Montana labor news., 1946-09-19
Christian Science: What II Is and HoW 1t Heals

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To some. the assertion that Chris
tian Science employs the same law
or rule of healing used by our great
Master may seem presumptuous. INT
reason we reverently and humbly
make this claim is that We ourselves
have felt the healing power OF the
Christ in our own human experiences.
Receptivity and humility were re-
quisite in Jesus time as they are
today. The record OF his healing worK
shows plainly that he recognized these
Qualities in those who came to him lor
helm To illustrate: when Jairus' II
of the rulers Of the synagogue. came 10
Jesus. we read that he fell at the feet
of Jestus and b~esought him greatly
saving. My little daughter lieth at the
point of death: | pray thee. come II
lay thy hands on her that she may
be healed: and she shall live. Jesus
RESPONDED at once by starting 10 go
with Jairus. but he was delayed by
the throng. Soon one came from the
ruler of the s%ynagogue's home with
the report that the little twelve-year'
old girl had died and so II would not
be necessary to trouble the Master
further. Jesus Immediately gave the
father this reassuring and healing ad-
monition. BE not afraid, only believe
When they reached the house. II Is
related in this same chapter, Jesus,
%nndaunted by the grief and skepticism
of those who had gathered there.
took the damsel by the hand, and said
unto her. Talitha cumi; which is
being interpreted. Damsel. ! say unto
thee. arise. And s%traightway the dam
sci arose, and walked. And they
were astonished with a great astonish
ment.'
The words. BE not afraid" which
Jesus used TO cOunteract instantly the
belief of death remind me of Mrs
Eddy's instruction on page All OF Sci
ence and Health: Always begin youl
treatment by allaying the fear OF pa
tients. Silently reassure them as tt
their exemption from disease ant
danger. Watch the result Of this
simple rule of Christian Science, anC
you will find that 1t alleviates the
symptoms of every disease. II YOU
succeed in wholly removing the fear
your patient Is healed"
Anyone who is an alert Bible scholar
may learn through an attentive ex
ANIMATION of our textbook that the
rules OF healing given by Mrs. Eddy
were obtained through a close study
Of the Bible and particularly Of the
healing works Of Jesus.
A Definition Of Christian Science
Ii we are to be at one with God VIZ
must learn how to follow In the foot
steps OF the humble Nazarene. W.
must be obedient to Paul's admOnition
Let this mind be in you. which wa
also in Christ Jesus How plainly tn
beloved apostle has declared her
that God is not a person, but suprem
Intelligence. or Mind, and that GU
need is to recognize our close commul
ion. or at-one-ment, with the Min
which Is God.
We can discern through Paul's Il
spired instruction why Mrs. Ed
teaches us to make a clear differenti'
ton between Jesus the human ma
and the Christ or Truth which Jesr
expressed. The ChristconscioWsnes
; may be entertained by you and IN
and 1t Is through allowing the Chri
. to enter human consciousness tn
! healing is accomplished throue
Christian Science.
, And now | am going to give you
y very interesting and practical defil
o ton Of Christian Science-not my ov
words. but a declaration made by
v Discoverer and Founder. On page l
!. OF her book THE First Church
Christ, Scientist, and Miscellan!
Mrs. Eddy writes; ITO live so as
keep human consciousness in consta
relation with the divine, the spiritu
v and the eternal, is to individualize
~ finite power; and this is Christian S
ii ence."
II Christian Science then Is a meth
pr of living, 1t Is that law Of God VIII
in enables us so to live our human nv
Il. that we may express the Christ q
10 thus demonstrate divine power IN
Il. diyidual human experience. There
~ a requirement in the words ! nj
co quoted which cannot be overlook
Ip- A way of living must be found 7
Ie. will enable us to keep human c
seriousness in constant relation "
90 the divine"
H. Someone may be thinking that
I'd. a very big assignment; and others n
.ly be saying TO themselves that no
,ly could keep thought In constant !
I'D port or communion with the infil
intelligence. But 1t must be posi-