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pie, Life Truth, Love. These vari
ous designations Of Deity may be II
part startling TO the average Bibll
student. and the ucwnnSS or strange.
ness Of Christian Science TO the be-
ginner Is apparent when he attempts
to apply this spiritual concept q
Deity In all It's logical sequences n
his daily living. For instance. thu
whole human family fears Feal
seems 70 be almost instructive, and
yet 1t Is obviously inconsistent with
the concept OF God being wholly
good Humanity believes In pain
but how can there be pain m the
creation Of Lover Mortals believe
In death. but how can death ever
occur or exist In the realm Of Ltfe7
And so. with each imperfect or In
harmonious concept OF life. It Is ut
once found TO be inconsistent with
the true apprehension OF God Chris
tan Science continually reminds us
that 1t is necessary TO have always
In consciousness the proper concept
Of God. Since God Is infinite. we can
never exhaust the subject There Is
always more to be known about God
than we have known. and always
more to be proved concerning God
than we have proved
Paul makes this demand for con-
slant thinking Of God by saying:
Rejoice evermore. Pray without
ceasing" II man be always hold
ing In thought the omnipotent and
ornnipresent goodness and love of
God. then ne would Of necessity be
rejoicing. To pray always Is of
course 10 have In thought the allDeSs
and goodness Of God. There win
then be no expectation OF accident,
Of sickness, or Of harm. Whatever
suggestion of discord or inharmony
may come 10 the human conscious
ness, that suggestion Is repudfated
and rendered void Of effect by that
consciousness which Is filed with
God. Thus God does become to the
Christian Scientist all that Is 30
tenderiy voiced IN the immortal
twenty third Psalm. This Psalm Is
especially treasured by Christian
Scientists because of its spiritual In
depreciation as given by Mrs. Eddy
In the textbook, where she has SUBJ
stituted the word Love" for Deity.
Therein we read that divine Love is
our shepherd, that Love makes US TO
lie down In green pastures and leads
US beside still waters. that Love pre-
pares the table before us in the
presence Of our enemies, that Love
anoints our head with oil; and
finally that we shall dwell IN the
consciousness of Love forever.
Man
Humanity has apparently labored
through the centuries under the de-
fusion that man fell from his high
estate as Gods child or likeness, and
that this fall was so real that hts
salvation ultimately depends upon
some miraculous or supernatural In
PREVENTION Of Deity IN his behalf.
SO, Jesus mission has been largely
misinterpreted. and the general be-
lief has been that mans salvation
must come through the vicarious
sacrifice Of the Saviour. In other
words, that Jesus gave up his life
that man might have eternal hfe,
whereas the crucifxion and the
resurrection illustrated and demon
strated Jesus teaching that the
power Of God understood and relied
UPON does overcome the mortal be-
lief of disease and death. The COM
mon belief about the crucifixion Is
obviously superstitious, and incon-
sistent with reason: and Is the re-
suit Of failure 70 understand mans
creation as recorded IN the first
chapter OF Genesis. The Bible record
Is that God created man in his own
image, In the image OF God created
he him; male and female created he
them" Then It Is added that man
was 70 have dominion
Consistent with this account. man
Is then spiritual. In the likeness OF
Spirit. Man is idea, In the likeness
of Mind. Man Is the expression OF
health and life. in the likeness OF
Life. Man Is not up and down, but
has constant dominion even in the
image and likeness of Principle. This
Is the concept OF man that Jesus
brought. and taught TO humanity. He
taught that men gain freedom In
knowing and in living the truth, and
that men need never see death II
they keep Jesus sayings. Indeed,
he counseis his followers TO be per-
feet even as the Father in heaven
Is perfect. He promised that they
could do all the works that he did.
and even greater ones. In his final
instructions he commands his stu
dents 70 go into all the world and
teach his doctrines and 10 heal the
sick and the SHINING. Thus Chris
tan Science shows that salvation for
mankind Is offered through Jesus,
but through his life and his work
rather than through his death. In
deed, II shows that Jesus' browning
demonstration IN his resurrection
was over the claim and belief OF
death. revealing the perfect, eternal
life Of man In Gods image.
Christian Science teaches that
man has never fallen, but that q
mist, or error. has seemed to shut
from view the real man-God's child
and has provided an unreal OF
false concept of man that Is mate
rial, and that lives and moves and
has his being not In God. but II
matter. This false view Of man 4
responsible for all disoord, sin. dis
case. poverty. hate. and death
Treatment
The purpose and promise Of Chris.
tlan Science Is 10 bring dominion o.
salvation to mankind, or, TO put 4
in another way. IS TO reveal to hu-
manity man as he really Is, and
thereby destroy the false beliefs ant
fears Of human consciousness. 1t 4
following Paul's teaching TO put Of
or destroy In belief the old man o
voottor and 20 put on or TO under