Montana labor news., 1945-02-01

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Fort Leayenworth. At one time there
was a violent influenza epidemic at that
place, and it seemed necessary for me
to call on a young fellow who was down
with the FLU"
All the doctors, nurses, and attendants
in that ward wore protective gauze
masks, but went in there without one.
A young medico came to me after had
been talking for about ten minutes with
the boy, and asked me what was doing
in there without a mask I told him I
did not think I needed one.
You'll get the flu sure" he said.
No." replied, Il feel quite sure I'll
be all right"
"Oh, I forgot" he said. You're a
Christian Scientist. are you not?"
yes" I replied.
You don't believe in germs, do you?'
he asked rather sneeringly.
mo, don't" I replied.
"Wel you will after I show you some.9 D
he clustered.
Then he went hastily to cupboard
and brought out a large bottle half filled
with an amber liquid of some sort. He
held it before my eyes, and triumphantly
exclaimed: There they are. See them?
Look closely, All those little dark things
you see there are influenza germs"
Well I said, that is quite interest
ing, but I still don't believe in germs
If did, I should be wearing a mask as
you have on"
He looked at me very seriously and
said, Maybe you're right and I'm
wrong"
Magnifying Coed
Every earnest student of Christian
Science practices his religion, therefore,
at all times and in all circumstances
endeavor to cognize man as Gods reflec-
ton So doing they benefit the world,
for scientific right thinking goes forth
with power immeasurable.
20 magnify the LORD with me" sang
the Psalmist. We should keep on en-
larging our comprehension of God, and
certainly Of man also. for his true being
is Gods perfect likeness.
Out at sea, not long ago, I looked
through pair of binoculars at a large
ship a long distance away The glasses
brought her quite close to view, so that
activity was seen on deck. Then reyers-
ing the binoculars I looked through the
wrong end The ship appeared to be
very tiny almost lost to view. This in
cident can very well illustrate what
should be our attitude toward our fell
low man Let us not reverse our mental
binoculars and look at him as unloving,
sick, shining, and dying. Let us look at
him the right way Let us bring him
closer to our thought Let us enlarge
upon his good qualities Let us endeavor
to see him as Cod sees him, active, pure,
strong, joyous, and free. We should al
ways remember that by magnifying good
we diSarm evil, and are able more readily
to demonstrate Gods allness. Nothing
short of this is Christian Science.
Mans Capabilities Are Unlimited
Mortal mind or veil claims to be able
to limit mans capabilities, and to impair
his health, his faculties, his joy his life
These claims are utterly false. Man is
Gods likeness, and reflects the one in
finite Mind, Life, Truth and Love He
therefore is endowed in fun measure
with intelligence health, and righteous
activity.
Jesus demonstrated this truth in mar
velous degree, and made it quite clear
that we should follow in his way Chris
tian Science shows that progress in
spiritual enlightenment, through loving
and cultivatng the manifold graces Of
Spirit, leads on to glorious achievement
We need to know that, as is stated in
Science and Health Cp. 258), "The hui
man capacities are enlarged and perfect
ed in proportion as humanity gains the
true conception of man and Cod"
Each one of us should increasingly
understand mans true being, and the
powerlessness of mortal mind to limit
our capabilities. We should know that
as reflections of infinite Mind we are
divinely endowed with power over all
the power Of the enemy" even over what
the Bible calls the last enemy"
Mans Life Is Deathless
When I was quite new in Christian
Science a man tried to convince me that
Christian Science is not a Christian re-
ligion because it teaches that death is
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an air of superiority, Anyone with com
mon sense knows that it is a great re-
ality; evehyone has to lie sometime" At
that time I did not know just how to
answer him, so kept quite.
Some time later, however, 1 met him /.
again then asked him if he considered /
it a reality that the earth travels around |
the sun once year, besides revolving on
its own axis once in every twenty-four
hours.
Certainly I do" he replied.
But" said, from what you call a
common sense viewpoint, it does nothing
of the kind; it certainly appears to be
stationary. Can you prove that we are
on a revolving planet?"
mo" he replied, Il cannot, but the
science of astronomy proves it,"
"Of course" answered, and the
Science of the Christ, or Christian Sci
ence, proves the unreality of death, al
though Christian Scientists know that
they have to keep on acquiring more and
more spiritual understanding to be able
to demonstrate fully its unreality and
the allness Of Life"
am glad to say that he saw the point.
Christian Science shows clearly that
death is an illusion of false material
sense, and that nothing dies except evil,
the falsities Of mortal mind or material
sense. eJsus once said, LET the dead
bury their dead" Did he not indicate
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