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

govern among the nations
Through TIE discipline q human
experience. they are being forced
to bring God into their thinking
Even II human beings attempt 20
outlaw God and what they call re-
ieion. they cannot snnul the in
eseapable government Of divine
Principle.
Christian Science reveals the
fact that government, Il i is to be
night must find It's source and sx-
preston IN the consciousness Of
the individual. and that as man
recognizes himself as the reflec-
ton or manifestation OF Principle
he will be properl. self-governed.
What is government Is It mat
ter or mind Without mind there
would be no government, either
good or bad. II IS the aggregate
thinking Of the citizens which de-
termines the kind OF government
we have humanity. but We must re-
member that this is only a belief
Of government. Gods government
is going on. regardless OF what
the material senses are attempting
TO affirm. Right. thinking, and
that. Of course, means thinking
that has its basis in divine Mind,
constitutes today the actual gov
eminent OF the world. Therefore,
in the measure that our thinking
approximates the divine standard.
il is aligned with the law. power.
and government of God. Regard
less Of what appears as govern
ment or man-made law, true
spiritual knowing is the only
potent factor in any situation. We
learn. therefore,, in Christian
Science TO spiritually maintain the
facts of divine government. and
each one Of us must cast out the
fears and doubts that would tempt
us to believe in the power and
reality OF evil. For what nation
is there so great, who hath God
so nigh unto them, as the Lord
our God is in all things that we
call upon him for >"
Today, If we accepted what the
testimony of the senses presents,
we might be tempted to believe
that evil had both place and
power in the affairs of mankind:
but we are not idolaters. Spiritual
understanding demands that we
stand squarely on the great COM
mand, Thou shalt have no other
gods before me-" There are not
two Coda good God and an evil
one. There is just one; and so We
stand unwaveringiy on the divine
fact-one God, one Mind, one gov
eminent, one divine consciousness
- and work from that great
premise.
In the Old Testament. 1t is re-
lated that the servant of the
prophet Elisha arose one morning
to discover that during the night
the enemies Of righteousness had
surrounded them. In terror the
young man came to his master
with the alarming news. But
Elisha, the man of God, that is,
the Godlike man, faced the mental
picture, for that is all it was, Just
as Christian Science teaches us to
do today. Looking beyond the
sense testimony, he realized the
presence of the one God, and
Gained the young man with the
assuring words, Fear not: for
they that be with us are more
than they that be with them" And
then the Bible says that Elisha
prayed; that is to say, he spirit
ually knew the all-presence and
all-aetion of God, and that prayer
opened the spiritual perception OF
the young man, "and he saw: and.
behold, the mountain was full of
horses and chariots OF fire round
about Elisha" Ny friends, today
you and can decide for ourselves
whether we shall. like the Young
servant. accept as real a disturbed
and warning world. or. like the
mar of God. rest secure in the
spiritual realization that evil is
unreal and that good alone il
power.
Spiritual understanding shows
US how we may live from ths
standpoint Of infinity, how we may
think from the standpoint OF in
finity. Lifting thought to that
spiritual altitude, can there be
such a thing as hate or war in
the infinite universe Of good Is
1t conceivable that infinite Love
would express itself in discord or
conflict? Is infinite Spirit having
world depression or economic
turmoil? II we lift our thinking
to the hills Of spiritual revelation
whence truly cometh our helm.
what do We see and recognize ,
Just one infinite consciousness, de-
claring and uttering its divine
glory in harmony and order: in
finite Love, expressing itself in
abundance of good, and peace for
all.
CI@~y-. TIII