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

and II got worse and l had to
GO to bed. My mother phoned a
Christian Science practitioner
and we worked. I knew no mat
ter how big the problem its stu
O (she used the figure zero).
That night my face was para
lyzed and my eye dropped and
l couldn't eat. That night 1t hurt
SO much cried but kept saying
God is Love. The day after l
couldn't walk at ALL After went
to bed my leg got paralyzed
4 and ali the time we knew there
was no spot were God was not.
The next night my legs were
both swollen badly. We worked
and my mother read me the Les
son and all the time was say
ing God is Love. Finally ! fell
asleep, and it was the first night
I had slept in a long time so
my mother left the room. The.
next morning my mother had a
feeling I was healed so she call
ed me to breakfast and jump
ed out of bed and ran in the
kitchen and ate. l had been
healed and that's what brought
my daddy to come to church
regularly. And I am very CRATE
full for the loving practitioner
who helped me work and know
that God was with me all the
time. And from that day to this
1 have had no trouble with my
leg. Much love-"
Her mothers approving letter
says, 1.-The letter is entirely her
own work, thoughts and spell
ing)." !" And she later adds, THE
moment her true self was re-
vealed, she was in perfect
health, manifesting complete ac-
tivity and joy!"
This child has proved that
Christian Science destroys the
4 illusion of sickness, pain, mac
tivity, and fear. Her letter shows
that one of the greatest bless
ings that came from her expert
ence was that it brought my
daddy to come to church regu-
larly." Her trust in God united
that home in the spiritual one
ness of divine Love.
Healing Power of Prayer
in Christian Science
You may ask: How can I
find the Christ within myself?
How can / know myself as the
child of divine Love?" The an
swer? 1t is one word-prayer
How simple is prayer in Christi
an Science!.
You desire to know your true
self as Gods child is prayer. The
fact that you are at this lecture
is because Of your desire or
pray Mrs. Eddy writes,
What we most need is the
prayer of fervent desire for
growth in grace, expressed in
patience, meekneSs, love, a nd
good deeds" (S C ence and
Health, p. A.. Always realize
that achievement comes in the
degree that you reflect and eX-
press through prayer the activ-
ity of divine Mind and thus for
sake the obsolete ways of NOR
tai thought. The student of Chris
tian Science soon learns that
prayer, to. be effective in our
desire for health and spiritual
freedom, is more than pleading
with God to fill our needs. He
answered prayer. Prayer is the
Christ way of humility. Prayer
will establish your oneness with
divine Love.
Mrs. Eddy writes, "Only as we
rise above all material senSu-
BUSINESS and sin, can we reach
the heaven-born aspiration and
spiritual consciousness, which is
indicated in the Lords Prayer
and which instantaneously heals
the sick" (Science and Health,
p. 16. She then gives the Splri-
tual Interpretation of Jesus
prayer, wherein is revealed the
infinite nature of God and His
creation and His relationship to
man as Father-M r-Mother-divine
Principle, Love.
Christ Jesus understood the di-
vine relationship of God and
man. His prayer the Lords
Prayer - inspires consciousness
and presents the spiritual view
of man that heals instantly.
Jesus could say, "Our Faith
err" because he understood the
universally of Love.
Jesus could say, which art
in heaven" because he listened
to the things of spirit; because
his thoughts dwelt on the Spiritu-
al ideas of God.
He could say, "Hallowed be
thy name" because he reflected
the Christ, which reveals mans
oneness with God.
The Master could say, Thy
will be done" because of his
confident obedience to the Prin-
ciple, divine Love.
He could say, ''in earth, as it
is in heaven" because his life
was consecrated to the glorfica-
ton of his Father, God.
The Way-shower could say,
Give us this day our daily
bread" because he never let the
fear of tomorrow hide from him
the spiritual opportunities of to-
: day-the ever-preSent now.
He could say, Forgive us our
debts, as We forgive our debt
, ors," because he beheld in Chris
, tan Sceince the nerfect man aS