The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-18
Charles v. VIM. c. S. B. Of
Pasadena. Is Lecturer Here
"Christion Science: A Message of
Freedom and Dominion" Is Topic

book we have this beautiful cor
relative ID. 500: 1t Is our IL
norsnce % God. the divine Prin.
ciple. which produces apparent
discord. and the right understand
ing Of Him restores harmony"
God Il Good
What. then. il this right under.
standing of God that makes u.
free. restores harmony. heals dis.
ease. and reveals life eternal? ons
Of The first things that we learn
In Christian Science about God ID
that he IL wholly. entirely. and
completely good. The Psalmist de-
clared. Thou are good. and doesi
good Again he declares, % taste
and see that the Lord II good
blessed 10 the man that trusteth
In him In strict accord with
this scientific definition Of God.
Christian Science declares Mis-
cellaneous Writings. p. 26l. THE
Scriptures name God as good. and
the Saxon term for God Is also
good. From this premise comes
the logical conclusion that God is
naturally and divineiy infinite
good" The fact of the goodness
OF God at once utterly destroys
one OF the chief sources Of mortal
mans enslavement. namely. dual
ity. or belief in the reality and
existence Of both good and evil.
The cardinal point of Christian
Science IL that God il infinite
good: that He creates only good,
knows only good. promotes good.
and that His creation is primarily
and unalterably good. Then Gods
handiwork expresses good. reflects
good. and manifests good. There
is nothing wrong or ungoodlike in
or Of Gods creation.
Gods Power Il Good
The ever-availability of. good at
once destroys quickly and utterly
the fears Of the human mind, and
brings freedom. II has been found
and proved in Christian Science
practice thar much Of the fear Of
and bondage TO evil springs from
the belief that man lives In a
creation where both good and evil
that he is subject to two
powers. one OF which Is beneficent
and Kind. and another which Is
affective and harmful: that at
one time he il controlled by that
which il right, and at other times
by that which is wrong. Christian
Science, the Science of infinite
good. repudiates and disproves
these wrong assumptions. and
then the fear resulting from these
false and erroneous theories is
annihilated. God made man In His
own likeness. and man Is a part
Of Gods creation. and hence gov
ems man. There is only one way
that God could govern His crea-
ton. including man. and that Is
In q just. true. and right way.
In the realm Of infinite reality
there is nothing TO fear, to induce
fear or support fear. There Is
there TO Brighten man or
interfere with his freedom, har-
mony. peace or JOY. There is no
power contrary to good that can
enslave man. The Psalmist de-
clared. Il will walk at liberty:
for I seek thy precepts." The pre-
cepts of God show US that His
power Is operating for the good
Of all that He has made. and as
we walk in the light Of this truth,
fear departs. and His peace Is
continually with US.
True Selfhood
Nothing II more conducive 10
liberty than q true sense Of In
dividuality. God u infinite good.
and a. we discern this divine YER
fly we see clearly then mans true
selfhood must express goodness,
righteousness. and virtue. In the
Scriptures we learn, The right