Milford chronicle., 1946-05-24

fearlessly!
A friend of mine, a Christian Sci
enlist, who is a salesman. was work
ing to achieve a quota which had
been set for him. Without realizing
i. he had come under a strain in
attempting to do this. This resulted
in a break in his health to the point
where he was barely able to carry on
with his work. One morning, so i'll
was he that he could not rise from
bed. The weight of that quota
seemed to be holding him down
AS he worked mentally III Christian
Science, very clearly the realization
came to him: 1 am not working for
a quota; l am working every day,
every hour. to demonstrate Christian
Science in my daily life. Every call
on a customer is not made to in
crease my quota but to increase my
understanding, to demonstrate my
knowledge of Truth. In other words,
my friend knew that he was first
and above all about the Fathers
business. All at once he realized that
he could take deep breath, the first
Ia
he was at his office.
That was the turning point leading
to a complete physical healing, Also.
from that time on, his business
showed a constant improvement. His
quota was easily made.
There is no need of, no possibility
of. mans not having, doing, being
whatever is right and good. In our
real being as divine Minds idea we
all are the reflection of and therefore
express the whole of the activity of
the law of God, good. and the whole
of the power to enforce that law. In
the consciousness of that fact is
mans dominion realized.
Solution for Business Problems
The solution for a business prob
lem may always be found in the
recognition of what is really going on
| in the divine universe the universe
OF divine Mind and its ideas. In this,
| the only true and real universe. God
is supreme, the only power, the only
| lawgiver.
Suppose in the human picture of
| ones business activity there seem to
be injustice, dishonesty, lack of
truth-telling going on. Could such
things be known of God? Could
they be in divine Minds universe?
Can the man of Gods creating lie or
cheat? No! Why does a mortal do
these things? Is it not because he
believes there is something profitable
in it for him? He is the victim of a
false sense of good. His material
universe is the only one he knows
But the Christian Scientist, stead
faStly holding to the spiritual facts
which exist in the divine universe
can release this victim of ignorance
and false belief. He knows that that
kind of thinking is not in his renec-
ton of divine Mind nor is it in divine
Minds universe. Furthermore, i
cannot get into this universe
The revelation of the one infinite
Self-exiStent, all-conStituting Spirit
God, establishes man and creation
as the forever perfect representation
of this divine cause, or Father
Mother. From the very nature 0
this perfect cause. its infinity. il
omnipOtence. its unyarYing presence
of good, that which represents il
reflects it, manifeStS it, namely, MAJ
and the universe, will express thi
infinite all-pOWer and unvaryln
good. In our present experience "
see this in one form of its expression
as a successful business. a harmOni
Gus business, a good business.
Foundation of the True Church
The business of living is eXpresse
in what we might call the business c
church. "Wist We not that l mus
be about my Fathers busineSS2' ThI
was not merely the child Jesus speak
ing, but the expression of the Chris
which he manifested. The story say
that Jesus parents found him i
the temple, sitting in the midst {
the doctors, both hearing them, an
D asking them questions. And all thG
; heard him were aStoniShed at h
+, understanding and answers" Her
! in that limited. ecclesiastical cOnCeL
of church, the child Jesus must hay
been voicing the spirit of the healir
:, Christ, refuting false doctrines II
vealing spiritual ideas. This was II
first record we have of what JeSu
y later life proved. namely, that h
expression of the Christ became tt
basis for the appearing Of the trl
idea of Church, because the churC
y is that which shows forth or man
!. tests the Christ; it is evidence
u the Christ.
The church of God has never BET
: discerned by the material senses.
:. is purely spiritual, eternal, harmon
- OuS Indeed as these characteristic
" constitute its glory, continuity, al
redemptive power, We need not
disturbed about church. The found
tiOn of the true church is divine Pril
- Ciple and its needs are permanent
~, provided for. To demonstrate
y ptWer and usefulness SO that it m
- appear humanity we need only Obta
~ become conscious of, the right id
a. which constitutes the real subStan
~ and activity of church, and then u
8, swervingly maintain that idea in t
" face of all contrary evidence. T
- true idea, of which the Church
!; Christ, Scientist, is the expyeSSiC
~ is powerful enough to preserve a
AZ sustain that church against aSsa
&c &c from without or mistakes FRI
70 within
,s nc One of the purposes of the Chr
w. tan Science church is the healing
the sick, the sorrCwing, the sint
Z the unhappy, the dissatisfied T
church sprang from the healing {
perience of the DiscOverer a
ed Founder of Christian Science, NJ;
an Baker Eddy. The discovery came
Of her when she read of Jesus heal
acc | of tho raalSind mon Shn rnnnn,ni.