Montana labor news., 1948-04-01

for healing In Christian Science. TO
be pure in heart is TO acknowledge
only one God and have faith in His
Word.
Prayer Is not asking God for tenn
poral things. even though human
necessities, for divine Love fully
meets all human needs without our
asking. but rather Is 1t asking Him
to make us desire and accept those
spiritual blessings which He has to
give. Prayer is not asking God to
give US intelligence. but rather Is 1t
asking Him to enable us to utilize
the intelligence which He has be-
slowed upon man; to make US con-
Scious OF the divine substance man
possesses by reflection, the health in
which He %eternally maintains man.
Prayer is not q petition for more
love. but it is learning to love: 1t is
not a petition for truth. but 1t Is
learning to be truthful-true to self
as the idea of God and to ones fell
low man. Prayer is not a petition
for life. but it is learning to live; it
is not asking God for more power
and authority, but it is learning to
exercise the dominion already. be-
slowed on man.
In order to illustrate the effective
ness of prayer l should like to re-
late the following incident of heal
ing which took place as the result Of
Christian Science treatment. During
an electrical storm one evening, a
young girl of my acquaintance was
badly shocked by lightning. and
within a few days she began to lose
the sight of of her eyes. She vas
a member OF a Christian Science
Sunday School. and the mother vas
an earnest student Of Christian Sci
ence. They both worked faithfully
to overcome the difficulty. but the
condition grew worse. Finally the
father. who was not q Christian Sci
enlist. decided that she should be
treated by a physician. He took her
to a prominent eye specialist. who
made an exhaustive examination,
but was unable to diagnose the case
or offer any treatment which he
thought would be effective. His only
recommendation was that she be
sent to a hospital for observation.
During the next two or three days
while the parents were trying to de-
eide what they would do. the child
lost the sight Of the other eye. 1t
vas then that the father consented
to have Christian Science treatment
for the daughter, and together they
sought the services Of a Christian
Science practitioner.
The father and mother studied
the Bible and Science and Health
earnestly. and the young girl did her
part by learning passages which
were read to her, such as the n
from the Bible, God is light. and
in him Is no darkness at all" Il John
1:5); and from Science and Health,
THE divine Principle, or Spirit,
comprehends and expresses all, and
all must therefore be as perfect as
the divine Principle is perfect" Up.
518); also the words from a hymn In
the Christian Science Hymnal tNo.
275):
ages have seen His might,
Father We call His name
Nights of our mourning and sorrow
end,
Light blesses opened eyes.
Joys like the dawns arise
AS we see Him our God and Friend"
AS a result OF their own improved
understanding and awakened spirit
ual vision, in three days the child's
sight was restored. This happened
five or six years ago, and today She
has normal vision.
Assurance Of Salvation
Paul said, whatsoever shall call
upon the name Of the Lord shall be
saved" Rom. 1913, and, IT any
man be in Christ. he Is a new crea-
ture: old things are passed away, be-
hold, all things are become new
III Cor. SAD. 1t Is through the
Christ, Truth. that we are saved
seen as we really are and always
have been, perfect and immortal.
Through this gospel OF Christ"
the power of God unto salvation"
(Rom. 1:16) is revealed as q present
possibility, rather than a doubtful
future event.
In the light Of the ever-present
Christ we see the allness of God,
good, and the perfection of mar and
the universe. In this divine light we
do not see error disappearing, but
become aware Of the fact that 1t was
never present as a reality. We see
the real mans oneness with divine
Principle, which precludes his agree
ment with sickness, sin, or limitation
of any sort; we see that nan Is for
ever identified with the realities Of
being-health. harmony. and i'm
mortality.
When one sees himself as he really
is-the son Of God-he realizes that
his salvation is assured and that his
life is uninterrupted because 1t Is
coincident with divine Life and
therefore 1t is everlasting.
The Will Of God
In the Lords Prayer, Jesus said,
Thy will be done in earth, as 1t is
in heaven" and the spiritual inter-
probation Of this passage, given In
Science and Health, is. Enable US
to knoW,-ds in heaven. so on earth.
God is omnipotent. supreme" Up.
I'D. In being obedient to the will
Of God and doing the will of God.
man reflects His dominion and
power.
To do the will OF God Is to reflect
the intelligence Of Mind. which in
cludes perfect vision, application.
ability, and understanding. To do
the will OF God Is to manifest the
omniaction of Spirit. in which are
substance and power. To do the will
of God is to be the representative OF
Soul, which enables one to identify
himself as he really Is, the son OF
God. TO do the will Of God is to
understand that man Is inseparable
from the creative, divine Principle.
which eternally holds him in indis-
soluble relationship with itself as
the creator and the created. To do
the will Of God Is to exemplify the
continuity of Life. In which man is
held securely in the eternal bonds Of
health and immortality. To do the