The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-17

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ton"
Likewise IN music. art ls~,
agriculture. mechanics. there Ia no
real achievement contrary "a
hssic rightne.. In teaching his
students how TO pray. Jesus indi-
Gated that they should restrain
mere human wishing. should cul-
tivste instead true desires. that
God's will be done in earth a. In
heaven. Explaining the unsrring
effectiveness Of his prayers. he
said he kept himself atone with
divine Spirit. 30 that II was literal
~ the Father doing the works In
and through the son.
Surely II was natural, not mir
sculous. that sin. disease. lack.
death. utterly unlike God. should
lose the semblsnos Of reality In
the spiritual consciousness Of the
Saviour. The great healer taught
his followers 10 pray ss he did.
that they too might he Christian
heslers
Jesus declared his teachings
would not pass away. They have
not passed away, but are available
today 10 all who are ready and
willing to comply with the un-
changed requirements. The re-
suits are now. as always. in per-
fectly exact accord with the de-
gree OF christlikeness. Jesus
made II plain that grapes are not
gathered from thorns, nor figs
from thistles. but good fruit 10 Of
good tree. Prayer that 10 effec-
tual II the prayer Of the righteous.
the right thinking Of the right
thinker.
THE NATURE OF EVIL
"As named In Christian
Science" writes Mrs. Eddy on
page i03 OF Science and Health.
animal magnetism or hypnotism
IL the specific term for error. or
mortal mind. II 10 the false be-
lief that mind In In matter. and In
both evil and good: that evil In as
real as good and more powerful"
We all have dreamed. We may
recall how real the events In \
dream appeared 10 be. Those who
have experienced the dream state
produced by hypnotism may re-
member how convincing were the
incidents therein. The sense Of
identity seemed accurate. The re-
actions OF JOY. sorrow. fear. pain.
could not have been more vivid
had they been true. But they
were not true. II was not really
you. II was not anyone.
Coming out Of the dream state,
whether induced OF natural" one
In aware that his sense of himself
had been misdireeted into q realm
Of illusion. more or less out ~
control. Things that seemed good
In the dream are seen Tn have been
Of no value. the bad things Of no
harm. Awakening puts an end
to them all
II mortal existence anything
like that. Are its conditions and
events. otherwise unaccountable on
any reasonable basis, 10 be ex-
planned after all a. possibly more
over on the dream side than we
had suspected , Many thinkers. in
Guiding writers Of books In the
Bible. have been strongly Of this
opinion.
Mrs. Eddy did not offer Chris
tan Science 10 the public until she
had proved through many heal
ings the correctness Of her dis
coyery that the reality Of being
includes no evil. Today the
Science Of Christianity il widely
prseticsd throughout the world.
Countless thousands Of men and
women now know from personal
experience and observation that
sin. disease. and disaster are not
the devastating realities they were
once believed 10 be: that evil Of
all kinds yields To awakening
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. as spiritual
sense eliminates animal msgne-
tism or hypnousm the false
belief that mind IL in matter" .
shoddy counterfeit n intelligence.
THE OVERCOMING or
LACK
ChriEtia. Science heals poverty
in the same manner that sickness
and sin are healed. through the
renewing Of the mind. as ST Paul
puts H. Inspired writers repeated
ly have asserted that thought ad-
juS,ed to the divine nature Will
bear fruit after It's kind" Jesus
gave the unfsihng rule for sue
cess when he said. Seek ys first
the kingdom Of God. and his right-
eousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you" This
kingdom. the Master said. II
within YOU" and at hand .
therefore the Individual Christian
has the right 10 feel that the es-
sentizl completeness Of reality Il
present. not absent. and only
needs 10 BE- realized in order 10 Be-
enjoyed.
A tivinsIy intelligent and low
ing creator has not made a man
10 De Impoverished any more than
10 De sick Or sinful Poverty. like
disease and ain. involves a mis-