Montana labor news., 1945-10-25

that you are a corporeal mortal trying
to become spiritual. You are in reality
already spiritual. That is the way God
made you, but you need to know it, to
become conscious of it, to have the con-
viction Of it. Christian Science utilizes
that thought of the beloved apostle,
I John, where he said, "Now are we the
sons Of God" 1t tells you to claim it.
Now. am l the son of God-Godlike,
spiritual perfect, joyful, free, trium-
phant. That's the truth about you. To
know it is to pray, and to know the
truth is to be made free.
One evening a woman told me that
she felt it was asking too much for any
listener, during the lecture, to do what
l recommended the audience TO do in
this next thought She said, "You ought
to call that homework and ask folks to
do it after they get home and can give
it proper time and thought" So, let's
call it homework. Here it is.
Tonight, in the quiet of your thought
take a good look at what you have been
thinking about yourself. Just as you
wash dirt from your hands-the dirt is
/ not part of your hands-just so mentally
cleanse and purge your thinking Of every
r concept of yourself that is less than
God-lSe. They are nothing but beliefs of
the carnal mind The beliefs of the
carnal mind are to be recognized as
counterfeits, and repudiated. Then re-
place them with the opposite, spiritual
truths, spiritual qualities which are your
birthright as a son of God Do not
stop until you can see yourself as Gods
perfect expression-a you really are.
+ But that is just part of your home
work, and perhaps the easier part. Next,
/, purge your thinking of every ungodlike
concept of those around youth the
=, home, church, business and social
circles Keep purging your thinking
until you can see only the likeness Of
u God in them all Now, that is eifectual
prayer 1t is knowing the truth in a
most practical way
Let me tell you just how eifectual
y that kind of prayer is Eleven years
- ago a Chicago businessman found him
self in constant pain and losing con-
siderable weight Three physicians
diagnosed his condition as an advanced
y case of cancer, and held out little hope.
y I'm desperation the man went to a
Ut Christian Science practitioner, who rec
ognized that what the man really needed
to be healed of were false and ungod-
ID like concepts of his family and business
u associates, for his thinking was filled
u with resentment, hatred and bitterness
u toward them. The practitioner set the
& man to work at once cleansing his think
'e ing about himself and bis brothers. The
y man set to work to transform and spir-
l itualze his thinking, making love the
J. motive power for every thought atti-
~ tude, word, and act He expressed that
III quality of spiritual receptivity. HC
didn't ask or wish someone else to dc
his work for him. He realized too
'' that TO correct the mental cause woulC
T dissolve and eliminate the diseased ef
VI feet. The practitioner applied the prayer
le of spiritual understanding TO dissolve
.'' those accumulated beliefs of bitterness
- hate, and resentment which had beer
lo growing I'm in the mans thought fo
us some time. I'm a very short time tn
le swelling dissolved, the pain disappeare,
'u and the man returned to his busines
- free He gradually regained the fifty
a' six pounds he had lost and today he !
10 happy, healthy, and successful. Thi
iS illustrates how Truth readily heals in
e dividuals first, by purging their think
- ing, and then, in turn, by utterly dis
'u solving their diseases and distresse'
nc This illustrates a third kind of prayer
oi the healing prayer Of love and forgive
lu ness.
10 Each instance of healing that I cit
wv and you will hear several mOre-is q
It an individual whom personally know
nu In some cases 1 have been an eyewit
Is ness to the healing. I can vouch 70
the authenticity and facts just as the
are given to you.
Purge your thinking Then think an
SIS live like the son of God that you ar,
hs Let me think and live like the son {
ns God that 1 am That is the wonderft
'as part of prayer in Christian Scienc
ys, It is real; it is vital; it is living; it
ou not just words.
* You know one time a clergyman wa
as invited to conduct an experience NEE
wv ing in a church in the South. A woma
nus arose and told Of the beauty of her r,
10 ligion as a light-bringer and comfor
la' giver After a while he interrupte
"a her and said. "Now, that's fine, Siste
lu' as far as it goes, but it doesn't go fa
is enough. How about the practical sic
Of your religion? Does your religic
make you get your husband a goo
Oh breakfast every morning? Does yoi
lia religion make you look after him
ee- every way?" Just &hen he felt tul
la' ging Of his coattails, and he heai
ny the local preacher behind him whispe
al press dem questions, press dem que
tons, Doctor, dats ma wifeW
e Christ Jesus the Way-shower
DC Christian Science teaches that Il
lh- Christ is the truth, the way, and tn
use Jesus demonstrations of the Chri
lne made him the Way-shower. Jesus IL
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