The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16

S~Nh oyiloilyinS. lnlS sci
entlflc Interpretation of COD
'lolhes Deity at once with all Dos
IDLE good, with all possible in
'eillsence, with all possible life.
Win all possible perfection, and
'eads to the adoption of three
iurtner terms to describe Dietv.
omnipotent, omniscient, omnipres,
lhen It was said that sin, sick
ness, sufferings, and death could
not be the work of God.
The dark pictures of sickness.
sln' suffering, accidents, failure,
aealh' will fail in the universal
realization OF Gods intelligent and
perfect work. Mankind VIII then
nave taken a long step toward the
attainment of health and holiness
through the logical deduction stat.
ca in the Christian Science text
book Up. 468): All is infinite Mind
and its infinite mantle station. for
God is All-in-ali.' The fact of Gods
ommpresence held by human be-
lngs will largely lift them out of
the realm Of fear and uncertainty,
for one could scarcely contemplate
mlshap or misfortune in the pres
enuce of Deity. When m e n more
generally come to see in, the light
OF Christian Science, that God is
divine Principle, it will greatly re-
duce in mankind that too common
fault of self-depreciatlon, or in
terlority complex, as mans like.
ness to God would then bring him
into the realm Of orderliness and
perfection"
Christ Jesus
Concerning Christ Jesus, the
speaker quoted from the Christian
Science textbook, and then told
how Jesus work was proof of his
real nature.
The textbook states ~. 3O) .
Born of a woman, Jesus advert
in the flesh partook partly of
Mary's earthly condition. although
he was endowed with the Christ,
the divine Spirit, without meas
ure.
I'm this vision there would seem
to be no ground for~argument cor.
corning Jesus true being and his
helpful mission in the world the
lecturer asserted. Jesus acknowl
edged himself to be the son OF
God. never claiming to be God.
He acknowledged that his words
and his works were all of the
Father and not his own. He
claimed no selfhood apart from,
God, which is shown in his state.
ment to the young man who called
him Good Master. His answer
was, Why callest thou me good:
there is none good but one. thai
is, Cod Partaking partly Of his
mothers earthly condition Jesus,
the man, was able to appreciate
the failures, the sufferings, and
the erroneous beliefs of mankind.
Reaching out wholly to God, the
Father, for inspiration, wisdom,
power. and direction, Jesus. in the
process OF embodiment in his
human life. discerned the Christ
in himself; and with his Christly
endowment he could see above
human imperfections and discern
Gods perfect man. In this dis
cernment and realization he saw
the nothingness and powerlessness
of the errors that were binding
mankind, and he was able in
many cases to life the suffering
and the unfortunate to a better
state of mind that resulted in heal
ing and in happiness"
Man
He spoke of Jesus %interpre-
tation of perfect man, and then
gave a textbook quotation concern
ing man.
"Christian Science boldly adopts
the view taken by Christ Jesus.
that man is really the son Of Coo
and expresses in his being the per-
lection Of Deity. Jesus stated his
understanding of man clearly and
forcibly when he said, BE We
therefore perfect, even as your
Father which is in heaven is per
feet
THE Christian Science textbook
saws. among other things concern
ing man Up. 475): He is the COM
pound idea of God, including all
right ideas: the generic term for
all that reflects Gods image and
likeness; the conscious identity OF
being as found in Science, in
man is the reflection OF
God, or Mind, and therefore is
eternal; that which has no sepa-
rate mind from God; that which
has not a single quality underived
from Deity; that which possesses
no life, intelligence, nor creative
power of his own. but reflects
spiritually all that belongs to his
Treatment or Healing
The speaker gave a practical IL
lustration of what is called treat
ment in Christian Science, as fol
lows:
"A study of Christ Jesus words
and works leads us to the natural
reasoning that is called work or
treatment in Christian Science.