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

EoDlest Work OF Zoo!
Socrates was perfectly right
when he used to advise, know thy
self" since II a man gets really TO
understand himself he will lose
his supposed impediments and mis-
cries. Every individual is much
of a mystery to himself. He would
like to be conversant with his biog-
raphy, SO to speak. The best biog-
raphy of man ever published, II
We except the Gospel OF John, may
be found In that celebrated book.
Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures" written by Mary
Baker Eddy some sixty or seventy
years ago. Page after page refers
to spiritual. perfect, immortal man.
This man is your true selfhood.
Therefore when you read this
volume you read about yourself.
This explains why people like
to study Science and Health; every
person likes to ascertain the facts
about himself. This explains too
why people are healed reading the
book; they find themselves, to
learn that truly they are whole,
sound. intact. Thousands have
been healed reading Mrs. Eddy's
writings: other thousands will be
healed by the same process in the
future.
Identity With The Eternal
MARY Baker Eddy has stated
fundamental truths, revealed to
her from the Bible, as they have
never been stated before. Her
Science and Health Is the outstand-
ing volume Of modern times. Its
influence on human thought has
been tremendous and is still under
way. The book can be found in
all Christian Science Reading
Rooms and most public libraries.
ION page 470 she says, Man is
the expression OF Gods being"
We have attached a certain re-
moteness to Deity by referring to
Him as the Supreme Being, when
In fact God is Being itself, your
being. Suffering must abate when
you come into this realization of
your identity with harmonious
Life. Life must be expressed.
Where? At its highest in individ-
ual men and women. God must be-
But where? Paul answers: There
is.....".one God and Father OF all,
who is above all and through all
and In you ALL" Few exercises are
more exhilarating than for one to
realize, as understandingly and as
reverently as possible, the in
dwelling presence of exuberant
and irrepressible Life. Here is
the fervent prayer of the righteous
man which availeth much.
1T must be perfectly clear, to
one who INDUCES for a moment in
determination, that man is men,
tai. mental all the way through.
This explains why mental and spirit
ual treatment reaches every nook
and corner of his being and puts
to flight every lurking sense of pain
or disorder. The fact that you are
mental explains why the argument
OF this hour searches every avenue
OF your economy. making crooked
places st raj gin {, substituting
strength for weakness, establishing
hope and confidence in place of
anxiety and despair.
On page 745 of Science and
Health Mrs. Eddy defines man as
the conscious identity OF being"
Two pages farther on she asks.
What are body and Soul?" In re-
ply she states: identity is the re-
Election OF Spirit, the reflection In
multifarious forms OF the living
Principle, Love. Soul is the sub
stance, Life, and intelligence OF man.
which is individualized, but not in
matter" 1t may be doubted II pro
founder statements in relation to
man have ever been uttered. No at
tempt here to explain mans iden-
tity in terms OF corporeality. True
identity, yours. lis the reflection of
Spirit So ends liability to disease
and danger.
Turning again 10 page AIS, we
find that the Discoverer and Found
er OF Christian Science describes
man as the compound idea OF God.
including all right ideas" Really,
then, man is composite reflection
OF all Gods qualities-the qualities
OF respondent Life, Mind, Soul,
Principle, words so frequently used
by Christian Science in defining
Deity.
What are these qualities? vigor,
courage. intelligence, integrity,
sympathy, and score OF others
that will readily occur to you.
Enumerate them, gratefully ac-
knowledging that they are yours as
the Eternals witness. Almost i'm
medfately will you feel uplifted be-
cause you have identified yourself.
as you should, with divine Principle.
which IN Its full Specification is
Mind. Life and Love.
When Paul was in this mood he
wrote, in his graphic and colorful
way, "Ye are the temple OF the liv-
Ing God" A temple is a place where
people gather. Gathered in your
spiritual self are the vitalities and
graces OF unending Life.
All of which reminds us OF Jesus
pronouncemens, II and my Father
are one" II drop OF water in the
Mississippi River could speak. 1t
would proclaim, 81 and the Missis-
sippt are one; and the chemist
would confirm the statement, for
ne knows that centered in a single
drop are all the properties OF the
Father OF Waters. The drop IS in
the river, yes. but the river Is in
the drop. You are in the mighty
river OF Life. 1t envelopes you; It
permeates you; you are inseparable
from It. Can the wave be disjoined
from the water? No more can you
be detached from self-existent Life.