Montana labor news., 1945-02-01

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fest its majesty and might in healing
and saving mankind. He greatly desired
to be understood In this respect mot only
by his immediate disciples but by others
also. so that men OF his own time, and
years to come, might realize that his
demonstrations of the Christ as man
kinds impersOnal Saviour fulfilled Scrip
tural prophecy. and so gave impetus to
his divine mission.
We Live in Mental Universe
1t is becoming better understood that
we live in a spiritually mental universe
This, however, is not apparent to mortal
material sense, which can cognize only
materialty. One learns in Christian
Science that mans true being is spiritual
This should be apparent to ALL for God
is Spirit and man created in Gods like
ness must necessarily be spiritual. There
can be no other man.
The account Of creation which is given
in the first chapter Of the book OF
Genesis, studied in the light Of Christian
Science-and it should be kept in mind
that all Christian Science demonstrations
are based on the understanding Of true
creation-shows clearly that Cod is the
one infinite, divine Mind, the only in
telligence, the only creator, that all that
really exists reflects and expresses this
one creative Mind and that man is
Minds highest idea.
In this light it is also seen that the
purpose of the allegory which is pre-
| sented in the second and third chapters
Of Genesis is to show the unreality OF
matter and evil, or the so-called mortal
mind, in contradistinction to the grand
reality Of Gods perfect spiritual crea-
ton. Rightly interpreted this allegory
exposes the status of mortal man-shows
that this so-called man is a falsity, a
mere counterfeit Of the man of Gods
creating He has no status.
Man Is Gods Reflection
Because man is created in Gods like
ness he possesses all the qualities Of his
creator by reflection. AS each ray of
light from the sun is an expression OF
the mature and quality Of that orb, even
so, in a far higher sense, the true being
Of each one Of us manifests infinite
Mind, or God This Illustration gives
one a clear sense of his inseparability
from God, and helps one to see the ne
cessity Of intelligently denying the exist
ence Of any mind except God the divine
Mind
The logic is indeed lame which declares
that God, divine Spirit, has created man
as he is seen through material sense and
explained by physiology and anatomy
Such logic falls before the revelation and
demonstration Of Christian Science.
If Cod creates mortals or aids in their
creation, then He must be a limited and
finite deity Such a belief detracts from
the majesty Of God, it beclouds His
wisdom, belittles His intelligence, denies
the teachings Of Jesus and the apostles,
and precludes demonstration Of spnitu-
al being
Is not God Omnipotent Spirit? Is He
not infinite Mind, eternal Truth, and
ever present divine Love? Is He not
omniactive Life? The Scriptures declare
that He is and also indicate that He is
the Soul of all true existence, and the
Principle-not a principle, but the one
divine Principle Of man and the mi-
verse.
Spirit, Mind, Truth, Love. Life, Soul
Principle-these are Synonymous terms
Carefully considered, they are seen to
indicate Gods Interchangeable goodness
and loving-kindness, His whOleness, His
allness, together with the perfection Of
man and the universe, which are em-
braced in the allness Of that one omnipO-
tent, Omniscient, and cmnipresent Be
ing. Christian Science is teaching me
to understand God as He is revealed
through these synonymous terms and to
utilize their knowledge of Him as Jesus
dd in the healing Of sickness, sorrow,
and sin.
The Way to Understand Mans
10 God
The true understanding Of God and of
mans real being, inseparable from Him,
confers a glorious sense of freedom and /
true dominion. Then how wise 10 seek
this understanding The way is plainly |
marked in Christian Science. The fol- |
lowing statement from Science and |
Health Cp. 3l6) is enlightening: The /
real man being linked by Science to his /
Maker, mortals need only turn from sin |
and lose sight Of mortal selfhood to find .
Christ, the real man and his relation to
Sod, and to recognize the divine SON
ship"
Here someone may inquire, Is It not
iifficult to lose sight Of mortal selfhood?
No, it is not if one really desires to
hink rightly and live rightly. to reject
alse material sense testimony, and to
owe Cod or good supremely.
I once knew man whose sight had
,een fast failing him. He had been a,
professional gambler and used marked
ards. He did not know then that this
.rror was the cause Of his failing sight.
Eye doctors were unable to help him,
md as a last resort he called on a
christian Science practitioner. He did
lot tell her that his principal object in
iesiring to regain normal sight was that
ie might see clearly the markings on
he cards. However, the practitioner told
lin that, as his part Of the work, he
must agree to read Science and Health
very day. He did so, and she worked
mentally to uncover the error which had
zen causing the failing sight
The result was that very shortly it
awned on him, and became more and
nore clear. that he had been allowing
vii to dull his conscience to the extent
4 making him believe that he could
ind profit in dishonesty, and that there
7as no harm in winning money from
hose who were foolish enough to gamble
nth him.