The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-10

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an endless life"
A. you continue II the study q
Christian Science, you VII find
that the emphasis Of its teaching
i very definitely lad on the dem
onstration Of life. right here ard
now We are concerned very much
with living-more abundant living.
night here. We are concerned
with proving that God Is our Life
night now, and We are learning n
a measure how 10 express the Life
that Is God. Naturally. therefore.
we do not find IL profitable nor
expedient 10 speculate on death.
on a future-world salvation. nor
even on a future life On the con-
trary. we see the wisdom OF be-
ginning the demonstration OF IN
ending Life, right where We are
today. Il may also be said that
Christian Science does not prepare
you and me for death. but It opens
up the continuity OF Life in such
a way that we may begin 10 ex-
emplfy it, in better health. vigor.
and longevity. The belief of death
+ Is not truth, but error; and there
I fore we can never think correctly
from the standpoint Of death. The
probability or inevitability of
death could not possibly have any
place in Christianity scientific
thinking. Henry Drummond, for
whose spiritual thought Mrs. Eddy
had great respect, said one day to
a group OF students in Yale Uni
versity: I'VE come not to save
your souls, but 10 save your lives.
We want you 10 be Christians,
not because you might die tonight.
but because you are going TO live
tomorrow" Speaking TO these stu
dents. he changed the entire en-
phasis from death TO life. II is
perfectly obvious. then. that there
can be no legitimate expectancy
of death. but, on the contrary, the
joyous anticipation of unending
life.
Everyone instinctively wants to
be happy. and yet If you were to
ask the average person, Are you
happy? Are you completely sat
isfied and contented ," in a large
majority Of cases the answer
would not be affirmative, but neg
alive. Look at the faces of those
whom you meet and pass in the
crowded streets Of the city. Do we
see there the evidence of joy and
serenity? Not very often. As long
as man believes he is separated
from God, it is also clear that he
is separated from happiness.
Everyone is entitled to be scien-
tifically happy. scientifically well,
and scientifically prosperous. But
If we study the experiences of hu-
man beings, almost everywhere
there appears to be sense OF in
completeness something miss
ing, something necessary that ap-
pears to be lacking. What is pow
erty but the belief that man is in
complete, that God has not pro-
vided him with the sense of COM
plete supply and substance The
cry Of humanity today seems to
be: II lack; l desire; want; give
me success; give me peace; give
me satisfaction: give me compan-
ionship." Even with little chill
dren, we sometimes see this mani |
festation of incompleteness ex-
pressing itself in fretfulness and
discomfort. Every evidence of lust, |
longing. or false appetite may be
traced to the belief that man is
reaching out for completeness. for
something Of which ne believes he /
has been deprived and which he .
greatly desires. In his true being, I
the natural state OF man as the F
complete expression of Father I
Mother God is possession. He pos
sesses, and he knows he possesses,
all good. He is not a state of long
ing or desire. No one can be lone I
some or alone when he perceives /
his proper relationship 10, and /
unity with, God. No one can be
homeless, homesick. or friendless, |
II he has demonstrated spiritually /
his completeness as an expression /
of God. So, If any of you find /
yourself in a mental state of long |
ing Of desire, or Of restlessness, |
cast your net on the right side. I
Declare gratefully what you know
to be the fact about yourself. Man
Is not state of longing or Of in
completeness, but is the natural |
and eternal possession of all good. |
The civilized world has to some /
extent abandoned its belief in /
physical devils. in evil spirits. and /
the concept that Satan is a wicked .
entity that has 10 be placated and /
feared. But the worship Of, and /
the belief in, the power and real I
ity of evil has by no means dis +
appeared. Is not the first and .
great commandment OF the De-
dialogue, Thou shalt have no other
gods before me-" broken every
time We believe in the presence .
and power OF evil-eyery time we
believe IN the reality of evil minds. I
instead Of one infinite and omni- I
scient Mind But someone may
say: 1T is all very well to tell me
to have a confident outlook, to
smile and not 10 worry. but I am
confronted with many difficulties.
and life is a very serious matter
with me. Besides, I've always wor-
ried. It's natural TO me-my dis I
position" Christian Science SAYS: +
Then change your disposition. Cast /
your net on the right side, on the /
side Of a serene and hopeful dis /
position
The reason you can change this /
so-called disposition is because il /