The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-10
Florence Middaugh Giues
Lecture At Church Here

WlOiSs
God
In Science and Health there is
chapter entitled "Recapitulation,
which Mrs. Eddy has devoted t.
questions and answers. To the ques
ton Up. 465). what is God?" sh'
answers, God is incorporeal, di
vine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit
Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love-
These seven synonyms have be
come familiar to students of Chris
tan Science and indicate the whole
ness and completeness Of Deity.
At a time when fear and limita'
ton face men and nations on every
side, the spiritual fact that there i.
but one Mind, and that Mind God
is a scientific truth that is able tt
destroy any foe that opposes it.
Above all. it lessons fear anc
teaches men how to turn to God ir
the face of danger, and confidently
expect only good.
Fear is the first enemy to be- de-
stroyed.
The c~onssIgA4aes of divine Mind
is the only rue consciousness and
recognizes only good. When we be-
gin to look away from matter to
divine Mind to find happiness,
health, peace, and harmony, our
improved thinking is expressed in
our human experience.
If we acknowledge God as divine
Mind, we see that man in His i'm
age and likeness is wholly intelli-
gent, and that he reflects at all
times the divine wisdom.
Christian Science Healing
Through his healing work, Jesus
showed those who were teachable
how to find their unity with God.
Jesus explained the Christ and
proved himself to be the Son OF
God. He knew that the Christ is
divine. and incorporeal-the idea
of Truth. the Principle of which is
divine Love. 1t is through this same
redemptive Christ, Truth, that we
too today are finding our true
spiritual being as revealed in
Christian Science.
knowledge of the allness of God
is a law of elimination to every
thing unlike good. Mrs. Eddy writes
miscellaneous Writings. p. 24.
This knowledge is practical, for it
wrought my immediate recovery
from an injury caused by an acct
dent, and pronounced fatal by the
physicians" Religion is Christlike
ony when it repeats the works, as
well as the words, of the Way
shower, Christ Jesus, and this is
what Christian Science is teaching
us to do.
Mrs. Eddy has written in ''Rudi-
mental Divine Science (p. ID:
Health is the consciousness of the
%unreality of pain and disease; or,
rather, the absolute consciousness
of harmony and of nothing else. In
a moment you may awake from a
night-dream; just so you can awake
from the dream of sickness; but
the demonstration of the Science
of Mind-healing by no means rests
on the strength of human belief.
This demonstration is based on a
true understanding of God and di-
vine Science, which takes away
every human belief, and, through
the illumination of spiritual under
standing, reveals the all-power and
ever-presence of good, whence
emanate health, harmony, and Life
eternal"
Whether it appears as a sick
body, a sick business, or a bad dis
position, inharmony is a belief in
the absence of good. Destroy the
false belief with Truth, and the eff
feet disappears, for the belief and
its effect are one. Awaken a
dreamer, and the dream vanishes,
together with complications and
distressing situations.
In the medical world today it is
frequently admitted that disease is
primarily menta |, that sick
thoughts are expressed as a sick
body or sozae other inharmonious
condition. Christian Science teach
es that all discord is mental, and
the product of mortal mind, and
can be healed only by divine Mind.
Church
Recognizing the universally Of
good, Mrs. Eddy founded the
Church of Christ, Scientist, to bless
all mankind. Its Rules and By
Laws + designed to awaken not
only faith in Christianity, but to es-
tabllsh IN thought and practice a
demonstrate understanding OF
Christ, Truth, in human expert
ence.
In Science and Health we find
the definition of Church. as fol
lows (p. $3.50: The structure OF
Truth and Love; whatever rests
upon and proceeds from divine
Principle" Further, it reads, 1.-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 apprehen.