Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-10-10

sense Of home. 1t reveals to the
stranger has rightful place in the
consciousness of divine Mind
and brings to him the true un-
derstanding of Paul's words,
For in him we live, and move,
and have our being" (Acts II:
28).
The student of Christian Sci
ence is enabled to see that the
ills of mortal life stem from the
false sense of being eStrangled
from God, divine Love. The Spir-
itual understanding of the father
erhood of God brings the reali-
zation of our true place in the
brotherhood of man. Mrs. Eddy,
writing of Gods power to glad
den the heart, states (Science
and Health, p. 12D, $50 we
have goodness and beauty to
gladden. the heart; but man, left
to the hypothesis of material
sense unexplained by Science, is
as the wandering comet or the
! desolate star-'a weary search
er for a viewlesS home ELSE
where she writes, 1.-The present
self-inflicted sufferings of NOR
tails from sin, disease and death
should suffice SO to awaken the
sufferer from the mortal sense
of sin and mind in matter as to
cause him to return to the Fa-
theirs house penitent and saved"
! Message to The Mother Church
for 1901, p. ID. Yes, our trials
often serve quickly to return us
I to reliance on divine Love.
Church
Mrs. Eddy's complete accept
ance and her profound spiritual
understanding of Jesus teaching
of the fatherhood of God brought
to her the revelation of the Ho-
ly Comforter, divine Science,
and revealed to her the protect
ing love of Gods motherhood. 1t
is on this spiritual basis of Gods
fatherhood and motherhood and
mans oneness with Him that
Mrs. Eddy established the Chris
tian Science church. Church iSN
defined in the Christian Science
textbook thus: ''The structure of
Truth and Love; whatever rests
upon the proceeds from divine
Principle. The Church is that in
stitution, which affords proof of
it's utility and is fount elevating
the race, rousing the dormant
understanding from material be-
liefS to the apprehension of spir-
itual ideas and the demonStra-
ton of divine Science, thereby
casting out devils, or error, and
healing the sick" (p. 583). The
Mother Chur h, The First
Church of Christ, Scientist, in
Boston, Massachusetts, and its
branches are united in the one
ness of this divine Love which
manifests itself as spiritual law.
The Mother Church Manual sets
forth the spiritual laws that are
the source of the inSeparable un-
ity of it's members. The remark
able relationship of The Mother
Church and Christian Science
branch churches reveals the true
unity that is manifested when
man is governed by divine Love.
The relationship of God and man
in Christian Science is seen as
one Father with His universal
family, held in the unity of Love.
Christian Science branch church
es throughout the world and
their individual members are eX-
periencing the fr d m of
thought and action that comes
from obedience to divine Princi-
Pile, Love, and which is the bas-
is of the healing power of Chris
tian Science.
The DiscOverer and Founder of
Christian Science
In her early lfe, Mrs. Eddy
faced many of the tribulations
which arise from the belief that
man can be estranged from
Loves tender care. 1t was her
refusal to accept the belief that
man could be separated from
God, and her scientific discern
ment of mans oneness with
Him, that lead to her discovery
of Christian Science. Let me
give you her experience as set
forth in her own words: The
trend of human life was too ev-
entful to leave me undiSturbed
in the illusion that this So-called
life could be a real and abiding
rest All things earthly must ul-
timately yield to the irony of
fate, or else be merged into the
one infinite Love. Previously
the cloud of mortal mind SEM
ed to have a silver lining; but
now it was not even fringed with
light. Matter was no longer span
; ned with its rainbow of promise.
The world was dark. Thus it
was when the moment arrived
of the hearts bridal to more
spiritual existence. When the
; door opened, l was waiting and
watching; and, 10, the bride
: groom came! The character of
the Christ was Illuminated by
the midnight torches of Spirit.
. My heart knew it's Redeemer. He
= whom my affections had dill
gently sought was as the One
f "a tog e t h e r lovely as the
5 chiefest,' the only, among ten
= thousand. Being was beauti.
full, its substance, cause, and
) currents were God and His idea
} 1 had touched the hem of Chris,
= tian Science" (RetroSpection and
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