Montana labor news., 1946-04-11

ihoue', can grasp II, understand il, anc
demonstrate II.
. We lind ihi, definition OF God or
iaec - ct Science and Health: God
neorporcal, divine. supreme. infinite
Mind. SPIRIT. Soul. Principle. Lie,
ifria. Love" These seven terms are
>snou! NOUS. A. Mrs. Eddy brings out
II Tie following paragraph. and she
adds They refer to one absolute God.
he, are also intended to express the
nature. essence. and Wilderness OF
DEITY. Christian Scientists have only
enc Lud--unc absolute God" but
tiod j. no longer Jus, God to us. as
lie vas to my friend, for this definition
u God enables Il, 10 ~acquaint ourselves
lnielliscnily with Him, TO know Him
il, lie really is.
For instance, 10 know God as infinite
divine Mind enables Us to understand
ilat lie is infinite intelligence. the
source OF all ideas; that He is omnisci-
cnoe; tina, He is all that knows, knows
all and is all that is known. To know
HIM a. infinite Spirit enables us TO
understand that lie is neither in nor Of
matter. Tor matter is the opposite Of
spirit. Being infinite, all. Spirit can
have no opposite, and from this stand
point Christian Science declares the
unreality. the nothingness. of matter.
and aiiirms the reality. the a~llness Of
spirit.
lh, concept OF God as Soul, the op-
posiic OF material, SHINING sense, en-
ahles Us to know Him as s%inlcss, divine
consciousness. By Principle we know
Him as the only Father-Mother the
only source or creator Of the universe,
including man, demanding and r%cceis-
inp pcriec, obedience from His infinite
IDEAS. and governing them all in abso-
lutte harmony and peace.
And what does il mean to know God
as Lie! 1t assures rs OF immortality.
Since the one God is Life. there is but
one Life infinite, eternal, immortal,
without beginning or end. Being the
only Lie. God is the Life Of all that
really exists. He is your Life and mine.
Docs il not bring comfort and assurance
to your hearts to know that your Life is
as eternal and indestructible as your
God
What do We perceive by knowing God
as Truth Truth is Interchangeable fact
reality; hence whatever is unlike
Truth is changeable, untrue, unreal,
nothing. Truth is immortal. absolute
it includes no element Of error. no lc-
mcnt Of destruction. 1t is omnipotcnt,
Tor whatever would oppose it would nc
ceSsarily be untrue, powcrless. Since
tod is Truth, a sthe Bible declares, and
since He is good. Truth must be good.
Hence evil must be untrue, unreal. This
is moi only logical, it is also demons
trable.
To know God as infinite, divine Love
enables us truly to love Him and His
perfect. lovablc creation, and thus to
obey the two commandments on which
Jesus said, hang all the law and tn,
prophets" namely, Thou shalt love tn
Lord they God with all thy heart, anc
with all thy soil, and with all tn,
mind" and. Thou shalt love thy neigh.
bour as myself" For centuries sincere
Christian people have been trying to
love an ~unloyablc concept Of God, al
though John plainly states that God
is love- Even humanity we do not
usually make an effort to know some
ono who Gems unloving or ~unlovablc,
or someone Of whom we are afraid. And
the false concept OF God as a Being
to be feared. As the source Of evil and
dire punishment, has likewise discour-
aged many Christian people from want
ing to know Him better. Yet James
tells rs. Draw nigh to God, and he
VIII draw nigh 10 YOU And the only
way to get close to God is to know Him
to know as He knows. II YOU
have been taught 10 fear God, if you
have regarded Him as a dispenser Of
evil. Of punishment and affliction, a
great sense OF freedom and Joy is in
store Tor YOU as you ONE to know God
as Christian Science declares Him In
Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy states
tp. l40l, The Christian Science God
is universal. eternal divine Love, which
changcth not and causeth no evil,
disease. nor DEATH Who can fear such
a God or hesitate to draw near to Him.
Who can fail to love Him?
IS We know God as infinite, divine
Love. we see why Paul was able to refer
to Him a, the God Of peace for the
nature d Love is always to bless, to
remove diseord and establish harmony.
In the individual consciousness filled
with the realization Of the omnipresence
and ~omnipotcncc Of divine Love, there
is perfect peace, tho peace Of God.
which passeth all understanding"
The Healing Power of Spiritual
Understanding
Perhaps someone is thinking. This is
a wonderful concept 81 God, but how
will knowing Him in this way help me,
how wall Il bring peace to my discord-
ant human experience This is a fair
question. MY friend. To put il another
way. Is Christian Science just a beauti-
iul theory, or does it really work, does
it really heal, and If 50. how The fact
that il heals is attc,ted hg thousands
81 authenticated testimonies Of healings
81 all types Of disease, sin. lack, dis
cordant human relationships, business
difficulties, and % on. Such testimonies,
together with inspirational articles on
Christian Science. are 10 be found in
the Christian Science Sentinel and in
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