Milford chronicle., 1956-01-13

which he had hoped to find pleas
ure made him willing to turn his
thought to his better sense Of self
and his sOnship with his wise and
loVinE father. He was humble
enough to admit his mistakes and
seek forgiveness. But before he
came near his fathers house, his
father saw him "when he was yet
a great way of" and had compass /
sion on him, loved him, and when
he arrived, showered the best of
clothes and food upon him. Why?
Because, in the Masters we'll
chosen words, eFor this my son
was dead, and is alive again; he
was lost, and is found"
And it is just that way always.
The love Of God, the Father of us
an, reaches out impartially to
everyone regardless of his nation,
race, or creed, regardless of how
far down he has gone in his vain
quest for pleasure and satisfaction
in materiality. It is this universal
love that is ever ready to feed and
clOthe each one Of US with the spir-
itual truths of being, with the
divine facts as to our true self and
its indiSSoluble unity with the Life
and Mind that is God. No matter
how far from Truths home prOdi-
gal mOrtals may seem to stray, the
road back to God and reality is
never closed for the one who is
humbly willing to come to him
self, to awaken from the dream of
material selfhood, to find Stall in
tact, unsullied, and unfallen the
spiritual sonsh.p Of man with his
Father, God.
Perfection Characterizes Reality
If anyone ever avoided all that
is theoretical and impractical and
stayed with the things that are
practical and demonstrable, it was
Christ Jesus. Yet toward the end
of the fifth chapter of Matthew he
says, ''Be ye therefore perfect, even
as your Father which is in heaven
is perfect" (Matt. 5:48). Would he
have made that statement if it
were not in accord with the posi-
bilities and capacities of his fol-
lowers? What led up to the COM
mand for us to think in terms Of
perfection, perfect God and perfect
man, was his command, Love
your enemies, pray for them
which desnitefully use you" (Matt.
5:44l. lie made it clear that this
was necessary, ''That We may be
the children of your Father which
is in heaven" (verse 45). Then he
said something we need to pom
der, For if We love them which
love you, what reward have ye2
do not even the publicanS the
same?" (verse 46.) He was trying
to have us see that all of Gods
creation is perfect, that we must
discern this through spiritual
sense; that we do not need to love
| the erroneous concept of man
which mortal mind claims is an
enemy, but in its place we do need
to love the one true concept of our
brother, which, regardless of any
thing goddess matter claims to the
contrary, is just what the one
Maker makes it to be, even She
individual witness and evidence of
the Mind that is eternal Life and
Love.
A poem entitled sour Debt Of
Thought" carries with it a great
| will all profit if we make it our
own. Here it is:
''They matter not-the thoughts Of
us, from others.
What matters is our thought of
them, our brothers.
"For only when we see man as
reflection
Gods perfect child-do we attain
perfection"
(The Christian Science
Journal, October. 1951.)
There is no such word as enemy
| in the new tongue of Spirit. Why
not? Because there is nothing III
Truths universe that can be so de-
scribed. We ARE all, as st. Paul
says, "builded together for an
habitation Of God" (Eph. 2:22). In
Miscellaneous Writings" Mrs.
Eddy says, Love thine enemies is
identical with Thou hast no enc
mics %. 81. Those who mate
rally may seem TO be our enemies
force US to find the true and scien-
tific sense of creation, where moth
ing is but God and His universal
family All that expresses hate,
strife, animOsity and i'll will has no
place, power, or identity. Whatever
thinks evil, talks evil, acts evil is
not Gods man but errors counter
felt concept of man, thus referred
to by Jesus, eye are of your father
the deVil' (John 8:44) Why waste
time accepting counterfeits as
facts? Let US improve our time by
finding and honoring reality, in
cluding real individuality.
Relationship True and False
A large part of mortal trouble
and bondage stems from discord-
ant relationships between indi-
viduals. Opposing wills, bad tenn
pers, snimosities, hate, domination,
clashing interests. all make for
unhappiness and strife in homes,
in business, and among the ma
tiOns. All these forms of negation
derive from the counterfeit, NOR
tai mind. They lack intelligence,
life, or substance, and so can be
| utterly DESTROYED. There is how
ever a sense of relationship which
does not express discOrd, and it Is
this sense of relationship that
Christ Jesus tells us about. It is
the only true relationship because
God, the only true cause, is its
Maker. It is included in what Jesus
referred to as "the truth" which
when we know it "shaIl make you
! free" for il is what is true and
| enduring in regard to relationship.
What is this true. harmonious. and