Montana labor news., 1945-05-24

] q ulgul-dIEdAilf JUDI ~ 9DA Nan AWAKE
from the dream of sickness; but the
demonstration of the Science Of Mind
healing by no means rest on the strength
of human belief This demonstration is
based on a true understanding of God
and divine Science, which takes away
every human belief. and, through the
illumination of spiritual understanding,
reveals the all-power ana ever-presence
of good, whence emanate health, har-
mony and Life eternal"
whether it appears as a sick body, a
sick business, or a bad disposition, in
harmony is belief in the absence Of
good. Destroy the false belief with
Truth, and the effect disappears, for
the belief and its effect are one. Awaken
a dreamer and the dream yanishes, to-
gether with complications and distress
ing situations.
In the medical world today it is fre-
auently admitted that disease is pri-
marily mental that sick thoughts are
expressed as a sick body Or some other
inharmonious condition Christian Sci
ence teaches that all discord is mental,
and can be healed only by divine Mind.
Sick thoughts are not necessarily
thoughts about disease They may be
thoughts OF hatred, resentment, self
pity. encouragement. and the like, MIS-.
Eddy reminds us in Science and Health
(p. 4OO, BY lifting thought above error,
or disease, and contending persisteatly
for truth, you destroy error
There is always an inevitable conflict
when good and evil elements seem to
mingle. The discordant conditions of
today are the result of believing in both
good and evil, but the scientific fact, as
brought out in the Scriptures, stands.
that power belongeth unto Cod" On
this basis Christian Science declares that
the power OF omnipotent Truth is suffi-
cient to eliminate every yestige of ma
teriality and destruction. Genuine might
is never material-it is always spiritual.
Church
Never in the history Of mankind has
the true sense of Church played such
an important part as it does in the
worlds great need today That Mrs.
Eddy's discovery of Christian Science is
the complete revelation Of Truth, and
that she was diy.nely guided and pro
tected, are evidenced by the wisdom she
manifested in writing her textbook and
establishing her church. The truth that
She discovered is a redemptive power
available to all mankind. What is this
truth? 1t is that good is the only power
and. therefore, that sin, sickness, and
death are wholly unreal. Recognizing
the universally Of good Mrs Eddy
founded the Church of Christ Scientist
to bless all mankind. Its Rules and BY
Laws are designed to awaken not only
faith in Christianity, but to establish in
thought and practice demonstrable
understanding of Christ, Truth, in hui
man experience.
Mrs. Eddys discovery of Christian
i Science places upon Christians the re-
sponsibility for restoring the healing
ministry inauguated by Jesus, that is
the power of Christ, Truth TO heal sin
sickness. and death by spiritual means
alone. In Science and Health we find
the definition of Church as follows
(p. 583) THE structure Of Truth and
Love: whatever rests upon and proceeds
from divine Principle" Further, it reads
/ The Church is that institution which
affords proof of its utility and is found
elevating the race, rousing the dormant
understanding from material beliefs to
! the apprehension of spiritual ideas and
the demonstration of divine Science,
thereby casting out devils, or error, and
/ healing the sick.
Through the activities of the church,
Christian Science marches forward in
the uprooting Of paganism, prejudice,
and every phase of superstition. This it
aceomplishes by the restoration of pure
Christianity, as taught and practiced by
Christ Jesus and the early Christians.
The spiritual concept of Church lifts
thought to the comprehension Of the
real and only universe Of Spirit and the
man of Gods creating. The institution
points to the utilization Of spiritual un-
derstanding, whereby mankind is freed
from the erroneous sense of life as mu-
table and destructible. The Church Of
Christ, Scientist, enfolds and sustains all
who support its teachings. It also draws
those who may not be satisfied with the
concept OF COD hitherto presented to
them.
The real Church is not material
structure confined to a certain locality.
It is wholly spiritual-the Church Of
which Christ Jesus said. Upon this rock
1 will build my church; and the gates Of
he'll shall not prevail against it."
The Christian Science church stands
for divine power made practical in hui
man experience under all conditions. It
is founded upon the spiritual truths
enumerated on page 497 OF Science and
Health They form the Tenets Of the
church and careful study OF these
Tenets reveals the spiritually mental
nature Of Church and how to uphold the
institution whose mission is to heal and
save mankind. The Mother Church and
I its branches maintain a Sunday school
where children up to twenty years OF
age are welcome. At the Wednesday
testimonial meetings time is reserved for
the giving Of healngs accomplished
through Christian Science.
! wherever the truths Of Christian
Science are demonstrated in spiritual
healing there we find Church divinely
operating
| Heaven-Peace on Eaeth
If one believed that the testimony oi
the physical senses is reliable and con-
elusive he would say that today is
period Of unprecedented anxiety, unrest