
read Science and Health casually. hur-
rledly. specifically. Mentally as
simulate the spiritual food Il offers.
Now and then I hear someone say.
I read Science and Health. but I do
not seem 70 RENE mber much Of what
nave read. The story "a told OF an
Arao father who sent his very young
son 70 bring water in his basket from
nearby stream. The boy tried
several times, but always the water