The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-12

inside his mind In this connection
how pertinent j. Mrs Eddys ad-
monitor The FIRST Church -
. Christ Scientist. and MISCELLANY. n.
2iol Beloved Christian Scientists.
keen your minds - filled with
Truth and Love. that IN. disease.
ard death cannot enter them II
Is plain that nothing can he added
10 the mind already full There IL
no door through which evil can en-
ter. and no space for evil 10 I'm IN
= mind filled with goodness. Good
thoughts are an imperyious sTmor.
clad herewith you are completely
shielded from the attacks Of error
Of every sort. And not only your
selves are safe, but all whom your
thoughts rest upon are thereby
benefited
Ged's WIN
You may have heard Il said re-
garding some difficult experience.
whether it was an illness against
which the person had been con-
tending. or an inharmoniouS en-
vironment which had been wearing
on his sensihilities. This is Gods
will. and must resign myself 10
II How did u ever come about
that distressing situations were at
tfibuted 10 the will Of God Was II
because that which IS difficult 10
endure Is supposed to be good for
one > As child said about some
medicine he was told 10 take. This
must he awfully good for me. IL
tastes So bad Or, WAS 1t because
that which could not be satisfac-
torily explained. was attributed TO
God
In this age Mary Baker Eddy
has revealed Gods will clearly. Let
us review briefly her experience.
Those OF you who are acquainted
with the events which attended the
beginning of the Christian Science
movement may recall that on the
evening Of Thursday, February I.
1866. Mrs. Eddy was on her way,
with a group Of friends. 10
Good Templars' meeting in Lynn,
Massachusetts; that she fell upon
the icy street and was severely in
jured; that the doctor who was
called by her friends found her in
juries 10 be internal and of a seri-
Gus nature. and that she was re-
moved 10 her home the following
day. though in a very critical con-
dition.
On Sunday she called for her
Bible and began reading the ac-
count Of the healing. by Jesus. of
the palsied man. and as she read
she had great spiritual expert
ence 80 the realization then and
there Of the presence and power of
God. In that moment all pain van
ished. She rose from her bed,
dressed. and walked into the parlor
where her clergyman and a few
friends were waiting. In that mo-
ment, Mrs. Eddy did more than ex-
perience n relief from physical
suffering. She received revela-
ton of God and His will for which
she had been fitting herself for
many years.
During a number Of years pre-
vious to this time Mrs. Eddy had
been at times quite III. and had
tried in various ways 10 recover
her health. But when she found
herself in condition which /
neither medicine nor surgery
could reach" (Retrospection and
lntrospection. p. 2D. she turned To /
the Bible 10 study the healings Of
our Master. There was the record /.
of Jesus healing all manner Of /
sickness and all manner of disease +
among the people" and the ques- T
ton doubtless arose in her mind. In .
thus healing the sick, was Jesus
acting in defiance Of. or in accord /
ance with. Gods law? She thought +
this question through to its logical /
conclusion. and has given us the +
answer in our textbook. This is IL
Up. 1851: Because man-made sys-
TENS insist that man becomes sick +
and useless. suffers and dies. all in F
consonance with the laws OF God.
are We to believe it, Are we 10 be-
lieve an authority which denies
Gods spiritual command relating
10 peffection.-an authority which
Jesus proved TO be false ? He did
the will Of the Father. lie healed
sickness in defiance OF what IN
called material law, but in accord
ance with God. law. tn. law OF
Mind"
When the truth about God and
His will dawned upon Mrs Eddy. II
revealed the infinite goodness and
love Of God, and dispelled any false
belief that God was the producer Of
sickness, or that II was any part Of
His plan. II revealed also that evil
Of every kind j. not Of God. and II
therefore destructible. unreal Mrs.
Eddy then accepted the spiritual
fact about herself that she was
well; and the result vas. as she
tells US in Miscellaneous Writings"
fp. 2D. Il rose. dressed myself. I
and ever after was in better health
than had before enjoyed"
Mrs. Eddy then began to put her
new-found understanding OF God 10
the test. one Of her earliest demon
vas the healing Of a boy