The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
Christian Science Lecture

lake for an example the case OF
a blind man coming for healing
According to the goodness ard
perfection OF Gods work and
Gods plan, We should never ex-
pect Gods likeness to have anv
defect such as blindness. Very
naturally then, the patient would
be told that blindness could not
be real or true, and must be de
MED, and the perfection of ere
alton must be claimed, expected.
and acknowledged.
This method of reasoning de-
mands faith in God on the pa
tents part, and when patient and
healer do agree on mans perfec.
n in accord with Gods creatio,
then healing occurs. Tais result
could be in accord with Jesus
promise as given in Matthew 10:
10, That if two of you shall agree
on earth as touching any thing
that they shall ask, it shall be
dcne for them of my Father which
S in heaven
OF necessity, then. sickness or
other disability needs to be denied.
and rejected, end refused admis-
sion into consciousness.
"The person desiring healing, as
well as the assisting healer, needs
also to confidently, and continual
iy, assert, and affirm, and &C
knowledge the healing, or the de-
sired result, being assured in his
own consciousness that it is in ac-
cord with Gods will.
Viewed in its true effects,
Jesus entire ministry was a heal
ing effort. He not only healed sick
ness of all kinds, but he ministered
to human thought, educating men
and lifting men to right planes OF
thinking where fear. doubt, worry,
poverty, and sin were to be owe
come. Always this result was &C
complishee by bringing the true
status of God and man to human
realization.
This universal healing effort
constituted Jesus, the Saviour OF
men; and this teaching is adopted
in its entirety in Christian Sci
ence."
PRAYER
Regarding prayer. the speaker
[called attention to the manner OF
praying in Christian Science as
one of faith and gratitude and con
fidence even as Jesus and Paul
prayed.
1.-THE method of praying in
Christian Science he said, sis
somewhat different from the ordi-
narily accepted prayer of the
churches. We take the attitude
given by Jesus that the heavenly
Father already knows u needs
and supplies them without any re-
quest on our part. In praying we
do not attempt to inform Deity of
our wants. but rather do We claim
and acknowledge that already
even now-the right desire of man
is fulfilled in Gods perfect ere
alton and manifestation. Unless
man may this, then the
other assumption would be that
Gods, plan and Gods work are in
complete, unfinished, and some
thing is required of God to COM
plete mans harmony and perfec-
ton, which would be a violent and
untenable belief.
"How gratefully, confidently,
and satisfactorily the m a n with
faith in Co.'s presence and power
can turn to prayer, and joyfully
rehearse for his own inspiration
and change of thought the beauty
of holiness: the perfection Of di-
vine creation, including man. This
form of prayer is visualized in the
textbook (p. 276): When we learn
in Science how to be perfect even
as Jul Father in heaven is per
feet, thought is turned into new
and healthy channels, - towards
the contemplation of things i'm
mortal and away from materially
to the Principle Of the universe,
including harmonious man.
paul may have had some such
concept of prayer when he wrote:
Rejoice evermore. Pray without
ceasing. In every thing give
thanks Jesus likewise taught
that men ought always to pray,
and not to faint In the textbook
is commended this style of prayer
(p. 261>: Hold thought steadfastly
to the enduring, the good, and the
true, and you will bring these into
your experience proportionably to
their occupancy of your thoughts
prayer may be summed up
briefly in Christian Science as the
process Of accepting all good from
God, instead of seeking merely
material blessings
Business
Touching on u n settled business
conditions in the world today, the
lecturer commended Jesus atti-
tude and also quoted from an Old
Testament writer.
"When mankind in business be-
comes obedient to Jesus two great
commandments to love God with
all our heart and soul and mind
and strength, and to love our
neighbor as ourselves, then we