The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-23

eu HUT ueledVeu, HO IOunu nor par" alyzed, but active, whole, free at all times to express your true be- ing as the perfect harmonious child of God.
 Circulation of the Comforting Christ
 Paul wrote to the church at Cor inth: Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforeth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, but the comforth where- with we ourselves are comforted of God" The word comfort" as you know, is derived from two Latin words, "cum" meaning with" and forts" meaning strength. Then comfort means with strnegth." To comfort one in trouble with words of Truth and Love quiets the anxious and fearful mortals thought, and restores ones God-given, nor- nal, natural strength and peace. And we who have been comforted of God should comfort others with reassur1ng words of His goodness and mercy. We must replace their thoughts of grief, sin, fear, weak ness, or pain, with the comforting thoughts of joy, holiness, and har- nony.
 We read in the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days" In other words, good thoughts and deeds, put into circulation, will some day find their way back to us.
 According to the dictionary, "cir- culation" means "the act of moving around, or sending from place to place." But spiritually understood circulation means activity of thoughts or ideas. As ideas or good thoughts originate in Mind or God and are constantly being expressed by man, their circulation cannot really be impeded, stagnated, or ob- structed.
 Tn the article, "One Cause and Effect" found in Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 22), Mrs. Eddy says that "al true thoughts revolve in Gods orbits; they come from God and return to Him." so, naturally, as we pattern this divine activity and cast the bread of Life, the words of Truth and Love, upon the waters of mortal, human, experience, we shall find 1t returning and blessing us after many days.
 As we practice the Golden Rule, doing unto others as we would have them do unto us, we shall complete the spiritual, divine contact, where- by we feel the warmth of Gods love, the power of His truth, and the light of His Word.
 Suffering is caused by refusing to circulate thoughts of Truth and Love, by rebelling against Gods command to love Him supremely and our neighbor as ourselves. Re- bellious, resentful, stubborn, mali cious, or fearful throughts act as an obstructing, paralyzing, conkesting, opposing force in the human con- sciousness to the oncoming streaem of right ideas proceeding from God, the divine Mind, and there is conse- quent lack of harmony and normal activity called disease.
 The Christianity scientific giving out of hope. joy, love. affection, courage, forgiveness can melt away any seeming growth of selfishness: wash away any poisonous element of envy and hatred; can heal any cutting soreness of criticism: and can awaken us from any stupe- flying, apathetic manifestation of sensualism or materialism, proving Paul's vital words, T can do all things through Christ wh ich strengtheneth me-" in other words, I can do all things through Christ, which comforeth me.
 Mrs. Eddy's Contribution to the
 Gospel
 Christ Jesus. loving example of studious, tireless, painstaking effort to give wisely and generously of his treasures of Truth and Love to sick, sinful, suffering humanity was fol- lowed closely by Mrs. Eddy.
 In 1866, when all other mental and material means had failed her, Mrs. Eddy was raised from a bed of suffering by the comforting hand of God.
 For three years after her recov- cry she devoted all her time to the work of discovering the Science of her healing. and as the result of this unselfish labor, the world today has the gospel of Christian Science. Christian Science offers to all man. kind a demonstrable understanding of the Bible, thus proving the Bibles own teaching, and making that God-inspired volume an open book for all to read and understand. The Bible was the work of inspired men whose mentality was prepared to receive Gods Word. and the Scrip lures must be spiritually interpreted in order to grasp their true mean ing.
 Mrs. Eddy aroused worldwide dis approval when she boldly declared that the allness of God. Spirit, or matter or evil with all its diseases. sin, and death. She knew that hu- manity needed to learn the falsity of all conclusions based on belief in matter, and alone she began her gigantic task of world redemption from sin and disease, satisfied in her heart that what had been God revealed to her would be God-sls- tained and nourished. When we con- sider what she accomplished in her earthly experience. we can under stand why Mrs. Eddy has been des- ignated by disinterested persons as