Montana labor news., 1946-04-11

HtH" +HEHN tN - 80 ' 80
Els he 4, to see this belief manifested in
BIZ, experience as sin, sickness. failure,
'aok. or some other phase Of discord;
ior his experience is thinking object-
ed or made manifest.
/, should be evident from this reason
sou and to me than TO be convinced OF
the ~nothingness OF matter. for only in
the measure that We gain this convic-
ton do We really understand the allness
OF SPIRIT II you are not as successful
| as You ieel you should be IN your DEM
ons,ration Of Christian Science. you
viii lind il helpful to examine your
thinking. my friend, TO see how much
| you are arguing Tor she reality OF mat
ter and how strongly you are holding on
to il as being good. Ii the result shocks
gu. stop evading this fundamental is
sue. lace il squarely and think 1t
through for yourself. Do not be
tempted for an instant TO believe that
you can work from the standpoint OF
the mrealits OF matter and successfully
demonstrate Christian Science, since
the only basis for its demonstration is
the moth nsness OF matter and the all
mes, 81 SPIRIT
Soul and Body
At one with Soul. man reflects the
s%iilcss. divine consciousness which is
Soul. He IS an individual spiritual
Consciousness, expressing or embodying
All right IDEAS. This embodiment OF
spiritual IDEAS. this complete express
sion 81 Soul IS the only real body. the
pnlY real man On page 80 OF Science
and Health We read, Rightly under
stood, instead oi. possessing a sentient
| material form. man has a sensationless
body and God. the Soul Of man and
Of al existence. being perpetual in His
own individuality. harmony, and i'm
! mortality, imparts and p%crpctuates these
qualities in man,-through Mind. not
matter" So We see that the real man
doe, not possess nor dwell in a materj-
al body. is not dependent on it nor
governed by il. Even as a human be-
lng. mans consciousness is not in a
material body. but this so-oalled mate
rial body i a mental concept included
II human consciousness. This is why
the human body may be healed by cor
rccting ones thinking. Ii this body
we're something separate and apart
from mind, il could not be affected in
ono way or another by thought. But
since ones so-called material body is
merely his concept Of himself, his
thinking about himself, to improve this
thinking through capitalization Of
thought must necessarily improve his
body Consequently il is impossible for
thought to be corrected without 'nprov-
ing the body.
Overcoming Sickness
4, one with divine Life, man is inn
portal, healthy. tremendously active,
vigorous. strong Tie is cocxistent and
coetcrnal with his Maker. birthless,
deathlcSs. a%gcles,. diseaseless. painless.
lie is wholly separate from the mortal
dream Of birth. growth, maturity. de-
cay. and death. In reality, these false
hclicis haze never touched and cannot
touch the harmony and Immortality Of
his being Their claim to do so is Ut
teflA false. no matter how real it may
seem 10 human sense. And this false
claim is wiped out BY the realization
d the truth d being. for. as the Master
declared, "lc shall know the truth, and
Tie truth shall make you free" By this
statement lcsi,s classified every phase
vi CYL that he pvercamc-sin, sickness,
4 ,casc. death. insanity, lack, ct cetera-
as error, as a lie to be destroyed by
lflfh II sickness were true, my
friends d. YOU think that it would help
ar heal you 10 realize how sick you
were Iut since sickness is not true,
the rct oguiiion 81 is i~alsity and the
realization d the present perfection OF
mans heing as the image OF God will
make you Tree. Many western COW
ponies are educated to believe that they
have been tied when the bride reins
are dropped over their heads onto the
ground. OF course. they are not tied
At all. they are perfectly free, but for
all practical purposes they are securely
held hy this false belief. The sick are
held ii bondage in much the same way.
Nlthough sickness is not real, they have
been thoroughly educated to believe
that / il. and they are bound by this
false belief. Now TO be freed from this
bondage thcs need only to be healed Of
the false belief, not OF a disease. and the
one remedy is the truth-thc truth that
they are Tree. Thus il IS thinking that
needs 70 be healed, no, 4 sick material
body, and this is accomplished by re-
placing wrong Thoughts with right. or
spiritual. ideas.
Some time ago | had this illustrated
in my own experience. | was on a ship
in a convoy in the middle OF the Allan
tic, sharing a very small cabin with
two E.nglishmen One afternoon I be-
cine quite i'll with a high fever and other
,ymptorrs u influenza. | prayed or
treated diligently for some time in the
effort to overcome this trouble. but it
seemed rapidly 10 get worse. BY night.
wa, forced TO take TO my bunk, but l
continued To- work all the more vigor-
ously and persisten,ly, for | was the
mig Christian Scientist on the boat, and
81 course il vas impossible to reach q
practitioner BY radio. About four
o'cloe III the morning the fever broke
and | fell asleep. When | awoke, I was
quite free. having only a slight sense
Of weakness, which disappeared during
The day. All Of this took place without
my cabin mates being aware Of Il. A
lew DAYS later the convoy picked up the
signals Of four enemy submarines,
which continued TO trail il for three