Montana labor news., 1944-02-24

no change in its character or opera
ton, and it is also made plain to US that
man is always like God, always His
image; so held by unvarying Principle.
Thus the divine image, man, is never
more nor less than the likeness of God.
With this understanding of the con
troll of Principle, we do not try to heal
man, nor to make a sick mortal perfect;
but rather we realize the impossibility
of the real man experiencing any sick
ness. According to Principle a condi-
ton is real and good, or it does not
exist-it is, or it is not, Man is like
God, never unlike Him. Man can never
be out Of heaven, for it is the only home
he can know, the only place he can be.
This truth is based upon the omnipres-
ence, the allness of God, good. The real
man is your true selfhood, perfect in
every way. When this truth is scien-
tifically known, there will be no attempt
to heal the image of God, but the need
will be seen to destroy the erroneous
suggestion which insists that mar is
sick. In healing sickness, no reality,
no true substance, no life or intelligence
is destroyed; it is the false believe that
man is imperfect and subject to the
conditions of that belief which is cast
out of consciousness.
In our healing work we do not start
with the acknowledgment Of sickness to
obtain health, but We begin with health,
with harmony, the natural, spiritual
status Of man, to prove it true. By so
doing one does not struggle to make
matter spiritual, Or evil good; he awak-
ems to the fact that in truth man is
spiritual and good in every way. There
is no separation between God and man,
no lost condition Of good for man to
regain.
1t would appear at times that we
become mesmerized by the suggestion
that we are in distress, and then We
work ever 50 hard to be rid of a condi-
ton which in reality we do not and
cannot possess. All that is necessary is
to become conscious of our real self
hood and live it in demonstration. There
is in reality no sick man, for man, gods
image, is always well.
AS we see that man reflects God, we
see that man expresses good only. Our
Master, Christ Jesus, perceived the eX-
preston of the omnipotence Of good, and
the qualities which he knew he possessed
he recognized as present in others. It
is evident that he saw the creation of
God expressed in man. It is possible
for all to do likewise.
1t is well to maintain that the real
man can have only good, and as we
understand this truth and hold to it, we
shall not accept any evil condition as
true or even as temporarily touching
man and then endeavor to overcome it.
John the Baptist gives us an illuminat-
ing statement. "A man can receive
nothing, except it be given him from
heaven Because we can receive only
good, only love. from heaven, it is evil
dent that the only condition that man
can have is good. Man cannot have,
cannot receive, sin, sickness, or any other
untoward condition from the governing
Principle, good. In other words, man can
have only what God gives, can have
only harmony. Mrs. Eddy in her text
book gives us a powerful c%orroborative
statement lp. $3.50: Go. could never
impart an element Of evil, and man
possesses nothing which he has not de-
rived from God" Man has all that God
gives, and as God is good, then good is
the gift Of infinite Love to man.
Some years ago there was living on
Cape Cod a woman of much experience,
who was greatly loved and revered by
her townspepole. She was asked for the
reason Of this very evident affection
for the governing impulse of her life.
Then she told that as a little girl she
was sitting by the knee of an aunt who
read to her an account of another little
girl who had saved the life of a play
mate. Whereupon the niece exclaimed,
ooh, if I could do something big like
thatl' The aunt out of her wisdom