The midland journal., 1942-11-06

Christ. Scientist, I'm Boston MASSACHUSETTS
Christian Science has come to the
world with its kindly, healing message
to reassure us that the attainment
of heaven now is not vain hope but
a present, demonstrable possibility
It lifts our gaze from the despair OF
material living to Life divine, to the
realization of Gods love for us and
all that this love beholds. This love
Of God is tender, thoughtful, ever
capable of supplying our needs, al
ways at hand to help when that help
is prayerfully and honestly sought.
True prayer is not sent forth in vain;
it does not disappoint, but it brings to
bear fruitage that is most satisfy
ing and sustaining.
Are you trying hard to understand
Christian Science? Are you finding it
difficult to know and to love God? Are
some of you finding it impossible to
be rid of sin, sickness, discourage
ment, lack, or loneliness? If so, you
can turn with assurance to Christian
Science, for it heals the sick, binds up
the brokenhearted, brings peace in
place of discord-truly it gives US a
practical concept Of what heaven
really is.
Christian Science is not hard to
understand. You will find it is simple,
provided you are willing to give up
preconceived ideas or opinions based
upon an experience in evil, in disap-
pointments, which come in hours OF
sickness, or in Illustration of your
attempts to have and to know good.
It is necessary to be willing to give
up the old for keen desire to accept
the new concept. When the steam en-
CINE was invented and applied to what
we now know as railroads, it met with
much opposition. It was believed to
carry evil spirits; that it would bring
disaster upon the people, to the ami
mails on the farms, and to the birds OF
the air; that sustained travel at ten
miles an hour would bring death. But
it is very plain that the new method
could be fitted into the old way OF
transportation, and people had to
change over to the new way.
Therefore, the first step towards
finding the simplicity of Christian
Science is to have the mental pliability
to approach the subject with an open
thought, willing to accept it's simple
vet profound reasoning even if at first
it appears contradictory to much
which was formerly believed.
To approach the subject it is well
to know how Christian Science is de-
fined. In fundamental Divine Science"
(p. u, Mary Baker Eddy, the Dis
coverer and Founder of Christian Sci
ence, defines it as "the law of God,
the law of good, interpreting and
demonstrating the divine Principle
and rule of universal harmony"
Here we have the statement that
the claw Of good" is demonstrating
universal harmony. And because har-
mony is universal, you are included
within the blessing. It is not an ex-
travagant statement to assert that
you already know some OF the results
of the law Of good; but to understand
it, you do need the teaching of Chris
tian Science, which makes the rough
places plain to the honest inquirer.
The Christian world accepts the fact
that God is the Giver of all good. At
this moment He is giving you good so
that you may awaken to what is true
about yourself. The very fact that
you are here is an indication that you
desire to know more about God, more
about yourself, so that you may turn
from mortality and express your
natural spiritual intelligence, wisdom,
joy, energy, health. Christian Science
reveals the almighty power of good
to anyone who will accept and practice
its teachings.
Perfect God and Perfect Man
All spiritual healing is based upon
the understanding and acceptance of
q perfect God and perfect man. We
know logically and from experience
that like produces like. Jesus referred
to this truth when he said: eye shall
know them by their fruits. Do men
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
thistles 2" The vegetable is not pro-
duced from the animal, nor the animal
from the mineral. Whether you accept
the fact or not, God is absolutely per-
feet and is the only creator in the
universe. If we start with God as the
only creator, entirely good in every
way, and remember that like produces
like, we have, consequently, perfect
God and perfect creation. Thus we
accept the statement Of Mrs. Eddy in
the textbook which she has given to
the world entitled "Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" which
reads Up. 259), "The Christlike under
standing of scientific being and divine
healing includes a perfect Principle
and idea, God and perfect
man,-as the basis of thought and
demonstration" The Investigator Of
Christian Science might almost wonder
at this statement. What-a perfect
man! And he makes this exclamation
because he believes man to be mortal,
hasinU his concaut Iln0n what ha