Montana labor news., 1944-02-24
A LECTURE ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

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spirituality. Wrong physical conditions
are due to wrong thinking; therefore we
must not endeavor to heal the effect
but to correct its cause. It is better to
purify water at its fountainhead than at
its point of use.
If one were in a swamp and climbed
out onto firm ground, the swamp would
not go with him; its nature would keep
it back. Even so, as we climb out Of
the bog of material belief onto the firm
ground of spiritual understanding, sin,
sickness, evil cannot go with us, for the
inherent nature or falsity of all error
keeps it from going into Gods presence.
If one steps out of darkness into the
light, the darkness cannot follow, and it
is powerless to stop progress.
1t is sometimes asked. How can my
thinking bring a disease which I never
thought of, or of which I had not even
heard? We do not have to think OF or
fear a specific disease to have it. If
we believe we live in matter, then the
door is open for all the errors inherent
in such a belief. The understanding Of
Christian Science gives one a spiritual
basis Of thought and closes the door to
all suggestion of evil. Therefore. if our
lives are controlled by physical think
ing, we should not be surprised at con-
ditions which are presented. On the
other hand, however, if u thoughts
have an upward trend, are spiritual, or
acts the demonstration Of the power Of
God. then our collective surroundings
will be harmonious and this environment
of good will bring to us glories and joys
unknown, unthought Of before. Let our
inspiration be always new, acknowledge
ing the fact that the only real environ
ment can have is good, and thus expose
and reject the falsehood which would
insist that man lives in matter instead
of in the kingdom of good.
The Great Religious Leader
Mary Baker Eddy realized the omnipo-
tence of good. She was a deeply religious
woman, and when she was lying at the
portals of death, the Bible was the book
to which she naturally turned for COM
fort. Reading it with an exalted expect
ancy, she received her healing from an
injury. This healing was a miracle to
her friends, but the revealed power re-
sponsible for the healing was to Mrs.
Eddy a discovery which has since placed
her in the forefront of the emancipators
of mankind.
From childhood Mrs, Eddy had sought
to know God, to be influenced only by
good, by love, and her prayers prepared
her for the great gift through which she
was to bless mankind, the angel, the
message of good, touched her conscious
ness, and in later years she stepped forth
glorified as the Discovered and Founder
of Christian Science, the greatest re
lgious Leader since the advent Of our
Master.
After her healing, one thought was
paramount with Mrs. Eddy-to know how
she was healed and to be able to heal
others. With no human help to encour-
age her, but much done to defeat her
purpose, one marvels at her courage.
When one studies her life and writings,
one realizes that she knew that she was
not alone but within the loving guild
ance and protection of God. As a con-
she went with joy the way
which lay before her.
The world, content in its sleep in mat
ter, did not wish for and only reluctantly
accepted what she had to offer-the un-
derstanding of divine Principle, through
which good can be demonstrated, expert
enced, lived. oh, the wonder of this dis
and the glory Of the life which
made the discovery possiblel
The human race can pay its debt to
God and to Christ Jesus in just one way,
and that is to follow the leadership of
Mrs. Eddy as she follows the Christ. Her
life was always a gentle, loving one, yet
strong in guidance, fearless in rebuking
evil, ever a wakeful shepherd folding her
in the night of trials or feeding
them upon the hills of spiritual Judea
in the sunshine of awakened conscious
ness, the glory of the presence and
power of good.
The great gift which Mrs. Eddy gave
to us is Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures Truly, this textbook
Of Christian Science is the key to the
Scriptures, unlocking the sacred pages
so that we can understand and be able
to demonstrate the truth about God and
man. Next to the Bible, Science and
Health is the greatest book ever pre-
scented TO the world for its help and sal
Well may we thank God for u Mas
ter, for his life of sacrifice in showing
the way to the demonstration of the
power Of Life over death, and for Mrs.
Eddy, whose discovery gave us the under
standing Of the Comforter so that we also
may with assurance demonstrate the
always-available, omnipotent power Of