Montana labor news., 1946-09-19

|
cerely grateful for his enlightened un-
d~erstanding. 1t had become clearly
evident to him that. In reality. there
is no mortal mind which could cause
material inflammation or perpetuate
inharmony. He had walked only a
short distance before the dream was
broken and permanent freedom from
the pain was manifested.
The error Of believing in two minds,
two kinds of substance, two powers, OF
calling God omnipotent and still be-
lieving in another power, must be rec
ognized to be sin and our false mate
rial views forsaken. We forsake the
false by accepting the true. A clear
recognition Of the one all-powerful
Mind, and Of the spiritual mans re-
~lationship to God. Is essential. God Is
Soul, the only real consciousness. The
reflection of Soul. Gods man. could
not know evil, for there Is no evil in
the divine consciousness. We reach
the conclusion that. In reality, the
only true thoughts are spiritual ideas
and the only true creation must be
spiritual and also perfect.
Using Today's Opportunity
1t seems often to take a rough jolt.
a rude awakening, and a sense of SUI
fering to bring the keen desire for
spiritual things which replaces a
lethargic. materialistic state OF
thought with an alert, teachable. spir-
itual consciousness. But this need not
be so. Once a young woman asked me.
do l have to suffer to advance as a
Christian Scientist" And she explain
ed that she had observed that most
Christian Scientists who have made
outstanding progress have become
strong through battling some serious
problem. But, as has just been said,
this is not the only way Of progress
for the Christian Scientist. One Of the
most impressive features Of Christian
Science is that 1t is preventive as
we'll as curative. 1t enables the stu
dent to maintain as well as to gain
harmony.
How full OF meaning and how appli-
cable to us is the parable Of the
talents which Jesus used In teaching
his disciples. You will recall that three
servants were given talents by their
employer just before he departed on
a journey The first. who received
five talents, a considerable sun OF
money, traded with them and had ten
talents to return to his employer. The
second servant did the same with the
two talents given him. and had four
talents to return to his employer. Bu'
the servant who received only one
talent did not view 1t as an opportun
ity. We are told that he hid it in the
earth, and when his employer returned
he was deprived even Of that one
talent.
In every department Of life WI Learn
that we must accept the opportunity
at hand and when one task had beer
well done It brings the next OppOrtun
ity. And so It is with the study OF
Christian Science; as we utilize the
occasions for spiritual regeneration
which are Immediately available, thu
next orderly step in the divine plan 0
unfolding good will present itself. Tht
talent may be an available half-hou1
or even a few minutes which may b.
spent in a Christian Science Readini
Room; or the opportunity Of attend
ing the Sunday services in a Christian
Science church, or the Wednesda!
meetings. where testimonies Of heal
ing are given. Mrs. Eddy provided TO
us many avenues for spiritual growth
but the talent must be used, the bless
ings accepted. If we expect results.
On page Z of Unity OF Good" Mrs
Eddy makes a declaration which dc
serves our thoughtful attention. Sh'
writes. IAN acknowledgment Of tn
perfection Of the infinite Unseen cor
fers a power nothing else can TIL
testimonies given in Christian Scienc
churches acknowledge "the perfectio
of the infinite Unseen" So these Wee
nesday meetings are a powerful hea
ing agency-an available oasis in tn
midst Of busy human living.
Ones spiritual growth is necessal
lily an individual demonstration, a
was so graphically illustrated by tn
parable OF the virgins who were nc
able to 60 in to the wedding at tn
midnight hour because they had faile
to replenish the oil in their lamps.
A friend of mine was once suffe'
;,u fro,, q condition called arthriti
Progress seemed slow and one morl
ing he %telephoned a Christian Scienc
practitioner to ask for treatmen
After hearing his story the practitiol
err asked casually how long my frien
had been interested in Christian Sc
ence. and was told 1t had been abol
fifteen years. Fine" replied the pra
titioner, at should be easy to hel
you at once
For the next two days the repol
was not favorable, so the practitiont
decided to call on my friend. He four
him in a large easy chair with his let
stretched out on an Overstuffed foe
stool. and he was reading a currel
fiction magazine. AS the conversati6
progressed reference was made to II
Bible Lesson-Sermon for that wee
1t was Wednesday. but the patient e
planned that he had not formed II
habit of studying the Lesson-Sermt
every day. Il aim to read it over on
during the week" he continued. "a
haven't gotten around to it 80 Il
this week" He was then asked whet
er he regularly studied Science al
Health. and Mrs. Eddy's other VIZ
inss, but replied. "No, I'M not mu'
of a hand to study; my wife does mo