Milford chronicle., 1956-11-30
Utilization of the knowledge of
God Ensures True Freedom

God Ensures True Freedom
Understanding God and using
our understanding in daily expert
ence ensures true freedom. The
child in the Christian Science Sum
day School is taughs to know God
as Love, infinite Spirit, Mind, and
he is taught to utilize his knowl-
edge of God. He learns that in his
true selfhood he is loving, gentle,
and kind because God is Love; he
is honest, truthful, and obedient
because God is Truth. Utilization
of his understanding helps him to
attain freedom in his work and
play and in his contacts with others.
The full import of the nature of
God and the practical application
of this understanding in daily life
is not gained in a moment. Con-
tinual contemplation of the wholly
spiritual character of Deity and
consistent effort to live in obedi-
ence to God ensures progress. The
5earcher learns to use his thought
moments to advantage in reasoning
from the basis of spiritual causa-
ton. On his mental journey into
spiritual light and understanding
he catches glorious glimpses of who
he is, where he is, and why he is.
Spiritual vision speeds his progress.
Contemplation of the various
Scriptura1 names for God-Life,
Truth, Love, Spirit, Soul, and crea-
torhas great value, and opens
thought to the full import of His
nature. A little friend of mine was
to have substitute Sunday School
teacher whom she loved and affec-
tionately called Auntie.
"Auntie viii be your teacher
Sunday" said the child's mother.
"Oh, Mother, not Auntie againm
exclaimed the child.
"But you love Auntie," returned
the mother.
"Of course I do, but she doesn't
know anything. Every time she has
our class she asks what God is. We
always tell her, but she never re-
members"
We need to contemplate the
nature of God and to use our
knowledge of Him in our daily con-
facts. A boy of fourteen who had
attended the Christian Science
Sunday School from infancy told
his mother that he had been
startled recently when the actual
nature of God dawned on his
thought, and he had gone around
for days joyously reiterating, 81
have found God"
A Christian Scientist whose heal
ing was delayed said to himself:
Zone thing / can do. I can stop
working for healing, and seek to
know more about the nature and
character of God. Then regardless
of the claim that is preventing nor
NAL action, I shall be demonstrat-
ing true activity and knowing more
about the naturalness of true free
DOM" He began his work by
searching the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's
writings, reading many references
about God. He also read citations
on the various attributes of God,
such as mercy, wisdom, justice, and
so on. The study grew more alb
sorbing as it progressed.
Soon the student found himself
thinking less about becoming a
good, healthy mortal and more
about being the man God made,
harmonious, vigorous, and express
ing the divine nature. Undesirable
beliefs, mental and physical, be-
gan to drop away as he gained
glorious glimpSeS of the freedom
which is mans birthright. Recog-
milton of his true nature as child
of God brought freedom, and he
was healed.
Truth Ensures Progress and True
Freedom in Business
Fear of failure in business arises
from a false concept of business.
Here Christian Science proves to
be the pearl of great price" en-
surfing healthy, prosperous business
relationships through bringing the
Christ, Truth, to bear upon the
problems and solving them.
True business is knowing the
truth that makes free, and this
spiritual activity is always joyous,
intelligent, wise, and successful.
Talking with wise men in the
temple, at the age of twelve, Christ
Jesus said (Luke 2:49), "Wist ye
not that 1 must be about my
Fathers buSineSS?" True business