The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-11
Prayer


assured us "availeth much" Science
and Health teaches (p. 206): Will
power is capable Of all evil. II can
never heal the sick. for II Is the
prayer OF the unrighteous; while the
exercise OF the sentimentS-hope.
faith, love-is the prayer OF the
righteous. This prayer. governed by
Science instead OF the senses. heals
the sick" II heals sin likewise, and
all the woes that beset mortal ex-
istence.
Self-will urges, my will be done
not Thy will-the human. not the
divine. It may be seen by this that
the basic error, from which all
wrongs proceed, Is the wrong Of
acknowledging more than the one
Mind, one God. Here, We learn, Is
the first idolatry. Most people today
would be very much surprised and
perhaps wholly incredulous to be
told that they were idolstrous. Idol
airy is generally interpreted TO mean
bowling down TO craven images. But
since God is Mind, Spirit. and since
God Is one and omnipotent, then
TO love, fear, or recognize as real
and potent any other mind or any
other substance or law, must mean
departure from faith in the one
God, and lead TO many forms OF
idolatry and superstition. 1t means
praying or appealing TO the false
gods OF sense.
One phase OF modern idolatry Is.
bowling down TO ever-changing ma
terial health laws. The belief that
one can live in total ignorance OF
what constitutes health--the whole
ness and harmony Of being-and,
when aSsailed by discordant con-
ditions, depend upon material the
cries for protection and healing, is
to trust in the NEUROLOGICAL god
Of matter. This claim, that matter
can be both cause and cure OF dis
ease, is infidelity to the allneSs and
oneness of Mind, God. Idolatrous
beliefs claiming TO be sins. various
forms Of disease, Of poverty. sorrow,
or failure cannot exist as facts, and
condition us; and in the presence OF
Truth understood and affirmed, this
fact is demonstrated, and the erro-
neous conditions disappear.
That universal prayer taught US
by the great Teacher, Healer, and
Exemplar, Christ Jesus, closes with
these words: Thine is the king
dom, and the power, and the glory.
for ever" These are divinels def
mite words. They place all power
and government with God. In these
times OF changing concepts as TO
government, the exalting OF the su-
perman sense Of sovereignty, the
vainglory OF human-will rulership,
Christian nations need more and
more fervently, more clear-sightedly
than ever, to ponder this prayer
which the Founder G. OF our faith
left us.
We cannot always know how the
answer to prayer will be made man.
ifest, but we do know through the
teachings of Christian Science that
righteous prayer is always answered;
weknow that the government shall
be upon his shoulder" in other
words, we have learned that the
divine Mind governs every idea. That
which claims TO be unprincipled gov
eminent cannot endure in the light
Of this scientific knowledge which
ultimately will rend asunder every
bond claiming TO restrict and en-
slave the human race.
The prayer Of the ancient proph-
cts for the consolation of Israel,
which they believed would come
through the Messiah, vas answered
In the advent OF Christ Jesus. He
came in accord with prophecy to
prove mans unity with the divine
nature, and 10 reveal his spiritual
sonship, or Christ. Later, when his
earthly mission was drawing TO a
close, he promised his followers that
he would pray the Father that He
would send another Comforter, who
would abide with them forever, even
the Spirit Of truth. This prayer. too,
was answered. Later John foresaw,
in his vision Of the Apocalypse, what
was TO follow upon the coming OF
that Comforter, the incorporeal
Christ, or Truth, which would re-
veal complete spiritual harmony.
Mrs Eddy's constant prayer was
that she might know God, UNDER
stand and demonstrate the divine
nature, which transcends all ma
terial sense evidence. This prayer.
too, was answered, In her discovery
that the promised Comforter is di-
vine Science. This second and final
coming in Christian Science is the
advent Of the incorporeal Christ,
the Spirit Of truth which the Mas
ter promised would come and guide
into all truth, and abide forever.
Demonstration
Demonstration is a word continu-
ally used in Christian Science, for
the reason that scientific Christian
ity consists in the demonstration Of
the divine nature. IL Is the print
tive Christianity OF works, Of signs
following" In proof Of the correct
ness Of its teaching. This word was
used by Paul in his letter TO the
/ Christian workers in Corinth: And
my speech and my preaching was
not with enticing words Of mans
wisdom, but in demonstration Of
the Spirit and Of power: that your
faith should not stand In the wis
dom Of men, but in the power Of
God" Mrs. Eddy defined demon
stration" Science and Health, p.
34 as Emmanuel, or God iDith u.s.
proof of the divine power working
in human experience.
To demonstrate the divine nature
as Life means overcoming all the
appearances Of anything OPPOSED
TO eternal. omnipresent Life. Hence
| Il must include the complete de-