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

John 10:SS). To the question,
"Is thou be the Christ, tell us
plainly" Jesus answered, 1.-The
works that / do in my fathers
name, they bear witness of me
/. I and my Father are one"
John 1924, rs, 800.
Mrs. Eddy, referring to these
words of Jesus writes, :" not
that the corporeal Jesus was one
with the Father, but that the
spiritual idea, Christ, dwells for.
ever in the bosom of the Father,
God, from which it illumines
heaven and earth;. "(Science
and Health, p.334). The Mind of
Christ Jesus the Bible unmiStak-
Nably implies to be the true Mind
of every man. The Bible author
ICES you to accept this Mind that
was the source of Jesus works
and commands you to under
stand and demonstrate it in
healing your fellow men. Chris
tian Science is today enabling
thousands to fulfill Jesus COM
mand to heal and to bless their
fellow man through the power
OF the Christ.
In the scientific understanding
of mans place in the govern
ment of divine Love, the unreal
qualities of lionel in S, dis
couragement, old age, lack, and
self-condemnation disappear. In
their place come the divine quail
tiles of joy, activity, health, and
| peace. AS we express these high
er qualities, we partake of the
blessings that come to those who
are governed by the Christ. Then
we find ourselves no longer
strangers to Gods love, but
friend and brother in the true
fellowship of these striving to
prove their likeness to their Ma
ker.
AS the individual is obedient
to the Bibles command to "let
this mind be in you, which was
also in Christ Jesus" phil. 2::5)
he is able to prove the divine
qualities of health, intelligence,
love, abundance to be an inte-
grail part of his true being. These
desirable qualities are as much
part of your Christ nature as
light is with the sun or water
with the sea.
The True Nature of God and
Man Revealed
The spiritual understanding of
Gods divine nature and of man
as Gods reflection brings health
to mind and body, love to home
and family success to our buSi-
ness activities and assures the
fulfillment of our prayers.
Christian Science teaches that
God is Mind, Spirit, Soul, princi-
pie, Life, Truth, and Love: the
all-knowing, all-wise, all-loving,
and ernal | Father Mother.
These terms for God are synony-
nous. They are found either di-
ectly stated or implied in the BIZ
BILE. They reveal the essence and
wholeness of Deity. Christian
Science enables the student to
progressively understand the su-
preme nature of God as the on
ly Life, the only intelligence of
the universe, including man.
Christian Science reveals that
man is essential to the full ex-
preston of Gods nature. It en-
ableS man to know himself as
the image or reflection of God.
Our textbook states, "If God,
who is Life, were parted for a
moment from His reflection,
man, during that moment there
would be no divinity reflected.
The Ego would be unexpreSSed,
and the Father would be child
leSs-no Father" (Science and
Health, p. 306).
The spiritual understanding of
this statement destroys the false
suggestion of the carnal mind
that one could ever be unwant-
ed or unneeded. The understand
ing of mans essential place in
Gods divine nature uncoverS the
malicious purpose of error in at
tempting to make man believe
himself eStranged from his de-
vine Principle, God. Christian
Science exposes the falSity of
errors attempt to make you,
Gods son, you who are essen
tial to the full expression of His
nature, believe yourlelf unneed-
ed, unWanted, and separated
from His love. Christian Science
brings to man the spiritual un-
derStanding of his oneness with
divine Mind that enables him
enables you-to fulfill your di-
vine mission to glorify the Faith
er, to assume your rightful
place as a representative of di-
vine Love.
Marriage
, To young people about to en-.
J ter marriage and the establish.
| ment of a home of their own
Christian Science brings the as,
Surance of Loves fulfillment
Some mortalS look upon marri
age as an experience filled with
uncertainties, but those who
: spiritually understand m n s
) true nature as Loves idea are
) equipped to demonstrate an ev
er-increasing sense of security
= and sweet renewal of affection
: Mrs. Eddy writes, in the chap
: ter on Marriage in the Christian
, Science textbook, Love enrich
es the nature, charging, purify
) ing, and eleVating it, % 57l