The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-24

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able.
Duality has the effrontery to de-
fine man as soul and body. when.
in fact, man Is one and that one Is
consciousness-'an individual cons
ciousness,' TO use Mrs. Eddy's pre-
else words (Science and Health,
page 76). Appraising man as cons
ciousness rather than corporeality :
We see why II is that he grows by
the quality of thought he enter
tains and by the standard Of con-
versation he carries on with him
self. To think BEAUTIFULLY. tn
diligently, righteously - to abide
in faith, hope, charity - Is
to be absent from material
appearances and present with real
ity. Then 1t is that human con
sciousness clarifies and ascends.
There is no limit to the height 1t
may reach. Boundless freedom is
the ultimate. The dream or mesmer-
ism of materiality and mortality,
thus repudiated, fades out.
Realm OF Security
HE who glimpses the unob-
structed world OF reality. the bound
less Life in which he moves and
has his being. forgets his pain. his
fear, his despair, his remorse. He
gets to know himself as he is. a
spiritual identity. He learns how
safe and friendly is the universe OF
Spirit in which he dwells. The
nation in peril. uplifted by days OF
fervent expectant prayer, Is deliv-
cred from its enemies. The Red Sea
adventure is not legend. Nor is
Dunkirk a miracle. Each furnishes
an example of an entire nation lift
ed out OF a supposititious world OF
danger into the actual world of Sc
curity. How close is security after
all, involving, as 1t does, only a
change In human consciousness,
brought about by a faith that ap-
proximates spiritual understanding.
MARY Baker Eddy. the Renowned
Leader OF the Christian Science
movement, never made a more dis
corning observation than this: "Out-
side the material sense of things
all Is harmony" (Science and
Health. page 4S9).
Safety is not question Of place
but OF understanding. Jesus and
Peter are only few yards apart as
they walk the waves of Galilee. They
tread the same water; they are
subject 70 the same laws. Presently
doubt weighs down the valiant
apostle and materiality wins-for a
moment. But Jesus puts himself,
and his confused disciple, beyond
the reach OF gravity by knowing
that man Is a spiritual being In a
spiritual realm where material
forces do not operate. Spiritual man,
or true selfhood, can no more be
influenced by the law of gravintion
than can the multiplication table.
What distinguishes Jesus from
other men and women? Simply this:
Jesus finds himself. He discov-
ers that he is the Son OF God. A
like discovery awaits every grow
ing individual. Says Emily Dickin-
son:
I'VE never know how high we are
Till we are called TO rise;
And then, II We are true to plan,
Our statures touch the skies.
! The heroism, we recite
Would be daily thing,
Did not ourselves the cubits warp
For fear to be a king
Active ldeaIIsm
Spiritual growth, with the free
dom which 1t brings, is a slow pro-
cess, confessedly. No one In these
days pretends to have arrived. But
every Individual who orders his
thought and conduct in accordance
with divine Principle has set out in
the right direction. Political, eco
nomic, and social freedom paves the
way. The Christian Scientist is
therefore intensely interested in
these institutions. He loses no op-
portunity to advance them through
energetic moral and tangible sup
port. He finds that ne can seldom
do that which is absolutely right.
He therefore chooses that which 1 s
nearest right In the circumstanc
hopefully looking forward to the
time when he may attain the abso-
lutte. He can never be charged, by
practical men, with standing idly by
in the presence Of vital issues.
Sound idealism recognizes that
the loss OF social, political or eco
nomic freedom jeopardizes spiritual
freedom. Hence II is that the Chris
tan Is never an appeaser or COM
promiser when liberty is at stake.
christianity and spirituality mellow
the individual, most assuredly, but
In so doing they do not deprive
him OF the insight, the alertness,
the courage. and the resolution that
go with patriotism.
People cannot be brought en-
masse into the liberty of the sons
and daughters of God. One by one
must they come through experience
born OF intelligent effort In the
way made clear by Christian Sci
ence. There must be development
OF worthiness and soulfulness IN in
dividuals before there can be last
Ing capacity for any kind OF free
dom. And the status, once at
tanned, can be preserved only by
being priced and practiced vigilant-
ly, constantly, industriously, prayer
fully. The unused talent is lost. II
the artisan abandons his craft does
not his right hand forget It's Gun.
ming? Travellers during and follow
ing the World War were impressed
with the efficiency OF girls at the
ticket window and information
desk. These new duties, which had
become drudgery to men, were play
to newly emancipated women.
Reespture Of Enthusiasm
When citizens neglect to par
ticipate In politics in order that
they may pursue the adventure OF
business or professional careers.