Montana labor news., 1946-06-20
Science: A Panacea For Worlds Troubles

ing called upon TO make decisions
between truth and error. right aho
wrong. good and evil. These decisions
are more readily made when n real
ICES that good is not confined TO
country or race. Good is universal
for God is good. as the Pible teaches.
and He imparts His goodness to hui
man consciousness through the Christ
Christian Science has restored the
true meaning of Christ which false
theology has obscured. and explains
its true meaning and demonstrates It's
relation 10 mankind.
In Science and Health tp. 1922 we
find this definition of Christ. the
true idea voicing good. the divine
message from God to men speaking
to the human consciousness The
Christ is impartial. and it is through
its tender m~inistrations that human
ity finds surcease from racial hatred
material conflicts. and religious in
tolerance.
The conversion of Saul of Tarsus
from persecutor to missionary came
through the Christ. II is apparent
from paul's own words. recorded IN
the book of Acts and in his letters
that he was a religious man of high
ideals. a man of great moral purpose
His transformation was from a ma
terial and false sense Of good to the
spiritual understanding Of it. The
Christ revealed to him the good thaf
is God. and the only good there is
His nature was changed by the re-
newing of his mind, and he changed
from a prosecutor of Jesus to an ar
dent follower of his teachings. whcre
heretofore he had scorned and re.
iected them. He became imbued with
the spirit of Christian healing. Think
of the humility and love that prompl
ed him to heal when he was himself
= prisoner on the Isle Of Melita. The
Christ. this messenger of peace. IS
here today as of yore to lift thought
out of materialistic worship to the per
ception and alteration Of the one III.
finite. divine Principle. Love.
A young student of Christian Sci
ence. serving in the Navy, was on
duty during the conquest OF kiska
which is in the Alaskan area. In the
course of battle. as one Of the lig
guns was fired. he was thrown of
balance and fell. cutting open the
back OF his hand. The cords Of his
three center fingers were severed. He
reported for medical attention, and
the doctors told him he would never
again be able to use his fingers. He
asked permission to work this out as
he had been taught to do in Chris
tan Science. Although he prayed
a child Of God. things steadily grew
worse. 1t was thirty degrees below
zero. and the belief was that the
cold would not allow the blood To
circulate. Blood poisoning set in, and
the doctors said they would not be
responsible for his life unless the
hand was amputated He asked Tor a
little more time. meanwhile stead
tasty holding to the fact that the
Christ. Truth. is ever present and that
the law of God was operating right
where he was. The result was that
his hand was perfectly healed and
he is using his fingers as freely as
ever and there is no trace of stiffness.
It was the living Christ who came TO
his rescue. The doctors told him 1t
was a miracle.
In proportion as men allow the
Christ to enter their consciousness
they will find not only their W lives
transformed. and through them great
benefit to their associate but this
Godlike' thinking will pclmcate ma.
tional and international relations and
bring forth those condition. Of thought
that lead to universal salvation.
Problems Are Opportunities
DO we sometimes think that the
difficulties surrounding mankind to-
day are too numerous and compli-
Gated for solution? Problems facing
g. ~ tHn' 49,
mankind today are, in the last analy-
sis. no different than they we're cen
turtles agO. The modus operandi OF
evil MAY have changed. but its ma
ture has not. Materially considered,
the problems that clamor FOR solu.
ton are manifold but in the realm
of Mind there are ne problems.
What is il that makes human prob
lens 50 difficult to solve? May it not
be because we too often start from
the standpoint of the problem instead
of the facts of being? In Science and
Health tp 50 We read. "Mortals must
find refuge in Truth IN order to es
cape the error Of these latter days
If one begins by analyzine material
symptoms and conditions. he may be
come fearful and have a telling Of
inability to cope with thr situation
for he has already made a reality Of
the evil he would prove unreal ant
powerless to harm him jesus. on the