Montana labor news., 1946-04-11

Christian Science churches and 50
cieties. In this way he discerns an
assimilates more and more OF the spir
itual truth about God and His idea
man. and when he applies this trutl
he finds that it is practical and eiiec
| tive. Tor it solves the problems, heal
the diseases, and destroys the discord.
claiming presence in his life, his body
his home, his business, and his rela.
,ionships. In short, he finds that II,
spiritual truth which the Bible con
tains. and which Christian Science ex-
plains and amplifies, brings him real
peacc-peace Of mind. Is it remarkable,
therefore, that text to the Bible. Sci
cnce and Health has been a best sell
Ter Ii YOU do not already possess
a copy to accompany your Bible, may
| recommend that you get one without
further delay You will find il an
invaluable aid in your effort to find
peace by gaining the true idea OF God
and man.
Humility Essential to Growth in Grace
| wonder if anyone is thinking at
this point. My concept Of God salts
fics me. and | have no intention Of
changing it. Let US hope not, for this
would be the equivalent OF assuming
that one knows al THAT there is TO
know about God. We canno acquaint
ourselves better with Him without
changing. or improving, our present
concept OF Him. And when we arrive
at the full understanding Of Him. we
shall have perfect peace. Thus for one
10 seek peace, health. harmony, success,
supply. and so on, with a determination
not to change his concept OF God, would
be TO invite failure at the outset. 1t
should be our daily effort to change-to
spiritualizc-our concept Of God. to
understand Him better. And a prime
requisite for this is humhly to rccoe-
nize that We need this growth in spir-
itual understanding.
This humility, this tcachableness. is
essential to growth in grace, for with
out il thought is closed to the unfold
ing Of the spiritual idea Of God and
man. 1t represents the state Of thought
referred to by the Master in the Bcati-
tudes Blessed are the poor in spirit:
for theirs is the kingdom OF heaven
Blessed are they which do hunger and
thirst after righteousness for they shall
be filled" This humility includes the
Willingness to put aside prceonccivcd
human opinions, self-will, self-right-
eousness, self-justification, and j~oyfully
10 receive the ideas Of Truth. Mrs.
Eddy counsels miscellaneous Writ
ings. p. $500. Cherish humility, watch
and pray without ceasing,' or you will
miss the way Of Truth mad Love"
True humility is always an outstand-
ing characteristic of the spiritually
minded man or woman, for it is essen
tai to Observation-Disclosures and in
separable from it. Christ Jesus was
the meekest, the most humble Of men.
In his humility. however, there wa
no weakness, no self-depreciation. 40
limitation. The Master expressed his
true humility in such statements as, II
and my Father are one" Il can Of
mine own self do nothing; :" "A1l things
that the Father hath are NINE" Jesus
humility was the concomitant O fhis
clear understanding of God and man
in Gods image and likeness, whereby
man has all that God is by reflection.
Yes, my friends, il requires true humility
to gain a higher understanding Of God,
and conversely, the higher ones under
standing, the humber he becomes.
The Christian Science God
The concept Of God that Mary Baker
Eddy presented TO the world when she
published her textbook in 1875 seemed
revolutionary at the time and met with
bitter opposition and resistance. To
many it still seems revolutionary. and
yet this definition Of God includes moth
ing that is not either definitely stated
or clearly implied in the Bible. What
makes it appear revolutionary is that
Mrs. Eddy. through her clear spiritual
discernmcnt, has been able to separate
the true idea Of God from the various
conflicting beliefs that merely represent
states and stages Of the human concept
Of Him, and she has set forth this spir-
itual idea 50 clearly, concisely, and ac-
curately that the enlightened human